Alums
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Open House Event
Alum Takeover: McMurtry Edition
Join us for a celebration of art and community at our upcoming open house event during Stanford's 2024 Reunion Homecoming Weekend!
Reconnect with fellow Department of Art & Art History alums and immerse yourself in our vibrant art scene. The main reception will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024 (2-4pm), but the festivities begin on October 24. Alums will be showcasing their work via pop-up exhibits, documentary film screenings, and lightning book talks.
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Alum Newsroom
Perry Vásquez (BA 1982) and Susana Barrón (MFA 2023) at Casa Zapata. Photo by Rose Salseda
Dr. Rose Salseda, Assistant Professor in Art and Art History, is working with alums Susana…
Image: Eric Sucar
The University of Pennsylvania has named Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw as the Arthur Ross…
The artist, Perry Vásquez, sitting in front of Three Studies of Palm Trees. Photo by Lile Kvantaliani
Perry Vásquez’s triptych titled Three Studies of Palm Trees has been added to the permanent…
Alum Spotlight
Alexis Bard Johnson in front of the exhibition Archival Intimacies: Queering South/East Asian Diasporas, March 3-May 27, 2022
Alexis Bard Johnson, PhD '19
Alexis Bard Johnson is the Curator at the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. She oversees the exhibitions, programs, and art collection at one of the largest repositories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer materials in the world. Johnson earned her PhD in Art History with a minor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Stanford University in 2019. Before joining the ONE Archives, Johnson worked at the Princeton Art Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in Los Angeles with her wife, their son, and their two tuxedo cats.