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.
LIZ COLLINS
2025-2026 Estelle Lebowitz & Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence
Collins is well known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work in fabric, yarn, and other materials and techniques associated with textile media. Currently on view in Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries at Douglass Library: Shapeshifter from September 2, 2025 – March 13, 2026.
The artist will lead a needlepoint workshop for students on February 24, 2026 from 6:30-8:30PM.
Photo Credit: Marco Giugliarelli
Douglass Arts Awards
Juniors and seniors pursuing Arts majors are eligible for this special award, which provides a stipend to support artistic projects during their senior year or post-graduation. Watch for application announcements in Douglass Delivers each spring!
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- 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)
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Liz Collins: Shapeshifter
September 2, 2025 – March 13, 2026The Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass is pleased to announce that acclaimed artist Liz Collins has been named Douglass Residential College’s 2025–2026 Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence at Rutgers University. Her exhibition, Liz Collins: Shapeshifter, will be on view from September 2 through March 13 in the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries at the Douglass Library. Join us to view the exhibition during a reception and for an artist's talk on October 16 from 5 to 6:30pm at Douglass Library!
Liz Collins is a Brooklyn-based artist working at the intersection of art and design, known for her experimental textiles, knitwear, and multimedia fabric work. Her bold use of color, abstraction, and pattern explores queer and feminist themes, often inspired by forces like electricity and interpersonal energy. During her residency, Collins will host a workshop, give talks, and meet with students from the Gender & Arts Living-Learning Community, the Institute for Women’s Leadership, and the Art & Design department. Her solo exhibition will be accompanied by an online catalogue in summer 2026. Currently, she has a retrospective on view at the Rhode Island School of Design through January 11, 2026, and has exhibited at venues such as the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Tang Museum in New York, the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee, Gallery DLUL in Ljubljana, and Rossana Orlandi in Milan. Her awards include an Anonymous Was a Woman Fellowship, a USA Fellowship, and the MacColl Johnson Fellowship. She is represented by Candice Madey.
Between One and Many: Textiles of Place & Memory
Tabards of Place + Threaded Paths × MGSA Theater @ 50
Curated by Valerie Ramshur, Head of Costume Design and Director of Design and Production, Mason Gross School of the Arts
March 23 - April 9, 2026
Gender & Arts Living-Learning Community Group ExhibitionGuided by Em Gallagher
April 21 - June 5, 2026
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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