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A Celebration of the Arts
While it is no secret that the department needed a new building, none of us anticipated that it would be so beautiful.
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Amer Kobaslija - "Places and Spaces"
Our first visiting artist, Amer Kobaslija exhibited his work in our gallery for the entire winter quarter.
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East-West Encounters in the Visual Arts
Based on a final project, this exhibition showcases the universality of religion through the visual exploration of female divinities across seven distinct cultures.
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Edward M. Dowd Building: This is our/your new home.
We are finally at home, under one rood, with state of the art classrooms, faculty offices, and studio spaces, and a large gallery for lectures and exhibitions.
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SCU Student Art League Spotlight
Interview with Ciaran Freeman, SCUSAL President
Meet Ciaran Freeman, SCUSAL President of the SCU Student Art League
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James Elkins - “Problems Teaching Visuality Across the University”
The first of a series of lecture events featuring renowned art historian and theorist James Elkins scheduled for April 7, 2017.
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Art Department’s Summer Course Culminates in Art Show
Ceramics and prints from local high school students
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Blue Collar Leisure
Blue Collar Leisure by Ryan Carrington Opens Friday August 4th
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Alumna In Action
Brittany Eames-Thies, Art History 2011, is helping people made homeless by the fires in Northern California; she is cleverly re-purposing Amazon's wedding registry to create a "disaster registry".
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Art History alum Samantha Nelson in the Arts
Art History alum Samantha Nelson is now working as an Exhibition Intern at the Palo Alto Arts Center after recently graduting this past June 2015. Sam wanted to remain in the Bay Area after graduation with hopes to acquire professional experience before applying to graduate school in the same field. Congratulations Sam!
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Internship Insight
Victoria Yao '18 worked at the Palo Alto Art Center this past summer
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Andrea Pappas and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning "Bootcamp"
Andrea Pappas is featured in a blog post related to an upcoming Scholarship of Teaching and Learning "bootcamp" at the College Art Association Meeting in February.
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Makin’ Stuff!
SCU Art professor Ryan Carrington on art and life in the South Bay
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Student Art vs. Construction
Student art work decorates STEM construction work site
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Home | Maker: Reactions to Definement Show Announcement
Ryan Carrington is pleased to invite you to his upcoming exhibition, “Home | Maker: Reactions to Definement” at the Embark Gallery in the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture in San Francisco.
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Save the date: Aoki local art exhibition June 24th
Kathy Aoki will have a new solo installation at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
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For Bevin McCullough, Teaching is Art
Senior studio art major takes passion to Palo Alto Art Center, thanks to REAL Program
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Kathy Aoki humorous performance at "Hello Kitty Monument"
Sunday August 26 @ 3pm San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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Memory and Perception Exhibition
Pancho Jimenez is exhibiting his work at MarinMOCA (Marin Museum of Contemporary Art) in a show titled, "Memory and Perception." If you happen to be in the area I encourage you to stop by.
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SCU Professors Help San Jose High Schoolers Experience College
Detweiler and Jiménez prepare first-gen students for collegiate success
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VR Specialist Brian Smith Joins SCU Imaginarium
Uses training in art and computer science to make art more “experiential”
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Dillman makes art at Anderson Ranch workshop
Using Rhino, Aspire, and the CNC
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McCarty CIVA Internship Success at SJMA
Alex McCarty, Art History '18, completed an internship at the San Jose Museum of Art this summer, thanks to the Hearst Foundation's CIVA grant.
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Reflections on Shakespeare in San Quentin
SCU LEAD students in a critical thinking and writing course reflect on the Shakespeare workshop they participated in at San Quentin earlier this year, published by the Marin Shakespeare Company.
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Recent SCU Alumna Gets REAL About Her Work at the Triton Museum
Athena Snyder '18 takes art world by storm thanks to the REAL program.
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Jiménez, Detweiler Honored With Outreach Accolade
Art faculty receive award named for Jiménez’s father
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New Year Brings VR Sustainability, Faculty Collaboration to Imaginarium
New upper division course allows deeper dive into VR tools
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New Faculty Book: Shriya Sridharan Writes About Hindu Temples
Art historian Shriya Sridharan, co-edited a book titled "The Contemporary Hindu Temple, Fragments for a History."
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Art and Art History at the County Fair
Art and Art History at the County Fair, Summer 2019
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Digital Storytelling Through the Visual Arts
Students in Professor Moro’s ELSJ course used digital media arts to document the stories of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II.
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Li Lectures on The Application of System Thinking
Qiuwen Li presents her research, “Think Like a Web Developer: The Application of System Thinking in Web and Interface Design Courses,” at the SECAC 2019 Conference.
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Schumacher Awarded the Anderson Ranch Fellowship
Lily Schumacher making art at Anderson Ranch.
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"A Walk in Nature," Mural by Jessica Eastburn, Lecturer in Studio Art
"A Walk in Nature," by Jessica Eastburn, Lecturer in Studio Art
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Published Article by Art Historian Heather Clydesdale
Heather Clydesdale published an article “Buried Towers: Artistic Innovation on China’s Frontier”
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Studio Art Major Solo Exhibition
"Europe: Spacial Study" by Madeline Bragg
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Handcrafted mescal by Sam Hernandez, sculpture professor emeritus
Bring in the new year with a new hand-crafted mezcal, Huxal.
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Acknowledging an Ugly Past in Hopes of a Compassionate Future
Renee Billingslea’s project “Ten Japanese-American Concentration Camps” Holds a Mirror to Present-Day America
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Hedges Awarded for Excellence in Service
Andrew Hedges draws upon his own studio art expertise to ensure safety of students making the most of Dowd
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Jiménez Exhibiting in the Bay Area
"Gas Mask" Ceramic 15x13x10 inches
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Giving Trash New Life Through Art
Professor Kathy Aoki created an art exhibition using discarded items from the dump as one of Recology’s Artists-in-Residence.
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Congratulations Class of 2020
A virtual celebration for the Class of 2020 via Zoom.
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Student Publications in the Bowdoin Journal of Art
Featuring Art History Students Alex McCarty '18, Persia Liu '22 and Alex Quan '21
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Bringing the Museum Experience Online
Through the REAL program, Studio Art major Shae Kennedy ’21 participated in a virtual internship where she created fun art activities for kids and their families to do online.
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Carrington Kicks Off the CAH Spring Faculty Fellows Series
CAH 2020-21 faculty fellow Ryan Carrington (Studio Art) will launch our Spring Fellows Events Series with a chance to (virtually) visit his studio in the Dowd building to see where he works, how he works, and what he's working on.
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Brian Beams to Receive Career Influencer Award!
SCU Career Center honors faculty and staff nominated by students
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Student-Curated Virtual Exhibitions
Students enrolled in Art History 140: Photography in the U.S., taught by Associate Professor Andrea Pappas, developed a series of virtual exhibitions featuring artworks from the de Saisset Museum's permanent collection.
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Creating the Art Exhibition Experience Online
Students in Andrea Pappas’ Art History course explored Jesuit values while creating virtual exhibitions in partnership with SCU’s de Saisset Museum.
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Hidden Histories of San Jose Japantown
Hidden Histories is a live experience that connects you to the underlying beauty and historic riches of this remarkable neighborhood through Augmented Reality (AR) technology.
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Kathy Aoki recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences
Kathy Aoki is the Inaugural Recipient of the Marquette Jones Award
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Don Fritz - "Lexicon" Exhibition
March 26 - May 1, 2022
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SAP Zoom Suites Mural Project by Jessica Eastburn
Jessica Eastburn has a new mural on view at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA.
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Ricardo Cortez Named 2022 Creative Ambassador
Ricardo Cortez ’03, Studio Art major has been named one of six new 2022 Creative Ambassadors by the City of San Jose.
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de Saisset Mural Project by Studio Art students
Photo Caption: Sofia Hartenbaum, Title: San Francisco Garter Snake, oil on panel, 2021. Photo Credit: Ryan Reynolds
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The Gardens Kenny Built
Santa Clara photography professor Takeshi Moro pays tribute to the owner of an East Bay Japanese-American nursery by photographing the gardens of longtime clients.
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Museum Meets Residential Learning Communities
With funding from the REAL program, Kelsey Elinski ‘22 worked to bring art from the de Saisset Museum into residence halls on campus.
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Studio Art Alumni News
Congratulations Stefania!
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Art History Major - 2022 Miller Center Lewis Family Fellow
Maggie Walter '23 (Marketing & Art History) is one out of 14 talented students selected for 2022 Miller Center Lewis Family Fellow.
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Meet Corinne Takara SCU/Montalvo Lucas Fellow
Corinne Takara, SCU/Department of Art and Art History and the Montalvo Art Center 2023 Lucas Fellow
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Leading Arts
First-gen college student tapped for Arts and Culture Commission for City of Gilroy
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Looking For Belonging
Student photos explore the camaraderie of friendships, to the loneliness of not quite fitting in.
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2024 SCU Visiting Artist/Montalvo Lucas Fellow
Meet the 2024 Montalvo Arts Center Lucas Fellow Visiting Artist Ana Teresa Fernández.