On August 1, Margaret Murphy joined Johns Hopkins University as the third director of the Center for Visual Arts. She is returning to Baltimore after many years as an artist, educator, and curator in the New York metro area. Margaret received her MFA from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts and her undergraduate degree from Towson University. In her paintings and mixed media works, she examines the construction of gender and its social, sexual, and political implications on women’s lives.

After directing the program for 32 years, Craig Hankin has retired from the Center for Visual Arts and Johns Hopkins University. Hankin earned a BA in the history of art from JHU and taught drawing and painting here from 1980 to 2018. In addition to his work as a painter and instructor, Hankin collaborated on comic strips, mounted numerous exhibitions, and was a co-founder of City Paper.

Join us for the annual exhibition of our students’ best work from the 2017-18 academic year. Painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, cartooning and mixed media pieces will be on view. The 2018 Eugene Leake Award for outstanding achievement will be presented at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 11 to graduating seniors and Visual Arts minors Evelyn Chiu, Jen Nadel, Jihae Snyder, Mieraf Teka and Sabrina Wang.

For a wonderful summer photography experience, join the Center for Visual Arts at Ireland’s Burren College of Art! Learn more about the program in this Baltimore Post-Examiner article, which covers an exhibit of work from last year’s trip.