Head of School, John Carson's solo exhibition, Timelines, is currently on view at the Albertine-Munroe Brown Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo through February 7. http://cfa.wmich.edu/art/home/intro

Visiting faculty Jacob Ciocci (MFA '05) shows with the artist collective Paper Rad in Mutual: On Collaboration at Samson Projects in Boston, MA, through January 31. http://www.samsonprojects.com/exhibitions.htm

Elaine A. King 's review "Sculpture at Evergreen 2008" was published in the January/February issue of Sculpture magazine. This outdoor Biennial at the John W. Garrett estate at Evergreen on the grounds of Johns Hopkins University, MD, provided a walk on the quiet side, demonstrating a tete-a-tete with nature and tribute to place.

Rich Pell, Assistant Professor of Art (BFA '99) has been awarded a 2009 Creative Capital grant in the area of "Emerging Fields." He and Brooke Singer (MFA '02) with the Institute for Applied Autonomy exhibit in An Atlas, a group show co-curated by Lize Mogul (BFA '92) at Studio X, NYC, this upcoming March. http://www.arch.columbia.edu/studiox

IN MEMORIAM: James Garrison Hagan (BFA '60), 72, died at home last September 2008 after battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for 13 months. Hagan was a professor at the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia until he retired as professor emeritus in 2001. Though hired to teach sculpture in 1963, his expanding interest in electronic media led to his creation of a graphic arts program for the university. Some of his sculpture may be seen in the National Gallery in Washington, DC, the Princeton Art Museum and many private collections.
http://www.tinyboat.org

Elvira Peake (BFA '51) was presented with the NCECA Regional Award for Excellence last March 2008 by the National Council for the Ceramic Arts.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08079/866112-42.stm

Hilda Green Demsky (BFA '58) was awarded a fall 2008 artist residency from the United States Department of the Interior to Acadia National Park, ME. Her painting, "The Great Falls of the Passaic River," hangs in the Paterson New Jersey History Museum and was exhibited in the First Annual Great Falls Exhibition late this summer. This year, she also exhibited in the Award Winners' Exhibition at the Pen & Brush Gallery, NYC, and in a summer solo sow at Becket Art Center of the Hiltowns, MA. She was the subject of a thirty minute interview shown as part of the Sound Shore Artumentory, aired for three weeks last September on LMC-TV channel 75 or Verizon channel 36. http://www.becketartscenter.org/exhibits.htm

Linda Fleming (Art '63-66) presented a solo show last spring at Lemmons Contemporary, NYC. Her large-scale, laser-cut steel sculpture in Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational at the University of Wyoming Art Museum is on view through July 31, 2009.
http://chelseaartgalleries.com/Lemmons+Contemporary/Linda+Fleming+2008.html;
http://americansculptor.org/

Joyce Kozloff (BFA '64) is one of five recipients to receive a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Womens' Caucus for Art (WCA). The WCA will honor the recipients during their annual conference, held in conjunction with the College Art Association conference this February. The awards ceremony takes place at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, on Saturday, February 28. The book, "Joyce Kozloff: Co-Ordinates," edited by Phillip Earenfight with text by Nancy Princenthal, and Phillip Earenfight is due to be published this March by Dickinson College, PA. The book considers Kozloff's paintings and works on paper - which employ the formal
structure and conventions of cartography to examine issues of power, gender and global politics - from the late 1990s to the present. This is the first book to consider Kozloff's work since the late 1990s within the broader context of her career and the history of map-related art. Kozloff will give a public talk at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, on April 17.
http://www.nationalwca.org/awards/currentLAA.html;
http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/joyce-kozloff/;
http://www.artbook.com/9780976848882.html

Paul Zelevansky (BFA '67) released his new book, "24 Ideas about Pictures," at Printed Matter in NYC on December 13. He has also organized SOCAL SHOW AND TELL: An assortment of
High and Low Culture from Southern California assembled by the Art Historians of Southern California for the 2009 CAA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles this February. http://www.printedmatter.org;
http://www.arthistsocal.org/html/news.html

Duane Palyka (BFA '69) exhibits in BIT INTERNATIONAL:[Nove] tendencije Computer and Visual Research, Zagreb 1961-1973 through January 19 at ZKM / Media Museum. He will demonstrate his "StrokeDance" software at the Creativity: Technology: Invention symposium at Rochester Institute for Technology where he is associate professor in the School of Film and Animation. He developed the software for "Handamation: A Collage of Perspectives," a performance featuring the RIT/National Technical Institute for the Deaf Dance Company at NTID in Rochester, NY, May 10-13. http://www02.zkm.de/bit; http://www.rit.edu/news/?v=45615

Mark Perrott (BFA '71) and Assistant Professor of Design Dylan Vitone (who holds a courtesy appointment in Art) exhibit in Pittsburgh: A Century of Photography, a group show at Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, through January 31. http://www.conceptgallery.com/new/index.html

James P. Nelson (BFA '71) exhibits paintings at 905 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, on view during the January 23 Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl. http://www.pgharts.org/education/gallerycrawl.aspx

James Welling (Art '73) exhibits photographs in a solo show at Galerie Nelson-Freeman in Paris, January 17 - February 20. He also exhibits in The Eternal Network at FRAC, Champagne, Ardenne in Reims, France through January 21 and in Implant Redux (with Peter Coffin MFA '00) at the New York Horticultural Society through January 23. His article on Joseph Bartscherer appears in the Spring issue of BOMB, a quarterly arts and culture magazine.
http://www.galerienelsonfreeman.com/main.php;
http://www.bombsite.com/issues/103/articles/3095;
http://www.frac-champagneardenne.org/page_actu_archives/actualite.shtm;
http://www.hsny.org/programs_exhibitions.html#current

Deborah Kass (BFA '74) is featured in an Artnet Magazine article by Charlie Finch.
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/finch/finch1-18-06.asp

Sandi Seltzer Bryant (BFA '75) has her 11th solo exhibit at McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, TX, on view January 17 - February 14. Her paintings respond to the traditional fibers and textile designs she has encountered through her extensive travels to countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Morocco, Mexico, Thailand, Russia, and most recently Ecuador and Peru. http://www.mcmurtreygallery.com

Linsley Lambert (BFA '75) presents a solo show of portraits at Offramp Gallery in Pasadena, CA, on view through February 22. http://www.offrampgallery.co

Sara Lynn Henry-Corrington (BFA '76) is an independent curator, Professor of Art History and N.E.H. Distinguished Teaching Professor of Humanities at Drew University, NJ, emerita. She was Director of the Drew New York Semester on Contemporary Art, visiting with over 250 artists and critics and teaching and writing about contemporary art over two decades. She has curated thematic exhibitions on current cosmic and nature themes and is interested in the contemporary East-West aesthetic dialogue. Her curated shows have been Midnight Full of Stars (Visual Arts Center of NJ, which included work by alumna Joyce Kozloff ‘64), Brave New Worlds (Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, NYC, 2005), and As if Alive, Animate Sculpture (Visual Arts Center of NJ, 2000). She has written on Robert Kushner (on his Asian Connection), Suejin Jo, Alice Neal, Ellen K. Levy, the Nancy Graves Donation (to Drew University), Grace Bakst Wapner, the Asian American Women Artists Association, and on “Japanese Calligraphy and Contemporary Abstract Art: an East-West Dialogue.” As a scholar she has published extensively on Paul Klee. She also lectured last year on Edward Hopper at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Julie Bargmann (BFA '80) is one of five designers awarded a $50,000 Fellowship in 2008 from United States Artists (USA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding the arts. Bargmann is the founding principal of landscape architecture firm D.I.R.T. in Charlottesville, VA, and works to regenerate post-industrial landscapes. In 2001, she won the National Design Award for Environment Design from the Cooper-Hewitt. Her firm's projects include rehabilitation of the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, MI; the revitalization of a former coal mining site in Vintondale, PA; and a corporate campus for Urban Outfitters in the old Philadelphia, PA, Navy Yard.
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/081110usafellowships.asp;
http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/USAFellows/2008Fellows/index.cfm

Leslie Brown (BFA '81) exhibits in Identity: Unlimited Editions at Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA, through January 11. http://www.cafam.org/Identity.html

Deborah Hosking's (A '81) video installation will be on view at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, through January 16. The campus greenhouse will be transformed into a veritable box of light, with projections of natural imagery visible from outside from dusk till 9:15 each evening.

Brett Reichman (BFA '82) exhibited in Kiki: The Proof Is In the Pudding, a group show last summer at Ratio 3 in San Francisco, CA.
http://www.happenstand.com/sanfrancisco/events/375-kiki-the-proof-is-in-the-pudding

David French (BFA '87) is exhibiting paintings at the Seton Hall University School of Law Atrium Gallery, Newark, NJ, through April 24. This exhibit was curated by Evonne Davis director of City Without Walls and Gallery Affero both in Newar. He is also currently exhibiting at The Noyes Museum, Atlantic City, NJ, through the end of this month.

Jessica Reeves-Cohen (BFA '91) teaches "Intro to Visual Arts" and "Special Topics in Theater" at SUNY Ulster.

Jeff Konigsberg (BFA '91) exhibits with Jacob Ciocci (MFA '05) in Mutual: On Collaboration, a group show curated with Kate McNamara at Samson Projects in Boston, MA, through January 31. Konigsberg also exhibited a painting in Artist Initiated Magazines at Galleri Rekord in Oslo, Norway last November and is represented in Scott Hug's annual K48 book.
http://www.samsonprojects.com/images/mutual/mutual_emailer.htm;
http://www.gallerirekord.no/2008/november-2008-artist-initiated-magazines;
http://www.k48rules.com

Andy Vogt (BFA '92) presented Aftermath, a solo show at Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA, in December 2008. http://www.happenstand.com/sanfrancisco/events/896-scrap-aftermath

Jessica Buben (BFA '92) is a digital media artist and sole proprietor of Girl A Micromedia, a multimedia production and visual research laboratory based in Chicago, IL. "E=MC2: Image Equivalency and Pop Metaphysics" is a digital media document produced during her doctoral work (Ph.D. 2005) with The Committee on the History of Culture at The University of Chicago in the area of Interdisciplinary Studies in Visual Culture. Jessica worked in traditional media from the late 1980s until the late 1990s, when she completed her Master's degree in studio art. Her first film, "Gâteau" (1999), a synthetic double biography of Marie Antoinette and Jayne Mansfield was funded, in part, by The American Association of University Women, has been screened at various venues including The MadCat International Film Festival in 2001 and traveling program Is This Desire? in 2002. Her next project, "Manchurian Candy," is an experimental documentary of conspiracy theory figure Candy Jones, a World War II pin-up-girl-turned-CIA-operative.

Rachel Popowcer (BFA '92) presented Glimmer, a solo show of paintings at Artspace 116 in Albuquerque, NM, last November 2008 and will have another solo show in the Mariposa Upstairs Gallery in Albuquerque in 2009. http://www.rachelpopowcer.com

Marc Fischer (BFA '93) and Temporary Services celebrated their 10th year anniversary and the Chicago, Il, book release party for Public Phenomena last month. Art and ephemera from their archives and items from their newly created Half Letter Press were on display, with press items be for sale. He also screens a video made with with Temporary Services and Biggest Fags Ever (Zena Sakowski & Rob Kelly) in the second week, January 16-18, of WHEN DOES IT OR YOU BEGIN (MEMORY AS INNOVATION), a festival curated by Amina Cain & Jennifer Karmin at Links Hall in Chicago. Temporary Services also has work included in ARTISTS' BOOKS AS (SUB)CULTURE, a group show organized by Natalie Campbell for The Center for Book Arts, NYC, January 15 - March 29 and in BIN, organized by SEED at the AVA Center in Chattanooga, TN, through February 20, http://www.temporaryservices.org; http://www.halfletterpress.com; http://www.centerforbookarts.org; http://www.linkshall.org/09-pp-jan.shtml;
http://seedbin.wordpress.com

Laura Sibley (BFA '93) was Associate Producer and assisted on more than six digital features while at InDigEnt. Subsequently she was Executive Producer for H. Spencer Editorial, a Final Cut Pro-based post production boutique in the Flatiron district of Manhattan. She is now living in Costa Rica where she produces events and fundraisers with her company Liquid Solutions and producing weddings with her other company Liquid Weddings.

James Thurman (BFA '93) exhibited in the Annual Jewelry & Metal Arts Invitational at Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX, through January 10. Earlier last year, his work was included in Equal Footing: Materials + Processes + Concepts at the National Ornamental Metals Museum in Memphis, TN; Anti-War Medals at Shaw Gallery in Northeast Harbor, ME; and shows at Hall Street Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. http://www.goldesberrygallery.com/current.htm; http://www.personal.psu.edu/jat17/index.htm

Melissa Thorne (BFA ‘93) was awarded a Regent's Faculty Fellowship by the Academic Senate at UC Riverside. Last year, she presented a solo project, "A Partial Index of Improvements at Devin Borden Hiram Butler" in Houston, TX. http://www.dbhbg.com/melissathorne.html

Julie Vinette (BFA '93) exhibits in a solo show, Between the Lines, juried by William Stover, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts at Bromfield Gallery in Boston, MA, through January 31. http://www.bromfieldgallery.com

Elizabeth M. Meadows (BFA '94) is a metal sculptor and co-founder/owner with her husband of Fairplay Stonecarvers LLC in Oberlin, OH. Their company carves high end architectural ornament in stone, limestone, and marble for public buildings, churches, colleges and private residences across the US and Canada. Meadows is a participant of the Imagillaboration Collaborative Sculpture Project, and her metal flowers and sculptures from recycled ferrous and non ferrous metals with enamel accents are sold at Ginko Gallery in Oberlin, OH. She and her husband are recipients of the 2008 Artist Entrepreneur/Arts Business and Innovation Award given by the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) Arts Network in Cleveland, OH. http://web.mac.com/emfairmeadows/iWeb/MotherMetalsculptor.com; http://www.imagillaboration.com; http://www.ginkogallery.net

Kinga Czerska (CS '95) presented a solo exhibit of paintings at Augen Desoto in Portland, OR, last summer 2008. Her work was included in a three-person exhibit last March 2008 at HP Garcia Gallery, NYC. http://wweek.com/editorial/3437/11289; http://www.hpgarciagallery.com/interference.html

Donna DiBartolomeo (BFA '96) has been Project Manager for traveling exhibitions for The Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA, since 2005. http://donnadibartolomeo.com/home.html

Arden Bendler Browning (BFA '97) presented Urban Reef, a solo show at Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, PA, last December 2008. Her work was also included in two recent group exhibitions at Main Line Art Centerl, Haverford, PA, and McLennan Community College, CSC Art Gallery, Waco, TX. http://www.paintedbride.org/galleryfirstfriday.cfm;
http://www.ardenbendlerbrowning.com/index.php

Matt Keegan (BFA '98) begins a Visiting Artist position at California College of Art in Oakland this coming spring semester.

Amera Rizk (BFA '98) is Assistant Film Editor at Pixar Animation Studios where she has worked since 2004 on films like "Ratatouille" and "Cars."

Jill Stutzman (BFA '98) is a painter, teacher and designer with over a decade of experience in interaction design and usability engineering. She lives in Redmond, WA. http://www.uiweb.com/jill/index.htm; http://www.uiweb.com/jillart

Nathan Martin (BFA '99) CEO of deeplocal, Chris Kardambikis (BFA ‘05) and Jasdeep Khiara (BHA ‘04) co-founders of Encyclopedia Destructica, have teamed up to launch a corporate Artist Residency program in Pittsburgh, PA. Applicants are being accepted now through February 15, more info and applications available online at http://www.deeplocal.com/residency. Residencies begin on April 1, 2009 and will last for 3 months. http://www.deeplocal.com; http://www.encyclopediadestructica.com

Nick Fox-Gieg (BFA '99) showed "The Foxhole Manifesto" at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto this past June and "I Wanna Be Famous" in the New York International Children's Film Festival last March. In 2008, he was also a guest lecturer at RISD and SUNY Stony Brook and awarded a Bravo!FACT Project Grant for a work currently in pre-production.
http://www.fox-gieg.com

Stephanie Silvi (BFA '99) is currently a corporate art member of the Decordova Museum and Erdreich White Fine Art in Boston, MA. Her paintings reside in several businesses and homes throughout the world, including the US Embassy in Kampala, Uganda. She is currently working in Rhode Island. http://stephsilviart.com

Lauren Lamonica (BFA '01) ran the California International Marathon on December 6 in 3:53. She works in the advertising industry with previous experience as: a Producer for Millions of Us, bringing real brands into virtual space; Online Marketing Manager for MTV Networks' GameTrailers.com; and Marketing Professional for Linden Lab¹s "Second Life." She is currently
earning an MBA from San Francisco State University, CA. http://www.laurenlamonica.com

Theresa Marchetta (BFA '02) exhibited in group shows at Carroll Street Gallery, Washington, DC, Anderson Gallery in Richmond, VA, Steuben Galleries at Pratt in Brooklyn, and Nathan Larramendy Gallery in Ojai, CA, during 2008. Projections, a three-person show at the New York design shop, Matter, opened December 18 and was featured in I.D. Magazine.
http://www.tmarchetta.com; http://www.id-mag.com/article/matter

Alicia Kozikowski (BFA '02) is Staff Gemologist at Gemological Institute Of America, Carlsbad, CA.

Elizabeth Deasy (BFA '03) and Matt Keegan (BFA '98) both have prints available through Forth Estate, based in NYC. Keegan exhibited in a group show, Forth Estate Editions, at Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, last month. Deasy is registrar at CRG Gallery, NYC.
http://forthestate.com/editions; http://klausgallery.com

Mark Baugh-Sasaki (BFA '04) has been invited by the Hayes Valley Arts Coalition to create a six-month art installation at Patricia's Green in the San Francisco neighborhood of Hayes Valley. In 2008, he exhibited in Apature 2008 at Space 180 in San Francisco; in Systems of Decay at
Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill; and in a solo show at 5 Mined Fields in Emeryville, all in CA.
http://www.markbaugh-sasaki.com

Ben Kinsley (MFA '08) and Robin Hewlett (BFA '03) exhibit "Street With a View" in PUBLIC/PRIVATE at the Arlington Arts Center, VA, opening January 30 (with reception from 6:00-9:00 p.m.) on view through April 4. http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org

Ally Reeves (MFA '08) is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art in the School of Art, and was recognized in the January 6 Pittsburgh Post Gazette as one of the "young people to watch in 2009." http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09006/939762-51.stm?cmpid=newspanel1

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