Lowry Burgess and his work are discussed in What Would Christo Do?, an article on space art in the September 5, 2005 issue of Fortune Magazine. http://www.fortune.com/fortune/thisjustin/0,15704,1096772-1,00.html.

James Duesing is featured in a 10 page article, Hyperanimation: Digital Images and Virtual Worlds, an Interview with James Duesing in the Summer 2005 issue of Cartoons: The International Journal of Animation, published in association with ASIFA (International Animated Film Association).

Clayton Merrell and Andrew Johnson exhibit digital prints in a five-person show, Photography Plus, at Allegheny College's Bowman and Megahan Galleries, November 8 - December 7.

Andrew Johnson has a solo installation, When Pulse Becomes Pitch at A/V, a space for sound art in Rochester, NY, opening October 13. http://www.artsoundspace.org/.

Kim Beck has a solo exhibit, Lot, at Raid Projects, in Los Angeles, October 1-29. The opening is October 1 from 7-10pm. http://www.raidprojects.com. She will also be a visiting artist lecturer at Scripps College in Claremont, CA on October 3.

Senior Lecturer in Design, Tom Merriman (A '68), Constance Merriman (A '70), Bob Bingham, Kathryn Sitter (BFA '87), Steve Hankin (A '67), James P. Nelson (A'71), Barry Shields (BFA '89), Carin Mincemoyer (BFA '94) and Ruth Standford (MFA '04) exhibit in Hidden in Plain Sight/The Forest in the City, an exhibit addressing the role and value of the natural world in the urban environment at Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, 937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh through October 21.

Patricia Bellan-Gillen and Ayanah Moor exhibit in Pressing On at Kent State University School of Art Gallery in Ohio, September 9 - October 4.

Elaine A. King's interview with artist Barry Le Va entitled, An Accummulated Vision, was published in the September issue of Sculpture. She organized and moderated the Plenary Session on Central Europe: Changes in Artists Education for In the Global World: American Art and Art Education - The Nineteenth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artist, to be presented by the Humanities and Sciences Department of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, October 19-21.

Suzie Silver, along with collaborator Hilary Harp, participated in the Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop Weekend Retreat, sponsored by the Heinz Endowments and the Pittsburgh Foundation, September 16-18. On September 30, they present their collaborative project, The Happiest Day, on the New Media Architectures Panel at the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) 2005 Conference in Philadelphia, PA. The single channel version of The Happiest Day will be screened in September as part of the Peekskill Project 2005 at the Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art in Peekskill, NY.

Sally (Rosenberg) Bloom (BFA '47) resides in Sarasota, Florida where she creates collages and works with found materials. http://www.sarasota-arts.org/localartdirectory.cfm.

Elizabeth Asche Douglas (BFA '51) received a $1000 cash award for her digital painting, Lift in Song. The "2005 Appalachian Corridors" exhibition at the Avampato Discovery Museum in Charleston, WV runs Septemer 10 - November 13. The juror was internationally acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold. http://www.douglasartgallery.com.

Hilda Green Demsky (BFA ’58) exhibits paintings at Pleiades Gallery in New York City, October 18 - November 5. http://www.pleiadesgallery.com.

Mel Bochner (BFA '62) is exhibiting in The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982 at Miami Art Central, November 3 - December 6. http://pt.photography-now.com/artists/K09815.html.

Arthur Chartow (BFA '72) is exhibiting in Mainely Maine, a group show at Sherry French Gallery, NYC through October 1. http://www.sherryfrenchgallery.com/mm05.html.

Harry Giglio (BFA ’72) has been a commercial photographer for over 20 years, with a studio on Pittsburgh's South Side. His work has been showcased in Photographer's Forum, Communication Arts, Studio Magazine, Black Book, Work Book, American Photo, Corporate Showcase, KLIK!, Showcase Photography, StockFood, A Thousand Hounds, PhotoInsider, and countless magazines, periodicals, annual reports, and newspapers. http://www.harrygiglio.com.

Heather Shindler Lovett (BFA ’72) is an illustrator and gardening writer living in New Jersey.

Mahlon Lovett (BFA ’72) is Director of Multimedia Design, Princeton University’s Office of Communications and was honored by a university President’s Award. http://www.princeton.edu/~mlovett/home.html.

Ann Boyajian (BFA ‘72) has experience as a rock and roll musician, greeting card artist, teacher, and graphic designer. She currently works as a freelance illustrator in Boston.
http://www.lillarogers.com/artists/annb/portfol.htm.

Sandi Seltzer-Bryant (BFA '74) is exhibiting in the Winter Street Studio Artists' first annual group show at Winter Street Studio Gallery in Houston, Texas through September 24.

Adria Arch (BFA '74) will exhibit paintings at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston's South End from October 7 - 28. http://www.bromfieldartgallery.com.

Renee Stout (BFA '80) has a solo exhibit at Hammonds House Galleries in Atlanta, November 13 through January 7, 2006. http://www.hammondshouse.org/index.php?pid=25.

In Memoriam
Tomasina Keremes (BFA '82), who pioneered fashion designs for brides, died of breast cancer on September 9, surrounded by her family in Mt. Lebanon. Ms. Keremes transformed a former back-room family business with her mother, Demetria Hyland and sister, Stephanie Keremes, into the national spotlight. Tomasina designs are offered in boutiques and through major retailers such as Neiman Marcus, Macy's, and Sak's Fifth Avenue. She is survived by her husband, Frank Harris (BFA '82); her father, James Keremes; another sister, Esther of Phoenix; three brothers, John of Los Angeles, James and Frank, both of Dormont; and two sons, Maximus and Samuel of Mt. Lebanon. Her funeral was held at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05255/569867.stm.

Ed Szylinski (BFA '86) owns a small design firm called Szylinski Associates in New York City that specializes in packaging design for consumer goods.

Laura Sharp Wilson (BFA '87) has an exhibiton of sculpture at Byron Cohen Gallery in Kansas City. http://www.artnet.com/gallery/246/byron-c-cohen-gallery-for-contemporary-art.html.

David French (BFA '87) is exhibiting in Frames of Mind, the First Hudson County Arts Annual at the Brennan Gallery at the Justice William Brennan Courthouse in Jersey City, NJ. The opening reception is September 27, 5:30-7:30pm with a Studio Tour on October 1 and 2, 12-6pm.
http://www.hudsoncountynj.org.

Deborah Barkun (BFA '89) successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, Art, AIDS, and Collective Identity: Configuring General Idea's Collaborative Body, 1969-2000." In May, she received her Ph.D. in History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and has accepted the position of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Liberal Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia for the 2005-2006 academic year.

Jeff Konigsberg (BFA '91) exhibits in NextNext Art, curated by Dan Cameron at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, October 4 - December 12, with an opening reception on October 6.

Brian Dean Richmond (BFA '93) presented his films at Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh on September 24.

Patrick Meagher (BFA '95) is the contact person for Laundry Line, an exhibition of art t-shirts in NYC. Artists include CMU alumni Patrick, Edgar Um Bucholtz (Class of '99), Ryan McGinness (BFA '94) and Jake Feige (BFA '02). http://www.laundryline.org.

Donna DiBartolommeo (BFA '96) is relocating to San Francisco where she is taking a position at the Exploratorium, the Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception.

Margaret Cox (BFA '97) is the new Office and Graphics Coordinator at Carnegie Mellon's Miller Gallery. http://www.mxn.addr.com/portfolio.

Elizabeth Monoian (MFA '00) recently participated in the following: International Media Art Festival, Armenian Center Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia; Urban Flesh & Blood, Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad, Russia; Out of the Loop, Barbès, Brooklyn, NY; SparkVideo, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY; Synthetic Zero, Synthetic Zero Loft, NYC; NewFilmmakers, Anthology Film Archives, NYC;
International Video Festival, ArtExpo, Bari, Italy; and Performing Video, 312 Art Space, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Rosina Santana (MFA '01) will present her Trails in Nena Island project in the International Festival this November 3-5, which has the theme of Globally Green: Cultural Perspectives and Environmental Issues. She will also present the project this fall at the IVth Waterfronts of Art International Conference Remembrances of the City in Barcelona. The conference paper will be published in On the Waterfronts, an on-line magazine. http://www.artepublico.puertorico.pr/html_espanol/ambitos/talleres_comunit
arios/vieques/fase2.htm.

Jill Palermo (BFA '02) is participating in the Take Home a Nude art show and auction on October 20th at Phillips Auction House in New York City. Proceeds benefit student scholarships and other academic programs at the New York Academy of Art.

Todd Pavlisko (MFA '02) is exhibiting in a group show, Ground Up, at Northern Illinois University's Chicago Gallery, November 11 - December 17.
http://www.vpa.niu.edu/museum/html/chicagogllry.html.

Naomi Falk (MFA '03) is currently exhibiting in the Macomb Faculty Exhibition, in which she did a performance entitled (dis)armed. The show runs September 2 - 28 at The Gallery at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Twp., MI. She also has a solo ceramic installation in the same gallery running February 20 - March 25, 2006.

Sarah Hatton (BFA '03) recently returned from Hong Kong where she lived since August of 2003. While working for an activity center called English Excel, she did illustration, project development, and curriculum design. She also taught English, arts and crafts, computer skills, and drama to children between the ages of three and fifteen. http://www.english-excel.com.

Lara Hoke (BFA ’03) exhibits in a fall group show at Madarts Studios, 255 18th Street (above 5th Avenue) in Brooklyn, opening September 17 at 8pm. Also open: September 18, 24,35 and October 1,2.

Kenzo Hakuta and Jimmy Mathew (both BFA '03) are screening their short film, Fall, at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Francisco, CA at 5pm on October 10 at CinéArts @ Sequoia and at 5pm, October 11 at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center. The film also recently played at the Tribeca Film Festival. http://www.paikstudios.com/fall;http://mvff.com/.

Lauren Collings (BFA '03) is working for an architecture firm, Qb3. Her animation, Philly Phairy, was screened at the Beaux Arts Ball in Philadelphia. http://www.qb3design.com.

Fereshteh Toosi (MFA '04) recently had video work screened at the MixFestival and 59 Second Film/Video Festival, NYC; Outfest, Los Angeles, CA; Signal & Noise at Video Satellite Exchange, Vancouver, BC, Canada; New Bern Independent Film Festival, New Bern, NC and will be working on a project at the Experimental Television Center in January 2006.

Andrew Klein (BFA '04) will be exhibiting new drawings and paintings in a group show with the Red Ink Studios located along Market Street at 9th Avenue in downtown San Francisco from September 24 - October 5. He will also be featured in a collaborative work with artists Emily Wright and Jake Gabel at the premiere of the show. http://www.redinkstudios.com; http://www.andrewklein.net.

Samantha Laffey exhibits in Old Work for New Life at the Quiet Storm Cafe at 5430 Penn Ave, October 7-31. 50% of the sale of her work will go to the United Way Hurricane Relief and Recovery Fund.

Brenna Ivanhoe, Jennie Keinard, Samantha Laffey and Benjamin Rosenthal present their work in a collaborative drawing exhibit, Mnemonic Device at Modern Formations Gallery, 4919 Penn Ave, October 7-28. Half of any sales will go to the United Way Hurricane Relief and Recovery Fund.

Karakuri are designed to tease, trick or take a person by surprise. They are early forms of robots, mechanized puppets or automata from Japan, appreciated more for their ability to delight than for their technical wizardry. The World Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan adopted “karakuri” as its theme as a way of promoting the pleasures of technology in the 21st century. The School of Art was happy to join in.

Professor Fabian Winkler traveled to Nagoya this September with a team of graduate students Take Etani, Ian Ingram and Tiffany Sum and undergraduate, Doug Fritz, to present their collaborative project, Bugs, at TRANSIT 2005 - Karakuri Art at Yada Gallery Nagoya, as part of the Expo. Five TV sets in the gallery illuminated five suspended specimen jars filled with “troublemaker robots” believed to cause technological failures. Examples of these "gremlins" included: those responsible for technical breakdowns in Royal Airforce planes in World War II; the "devils in the wire" feared by Thomas Edison's workers when working on the first power transmission cables in New York; or simply "bugs" that make computers crash. Caught in the specimen jars and stimulated by TV broadcasts, Bugs delighted audiences who always wondered why electronic devices are so hard to control.

Two other art students took a funkier approach in responding to Zokei University, our exchange partner in Nagoya, Japan, that organized the complementary Karakuri World Contest 2005. Pass the Funk, a project by juniors Michael Kontopoulos (who joined the expedition) and William Schlough, was selected through this contest for display at the World Expo Fairgrounds. Kontopolous presented their piece on the Expo Hall stage before a live audience of 250 and an even greater live audience on national TV. Created last fall in Winkler’s Concept Studio III course, Pass the Funk is a humorous investigation of energy transmission and translation that moves through stages of kinetic, somatic and electric energy, creating a surprising and constantly changing loop of events. http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~winkler/Karakuri.