When Adger Cowans received his first camera as a child, he always first kept it by his bedside. But one night, he had a different and even more unique idea. In an effort to capture the unreal, he placed his...
When asked how he started his career in art journalism, Judd Tully says that he just went out and looked at it. It was lucky for him that he was in the perfect city, at the perfect time to do it: New York City...
On Wednesday, Nov. 10, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts hosted “Through a Different Lens: Innovation Lab Lecture Series.” At this event, renowned intermedia visual artist Claudia Hart gave her...
I was recently able to visit the Fairfield University Art Museum, where I was especially drawn to a particular exhibition: “Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check.” This exhibition is a photography project by...
On Monday, Oct. 30, two student artists opened their shows in the Lucacks Gallery, which is the show space in the basement of Loyola Hall at Fairfield University. Senior Jared DiPietro will be showcasing...
In the summer of 1941, the accomplished African American artist Jacob Lawrence traveled to New Orleans. Though this was his first time visiting the South, he had spent his career completing more than 60 panels...
Eleven months before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States’ subsequent entrance into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered to Congress in his State of the...
Before the Spanish colonization of Central and South America, the continents were inhabited by thriving civilizations. The Mayans, Aztecs and Olmecs were among the many societies that lived in Mesoamerica for...
When the French Revolution broke out in 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte was serving as a soldier in the Royal Army and rose swiftly through the ranks, until becoming general at the age of 24. In November of 1799,...
Surely everyone knows the legend of the werewolf. A half man, half beast that transforms once a month–on a full moon–into its most dangerous self. The original Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Werewolves have...