Lesley Shipley

Randolph professor, student develop art reinstallation proposal for the Maier

“This project does a lot of things, but it reinvigorates the idea of the museum. I want more of the collection to be seen, and I also want it to be more representative of artists who the students could relate to.”... READ MORE >>

Shipley co-edits book on art activism, Gauthier contributes chapter

The work of two faculty members was recently featured in “The Routledge Companion to Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century.”... READ MORE >>

Randolph professors granted tenure

Art history professor Lesley Shipley, theatre professor Stephanie Earl, and mathematics professor Michael Penn have all been granted tenure by the Randolph College Board of Trustees.... READ MORE >>

Berlind Symposium to explore the art and activism of Faith Ringgold, Aminah Robinson

Their groundbreaking work is currently on display in the College’s 110th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, “Storytellers: Faith Ringgold + Aminah Robinson.”... READ MORE >>

Randolph students create class zine for art history course

The project is a collaboration among the students in art history professor Lesley Shipley’s course Women, Art, Power.... READ MORE >>

Outdoor installation brings ‘craft-bombing’ to the Maier

Yarning for Unity is an outdoor art installation that is now on display at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, inspired by the concept of yarn bombing.... READ MORE >>

Kehinde Wiley sculpture featured in Maier’s latest exhibit

Kehinde Wiley's

“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

From the Vault

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 >>

Shipley earns ‘Commissioner’s Choice’ award for segment on NPR’s Academic Minute

Lesley Shipley

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

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 >>