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Announcing the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced on April 10, 2019, the naming of the School of Art, Architecture + Design in honor of a landmark gift of $20 million from Indianapolis-based philanthropists Sidney and Lois Eskenazi. The school has been renamed the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design in recognition of the couple's generosity and longstanding commitment to IU and the arts.

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Announcing the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design

Learn about the Eskenazi School

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced the renaming of the School of Art, Architecture + Design to the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design in recognition of the couple's generosity and longstanding commitment to IU and the arts.

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McKinney Visiting Artist Series

Monthly Lectures

Fridays from 5:00–6:00 P.M.

The McKinney Visiting Artist Series brings prominent working artists from a range of studio practices and fields to the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design. Artists lead workshops and critiques for students within the school, as well as lectures and gallery talks open to the campus community.

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New home and name for our M.Arch program

Learn about the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program

Indiana University has announced the acquisition by the IU Foundation of the former Republic Newspaper building in Columbus, Indiana, as a home for its new J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program.

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