News & Announcements Archive


Moving the Center

1st Annual Faculty Exhibition Exhibition is on view from August 30 – October 2nd, M – F, 1:00pm – 5:00pm and by appointment: mmurp102@jhu.edu 10 E. North Avenue, 3rd fl Reception will be held September 17th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm


Shuttle Service to CVA

New shuttle service from MSE Library to CVA and Film Center – direct shuttle service Monday through Friday. Please see the link: https://ts.jhu.edu/Shuttles/


The Center for Visual Arts has Moved!

Beginning in the Fall semester, 2021, The Center for Visual Arts is located at 10 E. North Avenue. We occupy the third floor of this historic building above JHU/MICA Film & Media Studies. Use this Google map to find our new location.


Ephemeral Installations on Campus

Students in the Art of Architecture class with Luc Phinney made ephemeral installations around campus that will be installed and viewable from May 8 to May 12. Stop by the Gilman Tunnel and take home an academic good luck charm, rest yourself in the oddly geometric arrangements of chairs in the Wyman Quad, or leave […]


Lecture: Japanese Women Artists and Feminism

Lecture: Japanese Women Artists and Feminism
Join a virtual lecture with Midori Yoshimoto on Japanese woman artists and feminism on March 25, 2021 at 6 p.m. The lecture is hosted by the Center for Visual Arts, History of Art, and East Asian Studies. Please register in advance to attend the lecture.


Drawing: Who’s Telling the Story?

Drawing: Who’s Telling the Story?
Adjunct instructor Tae Hwang’s course, “Drawing: Who’s Telling the Story?” was featured in a Medium Campuswire article this March. The course examines the historical usage of propaganda, bias in contemporary media, and data (mis)representation across a variety of visual mediums.


Margaret Murphy hosts Common Question Conversation

The 2020-21 Common Question for Johns Hopkins undergraduate students is “What is Common Good?” The question is intended to spark conversations throughout the semester. Professor Murphy hosted one of these information Common Question Conversations on the exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art titled: “Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art.”


When Hands-on Learning Isn’t an Option

The Hub featured instructor the Center for Visual Arts in a recent article about learning during a pandemic. Instructor Luc Phinney took his Art of Architecture students on a sketch trip to Assisi, Italy. Instructors at the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences had been advised to give students a bit of breathing […]