Elaine A. King presented the paper "Museums of the Future-Shifts in a Global Society," at the 2007 National Popular Culture/American Culture Conference in Boston, MA, on April 5. King also chaired the session titled "Museums and Other Sites of Visual Culture".

Ting Chang presented her research at the English Department Colloquium on Friday, May 4, with her paper entitled, "Edmond de Goncourt’s ‘China’ Cabinet – a Fantasy". She will also be giving a conference paper in Paris in early June entitled ‘Le Musée Guimet et le culte de Paris,” in the 3e Congrès international de la Société des études romantiques et dix-neuvièmistes (SERD), June 7-9.

Pamela Jennings exhibition, Speculative Data and the Creative Imaginary: shared innovative visions between Art and Technology, has been featured in the Spring issue of the National Academy of Sciences magazine, "Issues in Science and Technology," vol. 23(3). The exhibition will be at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. throughout the summer 2007. Jennings presented two position papers in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference. The first paper "Engagement in the Public Sphere using Tangible Social Interfaces" was presented in the "Shared Encounters" workshop led by members of the MediaCity project at the Bauhaus University. The second paper, "Interdisciplinary Methods for the Design of Tangible Social Interfaces," was presented in the "Tangible User Interface in Context and Theory" workshop led by Hirosi Ishii and other researchers from his Tangible Bits MIT Media Lab group. Jennings also presented a paper at the Planetary Collegium symposium "Reviewing the Future" in Montreal, Canada.

Robert Beckman presents Street, an installation at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, PA, April 27 - June 10, http://www.pghfilmmakers.org.

Tessa Windt’s work is included in A Slipping Glimpse at La Vie in Pittsburgh, PA from April 14 – May 24 and in Woman Traveller Returns at the Pomerene Center for the Arts in Coshocton, OH, from May 5 – June 10. An article on Windt’s work entitled "Covering Absence" written by Jacqueline Ruyak, is included in the Spring issue of Surface Design Journal.

Golan Levin's "Dumpster" project, commissioned by the Whitney Artport and the Tate Museum Online, has been recognized with the 2007 Webby Award for Net Art. This month, Levin's projects appear in Touched Design, at the Artgadgets Center in Eindhoven, Holland (which opened May 2); the Picture House exhibition at the Belsay Hall Castle and Gardens, in Newcastle, England (which opened May 4); and the opening exhibition of the new Danfoss Universe Experience Park in Nordborg, Denmark (which opened May 5), http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11;
http://www.picturehousebelsay.co.uk/installations/artist.php?id=15&total=15; http://www.danfossuniverse.com/;
http://mad.dse.nl/events/TouchedDesign/toucheddesign-flyer.jpg.

Mary Weidner’s painting, “The Last Birthday,” is on view in the exhibition 30 YEARS/30 CAKES at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, in Grand Rapids, MI, which will run from April 26 - December 26.

Phillip Pearlstein (A '49) was honored at the beginning of May with a 2007 History Makers Award in Arts and Letters from the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. Pearlstein also has a show of his work at the Michael Berger Gallery in Pittsburgh from April 20 - June 30.

Andy Warhol's (A '49) work is included in A View to a Kill, a group show at Max Lang in NYC through June 1. His work, along with that of Deborah Kass (BFA '74) will be exhibited French Kiss, a group show at JGM Galerie in Paris, France, May 25 - June 30, http://www.maxlanggallery.com; http://www.jgmgalerie.com/.

Anne Richter's (BFA '62) exhibit of 16 paintings on paper at the Miwa/Alex Gallery, NYC, is currently on view through May 26. Included in the show are her "Bamboozle Series", a response to the web of lies surrounding the war in Iraq.

Claire Rosenfeld (BFA '64) will be exhibiting work in Contemporary Figurations, a survey of New York Artists, at Westbeth Gallery, NYC, May 19 - June 12.

Susan Schwalb (BFA '65) will exhibit in the group show, Contemporary Metalpoint Drawing, at the Art Students League, NYC, from May 28 - July 6.

Katherine "Katy" Morgan (CFA '67), in addition to permanent representation at the Aquarian Age Gallery, received an Honorable Mention in the juried competition Spring Exhibition for her work, "Locked Out" from the Women in the Visual Arts of Boca Raton, FL; received First Place with "ELEMENTS" in the Broken Sound Art Exhibition, judged by the Executive Direct of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, George Bolge; is included in an exhibition at the Sugar Sand Community Center through June 9; and will be appearing in the Images Gallery with the Boca Raton Museum of Art Guild in which she has been juried in as a Signature Member, with an opening reception on May 16; and she will be is showing works at NEOCON in Chicago, IL, June 11-13 and is a spotlighted artist for May on the ART-EXCHANGE site, Art-Exchang. Her food photography is a permanent fixture in the Boca Raton Club News for food photography. Currently the Meyerhoefer Gallery in Lake Worth, FL, is featuring her work in a group show of four selected photographers entitled, CAPTURE, on view from May 9 - June 3 with an opening reception on May 19 from 6:00-9:00 p.m., http://www.MeyerhoeferGallery.com.

Dale Huffman (B.S. Physics '72) is head of the art department at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. He presents a solo exhibit, Further Explorations, at The Clay Place in Carnegie, PA, opening April 27 - May 26. The Clay Place is directed by Elvira Peake (BFA '51), http://www.dalehuffman.net; http://www.clayplace.com.

Ron Desmett (MFA '79) and Kathleen Mulchay present CONVERGENT ACTS, a collaborative exhibition with EDGE studios that examines the design of the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, PA. Photographs, drawings, and diagrams of the design process will be displayed alongside parallel text of interviews with the client team, presenting from start to finish the collabortaive methods of designers and institutions to create a space for theatrical performance and community gathering. The exhibition will be on view at Edge Studios through May 25, http://www.edge-studio.com.

Taryn FitzGerald (BFA '84) is a featured artist in Voyeur - an online video collective that recently launched its collection of national and international video artists as part of an exhibiton at 69 Smith Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia. The collective was established in 2006 by Ulrika Holmlund and will occupy all rooms of the gallery through May 6 with new, fresh video work from its website, http://www.voyeurcollective.com.

Boris Bally (BFA '84) exhibits in GlassWear, a showcase of 60 internationally renowned jewelry artists at the Museum of Arts & Design in NYC, May 17 - September 2. He, along with other North American Jewelers and Artists, will have work included in the Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College show curated by Jim Bové, on view May 21 - June 2 in Tokyo, Japan, http://www.madmuseum.org/site/c.drKLI1PIIqE/b.1111171/apps/s/content.asp?ct=2769387.

Katherine Kuharic (BFA '84) presents a solo exhibit at P.P.O.W. in NYC, May 31 - June 30. http://www.ppowgallery.com.

John Currin (BFA '84) presents work in Old School, a group show at Zwirner & Wirth in NYC, June 27 - August 31, http://www.www.zwirnerandwirth.com.

James Shipman (MFA '84) and Sarah (McNeer) Beitler (BFA '03) participate in the inaugural exhibition of Elan Gallery in Sewickley, PA, through May 12, http://www.elanarts.com/.

David French (BFA '87) currently has a Solo exhibit, Dialectical Matters, of painting and sculpture at Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD, through May 27. He has also been excepted to The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts "Sculptoure", a six month urban sculpture park on the beach in Long Branch, NJ, to install a 1500 lbs. steel sculpture. The exhibit runs from May 5 - October 30.

Laura Sharp Wilson (BFA '87) with Elin O'Hara Slavick, (artist, activist and Professor of Art, UNC, Chapel Hill) have organized The Heroes Show, a traveling exhibit of works on paper currently on display at Bryces's Barber Shop and room 30 in Olympia, WA, from May 5 - June 2. 49 artists from across the United States, France, and British Columbia were invited to contribute a piece on the subject of heroes. CMU alum/faculty who have contributed work are David French, Susanne Slavick, Andrew Johnson, and Amie Robinson.

Hope Hanes (BFA '92), currently the Artistic Director at Round Hill Atrs Center, will be extibiting work this month in Art at the Mill at the historic Burwell-Morgan Mill in Millwood, VA. She is also one of the artists featured on the 2007 Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour which takes place June 2 & 3 in Loudoun County, VA, http://www.wlast.org; http://www.roundhillartscenter.org/.

Julie Vinette's (BFA '93) encaustic and oil painting, "Hills Like White Elephants," will be included in the First National Encaustic Painting Conference Exhibit at Montserrat College in Beverly, MA. Montserrat’s 301 Gallery will host a show of work in encaustic from June 8-28. The juror is Zola Solamente, Director of Arden Gallery, Boston. For more information visit: http://www.montserrat.edu/news/encaustic.shtml.

Mia Brownell (BFA '93) presents a solo exhibit this May at Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art in Boston. She is also featured in the spring issue of Chicago Art Journal, published by the University of Chicago, IL,
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Mia+Brownell/3338.html;
http://www.judygoldmanfineart.com/CurrentExhibition.htm.

Ryan McGinness (BFA '94) presents work in Landscape: Form & Thought, a group show at Waqas Wajahat in NYC, May 30 - June 30, http://www.waqaswajahat.com.

Paul Madonna (BFA '94) will have a collection of his writing and illustration, All Over Coffee, released this summer by City Lights, San Francisco, CA, http://www.paulmadonna.com/allovercoffee/000.htm

Paul L. Snelson II (BFA '96) exhibited an installation that included a series of nine small monumental ceramic maquettes entitled Les Anges Étranges in a group show at the North Lake College Gallery in Irving, TX, April 12 - May 4.

Jennifer Urso (BFA '96) will display a video of her February performance as well as the installation portion of her piece "Rebuilding the City" on Wednesday, May 9, at the Contemporary Forum 2006 Artist Grant winners exhibit opening at the Phoenix Art Museum, AZ. On Friday, May 11 southwestNET: drawing outside the lines will open at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and run through September 16. The exhibit includes Urso's evolving, performative piece "Iceflow", a construction of ice bricks forming 3 columns that melt in different stages atop drawings which illustrate it's own process, and that of ice cores and glaciers, that will have the appearance of a skyline melting, http://www.contemporaryforum.org/calendar.htm; http://smoca.org/exhibit.php?id=138; http://jenniferursoart.com/ongoing-iceflow.html.

D. Fox Harrell (BFA and BS '98) recently completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. He has accepted a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/users/fharrell/

Matt Keegan (BFA '98) is an "emerging artist" nominator for the inaugural biennial Altoids Award. Four winners will be selected by "established artists" and will receive $25,000 and exhibit at New York's Museum of Contemporary Art in fall of 2008,
http://www.newmuseum.org/newsletters/PRESS/2007.3.30altoids2.htm.

Seldon Yuan (BHA '98) in included in the group show Neo Abstraction at About Glamour Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC, featuring works by Elena Ruano Kanidinc, Lorri Ott, Liz Sweibel, Levent Tuncer, Gina Fuentes Walker, Nathan J Wasserbauer, and Jieun Zaun Lee. An opening reception will be held on May 25 from 7:00-10:00 p.m. and run through June 24. He will also be showing work at Clarabella on 279 E. Houston St. through May 15, with a closing reception on May 10 from 7:00-9:00 p.m, http://www.aboutglamour.net/; http://www.clarabellanyc.com/.

Lynn Lu (BFA '99) performed in "Komsumprozession" on April 28 and "Still," a solo performance on May 5, in Munich, Germany. From May 7-12, she will perform and lecture for the 9th International Art Action Festival: Interakcje 2007 in cities throughout Poland, overlapping with participation in "Performancetage Linz", April 20 - May 20 in Linz, Austria. http://stephaniesenge.de/; http://www.lynnlu.info/news.html.

Mitzi Pederson (MFA '99) had her solo show at Ratio 3 in San Francisco, CA, reviewed by Glen Helfand in the May issue of Artforum.

Cat Mazza (BFA '99) exhibited in Gender Stitchery at Carleton College rt Gallery in Northfield, MN, through May 6, http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gallery/stitchery/works/?image_id=288382.

Cat Mazza and Richard Pell (both BFA '99), have been awarded Media Arts Fellowships for 2007, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The foundation awarded nearly $750,000 to 22 innovative and pioneering filmmakers and media artists. Funded projects include Mazza's Knitoscope Sampler, an installation that will use custom software to translate digital video feeds into the appearance of knitted stitches. Handmade designs will be collected and scanned into a computer to create a database of patterns from which the video will be 'stiched'. The resulting animation series will narrate stories about the labor movement, drawn from interviews with activists, historians and textile workers. Richard Pell's Institute for transgeneography was also funded. It's primary objective is to create the world's first comprehensive map of engineered transgenic flora and fauna. The project will consist of a database of transgenic organisms and the web interface that will make the information available to the public at large,
http://www.rockfound.org/about_us/press_releases/2007/050207renew_fellows.pdf.

Krsita Connerly (MFA '00) exhibited in Dislocations at Anne Arundel Community College's Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery in Arnold, MD, http://www.aacc.edu/newsonline/2007/january/release07185.cfm.

Peter Coffin (MFA '00) presents The Idea of the Sun at Confort Moderne in Poitiers, France through August 19, http://www.galerieperrotin.com/actualite.php.

Brooke Singer (MFA '02) participated in "UPGRADE! BOSTON - Technological Frontiers and the Limits of Nature: Networked Interventions," a panel discussion on May 3 at Art Interactive in Cambridge, MA. She also participates in New Climates: A Weblog Exhibition, launched March through May 2007, http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/; http://newclimates.com.

Adam Grossi (BFA '03) has been named the 2007 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, granting him a solo show at the PCA, opening September 7. To raise funds for the show, he is developing a silkscreen print. To receive the fundraiser letter and preview of the print, email him at adam@adamgrossi.com. This fall, Adam will enroll in the MFA Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), http://adamgrossi.com.

Jennifer Mi Rae Chung (BFA '03) is currently an M.Arch student at Columbia University, NYC, and just finished her 2nd year of school. She will be returning to the firm Costas Kondylis and Partners with whom she started an internship in the summer of '06 and will work with again this summer.

Bum Lee's (BFA '03) animation "Sports" was screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival in Korea. He also gave a presentation about his recent work at the Fulbright researchers conference in Korea, http://www.seoulglow.com/?p=16#comment-134.

Caroline Choe (BFA '04) has been accepted to the Graduate Program at School of Visual Arts in New York, NY, and will be enrolled in the MAT Program for Art Education for Fall 2007.

Carrie Schneider (BFA '01) presents her MFA Thesis Exhibition at Gallery 2 of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. The exhibition will be on view May 5-18, http://www.carrieschneider.net

Danielle Worst (BFA '05) presented prints and drawings in The Wire Frame: Spaces and Boundaries, her MFA Exhibition at the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery at Bowling Green University, OH.

Jeffrey Augustine Songco (BFA '05), will be participating in the Bushwick Open Studios & Arts Festival 2007 from June 1-3. The three-day event showcases art/film/music/design/performance/theatre in the area of Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC. Jeffrey's studio will also be open for public viewing during the festival, http://www.artsinbushwick.org; http://www.gus23.com .

Tiffany Sum (MFA '06) has been awarded a 9-week summer artist residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, ME, http://www.skowheganart.org/.

Sarika Goulatia (BFA '06) and Samina Mansuri (MFA Class of '09) exhibit in Double Consciousness, guest curated by Vicky. A. Clark for The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, PA, April 15 - June 23, http://www.mattress.org/index.cfm?event=ShowFeature&id=2.

Jessica Vaughn (BHA '06) was awarded partial grant funding for a four-week printmaking esidency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, in October 2007.

Cheryl Casteen (MFA '06, class of 2000) will have a solo exhibit of photos and photo lightboxes with sound components at the Arts Center of Saint Peter, MN. Social Fabric: Photo Installation will open on May 24 with a reception on May 26 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and run through July 8. Regulary gallery hours and Tuesday-Sunday 1:00-6:00 p.m. and Thursday 1:00-8:00 p.m. This show was funded in part by an individual artist grant provided by the Prairie lakes Regional Arts council from funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature and the McKnight Foundation, http://www.ArtsCenterSP.org.

Congratulations to our graduating MFA's! Lauren Adams, Jan Descartes, David Halsell, Ian Ingram, Gunnhildur Jonsdottir and David Tinapple.

Ian Ingram (MFA '07) has been awarded a 9-week summer artist residency and fellowship at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, ME. This invitation follows a lengthy and exceptionally competitive review of over 1,685 applicants, http://www.skowheganart.org/.

Lauren Adams (MFA '07) has won a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Program Award of $15,000. This is the second award in three years granted to a student in the School of Art's MFA Program.

Ben Kinsley (MFA '08) and Takehito Etani (MFA '06) will participate in Vision Request, an exhibition and collaborative performance hosted by Andrea Zittel and organized by Jennifer Dudley, Sarrita Hunn, and Ben Kinsley. On Saturday, May 19 at A-Z West in Joshua Tree, CA Vision Request will showcase works made for this venue by individual artists and will culminate in a Play of Light & Shadow at twilight, http://www.visionrequest.com.

First-year grads Kazuki Eguchi, Jennifer Gooch, Joey Hays, Michael Nixon and Gregory Witt (MFA '09) present UNCERTAINTIES at Future Tenant Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA, on view through May 18, http://www.futuretenant.org.

Congratulations to our graduating seniors! Genevieve Barbee, Vanessa Butler, Jerri Castillo, Toonmo Choi, Stacey Chu, Ariel Coronis, Leonardo Covarrubias, Karen Forney, Doug Fritz, Amisha Gadani, Corey Gavin, Andrea Hamilton, Lisa Huyett, Samuel Kim, Lauren Klixbull, Michael Kontopolos, Nathan Lee, Amos Levy, Jennifer Mills, Jonathan Minard, Christopher Moore, Halloran Parry, Megan Pentz, Douglas Peters, Juliet Pusateri, William Schlough, Jessica Scott, Ali spagnola, Rachel Renee Stewart, Saowanee Taechesivalai, Erin Toal-Rossi, and Blake Unger Dvorchik.

The School of Art BFA SENIOR SHOW: TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE will open on Friday, May 11, with a reception from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery. Free and open to the public, this year's exhibition contains a wide variety of work from 32 graduating students including drawing, painting, sculpture, video, projections, performance and multi-media work. John Carson, head of the School of Art, describes this group of students as “mightily talented, enterprising, and rip-roaring ready for the challenges of the world at the other side of art school.” To Get To The Other Side runs from May 11 – May 20, 2007. Gallery hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, http://www.cmu.edu/millergallery.

Brenda Battad, Terry Boyd, Stacey Chu, Carolyn Clayton, Kai Chung Lee, Michelle Lee, Jennifer Kennedy, Elizabeth MacWillie, Rachel Maran, Alison Margolskee, Jon May, Michael McParlane, Lindsay Merrill, Laura Miller and Brittanie Wine present MACHINE WASH WARM WATER, a soft work installation, interaction and performace exhibit as an extension of their spring Softworks class with Adjunct professor Tessa Windt at at < C > SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, through May 10.

Andrea Hamilton (BHA '07) is heading for Houston after graduation where she will be working for Teach For America.

(omfg) Lisa Michelle Frances Considine (BFA '09) presents a solo exhibition, iron city: lusting for love and finding rust, "a show of mixed media paintings by young SWF looking for tall SM to enjoy dinner parties, intelligent conversation, and romance. Lusting for love and finding rust? Its not you, its them." Currently the 2007 recipient of ASH Gallery's "Fresh Juice" Emerging Artist Residency, Considine's exhibit will be displayed at ASH Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, with an opening reception on May 10 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. This summer she will also be teaching art classes at ChART Art Studio School, a private studio in Houstn, TX.

For information on making a gift to the School of Art, please contact: Sara Mahoney, Special Gift Officer: 412-268-9555, email: mahoney@andrew.cmu.edu.