Miami University hires alumnus to launch new fashion institute
Jamie Schisler ’96 will establish the institute to create industry partnerships and support student organizations and degree programs
Department of Art News
Six Miamians receive Fulbright grants
Another Miami student selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institutes
Senior takes fashion education from classroom to catwalk
Ellie Trubisky ’25 was selected as part of this season’s University of New York Fashion Week cohort
New student-led mural unveiled at Newport on the Levee with a city celebration
A first-of-its-kind art class shows what’s possible when creativity meets community
Art and wellness at Miami University - Spring 2025
New Therapeutic Art Program for Miami students
Graduate Student Spotlight: Kelley Booze
Booze celebrates a series of major artistic achievements nationally and internationally.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Bubly Barna
Bubly showcases artistic narratives on international stage.
Miami University hosts 2025 Preservice Art Education Conference
15 institutions were represented among 80-plus attendees
Art Students Receive 2025 President’s Distinguished Service Award
Two College of Creative Arts students are among 19 Miami University seniors honored for their service work with the 2025 President’s Distinguished Service Award. The awards were presented...
Springtime sparks creativity at Miami University’s CCA sector with Sparkfest 2025
Miami University’s College of Creative Arts will host the fourth annual Sparkfest, a public festival of student creativity, from 12 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 25, in the courtyard outside th...
Featured Student: Reilly Powers
Miami senior Reilly Powers has been elected NAEA Preservice Division Director-Elect for the National Arts Education Association (NAEA), making history as the first Miami student to serve in this ro...
CCA alum Bo Bridges partners with Cosm to present ocean experience in Shared Reality
"Big Wave: No Room for Error," is an immersive 60-minute oceanic experience premiering on March 15, 2025. This Cosm Studios Original captures surfers confronting some of the world's most formidable...
Winners announced in the 2025 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the $10,000 Yeck Award
Brach Tiller’s winning painting will become part of the Miami University 21st Century Painting Collection
Fourteen Miami students, alumni named Fulbright semifinalists
Fourteen Miami students and alumni are semifinalists in the 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition. Nine undergraduates, three graduate students, and two alumni have been recommended ...
Miami associate professor takes on lead editor role for prestigious art history journal
Jordan Fenton leads Ohio editorial board for African Arts
Eight Miami students named Gilman Scholars
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships help fund study abroad experiences.
Assistant Professor of Art Richard W. James showcases solo exhibition at Weston Art Gallery
Richard W. James, an accomplished faculty member in Miami University's Department of Art, is making waves in the art community with his solo exhibition, No True Scotsman, now on display at the West...
Sculptures installed at Marquardt Middle School in student collaboration project
The four sculptures designed and created in the vision of Miami students and Chicago middle schoolers were dedicated and placed this fall
Sculpting the strange with Dan Chudzinski ’07
CCA alumnus realizes the mythological and strange through his sculpture work
‘A museum of my existence’
Art Education junior Isabella Obradovich has built a following for her art; now she wants to use her learned experiences to help others grow too
Headline Highlights: Miami and Miamians in the news in August
Check out our weekly Miami Media Highlights on the Miami University News website.
MFA student Sarah-Faith Strait to show in Virginia
IN MOTION is a continuation of Sarah-Faith Strait’s life-long investment in the image of the horse. This might be an obsession. In this exhibition, the horse undergoes a series of materia...
Professor of Art Tracy Featherstone exhibits at the Art Academy of Cincinnati
The Art Academy of Cincinnati is pleased to present Green Kitchen, an exhibition of artworks by Tracy Featherstone.
Art and Its Markets Course enhances Art Museum’s Collections with focus on Women Artists
The Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum (RCCAM) at Miami University recently acquired three artworks thanks to successful acquisition proposals presented by students in the Spring 2024 Art and Its ...
MFA Student Selected for Prestigious Juried Show in New York City
Ryan Kerr’s work has been selected to show at Susan Eley Fine Art in New York City.
Rachelle Swan and students create mural honoring Ghanaian art
Amity Elementary's 6th-grade class, guided by student teacher Rachelle Swan, created a stunning mural inspired by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui. The project, which incorporated themes of community and...
Associate Professor of Art Joomi Chung to be featured in upcoming art exhibition
"dragon, etc." exhibition unveils diverse interpretations of Asian mythology
12 TCPL faculty promoted to teaching, clinical professors, and lecturers
They join 44 tenure-track faculty and one librarian whose promotion and/or tenure were approved in February
Student Spotlight: Ash Padilla ‘24
Art major lands Assistant Editor position at DC Comics following graduation.
Miami University and Marquardt Middle School collaborate on sculpture project
In a unique collaborative effort, Miami University and Marquardt Middle School (a minority/majority school located in the western Chicago suburbs) joined forces to create four stunning sculptures t...
Student artists find success at SummerFair’s 2024 Emerging Artists Exhibition
Art senior Hannah Litt took home the exhibition’s third place award.
Professor of Art Dana Saulnier has solo exhibit in NYC
First Street Gallery will host the work of Saulnier from March 27-April 20, 2024.
The event, which took place on February 11th, 2024, brought 85+ participants from 21 different institutions to Oxford.
Graduate student artwork featured in upcoming exhibition
A Miami University Master of Fine Arts (MFA) second-year graduate student, Kelley Booze, will display her artwork in an upcoming exhibition.
Hiestand Galleries to Host Exhibit Exploring US-Mexico Indigenous and Migration Experience
View the exhibition March 11 – 21, 2024
Changing Climate, Changing Communities is part of an interdisciplinary collaborative effort by Miami University faculty from Project Dragonfly (Biology Department) and the Department of Art, as wel...
CCA Recognizes Long-Standing Employees
Congratulations to Michael Bailey-Van Kuren, Julia Guichard, Eric Hodgson, Patti Liberatore, Glenn Platt, Jonathan Ralinovsky, Mary Rogero, and Jon Yamashiro.
CCA faculty, staff receive four Creativity and Innovation Awards
Diane Fellows, Ben Smolder, Ben Nicholson (ETBD), and Stephanie Danker (ART) all received this award at a ceremony held on Thursday, Feb. 3.
The NEH grant will support costs for the execution, installation, community engagement, programming, and Implementation of this exhibition to its various venues.
A pair of artworks by Miami University MFA candidate Brooke Owens and her mentor Dana Saulnier, professor of Art, was selected for 14th annual ‘TAPPED’ exhibition by C...
New adjunct instructor shows her collection at Paris Fashion Week
Miami University’s new adjunct instructor for FAS 360: Fashion and Digital Tools, Danisha Brown, just showed her Ready-to-Wear collection at Paris Fashion Week!
Art exhibit inaugurated in-part for professor
As a professor of art at Miami University, Robert Robbins’ typical landscape involves students and studios. But in his latest exhibition of his own art, Robbins likes to explore a differe...
Winners named in the Miami University 2023 Young Sculptors Competition for the $10,000 Yeck Award
The Young Sculptors Competition exhibition is on view at Hiestand Galleries through Oct. 6
Art professor exhibits two pieces in Columbus gallery
Miami University professor of art Tracy Featherstone let her imagination run free with her newest artwork in the Beeler Gallery’s “Wake…Sleep…Dream”...
New B.A. in Studio Art provides additional opportunities for students
The new degree launched this Fall.
Assistant professor of communication design to help lead national design organization
Zack Tucker was recently selected to be a member on the Design Educators Community (DEC) Steering Committee for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the nation’s premier professiona...
Art department chair publishes co-edited book
After years in the making, chair of Miami University’s art department, Amanda Alexander, co-edited and published her first book.
Art professor highlighted on renowned website
Painting faculty and graduate director Dana Saulnier was recently profiled for his work by Cynthia Byrnes Contemporary Art.
Department of Art welcomes two new faculty members
Luke Meeken and Natalie Reed will join Miami University beginning this fall.
Assistant professor of communication design featured in Ohio art exhibition
Dilge Dilsiz photographed a series composed of metallic inkjet prints called “Wavering Between,” in seven states over the course of a year. Now, one of the photographs lies in the 77th ...
Record number of Art students develop their professional skills at national conference
Associate Professor of Art Education Stephanie Danker took a record number of students to the National Art Education Association (NAEA) conference in San Antonio, TX.
Ghanaian MFA graduate becomes a nationally acclaimed metalsmith
2023 master of fine arts (MFA) graduate Glover Marfo grew up studying metals and jewelry in Ghana. Once he immigrated to America five years ago and enrolled at Miami University, he got to fuse his ...
Communication and design major lands her biggest internship yet in Texas
In August 2022, communication and design fifth-year Bella Wallace picked herself up and moved to Waco, Texas. In December, she returned to Miami University with brand new inspiration for her career...
