VCUarts Departments of Painting & Printmaking and Sculpture & Extended Media hosted Mark Dion and his group of fourteen mentees from the Columbia University MFA Program last Tuesday night, February 25th. Traveling south from New York City as part of their weeklong intensive with Dion, the Columbia students met with a full itinerary here in Richmond. The group began with a tour of Hollywood Cemetery given by an expert guide from the Valentine Richmond History Center. After making their way to the Sponge HQ in the VCUarts Anderson Gallery, a dinner was shared by all. Once properly fueled, each MFA candidate from among the three programs gave a short presentation about his or her work in a rapid-fire "five images in three minutes" format. VCUarts grads opened their extra bedrooms and hospitable floor spaces to their colleagues from Columbia and a good time overnight was had by all.
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