Estelle Lebowitz and Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence
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The Estelle Lebowitz & Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence program brings a distinguished artist to campus for a year to present a solo exhibition of their artwork, give artist talks, and collaborate with Douglass students on hands-on creative projects and workshops. This residency is part of the Douglass Faculty Fellows program and is presented in partnership with the Art & Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts.
BARBARA TAKENAGA
2026-2027 Estelle Lebowitz & Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence
Barbara Takenaga is a New York City-based artist working in painting and printmaking. She is renowned for her highly detailed abstract compositions, often executed in acrylic on linen and characterized by cosmic imagery, rhythmic patterns, and a sense of dynamic movement. Combining fluid, atmospheric backgrounds with labor-intensive patterning, she creates ambiguous forms that evoke celestial landscapes, natural phenomena, and microscopic structures.
Exhibit
Barbara Takenaga: Then and Now
September 8, 2026 – March 12, 2027
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries, Douglass Library
Gallery hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Exhibit Reception and Artist Talk
October 20 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, Douglass Library
Light refreshments provided! Open to all RU students, faculty, staff, and guests. Individuals requiring parking must register their vehicle according to RU parking policy.
Artist Talk
Spring 2027, Zimmerli Art Museum, For information, please visit: https://zimmerli.rutgers.edu/events
Photo Credit: Barbara Takenaga in the studio at Shark's Ink, 2007
Accordion Content
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- Liz Collins (2025-2026)
- Leah DeVun (2024-2025)
- Amina Ross (2023-2024)
- Sandy Rodriguez (2022-2023)
- Muriel Hasbun (2021-2022)
- María Magdalena Campos-Pons (2019-2020)
- Judith K. Brodsky (2018-2019)
- Mimi Smith (2017-2018)
- Laura Anderson Barbata (2016-2017)
- Chitra Ganesh (2015-2016)
- Grimanesa Amoros (2014-2015)
- Martha Wilson (2013-2014)
- Ariane Littman (2012-2013)
- Audrey Flack (2011-2012)
- Joan Snyder (2010-2011)
- Cecilia Vicuña (2009-2010)
- Renee Cox (2008-2009)
- Berni Searle (2007-2008)
- May Stevens (2006-2007)
- Molly Snyder-Fink (2005-2006)
- Miriam Schapiro (2004-2005)
- Hung Liu (2001-2002)
- June Wayne (2000-2001)
- Seri Berg (1999-2000)
- Carolee Schneemann (1999-2000)
Our Funders
This program was endowed in 1999 by Professor Joel Lebowitz, Director of the Center for Mathematical Sciences Research and George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University, in honor of his late wives—artist Estelle Lebowitz and author and editor Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz—under the leadership of Ferris Olin (DC ‘70), Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University.
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