Arts In Education
Arts In Education
ARTS IN EDUCATION
The museum honors its educational mission to the student and faculty communities of Rowan University and to the local, regional, and national public audience through the research and study opportunities afforded by its varied exhibition programming, publications, lectures, discussions, and various special events. Furthermore, the museum is devoted to cultivating a collaborative environment that entails a dialogue between the exhibiting artists, students, faculty, the general public, and other cultural institutions that positions the museum as an extension of the classroom and a venue for learning.
Extension of the Classroom
SHIFT
January 26 - March 21, 2026
During the Fall semester 2025, Intermediate and Advanced Painting students of Professor Nancy Sophy in the Department of Art were asked to reflect on Devan Shimoyama’s artwork and to create their own painting inspired by his work. Painting students were able to attend an artist talk with Devan Shimoyama in November and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from him and discuss his paintings and artistic process.
Featured artwork by: Bunni Beyer, Sam Chung, Chloe Ditzel, Meghan Dodds, Briana Donnelly, Maura Glines, Cole Hampton, Leanna Iezzi, Alexandra King, Nyomi Lyons, Josalynn Maree, Jared Maristch, Angelina Norman, Kayla Owens, Rider Reina, and Lorelei Strong
SHIFT
January 26 - March 21, 2026
During the Fall semester 2025, Intermediate and Advanced Painting students of Professor Nancy Sophy in the Department of Art were asked to reflect on Devan Shimoyama’s artwork and to create their own painting inspired by his work. Painting students were able to attend an artist talk with Devan Shimoyama in November and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from him and discuss his paintings and artistic process.
Featured artwork by: Bunni Beyer, Sam Chung, Chloe Ditzel, Meghan Dodds, Briana Donnelly, Maura Glines, Cole Hampton, Leanna Iezzi, Alexandra King, Nyomi Lyons, Josalynn Maree, Jared Maristch, Angelina Norman, Kayla Owens, Rider Reina, and Lorelei Strong
Sisters Speak
The Sister Chapel
Permanent exhibition
Sisters Speak is an immersive sound experience inside The Sister Chapel installation. The paintings come alive with in-character audio recordings written and performed by student actors under the direction of Dr. Christopher Marlowe Roche, Associate Professor and Head of Musical Theatre in the Rowan University College of the Arts. Two of the subjects offer multilingual performances in Spanish and in Italian.
Student Actors: Angelica Cabral, Elliot Colahan, Emily DeRose, Erica Gerold, Magdelyn Kelly, Emilia Weiss
The Sister Chapel
Permanent exhibition
Sisters Speak is an immersive sound experience inside The Sister Chapel installation. The paintings come alive with in-character audio recordings written and performed by student actors under the direction of Dr. Christopher Marlowe Roche, Associate Professor and Head of Musical Theatre in the Rowan University College of the Arts. Two of the subjects offer multilingual performances in Spanish and in Italian.
Student Actors: Angelica Cabral, Elliot Colahan, Emily DeRose, Erica Gerold, Magdelyn Kelly, Emilia Weiss
Extension of the Classroom
code-eden
November 10, 2025 - January 10, 2026
An Extension of the Classroom Program. In this student project, Printmaking students of Professor Krystle Lemonia in the Department of Art, created a series of unique monotype prints using 9x11-inch plates, incorporating fiber elements such as embroidery directly into the paper. Inspired by Qualeasha Wood’s practice, the project encourages students to explore how material choices, particularly the intersection of print and textile, can deepen conceptual meaning. Through Wood’s class visit presentation on her artistic development, research methods, and use of fiber as both medium and message, students are prompted to consider how process and material can reflect identity, intuitive expression, and personal narrative within their own compositions.
Featured artwork by: Kelli Costantini, Mishal Goldstein, Kaliani Hoffman, Ashley Richards, Anna Shaw, Payton Wahl, and Emily Wetzel
code-eden
November 10, 2025 - January 10, 2026
An Extension of the Classroom Program. In this student project, Printmaking students of Professor Krystle Lemonia in the Department of Art, created a series of unique monotype prints using 9x11-inch plates, incorporating fiber elements such as embroidery directly into the paper. Inspired by Qualeasha Wood’s practice, the project encourages students to explore how material choices, particularly the intersection of print and textile, can deepen conceptual meaning. Through Wood’s class visit presentation on her artistic development, research methods, and use of fiber as both medium and message, students are prompted to consider how process and material can reflect identity, intuitive expression, and personal narrative within their own compositions.
Featured artwork by: Kelli Costantini, Mishal Goldstein, Kaliani Hoffman, Ashley Richards, Anna Shaw, Payton Wahl, and Emily Wetzel
Meditation and Making
Breathe from the Diaphragm: our eyes are in our lungs
September 2 - November 1, 2025
In partnership with the George Family Center for Healing Arts and their ArtWise Rx arts prescribing program, artist vanessa german led a student workshop exploring sculpture, guided reflection, and restorative sound. The workshop was grounded in the deep healing power of art and community art making.
Breathe from the Diaphragm: our eyes are in our lungs
September 2 - November 1, 2025
In partnership with the George Family Center for Healing Arts and their ArtWise Rx arts prescribing program, artist vanessa german led a student workshop exploring sculpture, guided reflection, and restorative sound. The workshop was grounded in the deep healing power of art and community art making.
Extension of the Classroom
The Disappointed Tourist
January 16 - March 9, 2024
An Extension of the Classroom Program. During the Fall semester 2023, Intermediate and Advanced Painting students of Professor Nancy Sophy in the Department of Art were asked to reflect on Ellen Harvey’s series, The Disappointed Tourist, and to create their own painting inspired by her work around ideas of place and memory. Painting students were able to attend an artist talk with Ellen Harvey in November 2023, and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from her and discuss her paintings and artistic process.
Featured artwork by: Jobe Weaver, Paige Parker, Marc Gray, Emily Murray, Tyler Carlozo, Maurice Pearson, Taylor Brown, Kat Adams, Andrea Gonzalez Gomez, Cameryn Coombe, Adam Legg, Christine Stewart, Marley Schiman, Matt Guerrero, Christopher Duran
The Disappointed Tourist
January 16 - March 9, 2024
An Extension of the Classroom Program. During the Fall semester 2023, Intermediate and Advanced Painting students of Professor Nancy Sophy in the Department of Art were asked to reflect on Ellen Harvey’s series, The Disappointed Tourist, and to create their own painting inspired by her work around ideas of place and memory. Painting students were able to attend an artist talk with Ellen Harvey in November 2023, and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from her and discuss her paintings and artistic process.
Featured artwork by: Jobe Weaver, Paige Parker, Marc Gray, Emily Murray, Tyler Carlozo, Maurice Pearson, Taylor Brown, Kat Adams, Andrea Gonzalez Gomez, Cameryn Coombe, Adam Legg, Christine Stewart, Marley Schiman, Matt Guerrero, Christopher Duran
Create-Your-Own Postcard
The Disappointed Tourist
January 16 - March 9, 2024
Visitors were invited to contribute to the exhibition with the following prompt, “Do you remember a place that no longer exists that you wish you could visit? Grab a blank postcard and re-create your own ‘Disappointed Tourist’ location with a drawing or words. When you are done with your masterpiece, hang it on our wall.”
The Disappointed Tourist
January 16 - March 9, 2024
Visitors were invited to contribute to the exhibition with the following prompt, “Do you remember a place that no longer exists that you wish you could visit? Grab a blank postcard and re-create your own ‘Disappointed Tourist’ location with a drawing or words. When you are done with your masterpiece, hang it on our wall.”
Extension of the Classroom
SuperCellular
January 30 - March 31, 2023
Rowan University has one of the few undergraduate programs in Biomedical Art and Visualization available in the country. Students combine artistic talent and strong visual communication skills with natural science and biomedical intellect to create work at the intersection of art, science and medicine. The work on display represents 3D visualization of biological processes. Inspired by the same science as the artists Caroline Healy and John Phillips who created SuperCellular, this work intends to convey a scientific view of the content whereas the gallery installation explores an emotional reaction to the sheer complexities of life.
Featured artwork by: Jessica Angelini, Leeza Duller, Diana Lahr, Harley Modestowicz, and Karlee D. Rogers
SuperCellular
January 30 - March 31, 2023
Rowan University has one of the few undergraduate programs in Biomedical Art and Visualization available in the country. Students combine artistic talent and strong visual communication skills with natural science and biomedical intellect to create work at the intersection of art, science and medicine. The work on display represents 3D visualization of biological processes. Inspired by the same science as the artists Caroline Healy and John Phillips who created SuperCellular, this work intends to convey a scientific view of the content whereas the gallery installation explores an emotional reaction to the sheer complexities of life.
Featured artwork by: Jessica Angelini, Leeza Duller, Diana Lahr, Harley Modestowicz, and Karlee D. Rogers
Art Educators of New Jersey
Members Art Exhibition
June 10 - July 28, 2023
The exhibition showcased select artworks from members of Art Educators of New Jersey.
Members Art Exhibition
June 10 - July 28, 2023
The exhibition showcased select artworks from members of Art Educators of New Jersey.
Expanded View
Multiplicities
November 7 - December 21, 2022
The Rowan University photography program in collaboration with the Rowan University Art Gallery presented Expanded View, a nationwide college/university student pop-up exhibition juried by the artist Genevieve Gaignard. The works selected for the exhibition explore how representations of identity can be expanded beyond traditional one dimensional depictions.
Featured artwork by: Lucia Araujo (Drexel University), Harmony Olivier Baker (Bard College), Meredith Baubles (Rowan University), Phoebe Bennink (Rowan University), Quinn Bennett (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Andrew Boynton (The Art Institute of Chicago), T Block (Rowan University), Hazel Dunning (Bard College), Alex Eggleston (Pennsylvania College of Art and Design), Grace Fox (Rowan University), Hailey Ip (Parsons School of Design), Şeyma Kaya (Yale University), Blake Masi (Bard College), Hannah Misko (Youngstown State University), Hill Prater (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Diego Ramirez (Saint Joseph’s University), Lynsey Reynard (Drexel University), Chang-Ching Su (Art Institute of Chicago), Arthur Zamor (Rowan University)
Multiplicities
November 7 - December 21, 2022
The Rowan University photography program in collaboration with the Rowan University Art Gallery presented Expanded View, a nationwide college/university student pop-up exhibition juried by the artist Genevieve Gaignard. The works selected for the exhibition explore how representations of identity can be expanded beyond traditional one dimensional depictions.
Featured artwork by: Lucia Araujo (Drexel University), Harmony Olivier Baker (Bard College), Meredith Baubles (Rowan University), Phoebe Bennink (Rowan University), Quinn Bennett (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Andrew Boynton (The Art Institute of Chicago), T Block (Rowan University), Hazel Dunning (Bard College), Alex Eggleston (Pennsylvania College of Art and Design), Grace Fox (Rowan University), Hailey Ip (Parsons School of Design), Şeyma Kaya (Yale University), Blake Masi (Bard College), Hannah Misko (Youngstown State University), Hill Prater (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Diego Ramirez (Saint Joseph’s University), Lynsey Reynard (Drexel University), Chang-Ching Su (Art Institute of Chicago), Arthur Zamor (Rowan University)
Art Student Alumni Panel
Multiplicities
November 7 - December 21, 2022
Five Rowan alums with BFAs shared their journeys as recent graduates, answering questions about their career experiences after college, helping current students get realistic perspectives on where their degree might lead them.
Featured Speakers: LeAnne Carlson, Joe Cimino, Sammy Kovnat, Jenny McCabe, and Kayla Rodriguez
Pineland Art and Ecology
Field Companion
September 7 - October 30, 2021
In partnership with Professor Jen Kitson’s Glass Art & Heritage Landscapes class, who creatively explore place, past & the legacy of South Jersey glass, we were joined by Rowan Professor and Naturalist Dan Duran and artists Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib for a hike through the South Jersey Pine Barrens at Black Run Preserve. Professor Duran discussed Pine Barrens ecology with a focus on foraging in this unique landscape. Hironaka and Suib gave insight into how the Pine Barrens helped inspire their new video installation, Field Companion.
Field Companion
September 7 - October 30, 2021
In partnership with Professor Jen Kitson’s Glass Art & Heritage Landscapes class, who creatively explore place, past & the legacy of South Jersey glass, we were joined by Rowan Professor and Naturalist Dan Duran and artists Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib for a hike through the South Jersey Pine Barrens at Black Run Preserve. Professor Duran discussed Pine Barrens ecology with a focus on foraging in this unique landscape. Hironaka and Suib gave insight into how the Pine Barrens helped inspire their new video installation, Field Companion.
Power Masks
Tracing Origins
April - June 2020
In partnership with Clearview Regional High School, Rowan University’s Department of STEAM Education, College of Education, and Philadelphia-based artist Claes Gabriel, the Power Masks project invites students to create their own sculptural masks allowing exploration of personal identity and autobiographical narratives through creative portraiture. A key goal of the project is to bring an artist directly into the classroom setting. To do this, the project launched with a visit to Gabriel’s studio, followed by a teaching demonstration to Rowan Art Education students, and an artist presentation to Clearview Regional art students. The Art Education students will use their new-found skills, knowledge, and inspiration to teach Clearview Regional students the unique art of mask making.
Co-organized with Professor Jane Graziano of Rowan University and Clearview Regional High School’s Art Teacher Sandra Koberlein.
Tracing Origins
April - June 2020
In partnership with Clearview Regional High School, Rowan University’s Department of STEAM Education, College of Education, and Philadelphia-based artist Claes Gabriel, the Power Masks project invites students to create their own sculptural masks allowing exploration of personal identity and autobiographical narratives through creative portraiture. A key goal of the project is to bring an artist directly into the classroom setting. To do this, the project launched with a visit to Gabriel’s studio, followed by a teaching demonstration to Rowan Art Education students, and an artist presentation to Clearview Regional art students. The Art Education students will use their new-found skills, knowledge, and inspiration to teach Clearview Regional students the unique art of mask making.
Co-organized with Professor Jane Graziano of Rowan University and Clearview Regional High School’s Art Teacher Sandra Koberlein.
Experiential Storytelling Conference
organized by Professor Amanda S. Almon, MFA, CMI, Professor of Biomedical Visualization BFA, Department of Radio, TV & Film, Ric Edelman College of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences
March 29, 2019
The conference brought together a unique series of expert speakers (from both academics and industry) to discuss and tell their experiential stories of bridging interdisciplinary boundaries, conquering challenges, leadership and outreach, and designing groundbreaking ideas through problem solving, with inspirational and innovative perspectives.
organized by Professor Amanda S. Almon, MFA, CMI, Professor of Biomedical Visualization BFA, Department of Radio, TV & Film, Ric Edelman College of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences
March 29, 2019
The conference brought together a unique series of expert speakers (from both academics and industry) to discuss and tell their experiential stories of bridging interdisciplinary boundaries, conquering challenges, leadership and outreach, and designing groundbreaking ideas through problem solving, with inspirational and innovative perspectives.
