| School of Art, Art History, and Design Newsletter | SAAHD students, faculty, and alumni create extraordinary art and scholarship. Please submit your news and images for consideration for a future newsletter. We'd love to share your accomplishments! | | | | 3D Design has begun a partnership with the MIT-ADT Fashion Design Program in Pune, India!
So far, Intro to Weaving students shared material research and designs for their weaving project via Zoom, and learned how fashion design students in India complete their projects from inspiration to completed garments.
@uiowa3ddesign | | | Bodie Williamson (BFA fourth-year student) is featured in the Daily Iowan. His lifelong passion for drawing led him to pursue a degree in art education and share his passion with others.
Williamson seeks to nurture his skills however he can. Last year, his design won First Place in the Art Library Bookmark Contest.
@bodies_art_account | | | | Carter White (BFA Studio Arts student) recently had a solo exhibition, Modern Inheritance, at the Art Center of Burlington.
White’s mixed media pieces merge old-world elegance with contemporary materials, inviting viewers to see tradition anew and consider what it means to inherit culture today.
@cartermwhite | | | | Brenda Longfellow's (Associate Director and Head of Art History) article "Female Patrons of Waterworks in the Eastern Roman Empire" was published in Eugesta: Journal of Gender Studies in Antiquity.
The article examines the architectural remains and ornaments of monumental fountains, wells, and water networks commissioned by non-imperial women in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
| | | riel Sturchio (Assistant Professor, Photography) and Bianca Sturchio received a Big Field Fund 2025-26 Project Grant through the Warhol Foundation and Public Space One.
I See You See Me is hosted by Begin Collective, which they launched as a photo-based program serving folks at the intersection of LGBTQ+, non-binary and disabled, chronically ill, or neurodivergent identity.
rielsturchio.com | @rly_riel | | | | Sandy Skoglund (MFA 1972) has a solo exhibition and new catalogue, Sandy Skoglund: Enchanting Nature, at McNay Art Museum through February 1, 2026.
Showcasing the breadth of Skoglund’s artistic practice as a sculptor, installation artist and photographer, the exhibition merges visually striking photographic imagery and gallery architecture, offering an entirely new way to experience her art.
sandyskoglund.com | @sandyskoglundart | | | | Satomi Kawai and the Women: Hood Collective received a Big Field Fund 2025-26 Project Grant.
Women: Hood is a community-based, collaborative art project that focuses on interviewing a diverse range of self-identified women and creating multimedia works inspired by the participants' narratives.
The collective includes Satomi Kawai (MFA Jewelry and Metal Arts 2006), Douglas Baker, Dani Sigler (BFA Ceramics 2008), Anita Jung (Professor, Printmaking), and Vero Rose Smith (MA Art History 2014). | | | The Emma Goldman Clinic's annual Choice Event, Revel in Resilience, will be held at Hotel Vetro on January 31, which will include a silent auction.
Dani Sigler (BFA Ceramics with Honors 2008) and Diego Lasansky (BFA Distinction and Honors 2016) will have art in the silent auction, which opens on January 5.
danisigler.com | diegolasansky.com | | | |
