Art History and Visual Arts News

Each spring, Barnard College presents selected faculty with awards to honor their commitment to exceptional teaching and research.

Dance, choreography, and film legend Yvonne Rainer has been named its Lida A. Orzeck ’68 Distinguished Artist-in-Residence for 2019. Rainer, an enormously influential figure who has challenged conventional forms and genres for nearly six decades, will begin her one-year residency in Spring 2019. She will lead intensive dance workshops, performances, and film events with students through Fall 2019.

Professor Elliot Paul and Professor Joan Snitzer discuss the creative process.