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'Christ: Life, Death, and Resurrection' Art Exhibit Highlights Prints & Pinot, Lecture/Reception Events
// October 18, 2019
The College of Arts and Sciences, University Galleries and the University of San Diego Alumni Association co-hosted the fall semester's Prin…
"Christ" Exhibit is Open During Homecoming and Family Weekend
// October 3, 2019
Homecoming and Family Weekend is here and it’s a great time to return to campus. Your fellow Toreros are back, there’s food and …
Professor Susie Babka on USD's 'Christ' Art Exhibit: "Drawings are Where Artists Get to be a Theologian"
// September 27, 2019
Susie Babka, PhD, an associate professor in the University of San Diego's Theology and Religious Studies Department, has many unique academi…
Art Exhibition Debut is a Hit with Campus, San Diego Community
// September 20, 2019
The first full week is complete, including the first-ever weekend availability for viewers, and there is great appreciation by both the Univ…
Visual arts professor, Matt Rich, awarded a Howard Fellowship
// September 19, 2019
Visual arts professor, Matt Rich, was awarded a Howard Fellowship from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Foundation to support …
Highly Anticipated Exhibit "Christ: Life, Death and Resurrection" Opens at Hoehn Galleries
// September 13, 2019
The wait is over. Today, Sept. 13, is the official public opening of one of the University of San Diego's most highly anticipated art exhibi…
Office Hours: Derrick Cartwright, PhD, University Galleries Director/Art History Associate Professor
// September 10, 2019
Through his work as the Director of University Galleries and as an Associate Professor of Art History, Derrick Cartwright, PhD, connects the…
Joan Jonas Spotlighted at Kyoto Prize Symposium
// March 22, 2019
Joan Jonas is an artist. Though true, to say it that simply seems to be a disservice to her vast and unique contributions to an art form she…
New Hoehn Galleries Curator Takes Modern Approach to Prints
// January 24, 2019
Curating one of his first shows, a look at radical "Red Art" during the Great Depression sparked John Murphy's interest in making prints the…
Professor John Halaka Selected as a PARC 2018-2019 U.S. Research Fellow
// January 23, 2019
Visual arts professor, John Halaka, was awarded a 2018-2019 Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), US Scholar Fellowship to develop th…
USD Announces New Robert E. ('82) and Darci M. O'Connell Scholarship for the Arts
// January 8, 2019
University of San Diego alumnus, Robert O’Connell, and his wife, Darci, have set up the Robert E. (‘82) and Darci M. O&rsqu…
The “Conscious” Campus: Alcalá Review Aims to Unite USD's Artistic Communities
// December 12, 2018
The Alcalá Review, the first literary journal hosted at USD, is publishing its Fall 2018 Issue on Dec. 13 to the delight of its growi…
Student Art Exhibitions, Events, Gallery Openings for Fall Semester
// September 21, 2018
An artist’s art project is an expression of what the world looks like through his or her eyes and mind. For those who then view it, it…
USD's First Graduate, Art/Design Pioneer: Therese Truitt Whitcomb '53, Passes Away
// August 16, 2018
Professor Emerita of Art Therese Truitt Whitcomb, the first and only graduate of the San Diego College for Women in 1953 and whose connectio…
New Acquisitions for University Galleries' Print Society
// November 14, 2017
Each fall for the past three years, supporters of the University of San Diego’s print collection have been invited to accompany the st…
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART EXHIBITION DEBUTS AT SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER
// October 30, 2017
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Hoehn Galleries Part of Getty-Led Exhibition across Southern California
// September 18, 2017
This fall the Getty Foundation is sponsoring an ambitious collaboration on Latin American art by institutions across Southern California and…
PST: LA/LA FREE MUSEUM DAY
// September 12, 2017
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Basics of Bioinspired Art – OpenMind
// September 8, 2017
In May 1959, Charles Pierce Snow delivered a lecture called The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution at the Senate House of …
Wiese Thrives as Artist-in-Residence at Las Vegas' Neon Museum
// August 14, 2017
To tourists arriving daily in Las Vegas, viewing the well-lit signs along the Vegas Strip, downtown and many places around town is a centerp…
Maintaining a Resourceful Changemaker Campus
// October 5, 2016
Six years ago, when the University of San Diego was designated as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka, a global nonprofit association devoted to …
Duncan McCosker's work on exhibit at Joseph Bellows Gallery
// August 19, 2016
The Teen YearsJuly 9 – August 26, 2016Opening Reception: July 9th from 6-8pm at Joseph Bellows Gallery Professor Duncan McCosker's wo…
Dr. Daniel López-Pérez receives Graham Foundation Grant
// May 28, 2015
Dr. Daniel López-Pérez receives 2015 Graham Foundation Grant. Dr. López-Pérez's awarded project commemorates th…
Artist Talk: Mike Calway-Fagen
// February 27, 2015
DAA+AH Artist’s Talk Mike Calway-Fagen“A Search Based Practice” Monday March 2, 7 p.m.Camino Hall 31 Department of Art,…
John Halaka to Show in Exhibition: Forgotten Survivors
// February 19, 2015
Exhibit: “Forgotten Survivors,” a drawing project and photographs by John HalakaLocation: Kimura Gallery (Fine Arts Building, Se…
John Halaka to Show in Exhibition: Portraits of Denial & Desire
// February 19, 2015
2015•02•10 Barcelona, Spain UNU-GCM is pleased to collaborate with the Barcelona Provincial Council Network of Municipal Librarie…
Brianna Rigg to Show in Exhibition: After the Victory Dance
// January 15, 2015
Professor Brianna Rigg to Show in Exhibition: After the Victory Dance Helmuth Projects1827 5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 Opening reception:…
Dr. Eva Friedberg to Speak at the Graham Foundation
// November 21, 2014
Collective Creativity and the Participatory City Eva J. Friedberg and Alison HirschDec. 4, 2014, 6 p.m.Talk Graham Foundation — In c…
Dr. Sally Yard presents in SDMA Symposium: Gauguin to Warhol
// October 27, 2014
Dr. Sally Yard presents in SDMA Symposium: Gauguin to Warhol 20th Century Icons from the Albright-Knox Art GalleryJames S. Copley Auditoriu…
Daniel Lopez-Perez Publishes 'R. Buckminster Fuller: World Man'
// May 1, 2014
USD Assistant Professor of Architecture Daniel Lopez-Perez edited a book, R. Buckminster Fuller: World Man. The book features a lecture…
Victoria Fu in 2014 Whitney Biennial
// May 1, 2014
USD Art Assistant Professor Victoria Fu attained national prominence with her work specialized in video art, film, and new media. Fu’s…
Can Bilsel, PhD, Serves as Research Chair in the French Institute of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences
// January 1, 2014
The chair of USD’s Department of Art, Architecture + Art History, Can Bilsel, PhD, was invited by the French government to serve as a …
Dr. Juliana Maxim Recipient of American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships
// January 1, 2014
USD History of Art and Architecture Associate Professor Juliana Maxim, PhD, was the recipient of an American Council of Learned Societies Fe…
Sally Yard's CoTA Awarded Grant from U.S. Department of Education
// January 1, 2014
USD History of Art Professor Sally Yard, PhD, is the founding director and executive board member of CoTA—Collaborations: Teachers and…
Architecture Sophomore Angela Vanella wins 2013 Harriet Gill Award
// May 21, 2013
Architecture Sophomore Angela Vanella wins 2013 Harriet Gill Award presented by the Friends of San Diego Architecture. Student project submi…
Visual Arts Sophomore Jillian Grant Awarded 2013 SURE Grant
// May 9, 2013
Visual Arts Sophomore Jillian Grant was awarded the 2013 SURE grant to pursue her project, “We Walk the Line” under the mentorsh…
Visual Arts Sophomore Sean Rivera Awarded 2013 SURE Grant
// May 9, 2013
Visual Arts Sophomore Sean Rivera was awarded the 2013 SURE grant to pursue his project, “A Crown of Beauty” under the mentorshi…
Architecture Junior Ryan Barney awarded 2013 SURE grant
// May 2, 2013
Architecture Junior Ryan Barney awarded 2013 SURE grant to continue scholarly project, “The Polyhedral Atlas: Contemporary Parametric …
Artist and Adjunct Faculty Matt Rich - Exhibition "Razors & Vapors"
// April 24, 2013
devening projects + editions is very pleased to invite you to Razors & Vapors, Matt Rich's second solo exhibition with the gallery. In t…
Matt Rich and Joe Yorty to show in Exhibition: Fiction Alters Form
// April 23, 2013
.T.F.R. Gallery presents Fiction Alters Form, featuring artists Joshua Miller, Matt Rich, and Joe Yorty. In selecting Matt Rich and Joe…
Victoria Fu - MCASD Exhibition "Approximately Infinite Universe"
// April 8, 2013
Faculty and artist Victoria Fu's work on view in the "Approximately Infinite Universe" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Dieg…
Dr. Can Bilsel to Speak at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art in Paris
// April 3, 2013
Department Chair Can Bilsel, PhD, to speak on April 13 at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art in Paris, France about his recent book, …
Artist and Faculty Victoria Fu - Exhibition "LOREM IPSUM"
// April 1, 2013
Faculty and artist Victoria Fu's work on view in the "LOREM IPSUM" exhibition at the Marginal Utility gallery in Philadelphia, PA from …
Artist and Faculty Victoria Fu - Exhibition "TIME IN THREE PARTS"
// April 1, 2013
Faculty and artist Victoria Fu's work on view in the "TIME IN THREE PARTS" exhibition at the University of the Arts, Gallery 817 in Phi…
Daniel López-Pérez Assists in Building the New BA in Architecture
// March 28, 2013
Inside USD -- After joining the College of Arts and Sciences in the Fall, Daniel López-Pérez assists architecture faculty memb…
High Praise Indeed
// March 28, 2013
USD Magazine -- It may seem a long reach across the academic spectrum from modernist Eastern European architecture to organometallic chemica…
Pure Imagination
// March 28, 2013
USD Magazine -- “Excuse the mess,” says Noé Olivas as he climbs aboard his dismantled 1967 Chevy Step-Van in the cool sha…
Dream Building
// April 28, 2011
USD Magazine -- As a junior tennis champion in the Netherlands, Milou Teeling didn’t draw. She didn’t doodle. She fiddled with L…