The Regina Gouger Miller Gallery presents Glassnost, glassworks by Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Hilary Harp & Suzie Silver, Andrew Johnson, Carol Kumata, Martin Prekop, Ron Desmett (MFA '79) and Kathleen Mulcahy, co-founder of the Pittsburgh Glass Center. An opening reception will be held on June 8 from 5:00-10:00 p.m. with the exhibition on view through July 31. Paul Krainak, essayist for the exhibit's catalogue explains: "The title 'Glassnost' is a lighthearted reference to the term for a new cultural openness that was used by Mikhail Gorbachov prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Here the term is applied in a punning way to the emergence of materials and process of traditional craft in the broader culture as well as the world of progressive artists. These artists utilize glass in a multi-directional language with sensibilities that include profound insights with regard to utility, ornamentation, politics, and formal style," http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu/~miller/exhibitions/.

Carnegie Mellon's STUDIO for Creative Inquiry was nominated in May as a finalist for the Mayor's Award for Public Art. The center received this in recognition of a successful track record support for artist-developed community projects. Since 1989, the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry has provided infrastructure and support for artists working on diverse and multi-disciplinary projects in the public realm.

Elaine A. King has recently been appointed to the editorial advisory board of the The Journal of American Culture. The journal is multidisciplinary in focus and it combines studies of American literature, history, and the arts, with studies of the popular, the taken-for-granted in order to produce analyses of American culture with a breadth and holism lacking in traditional American studies. It is published by Blackwell Publishing. Additionally, King's critical review "Grayson Perry," of the British artist whose exhibition was held at the Andy Warhol Museum, appeared in the April 2007 issue of Sculpture magazine.

Andrew Johnson presents a solo exhibition within The Edge of Light, a series of four related exhibits organized by The AIDS Museum. He presents "Understudied," a cycle of paintings exploring the genre of Dutch still life painting (with all of its extravagant materialism) to present platters of AIDS pharmaceutical cocktails (circa 1998). The Edge of Light runs June 5 - July 26 at Rutgers University's Paul Robeson Galleries in Newark, NJ with an opening reception on June 7 from 4:00-7:00 p.m.. Later this summer he and David Tinapple (MFA '07) will present "When Pulse Becomes Pitch," a sound reactive installation, at FILE SAO PAULO 2007, August 13 - September 9 at the SESI Cultural Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
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http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu:16080/~johnson/understudies.html; http://www.file.org.br/.

In June, Golan Levin's work appears in Source Code, Eyebeam's 10th Anniversary Exhibition in New York and in the Alive Liquid Interactive Creative Expressive exhibition at the Hangaram Design Museum at Seoul Art Center, in Korea. His work also currently appears in ongoing exhibitions at the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke; the Picture House exhibition, Belsay Hall Castle, Newcastle, England; the Open Space exhibition at the NTT InterCommunications Center (ICC), Tokyo; at the newly relocated Ars Electronica Museum in Linz, Austria; in the new "Cumulus" building of the Danfoss Universe Experience Park in Nordborg, Denmark; and in Touched Design, at the Artgadgets Center in Eindhoven, Holland. On June 5, his "Dumpster" project will be honored with this year's Webby Award for Net Art at the 11th Annual Webby Awards Gala in NYC, http://www.eyebeam.org/engage/engage.php?page=exhibitions&id=128; http://www.sac.or.kr/eng/bannerPage2.jsp?htmlURL=/eng/lab2007/alice/index.html; http://www.artmuseumroanoke.org/; http://www.picturehousebelsay.co.uk/installations/artist.php?id=15&total=15; http://mad.dse.nl/events/TouchedDesign/toucheddesign-flyer.jpg; http://www.danfossuniverse.com/; http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11.

Clayton Merrell participated in a mini-residency at the Blue Mountain Center in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, and has an upcoming solo exhibition at the Lake George Arts Project in Lake George, NY, from July 7 - August 10. His work is featured in the Spring "Seed" issue of Artworld Digest Magazine.

Ting Chang will be giving a paper on the Musée Guimet in Paris at the international conference of the Société des Etudes Romantiques et Dix-Neuvièmistes on June 8. The theme of the conference is "La vie parisienne" and the construction of the myth of Paris. Her research trip is funded by a Berkman Grant.

Christopher Sperandio shot episode one of ARTSTAR, season two in Chicago in late May. ARTSTAR is the word's first unscripted television series set in the art world. ARTSTAR is available exclusively on The Dish Network. Sperandio's credits include Series Creator and Executive Producer. Season two of ARTSTAR will air in early 2008.

Mary Weidner's painting "Resuscitation" was the image used for the poster and lecture "Improving the Odds" at the 6th Spark of Life International Resuscitation Conference, Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, held on April 26, 2007.

Margaret Cox (BFA '97 & Staff) will present a sound performance as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival Circuits of Steel Showcase, celebrating the release of their second compilation, Catacomb 9. Along with a line up of 8 talented sound artists and musicians, Cox's performance utilizes recorded and electroacoustic sources to construct a sound environment. Performances will occur June 8 from 5:30-11:00 p.m., Market Square Stage, Downtown, Pittsburgh, PA, http://www.artsfestival.net/artsfestival/music.php.

Beverly Dobrin Wallace's (A '42) work was selected for an environmental public art project for Putnam County, NY. Several 55 gallon drums are being designed for use as trash cans and placed in strategic spots throughout the county to discourage littering. This is a project of the "Keep Putnam Beautiful Campaign."

Katherine "Katy" Morgan (CFA '67), in addition to permanent representation at the Aquarian Age Gallery in Boca Raton, is showing works at: NEOCON 2007 in Chicago, IL, from June 8-13 in the Art-Exchange Booths #7133 / 7134; Images Gallery in June for the Boca Raton Museum of Art Guild; CAPTURE at Meyerhoefer Gallery in Lake Worth, FL; and the ALL FLORIDA 56th Annual Juried Competition & Exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art from June 12 - August 27 in Mizner, FL. Awards include: First place for "Elements" in the Broken Sound Art Exhibition; Honorable Mention at the Women in the Visual Arts Spring Exhibition and Special Recognition in the 9th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Art Exhibiton for her photograph "Locked Out". Morgan is the food photographer for the Boca Raton Club News and has works published this month in the Palm Beach Post News, Forum Publications, Best of American Photographic Artists and Artisans 2007, and American Art Collector 2007. More information on her current show can be found at http://www.MeyerhoeferGallery.com.

Thomas J. Norulak (BFA '71) will exhibit one piece in this year's Art of the State to be held at the State Museum in Harrisburg, PA, June 9 - September 9. He also has 4 pieces in this year's Westmoreland Art Nationals at Westmoreland County Community College, June 2-13 and Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival June 30 - July 1, http://www.myspace.com/printsnat;
http://blog.myspace.com/printsnat.

Hester Simpson (BFA '71) presents a solo exhibition of paintings at The Ricco Maresca Gallery, NYC, on view through June 23. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. More information and a select online gallery can be viewed at http://www.riccomaresca.com.

Alan SyCip (BFA '76) exhibits recent paintings in a solo show, JAZZEN, from June 19 - July 1 at The Crucible Gallery, Mandaluyong City, Phillipines.

Joel David Abramson (BFA '78) was recently hired as an Art Facilitator for Midwest Special Services, a provider of vocational and day training services for adults with disabilities. He will assist the adults in finding and using adaptive technologies so they can have the opportunity to create art. As part of his ongoing work painting house portraits, one of Abramson's illustrations was used this spring for the Minnesota ASID Showcase House. His portrait business can be found on-line at http://www.joeldavidabramson.com.

Margery Amdur (BFA '79), Associate Professor of Art at Rutgers-Camden, exhibited this March in Recylced at the Atlantic City Art Center, NJ. She created a body of work based on paint-by-number kits, incorporating pre-existing templates into her layered images to produce intricate, dimensional encaustic paintings.

Jamie Adams' (BFA '83) paintings will be on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Gallery 128, Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, 128 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA, with an opening reception on Friday, June 15. His work will also be included in the St. Louis Painters Invitational at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MI, on display
June 9 - September 16.

Barbara Stork (BFA '82), working on behalf of Atta, Inc.(NYC) in 2006 with co-workers/sculptors Lauren Lev and Ted Stanke (MFA U. of Delaware), developed a method to cast the interior surface of the USS Monitor Turret for the Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA. The interior surface, made from wrought iron, had been weakened by saltwater, unlike the rest of the Turret, made from cast iron, which will survive conservation. Why a group of sculptors and not trained marine metal conservators? The massive scale of moldmaking has never been attempted by conservators. The finished castings will be stored as a permanent physical record of the interior, most important will be the shape of the distortions made by cannonballs that hit the outside. Yes, that Monitor, from the Civil War. Fabulous Museum with a great art collection too, http://www.mariner.org/.

Katie Grinnan (BFA '84) exhibits in Hovering Over the Universe... a group exhibition curated by Kristin Calabrese at Honor Fraser in Venice, CA, July - August, http://www.www.honorfraser.com.

Katherine Kuharic (BFA '84) was named this past year as the Kevin Kennedy Professor of Painting at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, and recently accepted the position of endowed chair. This summer she is the resident painting faculty at the Yale Summer School of Art and Music in Norfolk, CT. Her upcoming show, Four Lads , will be also be on display during the summer at PPOW Gallery in NYC. Kuharic and Laura Sharp Wilson (BFA '87) are include in The Story Goes, a group exhibition exploring non figurative narrative at McKenzie Fine Art, 511 West 25th St., NYC, from June 7 - July 28, http://www.mckenziefineart.com.

Diane Thodos (BFA '85) shows expressionist works this year at Traeger & Pinto Contemporary Art in Mexico City. Next year she presents a solo exhibit, Power in the Line: The Art of Diane Thodos, at Northern Indiana Arts Association in Munster, IN, http://www.dianethodos.com.

Pat Barefoot (BFA '87) has work in Bare, an exhibition of figurative art by artists and professionals who draw at open model sessions at The Brew House, Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA. The show opens June 8 with a reception from 7:00-10:00 p.m. An Artist Talk will be held on Saturday, June 23, at 1:00 p.m., with the show closing on June 29.

Julie Vinette (BFA '93) is 1 of 28 artists selected from over 500 applicants to be included in the the 16th annual New Art '07 at Kingston Gallery in Boston, MA, on view July 6 - August 4. The exhibit was juried by Nato Thompson, curator at Creative Time in NYC and former curator at MassMoCA. Juror's awards will be announced at the opening reception on July 6 from 5:00-7:30 p.m. "Cathedral," is a mixed media drawing of stickers on paper. To see the image, visit http://www.julievinette.com; http://www.kingstongallery.com.

Melissa Thorne (BFA '93) recently completed a 1-month residency in May at the Santa Fe Art Institute, NM, supported by a Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship. During the residency, she preprared work for a group show that will open this fall at Galerie Schmidt MacZollek in Cologne. She has also accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Painting at University of California, Riverside, to begin Fall 2007.

Paul Vanouse (MFA '96) exhibits "Latent Figure Protocol" and Beatriz da Costa (former exchange student) exhibits "Pigeon Blog" in the Hybrid Art section of Ars Electronica 2007 in Linz, Austria, September 5-11, http://www.aec.at/en/index.asp; http://www.pigeonblog.mapyourcity.net.

Ray Appleby (BFA '96) is the owner and founder of Technique Architectural Products and teaches Contemporary Steel Furniture Design at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School in Pittsburgh, PA, http://www.techniqueap.com/. Laleh Mehran (MFA '96) hasaccepted a position in the Department of Art at the University of Denver, CO.

Carlos Szembek (MFA '96) was awarded a 2006/07 American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowship in Geology and Geophysics at Yale University, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. He co-authored "Modified complex Robert-Bonamy formalism calculations for strong to weak interacting systems," for Molecular Physics,104, 2791-2799, 2006.

Seldon Yuan (BFA '98) presents work in Neo Abstraction, a group show at About Glamour in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, May 25 - Jun 24, http://www.aboutglamour.net/.

Chris Thunblom (MFA '98) is a member of the Art in Public Places Commission in Aurora, CO.

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 world¹s first comprehensive map of engineered transgenic flora and fauna. The project will consist of a atabase 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.

Ricardo Miranda Zuniga (MFA '99) and Brooke Singer (MFA '02) wed on May 19 in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua! Zuniga and Singer both received New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships in 2007 in the category of Computer Arts. Ziniga also received a Finishing Funds 2007 award from the Experimental TV Center. Singer recently launched a video short "800 Steps Apart," a collaboration with Brian Rigney Hubbard. The video is part of the online exhibition New Climates and can also be seen on her site http://www.newclimates.com; http://bsing.net/800_steps/.

David Serotkin (BFA '00) is entering his third year of Graduate study in Painting at Syracuse University, NY, with a full fellowship from the department of visual and performing arts. He recently exhibited paintings at the Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chattam, NY, as well as the Coyne Gallery, Spark Art Gallery, and ThINC Gallery in Syracuse, NY. Currently he is working on completing a large mural for the village of Waterloo, NY, and hatching plans for upcomming public projects (both sculptural and mural work) in downtown Syracuse.

Justin Giunta (BFA '01) was featured in an article, "When in the Netherlands..." in the June 3 New York Times Sunday Styles section, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/fashion/03Possessed.html.

Carrie Schneider (BHA '01) received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May 2007. She will be attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture this summer and has received a Fulbright Fellowship to Helsinki, Finland for 2007-2008, http://www.carrieschneider.net.

David Stern-Gottfried (BFA '01) has Assistant Technical Director at The Orphanage in San Francisco, CA, since 2005. He has worked on visual effects for films such as "The Last Mimzy," "Grindhouse," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and more, http://davesg.com/; http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1737419/.

Semi Ryu (MFA '02) presented a paper this May at the First International Art Tech Media Congress, held in Madrid, Spain. Her topic was the contemporary tradition of Asian thought in new media and technology. She will present a talk, "CoPuppet: Collaborative Interaction in Virtual Puppetry" at the Digital Art Week Symposium, organized by ETH Zürich, this July in Rome, Italy, http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/DAW/Symposium07.

Sarah (McNeer) Beitler's (BFA '03) work is included in the following exhibitions: the Westmoreland Art Nationals Exhibition at Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA, from June 2-13; the First National Encaustic Painting Conference Exhibit at 301 Gallery, Montserrat College, MA, June 8-28; Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2007 at The State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, PA, from June 9 - September 9; and again at the Westmoreland Art Nationals Exhibition/ Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Greensburg, PA, from June 30 - July 3.

Sterling Ely (BFA '03) produces animated 3D flythroughs for Local Projects, an award-winning design studio that seeks to tell stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet, often simultaneously. Projects include the upcoming Battery Park Carousel, and Times Square Information Center. Ely also develops specialty hardware/software designs, for clients such as the New York Historical Society and the JetBlue Story Booth, http://www.localprojects.net/lpV2/bios.html; http://sterlingely.com/me/me.htm.

Anat Pollack (MFA '03) is co-teaching a workshop called, "Organic Motion: Kinetic and Interactive Sculpture," in the Digital Media and Sculpture programs at Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO, running July 30 - August 10.

Cay Yoon (BFA '04) will be participating in the Summer Art Residency at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, during June and July. The program culminates in an open-studio exhibition. You can view her work at http://www.cayyoon.com.

Janine Biunno (BFA '04), currently an MFA candidate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University (2008), will have her work featured as part of the New Prints Program at the International Print Center of New York this summer. She is also curating a show at the Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, in Fall 2007 entitled Rerun: The Relation Between a Symbol and a Symptom, http://www.ipcny.org.

Ruth Stanford (MFA '04) was nominated for the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University. She will be exhibiting in Talent Show, the Atlanta Biennial, in June and was chosen for a four person award show based on participation in Metal Art at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, MO.

Cassandra C. Jones (MFA '04) presents Rara Avis, a solo exhibit at Vanina Holasek Gallery in NYC, June 21 - August 4. She also exhibits in Home Sweet Home, a group show at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA, June 8 - July 21, http://cassandrac.googlepages.com/; http://www.sjica.org/exhibitions/Homesweethome/homesweethome.htm.

Shana Moulton (MFA Class of '04) and Blithe Riley (MFA '05) present works in Oh the Weight of it All at Rooftop Media in Brooklyn, NY, August 25 & 26. The event presents a series of looping video and sound works designed specifically for rooftop installation. Centered on the theme "gravity," the works collectively comment on the physical and psychological impact this invisible force has on human navigation and perception. Riley presents "Wat(h)er Fall" and Moulton presents" Inside the Mountain Where Everything". The opening reception is Friday, August 25, 7:30-10:00 p.m., http://www.artcal.net/event/view/15/2934mfa '05.

Tom Tolhurst (BFA '05) solo show, Escenas Nocturna, will open at Casa de la Cultura in Coronel Dorrego, Argentina on June 11.

Josh Atlas (BFA '05) will have his video "Greatest Hits" in the Semiennial screening at Monkeytown in Brooklyn, NY. The Semiennial program will be shown June 15 &16 at 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. More information can be found at http://www.monkeytownhq.com/semiennial3.html.

Fereshteh Toosi (MFA '05) will do a residency in July at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, IL.

Samantha Laffey (BFA '06, MAM '07) recently accepted the position of Program Associate at Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC). Her sculpture "Vital Signs" is now on view in a downtown window space at Fifth Avenue Place and was mentioned in a March Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review of PGC's annual Glass Birthday Suit show, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07087/772927-42.stm.

Jessica Vaughn (BHA '06) was awarded a Community Arts Assistant Program Grant (CAAP) for 2007 through the city of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs.

Matt Barton (MFA '06) exhibits at University of Colorado Gallery of Contemporary Art in Colorado Springs, June 20 - August 8. He has also accepted a tenure track position with the university as Assistant Professor of Sculpture to begin Fall 2007, http://www.uccs.edu/~vapa/news/index.html.

William Cravis (MFA '06) presents work in a group exhibit of Joan Mitchell Foundation 2006 MFA Grant Recipients at CUE Art Foundation, 511 W. 25th Street, NYC, June 14 - July 28.

Ian Ingram (MFA '07) has accepted a year-long position as Senior Research Associate for Robot 250 through the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. The project will culminate in a two-week display of 250 outdoor public robotic installations designed and built by regional high-school students, artists and others who attend the series of Robot250 open houses which will take place at venues such as the Children's Museum, the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, the Brewhouse, the Warhol Museum, and the Mattress Factory. The robotic installations will be all over Pittsburgh: Downtown, the Northside, the Southside, and elsewhere. Some will address the environment, some neighborhoods, some history and heritage, and some pure unadulterated play, http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~robot250/.

Ally Reeves (MFA '08) will be showing her piece “Run-away Kit” at Flux Festival 15, a one night event which will take place on Saturday, June 16 from 8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. She will also be showing work in collaboration with the art, comic, and music collective Unicorn Mountain in cooperation with the Three Rivers Arts Festival.   Unicorn Mountain will transform Market Square into an indie comic wonderland – Jaggerbush Junction - where visitors can explore and interact with tree-houses, tire swings, music, and other sets inspired by the rustic landscape of the region and the storybook forests of youth. Jaggerbush Junction shows June 9, Noon-11:00 p.m. at Market Square. Reeves and John Pena (MFA '08) are also exhibiting their project, the "Pittsburgh Pedal Express" in this year's Best of Pittsburgh show, June 1-17 from 12:00-8:00 p.m. daily a the PPG Wintergarden building downtown.   Participants are welcome to write a letter, and  use the Pittsburgh Pedal express stamps and mailbox to send their letter anywhere in the city of Pitsburgh! Letters will be hand delivered by bike as soon as possible, by the artists, http://www.artsfestival.net/artsfestival/art-projects.php; http://www.unicornmountain.com/ .

Brenda Battad, Claire Hoch, Laura Miller, and Dawn Weleski (all BFA '08), along with four other artists, have organized and will present a series of exhibitions, community events and short film premieres entitled ARISE in Braddock, PA, through June 30. For more information and Open Studio schedule call the ARISE hotline at 412-539-9306 or check their blog at http://www.salv-salv-arise.blogspot.com; http://www.CULTUREPUSH.org, click on Salvage/Salvation or write to info@cmlperformance.org.

Laura Miller (BFA Class of '08) is a summer intern assistant to Samuel Black, curator of the Heinz History Center's African American collection. She will also be collaborating on "Salvage/Salvation," an art project in an abandoned church as part of ARISE in Braddock headed by Clarinda Mac Low of New York.

Lisa Considine (currently on leave) will be teaching this summer at ChART Art Studio School, a private studio in Houston. She will also show her work and present a lecture/workshop at Southwestern University outside of Austin this August.

Amy Johnson (BFA '08) has received the Marjory Glassburn Francis Project Award for Junior and Senior Women. Her project has not been titled just yet, but in brief, it includes travel to the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans to assist with the clean up and rebuilding efforts taking place since hurricane Katrina. While there, she plans to create a series of five large scale paintings that explore the theme of natural disasters and human caused disasters.

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.