School of Art In the News
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- February 22, 2023The first time Katherine Ashby saw her artwork installed at Gunston Hall, the historic home of U.S. Founding Father George Mason IV, it was surreal. “I had never done something that felt that important or that had been installed physically,” the senior painting major from George Mason University said.
- February 15, 2023At a festive ceremony this evening, Villa Albertine announced the two winners of the first Albertine Translation Prize. Honoring the best contemporary French literature in English translation, the 2022 award went to Isabelle Sorente’s La femme et l’oiseau (JC Lattes), translated by Heather Green (seeking American publisher)...
- February 2, 2023Mason's Center for Culture, Equity and Empowerment put out a call for illustrators, painters, and graphic designers of all backgrounds to submit art on the theme of this year’s MLK Remembrance events of “Lighting the Pathway: Renewing, Reviving, Restoring and Remembering the Dream.”
- November 8, 2022On such an important day, where we encourage our Mason School of Art community to get out and VOTE we are proud to highlight Mason School of Art Faculty Chawky Frenn who participated and presented a poster from his WE THE PEOPLE series at the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE) Conference at George Mason University.
- October 5, 2022Mason School of Art Faculty, Christopher Kardambikis, explores space, process, and narrative through books, prints, and drawings.
- August 24, 2022Over the summer, Mason School of Art student, Steven Luu was entrusted by the Uniting Us Organization to design a public mural.
- August 24, 2022As Students Gear Up To Return To Classes This Fall At George Mason University, More Local And University Events Will Be Offered, Including Events Like The Art Of Mindfulness Summer Series Event, Which Took Place At The Van Metre Plaza At Mason Square In Arlington.
- August 23, 2022Money Has No Smell is a group exhibition that presents works by three artists: Ignacio Gatica, Mariana Parisca, and Gabriella Torres-Ferrer. Curated by ACOMPI (Jack Radley and Constanza Valenzuela) and mentored by Rosario Güiraldes, the exhibition brings together recent works that trace flows of currency to and from the artists’ places of origin, in the process addressing the complexity of globalized and interdependent financial systems.
- August 12, 2022The Hansa Carrier accident caught the attention of Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer in May of 1990. Using the sneakers’ unique serial numbers, his research team gathered data from beachcombers who discovered shoes washing ashore through 1992.
- August 3, 2022This summer there are quite a few Mason School of Art Faculty/ Students who are working on art Internationally! Let’s highlight another amazing artist and the work she is doing.
- August 3, 2022This summer there are quite a few Mason School of Art Faculty/ Students who are working on art Internationally.
- August 2, 2022Mason artist in residence Abdulrahman “Abi” Naanseh studied interior design at Damascus University in Syria, but his true passion is art, specifically Arabic calligraphy.