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Peter Burr BFA ‘02 exhibits “Boom Town” in the online platform Feral File, opening Dec 14.

Lelia Byron BFA ‘13 installed a new public work at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Zhiwan Cheung MFA ‘16 exhibited in “Look at Each Other” at Hou Sahn Art Gallery in Zhuhai, China, Dec 3-11.

Mary Jo Dowling’s BFA ‘83 work as a prize-winning cake artist was profiled in a new CMU video.

Kira Melville BFA ‘17 started a new position as Elementary Art Teacher at Providence Public Schools.

Lucia Nhamo MFA ‘15 exhibits in the Bamako Encounters – African Biennale of Photography, on view Dec 12 to Jan 8 in Mali.

CMU’s “Cut Pathways” podcast discussed the work of Duane Palyka BFA ’68, an early artist to use computers.

Samira Shaheen BFA ‘81 exhibits in “​​Thresholds of Liminality” at Radian Gallery in San Francisco, through Jan 28.