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Space 204 to welcome “Comma: Infinity In A Box” – an exhibition founded in collaborative spirit
Sep. 23, 2025—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University and Space 204 proudly presents “Comma: Infinity In A Box” an exhibition presented by artist team, Judy Rushin-Knopf and Carolyn Henne. Comma presents an ongoing artist book project that presented opportunities for Rushin-Knopf and Henne to collaborate with 14 other artists. Judy Rushin-Knopf’s and Carolyn Henne’s common interest...
Studio Sessions closing event; Oct. 1, 2025 in Space 204
Sep. 23, 2025—Studio Sessions, the group exhibition featuring the works from Vanderbilt Studio Arts and the Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice (EADJ) faculty and staff, finishes it’s exhibition run on September 30, 2025 in Space 204. The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University would like to invite everyone to for a special closing reception and one...
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...
2025 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award Recipients announced
Apr. 15, 2025—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to annouce the recipients of the 2025 the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award. Every spring, the senior art majors finish their senior year experience installing their thesis exhibitions in Space 204, the contemporary art gallery located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts...
Faculty Spotlight – Haein Kang and Sarah Dunham
Jan. 21, 2025—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art would like to Shine a Spotlight on two faculty who joined our team in the Fall of 2024. Haein Kang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Art Internationally active artist Haein Kang explores uncharted territory at the intersection of art and technology. Born and raised in South Korea during a time...
The 2024 Recipients of the the Hamblet Award and Merit Award annoucement
Apr. 18, 2024—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to annouce the recipients of the 2024 the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award. Every spring, the senior art majors finish their senior year experience installing their thesis exhibitions in Space 204, the contemporary art gallery located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts...
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...