Ghost of a Dream is the collaborative project of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom. They make work about people’s hopes and dreams out of the ephemera created trying to attain those aspirations. They began working together in 2007 shortly after getting married and this collaboration has been their full-time practice ever since.

Flexible Flyer Award-- An award for a Junior or Senior Visual Art Concentrator. Independent concentrators may apply as long as they plan a career in some aspect of art

Kambui Olujimi was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn and received his MFA from Columbia University in New York City. Olujimi’s work challenges established modes of thinking that commonly function as “inevitabilities.” This pursuit takes shape through interdisciplinary bodies of work spanning sculpture,

There will be no Monitor Hours during the Long Weekend. Normal monitor hours will resume on Wed. Feb 23.

Tauba Auerbach is an artist and publisher working in New York. A life-long student of math and physics, their work contends with structure and connectivity on the microscopic to the universal scale. Auerbach often invents tools and techniques for inducing material behaviors, building on crafts in many disciplines. The artist’s hand is recognizable in work across painting, weaving, glass sculpture, photography, video, typography and musical instrument design.

Students currently enrolled in VISA courses can check out equipment to complete their coursework. Equipment Checkout is located in room 515, and is open from 1-3pm Monday-Friday.

Open to all currently enrolled VISA students. Space is limited to 18 students. Sessions are held from 8pm-10pm on Wednesdays starting on February 23rd in room 225.

The 42nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition is held in the spring semester of each year. The exhibition dates for 2022 are March 3rd to March 23rd. Students from any concentration are encouraged to submit their work in a variety of media and will receive assistance with the installation and publicity of the exhibition

Be advised that the Department of Visual Art staff will be working remotely until the New Year. Please reach out via email with any questions or concerns that may arise between now and then.

The last night for Monitor Hours will be Wednesday, December 8th, with the exception of the Darkroom, which will end on Sunday, Dec 12th.

There will be no Monitor Hours in observance of Thanksgiving Recess from Sunday, November 21 through Sunday, November 28. Monitor Hours will resume on Monday, November 29. Students with swipe access to the building will still be able to access their studios during this time, but some of the equipment and machinery will be locked.

There will be no Equipment Checkout in observance of Thanksgiving Recess on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26. Equipment Checkout will resume on Monday, November 29.

Submit your work for the 42nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition. All media accepted. All currently enrolled Brown University students eligible. Submissions close January 28, 2022. Submission website opening soon.

Centering women of color as protagonists, “Helina Metaferia: Generations” uses collage, video, and installation to explore how inherited trauma informs present-day experiences.

The Department of Visual Art is hosting a nude figure model drawing session 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.

José Parlá has emerged in the past decade as one of his generation’s most fervent champions of painting, working for more than twenty years to establish a style of that transforms the language of the street into a hybrid form of abstraction and urban realism.

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.