Art teacher receives Teaching Artist Cohort grant
Upper school art teacher Pilar Agüero-Esparza was recently named a recipient of a Teaching Artist Cohort grant from the Center for Craft, an organization…
Visual Arts
Harker students win nearly 300 Regional Art & Writing Awards
Harker students won a record 286 regional awards (112 for art and 174 for writing) in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Contest, organized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
Connie Zheng to be next artist-in-residence with Dickinson Endowment
Chinese-born artist, writer and filmmaker Connie Zheng will begin her residency for the Dickinson Visual Arts Endowment.
Rising senior wins national medal in Scholastic Art & Writing Contest; student artists win more than 70 awards
Rising senior Sophia Liu received a national gold medal in the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her piece, titled “Paper Airplanes.”
Senior’s sculpture featured in annual ceramics exhibition
Senior Medini Halepete is one of the artists featured in the American Museum of Ceramic Art’s 2024 High School Ceramics Exhibition.
Senior nominated for Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Iris Fu was just one of 60 students nominated nationwide.
Pantea Karimi talks art, history, identity and science at Harker Speaker Series
On Nov. 29, Iranian-American artist Pantea Karimi, the 2023 Dickinson Endowment artist-in-residence, appeared as the second speaker in the 2023-24 Harker Speaker Series at the Patil Theater.
Students visit alum’s studio at prestigious Djerassi residency program
Raymond Banke ’19 recently completed a residency with the Djerassi Resident Artist Program in Woodside.
Pantea Karimi to be latest artist-in-residence for Dickinson Endowment
This November, Iranian-American artist Pantea Karimi will begin her residency for the Dickinson Visual Arts Endowment.
Student artwork featured in ceramics exhibition, earns award
In late March, sophomore Keren Eisenberg earned an Orton Foundation Cash Award in the 26th Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition.
