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Unbound Curiosity
May 12, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Studio art major Alice Shockey, a finalist in AICUO Excellence in the Visual Arts awards, studies spatial boundaries and her family’s history in the Holocaust.
Seniors Vera Rudi and Anders Villalta Selected as Watson Fellows
May 6, 2016
Amanda Nagy
The prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Provides $30,000 for a year of purposeful study outside of the United States.
Putting Student Art in the Spotlight
May 4, 2015
Sky Kalfus
Organizations like Storage and the Exhibition Initiative, as well as events like the Computer Science Art Show offer students new opportunities to share their art.
Learning through the Letterpress
April 15, 2015
Madeline Raynor
In the Letterpress Studio, students get hands-on experience with printing presses to learn about literature and create new projects.
Art Students Recognized for Outstanding Work
February 17, 2015
Sky Kalfus
Seniors Sarah Lejeune and Justine Neuberger, along with four students from other institutions, received Excellence in Visual Arts awards from the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio. This is the eighth year in a row that the AICUO has awarded Oberlin students this honor.
Travel, Art, and Education
November 19, 2014
Rosalind Black
Dyeemah Simmons ’14 takes her experience studying art and her love for education to Anatolia College in Greece to pass on her knowledge to the next generation of international scholars and artists.
Oberlin Student Wins AICUO Art Honors
May 6, 2014
James Helmsworth
Brannon Rockwell-Charland ’14 has been recognized by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio for her excellence in visual art.
In Search of Women Farmers
July 16, 2013
James Helmsworth
Recent graduate Lake Buckley is cycling across the country to raise awareness of small-scale organic farms and the women who operate them.
The Art of E-Waste
February 1, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Electronic waste is everywhere. But where does it go? Julia Christensen has won the support of Creative Capital to make DIY video projectors out of scavenged e-waste.
