Artists, A-list celebrities, art collectors—and GW alumni—flocked to Miami Beach, Florida, this past weekend for Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the biggest art fairs in the United States. The annual four-day festival showcases the best-of-the-best in modern and contemporary art, and members of the South Florida GW community were invited for brunch and a […]
Tag: art & culture
Dept. of Art: Upcoming free events
GW’s Department of Art invites all alumni to the following events, which are part of its Visiting Artists and Scholars Committee (VASC) lecture series. Each semester, fine arts and art history undergraduate majors and MFA and MA students are invited to join VASC, which includes several full-time faculty members. The committee is responsible for researching […]
Wesley Clark, CCAS MFA ’12
Wesley Clark, CCAS MFA ’12 was accepted into the “No Strings Attached” exhibition at the 39th Street Gallery in Brentwood, MD. The exhibition was featured in the Washington Post. “No Strings Attached” features work by members of Delusions of Grandeur, an artists’ collective formed by Clark, Shaunte Gates, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Amber Robles-Gordon and Stan Squirewell. […]
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, CCAS MFA ’94
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, CCAS MFA ’94, is founding artistic director and choreographer for Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co., a non-profit modern dance company. Burgess is working on the company’s 20th Anniversary Fall Performance, which premieres Sept. 21-23 at 8:00pm at GW’s Dorothy Betts Theater in the Marvin Center. Burgess choreographed five pieces titled Caverns, […]
Her Best Role Yet
Alumna Founds Arts Organization Emilia O’Connor, GSEHD MA ’07, found her love of theater in the fourth grade, and she has followed it ever since. She has worn practically every theatre “hat” – she’s had roles as an actor, director, teacher, stage manager, vocal coach, and techie. But in 2005 she took on another role when […]
Lost and Found: Returning Stolen Art and Cultural Artifacts
After GW Magazine published a story titled “Saving Grace” in its winter 2011 issue that featured art detective Charles Hill, CCAS BA ’71, we heard from several other alums also involved in returning stolen art and artifacts to their rightful owners. We were interested to learn how: L. Eden Burgess, LAW JD ’00, tackles art […]