INVEST
IGATION
NOW
TO INVESTIGATION NOW
WELCOME
Investigation NOW is a contemporary art program run by VCU for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students in the Richmond area
2018-2019
Fall 2018:
Alternate Realities
Sept 14 / 21 / 28
Oct 5 / 12 / 19
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Spring 2019:
Interruptions
Jan 25
Feb 1 / 8 / 15 / 22
Mar 1
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WHAT WE ARE MAKING
OUR STAFF
Jolie Day
Lead Teacher
Patrick Carter
Assistant Teacher
WHY CONTEMPORARY ART?
Contemporary art pushes its makers and viewers to take risks, tolerate ambiguity, see the big picture, and resist closure.
I'm a second year graduate student in the Art Education Department, and I am excited to be working with Investigation NOW. I believe art is a tool to have constructive conversations about each person's unique lived experience...
Patrick is an artist and educator currently pursuing his MAE in Art Education plus teaching licensure at VCU...
Hannah Neifert
Assistant Teacher
Carlisle Kramer
Assistant Teacher
Hannah Neifert is a second year graduate student in the Department of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She received a BA in Art History/Museum Studies from Randolph College in 2014...
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I am a first year graduate student in the Department of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. My anticipated graduation date is December of 2020...
Kelly Fergus
Assistant Teacher
Amanda Pigott
Assistant Teacher
My name is Kelly Fergus. I am originally from Herndon, VA. I graduated with a BA in Art Education from Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA in 2017. I am currently in my second year of VCU’s Art Education Masters program where I have begun my thesis research. I have worked the past three summers at the Sheridan School in Washington DC as a Creative Arts and Summer Adventure (CASA) art instructor in which I taught art to kids from rising kindergarten to 7th grade age...
I am in my final year of the Art Education major at VCU, getting ready to graduate in May of 2019. I fell into teaching, falling in love with the creativity, ingenuity, and breakthroughs the art classroom nurtures...