ALUMNI NEWS

March 5, 2008

Lew Calver Designs

Alumnus Lew Calver (BFA ‘71, MS ‘73)  has entered the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “The Back-of-the-Envelope Design Contest” to sketch visions for the George W. Bush Library.  If you’d like to vote for Lew’s design for the Bush Library, “Hole in the Ground”, visit the Chronicle’s site.

February 28, 2008

Beili Liu Exhibits

Beili Liu (MFA 03) Exhibits at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz, California

Ying: Inspired by the Art and History of China
February 23 – June 29, 2008

http://www.santacruzmah.org/china-exhibition-08.html

November 12, 2007

Students, Faculty Present

Associate Professor Holly Hughes participates in the Performance Studies International Conference held at NYU from November 8 – 11.  She is presenting on two panels—The Event of Autobiography, and Thinking Inside the Box, a panel proposed by Hughes and including current graduate student Melanie Manos and alumni Sarah Buckius and Amanda Krugliak, as well as senior student Karen Hoenke.  Travelling with Hughes to the conference are a number of A&D seniors who are exploring performance in their IP projects: Carrie Mathers, Dayna Mencken, Breanne Diehl, Wesley Ellison, Naomi Zaslow, Michelle Panars.

November 5, 2007

Chadwick Gibson: myartspace Winner

Chadwick Gibson, A&D alumnus,  was included in the myartspace New York, New York 2007 exhibition in Chelsea. Catherine McCormack-Skiba, the founder of myartspace commented “These events held in the heart of Chelsea, New York help solidify myartspace’s growing importance and influence in the art world”.
Gibson and the three other jury-selected winners will each receive a show in the Chelsea gallery district in New York City this November.

October 16, 2007

Denfeld and Harp Launch Program

Two recent graduates from the Shool of Art & Design’s MFA program have helped launch India’s first Advanced Degree in Experimental Media Arts.  As artists in residence at the Center for Experimental Media (CEMA) in Bangalore, India, Zack Denfeld and Gabriel Harp are making new work, teaching undergraduate classes, and running the graduate lab. 

CEMA is an initiative by the Srishti Shool of Art, Design and Technology to create a lab space and advanced degree in Experimental Media Arts. 

So far this semester the CEMA lab has co-hosted the Space and Culture Symposium held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore.  Gabriel and Zack spoke at the conference on the topic of “Evolutionary Design Ecology”.

October 5, 2007

C. Malcolm Powers: Sketches in Bronze

Alumnus C. Malcolm Powers will be a “Gifts of Art’ exhibitor at the Taubman Center, University of Michigan Hospital October 22-December 12, 2007. Under the title “Sketches in Bronze”  Mr. Powers will have 35 bronze sculptures on display which are his expressions of the Biblical premises regarding the nature of God and the created order.  Mr. Powers’ personal faith in God generates these images which deal with creature-hood, alienation, resurrection, joy, praise and gratitude to God.

September 18, 2007

Takeshi Yamada: News

Takeshi Yamada
MFA ‘87, University of Michigan School of Art
BFA ‘85, Maryland Institute College of Art

Takeshi Yamada Art News (September 17, 2007)

NEWS
Since August 16, 2007, Yamada’s comprehensive complete articles Human-faced Insect. Part 1, 2, 3, & 4 were published on sideshowworld.com. The article features numerous photographs, descriptions and the nature’s mechanism of why these monsters were born. Over 80% of all the creatures of this planet are insects, and studying monsters among them is vital to understanding the monsters of other species including humans.

September 17, 2007

Deanna Krueger Exhibits in Berlin

Deanna Krueger (BFA 2002) Exhibits in Berlin
BERLINER LISTE 07 - Messe für aktuelle Kunst
Berlin, Germany
30 September - 3 October 2007

LISTE is an international fair for contemporary art galleries representing the work of relevant emerging artists, running parallel to the twelfth ART FORUM BERLIN.  Represented by ARTexhibitionLink - Gallery UNO, Chicago.
BERLINER LISTE
info

September 12, 2007

Gabriella Boros Exhibits

Gabriella Boros will have work in three locations around the Chicago area in October.

New Visions, Old Stories, a solo show of works on paper will be on view at the University of Illinois at Chicago Student Center West, Student Center Lounge at 828 South Wolcott. Half of the work is thoughts about my Israeli birthplace and half are post-Holocaust reflections of my Slovak and Hungarian heritage. The opening will be Thursday, October 11 from 4:00 pm -7:00 pm. The show will hang from October 1 through November 2, 2007.

Also opening October 11 (from 6:30 – 8:00 pm), is the show entitled Devils and Beasts at the Art Center of Highland Park.  This group show, curated by Bert Menco, will be the perfect set-up for Halloween! My paintings will be two acrylic on wood panels from the Urpapa series. The Art Center is located at 1957 Sheridan Road in Highland Park.

Lastly, I will be participating in Chicago Artist Month this year. The show entitled Shadows of Memories is a result of a collaboration with photographer, Iwona Biedermann. One painting, created for this exhibit, is the result of researching the nature and history of Iwona’s Polish mother. The second piece is autobiographical and reflects the stylistic leaps I took in creating the first piece.  Iwona, using a pinhole camera and slow-exposure techniques creates pieces which evoke aspects of her mother and portraits of me. This will be shown at Dreambox Foto Studio, 2415 West North Avenue. Hours are Saturdays in October from 1-5.

August 22, 2007

A&D Alumni Revival

School of Art & Design Second Annual Revival

Fall and A&D’s second Annual Alumni Revival are going to be here before you know it. Make your plans now to be part of a campus-wide celebration on Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13 that includes:

Homecoming
Golden Gala honoring grads from 50 years ago
Dinner at A&D with a keynote speaker who was named one of the 1000 most creative people by Richard Saul Wurman
Exhibition Openings at Slusser and Work

Calendar of Events

Friday 12 October

4-5 pm - Reception at A&D
5:30 pm - Dinner, with keynote speaker Linda Holiday (BFA’79, MBA Wharton) past president and co-founder of Philadelphia-based Medical Broadcasting Company
6-9 pm - Exhibition Opening Receptions at Slusser Gallery and Work

Saturday 13 October

9 am - Go Blue Tailgate
12 noon - kickoff for the Michigan vs. Purdue game
6 pm - 50th Reunion Gala

Make Your Reservations Now

Contact Joy Melzian at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 734-936-0672 for:

hotel room information
to rsvp for dinner on 12 October (complimentary)
to buy Go-Blue Brunch tickets and game tickets for 13 October

We’re looking forward to seeing you in October!

August 22, 2007

Alumni Art Show Featured

The upcoming Alumni Art Show in Chicago has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. The exhibition, opening September 19, features work in a wide range of media by UM Alumni.
Wolverine Spirit Seizes Prominent Chicago Gallery

July 25, 2007

Gabriel Harp Attends Workshop, Publishes

With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, recent MFA graduate Gabriel Harp attended the Doing Digital History Workshop from July 12 – 15 at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. This week-long workshop explores how digital technologies facilitate the research, teaching, writing and presentation of history.  In addition, in August the journal Leonardo publishes “Deconstructing the Genome with Cinema” a manuscript by Harp relating to his School of Art & Design thesis work.

July 25, 2007

Alison Byrnes and Brent Fogt Featured

Recent MFA graduates Alison Byrnes and Brent Fogt are among 40 artists featured in the 2007 Midwestern edition of New American Paintings, “a juried exhibition in print.” The juror, Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, selected Byrnes and Fogt from more than 1,300 entrants.

May 7, 2007

Beili Liu Exhibits in Finland

Beili Liu (MFA 2003) Exhibits in Finland

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May 13 –  September 30, 2007
Granary, Fiskars, Finland

For more information
Press images

April 25, 2007

Exhibition: C. Malcolm & Marion S. Powers

Ann Arbor artists C. Malcolm (MFA 1961) and Marion S. Powers will hold a joint show of bronze figures and photo scenes at the Riverside Arts Center from May 04 - May 20, 2007.

Opening Reception: May 04, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Exhibition Hours: May 04 - 20, Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm,  Sunday 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Riverside Arts Center DTE Annex
76 North Huron, Ypsilanti