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125TH EXHIBITION

ART LASTS FOREVER

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SCHRECKENGOST AT THE WHITE HOUSEFACULTY & STAFF NOTESIN MEMORIAM

The boundaries separating fine art, craft and design have probably never been

fuzzier and that’s all to the good, accord-ing to Matthew Hollern, Professor,Jewelry + Metals.

“We use jewelry and metals as a way toteach both craft and design,” saidHollern, who was recently appointedDean of Faculty. “Our graduates are pro-ducing some great designs. I think it’sbecause they have a solid understandingof craftsmanship, a good sense of materi-als and of the design processes, and theability to effectively use digital applica-tions.”

In short, the Jewelry + Metals programtoday carries on a tradition that educatednotable “designer-craftsmen” as far backas Horace E. Potter, class of 1898, whotaught jewelry design and silversmithingat the Institute and founded Cleveland’svenerable jewelers, Potter and Mellen.

From Arts and Craftsto BauhausThe Arts and Crafts movement inEngland had a powerful influence onPotter and many of his contemporaries,focusing attention on craftsmanship andthe value of handmade work in an indus-trial society. A generation later, theBauhaus movement in Germany wouldhighlight the role of the designer-crafts-man in its bid to erase the distinctionbetween fine arts and the applied arts. A succession of graduates and facultymembers would carry both traditionsforward.

The late enamelist Kenneth F. Bates,for instance, epitomized the designer-craftsman model and wrote three bookson enameling during his 43 years as afaculty member at the Institute (from1928–1971). Bates — who was not firstand foremost a jeweler — nonethelesstaught and influenced countless Jewelry +Metals students during his tenure.

Goldsmith John Paul Miller ’40 wasone of Bates’ students. Miller himselfinfluenced generations of jewelers, teach-ing at the Institute from 1946 until 1983,and drawing international acclaim whenhe resurrected an ancient Etruscan tech-nique for granulating gold. Miller, whomajored in industrial design, truly over-lapped all three realms, art, design andcraft, with his gold and enamel creations.

Silversmith Frederick A. Miller ’40, aclassmate and close friend of John PaulMiller, made his mark teaching at theInstitute from 1947 until 1975. He createdjewelry for Potter and Mellen, buying thecompany in 1967 and creating silver

Editor’s Note: In celebration

of the 125th anniversary of

The Cleveland Institute of

Art’s founding in November

of 1882, Link will highlight

programs of study that rep-

resent longstanding centers

of excellence and that have,

in recent years, graduated

artists and designers who

are contributing vision and

innovation to their respec-

tive fields. This issue, we

feature Jewelry + Metals.

pieces that are now in numerous presti-gious public and private collectionsaround the world.

Jim Mazurkewicz ’67 would carry thetorch, teaching at the Institute from 1970–1989. He has been Potter and Mellen’smaster designer/goldsmith for more than15 years, creating exquisite, limited-pro-duction pieces.

His classmate, William C. Harper ’67,served as a visiting professor at theInstitute from 1984 to 1985, went on to a20-year tenure as a professor at FloridaState University, and works now from hisManhattan studio. Harper’s works ofenamel jewelry are held in dozens ofpublic collections, including TheCleveland Museum of Art; SmithsonianInstitution; and the Vatican Museum.

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expose students to the whole continuumand that allows them to pick what’simportant for them. I lean toward thehands-on exploration of working withthe materials,” she said.

Alumni whose work follows thatmodel of crafting one-of-a-kind piecesinclude Pam Pastoric ’77, whose workemphasizes nature, especially sea life;Catherine Butler ’81, whose hand-craftedwork is sold around the country; PamArgentieri ’87, whose work is in theSmithsonian, the Vatican and select gal-leries; Ben Wearley ’90, who does antiquerestoration on metal objects, creates hisown sculptural work and jewelry, curatesexhibitions and teaches at the College forCreative Studies and Wayne StateUniversity, both in Detroit; and TimCassell ’97, who creates both jewelry andlarge scale metals pieces such as bowlsand birdbaths and who serves as anadjunct faculty member in the department.

From Craft to CADFor Hollern, “Jewelry and metals are sub-jects and also vehicles to teach some-thing. They’re the vehicles to teach stu-dents to be designer craftsmen.”

Once today’s students have coveredfundamentals, they explore advanceduses of materials and technologiesincluding forming and fabrication, lost-wax casting, plating, electroforming,anodizing, mixed media, and machining.Digital (computer-based) design entailsthree-dimensional modeling, CAD/CAM(computer aided design/computer aidedmanufacturing) and rapid prototyping.

Hollern is a firm believer that in everygeneration, great craftspeople have takenadvantage of the tools that were then cut-ting edge. “Artists have a responsibility towork in ways that reflect and advance thetime in which they are working.”

For current students in the Jewelry +Metals Department, “Mastering advancedtechniques allows for exploration of theboundaries of the field in concept anddesign, materials and technologies,”Hollern said. “I’m trying to emphasizethat we have an opportunity to be a partof the ideology of it. We can take a posi-tion. I want students to have the CADskill, but having some ideas around itwill make them much more interesting.”

Recent graduates have made quite an impression on numerous employers.Hollern noted that many graduates areworking as designers and makers of

jewelry and metal objects. For instanceTim Seiber ’96, Min Koo ’95 and AmyKrieling ’95 are all designing jewelry for Ted Muehling Jewelry Design in New York City.

Jenn Mellon ’04 landed a dream jobimmediately after graduation: workingfor her favorite Los Angeles jewelrydesigner, Tarina Tarantino, designingjewelry for Hollywood celebrities. Mellonrecently left Tarantino, after two years, topursue her own designs. “My sights areset on my own jewelry line,” she said. “AtCIA they instill confidence in you thatyou can do it.”

Mellon’s confidence grew, she said,because Hollern and Buszkiewiczemphasized problem solving. “Theydidn’t tell you how to solve something;they gave you options about how to thinkabout it. And now, in my career, thatreally helps.” she insists.

Stephanie Schwallie ’06 is anotherrecent success story. She served aninternship at Juicy Couture after gradua-tion and now works at Bijou Drive,designing costume jewelry for BananaRepublic, Urban Outfitters and other retailers. “I spend about half of my timedrawing the designs and doing the spec-work for overseas manufacturers and theother half doing metal work, in house,making samples that eventually are massproduced. I really enjoy it.”

Hollern is delighted for her. “Stephanieis working as a true designer-craftsman,which is the Bauhaus model.” He saidthe many skills and perspectives studentsexplore in this major broaden their think-ing and serve them well in a competitivejob market.

“Our graduates leave here with diversi-fied portfolios. In finance, a diversifiedportfolio is smart and in art and design, adiversified portfolio also allows you to beagile in different markets,” he said.

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ABOVE: KIRK LANG ’02

UNTITLED NECKLACE

Shelby Lee Adams ‘74

Richard Anuszkiewicz ’53

Marc Brown ‘69

*Charles Burchfield ‘16

*Clarence Carter ‘27

Alberta Cifolelli ‘53

Bruce Claxton ‘71

David Deming ‘67

William Harper ‘67

Winifred Lutz ‘65

Robert Mangold ‘60

Ed Mieczkowski ‘57

John Paul Miller ‘40

Charles Sallee ’38

Viktor Schreckengost ‘29

*Hughie Lee Smith ‘38

Julian Stanczak ‘54

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responsibility to work in

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they are working.”

125 Years of Influence Exhibition to Celebrate Artistic ContributionsSept. 7 – Oct. 27, 2007

In celebration of The Cleveland Institute ofArt’s 125-year history of influencing art anddesign, Bruce Checefsky, director of theInstitute’s Reinberger Galleries, is organizing anexhibition showcasing contributions made bynotable alumni in public art projects, digitalmedia, animation films, automotive and productdesign, painting, ceramics and sculpture.

“The show will examine four different periodsof CIA’s history using a series of concentric circles rather than a strict linear chronology,”Checefsky explained. “This exhibition is notmeant as a definitive historical overview but as aslice of CIA history, a look at select alumni whocontinue to influence contemporary artists anddesigners.”

As of press time, the following alumni or theirrepresentatives had committed to participate inthe exhibit:

Inheriting a LegacyCurrent faculty members Hollern, whojoined the department in 1989, and KathyBuszkiewicz, who joined the faculty in1983, say they know they have inherited alegacy of craftsmanship, innovation andunique expression in jewelry and metals.They work hard not to rest on those laurels.

Professor Buszkiewicz, who wasrecently named head of the Jewelry +Metals Department, brought a novel,conceptual component to the program.Her subject-driven jewelry incorporatesalternative materials, most frequentlyshredded American currency. Unlike herpredecessors in the department, sheexplores sociopolitical and environmen-tal questions in her work.

“One student wants to design for pro-duction only; another student may wantto work with the materials only. We

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ABOVE: INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR

SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME

REDESIGN, INTERIOR VIEW,

MATT SCHAEFER ’07

BELOW: MATT SCHAEFER ’07,

DRAWING ON AN INTERACTIVE

PEN TABLET

Concepts, Not Curtains, Inspire Students of Interior Designsk an Interior Design major at The Cleveland Institute of Art to design a theme restaurant that targets a particular demo-graphic group, or the set for a play or movie, or a retail environment that enhances the core value of a company’s brand

identity. Just don’t ask these students to redecorate your living room.“A lot of people in the general public think interior designers are picking out curtains,” said third year student Lindsey Benedict.

“It’s frustrating because interior design is so much more than that; it’s architectural design, it’s conceptual design, it’s brandingimages for companies.”

It’s also a growing program that graduates young designers who go on to enjoy fruitful careers and provide fresh perspectives in acreative — and competitive — field.

Rooted in Industrial DesignDepartment Chair and Associate Professor Michael Gollini ’86 explains the Interior Design program was an outgrowth of theInstitute’s renowned Industrial Design Department. In fact, Gollini’s BFA is in industrial design.

“For 17 years, Alex Sekely taught interior design as an elective in the Industrial Design Department,” Gollini explained. “By the late1980s, roughly 30 percent of Industrial Design graduates were getting jobs in Interior Design, so Alex proposed the Institute createan Interior Design department. He became the first Chair when the department was formed in 1988.” Sekely, a 1962 graduate ofthe Institute, died in 1998 and Gollini succeeded him as Chair.

Since then, Gollini has refocused the curriculum on creative, conceptual content rooted in problem solving. “Students today aregiven much more abstract problems,” he said. For instance, last year’s seniors competed for prizes in a project sponsored by Atlanta-based design firm MillerZell, Inc. “They had to do a still life of the tools associated with a certain career. Then they had to use thatstill life as an inspiration or reference to design a live-work space for a professional in that career.”

The out-of-the-box thinking that assignment required is just what Gollini and his faculty colleagues encourage.“We want our students to think beyond the surface and think about a space in a more experiential sense,” Gollini said. He asks

students, “When you walk into a store, what’s the atmosphere like? When you talk about a restaurant, do you talk only about thefood, or do you talk about the environment, the energy?”

As often as he prods his students to come up with innovative ideas, Gollini also reminds them that they need to maintain a client focus.“As interior designers, we’re not necessarily paid to design to our own tastes. We’re meeting the needs of

an end user,” he said. “That doesn’t mean we’re technicians either. We’re not. We interpret information andcome up with the best solution. More and more, we use terms like ‘brand’ and ‘core values.’”

Students Appreciate Creativity and PracticalityDespite any confusion about what the interior design field entails, Gollini insists that today 60 to 70 per-cent of Interior Design students come to the Institute knowing they want this major.

Abbey Bickel was one of them. “One of my high school teachers told me about interior design and itsounded like the perfect fit,” she said. “I was going to go to an art school in Columbus but I wanted a col-lege that would have the right balance of structure and conceptual freedom. The other school was toostructured, too cookie cutter. CIA allows fine art to filter into the design world. I love that.”

Justin Sasse, on the other hand, came to the Institute intending to pursue industrial design but after hear-ing a presentation by Gollini, he reconsidered. “I thought interior design might work well with my talents;I’ve had jobs in roofing and residential construction.”

Faculty Active in the Field Amanda McKenzie, also a third-year student, loves the fact that her instructors are all working professionals. “They always have ananecdote from their professional work that adds insight into how the interior design business really works.”

Gollini’s often humorous stories are drawn from experiences in consulting, including a specialty in designing exhibits for thelucrative trade show market. Faculty member Scott Richardson ’91 also maintains an active professional practice, with clients rang-ing from Universal Studios to Forest City Development. He designed the Institute’s Center for Design and Technology Transfer.Adjunct faculty members Sherri Appleton and Kristie Oldham both work as interior design consultants. Laura Wolf, who teaches acourse on architectural documentation and AutoCAD (for computer-aided design), is an architect.

Digital Design“We teach students how to draft by hand before we teach AutoCAD,” explained Gollini. “They’ll be better CAD operators if they

know how to draft by hand, so they get three semesters of drawing and rendering.” In addition to becoming proficient in CAD,interior design students also learn to do three-dimensional modeling on the computer. “We want our students to be ready for thework world,” Gollini said.

Roughly 20 percent of interior design graduates go on to work in architectural firms; others go on to work for design consultingfirms (there are some three dozen in Ohio), or major retailers that have interior designers on staff. Most students begin exploringcareer options through summer internships and numerous employers recruit graduating seniors at the Institute’s Spring Show everyyear. Gollini says these employers are lucky to get his students.

“I believe passionately our Interior Design students are some of the most talented, hard-working students in this school. We havea great program, the students show very well, their work is excellent and they are getting terrific jobs after graduation.”

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Endowed Chair MemorializesSculptor Joseph C. Motto ’12

bust of William Shakespeare in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, a large cruci-fix at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland, a castof the pitching arm of former Cleveland Indians’ star pitcher Bob Feller, sev-

eral pieces in a Florence gallery, and countless other works are the lasting legacy ofsculptor Joseph C. Motto. In memory of this prolific alumnus of the class of 1912,his late nephew has created a lasting gift for The Cleveland Institute of Art.

The late Rocco Motto, and Rocco’s wife, Verna (Houck) Motto, have given theInstitute a $1 million gift to endow The Joseph Motto Chair in sculpture and finearts.

“My uncle was a gifted and passionate artist. We are so gratified to be able tomemorialize him and, at the same time, perpetually support the exceptional workof the faculty at The Cleveland Institute of Art,” Rocco Motto said when announc-ing the gift in mid-October. The retired California psychiatrist died on October 30.Joining her husband in announcing the gift, Verna Motto added, “We feel very for-tunate to be able to provide the funding to keep Joe’s legacy alive. We hope otherswill take a similar approach and support other areas of the school for many genera-tions to come.”

The Motto endowment will provide salary support to the chairholder as well asfunds for professional development of faculty members in the chairholder’s depart-ment, education-related travel, and materials and equipment.

“We are humbled and thrilled that Rocco and Verna Motto decided to honorJoseph Motto’s contributions to the arts with this very generous donation,” saidDavid L. Deming, Institute president and chief executive officer. “The prestige of the Motto chair, and the resources it provides for professional growth, willstrengthen the Institute’s capacity to recruit and retain the finest artist-educators. I know how delighted Rocco was that he was able to see this gift completed duringhis lifetime.”

Further, said Deming, “Gifts such as this will be key components of the Institute’scapital campaign, which is raising money to modernize and unify our campus onEuclid Avenue and bolster our endowment and faculty development funds.”

Joseph Motto was foremost a highly acclaimed sculptor, but also a ceramicist,watercolorist and general fine artist. He assisted Cleveland School of Art facultymember Herman N. Matzen with the sculpture of Cleveland’s reform mayor Tom L.Johnson that was unveiled on Public Square in 1915. Joseph Motto taught atHawken School, maintained a local studio and one in Florence, and studied inRome, Vienna and New York. In July 2005, his work was the subject of a major ret-rospective exhibited by the Cleveland Artists Foundation at The Beck Center forthe Arts in Lakewood.

Rocco and Verna Motto previously created an endowed scholarship and funded acharitable gift annuity at the Institute. The family’s ties to the Institute are strong.Rocco Motto’s brother, the late Louis J. Motto, and Louis’ wife, the late Marilyn L.(Carpenter) Motto, were both graduates of the class of 1942 and enjoyed success-ful careers in interior design.

The Motto Chair is thesecond endowed chair estab-lished at the school, the firstbeing the Anne FluckeyLindseth Chair in industrialdesign established in 1995 bya gift from her husband, thelate Elmer Lindseth, and theirson, Jon Lindseth. The chairwas created to honor AnneLindseth, a 1926 graduate ofthe Institute, a Trustee from1963 until 1983 and amember of its AdvisoryBoard and Honorary Board.

Jewelry + Metals Professor Matthew Hollern Appointed Dean of FacultyMatthew Hollern brings enthusiasm and fresh visionto his new appointment as Dean of Faculty at TheCleveland Institute of Art. His appointment was effec-tive January 16. He replaces Joyce Kessler, who servedover the last 18 months as Interim Dean of Faculty, andwho is now focusing on her teaching in Liberal Artswhile coordinating the Institute’s self-study programprior to the Institute’s re-accreditation process.Hollern, who earned his master of fine arts degree injewelry and metalsmithing from the Tyler School of Artat Temple University, joined the Institute’s faculty in1989 and served as the Dean of the Institute’s Craft Environment from 2002 until 2005.

As Dean of Faculty, Hollern will oversee the Institute’s undergraduate and gradu-ate programs, educational exchanges, and other matters important to the Institute’sacademic program success. He will be responsible for ongoing academic programreview and curriculum development. Additionally, he will serve as a liaison betweenthe faculty and administration.

As Chair of the Institute’s Craft Environment and Jewelry + Metal Department,Hollern introduced numerous innovations to the curriculum including three-dimen-sional computer modeling. He helped organize the Institute’s strategic planningprocess, served as president of the Faculty Council and Chair of the Faculty AffairsCommittee. Hollern has taught the Institute’s professional businesses practicescourse for the past 14 years and led the committee that redesigned this course as adegree requirement.

Hollern will remain actively engaged in the Jewelry + Metals Department, teachingone class each semester, and will continue his own highly acclaimed work as anartist. His work was recently shown at the Helsinki Design Museum in Finland andis in the permanent collection of The Renwick Gallery in the Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum.

Kathy Buszkiewicz, who has been a faculty member with the Institute for 24 yearsand earned numerous awards for her art and teaching, was named DepartmentHead, Jewelry + Metals, effective February 1.

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Hard Work, Good Guidance Pay Off for Automotive Designer

Celso Martinez ’00 is living the American dream. Borninto the poverty and upheaval of El Salvador in the1970s, he decided as a teenager that he would have abetter life. So in 1989, at age 19, he left his family andmoved to the United States, with limited English speak-ing skills but almost unlimited ambition.

Martinez took classes in English as a second languageat a non-profit organization on Cleveland’s West Sideand eventually enrolled in night classes at Cuyahoga

Community College. “I bounced around. I took English, painting, sculpture; I tookcomputer classes, until one of my counselors at Tri C finally asked me what Iwanted to accomplish. I told her I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life; Ijust knew I had a passion for art. She told me about The Cleveland Institute of Artand got me working on my portfolio.”

That turned out to be life-changing advice. He enrolled at the Institute in 1996.“I thought I wanted to be a painter until I took Richard Fiorelli’s FoundationDesign course,” Martinez recalled. Fiorelli, professor of foundation, is a 1974 grad-uate of the Institute who went on to earn a master of fine arts (MFA) degree atSyracuse University.

“He was so focused on design. He asked me if I had ever thought about majoringin industrial design (ID). He walked me down to the ID department and showedme around, which was great because I was very shy,” he said.

Martinez chose industrial design as a major, began working for General Motorsright out of college and remains there today. “I love my job,” he said. “Every day, Iget up and I’m happy to come to work. It’s frustrating at times, but when we seethe results, it’s very satisfying. I’m still learning a lot.”

Martinez is a Creative Designer at GM’s Component Design Strategy Center,which focuses on the interior details such as seats, steering wheels, shifters andthe center stack, which holds the radio and heat controls.

“I consider myself a product designer,” he said. “A very important concept that Ilearned at CIA was that when I’m designing a product, I need to always considerthe interaction between a person and the product they are using. When they reachfor it, how convenient is it? How does it feel in their hand? Is it comfortable? Wethink about the form but also the function. I learned that from CIA and I bring itto everything I design at GM.”

Martinez looks back fondly on his years at The Cleveland Institute of Art and he recommends the Institute to aspiring artists and designers. “I left college wellprepared for the job market, obviously, and I had great teachers, many of whom Ireally grew close to.” And, he adds, “I still like to paint as a hobby.”

RIGHT: VERNA AND ROCCO

MOTTO ENDOWED THE

JOSEPH MOTTO CHAIR IN

SCULPTURE AND FINE ARTS

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH

MOTTO ’12.

“The prestige of the Motto chair, and theresources it provides for professional growth, willstrengthen the Institute’s capacity to recruit and

retain the finest artist-educators.”

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the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University have been more than just close neighbors over the art school’s 125 year history. For one brief period, from1888–1891, the Institute became the School of Art of Western Reserve University (although it maintained an independent charter and board). In 2006, the two schools cele-brated 100 years of collaboration in offering an art education program, where students are prepared to become art teachers. Institute students have long had the option of livingin a Case dormitory. And students from both schools socialize on the vibrant campus that is University Circle.

Building on this neighborly legacy, two academic programs that involve both institutions show particularly strong potential to grow in the coming years: the biomedical artmajor and a video game design course. Both of these promising programs involve digital art.

Biomedical Art Program Capitalizes on CollaborationsKnown by various names over the years — including medical illustration and scientific illustration — the biomedical art major atThe Cleveland Institute of Art still starts with a year or more of refining traditional hand drawing skills. But as students move intothis revised and newly updated major, they increasingly focus on innovative digital art practice and theory, including animation, tocapture the agony of tearing a knee ligament or the ecstasy of the butterflies in the Cleveland Botanical Garden.

“Our graduates go on to create educational animation or illustrations for drug companies, medical device manufacturers, physi-cians and scientists,” said Amanda Almon, the energetic Assistant Professor and Department Chair who joined the faculty in 2004.“I want them to be the most digitally cutting-edge, competitive students out there.”

Biomedical Art students cross register to take at least three science courses at Case, typically principles of biology, anatomy andphysiology, and either embryology, histology, botany or comparative vertebrate zoology. “I’m flexible as to which sciences theytake, as long as their science choices inform their work,” Almon said.

Conversely, Case students may register for biomedical art classes, including anatomy for the artist, in which they spend half the morning session of the class in the CaseAnatomy Department’s cadaver lab and half in the Institute’s life drawing studio. In addition, Institute students of various majors, including illustration and TIME (for technologyand integrated media environment) often opt to enroll in biomedical art classes.

On a winter afternoon, Almon talked with students from two different classes — three-dimensional modeling for illustration and digital lighting, texturing and rendering —working on the same tough assignment: create an educational poster regarding osteoarthritis.

“You’ll have to do research and then you’ll know which cells would be in this scene.Think about which cells are going to be present and design the conceptual idea andvisual process for the viewer.”

For the first time, surgical illustration is being offered this semester as a digital artclass — in which images are generated or manipulated on computers — rather than asa hand sketching class. Students will observe surgery at nearby University HospitalsCase Medical Center. Almon says she looks forward to growing the collaboration withUniversity Hospitals to include sponsored projects that might benefit physicians andstudents. Students already participate in projects and internships within the medical/scientific community at The Cleveland Clinic, where five of the eight medical illustra-tors on staff are Institute alumni.

When she is not teaching or working on her own freelance projects as a medicalillustrator, Almon is networking with other potential collaborators, including theBotanical Garden and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Game Design Class is Art and ScienceVideo game production has always been one part art, one part science. A class jointly offered by the Institute and Case for thesecond time last fall covers both, with Institute students creating the animation, Case engineering students writing the programs,and game developers curious to see the results. When the game design students gave their semester-final presentations inDecember, three representatives of leading videogame producer Electronic Arts (EA) participated, critiquing their work via telecon-ference from California.

“I was not only impressed by the graphics and artistry of the games, but also by how much fun they were,” said Merry Kang, EA’suniversity relations manager. EA employs 7,200 people worldwide. In recent years, graduates of the Institute have gone on to workthere, including Jack Lew ’71, Global University Relations Manager, Art Talent.

Assistant Professor Knut Hybinette was happy to have Ms. Kang and her colleagues tune in as the three teams of students pre-sented their games. Delta 9 team produced “Servatrix,” a game featuring a child prodigy who is abducted to an alien planet wherehis only weapon against a host of bad guys is a gravity gun that helps him float or sink out of harm’s way. The Brain Freeze teamdeveloped “Ego-Quest,” featuring members of teenage cliques — nerds, jocks, goths and anime lovers — battling one another usingtheir powers of esteem, wits, cool and pride. And the Bearly Legal team produced “UnBearable,” which pits koala bears againstpanda bears in the age-old rivalry over the right to be called a true bear.

Hybinette said students were required to come up with a company name and design a CD cover and booklet. “We also got themto think about what audience they want to target. They worked really, really hard all semester and they loved it.”

Hybinette’s co-teacher Marc R. Buchner, Ph.D., director of Case’s virtual worlds lab, said that the course was very challenging forhis computer science students, too. “But it was really a highlight for them. There are very few courses that our students just thankus for offering and this is one.” He said he looks forward to collaborating with the Institute on a video game design course againnext year.

TOP: DAVID HOURY ’07, INSTITUTE

T.I.M.E.—DIGITAL ARTS MAJOR, AND

NICKOLAS SLOWES, CASE STUDENT,

PRESENT “UNBEARABLE,”

THE GAME DESIGNED BY THEIR

BEARLY LEGAL TEAM.

ABOVE: JANSEN GEFERT '07 BROUGHT THIS

DINOSAUR TO LIFE FOR A BIOMEDICAL

ILLUSTRATION PROJECT IN COOPERATION

WITH THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF

NATURAL HISTORY

ABOVE LEFT: (L TO R) JEN PASQUINI ’08,

LAURA BOCK ’08, DR. JEFFREY PONSKY,

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY,

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CASE SCHOOL

OF MEDICINE, BRANDON STELTER ’08, MIKE

EDIKIZ ’08 AND YUN-CHEN CHAO ’08.

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Submissions received after January 31, 2007 willbe printed in the next issue.

alumniPaul Travis ’19 (d. 1975) – had his watercolor,“Tiger,” on display at The Cleveland ArtistsFoundation “Collector’s Show” at BeckCenter’s Foley Gallery in Lakewood, OH.Ernest Whitworth ’39 – celebrated his 90thbirthday in February with a gallery exhibit ofhis work at Kirtland Library in Kirtland, OH.Joseph O’Sickey ’40 – will have a retrospec-tive of his work arranged by The ClevelandArtists Foundation on exhibit at the BeckCenter in Lakewood, OH from April 14– June 9, 2007.Ruth Rees Suehr ’41 – lives in NorthCarolina and has been married for 63 years.She continues to pursue art and singing.Shirley Leavitt Koller ’42 – showed a sculp-ture at The Craven Arts Council in New Bern,NC this winter. She also showed 16 sculpturesat Imago Gallery in Warren, RI and ArtisansGallery, Waynesboro, VA over the spring andsummer, and one sculpture at Piedmont ArtsCenter in Martinsville, VA in the fall.Mary D’Anna ’45 – is a retired art teacher andcontinues to paint watercolors. Mary Mathias ’47 – had two etchings in“Kaleidoscope” at the Summit Art Spacejuried show in November, one of whichreceived an honorable mention. Charlotte Jaffee Cowan ’51 – was inductedinto Shaker Heights High School’s Hall ofFame in Shaker Heights, OH. She also partici-pated in The Print Club of Cleveland’sMember and Artist Craftsperson sale inNovember.Jean Niles Ziegler ’51 – is still winning photography awards and showing his workin various art shows in Lake County, OH.Carol Lachiusa DiSanto ’52 – had workshown in “A Traveling Sketchbook” atStarkweather Gallery in Romeo, MI last Apriland in The Faculty Show at Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Council in Birmingham, MI inNovember. She also appeared in The ArtLeague of Michigan’s traveling show,“Freedom.”Richard Anuszkiewicz ’53 – see Stanczak ’54(faculty).Elinore Korow ’57 – has two paintings in thepermanent collection of The Sargent-LaessigMuseum of Fine Art in Hinckley, OH (affili-ated with the Western Reserve HistoricalSociety).Richard Newman ’60 – had work included in the “Fifth Photographic Image BiennialExhibition” at Wellington B. Gray Gallery atEast Carolina University, Greenville, NCthrough February.Roger C. Hendricks ’63 – participated in afundraising event for the Rye Art Center’s“6th Annual Plein Air Paint-Out” in Rye, NY inSeptember 2006. He also taught a monoprint/collage workshop at the Center in January2007.George Roby ’63 – won best in show for hissculpture “A Pressing Weight” at “The 35thAnnual Juried Exhibit” at Valley Art Center inChagrin Falls, OH this fall. Also featured inthe show were the etchings of Sean Crum ’77.Bette Drake ’64 – was honored with a Juror’sMerit Award in the “All-Ohio All Media” exhi-bition at Ashland University, Ashland, OH inAugust. She also participated in “The People’sArt Show” at Cleveland State University inNovember. Rebecca Kaler Langley ’64 – had a solo showof her paintings at the Mansfield Art Centerthis past summer. She continues to serve asDirector of the Pearl Conard Gallery at theMansfield campus of Ohio State University,

and can be found on the web at www.rebecca-kaler.com.Charles Mayer ’64 – was included in theexhibit “About Face” along with Josh Haplea’03 and several CIA students. The exhibit ran inJanuary and February at the Sandusky CulturalCenter, Sandusky, OH.Ray Burggraf ’68 – will be having a retrospec-tive of his work called “History of a FloridaArtist” at The Florida State Museum of FineArt in Tallahassee beginning in February 2007.Sam Swayze ’68 – retired from his position asDirector of Industrial Design for EastmanKodak in November after 38 years. He hopesto travel, spend time with his family and getback to painting.Milan Kecman ’69 – was featured in “The Bestof NOIS II” (Northern Ohio IllustratorsSociety) at Gallery 324 in Cleveland, OH thiswinter along with Celeste DeSapri ’79, DanFrey ’96 and Robert Brandon Gossett ’99.Carol Adams ’70 – teaches drawing at KentState University, Kent, OH. She was a finalistin “% for Art” at Miami University in Oxford,OH and will be setting up an art program at aschool in Oanamithe, Haiti this winter. Shealso participated in COSE’s 5th Annual Mix &Mingle “Connecting Art and Business” alongwith Pat Fallon ’80, Rene Culler ’92 andMichele Gorse ’01.Gary Bukovnik ’71 – had work in the“Reinvented Still Life” show at The ConceptArt Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA this winter.Additionally, Gary will host the Institute’salumni gathering in San Francisco at hishome/studio.David P. Wood ’71 – had his photographicworks at The Butler Museum Artist AnnualJuried Show in Youngstown, OH and twojuried shows at The Valley Art Center inChagrin Falls, OH.Christine Federighi ’72 (d. 2006) – see Kleckner’77.Gary Spinosa ’72 – had over forty years ofwork featured in “Spinosa: Retrospective” atBruce Gallery of Art in Edinboro, PA as part ofthe Edinboro University Distinguished AlumniSeries. The exhibit also has a catalogue whichis for sale in retail outlets nationwide. Theexhibit was on display in the month ofFebruary.Joe Workosky ’72 – is a video producer andoutdoor writer living in Johnstown, PA. Herecently picked up top honors by thePennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association(POWA) at the group’s annual awards cere-monies held in State College, PA for his 24-minute DVD entitled, “Stackhouse Park: WildTurkey Hunting Clinic”. The project covers abrief history of Stackhouse Park, the establish-ment of wild turkey populations to areas voidof the species, and various turkey calling tech-niques.Diana Bjel ’73 – was in the InternationalOrton Cone Box show “Feats of Clay” inLincoln, CA, and “Bones of Contention” inSandusky, OH. Her work was also included inCleveland Magazine for the “ClevelandGalleries 2006–2007” listing.Dennis Buck ’73 (d. 1992) – had his work fea-tured in the retrospective “Something AboutSeeing” at Ursuline College’s Wasmer Galleryin Pepper Pike, OH this winter. The show wascurated by his spouse, Laura Buck Balliet ’99.Mr. Buck was known for his bichromate printsand one-of-a-kind installations composed ofphotographs, objects and paintings fusedtogether. He was a professor in the PhotographyDepartment at the Institute from 1981–1992.Jon R. Havener ’73 – created the public work“Korean Cranes Rising” for the University ofKansas Korean War Memorial in Lawrence, KS. Barbara Cooper ’74 – had a one-person show,“Disruptions”, at The Chicago Cultural Center,Chicago, IL, and will also be showing her workin “re: Growth” at Bellevue Arts Museum inBellevue, WA through April 2007.Richard Godfrey ’74 – had work in “Far andWide” at M.J. Higgins Fine Art and Furnishingsin Los Angeles, CA this summer.

Thomas Aprile ’76 – was the resident artist atthe Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monoghan, Irelandin 2006. He had a one-person show, “ExitStrategies”, at District Arts Gallery inBirmingham, MI in 2005.Martin Boyle ’76 – was recently commis-sioned to create murals for St. Bede CatholicChurch in Mentor, OH and St. Agnes Churchin Orrville, OH. Richard Heipp ’76 – received the OutstandingArtistic Achievement Award from SECAC(Southeastern College Art Association). Healso had a solo exhibit at the Vero BeachMuseum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, last spring andcompleted a major public art commission forthe new Smathers Library at The University ofFlorida in October.Beth Nilges-Nehamkin ’76 – has her work ondisplay at the Chesterland, OH branch ofRepublic Bank. Her work can also be seen atvarious locales around the country includingAll Matters Gallery in Burton, OH and TheFriends of the Peace Pilgrim Library inCopperopolis, CA.Jane Nord ’76 – was honored with an awardfor Leadership Excellence from LeadershipLorain County, Lorain, OH in January.Sean Crum ’77 – see Roby ’63.John Jackson ’77 (d. 2006) – had a show of hiswork, and of his process—which consists ofthe way he worked with ideas and materials—at Zygote Press in the fall. His work is alsobeing featured in an exhibit at the Institute’sMcCullough Building through March 16.Jeffrey Kleckner ’77 – was one of the artistsfeatured in The Society of Arts and Crafts“Our Cups Runneth Over” show of functionaland sculptural ceramic cups in Boston, MA thiswinter. Also included in the show wereChristine Federighi ’72 (d. 2006), KevinSnipes ’94, Le Anne Ash ’02 and Bill Brouillard. Jan Rapp ’77 – curated the show “MoonlightRace: One Hundred Years of Cotuit MosquitoYacht Club” for Cotuit Center of the Arts inCotuit, MA. Celeste DeSapri ’79 – see Kecman ’69.Tallmadge Doyle ’79 – had a one-person showof recent work at DIVA (Downtown Initiativefor the Visual Arts) in Eugene, OR this fall.Shawn Messenger ’79 – was one of the fea-tured artists demonstrating glass blowing atthe grand opening of The Glass Pavilion at TheToledo Museum of Art in August 2006.Pat Fallon ’80 – showed work in Clevelandthis past fall at Gallery 321, the FacultyExhibition at Ursuline College’s WasmerGallery, and at Lakeland Community College.Also see Adams ’70.Bill Root ’80 – showed recent works in a soloexhibit in Mons, Belgium in December.Linda Arbuckle ’81 – held workshops atColumbus College of Art and Design,Columbus, OH; Metchosin InternationsSummer School of the Arts, Victoria, BC andSt. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO.She also had work featured in the book 500 Pitchers. Eddie Dominguez ’81 – was one of nineartists featured in The ManchesterCraftsmen’s Guild’s “Ceramics Retrospective:20 Year Commemorative Exhibition” inPittsburgh, PA this winter. The earthenwaresculptures he exhibited had depictions ofMexican landscapes and sky scenes. He lives inNew Mexico.Tim Frank ’81 – is the Deputy ManagingEditor of Visuals and Creative Director at TheSun-Sentinel in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He is alsothe creator of the internationally used websitewww.newspagedesigner.com, which broughttogether a society of news designers to postpages and have discussions regarding globaldesign. He lives in West Palm Beach, FL withhis wife, Amy, and their two children.Douglas Goldsmith ’81 – has work in the“Landscape Paintings” show at CrandallGallery, Mount Union College, Alliance, OHthrough March. Gwendolyn Kerber ‘81 – was in a two-personexhibition at Kunstraum t27 in Berlin,Germany through January 2007.

notes Neil MacDonald ‘81 – has work featured inthe “Side by Side” exhibit through May 2007 atMOCACleveland along with Thomas Frontini’90, Erik Neff ’91, Susan Umbenhour ’95,Michelle Droll ’02 and Barry Underwood.Margaret Arthur ’82 – was featured in“Skinning the Eye” at the Art Gallery atCleveland State University over the summer. James G. Meeks ’83 – is the Chief Preparatorand Staff Photographer for The OklahomaCity Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, OK. Healso teaches photography at Oklahoma CityCommunity College. Susan Squires ’83 – has work in “Revive” thiswinter at Zygote Press along with KristenCliffel ’90, Emily Blaser ’91, Michelle DiCello’99, Tony Bowden ’04 and faculty membersTim Callaghan, Liz Maugans and Dan Tranberg.The exhibit allowed the artists to revive apiece of work after temporary abandonment. John Hartman ’85 – is a principal designer atHerbst Lazar Bell in Chicago, and is currentlyenrolled at Northwestern University in pursuitof a Masters degree in Design ProductDevelopment. He was the project lead designeron the Wilson W Line tennis racquet whichreceived a 2006 Good Design award presentedby the Chicago Athenaeum Museum ofArchitecture and Design. He also won an IDEAGold award from Business Week for designinga Motorola NFL Coaches headset. He and hiswife had their first baby, Carter, in July.Brian Joiner ’85 – is the official artist set todesign the Ohio Arts Council Governor’sawards for the Arts for 2007. He just com-pleted a solo 9-year retrospective show atArtworks Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.Eric McAfee ’85 – had work featured at EyeCandy Gallery in Cleveland, OH in October.LaMont Morris ’85 – had his work exhibitedin “Designs for Life” at The Chicago Museumof Science and Industry. The exhibit showcasescontributions made by African Americans inthe field of Industrial Design. Ann Rea ’87 – has opened up her San Franciscostudio on the second Sunday of each monthfor guests to preview her latest paintings. Visitwww.annrea.com for more information. Derek Hess ’88 – was featured in “Please God,Save Us From Your Followers” as part of the1300 Gallery’s final exhibition in December. Immanuel-Keston Jones ’88 – has his glassdrum sculptures on display at Artsgarden,Indianapolis, IN. He also teaches at TheIndianapolis Art Center.Jennifer Tucker ’88 – had a solo show atGrasselli Library at John Carroll University,Cleveland, OH, over the summer. She was also recently promoted to a position in theirrecords department.Mark Horak ’89 – recently completed animatedgraphics for the “Gold” exhibit at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History in New York City.He also created animated show packaginggraphics and promotion toolkits for Adobe,Pepsi and various cable TV network shows.Kristen Cliffel ’90 – see Squires ‘83.Thomas Frontini ’90 – see MacDonald ’81.Emily Blaser ’91 – see Squires ‘83.Eric Neff ’91 – see MacDonald ’81.Annie Taylor ’91 – lives in Austin, TX with herhusband and is expecting a baby this spring.She has been commissioned to create artworkfor The Michael Dell Greater Texas Children’sHospital; a state-of-the-art ‘green’ hospitalopening in Austin this June. Daniel Chernek ’92 – is the founder of BazooGlobal, a toy company in Hubbard, OH. Herecently created the Izmo product line whichis a new category in toys and computer acces-sories. He was profiled in Cleveland’s The PlainDealer this December.Rene Culler ’92 – had a one-person show,“Trial By Fire: Meditations on Beauty” at TheBeck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, OHthis winter. Also see Adams ’70.Kevin Snipes ’94 – see Kleckner ’77.Susan Umbenhour ’95 – see MacDonald ’81.Rosana Castrillo Diaz ’96 – is showing herwork at Anthony Meier Fine Arts Gallery inSan Francisco through March.Colin Fahrion ’96 – is the Head of InternetServices for the Fetal Treatment Center of the University of California at San Francisco.He is also going back to college working on his master’s degree in neurophysiology.Dan Frey ’96 – see Kecman ’69.Carl Stawicki ’96 – graduated with honorsfrom the ITT Technical Institute School ofInformation Technology in Cleveland, OH withan Associates Degree in Applied Science inInformation Technology.Joan Staufer ’97 – had a solo show, “Into theSun” at The Parkersburg Art Center inParkersburg, WV in the fall.Susan Danko ’98 – see Casey ’99 (faculty).Laura Buck Balliet ’99 – see Buck ’73.

The Art of Staying Connected

The alumni office is undertaking the project of publishing a comprehensive Cleveland Institute of Art Directory,which will include contact information for all alumni, and current and former faculty. This publication, which will

be available by year-end, provides a convenient means for our alumni to re-connect with fellow classmates, formerteachers, and friends. It will be organized in three sections: alphabetically, by class year, and by geographical region,for ease of finding pertinent information. Our partner in this project is Harris Direct, who will manage and overseethe gathering of data, and the printing of the book. Shortly, CIA alumni will be receiving more information fromHarris Direct about the directory, and you will be asked to clarify your contact information for accuracy. The lastInstitute directory was published in 1977. If you have questions about the directory project, please contact Amy Bartter, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving at 216-421-7412 or email her at abartter@cia.edu.

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Michelle DiCello ’99 – see Squires ‘83.Robert Brandon Gossett ’99 – see Kecman ’69.Ed Zmarzly ’99 – was featured in the “Rock,Paper, Scissors” show at The Valley Art Centerin Chagrin Falls, OH this January along withSarah Kabot and Hunter Keels ‘06.Dana Schutz ’00 – gave a presentation atDetroit’s College for Creative Studies for theWoodward lecture series in the fall.Jason Sleurs ’00 – had a solo show of hispaintings called “Nothing Works Out” at V & A Gallery in New York City. Heinrich Toh ’00 – has work featured in “How the Soy Sauce Was Bottled: UncommonStories of Common Objects” at the WingLuke Asian Museum in Seattle, WA throughNovember 30, 2007. The artists in the exhibitcreated new work based on the artifacts, pho-tographs and documents in the Museum’s per-manent collection.Michele Gorse ’01 – see Adams ’70.Arthur Skupniewicz ’01 – was recently hiredas the new art teacher at Mayfield High Schoolin Cleveland, OH for the 2006–2007 school year.Le Anne Ash ’02 – see Kleckner ’77.Michelle Droll ‘02 – see MacDonald ’81.Jen Omaitz ’02 – see Casey ’99.Justin Wisniewski ’02 – was one of the artistsfeatured in Within Reach Studios and Red DotProject’s “Meet the Artist of the Month” thispast June. Each artist created a work whichwas then auctioned off that evening.Chris Duffy ’03 – now lives in New York City.He was one of the featured sculptors in “Lifein Sculpture” at Beachwood Arts Council inBeachwood, OH this winter.Josh Haplea ’03 – see Mayer ’64.Sreshta Premnath ’03 – had a solo show,“Kaput”, at SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH inthe fall.Genevieve Southern ’03 – moved to NewYork City in August 2005 and is Senior WebDesigner at Condé Nast where she works onwebsites for many of their magazines includingLucky, Glamour, Self and Vanity Fair.Jennifer Axner ’04 – spent time in Italy work-ing on her master’s degree and received herMFA from from American University inWashington D.C. in May 2006. She was in anexhibition at the Commerce Street ArtistsWarehouse in Houston, TX called “Play” andher paintings were in the Eleventh AnnualInternational Exhibition in New York City atSOHO20 gallery in Chelsea. She was a recipi-ent of a Mellon Fund Research Grant, and alsoreceived the JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Prize forOutstanding Graduate Student from AmericanUniversity.Tony Bowden ’04 – see Squires ‘83.Courtenay Finn ’05 – has moved to SanFrancisco and is attending graduate school atthe California College of the Arts.Ben Kinsley ’05 – was an artist-in-residence atthe Skowhegan School of Painting andSculpture in Skowhegan, ME over the summer.Cecilia Phillips’05 – see Casey ’99.Charmaine Spencer ’05 – see Casey ’99.Thu Tran ’05 – was selected for the Allianceof Artists Communities’ Midwestern Voicesand Vision award. She also showed work in“Consumption Junction” along with ZachariahDurr ’06 at Haines Gallery, San Francisco, thispast fall.Zachariah Durr ’06 – see Tran ’05.Michael DeFabbo ’06 – see Ostrow (faculty).John Haughwout ’06 – had a solo show,“Confluential Prismatics,” at Parish Hall inCleveland, OH this fall. Hunter Keels ’06 – see Zmarzly ’99.

faculty/staff

Shelley Costa Bloomfield (Liberal Arts) – hada story, “Blue Morpho,” published in the newlyreleased Crimewave 9:Transgressions. The stylishBritish crime fiction publication is available atwww.ttapress.com.Bill Brouillard (Professor, Ceramics) – was aguest artist at “SOFA Chicago 2006” inChicago, IL in November along with KathyBuszkiewicz. Also see Kleckner ’77.Kathy Buszkiewicz (Department Head, Jewelry+ Metals) – is showing work in “Hand Jive:Fabulous New Rings” at Taboo Studios in San Diego, CA. Her work is also in the“Trashformations East” exhibit at the OhioCraft Museum through April 1. Her work canalso be seen June 7–July 28 at Mobilia Galleryin Cambridge, MA. The exhibit called“Celebrating the Art of Adornment: StudioJewelry from Mid-century to the Present” isbeing held in conjunction with the BostonMuseum of Fine Arts.

Amy Casey ’99 (Galleries) – had work in the“48 Hours of Making Art” show at B.K. SmithGallery in October along with Cecilia Phillips’05,Charmaine Spencer ’05, Lane Cooper,Nathaniel Parsons and Cindy Penter. She wasalso in e. gordon Gallery’s “Sayonara” exhibitwith Susan Danko ’98 and Jen Omaitz ’02.Bruce Checefsky (Director, Galleries andExhibitions) – see Ostrow (faculty).Lane Cooper (Associate Professor, Liberal Arts) –see Casey ’99 (faculty).David L. Deming ’67 (President) – led a discussion on The Cleveland Museum of Art’s“Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudi,Miro, Dali” exhibit for a benefit for LawrenceUpper School in Sagamore Hills, OH. He alsodonated a major sculpture to the City ofCleveland for the new David E. Davis ’65Sculpture Garden in University Circle.Richard Fiorelli ’74 (Professor, Foundation) –was included in the show “Misdemeanor” atSPACES Gallery in Cleveland, OH last fall.John Garton (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts) –won first place in the College Art Association’s2007 Innovation Course Design Competition. Mary Hulick (Department Chair, CommunicationsDesign) – has been named to the NationalAudit Oversight Committee for AdvancedPlacement and will help in accreditationreview of curriculum offerings in art studioand art history. She has been an active memberof the National Steering Committee forAdvanced Placement for several years. Knute Hybinette (Assistant Professor, T.I.M.E.—Digital Arts) – see Ostrow (faculty).Sarah Kabot (Assistant Professor,Foundation/Drawing) – see Zmarzly ‘99. Kasumi (Assistant Professor, T.I.M.E.—Digital Arts and Communication Design) –created original video art for the Kent StateUniversity School of Theatre and Dance production of “Hair,” a piece for the VisualMusic Marathon at Northeastern Universitywww.music.neu.edu/vmm/schedule.html, aone-hour live cinema videoart piece forwww.joost.com, a new way of watching TV onthe web, which will be launched in March bythe same people who created skype, a show-opener for Rockwell Automation www.rock-wellautomation.com, and performed a live VJshow at Sachesenheim Hall www.luvmutha.com. Joyce Kessler (Associate Professor, Liberal Arts)– read The Whale Does Not Diminish: the Powerof the Original Character in Melville’s Moby-Dickat the Novel Club in Cleveland in January.Liz Maugans (Adjunct Professor, Printmaking) –will be in the “Collectors Choice Show” atHeights Art and in a one-person show atSeiberling Gallery at Cuyahoga Valley NationalPark in December 2007. Also see Squires ’83. Nathaniel Parsons – see Casey ’99.Cindy Penter – see Casey ’99.Alison O’Daniel ’03 (Visiting Artist, Fiber andPainting) – had her video “Deep Woods”selected for distribution by the NetherlandMedia Art Institute. The five minute video wasshown in Amsterdam in December and Januaryand at the Lazy Marie Film Festival in Utrecht,Netherlands and on the nationwide tour ofMadCat Film Festival. Her performance arttroupe, “Double Dutch Will Take You Higher,”performed seven times in two months atCleveland area clubs and were interviewedrecently by the Arts & Life section of The PlainDealer. Saul Ostrow (Chair, Visual Arts andTechnologies) – moderated a panel on “Art atthe End of the Age of Critique” at the CollegeArt Association and curated “Modeling thePhotographic: The End of Photography” anexhibit at the McDonough Museum ofYoungstown State University, displaying thework of Michael DeFabbo ’06, and facultymembers Bruce Checefsky, Troy Richards,Knute Hybinette, Dan Tranberg and BarryUnderwood.Troy Richards (Assistant Professor andCoordinator, Drawing) – see Ostrow (faculty).Julian Stanczak ’54 (Professor Emeritus) – hashis work featured along with that of RichardAnuszkiewicz ’53 in “Optic Nerve,” at theColumbus Museum of Art, the first majormuseum show of Op Art in 25 years. Theexhibit, which will be on view through June 17will examine the central role of Americanpainters and particularly Stanczak’s contribu-tion to this movement. Pratt Institute will alsopresent a second Op Art revival show, “OpticalEdge” through April 14. He is also preparing aone-person show for the Contemporary ArtCenter in Cincinnati, August 4–October 28. Dan Tranberg (Adjunct Faculty, Painting) –was chosen to receive an Ohio Arts CouncilIndividual Excellence Award for 2007 andwrote the catalogue essay for the exhibit “The Great Grid: Patricia Zinsmeister Parker” at Cleveland State University Art Gallery. Also see Squires ’83 and Ostrow (faculty).

Barry Underwood (Department Chair andAssistant Professor, Film, Video, and PhotographicArts) – had a solo exhibition “Light” at RaceStreet Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI this winter.He gave a lecture at MOCA in February tocoincide with the “Side by Side” exhibit. Alsosee MacDonald ’81 and Ostrow (faculty).Brent Young (Department Head and Professor,Glass) – was listed as one of Cleveland’s cul-tural assets in a story in The Plain Dealer inDecember. He recently had two piecesaccepted into The Toledo Museum of Art’spermanent collection.Allen Zimmerman ( Liberal Arts ) – partici-pated in “Not Enough Space,” a joint projectwith United Church of Christ, CuyahogaCommunity College, and Interfaith Prisonersof Conscience Project and “Life Images: AChild’s View,” an exhibit of Japanese children’sart and related cultural activities sponsored bythe Japanese-American Society of NortheastOhio and Shaker Heights Public Library.

in memoriam – alumni

Clifford B. West ’37 – passed away inOctober 2006.Jack Munson Burton ’39 – passed away inDecember 2006 on his 89th birthday. He wasan instructor of advertising illustration at theInstitute from 1948–1950. Some of his artisticachievements include working on five muralsfor the Firestone Building at the 1939 World’sFair in New York City, having work exhibitedin major art shows at The Butler Institute inYoungstown, OH, The Carnegie Museum inPittsburgh, PA and The Cleveland Museum ofArt. His watercolors hang in the permanentcollections of The Cleveland Museum of Art,Oklahoma Art Center, and the WhitneyMuseum of American Art in New York City.His wife June has requested memorial gifts bedirected to The Cleveland Institute of Art.Ivy Stone ’39 – passed away in December2006. She was the second artist to open astudio in what is now the Little Italy artcolony in Cleveland, OH. She spearheaded theannual Bratenahl Place Art show in 1974 andcontinued as its director for 25 years. Herwork has been exhibited by the CorcoranGallery in Washington, D.C., The Art Instituteof Chicago, and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Margaret Evans Goslee ’40 – passed away inJanuary 2006.Clare Kretchmar ’40 – passed away in June2006. She resided in Oberlin most of her lifeand was employed as an art teacher forOberlin, North Ridgeville and Amherst schooldistricts for 15 years, retiring in the late 1980s.She and husband Robert were co-owners ofthe Oberlin Country Day Camp from 1954 to1974. She is survived by children and grand-children.Samuel Weiner ’40 – passed away in 2006.Clara A. Witt Wyman ’41 – passed away inOctober 2006. She was known for her copperand enamel pieces, one of which was purchasedby Herbert Hoover.Rudolph Schuller ’42 – passed away in May2006.Alice Chapin Kwett ’46 – passed away inSeptember 2006.

Doris (Kalman) Anderson ’50 – passed awayin April 2006. She taught millinery for manyyears at Long Beach City College and BrooksCollege of Fashion Design, both in California.She is survived by her husband, three sons andtwo grandchildren.Paul Haist ’50 – passed away in February 2006.Robert E. Woide ’50 – passed away in January2007. As a child he was a Vaudeville tap dancer,during World War II he performed in USOshows and drew cartoons for The Stars andStripes, and later taught art lessons on earlyCleveland television. He was a long time memberof the Institute’s Board of Directors. He is sur-vived by his wife, sons and four grandchildren. Edward A. Fisher Jr. ’51 – passed in January2007. He taught at Syracuse University forthree years prior to joining Carnegie MellonUniversity’s Design Department in 1988 as anassociate professor. He received numerousawards for his painting, calligraphy and bookdesigns and was an accomplished writer. Hewas a former president of the Art DirectorsSociety of Pittsburgh; Board Member of theThree Rivers Arts Festival; editor of The Versalmagazine and a founding member and presi-dent of the Calligraphy Guild of Pittsburgh.Recently, he was active as a member and lec-turer for ALL, an adult education program atCarnegie Mellon University. He is survived byhis son, grandchild and a sister.Frederick B. Leach ’55 – passed away inDecember 2006. He was a member of the OhioWatercolor Association and taught art classesthroughout Ohio. He is survived by his wife,sons and a daughter, grandchildren and great-grandsons.Christine Federighi ’72 – passed away inNovember 2006. She was a recipient of theGund Traveling Award and was the founder ofthe Crafts Guild at the CIA, which she startedas a way to help students sell their work topay for tuition. Also see Kleckner ’77.Mark Halsey French ’75 – died in Cleveland,OH in December after a long illness. He isremembered by his wife, Ola Grabsky French ’75as exceptionally intelligent, creative and pos-sessed with remarkable natural abilities. As astudent, Mark had received awards and com-missions for his work, and his paintings arenow in private collections. After graduatingfrom the Institute, Mark returned to an earliercareer path and worked as Senior Research andDevelopment Assistant for the AdvancedTechnology Group in Research and Developmentat BF Goodrich. He will be greatly missed bythose who knew him.Lee Aster Wilt ’88 – passed away in October2006.Lauren Marie Bugaj ’02 – passed away inNovember 2006 at the age of 27. She was pas-sionate about her family, friends, the arts, ani-mals, and the environment. She loved musicand had an enchanting voice. She held theposition of forensic photographer with theCuyahoga County Coroner’s Office, exhibitedextensively and was recognized with numerousawards for her photography. She donated herarts and talent to worthy causes such as theWomen’s Community Foundation, The RapeCrisis Center, and the APL. She is survived byher parents, sister, brother, and her soulmate.

VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST ’29, ONE OF 10 RECIPIENTS TO RECEIVE THE 2006 NATIONAL

MEDAL FOR THE ARTS FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN AN OVAL OFFICE CEREMONY

ON NOVEMBER 9, 2006. THE MEDAL IS AWARDED TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CREATION, GROWTH AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTS IN THE U.S.

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Copyright © 2007 The Cleveland Institute of Art

Vol. 6, Issue 1 WINTER 2007

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NICOLE GEARY ’04GLASS

SARA BUDZINSKY ’06PEARL RING

MARY SAVAGE ’04ENAMEL

YUMIKO GOTO ’04ENAMEL

MATTHEW WIGGINS ’07STONEWARE TEA SET

JENNIFER PROX ’03SILVER AND GEMSTONE

NECKLACE

Increase the Value of Your Gift

Did you know that you may be able to increase your donation to The ClevelandInstitute of Art through a corporate matching gift program?

Check with your employer and your spouse’s employer to see if the companiesparticipate in a matching gift program. Such programs can double, or even triple,your donations to The Cleveland Institute of Art. Dominion, Eaton Corporation,Ernst & Young, KeyCorp/Key Foundation, SBC, and The Progressive Corporation areamong the many that offer a matching gift program.

According to Robin Harbage of the Progressive Corporation, Progressive had adesire to play a role in the communities in which they operate. This led to the deci-sion to provide matching gifts for charitable donations made by the company’semployees. It also allows for the business to support the community in many areasdue to people’s wide diversity of interest.

To find out if your employer or your spouse’s employer offers a matching gift program, check your company website or contact your human resources office. Formore information, contact Amy Bartter at abartter@cia.edu or 216-421-7412.

SAVE THE DATE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE INSTITUTE

• MFA Thesis Exhibit will be April 13–28 in the Reinberger Galleries• The Design Show will be held in the design studios of the Gund building April 25–May 4• BFA Exhibit will be May 7–12 throughout the studios of the McCullough Center for the

Visual Arts

Visit www.cia.edu for more information! Hope to see you there!

American Art Pottery Association Annual Convention

The American Art Pottery Association is holding its annual convention in Clevelandon April 25–29, 2007. The convention will focus on the ceramics and art of theCleveland School. The weekend event will include a trolley tour of the city with astop for lunch at the Institute and a tour of the Institute’s Ceramics studios. Theconvention includes auctions, symposia, book signings and networking. All activitiesare open to the public (fees may apply). For complete information visitwww.AmArtPot.org.

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