Department of Art and Design News
Senior Lecturer, Heather Vickers, chosen to present four lectures for the Kentucky Educational Development Corporation's RENAISSANCE Grant
September 6, 2022
Kentucky Educational development corporation's renaissance grant lectures
Heather Vickers, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer for Department of Art and Design in Art Education has been chosen to present four lectures for the Kentucky Educational Development Corporation’s RENAISSANCE Grant sponsored by the U.S Dept of Ed. Innovative Arts Education. The RENAISSANCE Grant focuses on reviving artistic and intellectual activities and enhancing the professional development of teachers throughout Kentucky’s Member School Districts. The first lecture in the series takes place Sept 21, 2022. Other lecturers will be presented in October, November, and December of 2022. The topics include Aesthetics, Criticism, and the History of Art.
Assistant Professor Jennifer Scheuer is a recipient of the DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award by The Arts Council of Indianapolis.
September 1, 2022
Dehaan artist of distinction award
Congratulations to Jennifer Scheuer, Assistant Professor of printmaking in the Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, who is a recipient of the Arts Council of Indianapolis DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award. Jennifer's work features themes of history, plants, the body, and healing. This award will allow Jennifer to focus her creative practice in exploration of artist books.
The DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award program supports up to six contemporary visual artists annually with grants of up to $10,000 each for aspiration projects and an exhibition of their work at Gallery 924 at Indy Arts Council. (Cited from @artscouncilindy instagram). (read more)
VCD MFA Student Receives Awards in Mobile/Web Application, Social Responsibility, and Green Message
February 24, 2022
IDA2021 International Design Awards
HyoSun Ko, VCD MFA, 2021, won the Silver Award in Mobile/Web Application Design at IDA2021 International Design Awards held by Farmani Group, Los Angeles, USA. Her graduate project, ”DODO_Do now, do together” was selected as one of the winners in Social Responsibility at C2A_Creative Communication Award 2021, and also won in Green Message from 51st Annual UCDA Design Awards 2021_Print and Digital Competition.
Ars Electronica NYC Festival Garden invites A&D Faculty
August 18, 2021
McMullen_Winkler Augmented reality artwork included in exhibition
XR Ensemble, curating body for Ars Electronica’s New York City Festival Garden invited Art & Design Professors Dr. Shannon McMullen and Fabian Winkler (https://gardensandmachines.com/) to participate with their AR (Augmented Reality) artwork urban fARming in this year’s inaugural large-scale Ars Electronica Festival Garden exhibition (for a full list of all the participating artists see: https://www.xrensemble.com/ar-sulpture-garden-artists). Visit the event online or in person: September 8-12, 2021 at Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 and https://www.xrensemble.com/.
CLA Distinguished Master's Creative Work Award
July 30, 2021
Graduate student receives award for outstanding accomplishment
Studio Arts MFA and Spring 2021 graduate, Amanda Kendrick, received the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Master's Creative Work Award, for her work titled, "Play Room." The award recognizes individuals whose work reflects distinguished scholarship and research at the master's level. Among the review criteria were substantive contributions to knowledge, methodological soundness, and innovation.
IACTE Outstanding Future Educators Award
May 21, 2021
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RECOGNIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING
Art Education student and Spring 2021 graduate, Dana Johnson, received the IACTE Outstanding Future Educator Award for her exceptional work as a student teacher during this past spring semester. The award is one of the highest forms of recognition undergraduate students in education in Indiana can receive.
2021 Top Graphic Design School Program in Indiana
April 9, 2021
VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN IS THE #1 GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM IN INDIANA
Animation Career Review's 2021 ranking of the top graphic design school programs in Indiana. For an explanation of the ranking criteria, click here.
Graduate student presents MQA project at Midwest Graduate Research Symposium
April 10, 2021
ARCHIVE HOPES TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN NON-URBAN MIDWESTERN COMMUNITIES
Charmaine (Charlie) Renee Griffith, Art and Design 3rd year Graduate Student, will present her MQA project/research on April 10, at the 12th Annual Midwest Graduate Research Symposium. ABSTRACT: For queer people, community is vital for our survival. AIDS disrupted the passing of wisdom, knowledge, and joy to younger generations. In the Midwest, that disruption is furthered by metronormativity. The assertion that queer lives cannot thrive outside of larger cities contributes to a unique isolation in rural areas. To bridge this gap, A Midwestern Queer Archive (MQA) continues the work of many queer folk, to save bits of our stories that are almost forgotten and build an archive of possibilities for queer youth. My social art practice uses non-traditional methods to archive, including recording queer family dinners, community quilting, and compiling surveys about queer midwestern experience. MQA continues to network and collaborate with communities across the midwest to document midwestern queer culture.
Academic Units partner to create leading-edge undergraduate experience
January 15, 2021
Mission Meaning Making (M3) RESEARCH PROJECT TO CREATE MODEL FOR CHANGE AND ADDRESS BARRIERS.
Congratulations to Sherylyn Briller, professor of anthropology, TJ Kim, professor of industrial design, and their Purdue-based team for winning a $295,816 standard grant from the National Science Foundation, for a two year project.. Sherri and TJ are Co-PIs on the project, titled “Transforming Undergraduate Learning to Enhance Innovation for a Changing World.” The project aims to leverage Purdue’s strengths in the College of Liberal Arts, Polytechnic Institute, and Krannert School of Management to provide a pathway for all students to be innovative in their own way.
2021 Best Design and Applied Arts Colleges in the U.S.
January 12, 2021
We are awarded the top-ranked Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the U.S
Department of Art and Design #17 - 2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the U.S.
Visual Communication Design #7 - Top 20 Best Visual Communications Degree Programs in the nation.
Industrial Design #9 - Top 50 Best Value Bachelor’s in Industrial Design Degrees.
Student Awards
January 29, 2020
competitive scholarship, national-level IIDA, Interior Design
One of our interior design seniors received a competitive scholarship for the national-level IIDA IA Interior Architects Diversity in Design Scholarship http://www.iida.org/content.cfm/interior-architects-diversity-in-design-scholarship-recipients and a group of seniors were awarded for their work submitted to the IIDA Indiana Interior Design Student Competition (3rd place).
McMullen_Winkler exhibit at National Museum in Beijing (China)
October 27, 2019
Algorithmic Gardening, Dr. Shannon McMullen and Fabian Winkler, exhibit at National Museum in Beijing
Associate Professors Dr. Shannon McMullen (Art and Design and American Studies) and Fabian Winkler (Art and Design) exhibit their installation Algorithmic Gardening at the 5th International Art and Science Exhibition in the National Museum in Beijing, China from Nov. 2 -30, 2019. The installation combines plant/robot hybrids and artistic speculation on farm futures driven by AI algorithms and dexterous robots. A video of a previous installation of Algorithmic Gardening can be seen here: https://youtu.be/7YXNkIaDJOM
Faculty and Students Design for Conference of the Future
August 6, 2019
Laura Bittner, David Deal, and students collaborate for national symposium
An upcoming national symposium, “Purdue 2050: Conference of the Future” as part of Purdue University’s 150th anniversary on September 26-27, 2019, will give participants an immersive experience in futuristic technology—as if they were attending a conference in 2050. The Department of Art and Design collaborated on the event with Interior Design senior continuing lecturer Laura Bittner designing the conference room of the future at Honors Hall. Visual Communication Design continuing lecturer David Deal and two of his students,Yansi Wu and Lillian Mitchell, designed the logo, branding, and promotional materials for the symposium. An exhibition of work by Visual Communication Design, Purdue Polytechnic, and Computer Science students will be located in the Honors Hall.
Registration is required; the cost is $40 for Purdue students, $100 for Purdue faculty and staff, and $200 for others. Please register, no later than August 30th. Seating is limited. More information may be found on the flyer and at https://www.purdue.edu/dp/2050.
Senior named IIDA's Student of the Year
May 23, 2019
Sydney Gunty was just named IIDA’s Student of the Year!!!
IIDA (International Interior Design Association) selected her as top interior design student in the nation and we couldn’t be more excited. Gunty is a 2019 graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior design and minors in construction management and building information modeling.
Professor designs to disrupt status quo in neonatal care
April 23, 2019
Steve Visser: furniture to solve problem of functional fit
Born out of research and experience from the Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program, a now 19-year old newborn health project at Save the Children, and with seed funding from the Save the Children Innovations Council as well as Purdue University’s I2D Lab, a team of experts in health, industrial engineering, and design led by Professors Yuehwern Yih and Steve Visser, is working to create a set of space-saving furniture with accompanying layout design to allow for greater family-centered care and meet the needs of patients, families, and healthcare workers at Ntcheu district hospital in Malawi. The set includes a stacked neonatal crib, lounge chair for mothers and babies to be in skin-to-skin contact together and a mobile nurse’s station.
Designer awarded silver in Graphis Poster Annual 2020
April 1, 2019
David Deal: Awards and Publication in Graphis Poster Annual 2020
Continuing Lecturer David Deal has been recognized with two silver awards and publication in the Graphis Poster Annual 2020, an international poster design competition sponsored by Graphis, a major publisher in the graphic design industry since 1944. David received the awards for the 2018 Spring Dance Works and the 2018 Winter Dance Works posters for Purdue Contemporary Dance Company. Also receiving recognition is Mark Simons, Senior Photographer with Purdue Marketing and Media, whose imagery is an important aspect of the designs.
Students Place 1st and 2nd in National Design Competition
March, 2019
Seniors design to enable others to live more independently
Interior Design seniors, Amanda Wegener and Cassandra Crawford were awarded 1st place and Laura Blythe and Laine Hertel were awarded 2nd place in IDEC’s 2018-2019 national student design competition. A total of 43 universities submitted 119 entries in the competition. The project objective was to design a vocational school for adults with autism spectrum disorder and like cognitive disabilities so that they may live more independent lives. Specific challenges included understanding how the built environment affects those with sensory processing issues, making the design universally accessible to an array of abilities while preserving dignity, and empowering all those who come to use and learn in this space.
Art, Engineering, and Science merge in “Return to Entry” Exhibition
March 11, 2019
Jennifer Scheuer prints shown in Ringel Gallery
Visiting lecturer Jennifer Scheuer is a featured artist in “Return to Entry,” an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, in the Ringel Gallery, Purdue University. Scheuer, along with Frances Gallardo, and Michael Oatman were invited to work in response to Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong’s personal library and papers of other astronauts and engineers housed at Purdue University Library’ Archives and Special Collections. The exhibition will open March 25 and runs through May 11. More of Jennifer’s work can be found at www.jenniferscheuer.com.
Professor Aims to Transform Lean Manufacturing with ‘Smart’ Furniture
January 8th, 2019
TJ Kim: Lean/Minimal Chair
TJ Kim has designed what he calls a “minimal chair” that can be shipped in a thin flat box, taking only seconds to assemble without tools, as part of an effort to create furniture design processes that could significantly change lean manufacturing across the world. Tong Kim, an associate professor of industrial design in Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts, says his chair reduces waste and is easy to ship. A video demonstration of the chair is available here.
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
November 20th, 2018
Shannon McMullen, Fabian WINkler: Algorithmic Gardening
Dr. Shannon McMullen and Fabian Winkler’s suite of works, titled Algorithmic Gardening wins laurels at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) in November 2018. Their installation, featured in the IDFA DocLab Spotlight program, combines Soybots, farm futures and soy-based culinary experiences on custom-made dinnerware.
Design Good Now 2018
November 2nd, 2018
Medical Design Hackathon Sponsored by Dawn or Doom 2018
Design Good Now is a medical design hackathon where Purdue University students from industrial design, biomedical engineering, marketing, and business backgrounds to work collaboratively over a weekend designing assistive/adaptive devices for people with disabilities and contributing to work from 40+ universities worldwide.
Indy Airport Unveils Artistic Journey Across Time, Place
July 16th, 2018
Petrônio Bendito: Global Citizen
The Indianapolis Airport Authority and the Arts Council of Indianapolis have selected John Puffer, Barbara Stahl, Petronio Bendito as featured artists to exhibit their recent work from July 16 through November 11, 2018. Purdue University art professor Petrônio Bendito combines visual experimentation in color and pattern with photographs taken from his worldwide travels, including his native country of Brazil, in an installation that reminds us that we live in a globalized society.
