Andrew Johnson exhibits in Gestures 13, an exhibition of site-specific works curated by Katherine Talcott at the Mattress Factory, July 25 - January 10, 2010, with an opening reception on July 24 from 7:30-9:30pm. http://www.mattress.org

Elaine A. King's feature article titled "Emblematic World of of Joan Danziger," appeared in the July/August 2009 issue of Sculpture. Here she discusses the fantastical uncanny sculptures of Washington, DC sculptor Joan Danziger whose work is not in alignment with today's fashionable art world. King also gave a lecture titled, "Globalization, Homogeneity and Invention?" on June 28 for the students of the University of California [Davis] summer program at the Pieve Villa International School in Corciano, Italy.

Mary Weidner recently exhibited work in Wish You Were Here 8 at A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, June 24 - July 19.

Elizabeth Asche Douglas (BFA '51) exhibited a selection of drawings, paintings, embellished giclees and wood, and found-object sculptural assemblages at the Clay Place Gallery, Carnegie, PA, directed by fellow CMU alumna, Elvira Loreski Peake (BFA '51) June 13-18.

Richard Orient (BFA '77) exhibits a solo show Richard Orient, August 29 – November 1, at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, PA. A native of Pittsburgh, Orient currently lives and works in NYC and Amagansett, New York.

Renee Stout (BFA '80) was recently awarded a 2009 Gottlieb Foundation Grant. Her classmate, Frederick Mershimer (BFA '80), also received a Gottlieb grant this year.

Diane Thodos (BFA '85) currently exhibits in New & Established Talent a group show of painting, photography, and sculpture at the Kouros Gallery, NYC, July 22 - August 28. The complete catalog from her other current exhibit, Zoe/Thanatos: The Expressionist Art of Diane Thodos, on view through August 31 at the Hellenic Museum in Chicago, IL, is now available online. http://www.kourosgallery.com; http://web.me.com/dianethodos/Site/Hellenic_Muesum_Catalog.html

Elaine Erne (BFA '88) exhibits prints in Art of the Gecko at the Academy of Natural Sciences in partnership with NEXUS/Foundation for Today's Art in Philadelphia, PA, July 25 - September 7, with an opening reception Friday July 24, from 5:30-7:30pm.
http://www.nexusphiladelphia.org/2009-07Gecko.html; http://www.ansp.org/geckos/index.php

Lauri Mancuso (BFA '91) curates Gary Future’s Annex Space : Pittsburgh a collaborative installation by a new artist collective (Gary Future's Annex Space) of sculptors and painters formed during the graduate program at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. Work featured by Patrick Cadenhead, Brian Taylor, Chris Mahonski, Ryan Lauterio, and Josh Bonnett (BFA ‘00), with special DJ set by Pittsburgh experimental-sound group Fuck Telecorpse + Jacob Ciocci (MFA ‘05), curated by Edgar Um Bucholtz (BFA '93). The opening reception will be held on August 7 starting at 6pm, and run through August 30. The Nerve is a new art and performance studio located in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, founded and run by Mancuso. Viewing by appointment only, laurimancuso@msn.com.

Andy Vogt (BFA '92) presents SUSTAINED DECAY, an installation with Joshua Churchill at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery in San Francisco, July 16 - August 16. http://adobebooksbackroomgallery.blogspot.com

Nicole Repack aka Jocelyn Superstar (BFA '93) presents LUCKY MONEY at Bluedahli's Studio in San Francisco, CA, July 19 - September 20.

Carin Mincemoyer (BFA '94) exhibits in Decidedly Ambivalent at the New Art Center, MA, opening September 25. http://www.newartcenter.org/exhibitions

Seldon Yuan (BFA '98) participates in the Chashama North Artist Residency Open Studios on Sunday, July 26 from 2-7pm in Pine Plains, NY, and in Nightshift on Tuesday, August 18, 6-9pm at the Hudson Guild Gallery, NYC. His work was commissioned for the Franco/German art magazine “La Mer Gelee” for their newest issue on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany. He will also exhibit in the MFA Thesis Show at Hunter College this December. http://www.seldonyuan.com; http://www.lamergelee.org

Zachary Jones (CFA '00) licensed a DNA-like water sculpture, called "Chalice of Fire," to Big Bang Theming company of Scottsdale, AZ, for use in an exhibition product. "Chalice of Fire" is a water feature, appropriate for gardens and businesses, that alights the DNA structure at the heart of all spiral motion. http://www.watersword.org/table

Shawn Lawson (BFA '00) presents an interactive video installation, "A Bar at Folies Bergère" in A CASE FOR WINE FROM KING TUT TO TODAY, an exhibit exploring art through the vine in the Art Institute of Chicago's Regenstein Hall, July 11 - September 20. http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/wine

Kenzo Hakuta (BFA '03) releases his new project “City of God’s Son” a new audio driven cinematic experience by Kenzo Digital, with a public screening on Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 30 at 511 West 25th Street, on the 9th floor. Each night will feature back-to-back screenings/listening sessions starting at 8pm, followed by a Q&A with director Kenzo Digital. There will be a rooftop party & reception throughout the night. The event is sponsored by Nam June Paik’s Studios, Creative Commons, Kenzo Digital Media, and Parimachari. A story completely created out of samples and re-appropriated audio and visual media, “City of God’s Son” stars rappers Nas, Jay Z, Ghostface, Notorious BIG, Raekwon, and actors Samuel Jackson, Lawrence Fishburne, Delroy Lindo, and Al Pacino. Narrated by legendary soul singer Joe Bataan. The project has received critical acclaim from the Huffington Post, Kanye West, Complex Magazine, Fader Magazine, Nahright.com and many others. As one of the most viral and groundbreaking forms of new media art, “City of God’s Son” fuses musical and cinema mythologies into a one of a kind sound film, redefining how stories can be told and the very definition of the remix. In addition please check out Kenzo Digital's new interview on Creative Commons. http://www.CityofGodSon.com; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGMz4DVjRto; http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15956

Kristina Lazar (BFA '04) enrolls in the MFA Program at the San Francisco Art Institute, CA, this fall.

Mauren Antkowski (BFA ’04) will be traveling with Professor Therese Tardio (Modern Languages) to Granada, Nicaragua, to work on their artist-teacher collaborative, the Granada Arts Education Project. Following a successful 2nd annual fundraiser (with generous contributions from several School of Art faculty, staff and students!), the Project has raised enough money to continue teaching art in several supplementary schools as well as to organize arts-related field trips and an exhibition of student work. http://granada-arts-education.blogspot.com

Clare Parry (BFA '04) exhibits in MFA Conversations Part II, curated by Marla Koosed at the I-5 Gallery in the Brewery Artist Colony in Los Angeles, CA, July 17 - September 11. http://clareparry.com/home.html; http://breweryartwalk.com

Drew Pavalchak (BFA '05) and Stephanie Armbruster (BFA '06) exhibit in Gestures 13, an exhibition of site-specific works curated by Katherine Talcott at the Mattress Factory, July 25 - January 10, 2010, with an opening reception on July 24 from 7:30-9:30pm. http://www.mattress.org

Michael Kontopolous (BFA '07) is a recipient of a 2010 Rhizome Commission for his project "Measure of Discontent." Inspired by certain countries' efforts to impose a quantifiable value to the “happiness” of its people (notably, the tradition of Gross National Happiness in Bhutan), and the idea that if you can measure happiness, you can also measure unhappiness, "Measure of Discontent" aims to quantify and represent anxiety. By quantifying the subjective, in this case, anxiety or unhappiness, the artist aims to render poetic the contemporary American problem: a nation in crisis, and a state of palpable, national anxiety. http://rhizome.org/editorial/2730; http://www.mkontopoulos.com

Michael Mallis (BFA '08) will be screening his animation "Natural Selection - the Rise of the Proletariat" at the International Animated Film Festival KROK in Kyiv, Ukraine September 28 - October 7 and at KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 17-20. http://www.michaelmallis.com; http://www.klikamsterdam.nl; http://www.dkmedia.com/krok

Ben Bigelow (BFA '08) curates and exhibits in Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite at Syncronicity Space, Los Angeles, CA, July 31 - August. CMU alumni exhibiting include Peter Burr (BFA '03), Jacob Ciocci (MFA '05), Jesse Hulcher (MFA '06), Michael Mallis (BFA '08), Amy Johnson (BFA '08), Michael Pisano (BFA '08), JULIACKS (BHA '08), Eileen Maxson (MFA '08), and Chris Cornwell (BHA '08), Greg Witt (MFA '09), and faculty Suzie Silver, in addition to other artists from around the US, Holland, and London. http://www.syncspacela.com

Michael McParlane (BHA '08) and Scott Andrew exhibit in Planet Dragulon!: Through the Bowels of the Glitter Caves, a multimedia, window installation chronicling Captain Cosmo and his trusty sidekick Nelly's quest for the Infinity Crystals, at Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA. The installation opens July 24 at 9pm and runs through August 16. http://www.futuretenant.org; http://www.michaelmcparlane.net; http://www.sandmedia.net/mfa

Ben Kinsley (MFA '08) has been accepted into a 3 month residency at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska for January, February, and March of 2010. His "Street With A View" project with Robin Hewlett (BFA '04) is featured at "Agency for Small Claims," a bulletin board and web-based project portal dedicated to social-based art practices, part of "Bureau for Open Culture" at Columbus College of Art and Design, OH. It was recently on view from June 22 - July 17. http://bureauforopenculture.org/agency.html

Amanda Long (MFA '10) exhibits in Gestures 13, an exhibition of site-specific works curated by Katherine Talcott at the Mattress Factory, July 25 - January 10, 2010, with an opening reception on July 24 from 7:30-9:30pm. http://www.mattress.org

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