Art history and graphic design major Adam Pinheiro '17 describes his decision to study abroad as "one of the biggest leaps of faith" he has ever taken, but he wouldn't have had it any other way. He is spending the spring 2016 semester at Richmond, the American International University in London.

During the March Spring Break, Professor of Art and Department Chair Cynthia Fowler traveled to Ireland with students enrolled in her “Irish Art” course. The course examines Irish art from its prehistoric roots to the present, with the subject of Irish national identity central to the work.

In July 2015, Visual Arts and Media Studies (individualized) major Colleen Donovan '16 had the opportunity to include her work in All Visual Boston @ The ICA, a one-night-only digital slideshow event with a live soundtrack that showcases the work of local and regional (and sometimes international) image/lens-based artists.

In December 2015, adjunct professor Anna Knapp took students in her Survey of Art I course to the Carlo Crivelli exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where they studied the Byzantine, Gothic and Islamic motifs and influences learned during the semester.

Assistant Professor of Art Stephan Jacobs was recently selected by J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board, the U.S. DOS Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars  for a Fulbright Specialist grant in U.S. Studies at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. Jacobs will lead a six-week, advanced photography workshop at the University in summer 2016.

Art history major Cori Sutton '16 (back row, far right), was one of seven students selected to present as part of the Visual Culture Consortium's 8th Annual Undergraduate Art History Symposium at the Museum of Fine Arts on April 16, 2016. Her paper was titled "Declawing Activist Art."

Seven art students presented their Senior Distinction in the Field projects in April 2016. Candidates for Distinction include: Christina Bell, Sarah Como, Colleen Donovan,Rebekah Lunsford, Kayla Matthew, Cori Sutton and Cassidy Tarczali.

In April 2016, art therapy major Marie Mattano '16 arranged for a group of kids aged 9-12 who were participating in the USES' Children's Arts Centre Vacation Arts Program to spend an afternoon in the Art Department. Mattano and Brian Hippern '18 demonstrated 3-D printing; Miller Penaflor '16, Matteson Holtman '16 and Mary-Kate Parkhurst'18 demonstrated screenprinting.