July 25, 2024A 55-gallon rainwater collection barrel is now the newest addition to the School of Art's Sculpture Studio Yard. The collected rainwater will irrigate a variety of non-edible plants emerging in sculptural form from the nearby drainpipe and other artistic additions to the barrel.
January 17, 2024This collaboration, linking both Mason Exhibitions and the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution with the Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia, transcends the usual art exhibition. It's a powerful tale of resilience and the transformative role of art.
January 11, 2024Icons of Fashion is a 209 foot long, 7 foot tall mural at Tysons Corner Center.
May 16, 2023Murals at Mason commissioned School of Art student Nadya Steare to design two murals that reflect the research focuses of faculty and students at Mason's Potomac Science Center. The staircase mural 'Sediment to Sky' focuses on each layer of the Potomac River watershed, highlighting native flora, fauna, and microorganisms.
March 30, 2023Murals at Mason: The "LOVE & Unity" mural by Sarah Berry and Monica Tucker, is located at Manassas Mall.
November 8, 2021Carroll Sockwell (1943-1992) was a prominent figure in the Washington, DC art scene in the 1970’s. Often using the simplest of tools–pencil, charcoal, and pastel; Sockwell was an internationally acknowledged master of non-representational abstraction and belongs to the last generation of American Abstract Expressionists, with such influences as Paul Cezanne, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, and Cy Twombly.
January 27, 2022Graphic Liberation is an exhibition and poster-making workshop which highlights the role of graphic design in international social change movements, including civil and gender rights, labor, AIDS, punk, hip-hop, and other movements.
August 19, 2021Sleeping Beauty invites viewers to consider the interconnectedness of humanity and nature. The exhibition features work by 7 School of Art & Design students and recent alumni who use biological materials, processes, and imagery as departure points to explore themes of transformation and the healing potential of personal communion with the natural world.
October 5, 2022On Saturday, October 1, 2022 Mason Exhibitions, with the support of Mason Facilities, the Patriot Green Fund (PGF), the Office of Sustainability, and community volunteers, planted 100 native hardwood tree saplings on the Fairfax Campus. This event was part of Atlantika Collective’s current exhibition at Mason Exhibitions Arlington. The tree planting event on Saturday was part of a socially engaged artwork, 200 Trees: A Performance Action, presented by visiting artist, Katie Kehoe.
October 10, 2022On October 1, Artist Katie Kehoe and a group of volunteers planted 100 native trees on parts of the Fairfax Campus.
