News & Announcements Archive

The Center for Visual Arts is pleased to announce the 2021 Eugene Leake Award recipients

The Eugene Leake Award for outstanding achievement in the Center for Visual Arts was awarded to: Ian Waggoner Maya Fraga Rebekah Lo Mecca McDonald Rebecca Penner

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 […]

News-Letter highlights CVA virtual classes

“With lockdown orders in effect in almost every state, student artists were forced to think of ways to be creative while mostly remaining indoors, as professors brainstormed assignments that were both feasible and engaging. Students replaced live models in Life Drawing with YouTube videos of ballerinas and figure skaters over Zoom’s screen-share feature. Those in […]

2020 Art Minor Senior Exhibition and Eugene Leake Award

2020 Art Minor Senior Exhibition and Eugene Leake Award

Visit the virtual Art Minor Senior Exhibition between May 15 and May 31, featuring this year’s Eugene Leake Awardees. 2020 Eugene Leake Award for Excellence in Art Recipients Gabriella Swistara and Janice Wang Featured artists: Angela Zhu Grace Ren Janice Wang Jonghae Lee Julie See Maria Elena Grimmett Sijia Ma Zoe Goldstein Gabriella Swistara Featured […]

Visiting Artist Susan Hamburger to Give Talk on Nov. 7

Join us in the Clipper Room of Shriver Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 to hear visiting artist Susan Hamburger discuss her work. Learn more about this visual artist on her website.

Visual Arts Minors Win Prestigious Awards

Victoria W. Yeh, a visual arts minor, was awarded the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts for her excellence in painting. Mary Yu received the Louis E. Goodman Award for her independent study painting project titled: Vegetative Thoughts, watercolor and colored pencil on paper.