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Eskenazi School mourns passing of Sidney Eskenazi
Together with the entire Indiana University family, the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design mourns the passing of alumnus Sidney Eskenazi on January 31. With his late wife Lois, the real estate developer and philanthropist endowed both the Eskenazi School and Eskenazi Museum of Art on the Bloomington campus.
Eskenazi's Mangila exhibits "Magma" at Columbia University's Neiman Gallery
The LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University presents Magma, an exhibition by Eskenazi School Assistant Professor of Painting Dominic Mangila that explores the cross-fertilization of abstraction in painting, installation, and video. The exhibition by Mangila, a 2007 Columbia University School of the Arts M.F.A., is on view January 8 - February 13.
Fibers MFA to exhibit explorations of healing, women's work
Fibers MFA Ashley Lian explores the healing power of quilts and quilting in her award-winning artwork being installed at the IU Health Bloomington Hospital in February. In an MFA group show opening January 29 at McCalla, the student uses textiles to comment on women's work.
Eskenazi grad exhibits at Central Connecticut State University gallery
Painting alumna Barbara Neulinger (M.F.A. '92, Studio Art) exhibits recent paintings at Chen Art Gallery at Central Connecticut State University. The gallery writes that Neulinger's paintings "explore perception, nature, and the shifting relationship between inner experience and the material world." Opening January 22, the exhibition Eyes in the Forest is on view through February 20.
Transforming personal experience into art: Darby Williams named January 2026 UE Student of the Month
Darby Williams, an Eskenazi School student pursuing her BFA in studio art, has been named IU Undergraduate Education's Student of the Month. In her photography, Williams has developed "a poetic and almost mythical visual language" to address her lived experience with serious illness.
IU fashion design student’s capstone turns into Rose Bowl-inspired dress
Eskenazi School student Zilly Then transformed thrifted IU athletic gear into a Rose Bowl look that garnered over 10,000 likes on IU Bloomington’s Instagram page and attracted local news attention. Discover the origins of this viral look and get to know its maker in this Indiana Daily Student article.
