Artists Crossing Lines, an exhibit last year at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, was reviewed by Paul Krainak in the January/February 2004 issue of Sculpture Magazine. The artists discussed in the review all had School of Art connections and included Martin Prekop, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, art faculty Patricia Bellan-Gillen and Carol Kumata and MFA alumni Ron Desmett and Andrew Johnson.

James Duesing's animation Tender Bodies is included in the International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France, January 30 - February 7, 2004. He is also curating an exhibition of recent animation as part of the Aronoff Center for Performing Arts Intermedia Series in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 6-8 and will be presenting his work on February 26 at the University of Washington, Seattle and on February 27 at Evergreen University, Olympia, Washington. His work is also included in the 2004 Black Maria Film and Video Festival (January 30 - June 15), a touring exhibition of bold contemporary works drawn from the annual collection of 50 award winning films and videos. It annually visits more than 70 major public institutions, colleges, theaters and community organizations throughout the nation and beyond, including Pittsburgh Filmmakers on Saturday, February 28 at 7:30pm. http://www.njcu.edu/programs/taebmff/blackmariafest.html.

Ayanah Moor is exhibiting in A Celebration of Color: African American Printmakers of Pennsylvania at the Banana Factory in Bethlehem, PA, January 30 - March 21, 2004 with a reception on February 6 from 6-9pm. Ayanah, Todd Pavlisko (MFA '02) and Sean Bidic (MFA '02) are showing together in Drift:Shift at Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, January 16 - February 28, 2004 http://www.lsgallery.com. Ayanah will also be exhibiting in Word at Lawndale Art Center in Houston, TX, February 6-March 27, 2004.

Amy Hauber joins the School of Art adjunct faculty this spring semester to teach 3D Media Studio I: Clay. Hauber studied as an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon from 1994-96 and received her BA in English/Writing at University of Pittsburgh. She completed her MFA in Sculpture at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Last year, she exhibited at University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Beloit College in Wisconsin, the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art and Western Exhibitions in Chicago, Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, and Facere Gallery in Seattle. Hauber has taught at Lawrence University, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and University of Wisconsin-Madison and has had three residencies at John Michael Kohler Art Center, all in Wisconsin.http://www.westernexhibitions.com/hauber/index.htm.

Golan Levin is presenting Scribble, a live audiovisual performance, at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference in Monterey, California this February 25-28. Levin also contributed a chapter to Creative Code, edited by John Maeda and published by Thames and Hudson, 2004. His work is also included in The Edge of Art by Blais, Joline and Ippolito and Internet Art, by Rachel Greene, both published by Thames and Hudson, and in Taschen Books' Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers by Charlotte and Peter Fiell.
http://www.ted.com/theconference/2004/program.html.

Andy Warhol's (BFA '49) work is included in Muse at Kent Gallery in New York City, February 8 - March 27, 2004.

Elizabeth Asche Douglas (BFA '51) will present a lecture/performance, From Spirituals to Jazz: An American Legacy, at Succop Theater, Butler County Community College Cultural Center on Thursday, February 5 at 7:30pm. She will also exhibit paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings in BC3 Phillips Gallery through February 20 when the Boilermaker Jazz Band will play. http://www.bc3.edu. On Monday, February 16, her solo exhibit, Transformations: Art from Odds and Ends will open at the University Center Art Gallery at Carnegie Mellon and runs through February 27. http://www.douglasartgallery.com.

Don Celender's (BFA '56) exhibit, Conceptual Documentation, at OK Harris ended mid January in New York City. The documentation consisted of letters sent to a variety of people asking questions related to art, such as "Should art be censored?" The exhibit was reviewed by Ken Johnson in the January 2 issue of the New York Times.

Raymond Saunders (BFA '60) had a solo exhibit last fall at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco.
http://www.wirtzgallery.com/exhibitions/2003/2003_10/saunders/saunders_2003.html.

Jonathan Borofsky (BFA '64) is exhibiting in The Game Show at James Cohan Gallery in New York City, January 9 - February 14.

Joyce Kozloff (BFA '64) is featured twice in the February issue of Art in America. Her solo exhibit at DC Moore was reviewed by Nancy Princenthal and her work was reproduced and discussed in an article by Christopher Miles about the reconsideration of the Pattern and Decoration movement.

Joan Brindle (BFA '65) is an art teacher at the Elementary Gifted Center for Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Susan Schwalb (BFA '65) is exhibiting in the Ninth National Drawing Invitational on display at the Arkansas Arts Center from January 16 - February 29, 2004. This Arkansas Arts Center tradition focuses on bringing together the work of living American artists, both well-known and under-recognized; exhibiting and publishing significant, current examples of drawing as a medium; reaffirming the Arkansas Arts Center’s leadership in the promotion and study of drawing; and stimulating and encouraging the collecting of drawings. http://www.arkarts.com/.

Carole Sue Lebbin (BFA '70) is an artist working in Chevy Chase, MD. After her graduation from Carnegie Mellon, she pursued further studies at Tyler School of Art in Rome and the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. She completed a Masters Degree at George Washington University, also in D.C. where she has exhibited at Jane Haslem Gallery, Franz Bader Gallery and David Adamson Gallery. She has also exhibited at: Associated American Artists in: New York City; Instituto Nacional de Belles Artes, Juarez Museum of Art, in Chihuahua, Mexico; and Francoise Guillou Gallery in Paris, France. Her works are in the permanent collections of the High Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Norton Gallery, Art Museum of the Palm Beaches in Florida. Her works can be viewed on the following web sites: http://www.theartcollector.com/lebbin.htm, http://www.marin-price.com/Marin-Price%20Galleries%20Carole%20Sue%20Lebbin.htm, http://www.artline.com/galleries/lebbin/.

David Beck (BFA '76) has a solo exhibit, La Naturecanique, at Allan Stone Gallery in New York City, January 24 - March 6. http://www.allanstonegallery.com.

Aaron Epstein (BFA '80) is Creative Director of Gund, Inc., known worldwide for its top quality, soft and huggable plush designs, in Edison, NJ. In 2002, he was a grant winner through Sappi Fine Paper North America's 2002 Ideas that Matter program to design a project for the non-profit organizations of his choice. Epstein worked on a project for the Lakeview School for the cause of cerebral palsy.

Jay Brooks (BFA '88) is featured in the article, Making the Landscape Your Own: Jay Brooks, in the January issue of American Artist. "Working in oil and pastel, this New York artist paints directly on-site and experiments with perspective to capture a timeless, emotive quality."

Christine Blair (BFA '89) and Mel Bochner (BFA '62) both had works in Fine Lines: Drawings from the Collection of Wynn Kramarsky which closed January 11 at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum in California.

Nicole Repack (BFA '93) is exhibiting in Inside of Inside, an exhibit of work by 70 women that examines the multilayered experiences of home. Curated by a group in San Francisco called the Big Ballyhoo, it continues through February 7 at the Lab, a performance space in the city's Mission district. Isis Rodriguez and Nicole Repack collaborated on a kitchen installation using all-recycled materials from the Norcal Sanitary Fill in San Francisco. Wearing steel-toed boots and braving the rain and the smell of refuse, they rescued a table, two chairs, and pots and pans to make a statement about consumerism and waste. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/visual_arts/7729532.htm.

Marc Fischer (BFA '93) presents Screaming in Music. Friday, January 30, 8-10pm (one night only) at
Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood Ave., Chicago, IL. Screaming in Music will highlight extraordinary examples of screamed vocalization with a primary emphasis on Western music of the last 40 years. Who in music is exemplary in their ability to generate “a loud sharp penetrating cry or noise?” Who are the screamers that “produce harsh high tones,” “speak...with intense hysterical expressions” or “produce a vivid startling effect?” Come to Mess Hall and find out which furious vocalists fit the bill and make the cut. A free publication on the subject of screaming in music, beverages, and earplugs for the sensitive or weak will be provided. http://my.calendars.net/messhall/. (Quoted “scream” definitions supplied by Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary). Marc, with Temporary Services, now has their Mobile Structures Resources website up: http://www.temporaryservices.org/mobile_struct_rsrce.html. This site attempts to present the vast array of individuals, organizations, and corporations that are using or marketing mobile structures to provide services, present ideas, and perform outreach. They are also contributing to Sound Canopy, in conjunction with the Hyde Park Art Center, starting in January at the corner of State and Adams in Chicago. For further information and sound files: http://www.temporaryservices.org/sound_canopy_mp3s.html. Through February 15, they are exhibiting Prisoners Inventions and other works in Get Rid of Yourself - Lothringer 13, an exhibition that has now traveled from Weimar and Leipzig to Munich. For more information visit: http://www.lothringer13.de/halle/index.html. The Prisoner's Inventions project remains on view at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts through early March and will travel as part of a larger Temporary Services exhibition to Colgate University in Hamilton New York, and by itself (with the recreation of Angelo's prison cell at Basekamp) in Philadelphia. An extensive interview about this project with Craig Buckley is available at: http://www.static-ops.org/essay_13.htm. The Prisoners' Inventions sold out of its first printing and is now in its second print run; it is available from White Walls at http://www.whitewalls.org or aeelms@aol.com.

Patrick Meagher (BFA '95) had his first European solo show at Karin Barth Gallery, Cologne, Germany and just opened a three man show, Deutsch - Amerikanische Freundschaft, with Peter Coffin (MFA '00) and Oliver Lanz (CMU visiting exchange student) at 2yk Galerie, at the Kunstfabrik in Berlin with special performance from The Black Leotard Front: Delia R. Gonzalez, Gavin R. Russom and Christian Holstad. Upcoming shows include those at: The New Yorker Magazine Gallery, Conde Nast Building, 4 Times Square, New York, opening February 19, and a solo exhibit, FotoFest, at Sonja Roesch Gallery in Houston, opening March 5 - April 17, 2004.

Adriana Maria Garcia (BFA '99) received her Multimedia Specialist Certificate from Northwest Vista College in San Antonio in 2001. As of 2001, she was working as a lead designer at SAWT Interactive, a multimedia company that offers e-business, web design, and new media services. In her spare time, Adriana remains active in the arts in the community. She co-directed a play performed by Grupo Animo, a San Antonio youth theater company and designed the cover for the Northwest Vista Annual Report 2000-2001. As of 2001, she was working on an art piece for an upcoming show at the San Antonio Public Library. http://www.accd.edu/nvc/docs/annual/goal2.htm.

Nicholas Fox-Gieg (BFA '99) is a video artist and theatrical designer. His short works have been shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, and on television in Canada, Israel, and the Netherlands. His theatrical video design has been featured in the Festival d'Avignon production, Boxed In, and in the Broadway musical, Squonk. He was an artist-in-residence at the STEIM Center in 2002, and in 2001 and 2003 he was awarded Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships. Last year, he was a video designer at the Carriage House in New York City, conducting experiments for a workshop combining live video processing and puppetry. He also attended the Sidney Kahn Summer Institute at The Kitchen, supported by a PCA grant. Currently a graduate student at CalArts, he is working with Perry Hoberman on The Wormhole Project, a networked installation connecting two remote sites. This month, his work is included in an exhibit at Athica in Athens, Georgia and he is showing The Story of Enoch at the Dutch Ministry of Education in The Hague.
http://interactive.usc.edu/members/phoberman/archives/001376.html.
http://www.getunderground.com/underground/galleries/gallery.cfm?Album_ID=453.

Nathan Martin (BFA '99) has been awarded a residency in Carnegie Mellon's Studio for Creative Inquiry where he will work on MapHub, a project that aims to introduce a geographic and historical data sharing application in an urban landscape. He recently completed his MFA at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Last year, he was a winner in the Memefest 2003 International Festival of Radical Communication and a finalist for the Transmediale Software Art Award in Berlin. He and Laleh Mehran (MFA '97) were commissioned to create a performance in Amsterdam for the No Escape event at Paradiso as part of Next 5 Minutes 4, for which he serves as a member on the International Editorial Board. His work has been included in the Perspectives 03 & Computer Space Festival 2003 in Sofia,
Bulgaria, the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival (re-Code.com), and Digital Deviance at Ecole du Magasin in Grenoble, France. nathan@hactivist.com

David Serotkin (BFA '00) has completed several mural and sculpture projects as an independent contractor for the Mural Arts Project in Philadelphia including: Sun Down/Puesta del Sol in the Kensington section; a temporary mural for the Stenton Park Stage sponsored by the Philadelphia Horticultural Society; Knowledge is Power, Imagination Is Freedom at Northeast Community Center; the Strawberry Mansion; and the Thomas Eakins House. For images and more information, visit: http://dserotkinart.cs.net/.

Jennifer Mi Rae Chung (BFA '03) is working in New York City where she recently finished assisting in a set design for a production of Dangerous Liaisons playing at the Sanford Meisner Theatre on 11th Ave. between 23rd and 22nd Streets in Chelsea. She is currently designing a small set for a low budget film short and will also be working as the production assistant on Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at the Little Theatre on 63rd Street in March.

Ruth Stanford and Lilith Bailey Kroll's collaborative piece, NEXUS 40: November 22,1963 was reviewed in Barry Hannegan's January 20 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's review of Image, Memory, Myth at the Warhol Museum.

Jacob Ciocci is showing his scroll comic and Paperrad videos in SHAZAM! Contemporary Artists and the Influence of Comics, opening February 5 - March 27 at Creative Alliance, in conjunction with the Maryland College of Art and Design at The Patterson Museum, 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD.

Under the supervision of Pamela Jennings, Assistant Professor in the School of Art and the Human Computer Interaction Institute, Christina Mercando (senior in the School of Art and double degree major in the Human Computer Interaction Institute), and Allison Styer (2003 graduate of the BSA program and current masters student in the Entertainment Technology Center) are designing an interactive lobby experience for the Pittsburgh City Theater. The project is part of the City Theater's Young Playwrights Festival, January 31 - February 15, 2004. The goal of the interactive lobby experience is to foster patron / student exploration of the art of playwriting through computer-based, hands-on activities.

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