Art students receive more than $3,000 in prizes at BAX opening reception

Writers@Grinnell wraps up the season with award-winning authors, Claire Lombardo and Rachel Yoder on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 4:15 p.m. in the Grinnell Museum of Art. The award winners for the spring writing contests will also be announced at the end of this event.

In Introduction to Material Culture Studies, students explore three materials — ceramics, wood, and textiles — through discussion, studio work, and journal reflections. They learn kinesthetically, across disciplines, in community, and with a focus on process.

Jivyaa Vaidya ’23 is the recipient of this year’s Fischlowitz Travel Fellowship and will use the opportunity to travel the United States and study street art and its impact on communities.

After a year of challenges, Makeba Lavan, assistant professor of English, takes on the topic of sitcoms with her First-Year Tutorial.

Myrna Y. Hernández will join Grinnell in July 2022

Beronda L. Montgomery, an internationally recognized plant biology researcher and expert on mentoring in science, will join Grinnell in July 2022