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The summer activity continues!
Sobia Ahmad (MFA ’24) is featured in “Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise” at the Phillips Collection in Washington, and led a 5-week virtual workshop, titled “Cultivating Devotion,” through Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh.
Todd Bartel (MFA ’93) curated “Uncollage—Seamless Unison” at The Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery at Dutchess Community College from June 29-July 31.
Mark Baugh-Sasaki (BFA ’04) installed a sculpture, titled Lighthouse, in its new permanent home at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA.
Roma Devanbu (BFA ’80) presented a solo show, “SURFACE TENSION,” at Axis Gallery in Sacramento, CA, from July 3-August 2.
Justin Giunta (BFA ’01) opened “New West” at Visions West Contemporary in Bozeman, MT, on June 26.
Dana Lok (BFA ’12) opened a solo exhibition, “A Body for Your Thoughts,” at Clima in Milan on June 10. The show runs through September 12.
Claire McConaughy (BFA ’81) presented a solo exhibition “Other Worlds: Trees, Flowers and Birds” at Nick Ryan Gallery in Boulder, CO, from June 18-August 1.
Emily Drew Miller (BFA ’16) showed work at The Re Institute in Millerton, NY, from May 31-July 5.
Lize Mogel (BFA ’92) launched Wallkill Futures, a project bringing together four other artists and a number of community partners in the Hudson Valley.
David Noel (MFA ’21) opened a two-person show with Trevor Paglen at clubhouse 88 in Mexico City on July 4.
Daniel Pillis (MFA ’16) was recently spotlighted in MIT News for his collaboration with MIT’s Immersion Lab to bring virtual production to life for his Emerson College students, connecting real human performance with digital filmmaking in ways that rival professional Hollywood productions.
Barbara Rosenthal (BFA ’70) engaged in a new iteration of PROVOCATION CARDS INTERACTION under her half-century-long pseudonymic neologism, HOMO FUTURUS, every Saturday from June 13-July 25.
Alison Safförd (BFA ’98) exhibited a solo show, titled “MUR MUR,” at AT HOME GALLERY in Slovakia from June 30-August 16.
Georgia Saxelby (MFA ’24) was awarded a Quick Grant by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) to support professional development.
Susan Schwalb (BFA ‘65) was featured in “On Point,” a group exhibition at Heather Gaudio Fine Art in Greenwich, CT from June 25-August 15.
Jeffrey Augustine Songco (BFA ’05) was featured in a June 27 Vogue magazine article titled “The Mall as Museum.”
Carolyn Speranza (BFA ’85) and Sam Ticknor (BFA ’15) are featured in the 2026 New Member Exhibition from Associated Artists Pittsburgh, which ran June 13–August 14.
Amy Tenenouser (BFA ’86) is currently exhibiting a solo show, “Amy Tenenouser: New Works on Paper,” at Gen Brooklyn through September 28.
Paul Vanouse (MFA ’96) received the Fulbright Tocqueville Distinguished Chair award and will spend the Spring 2027 semester at the École Polytechnique in Paris.
Dan Wilcox (MFA ’15) opened “MARS!” at ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe, Germany on June 5, on view through September 13.
Hyla Willis (MFA ’99) published a new book Night Sweats: Cyberfeminist Practices together with Irina Aristarkhova, Nathanael Elias Mengist, and Faith Wilding.
Image: Dana Lok (BFA ’12)