Department of Art News

NASA's Heartbreaking Moment

Susan Sokolowski, director of the Sports Product Design program, sounds off on NASA's canceled first all-women spacewalk and the power of equality in product design.

A Designer’s Paradise

A Guide to College of Design Events at Design Week Portland.

Vandenburgh Named Interim Dean of College of Design

Vandenburgh, who leads the School of Art + Design, begins July 1.

Dean Christoph Lindner to Step Down in August

Lindner has accepted a position as dean of the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London.

International Space Station Welcomes New Buddy

Sports Product Design student’s plush Earth toy took a joyride on the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

Tannaz Farsi named 2019 Bonnie Bronson Fellow

The art professor is the 28th Oregon-based artist to be awarded the prestigious fellowship.

Visual Magic—New Show at Schnitzer Museum Reflects College of Design’s Lasting Influence on Oregon Art

The JSMA’s enormous new exhibition has deep ties to the College of Design, including its curation.

Winners of Inaugural Tinker Hatfield Award for Innovation Announced

The new award program will fund projects in the College of Design beginning in 2019 with research into Portland’s Albina neighborhood and design for healthy aging.

New Pop-Up in Lawrence Hall Encourages Cross-Disciplinary Exploration

New Lawrence Hall experimental pop-up space in use for team projects to cross disciplinary boundaries and explore issues of diversity

Art at 510 Oak

Eugene Weekly covers the new School of Art + Design faculty move into downtown studios.

Product Design Students and Oregon Inmates Team Up for Prison Blues Apparel

For the Department of Product Design’s second project with Oregon Corrections Enterprises, students and inmates collaborate on the Community Clothing Project.

Fits Like A Glove

Sports Product Design graduate students are fine-tuning the garment for athletes.

A Watershed Moment for Art + Design

The School of Art + Design to host 510 Oak grand opening at the Dec. 7 First Friday ArtWalk

The Gift of Art

Arts alumus Joe Fischer endows $300,000 to the Department of Art and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture.

Designing Sasquatch

Students in the Department of Product Design created a graphic design for a new, one-of-a-kind Sasquatch-themed bike as part of the PeaceHealth Rides and JUMP Bikes campaign.

 

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