Faculty Awards Spring 2020

On Thursday May 28th, Brian T. Edwards, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, announced this year's faculty awards.

We are pleased to report that Teresa Cole, Professor of Printmaking, is this year’s George Lurcy Affiliated Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. Professor Cole will spend a month in residence at the Academy working on a new printmaking project based on the intricate patterns and vibrant colors found in the medieval mosaic floors created by the Cosmati brothers. To inspire her new work she will study the mosaic floors and patterned columns in the Pantheon and S. Maria in Trastevere.

Faculty Research Awards were granted to the following Newcomb Art Department faculty: AnnieLaurie Erickson (Slow Light), Leslie Geddes (Weapons of Atlas: The Art and Science of Early Modern Cartography 1580-1650), and Kevin Jones (Decollage - a solo art exhibition).

"Art and Activism: Rights of Nature" course produces virtual exhibit at Antenna

duct tape over cracks in the sidewalk ARTISTS:
Yacob Arroyo
Sidney Astl
Chloe Coleman
Emily Fornof
Alex Lawton
Andrew Mahaffie
Anya Mukundan
Katy Perrault
Tyler Simien
William Sockness
Tess Stroh
C. Tweedie
Amelia Wiygul
 
Duct tape over cracks in the sidewalk is a group exhibition featuring work created by the thirteen students that were a part of the course Art and Activism: Rights of Nature at Tulane University. This course explored art making as a tool for change. We set out to expand our knowledge of both environmental problems and possible solutions through meeting with experts across disciplinary fields and cultivating our own civically engaged artistic practices. A specific topic of our initial focus was the devastating effects that the fossil fuel industry continues to have on our communities here in Louisiana. Our primary service endeavor was an intent to support and participate in the next iteration of Fossil Free Festival (initially scheduled for April 2020 in New Orleans). At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all of our lives, and therefore work, shifted significantly; both Fossil Free Festival and our physical exhibition at Antenna had to be canceled. We did everything we could to troubleshoot projects virtually and/or make new work responding to our circumstances in quarantine. This online exhibition is the salvaged product of our unexpectedly thwarted efforts to create physical art and participatory experiences. Duct tape over cracks in the sidewalk is an expression of both our ambitions and humility, our sadness and our continued effort.

– AnnieLaurie Erickson, Associate Professor, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University