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Caroline Collins | Tuesday, August 30, 2022
“Ongoing Matter: Democracy, Design and the Mueller Report” is a project created to educate and help people interact with the information presented in the “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election”, also known as the Mueller Report. The exhibit is presented by the department of art, art history and design
Megan Fahrney | Friday, March 18, 2022
Since April 2021, passersby will have noticed the construction of a new building on the northwest corner of the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park. This structure, called the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, will soon be home to Notre Dame’s expansive art collection. The new museum will be constructed in two phases. The first
Claire Lyons | Friday, November 12, 2021
Notre Dame’s Department of film, television and theatre debuted “THIS IS MODERN ART” on Wednesday. The play was prefaced by a lecture from Dr. Nicole L. Woods, assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of art, art history & design, who discussed the origins of graffiti in American art. The play, originally directed by Idris Goodwin
Maggie Eastland | Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Last year, University professors lectured to rooms of half-faced students or two-dimensional squares lighting up the projector screen. This fall, they have an opportunity to dictate their own classroom mask policy. According to the Notre Dame health and safety protocols released this August, there is no mask requirement in the classroom setting. Students always have
Claire Reid | Thursday, May 6, 2021
The Department of Art, Art History and Design (AAHD) is currently holding its annual honors senior thesis exhibition in Riley Hall. The exhibition features senior thesis projects from students pursuing Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Arts with Honors (BA Honors) degrees in visual communication design, industrial design and studio art. Their work
Willoughby Thom | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
The Snite Museum of Art’s latest exhibition is breathtaking. The day the Snite announced they were hosting Kevin Beasley’s 2016 work, “Chair of the Ministers of Defense,” visiting was the first thing I did when I got back in February. On the second floor of the Snite, in the Contemporary Art Gallery, sits the powerful
Alexis Martin | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
A new exhibit at the Snite Museum of Art, titled “Chao Shao-an: Moments Between Worlds,” gives viewers a brief glimpse into the expansive life and work of Chinese artist Chao Shao-an. The exhibit contains 17 paintings that “capture the essence of subtle moments in nature through vibrant brushwork and coloration,” according to an article released
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
In the Middle Ages, a group of composers in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame invented a new kind of sound: polyphony. Compared to the monophonic Gregorian chants of years prior, this new music consisted of multiple overlapping voices moving in distinct yet interwoven melodies. The innovation resonated throughout Western music for centuries. Like those medieval artists,
Jack Lyons | Friday, April 5, 2019
“What are you going to do with that?” That question is familiar to Meg Burns, and it typically follows her introduction as an art history major. “It does open you up to fielding questions about what you are going to do with your life,” Burns, a sophomore, said. Katherine Coogan, a sophomore majoring in business
Nora McGreevy, Ryan Israel, Jake Winningham and Martin Kennedy | Monday, December 3, 2018
Snowflakes gently falling, a cold breeze cutting through South Quad, Sufjan Stevens on the record player — there’s only one thing it could all mean: It’s time to rank stuff. Welcome to Scene’s Year in Review, a week when Scene Writers take stock as the calendar year creeps to a close. On Tuesday, Scene Writers