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Exhibition of Senior Projects and Advanced Studio Projects Opens at Allegheny College

Dec. 1, 2015 – The Department of Art at Allegheny College will open the annual Senior Projects and Advanced Studio Projects Exhibition, “Being Made Whole,” with a public reception in the galleries on Tuesday, December 8 from 7 to 8 p.m. The show is an opportunity to showcase the work of graduating art majors and

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Professors Rich and Wenskovitch To Discuss the Commodification of Violence

Assistant Professor of Art Byron Rich and Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science John Wenskovitch will be showing their work at Stimulus/Call/Affect at Oakland University in October 2015. They will also be speaking at the symposium, discussing the commodification of violence and their interventionist work titled TWEET_SHOT 2.0.

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Faculty Serve As Artists in Residence at Research Station in the High Arctic

Assistant Professor of Art Byron Rich, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Heather Brand and Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science John Wenskovitch were selected as artists in residence at the prestigious Ars Bioarctica Residency, part of the University of Helsinki, at their biological research station in the high arctic of Finland. They spent two weeks

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Art Journal Features Professor Rich in Issue Focusing on Influential Emerging International Artists

Assistant Professor of Art Byron Rich was selected as artist in residence at Pilotenkueche at the historic Spinnerei Arts Center in Leipzig, Germany, where he pursued his research between June and August of 2015. He was featured in a 23-page article in the art journal Art Habens for their summer issue focusing on influential emerging

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“8 Hour Projects” at Allegheny College Art Galleries To Explore Themes of Place and Home

Aug. 24, 2015 — The Art Galleries of Allegheny College will present “8 Hour Projects,” curated by Heather Brand and Darren Lee Miller, on Saturday, Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free for this annual event, which this year features 10 artists making art on site with the public invited to

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Taking the stage

Being crowned Miss Crawford County launched Brianna Layman’s pageant career — and helped her choose a new professional one. Layman, a 21-year-old rising senior at Allegheny College who will compete in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant starting today, was a member of the college’s pre-health club and likely headed to medical school after graduation. But when

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