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María Magdalena Campos-Pons unveils “Imole Red” – a sight specific sculptural work in Saudi Arabia
Feb. 2, 2026—Desert X 2026 AlUla, Saudi Arabia January 16 – February 28, 2026 Curated by Wejdan Reda and Zoé Whitley, under the vision of Founding Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and returning 2026 Artistic Director Raneem Farsi, Desert X AlUla 2026 will showcase visionary contemporary artworks by Saudi and international artists, reflecting the region’s long history of...
Scent: Connections, Confrontations, Memory openings at Vanderbilt Museum of Art February 14, 2026
Feb. 2, 2026—Scent: Connection, Confrontation, Memory 02.14.26–05.10.26 (in the VUMA gallery) Scent is everywhere; almost everyone can smell. But how cultures and individuals use and depict scent is a testament to shared experience. In spring 2026, the Vanderbilt University Museum of Art explores art that captures the olfactory in Scent: Connection, Confrontation, Memory, an exhibition of the...
Multi-layered research project, “Woven Wind”, – to open at Vanderbilt University Museum of Art February 14, 2026
Feb. 2, 2026—The Vanderbilt University Museum of Art presents Woven Wind on display in the Cohen Hall Atrium. Woven Wind 02.14.26–05.10.26 (in the Cohen Hall atrium) Woven Wind is a multi-layered research project drawing from artistic translations of the Lovell Quitman archive, which includes extensive Quitman Plantation records and photographs of the Civil War era. In a...
Faculty in the news: United States Artists announce 2026 Fellows – includes Raheleh Filsoofi
Feb. 2, 2026—Overview United States Artists supports Artists and their essential role in society. Each year, USA honors artists and cultural practitioners at all career stages, in all disciplines, throughout all of the United States and its island jurisdictions. The USA Fellowship awards artists and collaboratives across the following disciplines: Architecture & Design, Craft, Dance, Film, Media,...
Faculty in the News: Seeds from Svalbard – a collaborative project and exhibition by Jana Harper, Lutz Koepnick, and Jonathan Rattner.
Feb. 2, 2026—Opening February 12, 2025, Seeds from Svalbard a collaborative project and exhibition from three Vanderbilt University professors (Jana Harper, Lutz Koepnick, and Jonathan Rattner) will activate Buttrick Hall with a building wide installation and a series of public events. In summer 2025 Vanderbilt faculty Jana Harper, Lutz Koepnick, and Jonathan Rattner traveled to Svalbard to...
Space 204 welcomes back 2024 Hamblet Award Recipient, Chidinma Onukwuru in January 2026
Dec. 9, 2025—Every January, Space 204 and the Vanderbilt University Department of Art open the spring semester with a solo exhibition from the returning Hamblet award recipient. January 2026 will see the return of Chidinma Onukwuru the award winner from 2024 and her new exhibition, It’s Frightening Having This Much Presence. The exhibition will be on view...
2025 Vanderbilt Alumni weekend – Department of Art welcomes back Dominique Greene (Arts ’24) November 7
Oct. 22, 2025—The 2025 Vanderbilt University Reunion/Alumni Weekend events include a designer talk with Dominique Greene, Studio Arts 2024 alumna Please join us for a conversation and reception with Dominique Greene, 2024 studio art alumna and MFA candidate in Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, and a participant in the 2024 Vanderbilt Department of Art...
Studio VU Lecture Series continues with Tara Tamaribuchi on November 5, 2025
Oct. 16, 2025—On November 5, 2025, the Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes Tara Tamaribuchi to campus as the next Studio VU Lecture Series visiting artist. Tamaribuchi is an artist working in Seattle, Washington where she investigates human life experiences in an organic unfolding art practice. She enters artmaking from a Buddhist and diasporic perspective with an...
Studio VU starts new season with visiting artist, John Opera
Aug. 26, 2025— The Vanderbilt University Department of Art will start the new Studio VU Lecture Series this fall welcoming artist John Opera to campus this September. Opera’s research explores the physical and conceptual dimensions of photography by focusing on it’s materiality, abstraction, and connection to natural phenomena. Critically examining the medium’s standardized workflows, he challenges its...
Space 204 opens 2025-2026 season with “Studio Sessions,” a department group exhibition
Aug. 7, 2025—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art presents Studio Sessions, a group exhibition highlighting work made by the faculty and staff of the Department of Art including the staff of the Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice (EADJ) program. Spanning two galleries of Space 204, the works exhibited in this exhibition showcase the variety of creative...