Ian McIlvain

Social Practice Artist and Community Organizer

“I’ll be Here When You’re Available”. Created by Ian Mcilvain and Nadia Namyar for the exhibition, Cold Dinner and a Show

About Ian

Latest Work

Publications

Are you creative?

Xavier University College of Arts and Science Blog

November 2024

By Ian McIlvain. Are you actually fostering creativity in the classroom? This seems like a bold question for a third-year, undergrad art major named Ian McIlvain to be asking the College of Arts and Science…

Administrative Transparency and Our Core Values Are Fading Away

Xavier Newswire

November 2025

By Ian McIlvain and Teagan Fowler. Over the summer, Xavier quietly fired faculty and staff who played important roles in supporting marginalized communities. Muslim Chaplain Tala Ali and theology professor Dr. O’Neil Van Horn were let go for various, undisclosed reasons….

other Publications:

Xavier Students and Alumni Represent Art Department at BLINK

Interview with Our All-Star Summer Intern, Ian McIlvain; Co-op Cincy Monthly Update, September 2024

“For a Better World 2025: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice”, SOS Art, June 2025

Xavier Newswire

October 2026

By Ryan Kramer. This year, BLINK illuminated downtown Cincinnati once again, with the Xavier University Art Department contributing to one of the many presentations. Many Xavier students and alumni worked to create a design called “Welcome In,”…