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The assignment for VCUarts fashion students in Richmond: design an abaya, an enveloping cloak worn by Muslim women, that is stylish yet acceptable in Arab countries. The assignment for their counterparts in VCUQatar: create a swimsuit that covers and supports, and is of course, fashionable. The project is among a growing number of collaborations between students and faculty at VCU Richmond and VCUQatar. “We were trying to make a feeling of youth — but still be true to their culture,” said Kendra Palin, a fashion design major who partnered with classmate Shelby Day to design an abaya with looped buttonholes, princess seams and a high waist. “Everything else had to be black, but the embellishment could be any color, and we used silver and blue.” The 10 abayas were shown at VCU's annual spring student fashion show and were shipped to Doha for a fashion show at VCUQatar. Selected swimsuits traveled from Doha to Richmond for inclusion in the spring show. The project was part of Kim Guthrie's “Give Me Shelter” class, during which her students discussed the idea of clothing as shelter and how different cultures address the concept of clothing. Photos: Jay Paul Murry DePillars, who spent nearly 25 years at VCU School of the Arts–19 of those years as dean, shaping the school significantly– passed away May 31. A native of Chicago, Dr. DePillars joined the faculty at VCU in 1971. After taking a leave to complete his Ph.D. in art education at Pennsylvania State University, DePillars was named dean of the School of the Arts in 1977. During his tenure, Dr. DePillars helped the art program at VCU grow on the national level. He was an artist, jazz lover and teacher, as well as a supporter and promoter of various forms of art. VCUarts Department of Painting & Printmaking and the Center for Digital Print Media hosted CommandPrint (the keystroke shortcut to print), the 2008 Southern Graphics Council Conference March 26 through March 29. More than one thousand guests descended upon the VCU campus and surrounding area for the conference that encouraged critical discourse on such issues as digital media and expanded notions of print media and print theory. The conference included demonstrations, artist talks, panel discussions, and an enormous vendor fair. Shelly Bancroft and Peter Nesbett, co-directors of Triple Candie and co-publishers of Art on Paper magazine gave the keynote address. When he retired in June 1995, the VCU School of the Arts was one of the largest in the country. SGC Conference photos provided by Peter Baldes. The Southern Graphics Council is a nonprofit membership organization that advances the professional standing of artists who make original prints, drawings, books, and hand-made paper.
The Department of Dance and Choreography participated in the Mid-Atlantic Region American College Dance Festival March 12-16 at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Nine students performed and took classes while faculty members Melanie Richards and Adam Chamberlin and Dance chair James Frazier taught. The Department presented two works, Into Being, choreographed by senior Rachel Warren, and etches of herskin, choreographed by senior Ami Dowden-Fant, for adjudication during the festival. Both works presented by VCU Dance were chosen for inclusion in the festival’s culminating gala performance. Junior Danielle Currica was nominated for "best performer" at the National level for her performance in Dowden-Fant's work, which she danced with freshman Kimberly Palmer. Photo credit: Sarah Ferguson ❉ ❉ The VCUarts Departments of Fashion, Interior, and Graphic Design have established a design center to engage the valuable skill-sets of these programs at VCU and to create unique opportunities in which students and faculty will be able to work on real-world, large-scale, design projects and problems. Known as FIG (Fashion+Interior+Graphic) this center, at 1509 W. Main Street, was founded on the spirit of collaboration among the three VCUarts design disciplines. And, most importantly, FIG promotes design as a problemsolving process: once trained, designers are equipped to solve a wide range of problems that result in products and systems that can benefit society. The FIG building (left) is located at 1509 W Main St in Richmond. Every other year, VCU and VCUQatar host the Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art. In 2007, the event was held in Doha on the campus of VCU Qatar where the theme was water in Islamic lands. The Third Biennial Symposium will be held November 2 – 4, 2009 in Cordoba, Spain. International speakers will explore the theme of color in Islamic lands. Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, co-chairs of the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at VCU and the Norma Jean Calderwood University Chair of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, will convene the conference and edit the proceedings. www.islamicartdoha.org Carole Hillenbrand delivers keynote address at the 2007 Symposium in Doha, Qatar. Photo credit: Andrew Ilnicki.
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