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As Lehigh professor and accomplished painter Deirdre Murphy planned her art exhibit at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove toward the end of 2025, she wanted to give a student the opportunity to design the exhibit’s corresponding art catalog. When design professor Maurizio Masi recommended junior Jua Kim, Murphy got more than she bargained for: a student whose work and work ethic were as good as a professional’s. Murphy’s solo exhibit, “Home Making,” features 12 paintings portraying birds and the environments where they live in keeping with her career-long focus on art and ecology. It is one of four exhibits displayed at the Audubon Center in the spring and summer of 2026; Murphy’s work is also featured in a joint exhibit with Yvonne Love called Field Notes. The exhibit will be on display through August 16.

Just days into last fall’s semester, a group of Lehigh University students boarded a plane for rural Oregon, where they would spend several days in a hands-on disaster response simulation. The trip marked the beginning of a sponsored capstone course in Lehigh's Department of Art, Architecture and Design (AAD), created in partnership with ShelterBox USA, the U.S.-based arm of the international disaster relief organization. For the students, it was an abrupt shift from the studio and a first look at how humanitarian responders assess communities after disaster.

Sculptor and professor Alina Tenser is named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow in recognition of their innovative and minimalist approach to art and performance.

The sculptor and educator is among 223 recipients selected from nearly 5,000 applicants in the foundation's 101st class of fellows.

Art professor and environmental advocate, Deirdre Murphy’s work to be in the first contemporary art exhibition at the Audubon Center at Mill Grove.

Students create an informal gathering space with a sculptural bee that will take flight this fall.

Inaugural event gathered researchers and community leaders at Lehigh’s Mountaintop campus.

Architecture professor will join the 2025 Academy for Public Scholarship on the Built Environment, a prestigious program supported by ACSA and The OpEd Project.

As a part of Fusion, 12 design students refresh and create logos and promo for the Lehigh University Art Galleries in anticipation of their centennial celebration.

Dr. William Crow, Director of Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) and Professor of Practice in the Department of Art, Architecture and Design has been named a J. Paul Getty Museum Guest Scholar at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA. Crow will be in residence at the Getty from January to March 2026 focusing on the research project Sketching in the Art Museum: A Tool for Thinking and Well-Being.