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Announcing the VCS scavenger hunt, starting now

To celebrate the start of the new academic year, we’re holding a scavenger hunt for all incoming and returning students in the Visual & Critical Studies program. In the competition, two-person teams will take selfies at specified locations and post them to Instagram or Twitter with a special hashtag; the first two teams to achieve the contest’s goal before the deadline will win a prize (see below…

Images from the exhibition 0~100%, curated by Haesoo Jeong

Recently, VCS student Haesoo Jeong curated an exhibition in the gallery at Art Book lounge B-Platform in Seoul, South Korea. Here are Haesoo’s comments about the show, along with some images she sent us and a gif from the B-Platform website. — This was my first time curating anything so it was very rocky experience but totally worth it! The exhibition is called “0~100%”.  Here is a quick summary:…

Opening Tuesday the 26th: LIFEFORCE at The Untitled Space, with artwork by Maggie Dunlap

VCS student Maggie Dunlap has work in the group exhibition LIFEFORCE, which opens this Tuesday evening at The Untitled Space in Tribeca. The following rxhibition announcement is quoted from the gallery’s website: – – Fahren Feingold THE UNTITLED SPACE presents LIFEFORCE A Group Show of 24 Female Artists Curated by Kelsey and Rémy Bennett OPENING RECEPTION July 26th | 6pm – 9pm THE UNTITLED SPACE…

“Five Questions With Maggie Dunlap” in Amuse magazine

source: Amuse magazine VCS student Maggie Dunlap was just featured in an interview with Kristen Cochrane in the current issue of Amuse magazine. The short Q&A covers Maggie’s work and some of its iconography; her upcoming group show LIFEFORCE at United Space in Tribeca; the challenges of being a young artist on the contemporary scene; her love of Marilyn Manson’s music; and more. source: Amuse…

A slideshow of images from the latest issue of the Artist’s Journal zine

Peter Hristoff recently sent us the following video, featuring images from the Fall 2015 edition of the Artist’s Journal zine, titled “The Metropolitan Museum of Art issue.” http://vcs.sva.edu/wp-content/themes/infinitythemetrust/video/artists-journal-slideshow.mp4 – For images from some past issues of the zine, check out the following photosets on the VCS Flickr page: Spring 2013 Fall 2012 – The…

Raina Briggs awarded the 2016 VCS Derby Scholarship Award during last weekend’s SVA Accepted Students Day

Last Saturday during this year’s Accepted Students Day, VCS Department Chair Tom Huhn announced the recipient of the 2016 VCS Derby Scholarship Award. The winning submission for this year’s contest (shown above) was made by Raina Briggs, who will receive a $10,000 award towards her tuition for the upcoming 2016/2017 academic year. Congratulations, Raina! Here’s more about this year’s contest from…

Maggie Dunlap in the solo show “Variations on a Theme,” this month at Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi

Works by VCS student Maggie Dunlap are now on display in the solo show Variations on a Theme, one of four concurrent exhibitions at at Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi. Also up is Shifting Perspectives, a group show curated by Maggie and featuring recent lace works by VCS faculty member Amy Wilson. Here’s the gallery’s press release for all four shows, along with two photos of Maggie’s…

Maggie Dunlap in “You Can Call Me Baby,” on display March 2-7 at Skylight during the Armory Week’s Spring/Break Art Show

VCS student Maggie Dunlap is going to have work in the show “You Can Call Me Baby,” curated by Myla Dalbesio. The exhibition is part of the annual Spring/Break Art Show at Skylight at Moynihan Station, and will be up from March 2nd through the 7th, throughout Armory Week. For more about the show, including an image of Maggie’s work, check out this profile on Artsy’s preview of the exhibition. You…