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First event of the 150th Spring Lecture Series announced!

Design pioneer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and designer Laura Coombs on gender, design, and identity

Wednesday, January 22

6:30pm

EIK, 32 Edgewood Avenue

In continued celebration of its 150th anniversary and its status as a co-educational institution, the Yale School of Art will launch its spring public lecture series on the evening of January 22 with a conversation between renowned designer, Caroline M. Street Professor of Graphic Design, and Woman’s Building cofounder Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and recent alumnus Laura Coombs. In a presentation of her and her students’ work, de Bretteville will touch on her seminal contributions to contemporary feminist design, engaging Coombs and audience members in conversation to reveal a range of perspectives with regard to gender, design, and the diversity of ways designers and artists find, and ultimately become themselves, through their work. The School of Art faculty and students recognize and acknowledge human differences and have created ways to bridge borders not only while here at Yale, but also through work in the space of cities here and abroad. This year marks the beginning of de Bretteville’s third decade as Director of the School’s Graphic Design program, during which time she has mentored hundreds of students who each in their own way are continuing to shape, change and develop the trajectory of this ever-expanding field. One such student was Laura Coombs, who received her MFA in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Designer at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

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Celebrating Yale School of Art’s 150th Year

The start of the 2019-2020 academic year marks the 150th anniversary of the Yale School of Art, which opened for its first day of classes on October 15, 1869. To commemorate this sesquitennial, the Yale School of Art commissioned Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Caroline M. Street Professor of Graphic Design, Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design, and a 1964 alumnus of the Graphic Design program, and Laura Coombs, 2017 Graphic Design alumnus and Senior Designer at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, to create an anniversary mark that both celebrates and conveys the profound history of the School.
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The Photo Department invites the School of Art community to a

screening and Q&A with director and filmmaker Rick Alverson

Wednesday, January 22, 2:30 PM

Loria Center for the History of Art (190 York Street)

Alverson’s film “The Mountain” (2018) will be screened with a Q&A to follow. All members of the Yale community are invited and welcome to attend.

Watch the official trailer for “The Mountain” (2018) here >>

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Mickalene Thomas Named 2020 Presidential Visiting Fellow in Fine Arts

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