Elaine A. King participated in an exploratory Think Tank Session on September 17 along with 18 others individuals to explore the possibility of creating at Pennsylvania MassMoCa. Included in this group among others were Sid Sachs, Director of the Rosenwald-Wolfe Gallery at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Philip Horn, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; Diane Dalto, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA; Suzanne Delahanty, former director of The Houston Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, and The Miami Fine Arts Museum, Miami, FL; Sondra Myers, Senior Fellow for International, Civic and Cultural Projects University of Scranton, PA, and Founding President of Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania and the State Arts Advocacy. King was also the American curatorial consultant for the Master of Graphic Arts/Drawings/Photographic Biennial in Gyor, Hungary, organized by the The Municipal Museum of Art. Her essay "Transformations In A Convoluted Time," is published in the exhibition catalogue.

Golan Levin will co-curate the second annual IEEE Infovis Art Exhibition, in Sacramento, CA, from October 27 - November 1. Interactive projects by Levin will also appear at Shanghai eArts Festival, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, China, starting October 19; in iDAT (Interactive Design Art and Technology), at the Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, starting November 9; and in Selections from ComputerFineArts Collection, at the Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, starting November 2, http://conferences.computer.org/infovis/infovis2007/art_exhibit.html; http://idat.wikidot.com/; http://hms.org.il/en/Home.asp?M=2; http://www.shearts.org/eindex.html.

Kim Beck has been invited to show work in LA Live at Scripps College, CA and Being Open: 30 Years, 30 Artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, MI. She is organizing and participating in show Cut, Copy, Fold at Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, which includes fellow CMU School of Art faculty Osman Khan and Jon Rubin, http://www.artistsimageresource.org.

As a member of the CAS Public Art Workshop, Ting Chang presented her research on September 24 at Carnegie Mellon. The title of her talk was "Nineteenth-Century European Travellers, Collectors and Their Publics".

Ayanah Moor lectured and exhibited new video at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on October 2. Her solo show, (W)RAPPER, examines white identity and performance in hip hop culture. A podcast addressing the project is available through the College of Fine Arts Lab A6 project: http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/labA6.html. Ayanah's work "Baby Got Back" appeared in First Person Video screened at Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon, NY, on October 13. Ayanah has also been invited by the University of Tennessee Print Club to lecture and display her recent print series "Our Radio Is Bigger Than Yours" on October 24.

Mary Weidner's drawings "One Hand" and "One Cerebellum" are included in the exhibit Footlong, at Runnels Gallery, New Mexico University, Portales, NM, October 19 - November 15.

Susanne Slavick was a panelist for Art and Cartography at the North American Cartographic Information Society NACIS Annual Meeting in St. Louis, October 10-13. She will also lecture on her work and consult on curriculum at Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, http://dev.nacis.org/index.cfm?x=2.

Andrew Johnson screens "The Annunciation II: VICTEORY (sic)" in the 20th Instants Vidéo Num é riques et Poétiques, Galerie SoiXante AdaDa (Artistes Des Ateliers Dionysiens Associés), in St. Denis, France, October 25 ­ November. His video installation, "Fleece" will be included in "H2O," in VAD 2007, the International Festival of Video and Digital Arts at the Centre Culturel de Merce in Girona, Spain, October 17-21, http://www.instantsvideo.com/index.html; http://www.vadfestival.net/.

Roger Dannenberg, along with Dan Siewiorek (Human Computer Interaction Institute) and Noel Zahler (Music), received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Decoding the Human Conducting Gesture" which will relate data captured from conductors to corresponding music notation and audio.

Jon Rubin and John Peña (MFA '08) were featured on a TV segment about their art project in Homestead "102.9 Sound You Never Hear" which aired on WTAE October 8 at 6:15 p.m. Eric Sloss (Associate Director, Media Relations, CFA) was there to talk about the organization presenting the work, Steel Valley Arts Council, for which he is the Vice President.

Janet Culbertson (A '53) was awarded a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant last month. She has also been invited back to VCCA, the Virginia Art Colony in Sweet Briar, VA, for another painting residencey in January 2008. She also recently exhibited with several other artists at Suffolk college in Brentwood, NY, in an exhibit called WITNESSING from September 12 - October 10, which deals with many of the current political and social issues.

Philip Morsberger (BFA '54) presents a solo exhibition, Philip Morsberger: The Sixties at Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, GA, September 12 - January 20, 2008, http://www.telfair.org/ec/exhibitions/current/upc_leigh_evans.asp.

Regina (Dancull) Gouger Miller (BFA '59) will have an exhibition and sale in the Cohen Galleries of the Goggle Works Art Center in Reading, PA, October 7 - November 18. The show will display new watercolor paintings, and abstract stitchery the artist completed within the past four years. There will be about 110 pieces on display; 22 stitchery pieces, and about 88 paintings. Miller has won several first prizes in the Berks County, PA area, and a Best of Show with a stitchery piece at the Channel Islands Stitcher's Faire, CA.

Raymond Saunders (BFA'60), Mitzi Pederson (BFA '99), Charlie Castaneda and Brody Reiman (BFA '92) and Assistant Professor of Art Jon Rubin participate in Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, a historical survey at Oakland Museum of California, October 13 - March 16, 2008, http://www.museumca.org/press/press_cca_artists.html.

Joan Kopchik (A '63) has a commissioned artwork published in 'The Artful Home, Using Art & Craft to Create Living Spaces You'll Love', published by Lark Books. Her work appears under the chapter heading, "The Art of Composition-Finding a Focal Point".

Susan Schwalb's (BFA '65) had her work acquired over the summer by several museums: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, acquired two drawings, one from her Orchid/flower series of the 1970’s and the other from her burnt work of the early 1980’s; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, acquired four drawings, one burnt work from 1979 and 3 large drawings from 1980’s; the Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX, acquired four drawings, one recent, a Judean Desert 1989, a large, burnt triptych from 1982 and one orchid drawing, 1976. These museums join The Fogg Art Museum and the Boston Public Library in having works that span her career in silverpoint, the BPL owning 18 works spanning her entire career back to high school. Additionally, three recent paintings were purchased by The Liberty Hotel, Boston, MA, through Anja Kola Fine Arts. The paintings hang in the spaces by the elevators for those able to visit this new hotel in a converted jail house on 215 Charles Street.

Patricia Burson (BFA '71) participates in Dorchester Open Studios in Dorchester Lower Mills, MA, October 27-28, noon to 5:00 p.m., http://www.bursonstudios.com

Adria Arch (BFA '74) will be exhibiting new work in November at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston, MA. Elaborations will feature large scale works on paper based on the illustrations of 19th century German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Arch appropriates some of Haeckel’s elegant drawings of nascent jellyfish. She urges the viewer to focus attention on information that is usually overlooked because it is too small to perceive without the aid of a microscope. This work revels in the pattern and order inherent in the smallest emanations of life. In this exhibit, one can imagine floating among these excessively beautiful creatures reminiscent of baroque chandeliers.

Ron Desmett's (MFA '79) work was exhibited as part of Natural Forces at the Paul Mesaros Gallery at West Virginia University through October 5.

ROY (BFA '84) has work included in Cheers! A Mad Collection of Goblets at the Museum of Art and Design, NYC, curated by David Revere Mcfadden, on view November 8 - March 9, 2008, http://www.madmuseum.org/site/c.drKLI1PIIqE/b.3090353/k.3591/Cheers_A_MAD_Collection_of_Goblets.htm

Boris Bally's (BFA '84) solo show at the Hodges Taylor Gallery, Trans America Square, Charlotte, NC, opened on October 6, http://www.hodgestaylor.com. He is participating in a group show Architecture & Structure in Contemporary Craft featuring new works by several artists, including a new oversized architectural serving set designed by Boris, on view through October 28 at the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, http://www.societyofcrafts.org. His work will also be featured in an installation designed by Ellen Kochanski for the first ever Artful Home Show, Puck Building, NYC, on view through November 18. The Opening Night Preview Party will be held on Thursday, November 15, 6:00-8:00 p.m., http://www.artfulhomeshow.com. The international exhibition, Glasswear, curated via the Museum of Art & Design, NYC, and Pforzheim Jewelry Academie opens November 7 at the Toledo Museum of Art, and travels until January 31, 2008, http://www.toledomuseum.org/Exhibitions_main.htm. His necklace 'Brave,' comprised of 100 gun triggers, was in the traveling exhibition Trashformations East, curated by Lloyd Herman and was recently purchased for the Bowling Green State University Metals Department's permanent collection. 'Brave 2' was also recently acquired by the Museum of Art & Design, NYC, and will be on display at their new Columbus Circle location, slated to open in 2008. It will also be featured in Lark Books, "Modular Jewelry book." Boris will be featured in several Lark Books publications, including soon-to-debut '500 Metal Vessels,' and '500 Wedding Rings.' http://www.larkbooks.com. His work is also featured in the upcoming 'Art Jewelry Today' Book by Schiffer Publishing http://www.schifferbooks.com. He was invited to design the annual charm for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund annual fundraising drive which is now available at http://cerf.myshopify.com/products/boris-bally-charm-2007. And lastly, Boris will be presenting a lecture on his work "Developing a Hybrid" at the 2008 SNAG Conference (March 5-8) in Savannah, GA, boris@borisbally.com; http://www.borisbally.com.

Pat Barefoot (BFA '87) was selected to receive the Service to The Arts Degree for 2007. This award was created by the Guild Council at The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA, to recognize and honor those exceptional individuals who have worked and advocated tirelessly for the arts, for artists, and for the PCA. An exhibit of Pat's current work will be on view at the Center for the Arts Scaife Building on November 16.

Nicole Repack (BFA '93) presented In Tie One We Trust, an installation and exhibition by Jocelyn Superstar (a.k.a. Nicole Elizabeth Repack) this August at Bluedahlias Studio Gallery in San Francisco, CA. She is also in a graffiti documentary entitled "Piece by Piece," available on Netflix, http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/081907.html; http://www.newinspirationalmovement.org/blog/?p=381; http://www.piecebypiecemovie.com/index2.htm.

Lynn Lu (BFA '99) presented a video screening of her performance documentation at Artist as Activist, Plan B, Tokyo, Japan, on October 14.

Richard Pell (BFA '99) of The Institute for Applied Autonomy and Brooke Singer (MFA '02) exhibit in An Atlas at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions through November 18. An Atlas is a traveling exhibition of artists working with 'radical cartography,' a practice that uses maps and mapping to promote social change, http://www.artleak.org/current.html; http://www.an-atlas.com/.

Thommy Conroy (BFA '02), Jennifer Lee (BFA '01), Jairan Sadeghi (BHA '05) and Assistant Professor Christopher Sperandio exhibit in Face Controlat La Vie in Pittsburgh, PA, September 29 - October 28.

Todd Pavlisko (MFA '02) presented a solo show, on and on, at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago, IL, September 7 - October 13, http://www.moniquemeloche.com/.

Naomi Falk (MFA '03) received a Juror's Recognition award for "Feed Me" at the 47th Annual Greater Michigan Exhibition in Midland, MI, running from September 15 - November 4. Also, she recently accepted a new job teaching ceramics and 3D at The Roeper School in Birmingham, MI.

Lilith Bailey-Kroll (MFA '04) developed "Yoga Is My Health Insuranc" a community action program between Pratique Therapeutic Yoga and existing organizations which strives to improve the health of Pittsburghers through onsite therapeutic yoga classes, educational seminars and a grass-roots advertising campaign. As part of this campaign she offers a class at the Carnegie Museum of Art titled "Yoga Is My Lunch Hour", http://www.yogaismyhealthinsurance.com; http://www.pratiquespace.com.

Fereshteh Toosi (MFA¹04) presented "Coyote Spells," a participatory audio walk inspired by the 2000+ coyotes living in Chicagoland and a Nimi¹ipuu (Nez Perce) folk tale. The work ran October 12-14 for the Around the Coyote Arts Festival, http://www.fereshteh.net/coyote.html/.

Jairan Sadeghi (BHA '05) has participated in and assisted with several academic studies and presented a paper with Dr. Mohsen Mobasher (UH-D) on second generation Iranian immigrants at the American Anthropological Association conference series in 2006. She is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University.

Sarah Laina Koljonen (BFA '06) will begin a Vermont Studio Center Residency in November. She will also be participating in a group exhibition in Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong, from November 1- 20. She will also be exhibiting several prints in group a exhibition with the Hong Kong Graphics Society from October 31 - November 14 at the gallery of Run Run Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, http://www.sarahkoljonen.com/gallery.html.

Ally Reeves (MFA '08) and Robin Hewlett presented "One Mile Meal" on September 29, an interactive art project prompting participants to talk about the food they eat and where it comes from. Hewlett and Reeves spent a marathon day biking within a one-mile radius of the Brew House in search of food growing in the area. The goal was to feed an audience that evening as part of the I Made It! craft fair. The artists foraged for wild edibles in urban green spaces and connected with local gardeners to find out what they're growing to create a truly local dinner.

John Peña and Ally Reeves (both MFA '08) were featured for their "Pittsburgh Pedal Express" project in the October 6 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read about it and watch live video on their website, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07279/823346-298.stm

Ben Kinsley (MFA '08) in collaboration with artist Zachariah Durr, will be participating in the 9th Annual Black Sheep Puppet Festival as "The Body Invisible" at The Brew House, Pittsburgh, PA, on October 26 & 27, from 7:00 p.m. to midnight. 2 matinees will show on October 27 & 28 from 2:00-3:30 p.m., http://www.blacksheeppuppet.com.

On October 6 & 7, Marfa Public Radio aired our Radio Program, "ArtMecca: The Making of Marfa," presented by School of Art graduates Eileen Maxson (MFA '08), Joey Hays (MFA '09), Kazuki Eguchi (MFA '09), Gregory Witt (MFA '09), and Jennifer Gooch (MFA '09), and professors Melissa Ragona and Bob Bingham. The show was recorded at last year's Chinati Foundation and Judd Foundation's Open House, October 5-6, 2006. You can tune into Marfa Public Radio 93.5 FM on the web: http://www.marfapublicradio.org/.

Gregory Witt (MFA '09) was awarded his second (2007 and 2006) Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award by the International Sculpture Center,
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/programsandevents/programs/StudentAwards/2007/2007_program.shtml.

Eileen Maxson (MFA '08) presented work in last spring's New York Underground Film Festival, and this summer in "Lip Service" at Front Room in Cleveland and "Aurora Picture Show" in Houston, Texas. Aurora Pictures releases a DVD compilation of her work this fall, http://aurorapictureshow.org/; http://eileenmaxson.com/.

"Egg Ceremony," an excerpt from JULIACKS' (aka Julia Stein BHA 08') forthcoming book, "Swell" appears in this issue of "Article: Art and the Imaginative Promise." The first part of Swell: Open Faced Sandwich, will premier at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD, on October 12 and 13. Check out Article at http://www.articlejournal.net

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