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“The Joy Lab” exhibit brings faith, fun to Marymount’s Cody Gallery

Posted on March 6, 2026 (March 6, 2026) by adauches

Marymount University’s Cody Gallery opened a brand-new exhibit in February, “The Joy Lab,” featuring multimedia creations by Baltimore-based artist Sanah Brown-Bowers. The immersive exhibition honors family, faith and Black history through color, storytelling and bold material exploration. “We are incredibly proud to present Sanah’s work here at Marymount and be her first official university exhibit,” said Mary Proenza, Cody Gallery Director and Associate Professor of Art in Marymount’s School of […]

The Intersection of Culture and Interior Design: Creating Culturally-Inspired Spaces

Posted on August 6, 2025 (September 4, 2025) by mlaverdi

An interior design layout of a living room with a table, chest, pillows and fake plants.

Culture vividly shapes the environments we inhabit. Thus, interior design today has the potential to encompass more than just aesthetics. It can serve as a powerful means of storytelling, identity, and cultural expression — from the symbolic use of color and pattern to the thoughtful inclusion of heritage interior design materials and spatial traditions. Read […]

The Evolution of Interior Architecture: Blending Form and Function

Posted on January 24, 2025 by adauches

While it may be difficult to imagine a world without interior design today, the reality is that this field hasn’t been around forever. If you’re considering studying interior design, it’s essential to understand the history of interior design and architecture. This knowledge helps you balance form and function in your work, a key aspect of […]

Marymount’s Salvatore Pirrone selected for COVID-19 memorial commemoration

Posted on August 30, 2023 (August 31, 2023) by Nicole Koluder

Salvatore Pirrone, a tenured associate professor of Interior Architecture and Design at Marymount University, has been selected to commemorate a COVID-19 art memorial in Fairfax County. Pirrone will collaborate with Miriam Gusevich, a Cuban-American environmental artist, architect, scholar and educator based in Washington, D.C. She was a tenured professor at Catholic University from 2000-2020, […]

MU professor visits Malawi refugee camp to document artists’ contributions

Posted on September 16, 2022 (September 19, 2022) by Connor Glowacki

Art is a medium that channels the human experience and one that inspires and unites people all around the world, even when it is created in places you’d least expect. This past August, Dr. Elizabeth Langran, a professor in Marymount University’s School of Education, traveled with a four-person team to the Dzaleka Refugee Camp […]

New curriculum agreement between MU, Florence University of the Arts

Posted on June 27, 2022 (August 28, 2023) by nmunson

Earlier this month, Marymount University signed an agreement with Florence University of the Arts – The American University of Florence (FUA-AUF) that will result in new, exceptional educational opportunities for students in Marymount’s School of Design and Art to study in Florence, Italy. Haute Couture was born in Florence, and the city is home […]

Marymount joins Italian Ambassador in honoring artists exhibiting at Cody Gallery

Posted on December 10, 2021 (July 30, 2024) by adauches

Marymount University President Irma Becerra and fellow staff and faculty at the private residence of the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, celebrating the artwork of Italian artists currently on display at Cody Gallery.

Marymount University President Irma Becerra, staff and faculty members joined the Ambassador of Italy to the United States Mariangela Zappia at Villa Firenze for a private reception in honor of Italian artists Sara Goldschmied and Eleonora Chiari (Goldschmied & Chiari). The event, hosted on December 6, included the showing of a screendance inspired by […]

D.C. artist unveils “Magnolia” exhibit in Cody Gallery to highlight Black women during MLK Week

Posted on January 20, 2021 (February 18, 2022) by

Washington, D.C., artist Nekisha Durrett debuts her latest collection of artwork, Magnolia, in an exhibit at Marymount University’s Cody Gallery this week. The exhibit opens as organizations, institutions and people across the country commit to acts of service in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “The importance of Dr. King’s legacy as it […]