The faculty’s signature research area on making and materiality explores the convergence of digital and analog fabrication techniques, fostering experimentation with mixed media and innovative materials to create experimental structures and site-specific installations. Through collaborations in community and site art, they delve into the aesthetic dimensions of fabrication, integrating principles from material science and scientific illustration to reimagine live performances and botanical or entomological illustrations, enhancing workflows and pushing the boundaries of creative expression.
Making and Materiality
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Doyle, colleagues explore Mississippi River watershed’s hidden infrastructure
Read moreShelby Doyle and her teammates, Ohio State University landscape architecture faculty Tameka Baba, Forbes Lipschitz and Halina Steiner, created “PIPE UP!” to facilitate conversations about the future role of water in local riparian corridors and across the Mississippi River drainage basin.
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Iowa State University visual arts professor finds music in weaving fabric
Read moreOlivia Valentine, an associate professor of art and visual culture at Iowa State University, has collaborated with composer Paula Matthusen to explore the relationships between space, time, music and textiles through an innovative project known as “Between Systems and Grounds.” Valentine’s “instrument” of choice in this groundbreaking collaboration: a weaving loom.
Seda McKilligan PhD
Senior Associate DeanDesign Administration
Barbara Walton
Associate ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Brenda Jones
University ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Michael (Mikesch) Muecke PhD
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Nathalie Frankowski
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Nicholas Senske
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Peter Scheidt
Assistant ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Daniel Neubauer
Associate Teaching ProfessorIndustrial Design
Rob Whitehead FAIA
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student SuccessDesign Administration
Andrea Wheeler PhD
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Johnny DiBlasi
Assistant ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Jennifer Drinkwater
Associate ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Teresa Paschke
ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Chengde Wu PhD
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Ingrid Lilligren
University ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Katie DuVal Mihelich
LecturerArt and Visual Culture
Shelby Doyle AIA LEED AP
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Alex Braidwood
Associate ProfessorGraphic Design
Firat Erdim
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Raluca Iancu MFA
Assistant ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Olivia Valentine
Associate ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Clark Colby
Assistant Teaching ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Cameron Campbell
Interim ChairArchitecture