09/09/2022
A huge day for the UAFS Nursing and Art and Design programs, in addition to the opening of "Ron Jude: 12 Hz"! Join us for our reception this evening in Windgate Art and Design to celebrate the exhibition and our forthcoming expansion, thanks to the generosity of the Windgate Foundation!
Reception open 5 – 7:30 p.m., refreshments provided, free and open to all!
The opening reception will include a short talk by Lopez Foundation Director Toby Jurovics in the Windgate Theater starting at 5. The talk will also be available live via Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uafs-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkcO2sqTkpHdRteQ9XXAUWHFOF5gncqR2t
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
In support of the visual arts, more than $8.8 million will allow UAFS to expand the Windgate Art and Design building, enabling a more immersive public experience of the space and holistic fine arts studios for students and faculty.
“This gift will meaningfully augment every aspect of our department: the ways we educate students in each of our degree programs, the scope of our exhibitions and art collections, and the services and programming we can offer to the River Valley region and to broader art communities,” said Waugh. “This will shape not only how we address our current needs, but will also substantially inform our trajectory going forward.”
“I feel exceptionally grateful, respectfully humble, and ready to get to work,” she said. “It is such a rare, special opportunity to work towards a project that is this transformational, that will have this much impact on each individual student’s education in art and design.
Beginning in 2023, UAFS Art and Design will begin a physical expansion of the Windgate Building, as well as an expansion of curricular offerings through both new courses and broadened existing courses, including book arts, 3D-design, art history, graphic design, gallery and collections, museum preparator training, sculpture, ceramics, and digital fabrication.
Read more about this transformative gift at: https://uafs.edu/news/2022-18m-windgate-gift-announced.php
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