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Art professor Kathy Muehlemann ready to paint her next act: Retirement

Randolph art professor Kathy Muehlemann has always thought of herself as an artist who teaches— not a teacher who makes art.... READ MORE >>
Randolph announces 2020-21 Academic & Leadership Awards

2020-21 award winners ... READ MORE >>
Virtual Berlind Symposium to feature boundary-pushing photographers

From melting glaciers in the arctic to the magic of the desert plains, Randolph College’s 109th Annual Exhibition of at the Maier Museum of Art ponders the landscapes around us. “Time & Place: Water, Sky, Land” features work that goes beyond the boundaries of traditional photography.... READ MORE >>
Kehinde Wiley sculpture featured in Maier's latest exhibit

“Saint Francis of Adelaide” is a recent acquisition of the College and the centerpiece of the Maier’s latest exhibit, ‘Saints and Sin: Selections from the Permanent Collection by Black Artists.”... READ MORE >>
Students highlighting female artists through new social media project

Folk artist Queena Stovall, photographer Sally Mann and pioneering abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler are among the artists who will be featured in From the Vault, a new social media project created to observe Women’s History Month. A different female artist, whose work is part of Randolph College’s permanent collection but is not currently on view, will be highlighted every day in March. ... READ MORE >>
New Art Installation at Randolph College Explores Themes of Heritage, Identity, Persecution and Privilege

The site-specific installation, Passages: An Installation in Progress by Cheryl Harper, exploring themes of heritage, identity, persecution and privilege, will open at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College on Fri., Feb. 28 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. and artist talk at 7 p.m. Harper’s ongoing investigation of her ancestry, as well as that of... READ MORE >>
Randolph hosting first-ever Arts Open House Feb. 8

Are you or someone you know interested in studying the arts at Randolph College? Sign up now to attend Randolph’s first-ever Arts Open House February 8! The daylong event will help prospective students and their families get to know the art scene at Randolph and will feature the College’s studio art, dance, museum and... READ MORE >>
Scorched Earth exhibition to open at Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College

Scorched Earth, a new exhibition opening this month at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, presents contemporary artist Beatrice Modisett’s recent investigations of landscapes in various states of formation, collapse, and upheaval. The exhibition opens Friday, Jan. 31 with a free, public reception from 5-7 p.m. and an artist talk by Modisett on... READ MORE >>
Shipley earns ‘Commissioner’s Choice’ award for segment on NPR’s Academic Minute

Lesley Shipley, an art history professor at Randolph, recently earned the “Commissioner’s Choice Best of The Academic Minute Award.” Shipley was selected for the honor by Lynn Pasquerella, host of The Academic Minute, and her segment will be re-broadcast on December 27. In the segment, Shipley spoke about the topic of “Contemporary Art Reactions.” “I’m... READ MORE >>
Shipley’s essay accepted for publication in Routledge Companion to African American Art History

Lesley Shipley, an art history professor at Randolph, wrote an essay for the forthcoming book, The Routledge Companion to African American Art History, which is scheduled to publish Tuesday, December 3. Her essay, “New York in/and African American Art History,” examines the ways in which African American artists of the 20th century have used the... READ MORE >>