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March 28, 2024

IDSVA to participate in the 2024 Biennale Sessions

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March 28, 2024

IDSVA to participate in the 2024 Biennale Sessions

In June 2024, IDSVA will participate in the La Biennale di Venezia Biennale Sessions

April 3, 2024

SIMONETTA MORO NAMED IDSVA’S NEW PRESIDENT

Following an international search process, Simonetta Moro has been named the new President of the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA). Dr. Moro succeeds IDSVA’s founder, George Smith (2006-2024).

March 29, 2024

IDSVA is proud to announce the 2024 Commencement Speaker, Bruce C. Glavovic

Bruce Glavovic will receive an honorary PhD degree at the 2024 IDSVA Commencement Ceremony in New York City

February 15, 2024

IDSVA Student & Alumni Spring Professional News

We're pleased to present this list of IDSVA students and alumni participating in academic conferences and events this Spring. In particular, five IDSVA students and alumni will participate in the 2024 College Art Association (CAA) Conference in Chicago, IL, from February 14-17.

February 28, 2024

Join IDSVA for the International Webinar Conference Series: The Blazing World, Or the Climatological Imperative

PLENARY OPENING Bruce Glavovic on March 15, 2025.

March 13, 2024

IDSVA presents the second webinar in the series: “The Blazing World, Or the Climatological Imperative: From Inaction to Reimagination”

March 22, 2024 from 1-3pm ET

March 18, 2024

IDSVA presents the final webinar in the series "The Blazing World, Or the Climatological Imperative: From Inaction to Reimagination"

April 5th from 2-4 pm EDT

February 5, 2024

Meet the 2023 David Driskell Fellow: Matthew Fields

Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Matthew Fields is an emerging African American laborer, Artist and Arts Educator.

January 16, 2023

IDSVA Awards the 2022 David Driskell Fellowship to Erin Falker-Obichigha

IDSVA awards one David Driskell Fellowship with each incoming cohort. Driskell Fellows are students of color who show promise in carrying forward David Driskell's mission to encourage worldwide community and equality through art.

January 16, 2024

IDSVA is now accepting Applications for September 2024 Enrollment

The Priority Application Deadline for September Enrollment is April 8, 2024

“IDSVA has shaped my awareness and thinking in a way I could not have imagined. Before IDSVA, I thought of art as the exclusive domain of practicing artists, or the stuff in galleries and museums; now I think of an all-encompassing aesthetic life that continues to inform me as a human being.”

Dr. Conny Bogaard, IDSVA PhD ’15
Executive Director, Western Kansas Community Foundation

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