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Sarofim Hall

Rice’s new arts building will be Sarofim Hall, designed by internationally acclaimed firm

November 15, 2021

Architecture team led by Rice alumnus will create new gateway to campus

Baker College senior Magdah Omer debuted their first solo art exhibition Oct. 15 at Sleepy Cyborg, the student art gallery formerly known as Matchbox

Be water, my friend

October 18, 2021

Baker College senior Magdah Omer debuted their first solo art exhibition Oct. 15 at Sleepy Cyborg.

Hamman Hall

Behind the scenes: What does a dramaturg do?

September 27, 2021

Shirazeh Houshiary's sculpture “Seif” was installed last week on the lawn outside the new Sid Richardson College. (Photos by Brandon Martin)

Rice’s latest piece of public art, 'Seif,' lights up campus

September 15, 2021

Shirazeh Houshiary’s glass helix sculpture draws attention day and night.

Hamman Hall

Rice Theatre presents 'On the Verge' Oct. 8-10

September 13, 2021

Eric Overmyer’s magical play follows three Victorian explorers through place and time.

Puppetry design course fall 2021

Puppet masters

September 13, 2021

At the end of this semester, students in Afsaneh Aayani-Santos’ course on puppetry design — a brand-new offering in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts — will have created their own fully original and fully articulated puppets.

Following a final screening of "Last Night at the Alamo" in the Rice Cinema June 4, the Rice Media Center hosted an open house June 5 for friends of the 51-year-old building to say farewell before its scheduled demolition this summer. Its sister structure, the “Art Barn,” was razed in 2014.

A farewell to barns

June 7, 2021

Following a final screening of "Last Night at the Alamo" in the Rice Cinema June 4, the Rice Media Center hosted an open house June 5 for friends of the 51-year-old building to say farewell before its scheduled demolition this summer. Its sister structure, the “Art Barn,” was razed in 2014.

VADA

Bruce Hainley joins Rice as new VADA chair

May 3, 2021

Noted writer Bruce Hainley is joining the faculty at Rice as the new chair of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA).

Rice associate professor of art Christopher Sperandio will join fellow artists Sue Coe, Ryan Standfest and Stanley Wany for the April 30 discussion of protest art.

The art of politics: Sperandio convenes April 30 panel on protest art in comics

April 26, 2021

As the New York Times put it in a recent profile, artist Sue Coe “proudly labels her own work propaganda.” Coe’s “searing social-political art,” notes Times writer Hilarie Sheets, “can feel like a punch in the face or a call to action — or both.”

The final curtain at Rice Media Center, photo by Tommy LaVergne

The final curtain

April 16, 2021

The final curtain at Rice Media Center, photo by Tommy LaVergne

The legendary clip of Dennis Hopper's "dynamite death chair" stunt will be among those shown May 6 in the final Low-Fi film series.

Final Low-Fi films bid a fiery farewell to the Rice Media Center

April 9, 2021

The all-analog Low-Fi film series from the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA) will conclude its weekly screenings with a bang May 6, marking the end of an era.

Pinakas

The questions of our time: Humanities courses encourage closer examination of daily life

March 19, 2021

Rice's Big Questions courses speak to issues that are fundamental to our experience.

Natasha Bowdoin, associate professor of painting and drawing in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, created “Power Flower” for the Rice Public Art program. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)

‘Power Flower’ blooms as Bowdoin’s debut work of Rice Public Art

February 15, 2021

VADA professor’s sculpture is one of four new pieces acquired for campus art program.

VADA helps student create on-campus sculpture from across the country

November 4, 2020

Sondra Perry: Off the Wall, 2020. Photo by Nash Baker.

Visiting Artist Lecture Series continues spotlighting Black voices in contemporary art

October 30, 2020

VADA and CAAAS team up to bring four artists into virtual conversation weekly, starting Nov. 5.

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