The Barney Arts Digest

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April 13, 2026

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions

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Ongoing Exhibitions

MFA Class of 2026 | Thesis Part 1: Hoodwinked on view until April 18, 2026.

Hoodwinked brings together five NYU MFA candidates in a game of barriers, overgrowth, decoys, fronts, and obstacles. Confronting our desperate times, each artist turns concealment into a generative act. Read more on Hyperallergic.

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BFA Senior Thesis Projects 2026 on view until May 8, 2026.

BFA Studio Art majors culminating thesis project featuring a wide range of ambitious work across media and forms.

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BFA Senior Honors Studio: The Magician's Choice on view until May 17, 2026.

The Magician's Choice is a group exhibition curated by 80WSE Director, Howie Chen, and features the artwork of nine BFA Studio Art Majors in the final year of their undergraduate studies at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development’s Department of Art & Art Professions.

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Upcoming Events

The Creative Pivot: Studio to Screen on April 17, 2026.

A conversation between Art Therapy alum and Shark Tank Executive Producer Holly Jacob and Art Therapy Program Director Marygrace Berberian. Open to students, alumni, and faculty.

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Distinguished Alumni Series: A Conversation with Manjari Sihare on April 17, 2026.

Join us for an engaging session with Visual Arts Administration Distinguished Alumna Manjari Sihare. We are pleased to offer this as a hybrid event, so you can join us in person or participate virtually from wherever you are.

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Virtual Event: VAA & PAA Bites & Insights in London on April 20, 2026.

Steinhardt Alumni Relations is currently hosting "Bites & Insights", a student-alumni conversation series hosted by the Student to Alumni Initiatives (SAI) Committee. The SAI Committee is a group of current Steinhardt students dedicated to building stronger connections between students and alumni through meaningful programs and engagement.

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Visual Arts Administration Colloquium: Spaces of Encounter on April 24, 2026.

Panelists will engage in a discussion highlighting the politics of space in the built environment. The discussion is moderated by Spaces of Encounter exhibition curator and NYU Steinhardt Visual Arts Administration MA graduate Alyse Tucker. It features arts & culture ambassador, urban planner and PhD candidate Danicia M. Malone, interdisciplinary artist and NYU clinical professor Curry J Hackett, and Director and Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programming at Temple Contemporary gallery Dr. Matthew Kenyatta. The discussion will take place at 4pm in the Einstein Auditorium.

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Art Therapy Thesis Presentations on May 9, 2026.

The NYU Steinhardt Graduate Art Therapy Program proudly announces the presentation of Master’s Theses for the Class of 2026.

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Qi talks to students about their technique at the potter's wheel. Photo by Jonathan King/NYU.

News

Art and Art Professions course Ceramics for Non-Majors was featured by NYU News. The studio art class is popular with science majors who crave an artistic outlet to balance their studies.

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Martha Schwendener's (Adjunct Faculty) new book The Society of the Screen: Vilém Flusser's Radical Prescience was recently published by MIT Press. Schwendener will be speaking at a series of events in celebration of the book's release. On April 23rd, Schwendener will join Electronic Arts Intermix's Executive Director Rebecca Cleman for a conversation about Flusser's interest in video. On April 30th, Emmelines will host a book launch event. On May 6th, artist Lucas Blalock will join Schwendener for a book talk at The Brooklyn Rail.

New Shows

Maureen Gallace, April 2026, Gladstone Gallery Seoul, Seoul, South Korea. Until May 16, 2026.

 

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Jobs & Opportunities

  1. Elementary School Art Educator, Northern Parkway Elementary School, Uniondale, NY.
  2. Director of the Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.
  3. Chief of Staff and Board Relations, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, MA.
  4. Art Teacher, Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, NY.
  5. Craft 1o1 Programs, Averill Park, NY.

 

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