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Raheleh Filsoofi receives Tennessee Arts Commission Grant

Feb. 15, 2024—Raheleh Filsoofi, assistant professor of art and Steinert Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Race, Racial Justice, and Social Justice, has been awarded a Tennessee Art Commission Grant for her project, “The Resonance of the Lands: Finding Identity and Place in Tennessee Through Clay, Music, and Community.” The program involves mapping and extracting clay from various...

María Magdalena Campos-Pons wins MacArthur Fellowship

Feb. 15, 2024—María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Art, receives a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship “We are incredibly proud of Professor Campos-Pons and her exquisite body of work,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said. “Her melding of cultures, mediums and artistic traditions has made her a unique and powerful voice showing how personal and historical perspectives can blend into...

Art students create Vanderbilt Self-Portrait project for 150th anniversary

Feb. 15, 2024—As Vanderbilt’s 150th anniversary approached, recent graduates Allen Zeng, BA’23, and Richard Zhang, BA’23, set out to capture the essence of the university by photographing its community members. Collaborating with Professor of Art Vesna Pavlović and librarian Yvonne Boyer, the two developed the “Vanderbilt Self-Portrait” project, which is now supported by a Sesquicentennial Grant from...