MEDIA CONTACTS:
Brett Zongker: [email protected], 202-994-6466
Maralee Csellar: [email protected], 202-994-7564
EVENT:
The GW Corcoran School of the Arts and Design will host a press preview of “NEXT,” the student thesis exhibition. The exhibition features artwork showcasing the thesis work of the school’s undergraduate and graduate students. For the first time this year, the exhibition will also feature performances by dance and music students as well as a Museum Studies symposium and Art History colloquium. The exhibition has helped many artists get their start and introduces the community to fresh perspectives in contemporary art. The exhibition includes art installations, photographs, documentary video, paintings and graphic design projects. Media will have the opportunity to view and photograph students’ work, interview selected students about their projects and tour the exhibition before it opens to the public.
The exhibition will include student explorations of topics including the black body, the intersection of deaf culture and football, the role of virtual reality in mental health and community-centered design for a museum exhibition to feature and preserve Syrian artifacts.
WHEN:
Monday, April 10, 2017
10 a.m. – Press coffee in atrium
10:15-11:15 a.m. – Introduction by Corcoran School director and Exhibition preview
11:30 a.m. – Student interview availability
WHERE:
The George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
500 17th St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Farragut North Metro (Red Line); Farragut West Metro (Blue, Orange and Silver lines)
WHO:
- Sanjit Sethi, director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
- Select students and faculty
ADMISSION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION:
The NEXT exhibition is on view April 12 through May 21. Admission is free. For more
information on the Corcoran’s visiting hours visit: www.corcoran.gwu.edu/next or email
[email protected].
RSVP:
Media interested in attending the press preview must RSVP with Brett Zongker at [email protected] or 202-994-6466 by 12 p.m. Thursday, April 6.
MULTIMEDIA:
Exhibition photos and a caption sheet will be available at the time of the press preview.
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