The School of the Arts strives to be a stimulating community of students and teachers who cross the boundaries of conventional art and design disciplines; who apply aesthetic and intellectual vision to the expression of complex ideas; who value artistic tradition and experimentation in the search for creative solutions; who connect international experience with professional education; who integrate technical skills with theoretical understanding; and who care about the impact of our work on people.
VCUarts has become known as a hotbed of artistic creation and expression. Here, emerging artists explore their potential and strive for high standards set by faculty members acknowledged for their inspiration and achievement. Education in the arts, specifically a VCUarts experience, develops creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Discipline and innovative thinking are fostered and arts students develop confidence and the ability to take criticism and speak articulately about their work.
The Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Sculpture and Extended Media is a heterogeneous group of students and professional artists [artist teachers] examining the fundamental, philosophical, critical, technica[...]
May 8, 2013
Clothes Shoes, a re-appropriated urban re-signing found on a Richmond thrift-recycling bin, describes not only the context, but perhaps the demographic of current graduate artists' work. The found marker resonates with [...]
May 1, 2013
The Summer Studio Program at Virginia Commonwealth University is a supportive and rigorous residency program with an established track record of inspiring and developing artists within a hothouse environment. Based on[...]
April 22, 2013
The Kinetic Imaging MFA Program offers the MFA student the opportunity to expand and integrate the fields of video, experimental animation, interactive media and sound. Working in a studio-based environment, students foc[...]
November 29, 2012
The Summer Studio Program at Virginia Commonwealth University (SSP @ VCU) has an established track record of inspiring and developing artists within a supportive, hothouse environment. Based on our successful MFA pr[...]
March 1, 2012
The Fountainhead Arts Fellowship is a joint project of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, the Department of Painting & Printmaking, the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, the Department of[...]
February 22, 2012
The Kinetic Imaging MFA program strives to expand and integrate the fields of video, experimental animation, interactive media and sound through art production that explores critical inquiries on media, culture and so[...]
December 13, 2011
The Kinetic Imaging MFA program strives to expand and integrate the fields of video, experimental animation, interactive media and sound through art production that explores critical inquiries on media, culture and socie[...]
December 14, 2010
VCUarts and Fountainhead Development invite fine artists to apply for a subsidized non-living art studio in the New Manchester Flats incubator. This is part of a new 10-acre, eco-friendly, mixed-use development (artist s[...]
September 9, 2010
The Fountainhead Arts Fellowship is a joint project of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, the Department of Painting & Printmaking, the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, the Department of Cr[...]
February 22, 2010
