Patricia Bellan-Gillen and Andrew Johnson exhibit in Zoo Logic at Lake George Arts project in Lake George, NY, July 11 - August 14. http://www.lakegeorgearts.org/2009%20exhibitions%202.htm

Andrew Johnson exhibits in Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-Specific Works, curated by Katherine Talcott at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24 - January 3, 2010. http://www.mattress.org

Elaine A. King had two feature stories published in Sculpture Magazine: "Shrines and Found History, the
Art of Justin Randolph Thompson," was in the May issue. Thompson’s large-scale sculptures and installations are rooted in cultural history and his experience as an African-American artist. Using an idiosyncratic vocabulary, his work unfolds complex stories by means of carefully crafted organic and geometric metaphors. Thompson says that his work “aims to create a new vantage point from which to view elements of African American history and culture as contemporary issues, involving ideas and conceptions rooted in antiquity.” Her interview "Franz West A Conversation with Euphoric Sculpture," appears in the June volume. Since the 1970's the art of this Austrian artist has straddled the line between the solemn and the absurd. His poignant forms—maladroit groupings of furniture; eccentric, misshapen, polychrome lumps of papier-mâché and plaster in bright outlandish colors; ambiguous organic shapes; and complex collages with sexual under-tones—are permeated by a fairy-tale atmosphere.

Susanne Slavick exhibits in AUGËRE v. [to increase, strengthen] at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, a group shows of works by past "Artists of the Year," opening July 2 with a benefit auction on August 31. http://www.pittsburgharts.org/gallery_current.php

Susan Schwalb (BFA '65) participates in Degrees of Density, a group show guest curated by Marilyn Symmes at Kentler International Drawing Space, 353 Van Brunt Street, (Red Hook) Brooklyn, June 6 - July 1. http://www.kentlergallery.org

Patricia Colvin Burson (BFA '71) and David Burson (A'72) participate in Off the Wall and Community of Artists at Danforth Museum of Art, June 3 - August 2, in Framingham, MA. http://www.danforthmuseum.org

Mary Mazziotti (BFA '72) has a solo exhibit of recent work at Borelli Edwards Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA, opening July 11 - August 1. http://www.begalleries.com

Audri Phillips (BFA '75) exhibited last May in Round and Round, a group show curated by Jill Vacarra at Upstairs at the Market Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
http://util.artslant.com/la/events/show/52596-round-and-round-group-installation#artists;
http://audri.com

John Currin (BFA '84) presents a 15 year survey of women on works on paper at Andrea Rosen, NYC, June 19 - August 21. http://andrearosengallery.com

Diane Thodos (BFA '85) presents a solo exhibition at the Hellenic Museum in Chicago, IL, from May 14 - August 23, featuring over 40 works of art including oil paintings, and woodblock and etching prints. Catalog essays for the exhibit are written by New York art critic Donald Kuspit and German expressionist scholar Rienhold Heller. More information about the catalog is available on her website under "Press and Publications". http://www.dianethodos.com; http:// www.hellenicmuseum.org

Nathania A. Vishnevsky (BFA '90) is living in Port Moody, British Columbia where she writes proposals for and organizes exhibits. http://www.nathania.com

Shari Zolla (BFA '91) is Registrar at the New Museum in NYC. http://www.newmuseum.org

Martin Beck (MFA '92) participated in Incognito this May at The Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA, and in MMMart, a group show this April in Medana, Slovenia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Beck_(painter)

Charlie Castaneda and Brody Reiman (BFA '92) present Places We Have Never Been at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco, CA, June 11 - August 22.
http://www.wirtzgallery.com/exhibitions/2009/2009_06/castanedareiman/castanedareiman_2009_frame.html

Julie Vinette (BFA '93) exhibits in Building Permit at Bromfield Gallery in Boston, MA, June 5-27.

Mia Brownell (BFA '93) exhibits in Moments of Macabre, a show that explores the dark world of fairytale, fable, and a very gritty kind of realism at Bo Lee Gallery in Bath, England, June 8 - July 4.
http://www.bo-lee.co.uk

Erin Maurelli (BFA '94) is teaching painting and printmaking at Willowind Summer Camp in Iowa City. She was commissioned to create murals for Camp Blessing in Wassau, WI, and exhibited last year in the Monotype Guild of New England National Exhibit at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Attleboro, MA. This year, she won an award in the International Edible Book Festival in Iowa City, and participated in the Bedel Entrepreneurial Learning Laboratories in the Business School at University of Iowa. http://erinmaurelli.com

Paul Snelson II (BFA '96) enters the MFA Program in Digital Art this fall at University of Texas, Dallas.

Lynn Lu (BFA '99) presents: a performance/installation and artist talk in Pro-Tribute, curated by Hugh Davies at 24HR ART NT Centre of Contemporary Art in Darwin, Australia, June 19 - July 25; Blackout, a performance at Q Square in Singapore, July 17-19, curated by Alan Qei; and a performance and lectures in the 10th OPEN International Performance Art Festival at 798 Zone in Beijing, curated by Jane Jin Kaisen and Chen Jin, September 8 -14.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=95732007045;
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=blackout&n=-1&k=400000000010&sf=r&init=q&si
d=28d6b3dd7fa7948af38910725d3a8127#/event.php?eid=87959914087; http://www.openart.org.cn

Peter Coffin (BFA '00) and Shana Moulton (MFA '04) participate in Mermaids vs. Unicorns, a group show curated by Byron Coley and Jo Robertson at I-20 , NYC, June 26 - August 14. http://www.i-20.com

Kim Brickley (BFA '02) completed her MFA this year at University of Pennsylvania. She held a Vermont Studio Residency Fellowship last year and exhibited at Rodger LaPelle Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.
http://kimbrickley.com/home.html

Tal Ilany (BFA '03) received a Tinker Field Research Grant last year for "Managing Agroforestry Plantations with Ilex Paraguariensis on Degraded Lands in Argentina." She is pursuing a graduate degree at Yale University in Latin American and Iberian Studies.

Amanda Fisk (BFA '03) completed her MFA in Digital Arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She was the recipient of the Pratt Circle award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and her work was featured in the 2009 Pratt Show at the Manhattan Center, NYC.

Janine Biunno (BFA '04) will be an artist in residence for the screen printing studio in June at the Frans Masareel Centrum residency program in Belgium. http://www.fransmasereelcentrum.be; http://www.janinebiunno.com

Jeffrey Augustine Songco (aka Gus23 and BFA '05) exhibited last April in Digital Ritual at Open Concept Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI. http://www.gus23.com

Christopher Kardambikis (BFA '05), Spencer Longo (BFA '08), Amy Conroy (BFA '08), Ally Reeves (MFA '08), and Chris Cornwell (BHA '08) exhibit with other Unicorn Mountain artists in On Echo River, currently at Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, through June 30. A portion of art sales will go toward the publication of "The Black Forest" Unicorn Mountain's third anthology of Pittsburgh art/music/comics/writing (Fall 2009). http://unicornmountain.com

Josh Atlas (BFA '05) curates and presents his own work in The Young Pretenders, a screening of videos by eight emerging media artists who use humor as an inclusive force on June 23 at 6:30pm at Kate Werble Gallery, 83 Vandam Street, NYC. Other alumni include: Shana Moulton (MFA '04), Jesse Hulcher (MFA '06), and John Pena (MFA '08). In an odd turn of events, Atlas recently got himself pregnant through a freak auto-erotic incident. He will hold a dating show "Baby's Mama" at HiChristina, Brooklyn, on June 26, to find a Mama. Do you have what it takes to help raise his child? Will you compete for a perfect union of souls and cash prizes? http://www.katewerblegallery.com; http://www.hichristina.com

Lilith Bailey-Kroll (MFA '06) exhibited "Yoganatrix" in De-Tranquilizers curated by Eric C. Shiner, the Milton Fine Curator of Art at The Andy Warhol Museum, for Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 5-14. http://www.jainteractive.com/traf/event_detail.asp?eventid=115

Ben Bigelow (BFA '08) curates and exhibits in Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite at Syncronicity Space, Los Angeles, CA, July 31-August. CMU alumni exhibiting include Peter Burr (BFA '03), Jacob Ciocci (MFA '05), Jesse Hulcher (MFA '06), Michael Mallis (BFA '08), Amy Johnson (BFA '08), Michael Pisano (BFA '08), JULIACKS (BHA '08), Eileen Maxson (MFA '08), and Chris Cornwell (BHA '08), Greg Witt (MFA '09), and faculty Suzie Silver, in addition to other artists from around the US, Holland, and London. http://www.syncspacela.com

Eve Shan (BFA '09) has recently launched a new business/website for custom-designed clothing for people on a tight budget and is now taking orders. http://eveshandesign.com

Amanda Long (MFA '10), Daniel Luchman (MFA '11), and Brian Brown (MFA '10) in collaboration with Paul Rouphail (BFA '10) exhibit video and new media works in RUST FEST June 13 - July 24 at the McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University in Youngstown, OH. RUST FEST presents a selection of digital arts and new media - from animation to computer games and novel visualization environments - by current students from MFA programs around the United States. http://mcdonoughmuseum.ysu.edu

M. Callen (BHA '11) will be traveling to Prague for a 1 month poetry writing fellowship with the Prague Summer Program in July.
http://www.praguepost.com/education/1409-writers-paradise-in-the-golden-city.html

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