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Featured Student and Alumni Achievements
With the publication of Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art: Abjection, Revolt, and Objecthood (Bloomsbury, 2024), Keren Moscovitch provides a definitive look at contemporary art’s front lines. Her research dissects how artists depict intimacy and the body to redraw the lines of what is socially and aesthetically acceptable.
Silvia Ruzanka was recently appointed Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute within the innovative Department of Games and Experiential Media. This role grants her the platform to deepen her exploration into how art, technology, and immersive media are shaping the future of interactive experience.
Marvin Milián’s presentation at the 2025 SECAC conference entitled “The Art of the Proletariat and the Role of Autonomy in Today’s Political World,” for the panel Artivism: A Visual Language of Change is helping to shape the conversation around the intersection of art, politics, and social activism.
Zindzi Harley is a leading voice in curatorial innovation, translating advanced theory from her studies into immediate, visible practice. She successfully co-curated “The Future of Clay,” a major 50th Anniversary exhibition at the prestigious Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Harley was recently appointed Co-Curator for the REVOLT Art Fair at the Miami Art Basel this December.
Jon Carver has been selected as an Elinor Ostrom Fellow by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. This prestigious fellowship, based in Fairfax, Virginia, will now provide him with the essential support to advance his critical research into the complexities of political economy and governance.
Carrying the banner for the Philippines on the global stage, Lexygius Sanchez Calip was one of 145 artists represented at the 10th Nakanojo Biennale 2025 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. There, he held a solo exhibition and residency titled “A Silence that Bellows,” using the unique setting to highlight the dialogue between place, identity, and creative expression.
Through an impressive array of exhibitions, conference presentations, and publications, IDSVA students and alumni are actively changing how we see and think. Their work demonstrates the real-world impact of combining rigorous philosophical training with creative practice—contributing new knowledge to both academic discourse and contemporary culture.
This point is proven again and again by what our students say and do, and is demonstrated by their achievements as academics, artists, community organizers, public speakers, business owners, and leaders in a variety of fields.
The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows students to develop skills that are not limited to technical expertise in a narrowly defined field, but constitute a broad set of know-how and professional competences applicable in a variety of contexts. Most importantly, students prepare to assume positions of leadership through the cultivation of rigorous study, methodological practices, and a collaborative attitude throughout their course of study.
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