Let the ideas flow: Water has inspired the imagination since before the written word
It’s vital to human life and one of our deadliest foes. USC Dornsife experts look back at how water has helped get the creative juices flowing throughout the ages.
Celestial inspiration: Why generations of artists, writers and filmmakers have looked to the sky
USC experts consider why our sense of wonder at the cosmos — and our desire to try to make sense of our place within it — have inspired creative work for generations.
2 USC faculty members named Guggenheim Fellows
Art historian Lisa Pon is recognized for exploring Renaissance artist Raphael’s collaborations, while composer Nina C. Young is known for her genre-defying work.
Through technology, USC’s museums and galleries keep people connected to the arts
For the first time in its more than 80-year history, the USC Fisher Museum of Art has closed its doors. Yet the museums and galleries of USC remain conduits to the arts for many.
How cats have inspired artists from da Vinci to Warhol
USC Dornsife’s Kate Flint explores the felines that have pawed, posed and preened their way through art around the world.
Personal stories of surviving the Holocaust unveiled at powerful art exhibition
Portraits of Holocaust survivors appear alongside interactive testimonies in Facing Survival, a USC Fisher Museum of Art and USC Shoah Foundation collaboration open through Dec. 7.
Through dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change
A USC Dornsife professor describes how exploring the work of artists and poets can spur us to embrace and protect the environment.
Driven to celebrate the underrepresented, former pre-med major embraces arts
USC Dornsife senior JaBrea Patterson-West changed her major — and her life’s trajectory — to support underrepresented artists, earning a prestigious fellowship in the process.
Surprises from the past: What 5 paintings reveal about how our view of love has changed
The modern Valentine card was born in Victorian England in a time when weight put on marriages based on love and companionship as opposed to convenience, strategic alliances or money.
Meet a digger of ancient artifacts, french fries food truck owner and USC Trojan
Max Novak’s fascination with Greek and Roman history could lead to a career as a museum curator.
The Pioneering Woman Who Built a Home for Art at USC
Elizabeth Holmes Fisher started from humble beginnings to become a renowned collector of the great masters.
Students connect with artists and their art at Getty Museum
USC Dornsife course teaches Trojans how to hone their observational skills and tell a story about eye-catching paintings.
Poetic insights into France’s beloved bad boy of Gallic letters
USC Dornsife faculty members collaborate on a new translation of poems by enfant terrible Arthur Rimbaud.
International architectural historians honor USC scholars
Vittoria Di Palma and Amy Ogata write award-winning books on desolate regions and the history of architecture.
‘Woman in Gold’ Lawyer Talks Stolen Art
Scholars gain insight from the geographical movement of artifacts
USC Dornsife historian co-edits a special issue of the academic journal Art History exploring ‘Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World.’
Grad student thinks small when crafting Chinese ornaments
USC Dornsife scholar studies tiny wooden replicas of buildings that adorn Buddhist temples and monasteries.
Graduate student drawn to postwar photojournalism
Doctoral dissertation chronicles the innovations in visual culture that followed World War II.
How flash photography shined a light upon life’s dark corners
In a new research project, USC professor Kate Flint illuminates the history of technological change and imaginative expression.
Is painting irrelevant? ‘Not so fast,’ says USC Dornsife art historian
A new book from Suzanne Hudson rallies to the defense of a much contested, ever-evolving medium.
Portrait of an artist in exile
Art history professor Megan Luke’s book on Kurt Schwitters, a key figure in Dadaism, receives the Robert Motherwell Book Prize.
USC Dornsife faculty receive Guggenheim Fellowships
Percival Everett, Vanessa Schwartz and David Ulin will pursue research and literary projects.
Meet a chemical engineering student who loves art history
Lyssa Aruda’s childhood passion leads to active engagement at USC Viterbi.
Monstrous images examine society’s creepy creatures — and ourselves
An intriguing exhibit features hands-on installations in libraries across the University Park Campus.