Suzanne Vanderbilt, BID ‘55, was featured for her design work at GM. “Suzanne was inspired by an instructor at Pratt Institute to pursue automotive design,” writes Jonathan Lopez. “She became one of the so-called Damsels of Design, working alongside several other women to create a variety of iconic pieces of GM design work.”
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Jonell Joshua, assistant to the chair of art and design education, was a featured artist for the sixth annual Schomburg Literary Festival and gave a talk about her debut memoir at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She also spoke on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, and the The Brooklyn Book Festival.
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Marilyn Nance, BFA Communications Design (Graphic Design) ’76, headlined “The Fabric of Courage,” a multidisciplinary arts exhibition that celebrated the historic Festival of Arts and Culture, or FESTAC ’77. “While serving as the photographer for the US contingent of the North American delegation, Nance documented more than 1,500 images, which has become one of the most comprehensive photographic accounts of FESTAC 77.”
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Ashvin E. Rajagopalan, BFA Fine Arts ’02, was interviewed for Art Plugged about art, curating, and his latest project, “Bhakti: The Art of Krishna.”
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Preservation manager at the Weeksville Heritage Center, Zulmilena Then, BArch ’09, was interviewed for Black Enterprise about Brooklyn’s Weeksville houses. “Growing up in Brooklyn, I didn’t know about Weeksville until I was an adult,” Then said. “These buildings are an anchor to our people and connection to … our past. [They] add to the pride that one feels about the neighborhood itself.”
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J.E. Molly Seegers, MA/MS History of Art and Design/Library and Information Science ’16, was selected as a member of the 2024 Archives Leadership Institute. Seegers also attended the Archives Leadership Institute at UVA in June.
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Andrew Woolbright, visiting assistant professor of fine arts, contributed to The Brooklyn Rail’s Critics Page.
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Sylvia Morse, senior program manager for research and policy, has been awarded the prestigious Global Exchange Fellowship with Urban Design Forum. The group of housing policy researchers, tenant advocates, architects, and other experts will explore what lessons NYC can learn from across the world to tackle our housing crisis.
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Joan Semmel, BFA Art Teacher Education ’63; MFA ’72, was interviewed for Apollo Magazine’s “In the studio with…” series. “I don’t have a schedule,” said Semmel, “that’s one of the nice things about being an artist—so if I don’t feel like working, I don’t. But most of the time I do.” Semmel was also featured in Martin CID Magazine.
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Zabie Mustafa, BArch ’13, and Neda Kakhsaz, BArch ’16, partners at Studio MUKA, were featured in Architectural Digest’s New American Voices 2024.
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