NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

LinkSPRING 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 125 years, the

Institute has made enduring contributions to art and education

and connects to the community through gallery exhibitions,

talks and lectures, an extended studies program, Craft Council and

The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque.

ILLUSTRATORS DRAW ON CLASSICAL SKILLS FOR CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS

Spend a little time in The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Illustration

Department and a picture starts to emerge. It’s a picture of a

group of motivated students developing classical drawing skills;

learning to apply those skills to client-focused work in a modern,

multi-media field; and having a lot of fun in the process.

Diverse Interests and Talents

A walk through the Illustration studio provides evidence of

students’ diverse interests and talents. Work posted in their

spaces ranges from Japanese anime-style illustrations, to the fantasy

figures of modern video games, to still life, humorous caricatures

and lush imagery meant to spark children’s imaginations.

Cheryl Andrey ’08, for example, freelances for an independent

recording company illustrating posters and CD covers for alter-

native rock bands; has an internship at American Greetings Corp.

planning layouts, fonts, colors and finishing touches for greeting

cards; and is illustrating a children’s book for her BFA thesis project.

For her children’s book, she combines traditional and contem-

porary techniques, drawing the outlines of her whimsical sea

creatures by hand, scanning these outlines into a computer, and

finishing the work — layering in colors, textures and shadows —

with specialized software. “I definitely feel like I’m prepared for

whatever I might run into in my career,” she said.

Broad Preparation for a Diverse Field

Department Co-Chairs and Professors Dominic Scibilia ’72 and

John Chuldenko want all of their students to have that confi-

dence. “Through different assignments and projects, we try to let

students get an understanding of many different areas of illustra-

tion,” Scibilia said. By the time they’re preparing their Bachelor

of Fine Arts thesis project, most illustration students have gravi-

tated toward a specialty they want to pursue, but they graduate

with a broad enough background to tackle many different types

of work, both professors said.

Recent graduates are working in children’s books, graphic

novels, advertising art, editorial illustration, animation, greeting

cards or some combination of those areas. High-profile employ-

ers of these grads include Disney, American Greetings, videogame

producer Midway Home Entertainment, and Image Comics.

His broad background has helped Illustration alumnus

Arnel Reynon ’93 take on many different responsibilities.

TOP: “OUT OF LUCK,” MIXED MEDIA

ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE WIERZBICKI ’06

ABOVE LEFT: LORI CATANZARITE ’08 PRODUCED

THIS MIXED MEDIA ILLUSTRATION FOR A

WALL CALENDAR PRODUCED BY AGS

CUSTOM GRAPHICS.

ABOVE RIGHT: DAVID KEGG ’10 CREATED

THIS FANTASY ILLUSTRATION FOR THE

AGS CALENDAR.

BELOW LEFT: ILLUSTRATION PROFESSOR

DOMINIC SCIBILIA ’72 CRITIQUES STUDENT

ARTWORK ALONG WITH PROFESSOR JOHN

CHULDENKO, CENTER, AND VISITING ARTIST

LARRY O’NEAL, FAR RIGHT.

As director of publishing for Sport Graphics in

Indianapolis, he provides art direction for magazines

and websites, directs photo shoots of athletes, and

creates illustrations for every magazine he works on.

“What makes me so versatile in my professional field

is that strong drawing ability and the ability to visually

direct things,” Reynon said. “The way traditional illustra-

tion was taught at CIA, the drawing foundation and the

design foundation helped me out a lot.”

In short, core skills count, Scibilia and Chuldenko

stress. “In order to be prepared for a successful career,

you’ve got to have the basic tools, the fundamentals; from

that point, you can go wherever you want with it,”

Chuldenko said. “We teach concepts and execution at a

very high level. We stress drawing, design, composition

and lighting.”

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The two professors both began teach-

ing in the department in 1980. “We’ve

worked in tandem all these years and we

hold up the Society of Illustrators as the

standard to which we wish our students

to aspire,” Scibilia said.

Applying Themselves

to Applied Art

“Illustration is an applied art, which

means an illustrator’s work is seen in its

applied form — in a book, magazine, on

a website, in animation. To be a good

applied artist, you have to know how

the art is going to be reproduced; you

have to be conscious of its application,”

Chuldenko said.

“The passion is the same as you’ll

find with fine artists; the commitment is

the same. But the nature of the work is

different in that illustrators are given

problems to solve and they work collab-

oratively with editors, publishers, art

directors, designers, ad writers and

others,” Scibilia said.

Learning how to work effectively

with clients, employers and colleagues is

built into the curriculum, Chuldenko

said. “We teach students a strong busi-

ness sense because they will need that in

their careers. Business is a very impor-

tant part of this program.” Last spring,

roughly a dozen prospective employers

came to the department to review port-

folios and interview graduating students.

Practical Experience Pays Off

Last semester, Illustration students

gained valuable business skills when

they worked with a new client, AGS

Custom Graphics of Macedonia, Ohio.

The company produces a calendar every

year to showcase its graphic and print-

ing capabilities. For 2008, art director

Larry O’Neal chose to work with CIA

Illustration majors and a professional

writer to create a lavishly illustrated

mystery calendar in the style of the

English artist Kit Williams.

Thomas Schoofs, senior account man-

ager at AGS, was pleased with the result.

“This is one of the best responses we've

had on our calendars over the years.

People love it,” he said. “We enjoyed

working with the school a great deal.

We also recognize the students graduat-

ing from (CIA) represent the future of

our industry. It’s really fun to work with

them. Their excitement is infectious.”

Eileen Saffran agrees. As executive

director of The Gathering Place, a

Beachwood, Ohio resource center for

people touched by cancer, she has asked

Illustration majors to create artwork for

her agency’s last six annual reports.

“It’s just been a great experience.

We’ve had wonderful art and it’s clear

that the students put their hearts into it.

We look forward every year to having

the opportunity to meet the students,

tell them about what we do and let their

creativity go,” Saffran said.

As in other majors, Illustration

students also gain valuable experience

through internships. Freelance illustra-

tor Dennis Balogh spent 22 years at the

Akron Beacon Journal where he was man-

ager of illustration and design. In his last

four years at the Journal — from 2003

through 2006 — he and his colleagues

hired summer interns from CIA exclu-

sively in a competitive process that

drew applicants from colleges in and

outside of Ohio.

“I’m going with the strongest talent

and The Cleveland Institute of Art kids

beat out the other students each of

those years,” Balogh said. “I wanted

someone with drawing skills and a good

eye for professional illustration. The

CIA kids each had a technique that was

of a strong caliber and they had the com-

puter skills they needed. The students

carried themselves well and, to me, they

were ready for the real world.”

Digital Dimensions

Readiness for the real world includes

computer literacy for this and every CIA

major. Most students leave high school

well familiar with software such as

PhotoShop; adjunct faculty member

Igal Hurvitz builds on that by teaching

a digital illustration course.

“This is a digital age with respect to

print,” Scibilia said. That means artwork

has to be broken into a digital format

for the end user; but that doesn’t neces-

sarily mean it has to be created digitally.

Many illustrators still draw and paint by

hand and then scan their work into a

computer so it can be reproduced digitally.

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“In order to be prepared for a successful career, you’ve got to have the

basic tools, the fundamentals; from that point, you can go wherever

you want with it. We teach concepts and execution at a very high level.

We stress drawing, design, composition and lighting.”

Others start with a hand rendered draw-

ing and finish the work digitally, as

Andrey is doing with her thesis project.

Still others, like Reynon, work exclu-

sively on a computer or with a digital

WACOM drawing tablet.

On the flip side, an increasing number

of students focusing on animation in the

T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts (for Technology

and Integrated Media Environment) and

Biomedical Art departments are taking

illustration courses.

David Houry ’07 and Anthony

Scalmato ’07 both majored in T.I.M.E.-

Digital Arts, both took the storyboard-

ing course taught by Scibilia and

Chuldenko, and both got jobs after

graduation creating animated e-cards

for American Greetings’ website,

www.AG.com.

Scalmato, who minored in

Illustration, said the storyboarding

course he took was among the best

courses he took at CIA. “Especially if

you go into animation, you need to plan

out your shots and consider different

camera angles. Coming from such a

strong illustration background, John

(Chuldenko) and Dom (Scibilia) were

able to teach us how to see all the way

around the figure, to show it from all

angles. If I wanted to get a point across,

they would suggest different camera

angles or moves that would work.”

Said Houry, “The whole point of an

illustration is to be able to communicate

to people. People need to be able to

take a glance and get it right away.

Dom and John really cared about me

as an artist and about what I was trying

to communicate.”

CLOCKWISE FROM OPPOSITE LEFT

WOODPECKER BY

DEANNA PIOTROWSKI ’07.

CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATION

BY JACLYN GENTILE ’07

THE LAST SIX GATHERING PLACE

ANNUAL REPORTS, DESIGNED BY

NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ,

FEATURED ARTWORK BY CIA

ILLUSTRATION MAJORS.

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR A GRAPHIC

NOVEL BY TYLER WILLIAMS ’07.

THESE ILLUSTRATION GRADUATES

REPRESENT 12 OF THE 40 CIA

ALUMNI WORKING IN THE CREATIVE

DEPARTMENT AT AMERICAN

GREETINGS CORP. PICTURED IN

THE COMPANY’S CLEVELAND

HEADQUARTERS ARE, LEFT TO

RIGHT, SARA HOOVER ’04,

DANIELLE LADOVICH ’04,

MATTHEW BENKNER ’02,

JONATHAN COOPER ’06, DAVID

HOURY ’07*, LYNN GAINES ’84,

JAMES GROMAN ’86, PROFESSOR

JOHN CHULDENKO, PROFESSOR

DOMINIC SCIBILIA ’72, DAVID

FEDAN ’95, MICHAEL BURNETT ’90,

DAVID SOMERS ’99, THOMAS PAGE ’92

AND ANTHONY SCALMATO ’07*.

* HOURY AND SCALMATO MAJORED

IN T.I.M.E.-DIGITAL ARTS.

As The Cleveland Institute of Art’s newest major,

Digital Arts has the shortest track record of graduates

establishing successful careers. Yet almost eight years

after the program was launched in the fall of 2000, its

first few classes of graduates are already making their

mark in web design, interactive e-commerce, digital art

installations and the burgeoning videogame industry.

The full name of the major is T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts, for

Technology Integrated Media Environment, and its four

areas of emphasis are animation, game design, interactive

media and video.

A Non-Traditional Application

Although the major was not old enough to have strong

traditions yet, Jason Van Pierce ’05 took a non-traditional

approach to T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts in that he wanted to

pursue a career in advertising.

“Even though CIA is a traditional art school, I wanted

to do commercial work,” Pierce said. “The faculty really

drilled conceptual thinking; it was all about the thought

process; and that approach paid off for me. We always

heard it’s not about the software; it’s about learning

how to communicate an idea through the media.”

Pierce took that message to heart, especially in his

BFA thesis presentation, which featured promotional

video, print advertisements and a website he created for

three different rock bands. “The room was packed;

people loved it. The amount of support I got from the

faculty and students doesn’t compare to anything else.”

Pierce left the Institute on a high and brought his

confidence to his first job as art director for Detroit-

based Global Hue, the largest multicultural ad agency in

North America. From there, he was hired by JWT, a

major advertising agency that got even bigger shortly

after he started when it merged with five other firms to

form Team Detroit. There, he creates interactive digital

advertisements for websites, but his concepts often have

to work also in web banner ads, television commercials

and print ads.

“I love it,” he said of his job. “A lot of the people I

now work with are people we actually heard lectures

about in school. There we were idolizing their work and

now I hire them as freelancers.”

Like many of his classmates, Pierce says the T.I.M.E.

experience was “phenomenal,” but he adds, his success

didn’t come easy. “It’s a lot of hard work.”

T.I.M.E. FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER

“To make it in this business you have to have a lot of get-up-

and-go, because there’s so much competition for your job.

T.I.M.E. gave us that competitive edge you need.”

LEFT: SCREENSHOT FROM ANIMATION

CALLED “THE PAPER SHEPHERD” BY

DAVID HOURY ’07

BELOW: SCREENSHOT OF VIDEO/STOP-MOTION

ANIMATION CALLED “THE POISONED APPLE”

BY ASHLEY GERST ’07

BELOW LEFT: MATT NEFF ’04 AND TONY SOLARY’04

IN THEIR CLEVELAND-BASED FLIPLINE STUDIOS.

Play is Work for Game Designers

Like several of their classmates, Tony Solary ’04 and

Matt Neff ’04 were working on commercial projects

during their student years, in their case creating interac-

tive CD Roms and educational video games for clients as

diverse as Donley’s, a prominent Cleveland construction

company, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. After grad-

uation, they formed their own digital design company,

Flipline Studios, to continue and expand that work.

Since then, Neff and Solary have sharpened their focus

on the very thing that drew them to computers from

childhood: videogames.

“Because of all the new software available today, we

were able to get into game design right out of college.

We probably couldn’t have done that 10 years ago,”

Neff said. In addition to new software, websites like

www.kongregate.com post games that users can play for

free. Neff and Solary have four games on Kongregate

and a major contract to develop another game for this

web portal dubbed the YouTube of the gaming world.

“Some portals pay us a flat fee or license to post our

game, others will do a revenue sharing from advertising

revenue,” Solary explained. Either way, the future looks

bright for these entrepreneurs and they are grateful for

their CIA experiences.

“When we were going through the T.I.M.E. program,

the faculty left all the doors open for us to explore,”

Solary said. “The program gave us well-roundedness. We

have the skills we need to tackle lots of different things,

navigational design, programming, animation, sound

design, pretty much all the aspects we need in this field.”

Neff agrees. “As students, we could try our hand at

everything that was available to us; that’s how we ended

up doing game design.”

It’s hard work, both say, but it’s also a dream come

true. “As a kid, I always sketched sequels to the games

I played; but the thought never crossed my mind that I

could grow up to create games,” Neff said. “It seemed

like an unattainable goal,” Solary agreed.

A Pilgrimage to an Art Career

Like Neff and Solary, Sarah Lohman ’05 had freelanced

all through CIA. Not afraid of adventure, she used the

Helen Greene Perry Traveling Scholarship awarded to

her at graduation to travel to Spain and hike the entire

500-mile pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela after

graduation. “I learned about this pilgrimage in a class

with (Liberal Arts Associate Professor) Charlie

Bergengren and I knew I had to do it.” Back stateside,

Lohman’s next adventure began when she became yet

another of many CIA graduates living in and around

New York City. She was hired as a general assistant in

the art department of New York magazine’s website.

“The reason they hired me was because I had a back-

ground in a little bit of everything and they needed a

jack of all trades; but my focus in T.I.M.E. was in digital

photography and video.” She was promoted to video

producer, and worked with reporters on features includ-

ing a weekly “Video Look Book,” for which Lohman

filmed and edited interviews with fashionable New

Yorkers on the street talking about their personal style.

In February, Lohman took another leap of faith, leav-

ing New York magazine to freelance full time. “I have the

ability to make far more money freelancing.

Opportunities opened up right away, so I’m fairly

confident about this move.”

If she needs moral support in this new phase of her

career, she knows she can turn to her CIA classmates.

“Kristen Baumlier really stressed that we needed to stay

in touch and support each other,” Lohman said of the

department head and associate professor. “Our class was

extremely motivated. I think that extremely motivated

people are drawn to T.I.M.E. To make it in this business

you have to have a lot of get-up-and-go, because there’s

so much competition for your job. T.I.M.E. gave us that

competitive edge you need. I really feel like I got a great

education at CIA.”

Work Ethic Fuels Visual Effects Artist

Tim Elek ’04 started his education at CIA with an abun-

dance of motivation. After high school, he had worked

as an artist’s apprentice for six years and then on his

own for two more years painting murals and faux fin-

ishes in people’s homes. He knew he could do more

with his artistic abilities.

“I looked at CIA like it was my job; I was there to

accomplish very specific goals. I viewed the cost of my

education as an investment and I had a plan,” he recalls.

Elek made the most of his time at the Institute, thriv-

ing in his foundation courses and squeezing in as many

painting and drawing electives as he could once he was

in the T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts major.

“For the digital artist, your tools are your software,

digital tablet and your computer. But I think there’s been

a resurgence of drawing and painting; you need to be

able to convey ideas through drawing, painting, use of

color, composition; those are key. Anybody can learn a

piece of software, but if you can’t draw or paint, if you

don’t follow the fundamentals of composition and

color, then the software’s not going to do that for you,”

Elek said.

With these tools and skills, his own work ethic, and

a productive internship at Kaleidoscope, Inc. under his

belt, Elek joined the creative staff of the behemoth

videogame producer, Electronic Arts, after graduation.

Earlier this year, he took a position at one of EA’s

biggest competitors, Activision, where he is senior visual

effects artist in the Raven Software division, creating

videogames for an enormous audience.

“I’m passionate about this work,” Elek said. “An artist

willing to do commercial work can make a really good

living. There’s a severe talent shortage in the videogame

industry. A motivated artist can gain experience and

move upward at a studio quickly, starting from even

the most junior position.” That certainly describes Elek’s

trajectory.

For more information about CIA’s T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts

program, see www.cia.edu/time.

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CIA Ideas Are WovenInto Whitney Biennial

Students, faculty and staff members

added their hopes, fears, values and prior-

ities to an interactive art installation on

view at the Whitney Museum of

American Art through June 1. MK Guth,

chair of the MFA program in Visual

Studies at Pacific Northwest College of

Art in Portland, Oregon, crisscrossed the

country earlier this year asking people in

Boise, Atlanta, Houston and finally

Cleveland to answer the question, “What

is worth protecting?” Participants wrote

their answers on strips of fabric that

Guth wove into and tied onto a giant,

Rapunzel-like braid of synthetic red hair

for the installation, “Ties of Protection

and Safe Keeping,” featured at the

2008 Whitney Biennial. “I loved being

at the college,” Guth said after her

two days in residence in January.

“One of the things that will set

this portion of the braid apart is

that many CIA people drew on

the ribbon; others wrote in

typography. They were put-

ting out more than a

statement; they’re put-

t ing out a part of

themselves. Maybe

what they want to

protect is their

c r e a t i v i t y . ”

Guth’s con-

nection to

CIA —

t h e

only

a r t

s c h o o l

o n h e r

tour — was

Saul Ostrow,

c h a i r o f t h e

Institute’s Visual

Arts and Technologies

Environment, who

served as her graduate

thesis advisor at New

York University. “Having

an artist come to CIA on the

way to one of the most presti-

gious exhibitions in the U.S., the

Whitney Biennial, ties our stu-

dents to the larger world,” said

Ostrow. “Our students gain not only

insight from the exposure, but also

the first-hand knowledge of that

artist’s work. Nothing can replace the

type of experience provided by a visiting

artist, and the ability to draw artists of

MK's background, stature and quality is a

highly prized aspect of the Visual Arts and

Technologies program as well as CIA in

general.”

For more information on the Whitney

Biennial, see www.whitney.org.

MK GUTH (SECOND FROM LEFT)

WITH STUDENTS WHO STOPPED

IN TO WEAVE THEIR IDEAS INTO

HER INSTALLATION

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Feed Your Inner ArtistDraw, paint, design, animate, create and feed your inner artist!

This summer, CIA’s office of Extended Studies + Community

Outreach offers its most ambitious schedule of continuing

education classes in recent memory.

For children in grades 1–2, classes range from art exploration,

to painting, printing, enameling, jewelry making, animation,

web design, automotive design and hands-on-nature art.

For high school students who want a taste of the life of an art

school student, we offer four, week-long, residential pre-college

workshops.

Adults may dabble in life drawing by dropping in to pay-as-you-go classes during June and July; or taking any one of the 24 differ-

ent eight-week classes that explore fine arts, craft disciplines, communication design and digital art; or, for a more focused experi-

ence, planning your vacation around one of eight National Summer Workshops. Nationally known artists come to Cleveland to

teach these one- and two-week workshops. This year’s topics are wet plate colloidon photography, portrait painting, image journal-

ing, mechanical concepts, computer-aided jewelry design, plein air watercolor, drawing and dimensional work with paper.

If you have not received a catalog or flier, call the Extended Studies office at 216-421-7461. For more information, go to www.cia.edu and

click on Extended Studies from the Popular Links listed on the homepage.

CIA Ideas Are Woven

Into Whitney Biennial

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Sculpture graduate Mark Reigelman ’06

is definitely “making art work.” A sculp-

tural pillow he designed has gone into

limited production for sale in high-end

New York boutiques and galleries, his

interior design of a Manhattan bou-

tique was recently accepted, and he

was commissioned by the Downtown

Cleveland Alliance and Cleveland

Public Art to design planters that will

be installed this summer along Euclid

Avenue as part of the huge revitaliza-

tion of this corridor between down-

town and University Circle.

Reigelman, who moved to New York

City after graduation, works hard on his

art and design projects and at least as

hard at branding and marketing himself.

“It’s incredibly essential for art stu-

dents to learn good business practices,”

said Reigelman, who has produced a

logo, an extensive website and press

releases about his accomplishments.

“I think students should have to take a

business and professional practices

course every year.”

The Business and Professional Practices course Reigelman did take has grown and evolved since he graduated

two years ago. Now mandatory for graduation, the course covers an ambitious range of topics, from philosoph-

ical questions about what constitutes ethical business practice, to bread-and-butter considerations like resume

writing, contracts, taxes, health insurance and nailing an interview.

“This is a distinctive program at The Cleveland Institute of Art,” said President David L. Deming ’67. “The days

of honing their creative talents and production skills alone are long gone for our students. In order to be suc-

cessful as artists and designers, they must also develop a set of business and professional skills. That’s why we

made this program rigorous and mandatory.”

Outside Support Critical

Thanks to generous lead funding from brothers Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel, and welcome additional sup-

port provided by National City Bank and the Sears-Swetland Foundation, CIA has been able to sustain the exist-

ing program and augment it by bringing in a broader array of outside speakers and expanding opportunities for

field experiences.

“For many years, the Mandel brothers have been leaders in supporting efforts to promote greater business

acumen among those in the non-profit sector,” said Deming. “We are very grateful for this funding that allows us

to greatly enrich student learning in business and professional practices.”

Business Course Evolves

The Business and Professional Practices course was first offered at CIA in the mid-1980s and taught by Carla Blackman, an

adjunct faculty member who continues to teach a marketing class to Industrial Design students. She focused on five areas:

artist’s statements, resumes, cover letters, informational interviews and slide presentations.

In 1992, current Dean of Faculty Matthew Hollern assumed responsibility for teaching the course and emphasized three P’s:

presentation, participation and planning.

“Presentation is an essential set of skills that requires speaking, writing and visual elements. We emphasize participation and

the importance of all forms of engagement, service, competitions, exhibitions and awareness of current activity in art and

design. Planning is the design of your future, in the big picture and the details, including personal and business budgets, finance

and record keeping, investments and mortgages, and a five-year business and career plan.”

Under all three categories, Hollern talked to students about resume building. “How does a person establish himself or her-

self as a significant figure in their field? I always stress it’s a cumulative activity; no one thing makes you wildly successful. The

cumulative effect of recognition by your peers, by jurors, over the course of a career, is the best indication of a significant artist

or designer,” he said.

In 2003, Hollern passed the baton to Steven M. Cencula ’91 to teach the Business and Professional Practices course. A

member of the Institute’s Board of Directors, Cencula has established two creative businesses, first Kaleidoscope Inc. and then

his current company, FORM, which uses digital art — in the form of websites, digital games and other applications — to help

companies build their brands.

“I learned so much after leaving the school. There are just a lot of things about business that you were not prepared for when

I went to art school,” Cencula said. As an adjunct faculty member, he made a point of inviting various business people to address

his class. “It’s important to connect students with business leaders and entrepreneurs so they have lots of different perspectives.”

Current Structure Covers Multiple Angles

That tradition continues. Recent guest speakers have included Connie Dieken of onPoint Communications on public speaking;

Laura Gorshe of National City Bank on personal finance; Greg Thomas and Pat Pujolas of the Brokaw advertising agency on

working with and for agencies; Sally Winter of Ohio Arts Council on public funding for the arts; and Abigail Maier of

Cleveland’s Council of Smaller Enterprises, better known as COSE, on small-business start-up, health coverage options and

the importance of networking.

Assistant Professor and Printmaking Department Head Maggie Denk-Leigh is anxious for students to learn about COSE. “We

need to show students that there is an infrastructure here in Cleveland for small business start-ups so they know they can be

successful here. They need to know there is a support system here that even includes a health insurance pool,” she said.

The current design of the course emphasizes three important avenues for students: studio and exhibitions, entrepreneurship

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COURSE HELPS ASPIRING ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

ABOVE: MARK REIGELMAN ’ 06 DESIGNED

PLANTERS REMINISCENT OF WRAPPED BOUQUETS

FOR THE EUCLID AVENUE CORRIDOR PROJECT

IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. THEY ARE TO BE

INSTALLED THIS SUMMER.

TOP: BARRY UNDERWOOD, DEPARTMENT HEAD

AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, FILM, VIDEO AND

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, BROUGHT A CLASS TO

VISIT THE PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT AT THE

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, WHERE HOWARD

AGRIESTI (RIGHT), CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER AND

HEAD OF THE MUSEUM’S DEPARTMENT OF PHO-

TOGRAPHIC AND DIGITAL IMAGING, DISCUSSED

THE EFFORT TO BUILD A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF

THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION.

“In order to be

successful as artists

and designers,

[our students] must

also develop a set

of business and

professional skills.”

ABOVE: U.S. CONGRESSMAN STEVEN C.

LATOURETTE (R-14TH DISTRICT, OHIO)

TOURED CIA IN FEBRUARY AND WATCHED

BIOMEDICAL ART MAJOR BRANDON

STELTER ’08 DEMONSTRATE HIS WORK.

HIS TOUR GUIDES WERE RICHARD

KONISIEWICZ ’76, DIRECTOR OF CORPO-

RATE, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT

RELATIONS (CENTER), AND DAVID L.

DEMING ’67, CIA PRESIDENT (RIGHT).

BELOW: U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN

(D-OHIO), ON A VISIT TO CIA IN JANUARY,

TOURED THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

DEPARTMENT WITH DESIGN

ENVIRONMENT CHAIR DAN CUFFARO ’91

(LEFT) AND CIA PRESIDENT DAVID L.

DEMING ’67 (CENTER).

and industry.

Denk-Leigh co-teaches the Business and Professional Practices course this year with

Barry Underwood, assistant professor and department head, Film, Video + Photographic

Arts, and Martin Reuben, president of TRG Studios, a high-end photography, video and

computer graphics facility. In its current structure, the core Business and Professional

Practices course is taught on Tuesdays to roughly 70 students from all majors. On

Thursdays, each faculty member teaches a smaller break-out seminar related to the

larger Tuesday lecture.

“After operating our studio for nearly 25 years, I’ve learned about the necessity of bal-

ancing art and business,” said Reuben, who employs 22 people. “You have to be able to

create great art and it has to balance against the needs of the business. Hopefully this

class will give students some of the tools they need to practice their art and let it be

enjoyable throughout their lives. In order to do that, they need to have financial security

and financial security will come when they have good business practices.”

Good business practices have certainly paid off for Reigelman, the young New York

designer-artist. “Mark has been just utterly responsive to every request. He understands

how to present a scope of services, how to tell a client what he’s going to deliver and

what it’s going to cost,” said Greg Peckham, executive director of Cleveland Public Art.

“What we wanted was something distinctly Euclid Avenue and distinctly Cleveland.

Mark’s design gives us that.”

Field Experiences Augment the Course

In addition to the core course and the small-group seminars, the Institute’s overall effort

to promote business and professional practices also includes a professional writing

course; presentations to the entire CIA community by visiting artists and designers who

talk about the challenges involved in establishing successful careers; and a variety of

enlightening field experiences.

In March, 50 students took a chartered bus to New York City to attend the Whitney

Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In April, Photography Department

Head Underwood took a group of students to Chicago to tour the adjacent galleries of

artist and art critic Michelle Grabner and gallery owner Shane Campbell. “They opened

students’ eyes to the day-to-day realities of being a successful artist by explaining the

importance of studio visits, artist statements, negotiating contracts and all sorts of pro-

fessional practices from the viewpoints of an artist, an art critic, and a gallery owner,”

Underwood said.

Numerous other field trips explore destinations closer to home. Underwood has taken

students to the Intermuseum Conservation Association, Museum of Contemporary Art

Cleveland, and the Photography Department of the Cleveland Museum of Art where

they learned about efforts to re-photograph, document and catalog in digital archives

artwork now in storage due to the museum’s renovation and building project.

“We try to cover so much in order to prepare students for their careers. We’re always

looking at what’s working and what’s not working but it’s an awesome class with enor-

mous possibilities. I’m really passionate about it,” Denk-Leigh said.

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Artists take risks. . .But they need a little security.

Cleveland Institute of Art students are encouraged to take risks, innovate and challenge

the boundaries of their imaginations and their media. But they need the security of know-

ing that financial aid resources are available to help them meet expenses. Your planned

gift could help the next generation of artists and designers experiment, break boundaries

and create.

Please contact Margaret Gudbranson, director of major gifts and planned giving, at

216-421-8016 or mgudbranson@cia.edu to learn how you can provide students with a

little certainty in an uncertain world.

experience art“The Mind of Cleveland,” ongoing, through May 3 – Voices and views of Clevelanders are captured in this exhibition of posters by

conceptual artist Carl Pope, with Communication Design by Associate Professor Mari Hulick. On view in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries.

See gallery hours below. www.themindofcleveland.com

Screen Actor Crispin Glover, April 25 & 26 – CIA’s 2008 Kacalieff Lecture Series and The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque

co-sponsor this filmmaker, painter and author who will deliver a dramatic presentation, introduce his feature film “What Is It?” and

lead a Q&A session, Friday and again Saturday night, 7 pm, Aitken Auditorium, Gund Building. www.crispinglover.com

The McCullough building will be abuzz with activity and creativity on April 25 for the Spring Design Show, Visual Arts and

Technologies Open Studios and Dinner by Design: The Art of the Table.

t Spring Design Show, April 25–29 – Innovation comes out of the box for this annual exhibition showcasing the award-

winning work of students in our Industrial Design, Interior Design and Communication Design departments. A public

reception is set for April 25, 5:30–8:30 pm in the McCullough Building. This work will remain on display through

April 29, open to the public Saturday 10 am–6 pm, Sunday noon–5 pm, and Monday and Tuesday 9 am–noon.

t Visual Arts and Technologies Environment Open Studios, April 25 – Meet the student-artists from the departments of

Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture and Fiber & Material Studies; view their work; soak up the creativity. Several

studios in the McCullough building will open their doors for public tours and a reception, 5:30–8:30 pm.

t Dinner by Design: The Art of the Table, April 25 – Enjoy a table setting like no other when students in Jewelry + Metals, Ceramics,

Glass, Enameling and other majors join forces for a feast of art and design. McCullough building, 5:30–8:30 pm.

The Gund Building is at 11141 East Boulevard. The Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts is at

11610 Euclid Avenue. Both buildings will be closed May 26 and July 4. The Reinberger Galleries are in the Gund

Building and are open: 10 am–6 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays / noon–6 pm Sundays / closed Mondays

To confirm times and locations, call 216-421-7000.

The Institute distributes a monthly e-newsletter with announcements of exhibitions, receptions, public lectures and other events.

To subscribe to the e-newsletter, please contact friends@cia.edu.

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The Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni and Faculty Directory — Order Deadline Approaching Quickly!

We are thrilled with the positive response we have received to the publication of a directory for The

Cleveland Institute of Art. This comprehensive book will include contact information for all alumni,

and current and former faculty. The publication includes an alphabetical listing, geographical listing,

complete class lists by year, and also contains career information. We are now in the final stages of

production! Our partner in this project, Harris Direct, will be taking orders for the directory through

April 30. For more information and to order a directory, please call 1-800-487-4126. Shipping date for

the books is scheduled for June. 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 abartter@cia.edu.

“The Mind of Cleveland,” ongoing, through May 3 – in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries.

Romanian Film Series, May 1–4, 8 & 9 — CIA’s 2008 Kacalieff Lecture Series and Cinematheque

present a group of films from the country that may be the epicenter of contemporary filmmaking.

Aitken Auditorium. Check www.cia.edu/cinematheque for listings.

BFA Exhibitions, May 6–10 — Experience the culmination of an undergraduate CIA education through over 2,000 works of art and

design by graduating CIA students in the McCullough building, Tuesday through Thursday, evenings only, 6:30–9 pm; Friday’s Public

Reception will be 6:30–10 pm. The work remains on view on Saturday, 10 am–6 pm.

Design a Life: A Conference on Creativity and Health, May 16–17 — The Institute is partnering with Cleveland State University, the

Cleveland Clinic and Euclid Hospital to present this national conference on the link between health and creativity. Featuring keynote

speakers and hands-on workshops. Be creative; be healthy!

Photography Exhibition, May 16–August 8 — “Other Realities”. . . will be apparent in this exhibition of the fine art photography of

highly acclaimed artists Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor. An opening reception for “Other Realities” is scheduled for Friday,

May 16, 7–9 pm, Reinberger Galleries.

Extended Studies Registration Deadline, May 30 — Registrations for the adult summer courses, pre-college

programs, and National Summer Workshops must be received by May 30. Don’t worry, deadlines for children’s

Young Artists programs are in June and July (see below). Call 216-421-7461.

Young Artists Registration Deadline, June 12 –

For the first session of children’s summer

programs. Call 216-421-7461.

Young Artists Registration Deadline, July 17 –

For the second session of children’s summer

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ALUMNI

Frank Wilcox* ’10 – see Tuck-Macalla (faculty).

Joseph Bulone ’42 – was awarded Best ofShow and the Purchase Award at the AnnualState of the Arts 2006 Exhibition in SaginawTownship, MI, for his work “Morning Interlude.”

Mary Ann Scherr ’44 – her jewelry was onview in the invitational exhibition “The DaphneFarago Collection” at The Museum of Fine Artsin Boston, MA, throughout the fall and earlywinter. She also exhibited her work in theMaster Jewelry Artist Exhibition in Cambridge,MA; the Lineage and Legacy exhibition at theSavannah College of Art and Design inSavannah, GA; The Mint Museum’s FoundersCircle Gala Exhibition in Charlotte, NC; and inthe North Carolina Governors Touring Exhibition.

Jane Doud ’46 – helped to found Friends ofArt, an auxiliary group of the Milwaukee ArtMuseum, in Milwaukee, WI, which recently cel-ebrated 50 years in existence. She was honoredby the group in November. Jane is 83 and con-tinues painting.

Marjorie Weed ’48 – retired from teaching inthe public school system in Massachusettsafter 50 years.

John Balazs ’50 – was interviewed by WVIZCleveland about his raised-garden centerpiece“The Waterworks.” His centerpiece was alsovideo-showcased on the PBS TV program“APPLAUSE.” “The Waterworks” is a 14-foothigh sculpture animated by the gravitationaldescent of water.

Robert Gall ’50 – returned to Ohio this fall after spending the past 35 years in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where he worked at theMuseum of Discovery and has work included inits permanent collection.

Harold Zisla ’50 – had a scholarship estab-lished in his name at Indiana University SouthBend, where he was a professor of fine arts forover 20 years.

Robert Tubbesing ’51 – exhibited his drawingsand paintings that depict small-town life at theWobblefoot Gallery in Lakewood in February.

David Borders ’52 – exhibited his work in “TheArt of David Borders: A Forty Year Survey ofPainting, Collage and Assemblage,” a solo showat the Chandler Cultural Foundation inChandler, AZ, in February.

Carol Lachiusa Disanto ’52 – was awardedHonorable Mention at the San DiegoInternational Airport International Exhibition inSan Diego, CA. Her work was also included inthe following exhibitions: WyomingWatercolor Society National Exhibition;Michigan Watercolor Society AnnualExhibition; BBAC Faculty Show at the FlintMuseum in Flint, MI; and Cape Cod (MA)National Watercolor Exhibition.

Michael Derrick ’54 – is retired and currentlyteaches commercial art at CuyahogaCommunity College in Cleveland on a part-time basis and offers landscape classes at several private art clubs.

Herb Friedson ’58 – wrote an article about hislong association with former CIA facultymember Kenneth Bates*, his former instructorand friend, for the December 2007 issue ofGlass on Metal, an enamelist magazine. Hiswork “Symbiotic Species” was included in theAnnual Materials Hard & Soft Exhibition at theCenter for Visual Arts in Denton, TX, whichran through February and March.

Joy Praznik Sweeney ’58 – had work on viewthis past December in “Festive Art: AnExhibition of Fine Art and Craft” at RiverGallery in Rocky River, OH. Diana Bjel ’73,Alan Mintz ’80, Susan Squires ’83, MarkSudduth ’83, Earl James ’89, Jen Prox ’03,Alison Stojkov ’03, Stephanie Craig ’06 andChris Zielski ’06 also had work in the exhibition.

Sarah Clague ’59 – exhibited her work in theLoganberry Books “Altered Books” show atCuyahoga Community College in Clevelandthis past fall. Her work was also included in the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve“Holiday Show” in December.

Alan Marshall ’61 – retired from MarshallMarketing & Graphic Design, LLC, after 40years. He is spending his free time painting andgetting ready for a gallery opening in April. Hehas over 50 paintings and 30 drawings neverbefore exhibited.

Fred Gutzeit ’62 – was one of two artists featured in “In Context: The Language ofAbstraction Continues,” an exhibition on viewFebruary and March at the Henry StreetSettlement Abrons Arts Center in New York, NY.

notes Lynn Hershman Leeson ’62 – her film“Strange Culture” was selected to open boththe 2007 Human Rights Watch InternationalFilm Festival and the documentary section ofthe 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.“Strange Culture” was also shown on theSundance Channel in December.

Grant Williams ’62 – will have an exhibitionat the Ashtabula Fine Arts Center inAshtabula, OH, in July 2008 to celebrate 50years of painting, prints and pottery.

Jerry Hirshberg ’63 – retired as President ofNissan Design International. He is now focus-ing on his painting career. He is representedby the Danese Gallery in the Chelsea neigh-borhood of New York City, and he will exhibithis new work at a solo exhibition in 2009, hisfirst show in over eight years.

Janet Taylor ’63 – will teach a textile class atthe Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts inGatlinburg, TN, in August.

Rebecca Kaler Langley ’64 – had work onview in a solo exhibition at The Little Galleryat the Bowling Green State UniversityFirelands branch in Huron, OH, in January.

Deborah Teas Lass ’64 – continues to drawand paint watercolors, as well as teach begin-ning to intermediate watercolor classes forchildren and adults.

Nathaniel Melamed ’64 – completed agraphic design project for Progressive Securityand Technologies Inc., and designed the interi-ors of the Rockefeller Point office building’spublic spaces, main lobby, and hallways. Bothare located in Cleveland.

Bette Drake ’65 – had work included in “SixDegrees of Separation: A Convergence ofVoices in Clay,” an exhibition at the SanduskyCultural Center in Sandusky, OH, in Januaryand February. Elaine Battles ’67, Diane Bjel ’73,Kristen Cliffel ’90, Kevin Snipes ’94, AndreaLeBlond ’95 and Yumiko Goto ’04 also hadwork on view.

Charlotte Lees ’65 – was one of two artistsfeatured in an exhibition of sculpture andpaintings at the Harris Stanton Gallery inAkron in January and February.

Winifred Lutz ’65 – exhibited her work in asolo show at the Zabriskie Gallery in NewYork, NY, in spring 2007. She also completedtwo of three installations commissioned bythe American Philosophical Society ofPhiladelphia to accompany its historicalexhibit, “Undaunted,” in August of last year. Inaddition, she was the artist-in-residence at thePilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA, inJuly 2007.

Ron Testa ’65 – had work on view in“Opposites Attract,” an exhibition at The ArtsAlliance Center at Clear Lake, in Nassau Bay,TX, in February and March.

Michael Ault ’67 – has retired from his careerof design consulting, and is a few years awayfrom retiring from his position at WentworthInstitute in Boston, MA, where he is anadjunct professor of Industrial Design. He andhis wife enjoy spending their free time travel-ing throughout Europe.

Elaine Battles ’67 – see Drake ’65.

Stephen White ’68 – exhibited his work in“Stephen White: The Classics,” a solo show at the Little Art Gallery in Raleigh, NC, inDecember.

Claudia Brown ’70 – had work included inthe Charles Herndon Gallery “Holiday Show”in Cleveland this past November andDecember.

Ruth Kyman ’70 – is retired from teaching artand enjoys working in sogetsu flower arrang-ing and preparing arrangements for theMorikami Museum in Delray Beach, FL.

Charles Herndon ’71 – see Brown ’70.

Diane Papay ’71 – exhibited her work atZookeepers Gallery & Gifts in Olmsted Falls,OH, in November.

John Nottingham ’72 – his company withJohn Spirk ‘72, Nottingham-Spirk DesignAssociates, was featured in The Plain Dealer’sten-part series “Uniquely Ours,” which ran inDecember and focused on entrepreneurialcompanies that fill unique consumer nichesand are located in Greater Cleveland.

Diana Bjel ’73 – see Sweeney ’58 and Drake ’65.

Robert Cwiok ’73 – works at the NationalGallery of Art in Washington D.C., and hisrecent exhibition installations include DADA,Jasper Johns, and Edward Hopper. His soloexhibition “Inhale Exhale,” at the ArlingtonArts Center in Arlington, VA, featured his cur-rent series of works on paper and paintingson canvas.

Deborah Butler ’74 – was the featured artistfor November at the Rusty Nail Steakhouseand Banquet Hall in Kent.

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Tim Shuckerow ’75 – began his 21st year asthe Director of Art Education and Art Studioat Case Western Reserve University.

Maxeen Stone Flower ’76 – exhibited herphotographs inspired by still life paintingsfrom the 16th and 17th centuries in “Accenton the Senses,” a show at the Pennello Galleryin the Cleveland neighborhood of Little Italyin March.

April Gornik ’76 – joined comedian and actor Steve Martin in April to discuss art at abenefit dinner for the Aldrich Museum ofContemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT.

Michael Lawrence ’76 – is the newlyappointed Chief of Design at the NationalMuseum of Natural History in Washington D.C.He provides design oversight for all temporaryand permanent exhibitions as well as all archi-tectural modifications to the century-oldbuilding.

Denise Brunkus ’77 – illustrated “Read AllAbout It!,” a children’s book written by FirstLady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush.The book is about a young boy who doesn’tlike to read and is based loosely on theirexperiences as teachers. The book goes onsale at the end of April. The net proceeds willbe donated to Teach for America and TheNew Teacher Project. Denise is also the illus-trator for Junie B. Jones books, the popularseries about a sassy grade-schooler.

Thomas Lyon Mills ’78 – exhibited his worklast year in a solo show, “10 _ Maps,” at theLuise Ross Gallery in New York, NY. His workwas also included in a group exhibition at theLenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, and in“Drawing Matters” at Chazen Gallery, also inProvidence. He was one of the lecturers in“Studio Space,” a symposium at HarvardUniversity’s Graduate School of Design, inCambridge, MA, in March 2007, and wasinvited back to lecture in July. He was a guestlecturer at Parsons School of Design in NewYork, NY, and will be returning to draw, paint,and investigate in several closed, ancientarcheological sites in Rome, Italy, for the2008–09 academic year.

Deirdre Daw ’80 – was one of the artistswhose work was featured in “The ClevelandInstitute of Art Ceramics Exhibition 1976–2008,”a show at the Borelli-Edwards Galleries inPittsburgh, PA, in March. The exhibitionshowcased the group of working artistswhose start in the ceramic field was nurturedat the Institute through the support of cur-rent faculty members Bill Brouillard andJudith Salomon. Linda Arbuckle ’81, EddieDominguez ’81, Julie Tesser ’81, GeorgeBowes ’84, Lisa Clague ’85, Susan Collett ’86,Neil Patterson ’86, Leslie Dedrick Kuebler ’87,Kristen Cliffel ’90, Kelly Palmer ’90, TerryGess ’91, Nicole Pangas ’93, Bob Bruch ’94,Kevin Snipes ’94, Sandra Williams ’94, PeteScherzer ’95, Heather O’Brien ’96, MeganVan Wagoner ’97, Le Anne Ash ’02, NicciWinrock ’02, Neal Barman ’03, SamanthaStumpf ’03, Alicia Basinger ’04, YumikoGoto ’04, Kelly Simpson ’05, Zena VerdaPesta ’08 and Brian Sarama ’08 also had workincluded in the show. The exhibition traveledto Cleveland in April is on view through May 18at the Convivium 33 Gallery.

Alan Mintz ’80 – see Sweeney ’58.

Linda Arbuckle ’81 – was recently elected asa member of the International Academy ofCeramics in Switzerland. She juried LarkBook’s “500 Plates, Platters & Chargers” exhi-bition, which be on view in July 2008, and shewill also be a jurist for the 2008 FunctionalPottery National. Also see Daw ’80.

Eddie Dominguez ’81 – see Daw ’80.

Julie Tesser ’81 – see Daw ’80.

Susan Squires ’83 – see Sweeney ’58.

Mark Sudduth ’83 – was one of the artistswhose work was on view in December at the “Holiday Invitational Artist Sale” at theArts Collinwood Gallery in Cleveland.Michael Mikula ’87, Linda Zolten Wood ’87, Michael Romanik ’89, Pat Haggerty ’92, Amy Casey ’99, Josh Cole ’05, Adam LaPorta ‘06, Jon Cotterman ’07 and facultymember Brent Young also had work for sale.Also see Sweeney ’58.

George Bowes ’84 – see Daw ’80.

Paul Dacey ’84 – had work on view at SohoStudios in Miami, FL, during the PULSE MiamiContemporary Art Fair in December.

Stephen MacEwen ’84 – participated in thisyear’s Walt Disney Master’s Art and ChalkFestival in Orlando, FL, where he won JudgesChoice for his sidewalk chalk drawing of anoctopus breaking through the cement.

Carolyn Dougherty Alaburda ’85 – is working as a Product Development Managerfor Faber-Castell/Creativity for Kids inValley View, OH.

Lisa Clague ’85 – see Daw ’80.

Stanka Kardic ’85 – illustrated a 2008 calendarwith oil portraits of children. The calendars arefor sale at various Joseph-Beth Booksellersthroughout Cleveland.

Toni Hutton Starinsky ’85 – is the Chair of theArt Department at the Cleveland School of theArts, where she has worked since 1987. Shewas awarded the Young Audiences SecondaryArt Teacher of the Year Award in 2006. She willbe taking her senior students to Kenya in June2008 to mentor photography and poetry stu-dents in Nairobi. Toni also has two childrenwith Michael Starinksy ’90, Alyssa, 20, andAlexander, 17.

Susan Collett ’86 – was one of 10 Canadianartists invited to Fupig, China, to create a newsculpture for the 2007 inaugural opening of theCanadian Museum, which is situated within acomplex of International Ceramic Museums atFupig. Also see Daw ’80.

Lois Schroeder-Girbino ’86 – is in her sixthyear of teaching art for the Aurora CitySchools in Aurora, OH. In addition to being theK-12 Art Department Chair for Aurora, she alsoteaches graduate art classes for Lake ErieCollege. Her clay piece, now part of the LakeFarm Parks permanent collection, won firstplace for sculpture at their summer show.

Mark Howard ’86 – collaborated withCleveland Public Art and the Regional TransitAuthority to design stainless steel waste recep-tacles, cast-iron square tree grates and largemetal utility covers to be displayed along theEuclid Corridor in Cleveland.

Neil Patterson ’86 – see Daw ’80.

Judith Brandon ’87 – exhibited her work in“Black and Blue,” a solo show at the 1point618gallery in Cleveland, in February and March.

Leslie Dedrick Kuebler ’87 – see Daw ’80.

Michael Mikula ’87 – see Sudduth ’83.

Harriet Ballard Moore ’87 – was one of theartists featured in “Monothon,” an exhibitionof monoprints showcased during the annualZygote Press, Inc., holiday sale in Cleveland inDecember. Susan Danko ’98, Chris Zahner ’00and Jen Omaitz ’02 also had work included inthe exhibition. Also see Kabot (faculty).

Ann Rea ’87 – was interviewed live on "Viewfrom the Bay" in San Francisco, CA, in Januaryto talk about what inspired her career of com-bining art and wine. She also introduced herlatest collection of vineyard oil paintings, fineart prints, and gift cards at the San FranciscoInternational Gift Fair in January.

Linda Zolten Wood ’87 – see Sudduth ’83.

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Tony Solary ’04 – is the co-owner of FliplineStudios in Cleveland, and recently gotengaged.

Josh Cole ’05 – was one of the artists whosework was on view in “Urban Glass 2008 MFA Exhibition: Innovative New Works From MFA Graduates,” an exhibition at TheRobert Lehman Gallery in Brooklyn, NY,February through March. Also see Sudduth ’83and Davis ’90.

Courtenay Finn ’05 – co-curated an exhibi-tion in Eindhoven, Netherlands, last fall, andalso co-curated “Self-Storage,” an exhibitionat Curatorial Industries in San Francisco, CA,in April. She will receive a master’s degree inCuratorial Practice from the CaliforniaCollege of the Arts in May, and is the co-editor of “Golden Guns InvestigationPublication,” a biannual arts magazine basedin San Francisco.

Ben Kinsley ’05 – exhibited his work in twodifferent shows in Pennsylvania this winter:“For You, For Me, From Me” at Flux Space inPhiladelphia, and “Illustrations of Catastropheand Remote Times: The 10th Installation inthe Gestures Exhibition Series” at theMattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh.

Jessica Langley ’05 – has work on view thismonth in the “2008 Mid-Atlantic Competition”at the Institute of Contemporary Art at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She was one of the artists in the group show“Watershed” at the Nathan LarramendyGallery in Ojai, CA, in February. BrookeInman ’06 and Valerie Molnar ’06 also hadwork in “Watershed.” In addition, Jessica wasawarded the prestigious Leifur EirikssonFoundation Scholarship, an exchange scholar-ship between Iceland and the University ofVirginia for study and research.

Erika Neola ’05 – recently moved toBrooklyn, NY, and is employed as a LaboratoryAssistant for Box Services, LLC, a multimediacompany in Manhattan that serves the fash-ion, advertising, and fine art industries. Shewas the featured photographer in Februaryfor the online stock photography agency, The PhotoShelter Collection.mp.photoshelter.com

Kelly Simpson ’05 – see Daw ’80.

Stephanie Craig ’06 – see Sweeney ’58.

Slate Grove ’06 – had work on view in “E-Merge,” an exhibition at Prism ContemporaryGlass in Chicago, IL, February through March.His work was also included in “A Cabinet ofNatural Curiosities,” an exhibition at the RoqLa Rue Gallery in Seattle, WA. Slate recentlyaccepted the Glass Studio Coordinator posi-tion at the Penland School of Crafts inPenland, NC.

Brooke Inman ’06 – exhibited her work atADA Gallery in Richmond, VA in January andFebruary. Her work was also included in “TheWord Made Fresh: An examination of text incontemporary art,” an exhibition at theTransmission Gallery in Richmond, VA, inJanuary. Also see Zahner ’00 and Langley ’05.

Adam LaPorta ’06 – see Sudduth ’83.

Valerie Molnar ’06 – had work on view in“You Catch More Flies with Honey,” a groupexhibition at Carroll Square Gallery inWashington D.C., which ran from Decemberthrough February. Also see Langley ‘05.

Alison O’Daniel ’06 – was in a six-personshow called “The Golden Fluffer” at TransitionGallery in London, England, in December.

Salvatore Schiciano ’06 – was one of theartists featured in “Epilogue: An Exhibition,”which was on view at the Detroit IndustrialProject in Detroit, MI, in March.

Denise Stewart ’06 – is currently a residentartist at Zygote Press, Inc., in Cleveland.

Chris Zielski ’06 – see Sweeney ’58.

Janet Bruhn ’07 – see Zahner ’00.

Jon Cotterman ’07 – was one of the artistswhose work was on sale at the 2007 ArtCraftHoliday Open Studio & Sale at the ArtCraftBuilding in Cleveland in December. Also seeSudduth ’83 and Davis ’90.

Bobbie Fox ’07 – is currently employed atColorbok in Ann Arbor, MI, designing scrap-book material for Target and Walmart.

Anthony Scalmato ’07 – was nominated for aCollege Television Award, which is a StudentEmmy presented by the Academy ofTelevision and Arts and Sciences, for his BFAThesis film “When the World Goes Dark.” Heattended the awards ceremony in Los Angelesin March.

Beth Whalley ’07 – recently started workingat the Cleveland Museum of Natural Historyas a Development Assistant.

Derek Hess ’88 – had a solo exhibition inHamburg, Germany, in February; a one-nightshow in the Tremont neighborhood ofCleveland in December; and was also a gueston the January 15 episode of the televisionshow “L.A. ink” on the TLC Channel.

Earl James ’89 – see Sweeney ’58.

Michael Romanik ’89 – see Sudduth ’83.

Alex Rivera ‘89 – along with Jose Casiano ‘96and Susan Danko ’98 had work featured in“Christmas Show,” an exhibition at the BrunoCasiano Gallery this winter in Cleveland.

Kristen Cliffel ’90 – exhibited her sculptures ina solo show, “The Sweet Life,” at the WilliamBusta Gallery in Cleveland during February andMarch. Also see Drake ’65 and Daw ’80.

Dexter Davis ’90 – had work on view in the“Fifth Annual Collector’s Choice” exhibition atHeights Arts Gallery in Cleveland Heights inMarch. Jen Prox ’03, Josh Cole ’05 and JonCotterman ’07 were also included in the exhi-bition.

Judith McMillan ’90 – exhibited her work of x-ray and nest photography at the BonniBenrubi Gallery in New York, NY, Octoberthrough November.

Kelly Palmer ’90 – see Daw ’80.

Michael Starinsky ’90 – is the Director of theCleveland Museum of Art’s Lifelong LearningCenter, an immersive environment that will beinstalled in the former special exhibit gallery aspart of the CMA’s $258 million renovation. Healso oversees the Education Art Collection’s18,000 objects and incorporates them intohands-on education department programsthroughout Northeast Ohio. Also see Starinsky ’85.

Terry Gess ’91 – see Daw ’80.

Pat Haggerty ’92 – see Sudduth ’83.

Nicole Pangas Henry ’93 – had work on viewin a solo exhibition at the Paint Creek Centerfor the Arts in Rochester, MI, in February. Alsosee Daw ’80.

Jeff Puppos ’93 – works at General Motors anddebuted his design of the Hummer HX, a two-door off-the-road concept car, at the 2008North American International Auto Show inDetroit, MI, in January.

Wendy Collin Sorin ’93 – curated“Connections II: Ohio Artists Abroad,” an exhi-bition on view at the Riffe Gallery inColumbus, February through March. Facultymembers Jennifer Craun and Bruce Checefskyhad work included in the exhibition.

Bob Bruch ’94 – see Daw ’80.

Kevin Snipes ’94 – see Drake ’65 and Daw ‘80.

Sandra Williams ’94 – see Daw ’80.

Andrea LeBlond ’95 – see Drake ’65.

Pete Scherzer ’94 – see Daw ’80.

Bruce Biro ’96 – was one of the artists featuredin “The Artists of Tower Press,” an exhibition atThe Wooltex Gallery in Cleveland in February.

Jose Casiano ’96 – see Rivera ’89.

Heather O’Brien ’96 – see Daw ’80.

Joan Staufer ’97 – exhibited her mixed mediaworks in “Point of Departure,” a solo exhibitionat The Wayne Center for the Arts in Wooster,OH, in February.

Megan Van Wagoner ’97 – see Daw ’80.

Susan Danko ’98 – see Moore ’87, Rivera ’89 andKabot (faculty).

Christa Donner ’98 – exhibited the work cre-ated during her summer residency at SPACESGallery in Cleveland during “Phenomena (I),” anexhibition at the gallery on view Januarythrough February. She also participated in“Outlaw Printmakers,” an exhibition at theContemporary Art Museum St. Louis inMissouri in late February.

Jeremy Gall ’98 – currently serves as the head minister of Jeremy Gall Ministries inAshtabula, OH.

Kurt Karussi ’98 – is the Global DesignManager at Proctor & Gamble and recentlymoved to Singapore to create and lead thecompany’s design group there.

Jennifer Paul ’99 – was featured in a soloexhibition at the Tribeca Beauty Spa in NewYork, NY, in February.

Chris Zahner ’00 – was one of the artistswhose work was on view in “Camp Out,” agroup exhibition at Zygote Press, Inc., inCleveland. Brooke Inman ’06 and Janet Bruhn ’07 also had work included in the exhibition. Also see Moore ’87 and Kabot (fac-ulty).

Jennifer Huff ’01 – is employed as a marketingassociate for Turner Construction Co. in SanFrancisco, CA, and recently got engaged.

Laurie Hutson ’01 – is a studio artist who creates one-of-a-kind functional objects andjewelry, primarily flatware and table topobjects. She has done craft shows across thecountry and has also taken on commissionsfor clients, including Tiger Woods. She visitedthe Institute in January and gave a presenta-tion to the students in the Material CultureEnvironment.

Scott Krugger ’01 – is a senior designer forChrysler’s Advanced Exterior Studio. Hedebuted his redesign of the 2009 Dodge Ramat the 2008 North American InternationalAuto Show in Detroit, MI, in January.

Le Anne Ash ’02 – see Daw ’80.

Daniel Hanawalt ’02 – is employed as agraphic designer at Printworks and Co., inTelford, PA, and recently got engaged.

Keary Knerem ’02 – recently got engaged. Heis employed by Little Tykes in Hudson, OH.

Jen Omaitz ’02 – see Moore ’87.

Nicci Winrock ’02 – see Daw ’80.

Eric Zimmerman ’02 – was one of the artistsincluded in “New Art In Austin: 20 to Watch,”an exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art inAustin, TX. The exhibit runs until May 11,2008, before traveling to Houston, San Antonio,and Abilene. His work was also on view in“Atlas,” a solo exhibition at the Art PalaceGallery in Austin, in March.

Neal Barman ’03 – see Daw ’80.

Ben Grasso ’03 – participated in an ice carvingcompetition at Crocker Park in Westlake, OH,at the end of January.

Matthew Hamby ’03 – had work included in“I Love You Love Me: A National JuriedExhibition About Relationships,” which wason view at the Northern Kentucky UniversityFine Arts Center in Highland Heights, KY,throughout February.

Sreshta Premnath ’03 – exhibited his work in“Black Box,” a solo show at GallerySKE inBangalore, India in January and February.

Jen Prox ’03 – see Sweeney ’58 and Davis ’90.

Alison Stojkov ’03 – see Sweeney ’58.

Samantha Stumpf ’03 – see Daw ’80.

Alicia Basinger ’04 – see Daw ’80.

Yumiko Goto ’04 – see Drake ’65 and Daw ’80.

Lauren Gutierrez ’04 – works at art4businessInc., a corporate art consulting firm, whereshe manages Novartis Pharmaceutical’s NorthAmerican corporate art collection, consistingof over 5,000 works. She travels throughoutthe United States, Puerto Rico, and Canadasupervising all acquisitions, commissions,installations and conservations.

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Petra Soesemann ’77 (Environment Chair andProfessor, Foundation) – has been awarded asabbatical for the spring and fall 2009 semes-ters, to participate in a year-long residency atthe Roswell Artists in Residence Program inNew Mexico.

Julian Stanczak '54 (Professor Emeritus) – alongwith Barbara Stanczak (Professor, Foundation)will be featured in a major retrospective exhi-bition at the Cleveland Artists Foundation in The Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood,OH, on view through July 26. The Foundationwill honor the Stanczaks at its annual benefitMay 17. Call 216-227-9507 or go to www.clevelandartists.org

Heather Tuck-Macalla (Patron Services LibraryAssistant) – will give a presentation on FrankWilcox* ’10 at the Cowan Pottery Museum's18th Annual Symposium on May 10 at RockyRiver Public Library. www.cowanpottery.org

Chuck Tucker (Chair, Integrated MediaEnvironment) – see Ostrow (faculty).

Barry Underwood (Department Head andAssistant Professor, Film, Video and PhotographicArts) – exhibited work in “The AlteredLandscape,” a two-person exhibition atSummit Gallery in Banff, Alberta, as part ofthe 2008 Exposure Calgary/Banff PhotographyFestival during February and March. He wasrepresented by Skew Gallery at the 17thAnnual International Los AngelesPhotographic Art Exposition in Santa Monicain January.

Brent Kee Young (Department Head andProfessor, Glass) – had a piece from his FossilSeries, “Strata....,” acquired by the Racine (WI)Art Museum. He had work exhibited thiswinter at the Figge Art Museum, Davenport,Iowa; Palm Beach3, a contemporary art fairwhere he was represented by Jane SauerGallery; Lehigh University’s Zollener ArtsCenter; and in a solo retrospective show atHeights Arts in Cleveland Heights. The spring2008 issue of Glass: The Urban Glass ArtQuarterly, features Young’s work on the coverand an article about his Matrix Series. Also seeSudduth ’83.

IN MEMORIAM – ALUMNI

Nelle (Vixseboxse) Heiligenthal ’35 – passedaway February 8, 2008, at age 95. Nelle wasborn and raised in Cleveland. She worked forher father for several years at Vixseboxse ArtGallery on Cedar Road in Cleveland, which hefounded in 1922. The gallery remains a familybusiness. Nelle is survived by her daughter Lynn.

Saburo Yoshizawa ’49 – died at age 81 inFebruary 2008. He was a retired senior artistfor American Greetings and long-time residentof Cleveland Heights. He is survived by hisstep-daughter and step-grandson.

Ellen Walters ’50 – passed away in December2007 at age 79. After graduating from TheCleveland Institute of Art, Ellen worked at theCleveland Museum of Natural History as thecurator of exhibits. She also created realisticdinosaur models, including a life-sized wingedreptile commissioned by the SmithsonianInstitution in Washington D.C. Ellen retiredafter 45 years, and spent her free time enjoyingnature at her home in Windsor Township inAshtabula County, OH.

Leonard Korecky ’51 – died at age 84 in North Olmsted, OH, on February 3, 2008. Hewas born in Cleveland in 1923. After serving inthe United States Army, Leonard went on tohave a successful career as a textile designer.He is survived by his brother, sister-in-law andnephew.

Lillian Kaitsa ’73 – died at age 61 in Sandusky,OH, in December 2007. She was born inGermany before moving to the United Statesand receiving her BFA in Industrial Design atthe Institute. She is survived by her brother,two nieces, nephew, great-niece and cousin.

CIA Community Mourns Three Professors Emeriti:

Schreckengost ’29, Cassill and Szilagyi ’42

In January, The Cleveland Institute of Art lost three distinguished long-time faculty

members, all of whom had been granted professor emeritus status.

Viktor Schreckengost ’29, the world famous artist and industrial

designer who established the nation’s first Industrial Design

Department at CIA and mentored generations of designers in

more than 70 years of teaching, was 101.

Schreckengost was praised in national media including The New

York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times and in several thoughtful pieces

published in The Plain Dealer, which referred to him as a “modern-day

Renaissance man.” Links to many of these stories are available on the Viktor

Schreckengost Foundation website at www.viktorschreckengost.org. His numer-

ous honors included a National Medal for the Arts, awarded to him by President

George W. Bush in 2006.

Schreckengost’s survivors include his wife, the former Virgene Nowacek, three

stepsons and eight step-grandchildren. His first wife, the former Nadine Averill,

died in 1975.

H. Carroll Cassill, who established Printmaking as a separate major

at CIA, was 79. For many years, printmaking had been primarily a

support area for the Illustration and Graphic Design Departments,

whose students could elect to work in woodcutting, linoleum-cut

and intaglio techniques. Upon Cassill’s arrival in 1957, he physically

rebuilt and thoroughly redefined the program. He retired in 1991.

The William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, will feature a

memorial exhibition of Cassill’s work May 2 – June 7. Cassill’s survivors include

his wife of 56 years, Jean Kubota Cassill; a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren.

John G. Szilagyi ’42, who taught Graphic Design at CIA for nearly

40 years, was 88. When Szilagyi joined the faculty in 1961, graphic

design students were drawing each project by hand and the cur-

riculum included a heavy emphasis on rendering, according to a

Link magazine article published when he retired in 1998. Szilagyi

embraced the transition to computers and, in fact, said one of his fondest memo-

ries was of the day the computers arrived in the Graphic Design Department.

After retirement he focused on watercolor painting.

“Each of these distinguished former faculty have contributed significantly

to the careers of so many of our graduates. They each brought to the classroom

special insight and passion about their work as professionals and as teachers. Vik,

Carroll and John will be remembered well,” said CIA President David L. Deming ’67.

The families of all three faculty members have suggested memorial gifts be made

to the Institute’s scholarship program.

Make an Impact!Each year, The Cleveland Institute of Art receives thousands of financial contribu-

tions to the Annual Fund which help to provide necessary funding for student

scholarships, visiting artists and scholars, community arts programming, and

classroom equipment and programs. Have you made your gift of support to the

Institute for the 2007–08 fiscal year? Gifts of all amounts are appreciated, and

should be received by the end of our fiscal year, June 30, to ensure you are listed

in our next annual report. An envelope is included with this edition of Link for

your convenience. Thank you for your consideration, and we hope to include your

name on our 2007–08 Honor Roll of Donors.

Questions? Contact Amy Bartter, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations,at 216-421-7412, or abartter@cia.edu

FACULTY & STAFF

Amanda Almon (Department Head and AssistantProfessor, Biomedical Art) – has been honored byCrain’s Cleveland Business as one of NortheastOhio’s emerging leaders. Almon was namedone of Crain’s “20 in their 20s,” and is profiledwith the other 19 honorees in the April 28,2008 issue of the publication. She was alsoawarded a John and Maxeen Flower Grant forFaculty Development in New Technologies tostudy Autodesk Advanced 3D Modeling.

Kristen Baumlier (Department Head andAssistant Professor, T.I.M.E.-Digital Arts) – wasawarded a John and Maxeen Flower Grant forFaculty Development in New Technologies toparticipate in Lynda.com online training.

Charlie Bergengren (Associate Professor, LiberalArts) – has an article about a house/tavern inSchaefferstown, Pennsylvania appearing in thewinter issue of Pennsylvania History and a chap-ter on farmhouses in a book on PennsylvaniaGerman architecture to be published by theVernacular Architecture Forum.

Eoin Breadon (Adjunct Faculty, Glass) – wasincluded in the exhibition, “Some AssemblyRequired,” at Capital University’s SchumacherGallery in Columbus last November andDecember and an exhibition of blown andsculpted glass titled “Exposure” at PrismContemporary Glass in Chicago, duringFebruary and March. Also see Grove ’06.www.prismcontemporary.com

Bill Brouillard (Professor, Ceramics) – see Daw ’80.

Kathy Buszkiewicz (Department Head andProfessor, Jewelry + Metals) – had work includedin the traveling exhibition, “Nature/Culture:Artists Respond to Their Environment,” at theOhio Craft Museum in Columbus duringFebruary and March. The show’s 45 workswere created by contemporary artists whoidentify either with an urban society or thenatural environment. www.ohiocraft.org.Buszkiewicz was awarded a John and MaxeenFlower Grant for Faculty Development in New Technologies to purchase software anddigital training.

Bruce Checefsky (Director, Reinberger Galleries) –had his movie, “IN NI” included in“Connections II: Ohio Artists Abroad” at theRiffe Gallery in Columbus from Januarythrough early April. The show featured art-work by 14 artists who participated in theOhio Arts Council’s Individual Creativity inter-national residencies program and was curatedby Wendy Collin Sorin ’93. Also participatingwas Jennifer Craun (adjunct faculty). www.riffegallery.org

Deborah Carlson (Co-Department Head andAssociate Professor, Fiber + Material Studies) –was awarded a John and Maxeen Flower Grantfor Faculty Development in New Technologiesto go to New York to study computer aideddesign and Pointecarré textile software.

Amy Casey ’99 (Reinberger Galleries) – is thefeatured artist in the April issue of MUSE, thequarterly creative writing journal of The Lit,formerly the Poets’ and Writers’ League ofGreater Cleveland. Also see Sudduth ’83.

Tina Cassara (Co-Department Head andProfessor, Fiber + Material Studies) – has beenawarded a sabbatical for the 2008–2009 academic year to research textile mills and thelife of a textile mill worker, as well as partici-pate in a residency at the Hambidge Centerfor Creative Arts & Sciences in Georgia.

Lane Cooper (Associate Professor, Liberal Arts) –was named coordinator of the Visiting Artistsprogram, which typically brings 40 to 50nationally known artists per year to speak tostudents, faculty and members of the public.

Jennifer Craun (Adjunct Faculty, Printmaking) –see Checefsky (faculty). Also see Sorin ’93.

Maggie Denk-Leigh (Department Head andAssistant Professor, Printmaking) – was one of15 young American printmakers chosen to par-ticipate in a traveling exhibition includingartists from the US and Egypt titled “Meetingthe Other: Egyptian and American Prints,”which opened at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in February. The show travels to the

University of Notre Dame, The University ofAkron and Whittier College in Louisianabefore it goes to the Alexandria BibliothecaArt Gallery in Alexandria, Egypt.

John Garton (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts) –has authored the book Grace and Grandeur: The Portraiture of Paolo Veronese (London &Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2008),analyzing the work of this VenetianRenaissance artist and providing a full catalogue of his portraits.

Gretchen Goss (Chair, Material CultureEnvironment; Department Head and Professor,Enameling) – will teach a five-day summerclass, Captured in Glass: Photographic Transferon Enamel, at the Arrowmont School of Artsand Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee thissummer. www.arrowmont.org

Vince Haley (Adjunct Faculty, Industrial Design) –recently launched a new line of residential andcontract seating. His Classic Cage Barstool col-lection is an exploration of the use of naturalmaterials to create contemporary structuresthat juxtapose warmth and coolness; softnessand rigidity. Vince has formed DI Homefurnishingsas a venue for distribution of these and othercommissioned furnishings.

Sarah Kabot (Assistant Professor, Foundation,Drawing) – participated in a weekend-longprinting party at Zygote Press this winter. Theevent, which included several non-print artists,raised funds for Zygote’s programming. Alsoparticipating were Troy Richards (faculty),Harriet Ballard Moore ’87, Susan Danko ’98,Jen Omaitz ’02 and Chris Zahner ’00.

Julie Langsam (Motto Chair; Head, PaintingDepartment) – has a painting, “GwathmeySiegel Landscape (Haupt House),” featured inArtworks: The Progressive Collection, a bookabout the collection established and curatedfor The Progressive Corporation by CIA Boardmember Toby Devan Lewis. Of more than6,000 works in the collection, just under 300are showcased in the book. Langsam’s paintingwas acquired by Progressive in 2002.

Saul Ostrow (Chair, Visual Arts and TechnologiesEnvironment) – and Chuck Tucker ( Chair,Integrated Media Environment) will collaborateon the project, “The Banff Dialogues,” as partof the five-week Thematic Residency: MakingArtistic Inquiry Visible, at The Banff Centre in Alberta during May and June. Their projectwill consider the various aspects of artisticresearch including practice-led research, mapping, installations and expository textspremised on a series of dialogues initiated byprofessors Ostrow (a critic and theorist) andTucker (an installation artist). www.banffcentre.ca

Chris Ramsay (Adjunct Faculty, CommunicationDesign) – in collaboration with VeerIncorporated, organized a project for hisAdvanced Studio class in which students chosea location in Cleveland and a typeface fromVeer and rendered an image using that type-face. The resulting exhibition, “Type CityCleveland,” was displayed in the Gund Buildingduring February and March.

Troy Richards (Department Head and AssistantProfessor, Drawing) – see Kabot (faculty).

Judith Salomon (Department Head andProfessor, Ceramics) – was awarded a John and Maxeen Flower Grant for FacultyDevelopment in New Technologies to avail ofthe Student Technology Assistance Program.Also see Daw ’80.

Gary Sampson (Associate Dean, GraduateStudies; Professor, Liberal Arts) – has beenawarded a sabbatical for the 2009 springsemester to research nineteenth century photographs and their shifting role in the politi-cal turbulence of the period, as well as a newproject which will focus on specific citieswhose identities are being transformed bydigital media.

Viktor Schreckengost* ’29 (Professor Emeritus) –had work on view in the solo exhibition “All Creatures Great and Small” at the HistoricKirtland Visitor’s Center in Kirtland, OH, in January.

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