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IDSVA Director Simonetta Moro will participate in a tribute to Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo (1936-2023) and present her recent publication The Vattimo Dictionary.

Rikiesha Metzger, cohort ’19 explores innovative approaches to sharing Black culture through the arts. Built upon a solid spiritual foundation and community involvement, her goal is to teach various forms of self-expression and introspection through the practice of art making.

Upon Randall Stratton's untimely passing, IDSVA President, George Smith shares a few words about Randall.

Join the live stream on November 2-3, 2023: https://usgm.link/giannivattimo

We're pleased to present an extensive list of IDSVA students and alumni participating in academic conferences this fall.

Gianni Vattimo, the great Italian philosopher, died yesterday. We remain forever in Gianni Vattimo’s debt.

IDSVA’s Non-Studio PhD is for Artists and Creative Thinkers is now accepting applications for May 2024 Enrollment.

Simonetta Moro and Prof. Santiago Zabala present The Vattimo Dictionary on November 7th at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona.

We are very pleased to announce Erin Perfect as our new IDSVA librarian. Erin will succeed Laura Graveline, who established the virtual library in partnership with the Maine State Library in 2010.

IDSVA is pleased to announce that several IDSVA Alumni have published their dissertations.

The Spring 2024 calendar has now been posted to our website. Please review the important changes we are introducing this coming spring.

Application reviews commence October 1, 2023. The position begins May 1, 2024. In collaboration with IDSVA’s CEO, the president provides the institution’s overall leadership, serves as IDSVA’s chief spokesperson, and directly serves the faculty, students, staff, and board of trustees.

The following roster of scholars and artist-philosophers will join IDSVA students in seminars and symposia on residency.

Join us on April 14th at 5pm EDT.

Pre-Columbian indigenous cultures come alive in contemporary art, architecture, customs, and traditions in Mexico City.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ana Fernández Miranda Texidor has been awarded the 2023 IDSVA Ted Coons Dissertation Prize, for the dissertation: ‘Vegetal Soul’: Plant Ontology, The Amazonian Yachag And The Artist In Trance, directed by Dr. Dejan Lukic. The award was conferred at the IDSVA Commencement ceremony in Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, on January 14, 2023.

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.

The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) offers a non-studio PhD in philosophy and art theory for artists and creative thinkers. With no campus, IDSVA is a truly nomadic institution, existing everywhere our students and faculty are. We are now accepting applications for September 2023 enrollment with a priority deadline of April 3, 2023.

The 2023 Honorary Degree Recipients, Indigenous American Chef and Author Nephi Craig; Mexican Author, Historian, and Editor Margarita de Orellana; and Mexican Author and Editor Alberto Ruy-Sánchez will speak at the annual IDSVA Commencement Ceremony at the National Museum of Art (MUNAL) in Mexico City on January 14, 2023.

The IDSVA Librarian is a faculty-equivalent appointee who provides a wide range of professional services in the low-residency PhD program, in support of its research, teaching, and educational missions.

We're pleased to announce that multiple students, alumni, and faculty will participate in the 2022 SECAC Conference in Baltimore, MD, from October 26-29, 2022.