Date by which sophomores entering their 5th semester must file their concentration declaration forms via ASK to avoid having a “No Concentration” hold placed against their Banner registration. (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline).

Monitor Hours will be closed on Monday, October 11th in observation of Indigenous Peoples' Day. Monitor Hours will be held on Sunday, October 10th (with the exception of the Book Arts Studio) and resume on Tuesday, October 12th.

María Magdalena Campos-Pons combines and crosses diverse artistic practices, including photography, painting, sculpture, film, video, and performance. Her work addresses issues of history, memory, gender, and religion; it investigates how each one of these themes informs identity formation.

Senior VA Concentrators, please join VA faculty, staff, and Department Chair Leslie Bostrom for lunch on the terrace! This is just a check-in to see how everyone is doing at the start of the new semester and to talk about your upcoming Senior Thesis Capstone Exhibition/Commencement requirements. Check your email for the invite and please RSVP!

The Department of Visual Art is hosting 4 nights of figure model drawing sessions at the List Art Building. This opportunity is open to all currently enrolled VISA students. From 8pm-10pm on every other Wednesday beginning Wed. Oct 6 until Wed. Nov 17, students will have the opportunity to join a group of peers for an evening of figure drawing. Space is limited.

Teresita Fernández (b. Miami, 1968; lives in Brooklyn, NY) creates work that is characterized by self-reflection and conceptual wayfinding. Her immersive, monumental works are inspired by a radical rethinking of landscape informed by diverse historical and cultural references. Often using images from the natural world, Fernández’s work emphasizes what she refers to as stacked landscapes, or the overlapping and often omitted connections between places and people.

Processing to Thrive is a support group for currently enrolled Brown students of color (undergraduate, graduate, and medical students) and is aimed at providing students of color an opportunity to be in community with each other, and to discuss the complex challenges they face within the college environment. The focus of Processing to Thrive is on creating a safe space for students of color to hold space for each other, and to discuss a variety of topics relevant to identity and experience. Topics in the group may vary based on the preference and needs of attendees.

The VA Offices will be closed Monday, July 5th and resume regular hours on Tuesday, July 6th. There will be no Lab Monitor Hours on Sunday, July 4th, Monday, July 5th, and Tuesday, July 6th. Lab Monitor Hours will resume Wednesday, July 7th.

If you are enrolled in a VISA course which supplies a course kit (materials to complete coursework), you can pick up your art supply kits from the Brown Bookstore beginning Wednesday, May 26th through Friday, June 18th. If you do not pick up your department-supplied kits during this window, you may be asked to purchase the items out-of-pocket to complete coursework.

If you are enrolled in a VISA course which supplies a course kit (materials to complete coursework), you can pick up your art supply kits from the Brown Bookstore beginning Wednesday, May 26th through Friday, June 25th. If you do not pick up your department-supplied kits during this window, you may be asked to purchase the items out-of-pocket to complete coursework.

Please join us for a virtual celebration for the Class of 2021 Senior Visual Art Concentrators! This celebration for the Class of '21 Visual Art Concentrators will feature special performances by VA alumni, a toast from Leslie Bostrom, and a message from the Ann Belsky Moranis Award recipient Ceyhun Firat '21. Seniors will receive a Zoom link directly from the Department.

Fall '21 Leave Request
Currently enrolled students who are expected to enroll this Fall '21 but would rather be on a personal leave should file a leave request in the ASK portal (under "Student Petitions") by May 1, 2021; speaking with an academic advising dean is part of the process.

Pottery has proven to be a critical archaeological resource due to its widespread use and accessibility throughout time. Sometimes archaeologists find whole pots during their excavations, but more often than not they encounter broken pieces called sherds. This exhibit looks at archaeologists’ experiences with sherds and what these seemingly insignificant pieces of pottery can tell us about the past. Curated by Jinette Jimenez ’21 for the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World.

The Department of Visual Art is currently hiring students in the role of Studio Safety Monitor for the Summer 2021 semester. This is an in-person, onsite position. Positions are available in the following studios: Painting Studio and Darkroom. Apply via Workday. (Log on to Workday, use the search term "Find Student Jobs" and look for the listing "Dept. of Visual Art | Studio Safety Monitor (Onsite)".

The Department of Visual Art welcomes Junior VISA Concentrators to apply to the Honors Program for the 2021-2022 academic year. The details of the program are outlined on our website here. Once you are ready to apply, follow this link to the application (sign in with your Brown username and password). If you have any questions, please meet with your advisor, or contact Olanda Estrada or Leslie Bostrom.

Vanessa German is a visual and performance artist based in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood. Homewood is the community that is the driving force behind German’s powerful performance work, and whose cast-off relics form the language of her copiously embellished sculptures. As a citizen artist, German explores the power of art and love as a transformative force in the dynamic cultural ecosystem of communities and neighborhoods. She is the founder of Love Front Porch and the ARThouse, a community arts initiative for the children of Homewood.

The Department of Visual Art is looking to our student body to elect two VA Concentrators to join Sylvia Atwood '22 as DUGs for the 2021-2022 academic year. VA DUGs are chosen each year to help students connect with one another, with faculty, and with alumni. VA DUGs participate in concentration fairs, provide a unique perspective to inquiries from prospective students, organize the open studio and other social events (online and in-person), and assist with an annual juried student art exhibition.

This year's panelists are Dara Kwayera Imani Bayer ’08, Sofie Ramos ’13, Scott Snibbe ’91, and Kah Yangni ’14. The discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Heather Bhandari ’97. A registration link to the event will be sent directly to all currently enrolled VISA students.

If you are enrolled in a VISA course which supplies a course kit (materials to complete coursework), Monday, March 1 is the last day you can pick items up from the Brown Bookstore.

he Department of Visual Art welcomes Junior VISA Concentrators to apply to the Honors Program for the 2021-2022 academic year. The details of the program are outlined on our website here. Once you are ready to apply, follow this link to the application (sign in with your Brown username and password). The deadline to apply for '22 Honors is Thursday, April 1 at 5pm. If you have any questions, please meet with your advisor, or contact Olanda Estrada or Leslie Bostrom.

There will be no Studio Monitor Hours during the Long Weekend. Normal monitor hours will resume on Wed. Feb 17. During this break, students enrolled in hybrid courses who have swipe access may still enter the building and designated studios with their ID. Certain equipment and machinery will be off limits when there is not a monitor present. All students must leave the building by 11pm daily.

Equipment Checkout will be closed for the Spring 2021 semester except for students in select courses. Only students currently enrolled in VISA0120, VISA1510, VISA1800C, VISA1900 and certain ISP students will be able to check out designated equipment beginning February 8. Equipment Checkout will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-6pm by appointment only.

Firelei Báez casts diasporic histories into an imaginative realm, re-working visual references drawn from the past to explore new possibilities for the future. With a goal to reclaim power, Báez overlays figuration, symbolic imagery, and abstract gesture onto large-scale reproductions of found maps and documents. She populates these historically-loaded representations of space with change-making creatures—whose hybrid forms incorporate folkloric and literary references, textile pattern, plantlife, and wide-ranging emblems of healing and resistance—to present fictional alternative universes. The artist will be in conversation with Leticia Alvarado, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and American Studies at Brown University. In partnership with Brown Arts Initiative.

Studio Monitor hours give students enrolled in VISA courses the opportunity to work in our studios outside of class time.