Meet the Artist – Webster University Geneva Podcast

April 22, 2021 / Arts

Career Talk with Fashion Photographer Filippo Fior

During this Career Talk, organized in collaboration with Career Services and the Media Communications Department of Webster University, we speak with the talented fashion photographer Filippo Fior, who told about his fast-paced professional life, which he spends shooting fashion shows, lookbooks, and catalogs for the top designer brands today. For a glimpse of his work, please visit https://www.instagram.com/filippofior/ and https://www.filippofior.com/.

March 23, 2021 / Meet the Artist

Meet the Artist – Yasmin M. Khan & Sarah Grosso

Dr. Julianna Sandholm Bark speaks to the student/teacher supergroup who won this year’s Webster’s Got Talent competition at Webster University Geneva!

February 23, 2021 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Joshua Chiundiza

On February 18, the students enrolled in Current Art met with audiovisual artist Joshua Chiundiza, recently arrived from Zimbabwe to pursue a residency at the Embassy of Foreign Artists in Geneva. Through this Q&A, which was co-written with the students, Joshua spoke with us about his experience as an artist-in-residence at the Fak’ugesi African Digital …

April 22, 2021 / Careers

Meet the Artist – Helen Molesworth

Ever wondered what “pleochroism” or “chatoyancy” meant? On February 16, Meet the Artist and Career Services co-hosted a Career Talk with renowned gem expert Helen Molesworth, who gave us an overview of her 20-year long career in the jewellery industry. Helen’s compelling story took us from her classics-reading days at Oxford University, to her studies …

April 22, 2021 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Taymour Grahne

Organized in collaboration with Career Services of Webster University, this Career Talk – formatted as a presentation followed by a lively Q&A with an audience of students, staff and faculty — is a great introduction to the art market. The speaker was London-based art advisor and gallerist Taymour Grahne, whose work focuses on contemporary art. …

February 11, 2021 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Didier Schwarz

On Feb. 4, the students from ARHS 2200 Current Art met with Didier Schwarz, who founded 1m83, an art collective whose mission it is to create innovative open-air exhibitions that bring culture and creativity to city dwellers’ everyday lives. For their final project, the students in this course will have to think of innovative ways …

January 28, 2021 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Christopher Gallego

On Thursday Jan. 21 2021, the students enrolled in the Current Art course met with the acclaimed New York-based realist painter Christopher Gallego, who spoke about his work and creative process. He also discussed his breathtaking painting “Interior with Three Rooms” (pictured here), housed in the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American …

November 27, 2020 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Alexandra Rodriguez

The students from KEYS 4015: Food for Thought heard about how artist and activist Alexandra Rodriguez (aka. culturalex) uses food and nature in her work. For more details about this artist’s work, please visit www.rodrigueza.com.

February 25, 2021 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Joshua Craze

On Nov. 12, the students from GLBC 1200: Global Cornerstone Seminar had the opportunity to hear novelist and essayist Joshua Craze talk about his current residency at the Embassy of Foreign Artists, where he is doing research for a novel, the narrative for which emerges in dialogue with the archive of the UNHCR. He spoke …

November 27, 2020 / Arts

Meet the Artist – Shyaka Kagame

The students from GLBC 1200: Global Cornerstone Seminar talk to Rwandan-Swiss documentary filmmaker Shyaka Kagame about his 2017 film Bounty. More details about the film can be found here and here