The Daily Hub

LEGO made a short film about Katherine Duclos, MFA Fine Arts (Painting and Drawing) ’12, and her use of LEGO building blocks in her artwork to express ideas about neurodivergence. “Katherine’s relationship with color and her unique use of bricks is a great inspiration to continue pushing the boundaries of creativity and play—that building with LEGO bricks can come to life in a million different ways.”

Chantal Galipeau, BFA ’15, is profiled in Saveur for her commitment to sustainable fashion and her upcycled kitchen aprons. “Every piece of mine is one of a kind,” she said.

Sam Lasiter, BFA Film/Video ’23, and Calyssa Lavery, BFA Film/Video ’23, will have their film What People Burn to Stay Warm screened at the Nighthawk Cinema Shorts Festival. The short film explores domestic abuse. 

The New Village: Ten Years of New York Fashion exhibition on display at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery through March 16 is featured in Vogue. “The show gathers a diverse group of designers whose unifying quality is the fact that at some point they have likely been described as having a slight anarchic approach to fashion.”

Danielle Fennoy, MS Interior Design ’05, is profiled in Domino. The article explores her expansive and innovative approach to interior design as she renovated her Brooklyn brownstone.

Alexander Brewington, MFA Fine Arts ’23, has his first solo exhibition on display at the Thierry Goldberg Gallery through March 16. What Burns Beneath “sympathetically captures the intricate contours of growing into early adulthood amidst New York City’s tumultuous terrain.”

Jodie Niss, MFA ’08, discusses her goals as an artist, her daily practice, and what a day in her studio looks like with Collect Bean. “An ideal day in the studio is when I get to be there with no interruptions. I like to feel like I have all the time in the world to think and create. There is a beautiful freedom in that.” 

Maryam Turkey, BID ’17 and visiting instructor of industrial design, won the 2024 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design. She was recognized “for her practice that seeks to bridge cultural and societal divides while simultaneously challenging the status quo; through organic sculptural forms and surfaces she deconstructs gender norms, revealing a powerful humanity.

Leslie Diuguid, visiting assistant professor of Fine Arts, is profiled in Curbed. The article explores how she turned an old dry cleaning store into “the first Black female-owned fine-art printing business in New York City.”

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, MFA Communications Design ’15, discusses her latest project, Weaving Our Stories, in a video profile with Thai PBS. “My favorite thing about this piece is how so many techniques from across the United States and Thailand come together to weave this beautiful monument, when our ideas, when people brush up against each other and really create together,” she said. “That’s when possibilities unfold and that’s when things are born.”