NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ARTFALL 2008

Founded in 1882, The Cleveland Institute of Art is an independent

college of art and design committed to leadership and vision in

all forms of visual arts education. For the past 126 years, the

Institute has made enduring contributions to art and education

and connects to the community through gallery exhibitions,

talks and lectures, a continuing education program, Craft Council

and The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque.

A summer internship convinced AlexLombardo ’04 that New York City wasthe place for him. So this T.I.M.E.-DigitalArts major headed east the day he gradu-ated from The Cleveland Institute of Artwith nothing lined up but a place tosleep on his sister’s couch.

A phone call from his former boss,

Cleveland chef Michael Symon, helped

Lombardo get his first job, in the on-site art

department at Food Network.

Two years later, he was hired as the

first multimedia producer at Rolling Stone

magazine, where he spent the last two

years filming and editing celebrity inter-

views for the magazine’s archives and

website, and creating various works of

digital promotional art.

“Anything’s possible here; that’s what

attracted me to New York. And once you

make your connections, you’re hooked for

life,” said Lombardo, whose connections

include several Institute alumni.”

There are so many people from CIA

here now; it’s a great support group. We

get together regularly and the networking

is pretty amazing.” Lombardo tapped into

those networks this summer when he left

Rolling Stone to launch his own video pro-

duction company.

With countless museums, galleries,

design firms, production companies,

media outlets, advertising agencies and

potential freelance clients, New York City

has always been a magnet for art school

graduates. In recent years, increasing num-

bers of CIA alumni from all majors are

feeling the pull. In fact, Greater New York

is home to the largest concentration of

CIA alumni outside of Northeast Ohio

and more than 100 of them attended a CIA

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A Love-Hate Relationship

“There’s no better place in the world to

be for art than New York,” said painter

Sarah Chuldenko ’99. “It’s got the con-

centration of artists in one place, the

vibration of the city, the energy, and

something about the struggle of living

and working here makes for better art.”

The struggle of surviving in New York

seems to keep many CIA graduates on

their toes. Even Lombardo, the New York

enthusiast, admits to having a “love-hate

relationship” with the city. “It’s hard

work staying afloat here; but you have to.

Everything’s more expensive here and

you have to be motivated and your work

has to be current. You really have to go

out and bust your chops,

which is what I like about

New York,” he said.

Chuldenko, daughter of

Illustration Professor John

Chuldenko, feels that

same pressure. “Being an

artist in New York requires

a real commitment,” she

said. Chuldenko learned

something about commit-

ment to her art during her student days at

CIA where her work was regularly cri-

tiqued and she had to defend her paint-

ings. “I had to speak articulately about my

work and that really helps me now during

studio visits.”

After many group exhibitions, she had

her first solo show this summer at FAKE

ESTATE, a New York gallery. When she is

not creating work for shows, she free-

lances, painting portraits of children and

props for stylists to use in catalogs and

advertisements.

The Big Apple is home to the greatest concentrationof CIA alumni outside of Northeast Ohio

“Something about the

struggle of living and

working here makes

for better art.”

Sarah Chuldenko ’99

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ABOVE: ENJOYING THE MAY 12, 2008

CIA RECEPTION AT THE NEW MUSEUM

IN NEW YORK’S BOWERY DISTRICT

ARE (LEFT TO RIGHT) JANET BRUHN ’07,

WESLEY FRIEDRICH ’07, JANELLE CHU,

ANDREA HENRY ’07 AND EMILY BUTE ’07.

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Chuldenko is in regular contact withclassmate Jeff Bechtel ’99, who paints,draws and has illustrated three books;and periodically sees contemporariesDan Sabau ’01, Branden Koch ’01, JasonSleurs ’00 and Dana Schutz ’00 at exhibi-tion openings.

Celebrity Jewelry. . . and PotlucksEmily Bute ’07 studied enameling andnow uses specialized software she mas-tered at the Institute to design high-endjewelry for Alexis Bittar, the designerwhose high-profile clients include thecast of the television show “Sex in theCity.” The celebrity stuff doesn’t seemto have gone to her head, though. “I loveCleveland but I knew that with jewelry,I’d be better off in New York. I knew Icould come here and have a range ofjobs to choose from.”

Bute is in daily contact with CIAalumni: she shares a Brooklyn apartmentwith painter Tom Spoerndle ’07, now agraduate student in the MFA programat Hunter College; and photographerErika Neola ’05, who works at Box Ltd.,a high-end digital photography andretouching studio.

“We have a Little Cleveland here, aLittle CIA club in Brooklyn,” said Bute.“We’re all working and we’re all eating;in fact we have potlucks.” Regulars atthose potlucks include Thu Tran ’05, aglass major who works as an artist’sassistant and makes her own style ofcooking videos; painter Lisa Ramsey ’04;enameling major Jed Holtz ’05; AndrewStrasser ’05, a T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts grad-uate who has his own production com-pany making music videos and other

digital art; Jocelyn Helm ’06, an enamel-ing graduate who designs high-end jew-elry for Bing Bang; Andrea Henry ’07, an enameling major who recently joinedBute designing jewelry at Alexis Bittar;Peter van Hyning ’05, a painting majorwho works as an archivist at theAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts; andChristopher Duffy ’03, a glass major whoworks at Urban Glass and had a soloshow of his work at a Brooklyn gallery in February.

In addition to their arts-focused dayjobs, these alums — and many others —all continue to make their own artwork.“We see each other at show openings,movie showings, open studios at HunterCollege,” said Bute. “We also go to muse-ums and galleries. We definitely takeadvantage of the city’s resources.”

BAM: Cooking with Decorative Arts

Like Bute, Jed Holtz ’05, worked at KILNEnameling when he first came to NewYork. But this past spring he moved into what he considers applied art: work-ing as the prop stylist for celebrity chef,Emeril Lagasse.

“I’m responsible for everything visualfor the new show, ‘Emeril Green;’ every-thing from menus to plates, cookingtools, all of the props that are featured inthe show,” Holtz explained. “Having abackground in decorative arts is veryhelpful. Knowing about materials andprocesses is an asset to me in this fieldbecause it gives me a depth of knowledgethat isn’t necessarily common. Justhaving a critical eye is a huge part ofwhat I gained from art school.”

On the set and during his off hours,Holtz most enjoys collaborating withother artists of all stripes. “New York isthe ultimate city for collaboration and

NEW YORK, NEW YORKA “toe hold” in the big city

Andy Yoder ’82 moved to New York in 1984, answering a vague feeling that

he “needed to be in the deep end of the pool.” He spent 20 years there, creating

large-scale sculptural pieces.

“Cleveland gave me such a running start,” he said, recalling several early projects

and commissions for the likes of Progressive Corporation and the then-fledgling

SPACES contemporary art gallery. “But there was this sense that you had to

engage with New York if you wanted to do large sculptural pieces. When you

work in New York, you become part of a conversation there. Other people’s work

influences you; you get noticed; and you influence others.”

Yoder certainly has taken part in the city’s artistic “conversations,” maintaining

a busy schedule of producing and exhibiting his work. He had a studio in Brooklyn

until 2006 and now lives in Vermont full time with his wife and children. But

Yoder is still represented by New York galleries.

One of those galleries displayed his “Licorice Shoes” and “Pipe” — both seven

feet long and both made of licorice — at a high-end art fair this spring. The West

Collection bought the shoes and the pipe while the world-famous Saatchi Collection

commissioned a second pair of shoes and bought his lead crystal piggybank heads

of Donald Trump, Martha Stewart and Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.

Also this year, he was commissioned to create a series of pieces for the wedding

of his longtime friend Susan Cohn to David Rockefeller, Jr.

“Exciting things have been happening since I picked up stakes and left New York

but I definitely got my toe hold there. With the Internet, e-mail and digital images,

I don’t have to be there any more.”

After all, if he can make it there, he’ll make it

anywhere.

TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS GO TO STUDENTS IN SCULPTURE; GLASS; FILM,

VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS; BIOMEDICAL ART; DRAWING AND PAINTING

TRAVELING AWARD WINNERS FOR 2008 ARE: SCULPTURE MAJOR

LAUREN SAMMON ’08, FIRST AGNES GUND TRAVELING AWARD;

GLASS MAJOR URI DAVILLIER, THE SECOND AGNES GUND

TRAVELING AWARD; FILM, VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS MAJOR

LAURA BELL, THE THIRD AGNES GUND TRAVELING AWARD;

BIOMEDICAL ART MAJOR JENNIFER PASQUINI, THE HELEN GREENE

PERRY TRAVELING

SCHOLARSHIP;

DRAWING MAJOR ERIN

ROBINSON, THE MARY

C. PAGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP; PAINTING MAJOR

EMILY MOORES, THE NANCY DUNN MEMORIAL

SCHOLARSHIP.

SHOWN WORKING ON THEIR BFA THESIS PROJECTS ARE

2008 GRADUATES URI DAVILLIER (ABOVE), LAUREN

SAMMON (FAR RIGHT) AND EMILY MOORES (RIGHT).

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In 1968, Janez Smerdelj ’71 arrived inCleveland from what is now Sloveniawith $16 in his pocket and a strong determination to become an industrialdesigner. Forty years later, Smerdelj is an award-winning designer for a leadingEuropean household appliance manufac-turer and professor in a Slovenian univer-sity. In a visit to his alma mater this summer,he attributed much of his career successto his Cleveland Institute of Art education.

“The attitude we learned was to dowork honestly. Not to just use some gim-micks and some styling with nothingbehind it, but to really solve the prob-lems. This is still my professional credo,”Smerdelj said.

He studied under renowned facultymembers Viktor Schreckengost ’29, RoyHess ’48 and Peter Zorn ’65, all of whomhe cites as major influences on his work.Smerdelj recalls all-nighters in the studiowith Zorn and fellow students; philo-sophical discussions with Hess, whom hedescribed as “like a father;” and learningthe interplay of art and entrepreneurshipfrom Schreckengost.

“They were opening new worlds forme,” he said.

Smerdelj also thanks CIA HonoraryBoard member Mary Gardner and herlate husband, Joseph, with whom helived that first year. “Having Janez livewith us worked out very nicely; it wasthe right time for our family,” Gardnersaid. She recalls Smerdelj was “totallydedicated to working on his projects” ashe cultivated a CIA work ethic he wouldmaintain over four decades.

Even Smerdelj’s impressive mustachehas its roots at The Cleveland Instituteof Art. At the end of his first year, heaccompanied some friends to a bar tocelebrate. Although he was of age, hewas denied a beer because he didn’t havean ID card. After that, he grew his mus-tache and never again had a problemgetting served. “And this is why I havehad a mustache ever since,” he recallswith a chuckle.

Smerdelj got the most out of his CIAexperience, taking electives in sculpture,photography, watercolor, printmaking,and life drawing. “I think it’s good tocombine fine art courses with industrialdesign courses because when we designproducts for everyday use, we want tomake them not only functional, but also

to have some emotions, some storybehind them. If you talk aboutemotions, it involves how we seethe message from the product.And that involves the color,the form (and) the propor-tions. . . Those are the aes-thetic parameters.”

Smerdelj continues to com-bine fine and applied arts in hiswork as director of design forGorenje, a Slovenian manufacturer ofhousehold appliances sold in 70 coun-tries, and as professor in theDepartment of Design at the Academyof Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana,Slovenia.

He said his CIA education preparedhim for a wide range of jobs in his fieldand, after conversations this summerwith CIA President David Deming ’67and Design Environment Chair DanCuffaro ’91, he is confident that currentCIA students are being prepared equallywell for the evolving world of industrialdesign. After all, CIA students today arestill taught to ask the same question hewas taught to ask at the beginning ofevery project: for whom are you designing?

SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN DESIGNER VISITS HIS CIA ROOTS

there is also the greatest depth of activityhere, ranging from independent artisticwork up through the most corporatewidespread media. You can operate any-where within that range. There’s reallyno other place that I can imagine myselfbeing right now.”

Designing a New York Career

Nancy Yusko ’02 majored in ceramics butgravitated toward design during her timeat CIA. “Naturally, New York was a veryobvious place to look. When you’re dealingwith the U.S. and design and limited-pro-duction luxury goods, New York is the hub.”

She now works as a productiondesigner at Artistic Tile, a high-end floorand wall covering company. She lovesdesigning and developing the company’sprivate label and she loves New York.

“There’s still art happening here in thecity and that has a good effect on thedesign world. There’s just a lot happeninghere and it’s great to be exposed to it. Youfeel more connected, more aware, whichis important when your job is to come upwith the cutting edge.”

Yusko occasionally sees CIA contempo-raries in the city, including photographerJennifer Trausch ’04, who continues herwork with a large-format Polaroidcamera; Justin Acree ’04, who works atpanOptic creating award-winningmotion graphics; Ryan Sciandra ’04, whoworks in a photo production studio; andAlex Pakis ’04, who is opening a shop inthe Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

Hitting the Bull’s Eye

Dave Pinter ’95 came to New York in1999 knowing few CIA contemporariesthere. “Since about the 2002 or 2003 class,a lot of CIA people have moved to NewYork but that wasn’t the case when I

came here. I mostly see CIA people atalumni events in the city.”

He had studied transportation designas an Industrial Design major, but withjobs in the auto industry so tight in themid-1990s, he was delighted to beoffered a job as an interior designer atDesign Forum in Dayton.

“I had done one interior design proj-ect at CIA, not even a course. But Ithink just having the foundation, theproblem-solving skills, the drawing abil-ity and the ability to think is applicablein any field,” he said. In fact, the broad-based education he pursued at theInstitute benefits him to this day.

“The best part about CIA was theopportunity to try and experience anddo other things beyond your major. I spent a lot of time in the video lab, Itook ceramics electives. There was just afantastic kind of encouragement todiversify and not just focus on one thingand become myopic about developingskills. The studio set-up at CIA alsomade the transfer from school to workpretty effortless.”

Pinter worked at Design Forum forfive years and when he started thinkingabout moving on, New York City seemedto him the obvious choice. “In retail,this is really the bull’s-eye for everythingthat goes on. Everything new that hap-pens in retail happens here first.” Pinternow works for Grid2, a major retail inte-rior design and branding firm.

“My New York experience has had itsups and downs,” said Pinter, who livedthrough the turmoil of September 11,2001. “It’s been the kind of New Yorkexperience that’s legendary. It’s going tomake a great book someday. But forpeople looking for a challenge, I canthink of no better place.”

TOP: TOBY DEVAN LEWIS, A BOARD MEMBER AND

BENEFACTOR OF BOTH THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF

ART AND THE NEW MUSEUM IN NEW YORK’S BOWERY

DISTRICT, ARRANGED FOR THE INSTITUTE TO HOST A

RECEPTION AT THE NEW MUSEUM IN MAY.

ABOVE: ABBY FELDMAN ’06, TRISHA BARKMAN’06,

JESSICA LASKOSKY ’06 AND PAINTING DEPARTMENT

HEAD JULIE LANGSAM AT CIA’S NEW MUSEUM EVENT.

NEW YORK PHOTOS BY ERIKA NEOLA ’05

“They were

opening new

worlds for me.”

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Photography conference & exhibition willexpose CIA community to new ideas. . . andexpose photography educators to CIA

When The Cleveland Institute of Art hosts the Midwestconference of the Society for Photographic Education(SPE) in November, it will be a case of double exposure: theCIA community will be exposed to new images and lots ofmind-expanding ideas about the power of photographicmedia; while photography educators from across theMidwest will be exposed to CIA and its Department ofFilm, Video and Photographic Arts.

From November 6–8, photographers and photo educators from SPE’s 13-state Midwest region — bounded by Ohio and Kentuckyto the east, and North Dakota and Kansas to the west — will converge on Cleveland for “Imag(in)ing the Future of Photography: The Photographic and the Digital.” The conference will focus on the future of photography in the digital age with presentations byphotographer/educators, panel discussions featuring several invited presenters, an exhibition of photography from around the world in the Institute’s Reinberger Galleries (see related story), and a public lecture by Penelope Umbrico on Friday, November 7 at 6:30 p.m.in Aitken Auditorium.

“Hosting this conference provides a great opportunity for us to raise more awareness about our program and our school within thephotography community,” said Assistant Professor Barry Underwood, head of the Department of Film, Video and Photographic Arts. “It will help us build upon a reputation nationally.”

Equally important, he added, “Our students will hear points of view and see work from a very diverse group of established andemerging artists. For them, it’ll be a very heavily concentrated exposure to different ideas and ideologies in photography today.”

The rapid development of digital technologies in recent years will give academics ample fodder for dialogue. “This conference callsinto question how ideas within photography are shifting and how we, as instructors, teach or approach or embrace these new ideasand ideologies,” Underwood said.

Supplying those new ideas will be at least 10 international and five American photographers to be featured in the ReinbergerGalleries show, dozens of photography educators from throughout the Midwest, and an impressive lineup of guest speakers.

Umbrico, the keynote speaker, explores and critiques the fictional narratives of idealized lives suggested by images in consumer catalogs. Her work is in several private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of ModernArt, both in New York. Umbrico is chair of the master of fine arts (MFA) program in photography at Bard College and has taught atRhode Island School of Design, Parsons School of Design, Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University and New York University.

Marvin Heiferman, who will address the confer-ence on November 6, has written extensively onphotography and visual culture for prestigious muse-ums and publications. He is a faculty member in theMFA program in Advanced Photographic Studies atBard College and an adjunct professor at The Schoolof Visual Arts, New York. Dawoud Bey, who willspeak to the SPE group on November 8, is a professorof photography at Columbia College Chicago who is known for his large-scale color portraits of teensand other often-marginalized subjects.

Invited presenters are Brian Ulrich, photographyinstructor at the School of the Art Institute of

Chicago and Columbia College Chicago; Kelli Connell, assistant professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago; BarbaraTannenbaum, director of curatorial affairs at the Akron Art Museum; and Michelle Grabner, art critic and associate professor in thepainting and drawing department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Underwood is looking forward to new perspectives and lively discussions. “Whenever we bring in good visiting artists, there’salways a resurgence of energy for students and faculty because artists love to kick around ideas. We’re always trying to figure out howto grow and expand artistically and intellectually. Having new ideas come in is always refreshing and invigorating intellectually.”

The Society for Photographic Education is a national nonprofit, membership organization“dedicated to providing a forum for the understanding of photographic processes as a meansof expressing creativity and cultural insight.” Its national headquarters moved to Clevelandlast year.

The Midwest SPE conference is sponsored in part by Cleveland-based retailer Dodd Camera and by MAC Group, a photography sales and marketing company based in Elmsford, New York.

http://www.midwestspe.org/

DOUBLE

“Whenever we bring in good

visiting artists, there’s

always a resurgence of

energy for students and

faculty because artists love

to kick around ideas.”

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TOP: RYAN PATTISON ’07 PRESENTS HIS BFA

THESIS EXHIBITION IN CIA’S DEPARTMENT OF

FILM, VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS (FVPA).

ABOVE: ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER MATTHEW

FEHRMANN DEMONSTRATES HIGH-END DIGITAL

CAMERA AND SOFTWARE TO FVPA MAJORS.

RIGHT: DEPARTMENT HEAD BARRY

UNDERWOOD.

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(RE)IMAGING PHOTOGRAPHYNovember 7 – December 23

Exhibition in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries to featureartists from around the world

“(RE)Imaging Photography,” on view from November 7 until December 23, will bringtogether video and still images by photographers from China, Cuba, England, France,Israel, Poland, Portugal, Taiwan and the United States. Curator Bruce Checefsky,director of the Institute’s Reinberger Galleries, spent nearly a year combing galleriesand photo archives for the right mix of artists and images to include.

“Most of the works deal with landscape in some way,” Checefsky said. “What drewme to these images was the idea of expanding the concept of regionalism to more ofan idea of global regionalism.” Viewers will see in these images some similarities inviews and interpretations, but of very different landscapes around the world, he said.

At press time, “(RE)Imaging Photography” was to include new works by JeffChien-Hsing Liao (b.Taiwan), Neeta Madahar (b. U.K.), Didier Massard (b. France),Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons (b. Cuba), Tanya Marcuse (b. U.S.A.), Sze TsungLeong (b. China), Shai Kremer (b. Israel), J. Bennet Fitts (b. U.S.A.), as well as CIAphotography faculty members Barry Underwood, assistant professor and departmenthead; Nancy McEntee ’84, associate professor; and Mary Jo Toles, professor. Theexhibition will include a selection of video works by Dominik Lejman (b. Poland),and Portuguese artists Filipa Cesar, Alexandre Estrela, João Maria Gusmão and PedroPaiva, António Olaio, João Onofre, Miguel Palma, João Tabarra and Rui Toscano.

An opening reception is planned for Friday, November 7, from 5–7p.m. The confer-ence keynote address by Penelope Umbrico will follow at 6:30p.m. in AitkenAuditorium. The exhibition, reception and lecture are all free and open to the public.Umbrico’s lecture will be followed at 8p.m. by a Cleveland Institute of ArtCinematheque screening of a film that will appeal to photography buffs and indiemovie fans alike. “Guest of Cindy Sherman,” which debuted at the Tribeca FilmFestival in New York last spring, is a documentary about the relationship betweenart-scene commentator Paul Hasegawa-Overacker and reclusive yet influential pho-tographer Cindy Sherman.

Gallery hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm; Friday, 10 am – 9 pm; closed Sunday and Monday. The building will be closed November 27 and 28. To confirm times and locations, call 216-421-7000. For Cinemathequemovie details and ticket prices, see www.cia.edu/cinematheque and click Film Schedule .

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EXAMPLES OF IMAGES TO BE FEATURED

IN “(RE)IMAGING PHOTOGRAPHY,”

COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM TOP:

“FALLING”

NEETA MADAHAR (U.K.)

“BACKYARD DREAMS”

MARIA MAGDELENA CAMPOS-PONS (CUBA)

“THE MARSH”

TANYA MARCUSE (U.S.A.)

“IMPROVISED LANDING STRIP DURING THE

LEBANON WAR, NORTH ISRAEL”

SHAI KREMER (ISRAEL)

IMAGES COURTESY OF JULIE SAUL GALLERY,

NEW YORK CITY.

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On the Road Again

Alumni around the country continue to gather for gallery tours

and opportunities to network and reminisce. Right, ceramics

grads met in Pittsburgh to honor longtime faculty members

Bill Brouillard and Judith Salomon. Deirdre Daw ’80 and George

Bowes ’84 curated a Pittsburgh gallery exhibition, “The Cleveland

Institute of Art Ceramics Exhibition 1978–2008,” which later

traveled to Cleveland. In May, alumni met at the New Museum

in New York City (see story page 1) and for the “Viktor

Schreckengost Legacy Exhibition” at the Attleboro (MA) Arts

Museum. At press time, the alumni office was preparing to travel

to Detroit for a reception at the “Craft in America” exhibition at

the Cranbrook Art Museum and to Los Angeles for a gathering at

WET Design, the water feature development firm where

Patty Lundeen ’97 is manager of design.

JERRY UELSMANN (LEFT) AND MAGGIE TAYLOR (SECOND FROM LEFT) CELEBRATE

THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF THEIR WORK AT CIA’S REINBERGER

GALLERIES THIS SUMMER WITH MAGGIE’S MOTHER, SARA CHANDLER AND

HER STEPFATHER, GEORGE CHANDLER, WHO HOSTED THE RECEPTION.

ABOVE LEFT: “CONTRARY TO REASON” 2006, JERRY UELSMANN

ABOVE RIGHT: “MOTH DANCER” 2004, MAGGIE TAYLOR

STUDENTS SHINE IN DEALER TIRECOMPETITION

Cleveland’s Dealer Tire, a national supplierof tires to automobile dealerships, spon-sored a student art competition in April topromote CIA artists and enliven companyheadquarters. First place went to JerryBirchfield ’09, a Film, Video and Photo-graphic Arts major, for “Constructs + FifthPiece.” Second place went to Printmakingmajor Rebekah Wilhelm ’09 for “Relation-ships.” Third place went to Drawing majorMichael Abarca ’09 for “Triptych.” Fourthplace went to Painting graduate JustinMartin ’08 for “Dot.” Honorable mentionswent to Painting graduate NicholasMoenich ’08 for “My Pelvis,” and Film,Video and Photographic Arts major TimSkehan ’10 for “Equal and Opposite.”

The Board, administration, faculty and staff of The Cleveland

Institute of Art thank all those alumni, friends, corporations and foundations that contributed to

the 2007–2008 Annual Fund. Your generosity is vital to the ongoing success of the Institute as an

independent college of art and design. Thank you!

CIA DIRECTORIES STILL AVAILABLEIf you purchased a CIA Directory, thank you for your order. We hope you are using the directoryto re-connect with classmates, faculty and your alma mater. At press time, the publisher, Harris Connect, had a small number of directories left for purchase. To order, contact Harris at 1-800-877-6554 or inquiry@harrisconnect.com.

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When you establish a named endowment fund withThe Cleveland Institute of Art, you do more thanendow a department or our new building or even ascholarship fund – you endow your values.

Through your endowment, your commitment to artand design education will be perpetuated for gener-ations to come. Thanks to the funds that will be paidout each year from your endowment, students andfaculty of the Institute will benefit and your legacy atthe college will live on.

To learn more about endowing your values, pleasecontact Margaret Gudbranson, Esq., at 216-421-8016or mgudbranson@cia.edu. She can provide you withstraightforward brochures and helpful answers.

experience artThe Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty Exhibition, September 5–October 5 — When they’re not teaching, our faculty members are practicingartists and designers. This exhibition of their recent work promises to be instructional. Reinberger Galleries.

Faculty Show Opening Reception, September 5, 6–8 pm — Experience art and mingle with art enthusiasts at this public reception in theGund Building.

Phil Donahue’s Movie and Award, September 14, 7 pm — This television personality turned political activist will introduce hisfilm, “Body of War,” a Cinematheque offering, and accept the Howard M. Metzenbaum Ohio Citizen Action Award. Q&A andreception following film. Aitken Auditorium.

Young Artists Classes Begin September 20 or 27 — Children from pre-school to grade 12 build problem-solving skills, improvetheir concentration and express themselves in classes ranging from painting, drawing and ceramics to claymation, toy designand photography. Call 216-421-7461.

Adult Continuing Education Classes Begin September 22 — Continue your education with enameling, printmaking, book arts,painting, drawing, glass blowing or any one of the 25 different adult courses CIA offers. Call 216-421-7461.

Admissions Fall Open House, September 27 – Considering art school? Visit CIA and learn about our bachelor of fine arts (BFA)programs in art and design. Call 216-421-7418 for details.

The Gund Building is at 11141 East Boulevard. The Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts is at 11610 EuclidAvenue. The Reinberger Galleries, Aitken Auditorium and Ohio Bell Auditorium are in the Gund Building. Galleryhours are: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm; Friday, 10 am – 9 pm; closed Sundayand Monday. Both buildings will be closed September 1 and November 27 and 28. To confirm times and locations,call 216-421-7000. For Cinematheque movie details and ticket prices, see www.cia.edu/cinematheque and clickFilm Schedule.

The Institute distributes a monthly e-newsletter with announcements of exhibitions, receptions, public lecturesand other events. To subscribe to the e-newsletter, please contact friends@cia.edu.

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“(RE)Imaging Photography” Exhibition Opening Reception, November 7, 5–7 pm – Regionalism becomes global in this unique exhibi-tion of still and moving images by photographers from 10 different countries. On view through December 23 in Reinberger Galleries.

Penelope Umbrico lecture Friday, November 7, 6:30 pm – Focus on photography and develop some new ideas about the possibilitiesof photographic media at this keynote address for the Society for Photographic Education’s Midwest conference, “Imag(in)ing theFuture of Photography: The Photographic and the Digital.” Free and open to the public. Aitken Auditorium.

“Guest of Cindy Sherman,” Friday, November 7, 8 pm – This Cleveland Institute of Art Cinemathequefilm will appeal to photography buffs and indie movie fans alike. Aitken Auditorium.

Student Holiday Sale November 21–23, Times TBA – Our annual sale of student artwork is a terrificopportunity to purchase truly unique gifts! Times and exact location at CIA to be announced.

(RE)Imaging Photography” — through December 23.

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The Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty Exhibition, through October 5 — in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries.

Jonathan Lethem Lecture, October 2, 7 pm — Bestselling author Jonathan Lethem talks with Betsy Sussler of BOMBmagazine. Lethem is the author of coming-of-age tales that incorporate the elements of noir mysteries, westerns, science fiction and comic books. His appearance at the Institute is under the auspices of the 2008 Kacalieff LectureSeries. Aitken Auditorium.

Visiting Artists Jay Alan & Marlena Novak, October 24, 12:15 pm — Join us for this presentation as part of ourFoundation Lecture Series. Location at CIA to be announced.

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Gary Bukovnik ’71 – recently exhibited hiswork in exhibitions at the Paula BrownGallery, in Toledo, the Caldwell Snider Galleryin St. Helena, CA, the Riverside (CA) BotanicalGarden, and the St. Bonaventure University inBuffalo, NY.

Jack Lew ’71 – delivered the commencementspeech at Laguna College of Art and Design inLaguna Beach, CA, in May, where he was alsoawarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree. Hewas also the keynote speaker at the EducationLeadership Institute in Chicago in February,was the symposium speaker at the 2008Cornerstone Symposium — EntrepreneurialPittsburgh (PA) at Carnegie Mellon Universityin March, and received an award in May fromthe Academy of Art University in San Franciscofor his commitment to art education.

David Wood ’71 – has work represented inthe Butler (OH) Museum of American ArtFine Arts Co-op Gallery. His work can also beviewed on the Ohio Art Council’s onlinevisual artist registry.

Andrea Vaiksnoras Uravitch ’72 – had workin the November 2007 exhibit “Cheers: AMad Collection of Goblets,” in the New York(NY) Museum of Art and Design, as did KariRussell-Pool ’90 and Kari’s husband MarcPetrovic ’91. Andrea’s work was retained bythe museum for their permanent collection.She was also one of the artists featured inNovember 2007 in “Nature Magnified,” anexhibit at the American Association for theAdvancement of Science, in Washington D.C.,and was part of an American Landscape showin June at the Santa Reparata InternationalSchool of Art in Florence, Italy.

Joe Workosky ’72 – won “Best TV Program”of 2007 by the Pennsylvania Outdoor WritersAssociation in May for his video “StackhousePark: Deer Hunting Clinic.”

Diana Bjel ’73 – see Mayer ’64.

Bonnie Dolin ’73 – had work included in theNovember 2007 exhibition “The (sub) UrbanLandscape” at the Ross Art Museum, OhioWesleyan University, Delaware, OH. She alsohad work included in “The Holiday Store”show at Heights Arts in Cleveland Heights inDecember.

Paulette Krieger ’73 – retired after 30 yearsof teaching art in Cleveland and is currentlyworking in interior design with decorative tileand stone.

Constance Pierce ’73 – exhibited her painting “Genocide: Crucifixion of Darfur” in“Body of Christ: A National Juried Exhibition,”sponsored by the Washington TheologicalConsortium in Washington, D.C., inNovember and December 2007.

Thomas Saubert ’73 – is a representationalpainter and western regionalist currently livingin Montana.

Kathleen Eberhard Yates ’74 – had four ofher paintings on view at the Euclid (OH) ArtAssociation’s Annual Spring Art Show, and shereceived Honorable Mention for her pen andink drawing.

Robert Miklos ’75 – is the founder of hiscompany, Design Lab Architects, and is cur-rently designing museums, performing art cen-ters, and arts education facilities for the Arkell(NY) Museum, Ohio State University,Muskingum (OH) College, and the Universityof Maine.

Susan Sipos ’74 – was one of the artistsincluded in the April exhibit “The ClevelandInstitute of Art Ceramics Program 1978–2008”at Convivium33 Gallery in Cleveland. Also featured was work by Deirdre Daw ’80, Linda Arbuckle ’81, Eddie Dominguez ’81,Julie Tesser ’81, George Bowes ’84, Lisa Clague ’85, Susan Collett ’86, Neil Patterson ’86, Kristen Cliffel ’90, Kevin Snipes ’94, and faculty members Judith Salomon and Bill Brouillard.

Tim Shuckerow ’75 – won a Judson SmartLiving Award for his contributions to the vitality of University Circle. He is currently the director of Art Education and Art Studioat Case Western Reserve University.

Kim Bissett ’76 – had a solo exhibition of hersculpture work at the Audrey and HarveyFeinberg Art Gallery in Cain Park in ClevelandHeights in July and August.

Bruce Pollack ’76 – had work included in“Interview,” an exhibition at GalleryOneTwentyEight in March in New York City.

Barbara Klar ’78 – has been teaching out ofher studio in Accord, NY, for over three yearsand has expanded to personal and private les-sons. She was also invited by the Women’sStudio Workshop of Rosendale, NY, to partici-pate in their April event, “Slide Slam.”

Celeste DeSapri ’79 – received second placein the three-dimensional category for herpiece “Piotr” in the 32nd annual FairmountRussell Art Exhibition at Fairmount Center forthe Arts, Russell, OH in June. Judith Brandon ’87won first place for her work “Boreal Flames”in the painting/all medias category, andVaughn Bell ’93 received an honorable men-tion. Celeste is also a Northern OhioIllustrator’s Society Board Member, and con-tinues to substitute teach.

Tallmadge Doyle ’79 – was in a solo exhibi-tion, “Celestial Menagerie,” at the AugenGallery in Portland, OR, in June.

Deirdre Daw ’80 – see Sipos ’74.

Submissions received after June 30, 2008 will beprinted in the next issue.

ALUMNI

Lorraine Cochran ’39 – lives in Fort Myers, FL,with her husband, Robert Cochran ’41, andcontinues painting and selling her work inFlorida art galleries.

Melvin Rose ’40 – was honored as a 2008recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Awardby the Cleveland Arts Prize, an organizationthat supports and honors artists in NortheastOhio.

Robert Cochran ’41 – see Cochran ’39.

Donald Allen ’41 – painted airplane nose artduring WWII, and recently donated 41 re-cre-ations of his original art to the Dayton (OH)Air Force Museum. He also designed a stainlesssteel war memorial for his WWII FourthFighter Group that is located on the Air ForceMuseum’s grounds.

Shirley Leavitt Koller ’42 – had sculptures onview at the Harriet & Anna Gudelsky PortfolioGallery at the Metropolitan Center for VisualArts in Rockville, MD, in June.

Charles Berger ’43 – sent a portfolio of hiswork to the CIA Illustration department high-lighting his 60 year career, during which heworked in over 100 styles of illustration.

Clarke Garnsey ’47 – recently went on a cruisevacation to the island of Moorea, in Tahiti.

William Ward* ’47 – his collection of Mexicanfolk art was on view at The Cleveland Museumof Natural History in “Vibrancy of Tradition:Folk Art of Oaxaca, Mexico,” in April.

Roy Hess* ’48 – who taught Industrial Designat CIA from 1956 until 1994, was posthu-mously awarded the Viktor SchreckengostTeaching Award at the 2008 commencementceremony in honor of nearly four decades ofteaching excellence.

Hugh Greenlee* ’49 – who taught IndustrialDesign at the Institute from 1956 until 1998,was posthumously awarded the ViktorSchreckengost Teaching Award at the 2008commencement ceremony in honor of morethan four decades of teaching excellence.

Robert Gall ’50 – was a docent for 19 years at the Ft. Lauderdale (FL) Museum of Art, andwas a staff member at the Museum of Discoveryand Science in Ft. Lauderdale for 12 years.

Robert Tubbessing ’51 – had a 3-D exhibitionat Wobblefoot Gallery in Lakewood in April.

Robert Brisley ’52 – is living in Arizona andcontinues painting.

Herb Friedson ’58 – his bi-level enamel wallpiece “Assemblage #2,” was included in the“Best of 2008” exhibition sponsored by theOhio Designer Craftsmen. The traveling exhi-bition was on view at the Ohio CraftsMuseum in Columbus in May, the Springfield(OH) Museum of Art in July and August, andis currently on view until the end of Octoberat the French Art Colony in Gallipolis, OH.Herb also taught three enameling classes atthe Lawrence (KS) Art Center over thesummer.

Ann Leach Miller ’62 – won the gold medalfirst prize award in the 2007 Ohio WatercolorSociety’s Watercolor Show for her work “My Last Garden.”

Grant Williams ’62 – exhibited his work atthe Ashtabula (OH) Fine Arts Center in July tocelebrate 50 years of painting, prints and pottery.

Jerry Hirshberg ’63 – was a 2008 inductee to the Cleveland Heights High School Hall of Fame.

Charles Mayer ’64 – and Diana Bjel ’73 hadwork included in an exhibition at River Galleryin Rocky River, OH, in July.

William Wayland ’65 – recently retired fromGeneral Motors and spends his time buildingfurniture in his home studio.

Bruce McCombs ’66 – is currently a professorat Hope College in Holland, MI, and his workwas featured in the Spring 2008 issue ofAmerican Artist.

Elaine Battles ’67 – exhibited her art in“works from the kiln,” an exhibition at thePearl Conrad Gallery, The Ohio StateUniversity at Mansfield, in April. In addition,her work was included in “Echoes from theRustbelt,” an exhibition at Planet Art Galleryin Mt. Lebanon, PA. Kristen Cliffel ’90, KevinSnipes ’94, Andrea LeBlond ’95 and YumikoGoto ’04 also had work included in this exhibition.

Ray Burggraf ’68 – was one of the artistswhose work was featured in “A MysteriousClarity,” an exhibition at the Gulf CoastMuseum of Art in Largo, FL, in June and July.

Karen Martin Simpson ’68 – was juried intothe Canadian Institute of Portrait Artistsexhibit that was held in Calgary in August.

Mary Lou Ferbert ’68 – self-published Book ofHearts, a collection of personal Valentines thatshe painted during a 25-year period as giftsfor her family. The proceeds benefit theRehabilitation Program at Lakewood Hospital.

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EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST DJ OLIVE COMBINED LIGHTS AND VIDEO IMAGES WITH AUDIO COLLAGES OF MUSIC AND URBAN NOISES TO CREATE A CUTTING-EDGE EXPERIENTIAL

ART INSTALLATION WHEN HE VISITED THE INSTITUTE IN MARCH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE KACALIEFF LECTURE SERIES.

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Sreshta Premnath ’03 – directed “Talk LessWork More,” a short film that was includedin the Arab and South Asian Film Festival inMarch.

Yumiko Goto ’04 – had work on view at theBrokebridge Gallery in the Tremont neighbor-hood of Cleveland in May. Also see Battles ’67.

Anne Kibbe ’04 – see Kimura ’94.

Matt Neff ’04 – and Tony Solary ’04 are co-founders of Flipline Studios, a game develop-ment studio, and recently released onlinegames “Papa’s Pizzeria” and “Rock Garden.”They are currently working on the develop-ment of “Remnants of Skytone,” a browser-based MMO adventure set for release in late2008.

Tony Solary ’04 – see Neff ’04.

Josh Cole ’05 – see Sudduth ’83.

Ben Kinsley ’05 – exhibited his work in “AMoratorium on Make-Believe,” his 2008 ThesisExhibition, at the Regina Gouger Miller Galleryat Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,PA, in April.

Jessica Langley ’05 – received her Masters ofFine Arts Degree from Virginia CommonwealthUniversity (VCU) in May, and earned aFulbright Student Scholarship to pursue herartistic studies in Iceland. She also receivedVCU’s Leifur Eiriksson Scholarship, which will further supplement her studies in Iceland.Her work was included in “Dream + Reality,”an exhibition at AG Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, in May, and was also featured in the New American Paintings magazine, issue 75.

Charmaine Spencer ’05 – had a solo exhibi-tion of her work, “A Place to Dwell,” at TheSculpture Center in Cleveland in May.

Carrie Battista ’06 – is spending her secondyear as an artist-in-residence in Worcester,MA, and had work included in the June exhibi-tion “Artist in Residence” at the WorcesterCenter for Crafts.

Bethany Davis ’06 – was one of the artistsincluded in “Inside the Artist Studio,” a groupshow in June at the Mahan Gallery inColumbus.

Scott Goss ‘06 – had work included in“OH+5,” an exhibition at the Dairy Barn inAthens, OH, and also had work in “Lost: TheArt of the Found Object,” an exhibition in Julyand August at Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, GA.Also see Sudduth ’83.

Jocelyn Helm ’06 – currently lives in Brooklyn,NY, and designs jewelry for Big Bang Jewelry.

Brooke Inman ’06 – had work included in“Orbital Debris,” a two-person exhibition atSpace 1026 in Philadelphia in June. In addition,her MFA Thesis Exhibition at VirginiaCommonwealth University’s Anderson Gallerywas in May.

Joe Stavec ’80 – was one of the artists fea-tured in “Dream Country,” an exhibition at1point618 Gallery in Cleveland on view Junethrough August.

David Verba ’80 – did the cover illustrationfor Essential Solitude: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraftand August Derleth, which was published byHippocampus Press in June.

Linda Arbuckle ’81 – see Sipos ’74.

Catherine Butler ’81 – had a solo exhibitionat the William Busta Gallery in Cleveland inApril.

Eddie Dominguez ’81 – see Sipos ’74.

Julie Tesser ’81 – see Sipos ’74.

Robert Arko ’82 – is the creative director ofCoalesse, a new division of office furnituremanufactured by Steelcase, that will focus on promoting a less rigid, more attractiveworkplace.

Gwendolyn Kerber ’82 – exhibited one of herpaintings in the Beijing Biennale in China overthe summer.

Steve Ramsey ’83 – his work was included inCorning Museum of Glass: New Glass Review 29,an annual catalogue which includes 100 glassobjects from around the world. Jon Cotterman ’07also had work included in the catalogue.

Mark Sudduth ’83 – had work included in theBenchmark Studio Open House in April atBenchmark Studios in Cleveland. Josh Cole ’05,Scott Goss ’06, Jon Cotterman ’07 and fac-ulty member Brent Kee Young also had workon view.

Christina Beecher ’84 – taught art to elemen-tary and middle school students over the pastacademic year, and continues to show her art-work in Massachusetts galleries.

George Bowes ’84 – see Sipos ’74.

Paul Dacey ’84 – exhibited his work in “Madein China,” a solo exhibition at Y Gallery inJackson Heights, NY, in May.

James Esber ’84 – had work on view in“World War Me,” an exhibition at the Pierogi 2000 Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, in March and April.

Kim Kulow Jones ’84 – has three collaborativepieces with her husband included in the exhi-bition “A Chair for All Reasons,” an exhibitionat the Museum of International Folk Art inSanta Fe, NM. The exhibition runs throughJanuary 2009.

Jim Supanick ’84 – received an Art WritersGrant from Creative Capital and the AndyWarhol Foundation for an article he’s writingtitled “Windsock Navigation: eteam’sInternational Airport Montello.”

Lisa Clague ’85 – see Sipos ’74.

Susan Collett ’86 – was a 2008 inductee tothe Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and herwork was featured in the Academy’s“Vernissage 2008” exhibition at the MooreGallery in Toronto, ON, in June. Also see Sipos ’74.

Neil Patterson ’86 – see Sipos ’74.

William Winans ’86 – recently joinedSwagelok Company, a major developer andprovider of fluid system solutions located inSolon, OH, as the director of eBusiness andknowledge management.

Harriet Moore Ballard ’87 – had work onview at the Audrey and Harvey Feinberg ArtGallery in Cain Park in Cleveland Heights inJune and July.

Judith Brandon ’87 – see DeSapri ’79.

John Carter ’87 – continues to create multi-media light and sound shows in the UnitedStates and Canada, and work on his line of artfurniture. He and his wife celebrated the birthof another child in June.

Ann Rea ’87 – painted a new vineyard seriesof oils on canvas depicting the Silver OakVineyards in the spring. She will complete thesecond part of her series by painting vineyardsin the Napa Valley in the autumn.

Kristen Cliffel ’90 – see Battles ’67 and Sipos ’74.

Judith McMillan ’90 – her black-and-whitephotographs, exploring bird nests as architec-ture, were exhibited at The ClevelandMuseum of Natural History, April through July.

Kelly Palmer ’90 – and Kevin Snipes ’94 arecurrently represented by River Gallery inRocky River, OH, and were featured in theMay issues of Ceramics Monthly.

Kari Russell-Pool ’90 – had work included inthe Mint (NC) Museum of Craft and Design’sexhibition “Masters of Disguise,” which wason view March through July. Also see Uravitch ’72.

Emily Blaser ’91 – was one of the artistsincluded in “Pulled Passed,” an exhibition atZygote Press in Cleveland in April.

Marc Petrovic ’91 – had a piece of his workadded to the Fuller Craft Museum’s perma-nent collection in Brockton, MA. Also seeUravitch ’72.

Paul Yanko ’91 – currently resides inGreenville, SC, and is a full-time paintinginstructor in the Visual Arts Department at theSouth Carolina Governor’s School for the Artsand Humanities. His work was recentlyacquired by the Medical University of SouthCarolina for their permanent collection, and hehad a solo exhibition at the Greenville CountyMuseum of Art in April.

Emily Felderman ’92 – was one of the artistswhose work was included in “FOCUS: Fiber2008,” a biennial juried exhibition of fiber artthat was held at the Cleveland StateUniversity Art Gallery in May.

Vaughn Bell ’93 – see DeSapri ’79.

Natasha Sweeten ’93 – her work was includedin a group show at the Edward Thorp Galleryin New York City, June through August.

Alexandra Underhill ’93 – held a signing ofher book AlterNation at the Lake Erie ArtistsGallery in Cleveland in April. AlterNation isdesigned to teach even the novice sewer howto design his or her own clothes by transform-ing thrift store finds.

Carl Zipfel ’93 – re-designed the exterior ofthe new Hummer H3T, which debuts at dealer-ships this fall.

Ray Jasinski ’94 – is the President of LinearCreative, an advertising and design communi-cations company. The company recentlylocated to a new space in Lakewood.

Margaret Kimura ’94 – and Anne Kibbe ’04had work included in “Material Studies:Process and Play,” a group exhibition at ZygotePress in Cleveland in March.

Kevin Snipes ‘94 – see Battles ’67, Sipos ’74 andPalmer ’90.

Samantha Fields ’95 – had work included in“Summer Mix,” an exhibition at LembergGallery in Ferndale, MI, in July.

Andrea LeBlond ’95 – see Battles ’67.

Paul Timman ’95 – is a respected tattoo artistwho is currently designing ceramic tablewarethat will soon be released in the United Statesand the United Kingdom.

Patty Lundeen ’97 – is a manager at WETDesign in Sun Valley, CA, and one of her waterfeatures in Bremerton, WA, was featured onthe cover of the June 2008 issue of LandscapeArchitecture. She has also joined the Board ofDirectors of Analogous, a New York Citybased arts non-profit organization.

Susan Danko ’98 – had work included in“Exurbs: A Collected Environment,” a groupexhibition at Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, in April.

Christa Donner ’98 – will co-curate “BiologicalAgents,” an exhibition at Chicago’s Gallery 400that will open in September. Her work wasincluded in “Reproductive Revisions,” a soloexhibition at the International Museum ofSurgical Science in Chicago in May.

Eric Stoddard ’98 – was promoted to SeniorResearcher — Hyundai Global Design TaskForce Team, and moved to Korea in July for a3–5 year assignment.

Sarah Chuldenko ’99 – had a solo exhibition,“Casualties of Beauty,” at FAKE ESTATE inNew York City in May.

William Newhouse ’99 – see Callaghan ’99.

Kimberly Engel ’02 – runs Studio Dogface anddisplayed examples of her paintings and hand-cut paper silhouettes at a Ladies Who Lunchevent in May in Cleveland. Her work was alsodisplayed at Art Etc, a gallery in the Little Italyneighborhood of Cleveland in June.

Robert Goodman ’02 – was awarded aPennsylvania Council on the Arts grant forpainting, and his work was included in thegroup exhibition “Solid Gold” at Vox PopuliArt and Gallery Studios in Philadelphia. He alsohad work included in a show at The Galleriesat Moore in Philadelphia in July.

Leah Montalto ’02 – was one of the artistswhose work was included in the “183rdAnnual Exhibition of Contemporary Artists” atthe National Academy Museum and School ofFine Arts in New York City, on view Junethrough August. She is currently representedby the Priska C. Juschka Gallery in New YorkCity and has been a professor at SarahLawrence College in Bronxville, NY, since 2004.

Jen Omaitz ’02 – had a solo exhibition,“Noise,” at 1point618 Gallery in Cleveland inApril and May.

Eric Zimmerman ’02 – spent June at TheVermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, on afull fellowship.

Chris Duffy ’03 – was one of the artistsincluded in “West Nile Style,” a group exhibi-tion at the D’Amelio Terras Gallery in NewYork City in July and August.

Jen Prox ’03 – was one of the artists includedin an exhibit at the River Gallery, Rocky River,OH, in May. She also recently gave birth to a son.

SCALMATO WINS STUDENT EMMY

ANTHONY PAUL SCALMATO ’07 PLACED

SECOND IN THE ANIMATION CATEGORY

IN THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS &

SCIENCES FOUNDATION’S 29TH COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS AND WON THE

ACADEMY’S PRESTIGIOUS BRICKER HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR HIS SHORT FILM,

“WHEN THE WORLD GOES DARK,” WHICH HE CREATED FOR HIS BFA (BACHELOR OF

FINE ARTS) THESIS PROJECT IN T.I.M.E.-DIGITAL ARTS.

Valerie Molnar ’06 – graduated from VirginiaCommonwealth University with an MFA inMay. She exhibited her work in May in herMFA Thesis Exhibition at Anderson Gallery inRichmond, VA. Her work was also included in“Here and Now” at Transformer Gallery inWashington D.C., and in “Thread as Line” atEllipse Center in Arlington, VA.

Salvatore Schiciano ’06 – has been acceptedto Pennsylvania State University’s School ofthe Arts MFA Program and plans to attendthis fall.

Janet Bruhn ’07 – has been accepted toVirginia Commonwealth University’s MFAProgram and plans to attend this fall.

Jon Cotterman ’07 – was one of the artistswhose work was featured in “On a Pedestaland Off The Wall: The Fourth AnnualExhibition of Small Sculpture From theRegion,” at The Sculpture Center in Clevelandin June and July. Work by Taylor Maida ’08was also included in the exhibition. Also seeRamsey ’83 and Sudduth ’83.

David Houry ’07 – was selected as one of 32 students to be recognized as a semi-finalistin the Academy of Motion Picture Arts andSciences’ 35th Annual Student AcademyAwards competition for the animated film,“Paper Shepherd,” which he produced for hisBFA thesis project.

Katie Loesel ’07 – had work included in theArt’s Alive Festival in Burlington, VT, in June.

Derrick Nau ’07 – has been on world-widetour this year with his band, Skeletonwitch.

Brittany Ruccella ’07 – the fall line of herenvironmentally-friendly clothing line, CcellaBottega, is slated to have a limited distributionin a few stores in Cleveland.

Carole Ruffin ’07 – is one of the productdesigners featured on “Everyday Edison,” a PBSreality series in its second season that featuresbeginner inventors who must take their con-cepts from idea to finished product.

Shawn Hornung ’08 – and Dean Mallory ’08are both employed as EnvironmentalDesigners, at Palladeo, a company in Glendale,CA.

Taylor Maida ’08 – see Cotterman ’07.

Dean Mallory ’08 – see Hornung ’08.

Justin Martin ’08 – had been accepted intoCornell University’s MFA Program and plans toattend this fall.

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FACULTY & STAFF

Sherri Appleton (Adjunct Faculty, InteriorDesign) – was honored by the MilestonesAutism Organization with its MilestonesRecognition Award for creating an informalsocial group for teens with Asperger’sSyndrome (high functional autism), for provid-ing families with support and informationregarding resources and recreational programs,and for being an advocate for people withAsperger’s. In April, the Educational ServiceCenter of Cuyahoga County recognized her for similar efforts.

Eoin Breadon (Adjunct Faculty, Glass) – wasfeatured in a two-person show, “An Indian andAn Irishman Walk into a Bar: HomebrewedGlass,” in At Space Gallery in Santa Ana, CA,during April and May. During July and August,he had a solo show of hot sculpted and carvedglass at Thomas R. Riley Galleries in Cleveland.

Jake Beckman (Technical Assistant, Sculpture) –was included in “Living in Your Imagination,”the 30th anniversary exhibition at SPACES, thecontemporary art gallery on Cleveland’s nearwest side. Curated by William Busta, the showran from April through July and attempted toaddress a persistent theme in contemporary art,“how artists mix personal and public identity asthey respond to the places in which they exist.”Amy Casey ’99 (staff) was also included in this show.

Shelley Costa Bloomfield, Ph.D. (AdjunctFaculty, Liberal Arts) – has published a book, The Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe: The life,times, and work of a tormented genius (AdamsMedia, 2007).

Bill Brouillard (Professor, Ceramics) – see Sipos ’74.

Kaja Tooming Buchanan, Ph.D. (VisitingAssistant Professor) – was appointed to thisposition over the summer. A design theorist,she earned her doctorate at Högskolan förDesign och Konsthantverk (School of Designand Craft) Goteborg University, Sweden, andher combined MFA & BA at Tallinn ArtUniversity (formerly Estonian Academy of Art).

Timothy Callaghan ’99 (Adjunct Faculty,Painting) – collaborated with WilliamNewhouse ’99 on paintings that premiered inthe summer painting exhibition at WilliamBusta Gallery in Cleveland. Work by Lorri Ott(faculty) was also included.

Amy Casey ’99 (Project Coordinator, ReinbergerGalleries) – had a painting, “Hive Study 2,” pub-lished in The New York Times on April 14 illus-trating a story about the weak housing market.She had work in a group show, “Urbanic,” atmoxie DaDA gallery in Pittsburgh in July. InOctober, she will be in a group show at PROJECTSPACE in Kansas City, MO and in November, asolo show at POVevolving Gallery in LosAngeles. Also see Beckman (staff).

Tina Cassara (Co-Department Head and Professor,Fiber and Material Studies) – see Checefsky (faculty).

Bruce Checefsky (Director, Reinberger Galleries) –had a program of moving images titled “Tuareg”(2008) included in a curated live performanceof video, film and music at HallwallsContemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, NY inApril and again at the International AnimationFestival in Poznan, Poland this summer. Hisshort film, “Moment Musical,” (2006) alsoscreened at the Poznan festival. Tina Cassara(faculty) created the animation for these films.Checefsky spent part of the summer inWarsaw, Poland, completing work on a docu-mentary about industrial designer AndrejzPawlowski, to air on Polish public television inthe fall.

Dan Cuffaro ’91 (Chair, Design Environment;Anne Fluckey Lindseth Professor of IndustrialDesign) – was featured in a May article inInternational Design magazine aboutCleveland’s District of Design, which he hasproposed and promoted. In June, Cuffarocompleted training provided by the IndustrialDesigners Society of America to serve as anexpert witness in design patent litigation.

Michael Danko, Ph.D. (Adjunct Faculty, LiberalArts) – had a poem, “Quick, Boston,” includedin The Journal, a literary magazine published byThe Ohio State University. He also partici-pated in a roundtable discussion on teachingthe classical essay, which was published inFourth Genre, a literary magazine published byMichigan State University.

David Deming ’67 (President and CEO) –had a bronze statue depicting a veteran dedi-cated in May at the Ohio Western ReserveNational Cemetery in Rittman, OH. Also inMay, he was awarded the Golden Age Centersof Greater Cleveland’s 2008 Annual Award forthe Arts. His archway sculpture of Ohiowildlife in the main Lakewood (OH) PublicLibrary was dedicated in June.

Nicholas Economos (Assistant Professor,T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts) – was recently appointedto this position, having served as a visitinginstructor during the 2007–2008 academicyear. He earned his MFA at University ofOklahoma and his BFA at University of North Carolina.

Megan Ehrhart (Assistant Professor, T.I.M.E. –Digital Arts) – was recently appointed to thisposition. She earned her MFA at SyracuseUniversity and her BFA at Maryland InstituteCollege of Art.

John Ewing (Director, Cinematheque) – won aJudson Smart Living Award in the arts categoryin honor of his contributions to the culturalvitality of University Circle. Ewing foundedCinematheque and the film program at theCleveland Museum of Art 22 years ago andcontinues to share his knowledge of and passion for film every week.

Mike Gollini ’86 (Department Head andAssociate Professor, Interior Design) – designedAmerican Hot Rod Racer, a store in aBeachwood, OH shopping mall where customersdesign, assemble and race remote-control cars.His students painted racing-themed murals onthe store’s walls. The store was the subject ofan article in the March 2008 issue of InsideBusiness magazine.

Sarah Kabot (Assistant Professor, Foundation) –was included in the “Paper City” exhibition atMixed Greens Gallery in New York City andthis fall her work will be exhibited at SmackMellon Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. In Cleveland,she is working with Cleveland Public Artdesigning a work for the Avenue Districtredevelopment and she has been elected tothe Board of Directors at Zygote Press.

Kasumi (Associate Professor, T.I.M.E.-DigitalArts, Foundation) – has received a commissionfrom The American Composers Orchestra tocreate an original composition for videoart,soundart and orchestra. She will join forceswith composer Margaret Brouwer, ChairEmeritus of the Composition Department,Cleveland Institute of Music. The world premiere of this work will be performed atNew York’s legendary Carnegie Hall onFebruary 20, 2009.

Joyce Kessler (Associate Professor, Liberal Arts)– served as a juror for the Letter Arts prizesawarded in the 29th Annual AmericanGreetings Fine Arts Show in July.

Maureen Kiernan, Ph.D. (Associate Professor,Liberal Arts) – presented an illustrated talk aspart of CIA’s Foundation Lecture Series lastsemester titled “Pilgrimages, Personal andOtherwise.” She was selected, on the basis ofthis essay, to participate in the SummerSolstice Writer’s Workshop in Boston in June.She gave two readings there from her work inprogress, a book of essays on travel and travelnarratives.

Julie Langsam (Motto Chair; Head, PaintingDepartment) – had a painting, “MeierLandscape (Atheneum),” in an exhibition,“Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape,” atthe Neuberger Museum, Purchase College,State University of New York, from Maythrough July. The exhibition took a criticallook at current global realities while examiningthe complex political and social dimensions oflandscape, architecture, science and technologies.

Hyosoo Lee (Staff Emeritus) – who retiredfrom her position as Technical ServicesLibrarian last winter after nearly 30 years ofservice, was the first retired staff member tobe named to the new, honorary title, StaffEmeritus. As is true when retired faculty arenamed Faculty Emeritus, the new StaffEmeritus title will be awarded to recognizeretired, long-term staff members, who, overtheir career at the Institute, made significantcontributions to the operations and congenialworking environment for staff, faculty andstudents.

Scott Ligon (Assistant Professor, FoundationDigital Art & Design) – was appointed to thisposition over the summer. He earned his MFAat Maryland Institute College of Art and hisBA at University of Mary Washington.

Robert Mayer (Former President) – has hadtwo solo exhibitions of his photography inrecent months. “Patterns” was on view atNew York Art Gallery in Manhattan in May,and “A Celebration of Trees” showed in Julyat Arizona State University’s Kerr CulturalCenter in Scottsdale.

Mark Moskovitz (Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture) –is currently in two shows. The first, “Thoughtson Democracy,” runs through December 7 atthe Wolfsonian Museum in Miami, FL. Hissolo show, “Real Work,” is at Vertigo ArtSpace in Denver from August 8–September 19.The show is an installation of sculptures,designs, and video work. www.thoughtsondemocracy.blogspot.com.www.vertigoartspace.com.

Lori Nofziger (Patron Services Librarian) – leftthe Institute in May. During 23 years of serv-ice, she helped move the library three times(twice without movers), improved the library’sAV services, developed the sound recordingcollection, helped automate the library andupgrade its circulation services, and super-vised and trained more than two dozen staffand scores of student assistants.

Saul Ostrow (Chair, Visual Arts and TechnologiesEnvironment) – participated in a panel discus-sion, “The city in the 21st Century,” atAmericas Society in New York City in June.Also on the panel were Anthony Kiendl, direc-tor of Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada; CarlosBrillembourg, architecture editor of BOMBmagazine; and Gwendolyn Owens, curator of“Between Observation and Intervention: ThePainted Photographs of Melvin Charney,”which was on view at Americas Society fromMay through July.

Lorri Ott (Adjunct Faculty, Foundation) – was ina two-person show, “Ivelisse Jimenez and LorriOtt: Description Without a Place,” at Exit, agallery in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhoodduring March and April. The works in thisshow included three-dimensional constructionsmade of found and manufactured materials.exitgallery.com. Also see Callaghan ’99 (faculty).

Robert Palmer (Faculty Emeritus) – had a soloshow of his photography at Friends Gallery,Kendal at Oberlin, earlier this year.

Fletcher Pass (Facilities Repairman) – wasnamed Staff Member of the Quarter for Spring2008 in recognition of his significant contribu-tions to the college. Nominated by faculty andstaff members, he was the first recipient ofthis new award. He has worked at the Institutesince 1994.

LISA KRAMER REICHEL WAS NAMED DIRECTOR

OF CONTINUING EDUCATION + COMMUNITY

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“MEIER LANDSCAPE (ATHENEUM)” 2007

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OIL ON LINEN

“ALL HANDS ON DECK,” 2008

TIM CALLAGHAN ’99 AND WILLIAM NEWHOUSE ’99

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IN MEMORIAM

Board of DirectorsGeorge Dunn passed away in February. He hadjust completed his third three-year term on theBoard. Said Institute President David Deming ’67,“George was a truly wonderful man, a greatfriend and supporter of the arts, and one wholoved adventure and discovery.”

John Herlitz died in March. A former directorof design at Chrysler, John was an inspirationalmentor to numerous CIA graduates as theystarted their automotive design careers. Hewas the father of Todd Herlitz ’96. Johnserved on the Board for five years.

AlumniMartina Grenwis ’32 – passed away inNovember 2007. The Cleveland resident was96 years old.

John “Jack” Worthington ’36 – died at age 94on May 18, 2008, in Venice, FL. The formerCanton, OH, resident grew up in ClevelandHeights and studied sculpture and drawing atthe Institute. After graduation, he served in theArmy Air Corps during WWII. Jack was theoriginal sculptor of the bust and the full sizestatue of Jim Thorpe in the Pro Football Hallof Fame in Canton. In 2003, in recognition ofthe bicentennial of the state of Ohio, he wasselected as one of the greatest citizens in thehistory of Stark County. Jack is survived by hiswife of 69 years, Marion, their three children,eight grandchildren, and one great-grand-daughter.

Leonard Yuschik ’37 – passed away at age 91on December 11, 2007, in Phoenix. He is sur-vived by his wife, Florench.

Alice Lauffer Lawrence ’38 – passed away onMay 27, 2008, at age 92. After graduating fromthe Institute, she went on to teach in theCleveland Public Schools. She also practicedportraiture and printmaking, and painted anddrew into her early 90s. The ClevelandMuseum of Art owns several of her pieces, asdoes the Butler Institute of American Art inYoungstown, and the Akron Museum of Art.She is survived by her son and grandson, herbrother, a great-granddaughter, and manynieces and nephews.

Virginia Kamps Gill ’40 – passed away inDecember 2007 at age 89 in California.

Louise Price ’40 – died at age 90 on June 23,2008, in Beachwood, OH. She was the retiredhead of the art department at AndrewsOsborne Academy where she incorporatedadvertising, art history, and photography intothe school’s curriculum. Louise studied illus-tration at the Institute, and prior to her workas a teacher, she worked for 14 years in adver-tising. She also held a masters degree in arteducation from what is now Case WesternReserve University. She is survived by herdaughter.

Ralph Ortiz ’43 – passed away at age 86 onSeptember 23, 2006, in Cleveland. The WWIIUS Army Air Force veteran and retiredteacher is survived by his wife, Pamela.

Bernard Specht ’43 – died at age 86 on July 1,2008. He studied art education at theInstitute and went on to teach art for over 40years in the Parma, OH public schools andBaldwin Wallace College. He served in theUnited States Army during WWII in Asia, andwas active in Kiwanis International, the BoyScouts and Parma-South Presbyterian Church.Bernard is survived by his two sons and twograndchildren.

Zella Eckles Marggraf ’44 – passed away onJanuary 30, 2008, at age 97 in Los Angeles.Besides earning a degree from the Institute,Zella also went on to receive a B.S. from whatis now Case Western Reserve University andan M.A. from UCLA. She was an artist, gold-smith, printmaker, photographer, and profes-sor of art at Los Angeles Valley College. Shehad also traveled widely with her late hus-band. Although blind for several years, Zellanever lost interest in keeping up-to-date onbooks, fashion and entertainment. She will bemissed by her Los Angeles community andfamily in Lancaster, OH.

Barbara Frith ’46 – died at age 82 onDecember 21, 2007, in Santa Monica, CA.

Arthur Sahagian ’47 – passed away onFebruary 18, 2008. The former Skokie, IL, resi-dent is survived by his daughter and son aswell as five stepchildren, three grandchildren,two step grandchildren, and two great-grand-children.

Doris Hinderliter ’47 – passed away inDecember 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. She is sur-vived by her husband, Harry, and her children.

Edward Kudlaty ’47 – died at age 91 onDecember 13, 2007, in Cleveland. The WWIIUS Army veteran is survived by his two sons,his daughter, six grandchildren, and threegreat-grandchildren.

Wilma Williams DeMarco ’48 – passed awayJune 15, 2008, at age 82. She studied illustra-tion while a student at the Institute and even-tually became the main children’s fashionillustrator at Higbee’s and Halle’s stores inCleveland. She also had a degree from AkronUniversity in art education. She is survived byher husband, retired faculty member MarcoDeMarco ’40, whom she met while at theInstitute.

Harold Fetty ’48 – passed away peacefully,surrounded by family, on April 13, 2008, at age83, in Raleigh, NC. He is survived by his wife,Rosaleen, four children, four great-grandchil-dren, and his sister and brother.

Walter Schmidt ’49 – died April 17, 2008, atage 88. The Cleveland resident studied paint-ing at the Institute after serving in the UnitedStates Navy during WWII. He worked foradvertising agencies and had several art showsin various galleries. Walter is survived by hismany cousins and close friends.

Salvatore Fossaceca ’51 – passed away onMay 24, 2006. He is survived by his wife.

Otto Hahn ’53 – died at the age of 95 on June10, 2008, in Cleveland. He was born inCzechoslovakia and was a Holocaust survivorwho helped rescue children. He was rescuedfrom the Nazis by the father and brothers ofa Case Western Reserve sociology professorand eventually got to meet the professor andthank him for his family’s bravery. Ottoarrived in the United States in 1939 and set-tled in Cleveland. He worked as the chiefengineer at St. Luke’s Hospital and also taughtat Max Hayes Vocational High School. Otto’stwo main passions were swimming and art. Hewas ranked fourth in the United States inSenior Olympics swimming and swam 100laps per day until he was 93. In addition, hepainted European cityscapes in his homestudio and sculpted ceramic figures. He is sur-vived by his daughter, four grandchildren, andfour great-grandchildren.

Caroline Allrutz ’55 – passed awaySeptember 9, 2005, after a lengthy illness,with her family at her side.

George McBeath ’55 – died in April 2007. He is survived by his wife Gertrude, twodaughters, and a son.

Joseph Cuffari ’57 – passed away in October2006 at age 72 in Lakewood, OH. He is survivedby his wife, Patricia, and his two children.

Charles Laszlo ’66 – passed away in July 2002at age 78.

Florence Reisenfeld ’68 – passed away on April 7,2008, at age 80, in Beachwood, OH. Shereturned to college after raising her children,receiving a BFA from the Institute and amaster’s degree in art history from Kent StateUniversity. Her works have been exhibited inmany local and national juried shows, includingat the National Academy of Design in NewYork, NY, The Butler Institute of American Artin Youngstown and the New OrleansInternational Exhibition, among others. Havinghad five spinal infusions of her own, Florencestarted an art therapy program at the YouthSpine Center of University Hospitals in 1973and also illustrated two books for scoliosispatients there. She is survived by two sons, onedaughter, seven grandchildren and her brother.

Benjamin Simms ’71 – passed away in January2006 in a motor vehicle collision. He studiedpainting at the Institute and he taught atKaramu House in Cleveland and coordinatedthe Karamu Gallery before moving to Pittsburghwith his wife in 1980. His work has been exhib-ited at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and inmuseums and galleries in Dallas, TX, andthroughout Pittsburgh. He is survived by hiswife, Francine.

Gary Gnuschke ’73 – passed away inDecember 2005.

Scott Miller ’83 – passed away in May 2008 atage 52. He was a highly productive Clevelandartist and a major force in the city’s art scenesince the ’80s. He lived and worked in aCleveland West Side neighborhood and exhib-ited extensively in Cleveland galleries. His workwas also shown at galleries around the world,including New York City, Los Angeles, Key West,FL, Toronto, Paris, Tokyo, and Amsterdam. Hispaintings were reviewed by the prestigiousnational magazine Art in America and his showswere covered by Northern Ohio Live, The PlainDealer, and other regional publications. He issurvived by his parents, a brother and a sister.

Sarah Paul (Assistant Professor, T.I.M.E.-DigitalArts) – was recently appointed to this position,having served as a visiting instructor during the2007–2008 academic year. She earned her MFAat University at Buffalo and her BS at StateUniversity of New York at Albany.

Lisa Kramer Reichel (Director, ContinuingEducation + Community Outreach) – was pro-moted to this position in April. She joined theInstitute as Assistant Director in September2007, bringing more than 18 years of experi-ence in education and community outreachfrom Opera Cleveland, where she served asoperations manager and as the administrator ofsecondary education.

Judith Salomon (Department Head and Professor,Ceramics) – see Sipos ’74.

Viktor Schreckengost* ’29 (Professor Emeritus) –a retrospective of his work, “The ViktorSchreckengost Legacy Exhibition,” was on dis-play in April and May at the Attleboro (MA)Arts Museum.

Barbara Stanczak ’90 (Professor, Foundation) –had work in “Parallel Paths, Singular Quest,” anexhibition including her work and that of herhusband, Julian Stanczak ’54 (ProfessorEmeritus), at the Cleveland Artists Foundationat the Beck Center in Lakewood, OH, over thesummer.

Julian Stanczak ’54 (Professor Emeritus) – hadwork on view at the Danese Gallery in NewYork City in April. Also see Barbara Stanczak ’90.

Dan Tranberg (Adjunct Faculty, Painting) – hasco-founded Geniocity.com, a website featur-ing blogs and articles about creative peopleworking at the cutting edges of arts, culture,science, business, education and other fields.The site also sells artwork.

Barry Underwood (Department Head andAssistant Professor, Film, Video & PhotographicArts) – received a 2008 Individual ExcellenceAward in Photography from the Ohio ArtsCouncil. In July, he participated in the 2008Residency Season at the Artists’ Enclave at I-Park in East Haddam, CT.

Brent Kee Young (Department Head andProfessor, Glass) – had a solo show at theFigge Art Museum in Davenport, IA, fromMarch through May. His work was featured inand depicted on the cover of the spring 2008issue of Glass: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly.Also see Sudduth ’83.

DAVID DEMING '67, SHOWN HERE AT THE INSTITUTE'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY GALA,

CELEBRATED 10 YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF HIS ALMA MATER IN JULY.

TOM HORN GOLF OUTING

IN MEMORY OF TOM HORN, THE INSTITUTE’S LONGTIME DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 21 FACULTY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TOOK TO THE LINKS

IN MAY FOR THE FIRST TOM HORN MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING. THE EVENT RAISED MUCH-NEEDED FUNDS FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND PAID A FOND TRIBUTE TO HORN, WHO

DIED SUDDENLY IN JANUARY OF 2007.

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