News & Features
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Professors Joseph Ostraff and Bryon Draper retire; Collin Bradford selected as new Department Chair
In the summer of 2024, the department will undergo significant personnel changes with the retirement of professors Joe Ostraff and Bryon Draper.
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Installation in the Eyring Science Center bridges Art and Geology
With the help of his 3D Sculpture classes, Professor Collin Bradford collaborated with the Geology Department to create a unique work of art.
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An Artist and a Mother: Art Education professor Tara Carpenter Estrada co-edits book for fellow artist mothers
Over the past three years, the Associate Professor of Art Education worked with collaborators to create a new book centered around artists dealing with motherhood.
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Department of Art Students & Faculty Join Collaborators for Community Project in Mesa, AZ
In the summer of 2022, Professor Joe Ostraff brought a group of Department of Art students and faculty to Mesa, AZ to collaborate on a project centered around natural inks and community.
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Vantage Point: a Q&A with Daniel Everett on his new publication
The professor of New Genres sat down with us to talk about his new book, releasing at the 2022 New York Art Book Fair.
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Student Curatorial Team Joins Professor for Experience at Los Angeles Art Fair
Professor Christopher Lynn returns to the SPRING/BREAK art fair, this time joined by student collaborators Malachi Wilson and Janessa Lewis.
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Undergraduate Aïsha Lehmann finds unique opportunity as Artist-in-Residence
With a residency at Modern West Fine Art and an exhibition at Finch Lane Gallery, BFA Art student Aïsha Lehmann is ready for her work to meet a larger audience.
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MFA student Eugene Tapahe finds connection, healing, and recognition with Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project
"In a sense, I thought of our project in the National Parks as a reclamation of the land, and at the same time we were blessing the land.”
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Renowned Artist and Filmmaker Shirin Neshat Virtually Visits with Students
This past March, the Department of Art was honored to host a talk from internationally recognized visual artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat as part of the College of Fine Arts and Communications’ (CFAC) Listen Up! series.
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Experiential Learning Funds Support Ambitious Book Project
Supported by Experiential Learning funding from the Department of Art, Amelia O'Neill's self-published book is a record of both her painting practice and her personal history.
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MFA Student Sara Lynne Lindsay Exhibits Her Performative and Sculptural Work Nationally
"If you spend time with art, you can find some communication that can touch you in a way that words can’t.”
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Faculty Member Brian Christensen Seeks to Build Connections Across Time
Rooted in materials, history and conceptualism, Christensen’s artwork explores the human connection to the earth and to each other.
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Art Students Initiate Collaborative Project Unifying Students Remotely
During an unusual semester, art students Jeffery Hampshire and Amelia O’Neill seek a sense of community by simulating Open Studios online
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Alumni Feature: Jen Harmon Allen
After years of perfecting a non-traditional sculpting method amidst personal trial, Jennifer Harmon Allen is ready to be patient with more delicate processes
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Alumni Feature: Casey Jex Smith
Smith prefers the accessibility of drawing to more complicated mediums, but his drawings are anything but simple
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Alumni Feature: Michael Whiting
Minimalism meets video games in Whiting’s pixel-based sculptures
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PARC Collective: Championing Contemporary Art in Utah
Founded by three BYU art alumni, Utah’s newest contemporary art platform aims to create opportunities for working artists within the state
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Alumni Feature: Tiana Birrell
The research of new genre artist Tiana Birrell revolves around the intersection of materiality and immateriality, and the internet as a new type of consumerism
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