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Photo of a Kate Wagle art piece

Dreaming Like a Beehive

Reception for this exhibition takes place on June 2. This exhibition is made possible by the Center for Art Research, a Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, and a Finrow Research Award from the UO School of Art and Design.
Header for the MFA news article. Shows the exhibition works in the JSMA.
Photo by Tarrah Krajnak.

Beyond the Lens with Tarrah Krajnak

Meet the latest Oregon Design Duck to join the flock, Assistant Professor of Art and artist-researcher, Tarrah Krajnak.
ODD header with Trent Nesbitt

Meet an Oregon Design Duck: Trent Nesbitt

The Oregon Design Ducks (ODD) flock at the College of Design is made up of promising students, award-winning faculty, and passionate staff. The following profile of Trent Nesbitt is just one way our ODD flock is standing out and making its mark on the world.
"ARTFORUM" cover for Rick Silva's article.

Latest Edition of Artforum Features Top Ten from UO Associate Professor

In the latest issue of Artforum, Associate Professor of Art, Rick Silva, was asked to share his top 10 with the publication.

ODD header with Kiera

Meet an Oregon Design Duck: Kiera Patterson

The Oregon Design Ducks (ODD) flock at the College of Design is made up of promising students, award-winning faculty, and passionate staff. The following profile of Kiera Patterson showcases just one way our ODD flock is standing out and making its mark on the world.
photo of "File Under: Slime" book. Bright green with black lettering.

Associate Professor Explores Slime in Latest Book

What do Ghostbusters, Dragon Quest, Garbage Pail Kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2:  The Secret of the Ooze, and the artist Lynda Benglis have in common? The use of a familiar pop culture trope:  slime!
Photo of one of Tannaz Farsi's works.
artwork by Tarrah Krajnak

Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project Acquires New Assistant Professor's Work

New School of Art + Design Assistant Professor in Photography, Tarrah Krajnak, will see their cyanotypes from their performance, 1979: Contact Negative, form the first Parasol Foundation Women in Photography acquisition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The work will be on display at the start of 2023.
Kundai Kapurura's photo from "Ethos".

When Art Meets Activism

Meet Product Design student, Kundai Kapurura, in this student profile published in the "Ethos" publication.
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Visiting Artist Lecture Series explores the African diaspora in new exhibition

Lewis Watts is a photographer, archivist, curator, and Professor Emeritus of Art at UC Santa Cruz. His research and artwork centers around the “cultural landscape” primarily in communities in the African Diaspora in different parts of the world.
Concept sketches of a new lantern by University of Oregon Product Design department head, Trygve Faste.

Teaching by Design with Trygve Faste

Oregon Quarterly features Product Design department head, Trygve Faste, in a feature that details his method and journey to teaching tomorrow's designers. 
Photo of the application Wordle and a solved puzzle showing the word "Ducks".

Wordle, the brainchild of a UO alum, is sweeping the globe

Around the O article: Josh Wardle, a 2011 Master of Fine Arts graduate in digital arts, has a new project sweeping the globe: Wordle.
Photo of Artist Karin Bolender

A Principal Investigator of Rural Alchemy

Philomath, Oregon-based “rural artist” Karin Bolender has more in common with scientists in the Knight Campus than many might realize.

 

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