Memorial Art Gallery front lawn area featuring many of the sculptures listed in this article

Art for the people

Outside the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG), the Centennial Sculpture Park greets and welcomes visitors. Adorned with sculptures from many renowned...

Bridget Cooks ’02 (PhD)

‘The Black Index’

When it comes to images of Black people, viewers have expectations, says Bridget Cooks ’02 (PhD). Her aim is to...

dandelion field

Tribute: Jay Last ’51

Considered one of the fathers of Silicon Valley, Jay Last ’51, ’11 (Honorary) had an extraordinary career in science, technology,...

Toting a Tony

When Madeline Topkins Michel ’77 took the stage at the Tony Awards ceremony in June to receive the 2019 Excellence...

The World’s a Stage

Professions for some and hobbies for others, the performing arts can assert themselves in anyone’s daily life, often in unexpected...

opera performances

An operatic ‘trapeze artist’

Since 2011, a string of critically acclaimed appearances in the great opera houses of Vienna, Munich, and Paris have established...

Lucette (Andy Smith) and husband Ed

The show goes on

Lusette (Andy) Smith ’72 first stepped onto a stage when she was 10 years old. Alice in Wonderland was the...