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News from the Normandale Art Department A R T A NASAD Accredited Art Program Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN E-NEWS May 2016 High School Art Day Glass Tile Mural High school art teachers participated in creating a glass tile mural to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Art Day. The work is dedicated in memory of long-time Burnsville High School Art Teacher, Tim Hammes. Tim partici- pated in the art day and created one of the tiles of the mural. He passed away in March and is remembered fondly as a dedicated art teacher and exceptional person. The mural is now a part of the Normandale Permanent Art Collection. Photo: Dale Brown Row One: Kristi Colby (Shakopee), Jana Pare (Chanhassen), Alyson Johnson (Farmington), Phil Stanley (Rose- mount), Chris Porter (Apple Valley) Row Two: Joseph Schulte (Eagan), Heather Van Bellinger (Farmington), Cassie Bernhardt (Chaska), Edi Helper (Chanhassen), Piia Huson (Normandale) Row Three: Ryan Pedersen (Jefferson), Stephanie Molstre-Kotz (Eagan), Tim Hammes (Burnsville), Kelley Yackel (Kennedy), Dawn Cherwinka (Farmington) Row Four: Christina Keith (Chaska), Heather Schuer (Kennedy), Martha Wittstruck (Normandale), Dale Brown (Normandale), Steven Showalter (Prior Lake) Kaitlyn Moe The Art Department is excited to share news on Kaitlyn Moe, an AFA in Art Graduate from Spring Semester 2015. Kaitlyn has been accepted into Ringling Col- lege of Art & Design’s Computer Animation Program located in Sarasota, Florida and will begin her stud- ies Fall 2016. Additionally, Kaitlyn is a recipient of a Dean’s scholarship – an award of $10,000 per year for her portfolio application! Congratulations, Kaitlyn! Kaitlyn’s career goals are to work on feature animated films, television, and/or video games doing either computer-generated (CGI) animation or 2D animation (traditional or vector). Since graduating, Kaitlyn has completed various free- lance commissions, including comics and illustrations. She has focused on furthering her personal studies in animation, character design, and storyboarding. Krystal Cooper Former student, Krystal Cooper, has been accepted into Masters of Arts, Art Therapy programs at New York University and School of Art Institute of Chicago. She is also considering a program in Ireland. Krystal took several art classes including ceramics, painting, figure drawing, and mixed media to build her application port- folio. In Krystal’s words: Beauty heals. In a world filled with the im- ages of war and suffering, beauty pierces through the crystal cracked veneer of race, class, status and creed. I learned this early on. After I received my B.A. in International Studies at Macalester College, I moved abroad to do peace work in Northern Ireland and served in the Peace Corps in Rwanda. There I met and worked with an art therapist. She used the creative process as a vessel for both pain and hope. I am now entering graduate studies in art therapy to work as an art therapist in the current refugee crisis in which nearly 60 million people are refugees or internally displaced (UNHCR). We wish Krystal the best as she pursues her Art Therapy career! 2016 Student Exhibit and Awards The Annual Normandale Student Art Exhibit was held in the Fine Arts Gallery, March 24 to April 21. Over two hundred student works were exhibited. This special exhibit featured outstanding creations by many Normandale art students. There were paintings, watercolors, digital media, photographs, fused glass, ceramics, felt, card- board and other various media representing student work from Normandale art classes. The juror was New London-based artist and Hutchinson Center for the Arts Executive Director, Lisa Bergh. She holds a MFA in spatial arts from San Jose State University (CA), and a BFA in printmaking from University of Arizona. Her work has been exhibited at University of MN Morris, Plains Art Museum, Macalaster Col- lege Gallery, and Normandale’s Fine Arts Gallery among others. Along with her husband and partner, Andrew Nordin, she has run numerous public art projects including ARThouse and The Traveling Museum. Ms Bergh presented the awards and spoke about her choices at the awards ceremony held during the Reception on April 4th. PURCHASE AWARDS: Anders Huft Danica Bleess ART 1122: Electronic Imaging ART 2202: Mixed Media MERIT AWARDS: Joe Rider Mary Schreiner ART 1121: Drawing 1 ART 1127: Painting 1 Isaiah Johnson Leah Erstad ART 1101: Visual Arts ART 1127: Painting 1 Piia Huson Anna Carpenter ART 2202: Mixed Media ART 1121: Drawing 1 Danica Bleess Van Nguyen Rikki Decklever ART 1122: Electronic Imaging ART 1121: Drawing 1 POTTERY CLUB AWARD: Shauna Ruthenbeck ART 1124: Ceramics 1 BLICK ARTS AWARD: Malysa Wathanaphone Sally Clarksean ART 1124: Ceramics 1 ART 1122: Electronic Imaging Andrea Sanabria Linda Lu ART 1127: Painting 1 ART 1114: Digital Photo Andren Sorenson Julie Kirihara ART 1114: Digital Photography ART 1120: 3-D Design Anders Huft Glass Fusing Demonstrations Glass artist Chuck Burton instructs Paul Winchester and Aaron Dingman in glass bead making during his visit to the Glass Fusing 2 class. Deb Warwick demonstrates fine wire wrapping techniques to Glass Fusing 2 students. Scholarship Winners Each year the Art Department awards two scholarships to AFA in Art students. Students submit a portfolio and application materials. This is reviewed by the art faculty. The Bryant Art scholarship is awarded for the spring term and the Felicity Abby Jane Mathieu scholarship is awarded for the fall term. We are very pleased to an- nounce that Julie Kirihara was selected to receive the Bryant Art Scholarship and Kathleen (Kat) Kinzer was selected to receive the Felicity Abby Jane Mathieu Scholarship. Julie Kirihara Kat Kinzer Foundation Donation On April 1st, the Glass Fusing 2 class presented several glass works, including tile murals and coasters inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian, to the Normandale Foundation Director, Colleen Simpson. The students created a Mondrian inspired mural composed of 16 individual glass tiles. Former glass students, faculty and staff created a second mural composed of 9 tiles. Deb Warwich donated several wire wrapped pendants. These pieces will be auctioned at the Gala on April 30th. The money raised through the sale of the work will benefit scholarships at Normandale. Photo: Dale Brown Mondrian Tile Mural Participants: Kaity Gamlin, Melissa Littfin, Sabrina Moren, Derek Sorenson, Shannon Ritten, Blanca Dahlin, Piia Huson, Paul Winchester, Mandi Neset, Jeffrey Chlan, Heather Johnson, Payton Follestad, Beth Heilman, Jon To, Tyler Keller, Aaron Dingman, Dale Brown, Karen Anderson, Orinthia Montague, Chuck Burton, Kristen Cooper, Julie Kirihara, Mitsue Jacobson, Martha Wittstruck Guest Artist Becka Rahn On March 3, 2016, fiber artist Becka Rahn discussed her career as a de- signer with students in Art 2202, Mixed Media. She shared a number of garments, quilts, and cloth samples illustrating her passion for digitally designing fabric. As a co-author of The Spoonflower Handbook, she revealed a few, fun secrets. Students enjoyed incorporating her digital knowledge as they transformed personal designs into patterns. Alumni Achievement Award Winner: Jeffrey Stenbom Congratulations to the 2015-16 Alumni Achievement Award Winner: Jeffrey Stenbom. Normandale alumni often ref- erence a turning point in their time at the college that helped them succeed academically and accomplish their goals. Jeffrey Stenbom has experienced two different occasions where Normandale helped change his outlook on life. After graduating high school in 1996, Stenbom attended Vermillion Community College in Ely, MN and planned to transfer to the University of Minnesota the following year to pursue sociology. After missing the U of M’s trans- fer deadline, he opted to return to the Twin Cities and attend Normandale. He also decided to take a sculpture and ceramics class as part of his general education requirements. The experience changed his view on what he wanted to do. “I absolutely fell in love with both of those classes,” he says. “They made me to want to major in art.” After attending Normandale during the 1997-98 academic year, Stenbom transferred to the University of Minnesota to pursue art. But while he enjoyed the art he was creating at the U of M, he struggled to find meaning behind it. Stenbom decided to take a break from college and joined the U.S. Army as a cavalry scout one week after 9/11. After being stationed in Germany and deployed in Kosovo and Iraq for nearly four years, he came home. Stenbom faced new chal- lenges when he returned, as he was dealing with Post-traumatic Stress-Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and was not sure what to do with his life. He did know, however, that he wanted to con- tinue his education. So he decided to come back to Normandale to finish his AA degree. He also signed up for Glass Fusing 1, a course that was being offered for the first time at Normandale. That small move made a huge impact on his life. “I originally thought it was glassblowing, but I quickly found out that was not the case,” Stenbom says, explaining that the course focused on sculpting kiln-heated glass. “I took the class and fell in love with working with glass. It gave me focus. It gave me direction. And it killed the void of what I was missing. It ended up being the therapy I needed to deal with PTSD and some of the other chal- lenges I was dealing with at the time. It was a great environment to be in, and the faculty were excellent.” After earning his AA degree, Stenbom decided to stay at Normandale and earn an AFA in Art. From there, he attend- ed the University of Wisconsin-River Falls to get his BFA in glass and sculpture, and his BS in Art Education. Along the way he discovered a passion for educating people in art, which he feels originates from his gratitude toward the instructors at Normandale who ignited his excitement for art.

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