Ashvin E. Rajagopalan, BFA Fine Arts ’02, was interviewed for Art Plugged about art, curating, and his latest project, “Bhakti: The Art of Krishna.”
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Preservation manager at the Weeksville Heritage Center, Zulmilena Then, BArch ’09, was interviewed for Black Enterprise about Brooklyn’s Weeksville houses. “Growing up in Brooklyn, I didn’t know about Weeksville until I was an adult,” Then said. “These buildings are an anchor to our people and connection to … our past. [They] add to the pride that one feels about the neighborhood itself.”
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J.E. Molly Seegers, MA/MS History of Art and Design/Library and Information Science ’16, was selected as a member of the 2024 Archives Leadership Institute. Seegers also attended the Archives Leadership Institute at UVA in June.
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Andrew Woolbright, visiting assistant professor of fine arts, contributed to The Brooklyn Rail’s Critics Page.
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Sylvia Morse, senior program manager for research and policy, has been awarded the prestigious Global Exchange Fellowship with Urban Design Forum. The group of housing policy researchers, tenant advocates, architects, and other experts will explore what lessons NYC can learn from across the world to tackle our housing crisis.
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Joan Semmel, BFA Art Teacher Education ’63; MFA ’72, was interviewed for Apollo Magazine’s “In the studio with…” series. “I don’t have a schedule,” said Semmel, “that’s one of the nice things about being an artist—so if I don’t feel like working, I don’t. But most of the time I do.” Semmel was also featured in Martin CID Magazine.
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Zabie Mustafa, BArch ’13, and Neda Kakhsaz, BArch ’16, partners at Studio MUKA, were featured in Architectural Digest’s New American Voices 2024.
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Devin B. Johnson, MFA Fine Arts ’19, was interviewed for Frieze. “I believe that urban spaces possess a memory, much like the body,” Johnson says.
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Academic Director of the Landscape Architecture Program and Associate Professor of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design Rosetta S. Elkin was featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine for an article about landscape architects seeking novel solutions in the face of difficult regulations.
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Imogen Aukland, MFA Fine Arts ’24, was featured in Canvas Rebel.
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