Financial Overview...... 38 PAGE 16 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE FROM July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 O cers THE PRESIDENT C. Stephen Metzler, chair* Pat McCown, chair Tracy McFerrin Foster, secretary A YEAR OF TRANSITIONS FOR KCAI Faye Davis, treasurer Herb Kohn, at large e past year has undoubtedly Daniel F. Musser, at large brought about a myriad of transitions for KCAI and with Members them has come substantial Hugh Andrews Nancy Lee Kemper progress and a focus on our Robert Bernstein Barbara Marshall future. As president of the R. Philip Bixby Susan Seidler Nerman college, it is my goal to position Cathy ompson Brents Joshua C. Rowland KCAI for further greatness (’73 painting and printmaking) Mark J. Spencer through promoting relevance, omas R. Dowling George Terbovich adhering to a standard of Kristin Goodman Jay Tomlinson excellence and building a Allan S. Gray II Kathy Walter-Mack platform for success. e recent Howard Harris (’71 design) Pam Woodard transformative gift of $25 Faculty million from an anonymous Chris Chapin donor will accelerate this work. Ex o cio, faculty representative, fall semester As I have come to realize, KCAI has something almost no art Julie Farstad Ex o cio, faculty representative, spring semester school in the country can claim: a 15-acre campus on a rolling hill that is nestled between two great teaching collections — * Served as chair July 1, 2014 - March 24, 2015 the Kemper Contemporary Museum and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Add to that Kansas City’s thriving art scene and July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016 you have all the great resources and inspiration an art student O cers could need uniquely bundled within one community. Pat McCown, chair Faye Davis, vice chair & treasurer Daniel F. Musser, vice chair "WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM,WE HAVE Tracy McFerrin Foster, secretary PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL Herb Kohn, at large Joshua C. Rowland, at large WITH OUR PROJECTS AND PLANS." Jay Tomlinson, at large Members We have focused KCAI’s upgrades on enhancing the academic Hugh Andrews Brad Kroh experience — whether that means revamping the curriculum, Robert Bernstein Barbara Marshall hiring new faculty or building a new studio. R. Philip Bixby Susan Seidler Nerman Cathy ompson Brents Mark J. Spencer In a steadfast manner and with much enthusiasm, we have put (’73 painting and printmaking) Tracie Tempel the pedal to the metal with our projects and plans. Specically, omas R. Dowling George Terbovich the most substantial construction updates to campus include: Kristin Goodman Frank Uryasz Allan S. Gray II Kathy Walter-Mack • Solar panel installation — In an eort to reduce energy Howard Harris (’71 design) Pam Woodard expenses and decrease KCAI’s carbon footprint, we installed Nancy Lee Kemper Megan Wyeth 100 solar panels on the roof of the East Building. is meets Faculty 5 percent of the college’s electrical energy needs in a two- Jonah Criswell building complex. (Completed in July 2015.) Ex o cio, faculty representative President’s Report 2015 President’s 4 • Ceramics building renovation — e Richard J. Stern Ceramics Building recently underwent a major upgrade, including the addition of a high-performing plaster lab, KCAI ELECTS an expanded glaze room, soundproong and ventilation equipment that reduce noise and improve safety and air PAT MC COWN quality. Also, a new loft-like mezzanine provides a clean and quiet reprieve that houses a resource library and digital studio with 3-D printers. (Completed in late July 2015.) BOARD CHAIR Kansas City business leader and philanthropist, Pat McCown was • Campus improvements — We will be redesigning the elected chair of the board of trustees in April after the sudden and entrance to the college and the landscape to give it a more unexpected death of former chair, C. Stephen Metzler. welcoming feel. (To be completed by summer 2016.) “While KCAI continues to mourn the loss of Steve, there is no • Building a fab lab — e fabrication laboratory one better poised than Pat to carry us forward with his strong (fab lab) will be built in the open-air courtyard adjacent to leadership and unparalleled passion for the school,” said Tony the Volker Building. e fab lab will house a year-round Jones, president of KCAI. “Pat has contributed a great deal studio with 3-D printers and rapid prototypers. (To be during his time on the board, particularly as chair of the facilities completed by summer 2016.) committee, and he is highly regarded for his work in the Kansas • Vanderslice Hall renovation — e exterior of City community.” Vanderslice Hall will undergo a historic renovation, McCown is CEO and co-founder of McCownGordon including tuck-pointing, installing new windows, removing Construction company. He also serves on a number of civic all the damaged stone and steel work, and bringing and philanthropic boards of directors and committees in Kansas the building back to its original 1895 grandeur. (To be City, including the UMKC Board of Trustees, Starlight eatre, completed by summer 2016.) ArtsKC and UMB Bank. His experience and leadership comes In short, we are building for the future while respecting the past. at a critical time for the college as it embarks upon campus improvements and facility upgrades. Alongside the considerable construction and renovations taking place, faculty are vigorously reviewing the academic “ e Kansas City Art Institute has always been a truly wonderful program, as well as considering how we can improve the studio college of art and design,” McCown said. “And now, through experience, specically the physical studios themselves, the Tony Jones’ recent appointment as president and the benet of equipment and technical support. some recent signicant gifts given by friends of KCAI, we hope to transform the campus to even better serve our students, faculty I believe we must keep the curriculum on the cutting edge and sta. It is our hope and plan that these gifts will enable KCAI to remain relevant to students. If I were a student wanting to to create a richer environment to educate, train and prepare the attend art school, I would be considering the following: new many artists and designers for being part of the creative solution technology, adherence to traditions, an understanding of how needed by so many rms today.” to make things, and an art history and liberal arts program that creates a cultural understanding of objects. And I would want A member of the board of trustees since 2010, McCown said, to do it in a location with unique character. All of those vital “I am honored to be involved with KCAI during this exciting assets can be found within KCAI and Kansas City. time of transformation.”

I am proud to be here, and I believe that through shared governance and strategic planning, together, we can steer KCAI in the direction of modernization while maintaining ties to our rich tradition. "I AM HONORED TO BE INVOLVED WITH KCAI DURING THIS

EXCITING TIME OF President’s 2015 Report TRANSFORMATION." Tony Jones CBE President

5 ART OF THE CAR CONCOURS® DRAWS RECORD ATTENDANCE

In its ninth year, the annual Art of the Car Concours (Concours) is year, KCAI students participated in the Concours. Students drew a record crowd of nearly 7,000 people. Attendees enjoyed the from two illustration classes showcased and sold their artwork presentation of more than 200 vintage automobiles, motorcycles, during the event, and WELD wheels partnered with KCAI trucks, race cars and other unique vehicles from museums and to hold the rst annual WELD KCAI Performance Design private collections across the country. Challenge contest.

e $150,000 in proceeds from the event beneted KCAI’s e tenth annual Art of the Car Concours will be held Sunday, scholarship fund. Marshall Miller, founder and chairman of June 26, 2016 on the KCAI campus, with additional events the Concours, has helped raise nearly $1 million to date for the planned for days leading up to the Concours. Stay up to date college’s annual fund through the Concours. with these events by visiting www.artofthecarconcours.com.

ILLUSTRATION CLASS PARTNERS WITH CONCOURS For the rst time in the Concours’ history, several students were exhibited and sold at the event. Ferry’s students participated had the opportunity to display and sell their work during the by creating posters, stickers and 3-D sculptures. Prior to the event. In coordination with e Voice, an elective illustration event, Concours founder Marshall Miller invited the students course taught by Professor John Ferry, which partnered with to view and sit in vintage vehicles for up-close research to help the Concours, students produced car-themed artwork that inspire their artwork.

Twodee Weaver (senior, illustration) Twodee Weaver Adam Soyring (‘15 illustration) President’s Report 2015 President’s 6 Evin Goodman (‘15 sculpture) Justin Gray (senior, painting) ANNUAL 'RAIL DAY' CARS SHOWCASED AT CONCOURS Illustration students from Professor Steve Mayse’s Image and and had to ride their creations down an 80-foot rail, consisting of Form Exploration class participated in this year’s Concours. 2-inch-by-4-inch boards elevated about 18 inches o the ground. As part of the coursework, the class was tasked with creating e route sloped downhill from Vanderslice Hall toward the movable artwork for the annual Rail Day. In keeping with the Student Life Center. e artworks had to withstand the riders’ Concours’ event theme, “Concept Cars,” the students were weight and move forward with help from a team of two or more encouraged to incorporate the motif into their projects. ey students for balance. Several of the nal projects were on display could use only two materials — cardboard and glue — during the Concours for visitors to enjoy.

Left and right: Students test their artwork during annual “Rail Day”

WELD WHEELS HOLDS KCAI DESIGN CONTEST WELD Wheels awarded a $1,000 prize to Noah Geiger (junior, sculpture) for his directional on-spoke wheel design in the rst annual WELD KCAI Performance Design Challenge contest, which was open to students enrolled in the Virtual Sculpture class at KCAI. Geiger, a native of Rapid City, S.D., designed his wheel to be coated in black, except for the polished exterior face.

“My design follows the ideas of fractals and an understanding of the rotation around a single point in relation to the drive of forward progression,” he said. “Being that this is a directional wheel, there are two sets of opposing wheels that work together.”

e partnership between WELD and KCAI was in conjunction with the college’s Sponsored Studio program, where students are given actual projects to complete on behalf of area businesses. e students who participated in the contest had the opportunity to The winning wheel design displayed at the Concours visit WELD’s Kansas City manufacturing facility to learn about recent developments in computer-aided design (CAD) and nite President’s 2015 Report element analysis (FEA) modeling before beginning their designs.

Geiger’s wheel was produced by WELD with only slight modications. e wheel was unveiled for the rst time at this year’s Concours. 7 ALUMNI PROFILE

CAMERON CALDER (‘06 PAINTING) Cameron Calder (’06 painting), who currently works at IBM out doing paintings on canvas, transitioned to screen prints on Design, previously acted as creative director at Propaganda3 vinyl and ended my senior year with a core focus on animation in Kansas City, Mo., where he led a team of designers and and storytelling through interactive ash projects. I actually developers in creating apps, games, websites and other digital only did one painting my entire last year; everything else was products. His love of games began at an early age. digital explorations.”

In addition to gaining an understanding of what it means to "KCAI ALSO HAD A REAL IMPACT truly focus on his craft and always push forward, Calder said he ON ME REGARDING WHAT IT also learned the value of collaboration. MEANT TO FOCUS ON MY CRAFT “Although I was in the painting department, we would always AND ALWAYS KEEP PUSHING." bounce ideas o each other and discuss how we could lean on each other to push our work collectively forward,” he said.

“I played all the typical Nintendo For high school students interested in majoring in art or design games and spent a lot of time with in college, Calder oers this advice: “You get out of school Lemmings and MechWarrior,” exactly what you put in to it. Don’t expect that you’ll gain all Calder said. “Before I was able to this valuable knowledge by just attending a great school like get a handheld like Game Boy, I KCAI. I’ve seen what happens to students who approached would glue cardboard together, school with this attitude, and it often doesn’t end as well as they draw a game interface on the front thought it would. But I’ve also seen what happens to designers and pretend to play it on the way who put their all in to school and who work to push themselves to school.” forward. ey have all been successful and made great careers for themselves. Hard work combined with a great education e game he is proudest of designing is “Burn the Lot,” which will get you a long way.” he co-created with Dan Long at Propaganda3. Calder now works at IBM Design in Austin, Texas in a state- “We took our time to make sure it was the game we wanted it to of-the-art product design studio that focuses on how a new be when it was released,” he said. “‘Burn the Lot’ is an iOS and era of software will be designed, developed and consumed by Android game about a dastardly intergalactic carnival that travels organizations around the globe. from planet to planet stealing all the natives’ resources. e game is bent toward imagination rather than guts and gore.”

Calder said the game granted Long and him awards and a lot of exposure, including an invitation to speak at the UNITE Conference in Vancouver. “‘Burn the Lot’ was a labor of love that we are quite proud of,” Calder said.

Despite earning a B.F.A. degree in painting, Calder feels that the degree prepared him for a career in digital design.

“I learned a great deal from my painting degree that still applies today,” Calder said. “Not only did I gain an understanding of key fundamentals, but I also learned how to defend my decisions and convert input from critiques into my work. I had the freedom to explore while in the painting program. I started Still from the game “Burn the Lot” President’s Report 2015 President’s 8 CPS EXPANDS SPACE & CLASSES e School for Continuing and Professional Studies (CPS) For the rst time, a digital summer camp was oered for ages started o the fall semester in a new location: 32 E. 46th St. 9 to 14. Digital camps included Animation FUNdamentals, e building oers twice the number of classrooms, a ventilated Digital Drawing, Claymation Movies, Photo Collage, room for oil painting and pastel classes, two Mac computer labs, Photography FUNdamentals, Portrait Photography, an auditorium, a stage and a classroom dedicated to KCAI’s Exploring Animation, Collage and Beyond, Traditional post-baccalaureate program in art education. Animation and Staged Photography.

“We are thrilled by the enthusiasm the summer camp courses have generated this year,” said Sonja Garrett, director of CPS. “More than half of the digital camps had wait-lists for all six weeks of camp, and an extra week of camp was added mid- summer to accommodate all of the students interested in taking classes at KCAI.”

High school camps were also oered all summer, adding to the number of students on campus.

For 2015-2016, CPS plans to continue increasing the class Lecturer Kelly Clark working with high school students oerings and programs available to the community, including:

e additional space allowed CPS sta and classes to be • New Art Sofa courses — In response to the popularity consolidated into one location, resulting in the closure of the of the Art Sofa series, new art history classes have been added, KCAI North Campus last winter. including French New Wave Film and e Medici Family Collection and Signicance. Summer classes bring in more than half of the total yearly enrollments for the department, so CPS utilizes every classroom • Free classes for B.F.A. students — CPS is now oering a free in its building, as well as studios across campus during that time. class policy for full-time B.F.A. students that allows them to is year, 50 Pre-College Art Lab students were on campus, a 25 take non-credit classes, at no cost. percent increase from last year. Additionally, 26 art instructors from across the country attended Educators Art Lab to study • Spring break and ARTventure — In spring and summer 2016, ber with Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, professor and chair, and a full week of spring break classes will be oered for ages 6 to printmaking with Miguel Rivera, associate professor and chair. 18, and an additional week of ARTventure summer camp will be oered. ARTventure summer camps provided fun, ne art instruction for youth, ages 6 to 14. Students selected their own ARTventure • Classes in the new fab lab — Next year, CPS will oer the by choosing from a dierent class every week of camp. Popular rst semester of classes in the fabrication laboratory. Students courses included Drawing Faces and Figures, Exploring the will learn to use digital equipment, including the laser cutter Landscape, Painting in 3-D and Illustration Fundamentals. and 3-D printers.

CPS AT A GLANCE: YOUTH ENROLLED: 1,040 ART EDUCATORS ENROLLED: 120 HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLED: 157 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED: 23 PARTNERSHIPS: 313 CLASSES OFFERED: 357 President’s 2015 Report ADULTS ENROLLED: 1,022 EDUCATORS ARTLAB + SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE ENROLLED: 31 INTERSESSION ENROLLED: 76 PRE-COLLEGE ARTLAB ENROLLED: 50 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS ENROLLED: 298 TOTAL FISCAL YEAR ENROLLED: 3,107 9 FACULTY PROFILE

PAULINE VERBEEK-COWART When she was a senior in art school, Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, professor and chair of the ber department, sat down at a loom for the rst time and experienced clarity as she never had before: the loom, ber, weaving — this was her medium, her artistic calling. “It was so magical what was happening; everything else just stopped. It’s like the universe came together and presented me with all of the things that I needed to feel fullled,” Verbeek- Cowart said. “For me, it was the perfect combination of left brain and right brain. e technical aspect with the creative pursuit. It was just perfect.”

Hailing from Holland, Verbeek-Cowart found herself in the United States by means of her search to nd “something completely dierent.” She explored several institutes across Europe and rode from college to college throughout Holland on her bicycle. Yet she was not impressed by any of the art school opportunities. After applying to a handful of schools in America, Verbeek-Cowart attended the Maryland Institute and a semester-long exchange program at the California College of Arts & Crafts, where she was rst introduced to weaving.

“I was lucky enough to have been introduced to weaving by "IT’S LIKE THE UNIVERSE CAME a really prominent weaver, Lia Cook [professor of art at the TOGETHER AND PRESENTED ME California College of Arts & Crafts],” she said. “I think it was my experience of learning weaving from someone whose passion and WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I love for it were instilled in me. After I graduated, I knew this is NEEDED TO FEEL FULFILLED." what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.”

After earning her undergraduate degree, Verbeek-Cowart returned She attributes that level of dedication and drive to why she is so to Europe and served as an art director in Germany for 10 years. committed to teaching sophomore-level students. “It is important However, lacking the ber community she so desperately sought, to learn a medium from someone who embodies that practice,” she set forth again for the United States to pursue a Master of Fine she said. “If you learn from someone who knows how to weave, Arts degree. Having experienced both the East and West coasts, she for example, but whose primary artistic practice does not include considered the middle of the country and landed at the University weaving, you will not learn the same way.” of Kansas (KU), with the requisite being that she wanted to go somewhere that she could “just study and not be distracted.” As chair, Verbeek-Cowart uses her leadership and teaching skills to counsel professors in the ber department. “I’m mentoring and “To show again just how important it is to be with the right guiding faculty,” she said. “Together, we develop the curriculum instructors, I ended up with Cynthia Schira at KU,” Verbeek- — maintaining or developing new programs. It’s everything from Cowart said. “Cook and Schira were the most prominent weavers ensuring we have all the materials to making purchases, making in the country. Again, I was learning under someone who would sure the equipment is up-to-date and supervising our technicians become my mentor.” and work-study students.”

Because of the enduring inuence of Cook and Schira, Verbeek- Outside of her teaching and chair duties, Verbeek-Cowart nds Cowart realized that she, too, wanted to be a ber professor. ”I’m time to travel, work on her own weaving projects and juries so lucky to have been with people who were absolutely passionate design exhibits. Recent shows of her work include “Rituals and about what they do. at is what they instilled in me and that is Celebrations” at the Kansas City Museum and “Clay, Fiber, what I instill in my students now.” President’s Report 2015 President’s 10 Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood” at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. With her students always top of mind, she said she strives to broaden her network and nd new opportunities for students through her participation in exhibitions.

As for creating her own weaving projects, Verbeek-Cowart reserves that work for her in-home studio, which is about an hour from the college. At home, she is surrounded by nature, which is one of her main sources of inspiration.

“I need to see things growing to stimulate my creative process,” she said. “Growth patterns in nature inuence how I think in weaving. It’s a number system. Seeing those systems and patterns in nature and how they evolve and how things change through the seasons — all of that inuences how I think. It’s not a literal translation into my work, but it’s more spiritual and abstract.”

Verbeek-Cowart also draws inspiration from her students and appreciates the stimulation of the classroom environment.

“ ey teach me everyday. No matter what,” she said. “I share with them what I know, and they take that to another level, diverse levels. And they do something with that information that I wouldn’t do, which all feeds back into my creative process. When we talk about possibilities, and their sensibilities and their interests come into play, it forms a dierent perspective. I see it from a dierent perspective, and I get ideas for something totally dierent.”

She also stresses the importance of collaboration and encourages “Flow” (detail); Pauline Verbeek-Cowart and Bethanne Knudson (‘87 ﬁber); 2015; Jacquard woven, double weave her students to work alongside students in other disciplines to construction in combed and mercerized cotton; 54”x110.” Image courtesy of the artist.

create art. “Generating ideas because of a dialogue with somebody who has expertise in another eld but an understanding of what you’re doing is, I think, where the richest work is being created. It’s exciting to be teaching here at the art institute where students are receptive to that kind of thinking.”

Verbeek-Cowart believes she is her happiest when she is in a classroom teaching what she loves and helping her students understand the entire weaving and bers process from a holistic standpoint — including everything from nding the source of the ber (sheep, llamas, etc.), to knitting, weaving, printing, dyeing the material and creating patterns. According to Verbeek-Cowart, mastering technique and material are key for students to truly own their work and be in control of every component. She teaches this comprehensive approach in order to allow her students to become experts in their eld and set them up for success.

“Ultimately, when the day is done, I want to feel that I was President’s 2015 Report relevant, that my work was meaningful and that I made a dierence,” Verbeek-Cowart said.

“Planet-x;” Pauline Verbeek-Cowart; 2015; Jacquard woven, in combed cotton and lurex; 82”x116”x116.” Image courtesy of the artist. 11 H&R BLOCK ARTSPACE CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY

KCAI’s public gallery, the H&R Block Artspace (Artspace), “ rough programs, partnerships and publications, the Artspace celebrated its 15th anniversary with some of Kansas City’s nest has helped spread awareness of the Kansas City Art Institute musicians, vocal artists and chefs at the fabulous indoor and and the visual arts scene in Kansas City to a wide audience,” outdoor event “R U HR — H&R Block Artspace@15” on Sept. Smith said. 26, 2014. Mark Sutherland curated the evening, which celebrated the careers and accomplishments of local contemporary artists — Artspace also serves the mission of KCAI as an academic resource many of whom have exhibited at Artspace. and space that prepares students for exhibiting their work through the senior B.F.A. show. Since the Artspace opened its doors on Nov. 13, 1999, it has welcomed thousands of visitors and presented more than Exhibition highlights over the years include an ambitious 100 exhibitions and public art projects, as well as numerous presentation of work by Wenda Gu in “From Middle Kingdom educational programs and publications. to Biological Millennium,” 2003; Ghada Amer’s “Naughty and Nice,” 2005, when Amer, as a visiting artist, collaborated Raechell Smith, founding director of the Artspace, is proud that with KCAI students on a work that was featured on the cover for 15 years the gallery has engaged artists, the public and the of ARTnews; and the rst U.S. showing of work by e Xijing regional art community through education, scholarships and Men, 2013. contemporary visual arts programming.

Pictured left and right: Guests enjoy musical entertainment during “R U HR – H&R Block Artspace@15” Photos by Chris Crum UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: SPRING 2016

Simone Leigh (Feb. 6 to March 26) 2016 Annual B.F.A. Exhibition (April 15 to May 14) Artspace will present an exhibition of recent works by Simone e “2016 Annual B.F.A. Exhibition” features work by B.F.A. Leigh, who was an artist-in-residence at the gallery in fall 2015. candidates from KCAI majoring in animation, art history, Leigh incorporates sculpture, video and installation in her work, ceramics, creative writing, ber, lmmaking, graphic design, which is inuenced by African art, ethnography and feminism. illustration, interactive arts, painting, photography, printmaking e exhibition will have an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on and sculpture. A closing reception is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Artspace. on May 13 at the Artspace.

President’s Report 2015 President’s Exhibitions are free and open to the public. 12 KCAI INSTALLS SOLAR PANELS In an eort to reduce energy expenses and decrease KCAI’s carbon footprint, students, faculty and sta have promoted initiatives for alternative energy to power buildings on campus.

With support from the board of trustees and President Tony Jones, KCAI installed 100 solar panels on the roof of the East Building, which houses studios and classrooms for photography, lmmaking and printmaking, to meet 5 percent of the college’s electrical energy needs in a two-building complex.

"THE MOVE TO SOLAR POWER IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN BUILDINGS WITH STUDENTS WHO USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY." - Larry Dickerson

“ e solar panel installation is another aspect of KCAI’s rolling program to improve the facilities,” Jones said. “ e panels not only jump-start an eort to reduce the school’s carbon footprint but also to increase sustainability for the college, community and environment.”

In addition to the East Building, the Irving Building was also linked to the project. Irving serves students majoring in animation and graphic design, as well as liberal arts students attending lectures in Irving Amphitheater.

“ e move to solar power is particularly important in buildings with students who use digital technology,” said Larry Dickerson, vice president and chief information ocer for KCAI. “We want to provide for the growing needs of our students in digital areas (From left) Tony Jones and Larry Dickerson without consuming additional resources from carbon sources.” Photos by Mark McDonald Dickerson noted the new solar panels align with the photography, lmmaking and printmaking departments.

Pictured left and right: Guests enjoy musical entertainment during “R U HR – H&R Block Artspace@15” e project takes advantage of a rebate oered by KCPL, Photos by Chris Crum which provides nancial assistance for every watt up to 25 kW. Dickerson said KCAI owns the panels, rather than leasing them, and a monitoring system provides real-time data via a web interface to ensure that the system is working up to peak eciency and provides a means of sharing information about the use of solar energy to students, faculty and sta. President’s 2015 Report “I’ve been involved in the installation of solar power in many projects and am excited now to have KCAI reduce its carbon emissions via this new installation,” said Pat McCown, CEO of McCownGordon Construction and chair of the KCAI board of trustees. 13 NEW COURSE BRIDGES ART AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Last fall, 15 students participated in KCAI’s rst-ever course Incorporated into the class was a Sponsored Studio project in on biomedical visualization, a three-credit-hour elective oered partnership with Children’s Mercy Hospital, which contacted through the college’s illustration program. By overlapping ne KCAI for help in visually interpreting medical research concepts arts and biotechnology, this class taught students how to convey for low-literacy and illiterate populations in the U.S. and abroad. abstract technical concepts in a way that the general public can understand. "IT’S EXCITING TO WORK WITH STUDENTS e instructor, Stan Fernald (’94, industrial design), is a research associate at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Fernald TO PRODUCE SOLUTIONS FOR REAL- said he is excited about the potential for linking KCAI with WORLD APPLICATIONS." - Stan Fernald Kansas City’s burgeoning biotechnology sector.

“Kansas City is one of the top ve biotech hubs in the nation,” “ e No. 1 goal of all medical illustration is to convey abstract he said, citing a report from the Kansas City Area Life Sciences technical concepts to a public that may not know very much Institute Inc. e report states that there are 206 human health, about the topic,” Fernald said. “It’s exciting to work with animal health and plant science companies in the region, students to produce solutions for real-world applications — employing a workforce of more than 18,000 people. communication that goes beyond language and cultural barriers.”

“A bridge needs to be built between KCAI and the biotech Fernald noted that the eld widely known as “medical industry here, and this course is a step in the right direction,” illustration” has evolved beyond just drawing from observation, Fernald said. although drawing is still important. Tools of today’s medical

Christopher Martin (‘15 illustration) Photo courtesy of Laura Spencer/KCUR President’s Report 2015 President’s 14 Stan Fernald Photo courtesy of Laura Spencer/KCUR illustrator include animation, vector art and 3-D printing, among others. According to Fernald, the successful medical illustrator needs to be adept in a variety of disciplines: graphic design, photography and illustration, to name a few.

“KCAI has always had a nice mix of ne arts, applied arts and conceptual thinking,” Fernald said. “When I am working with someone from this kind of ne arts background, compared to someone who has only been technically trained, I nd they produce a deeper, richer, more nuanced solution.”

Recent KCAI graduate, Christopher Martin (’15 illustration), chose the elective because of the attention to accuracy and precision needed for this type of illustrating.

“One of the most enjoyable challenges with this eld is not only creating an image that’s appealing aesthetically, but also an image that can be used as a tool to teach,” Martin said. “With my experience, what I like best about the eld is that you’re providing a tool for others to understand.” President’s 2015 Report ese tools are starting to have a real-world application. Over the last two semesters, students worked on various projects with Children’s Mercy Hospital, including creating visuals to break down cultural language barriers. As they look to the program’s future, the students are up to the challenge, according to Fernald. Students research during class 15 ART AND DESIGN AUCTION DEVIATES FROM THE NORM “Deviation,” KCAI’s biennial Art and Design Auction, held registration area lled with actors in black and white Victorian June 6, 2015, raised nearly $450,000 for the college’s student costumes. roughout the evening, attendees enjoyed circus- scholarship fund. More than 500 people gathered on the KCAI themed entertainment that included a woman dancing on stilts, campus to experience this truly daring and dazzling event. a miniature strong man and a conjoined-twin vocal duo.

Co-chairs Liz and Nate Orr, and honorary chairs, Linda and Exceptional local talent collaborated to make this auction Topper Johntz spearheaded the event. e faculty chairs a success. e creative team included: Patrick Ryan of Port were Reed Anderson and Jill Downen (’89 painting), and Fonda, Chadwick Brooks, Hut Projects, RW2 Productions the alumni chairs included Michael Claeys (’94 design), Dan and Liquid Minded. Frueh (’94 photo media) and Bernadette Torres (’91 ceramics). ank you to the artists and attendees who made this Art and e silent and live auctions showcased beautiful artwork by Design Auction the best in town. All proceeds help KCAI to over 170 alumni, faculty, sta and friends of KCAI. Guests maintain its reputation as one of the premier art and design entered through a fun-house tunnel, followed by a lively colleges in the country and provide student scholarships.

Nate and Liz Orr, auction co-chairs President’s Report 2015 President’s 16 Entertainers present a beautiful piece by Warren Rosser during the live auction The Ringmaster performs among guests

A festive entrance greets guests to the KCAI campus

A large-scale piece by John Buck (‘68 sculpture) President’s 2015 Report

Angelo Trozzolo, auction steering committee member, stands in front of “MOMOCON, “ 17 (Left & right) Topper and Linda Johntz, honorary auction chairs, with featured artist John Buck (center) winner of the Zahner Sculpture Competition. Artwork by Jay Schmidt (‘74 sculpture). TWO KCAI STUDENTS AWARDED $15,000 WINDGATE FELLOWSHIPS

Two recent graduates, Max Adrian (’15 ber and creative writing) and Siara Berry (’15 sculpture and creative writing), received 2015 Windgate Fellowships. e $15,000 awards are given to only 10 senior students from around the country who work in the eld of craft.

e Windgate Fellowship Award program was established to help encourage and advance the development of serious, innovative artists in the United States whose work is in some way related to, or informed by, the process, material or idea of craft. Each year, more than 120 colleges and universities are invited to participate in this award process.

At KCAI, departments nominate applicants annually and the school’s Mobility Committee then selects two KCAI students based on their presentation and proposal. e selected students are then eligible to compete at the national level for one of 10 $15,000 Windgate Fellowships.

Adrian, a Kansas City, Mo. native, graduated from KCAI in May. He has exhibited his work in various shows, including “New School” by ROY G BIV at MINT Gallery in Columbus, Ohio; “Blind Date: Max Adrian and Lucas Ruminski” at e Netherlands Gallery in Milwaukee; and “National All Media Exhibition” at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. Photo by Tal Wilson Adrian spent the fall semester of his senior year at the New York Studio Residency Program in Brooklyn, N.Y. "THE WINDGATE FELLOWSHIP HAS BEEN A MONUMENTAL CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURES, IDEAS, AND ARTISTIC PRACTICES." - Max Adrian

Adrian thrives in collaborative settings and aspires to create artistic opportunities that rely on collaboration to accomplish poignantly engaging feats of creativity that speak to important issues of morality and the human experience. He will use the fellowship for hands-on studies of stagecraft with particular attention to theatrical prop making, costume construction, puppetry and set building.

Adrian will attend the 2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, intern in Redmoon eater’s Build Shop and attend the 2016 Prague Summer eatre School.

“ e Windgate Fellowship has been a monumental chance to “Victorious Plaything;” Max Adrian; 2014; pleather, tassels, chainette fringe; 14” x 18” x 14.” experience dierent cultures, ideas and artistic practices that I’d President’s Report 2015 President’s 18 otherwise be unable to be a part of, especially at such a formative time in my career right after graduating from KCAI,” Adrian said. “It means being connected with a community of ambitious and innovative young thinkers and makers who want to ask bigger questions and have the funding to actually pursue those questions.”

Siara Berry, a Milwaukee native, also graduated from KCAI in May. Her work has been shown in several exhibitions including, “It Has Been Arranged” at KCAI; “KC Connect, October Exhibition” at Outpost Worldwide in Kansas City, Mo.; and the “End-of-semester Exhibition” at KCAI. Berry interned at the Kansas City Artist Coalition, where she assisted with curatorial and exhibition development and at BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Berry’s work seeks to trigger psychological associations with the domestic structure, emphasizing the importance of one’s relation to their surroundings. Force, balance and support are consistent themes throughout her work, utilizing the inherent qualities in material to illustrate such concepts.

"THE WINDGATE FELLOWSHIP HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND MY KNOWLEDGE OF ART AND DESIGN ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL." - Siara Berry

“Testing Colors (An Aesthetic Hurdle);” Siara Berry; 2015; quilted cotton, house paint, wood shingles, rope; 6’x4’x3.’

With her fellowship, Berry will travel to Europe to learn furniture making and upholstery skills in London, building upon her desire to use both soft forms and rigid structures in her work, and take an architectural tour of the Netherlands to see the innovative ways wood is used as a traditional and contemporary material. Her trip will span a total of ve months beginning in October.

“ e Windgate Fellowship has given me the opportunity to expand my knowledge of art and design on an international level,” Berry said. “While at KCAI, I put much of my focus into concept and artist identity. Now, with this award, I am able to

articulate those thoughts, while focusing heavily on craft and President’s 2015 Report design. By traveling to London to study woodworking and upholstery, I will integrate these practices through innovative interpretations of process and material. I believe that content will be derived from the skills I learn there and then be implemented Photo by Tal Wilson into my sculptural works when I return home.” 19 KCAI RENOVATES RICHARD J. STERN CERAMICS BUILDING

e Richard J. Stern Ceramics Building at KCAI has been home Construction began in May 2015 and concluded in late to one of the nation’s leading ceramics programs for nearly half July 2015 — just in time for the Studio Nong International a century. e building recently received a major renovation to Sculptural Collective and Residency Program. e Studio its “old kiln room.” e new space houses a high-performing Nong Collective is an exchange of artistic ideas. Four Chinese plaster lab, an expanded glaze room, and soundproong and sculptors from the Guangxi Arts Institute worked on campus ventilation equipment that reduce noise and improve safety and with their American counterparts: Jessie Fisher, associate air quality. Also, a new loft-like mezzanine provides a clean and professor of painting; Misty Gamble, assistant professor, School quiet reprieve that houses a resource library and digital studio of the Foundation Year; Scott Seebart, lecturer in painting; and with 3-D printers. Leandra Urrutia, associate professor of ceramics at Memphis College of Art (MCA).

"THIS RENOVATION SECURES KCAI anks to the renovation, this new space will shine for the entire THE DESTINATION global arts community to see during the 2016 National Council AS IN CERAMICS on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) celebrating its ARTS EDUCATION." - Tony Jones 50th anniversary conference in Kansas City in March 2016. e conference will attract an estimated 5,000 attendees, alongside an audience of 2,000 more people visiting the 85 ceramics As the college’s highest priority in 2015, the $750,000 project exhibitions taking place across the metro, including KCAI. was approved by the board of trustees and executed under the guidance of Tony Jones, president of KCAI. Funding for the “I’m excited and impressed that this important department is renovation came from the Windgate Charitable Foundation, getting attention at this critical moment,” said Catherine Futter, which gave a $250,000 challenge grant; the Richard J. Stern Louis L. and Adelaide C. Ward senior curator of European Foundation for the Arts; and private donors. Arts at e Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. “Kansas City Art Institute has galvanized our arts community and fosters a strong “ is facility will elevate our ceramics program,” Jones said. foundation in Kansas City’s thriving arts scene. is renovation “We will be full-service, from mixing clay to 3-D technology. will help Kansas City look its very best in time for NCECA. We are a craft-oriented and fully integrated system of education. is is an investment in the school’s ability to maintain and We have a strong undergraduate program that serves the nation grow its strong reputation. I think we’ll see the Kansas City Art and, increasingly, the globe. is renovation secures KCAI as the Institute ceramics program outdo itself every year.” destination in ceramic arts education.” President’s Report 2015 President’s 20 The ceramics space under construction Cement is poured into the interior spaces

Expanded glaze room President’s Report 2015

21 Staircase leading to the mezzanine New ventilation equipment DONOR PROFILE

GWENDOLYN MARINOS

In 2005, Gwendolyn Marinos, a friend and champion of KCAI, set up a scholarship in honor of her aunt, Elise Hoelzel. Hoelzel was born in 1897 in Kansas City, Mo., and displayed an artistic talent at a young age. As a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, she was awarded the Cresson European Travel Scholarship and spent time studying art in Europe. After studying abroad, she came back to Kansas City and helped teach a master’s program alongside omas Hart Benton at KCAI.

Early in her career, Hoelzel worked part-time as a graphic artist doing illustrations for telephone books and was well-known for her portraiture work. After moving to California, Hoelzel continued to create art and exhibit her work throughout the La Jolla area. She passed away in 1976, at age 79.

"THE ELISE HOELZEL SCHOLARSHIP MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. I’M GRATEFUL THAT THE FAMILY DECIDED TO HELP FUND MY EDUCATION." - Davin Roberson, junior

In the late 1920s, Marinos moved to San Diego to live with Hoelzel. Marinos was inspired by her aunt not only for her talent and passion for art, but also because Hoelzel conquered many physical obstacles, having been born with spina bida.

“She was just a wonderful example to follow, not only artistically but also personally,” Marinos said. “ ough I was never a Painting of Gwendolyn Marinos as a child by Elise Hoelzel painter, my mother was an opera singer. e two sisters were very artistically inclined. Elise was there painting, and my Marinos, now 95 and living in San Diego, felt that a scholarship mother was there singing.” at KCAI would be a tting tribute to her talented and tenacious aunt. e Elise Hoelzel Scholarship helps painting students who Despite her crippling condition, Hoelzel became a pilot, learned have faced dicult obstacles in their lives. to sail and pursued art throughout her life. According to Susan Mar, Hoelzel’s great niece and Marinos’ niece, “She was just an As part of the oversight committee for the Elise Hoelzel amazing woman.” Scholarship, both Marinos and Mar review applications and select the scholarship recipient. ey chose Davin Roberson “She won several awards,” said Mar of Hoelzel. “She was very (junior, painting and art history) to be the 2015-2016 award diverse in her work; she did beautiful portraits and landscapes. recipient. According to Roberson, the scholarship means the She also did calligraphy, draftsman type work and shadow world to him. “I’m grateful that the family decided to help fund portraits. Nothing was beyond her.” my education,” he said. President’s Report 2015 President’s 22 PRESIDENT’S DIVERSITY WEEKEND KCAI welcomed 30 high school students to campus last February as part of the President’s Diversity Weekend. e college invited high school seniors of diverse backgrounds who exhibited impressive portfolios and academic achievements. e two-day event provided these students with the opportunity to become acquainted with the KCAI college experience and the surrounding Kansas City community.

"THIS OPPORTUNITY BRINGS OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO KCAI TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL AND PERSONAL INSIDE LOOK AT OUR CAMPUS." - Julia Welles

e visiting students met with faculty members and current KCAI students to learn more about the school’s curriculum and culture. ey also received a custom tour of the Crossroads Arts District and spent time at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art with Visiting high school students enjoy the Kansas City skyline Rebecca Dubay, assistant professor of art history at KCAI. e main goal of the weekend is to show these students that KCAI “Visiting a campus is one of the most important factors in a would be an ideal place for them to continue their education. student’s decision to attend college,” said Julia Welles, director of admissions. “ is opportunity brings outstanding high school seniors to KCAI to have a meaningful and personal inside look at our campus. ey meet faculty and students and see the truly remarkable art scene in Kansas City.”

Of the 30 students who participated, 15 of them enrolled for the fall 2015 semester at KCAI. “Fifty percent is an excellent conversion for us, as these are very competitive students artistically and academically,” Welles said.

President’s Diversity Weekend is an initiative in support of the college’s commitment to increasing cultural diversity across faculty, sta and students.

STUDIOS VISITED:

√ BELGER CRANEYARD STUDIOS

√ HAW CONTEMPORARY

√ HAMMERPRESS President’s 2015 Report

√ THE STUDIOS INC.

Visiting high school students tour the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

23 HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2014-2015:

ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

John Adams (’54 and ’56 painting and illustration) received an Brett Ginsburg (’13 ceramics) participated in “NYC Makers: award in April 2015 from the Tuskegee Airmen for his service e MAD Biennial” at the Museum of Arts and Design in New in World War II. e G.I. Bill he received after the war allowed York during July 2014. e exhibition spotlighted the creative him to attend KCAI. communities thriving across the ve New York City boroughs.

Ky Anderson (’95 ber) showed her large-scale works in the Brian Kelly Hahn (’98 photography) recently moved from Los exhibition “PAPER GIANTS” at Proto Gallery in Hoboken, Angeles to Portland, Ore., where he now works on stop-motion N.J. e exhibition ran through October 2014. animated lms. In this new role, Hahn acted as set construction foreman on “Paranorman” and is currently the head of mechanical Paul Briggs (’96 illustration) won the Academy Award for Best fabrication, making puppet skeletons, among other things. His Animated Feature Film for “Big Hero 6” on Feb. 22, 2015. latest lm, “ e Boxtrolls,” opened in theaters Sept. 26, 2014. Briggs served as co-head of story and provided the voice of the street thug Yama, who appeared early in the movie. Howard Harris (’71 design) successfully submitted his work “Room With A View,” to the juried show of photographic Shenequa A. Brooks (’14 ber) traveled to Ghana on a trip images “Looking Out” at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, funded by the Windgate Fellowship that she won in 2014 from Sharon Arts Center Campus. e exhibition ran November the Center for Craft Creativity & Design. While on the trip, through December 2014. Harris, who lives in Denver, also she constructed weavings that she later displayed in KCAI’s serves on the KCAI board of trustees. ber building, where she also gave a free lecture on Feb. 25, 2015 about her experience, entitled “My Anglo Experience.” Molly Kaderka (’11 painting and art history) was one of 16 She is currently a studio resident in the Charlotte Street Studio artists invited to exhibit in “Nude: 6th Annual Exhibition Residency Program. Exploring the Uncovered Human Form” at the Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, which ran August through September Terrance Clark (’05 graphic design) and Will Staley (’04 2014. Kaderka was also a nalist for the $10,000 William and graphic design) recently celebrated the fth anniversary of Dorothy Yeck Award at the 2015 Miami University Young rive, a non-prot organization they founded in Helena, Ark. Painters Competition. that oers aordable strategic planning and marketing services to local small businesses and non-prots. Abby Carr (’13 Calder Kamin (’09 ceramics and art history) and Miki Baird, graphic design) has recently joined the organization. former adjunct professor of sculpture, were among the 102 artists from across the country who showed work in the Celina Curry (’13 illustration) was selected by the Municipal exhibition “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now,” on Arts Commission as one of two artists to receive a $100,000 view September 2014 through January 2015 at Crystal Bridges grant to beautify the pathway along a 2.2-mile streetcar line by Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. e exhibition creating artwork for the stops along the transportation route in oered a diverse look at American Contemporary art. Kansas City, Mo. Chuck Kelton (’75 photography) was featured in the blog post Eric Eberman (’86 sculpture), who now lives in Chiapas, “Hearing and Feeling What Photographers Are Saying” on the Mexico, exhibited his photography in January 2015 at Casa de New York Times website in March 2015. La Ensenanza, a major cultural center in southern Mexico.

President’s Report 2015 President’s 24 On the following pages is a sampling of alumni, faculty and student accomplishments from the 2014-2015 academic year. This overview is not intended to be a comprehensive summary but rather to give a sense of the extraordinary level of achievement worldwide by individuals within these groups. Congratulations to all, including those not mentioned here.

ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Natalie Krause (’14 animation) was one of 20 young artists Melanie Sherman (’14 ceramics) displayed three ceramic to receive a 2014 Graduate Arts Award from the Jack Kent pieces alongside three large photographs in her solo exhibition, Cooke Foundation, which provides up to $50,000 per year for “Transposed Concepts,” on view from June through July 2015 at a maximum of three years to exceptional students with nancial the Goodwin Fine Art Gallery in Denver, Colo. need to study at an accredited graduate institution in the U.S. or abroad. Krause applied for admission to the National Film and Anja Notanja Sieger (’09 printmaking and creative writing) Television School in Beaconseld, England, where she hopes to exhibited new work, including hand-cut paper and India ink study toward a master’s degree in directing animation. drawings, in the show “Lettuce Alone To Parrot Wonder,” which ran October through November 2014 at Gallery 2622 in Maria Ogedengbe (’86 painting) unveiled a sculpture during Wauwatosa, Wis. fall 2014 in the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, a sister city of Kansas City, Mo. e sculpture, fabricated from weatherproofed Dennis Smith (’73 ceramics) was honored with the naming of canvas and cloth and titled “my Sister!,” is a pair of life-sized the Dennis Smith Studio, a 2,200-square-foot addition to the gures seated side by side on a double swing. It portrays existing Edith McAllister Ceramic Building at the Southwest the sister cities as women, and emphasizes their long, hand- School of Art (SSA) in San Antonio in February 2015. Smith, patterned skirts in the colors of each city’s national ag. who studied under Ken Ferguson, Victor Babu and Jacqueline Rice, retired in August 2014. He also received a retrospective Shawn Powell (’05 painting and art history) showed work in exhibition, “Dennis Smith and Friends,” at the Russell Hill a solo exhibition entitled “Cabin Fever,” which ran September Rogers Gallery on the campus of SSA that included 14 invited through November 2014 in the Westchester Community artists that Smith has known and respected during his 39 years College Fine Arts Gallery at the State University of New York. at the school. Inuenced by lm and set design, Powell’s work often features the common motifs of walls, landscapes and windows. Holly Wilson (’92 ceramics) was named one of ve Native American artists to earn the title of 2015 Eiteljorg Devon Schiller (’13 painting and art history) presented his Contemporary Art Fellow from the Eiteljorg Museum of artwork “ e Filters We Live rough: Representing the American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, which Emotional Self in Digital Media” in an exhibition at the Tenth features the world’s foremost collection of contemporary International Conference on the Arts in Society, held July 22 to Native American art. With the award, she received a $25,000 24, 2014, at Imperial College London. unrestricted grant and the opportunity to participate in a major group exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum. Jay Schmidt (’74 sculpture) earned the grand prize in the Zahner Sculpture Competition for his work “MOMOCON.” Jessica Wohl (’01 illustration) displayed a series of her collages e A. Zahner Company, an internationally-acclaimed entitled “Matriarchs” at reesquared in Nashville, Tenn., which engineering and fabrication company best-known for its use of ran October through November 2014. e show investigated metal in the world of art and architecture, generously nances women and their relationship to the home.

the fabrication of a sculpture to be sold at KCAI’s biennial President’s 2015 Report auction. Schmidt’s work raised funds for scholarships at the Aaron Wuerker (’92 painting) had a solo exhibition of 2015 Art and Design Auction on June 6, 2015. landscape paintings at the Sagebrush Art Center in Sheridan, Wyo. in March 2015. Also, his work will be included in the upcoming book, “Artists of the Rocky Mountain West.”

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FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Laura Berman, professor of printmaking, was featured in the Rebecca Dubay, assistant professor of art history, presented book “Contemporary American Print Makers,” a collection two papers at professional conferences. On Oct. 23, 2014, of work by over 70 print-based artists, whose work embraces she presented her paper “Tracking the Body: Jackson Pollock, the history and techniques of traditional printmaking while Jasper Johns and Ana Mendieta” as part of the panel session pushing the bounds of new print media. e book was “Verbing Painting” at the Mid-America College Art Association published in January 2015 by Schier Publishing Conference in San Antonio. On Nov. 1, 2014, she presented her paper “A Body at Falls: Mendieta’s Act of Remembrance” Anne Boyer, assistant professor of creative writing, was named as part of the panel session “Twentieth-Century Feminist Icons: Kansas City’s “Best Writer” by e Pitch in October 2014. In New Perspectives” at the Fifth Annual Feminist Art History 2015, Ahsahta Press published Boyer’s book “Garments Against Conference at American University, Washington, D.C. Women.” Also, a study of Boyer’s work was examined in Piotr K. Gwiazda’s “US Poetry in the Age of Empire, 1979-2012,” Kim Eichler-Messmer, assistant professor of ber, worked published by Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter ve of the book is with Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey on their G30 Gala, titled, “Dreams of a Common Language: Mark Nowak, Anne a fundraising event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Boyer, Rodrigo Toscano.” organization. is included creating several large ber panels to display in the ballroom that were used as the backdrop for a James Brinseld, lecturer in painting, had two paintings, stage and curtains dividing the two event spaces. “AOK” and “FBI Jesus,” donated by a prominent international collector to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s permanent Cary Esser, professor and chair of ceramics, was featured in collection in 2014. the February 2015 issue of Ceramics Monthly in the article, “A Vital Geometry,” by Glen R. Brown, a professor of art history at Maura Cluthe, assistant professor of illustration, was featured Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. in February 2015 on Made in the Middle, a website/project built to showcase creatives who are taking risks and making John Ferry, assistant professor of illustration, presented his what they love. Also, Cluthe showed a series of her work in solo exhibition “Disintegration,” which ran from November the exhibition “PLAY: Part One,” on display October through 2014 through January 2015 at the Lawrence Arts Center in November 2014, at Blue Gallery in Kansas City, Mo. Lawrence, Kan.

Cyrus Console-Soican, assistant professor of creative Jessie Fisher, associate professor of painting, and Scott Seebart, writing, wrote “Romanian Notebook,” a monograph about lecturer in painting, had a two-person exhibition, “Natura Morta/ procrastination, fatherhood and art, which was accepted for Natura Vita,” at the Studio Art Centers International’s (SACI) publication by Faber/FSG in 2014. Maido Gallery in Florence, Italy and the International Center for the Arts (ICA) in Montecastello di Vibio, Italy in summer Jill Downen, assistant professor of sculpture, was awarded a 2015. Both artists were also featured in the “Dialoghi dell’Arte: Visual Artist Award Fellow by the Charlotte Street Foundation. 2014-15 International Tour” which began at the Leedy-Voulkos As part of the award, she received an unrestricted cash award Art Center in Kansas City, Mo., traveling to the Guilin Museum of $10,000. Visual art and performance awardees are selected in China before also arriving at SACI’s Palazzo dei Cartelloni and by panels of local and national curators and directors during a culminating at the ICA with lectures by both Fisher (curator of competitive process that starts with an open call for applications. Dialoghi dell’Arte) and Seebart in July 2015. President’s Report 2015 President’s 26 FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ari Fish (’06 ceramics), academic and career advisor for KCAI • Rush Rankin, professor of liberal arts: and CPS instructor, makes regular appearances on KSHB’s Excellence in Teaching Award “Kansas City Live” morning show to promote art activities and classes oered by CPS. • Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, professor and chair of ber: Distinguished Achievement Award Misty Gamble, assistant professor of foundation, taught the two-week workshop “Rome, Reverie and the Self Referential Marie Bannerot McInerney, assistant professor of ber, Bust” at C.R.E.T.A. Rome, where she also participated co-authored an essay with Jennifer Baker in the book “Probing in a four-week artist-in-residency, during summer 2014. the Skin: Cultural Representations of Our Contact Zone,” Additionally, she exhibited her work in the two-person show, published in 2015. e essay is based on a joint presentation “Capricciose” at the Palazzo Delni in Rome. given at a conference in Jena, Germany, in the spring of 2013, which coincided with a screening of their video, “Ventriculus.” Cory Imig, lecturer in ber, was selected as the Charlotte Street resident of the Art Omi International Artists Residency Miguel Rivera, chair of printmaking, gave an artist’s talk on program in summer 2015. Imig attended this four-week Oct. 30, 2014, at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in which residency in upstate New York as one of 30 artists from around he focused on his research trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, where he the world. studied Day of the Dead traditions and learned more about the traditions’ origins. e research inspired the “Day of the Hugh Merrill, professor of printmaking, participated in a Dead” altar he created for installation in Kirkwood Hall during summer residency at Surel’s Place in Boise, Idaho. During the October 2014. residency, he worked alongside the artist Janet Kaufman to develop a project that helps children deal with their emotions Warren Rosser, the William T. Kemper Distinguished Professor in an artistic manner. of Painting, participated in the exhibition entitled “Folding Space-New Monoprints,” on view March through May 2015 at Karen McCoy, associate professor of sculpture, traveled to the Haw Contemporary in Kansas City, Mo. United Kingdom in summer 2014 to meet with other artists interested in designing and taking walks as a strategy for a more Jim Sajovic, professor of foundation, showed work in the sustainable creative activity. Specically, she attended a Soil exhibition “Besame…,” on display during April 2015 at the Culture Forum in Cornwall, England, met with the Walking Todd Weiner Gallery in Kansas City, Mo. Artists Network in London and participated in a walking research meeting in Machynlleth, Wales. Following this research James Woodll, assistant professor of painting, presented his trip, McCoy hosted the “Sound and Sight Walk” on March 8, work in the solo exhibition “ e Outside of the Left Side of 2015 in New York’s Central Park. the Inside” at City Ice Arts in Kansas City, Mo. e installation continued Woodll’s history of immersive gallery works, in During spring 2015, three professors received special faculty which he fuses structure, form, sound and light to concoct a awards, which were rst established in 1989 by the board of shifting blend of ad-hoc reference points from minimalist music President’s 2015 Report trustees and include a monetary gift of $5,000 to recognize the and systemic art to oce workstations, urban modeling and achievements of our talented faculty. e award recipients were: temporary architecture. e exhibition ran August through • Karen McCoy, associate professor of sculpture: September 2014. Outstanding Project Award 27 HIGHLIGHTS CONT.

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Years/majors are as of spring semester 2015

Joseph Bacon (senior, lmmaking) received the 2014 Gaetke McKeown (’60 design) and Deanne McKeown (’60 painting), Memorial Fund scholarship. e award aided the completion who live in Sedona, Ariz. e couple annually underwrites of his senior thesis. e Gaetke Memorial Fund is given to a awards in sculpture and ceramics. junior or senior student in photography or lmmaking and was named after Dan and Stephanie Gaetke, both of whom earned e following lists the sculpture prize recipients and their use degrees in photography from KCAI in 1987. of the awarded funds:

Ten ber students were honored with the Susan Lordi Marker • Ben Davis (senior), Emily Elhoffer (senior) and Brandon Award of Excellence in Fiber in 2015. e winners were: Kintzer (senior) each purchased materials to create their Paige Beltowski (senior), Becca Gemeinhardt (sophomore), B.F.A. Exhibition projects. Anna Van Gheem (sophomore), Lexie Abra Johnson (senior), • Aydan Harlow (junior) and Abby Langley (junior) worked Karlin Kimmel (junior), Bee Little (sophomore), Sydney on a collaborative project that addresses ideas of the body Mortara (junior), Kadie Nugent (senior), Hannah Sachs and esh. (sophomore) and Natalie Spicker (sophomore). • Elizabeth Kay Landes (sophomore) traveled to Chicago for Meghan Brauner (junior, photography) attended the 2015 Yale research and museum visits. Summer Program in the Arts: Norfolk, a nationally competitive, intensive residency that selects a group of juniors from • Albert Owens (senior) purchased steel to construct a large- institutions across the country to take part in this program. scale sculpture.

Graphic design faculty selected students for the 2014-2015 e following lists the ceramics prize recipients and their use Cary C. Goodman Design Project Award grants. e following of the awarded funds: lists the prize recipients and their use of the awarded funds: • Taylor Baker (senior) acquired an extruder kit and ceramic • Brianna Dallas (senior) and Monica Roesner (senior) lament for his 3-D printer to create complex ceramic purchased supplies and equipment to design and build FEEL, printed forms. their collaborative environmental design project. • Nathan Neufeld (senior) bought a shop vacuum and • Chris Meier (junior) acquired supplies to build a an extended bit for his CNC router to aid in making molds functional workspace for silkscreen printing, including a for creating service-ware for a modernist dining experience in new print rig for poster printing, a functioning light table/ collaboration with Chef Mike Delena. exposure unit and dark room set up for screen processing. • Dia Saunders (senior) purchased fabric and sewing materials • Lauren Taylor (junior) attended KCAI’s study abroad to create sculptural garments for two life-size clay gures for program at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, the 2015 Annual B.F.A. Exhibition and the ceramics end-of- Italy. While in Florence, she also interned with Sheila Salvato semester show. at PressMe. • Jose Serrano (senior) traveled to the San Diego/Tijuana Sculpture and ceramics faculty selected students for the 2015 border to collect forgotten items and garments left behind McKeown Special Project Awards, named for donors Byron by illegal immigrants crossing the border. He will use these President’s Report 2015 President’s 28 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Years/majors are as of spring semester 2015

items in his work with ceramic tile and glass beading to bring in Hazelwood, Mo. His visit helped introduce the students them new life in a new context. to the eld of animation and to create their own animated characters. Nelson was also featured in the Pattonville School • Chase Travaille (senior) acquired parts for an armature and District newsletter. mixed-media supplies for a large-scale gurine he created for the 2015 Annual B.F.A. Exhibition. Michael Rose (senior, printmaking) had a solo exhibition entitled “Z-SPEC” of sculptures, prints and various Rebecca Gemeinhardt (sophomore, ber) won a design digital media, which ran from April through May 2015 at competition for the Friends of Alvin Ailey’s 30th anniversary Subterranean Gallery in Kansas City, Mo. gala. Her backdrop and leotard designs were created for the event, which took place Oct. 25, 2014. Aneesa Shami (senior, ber) was the 2015 recipient of e Karen Gould Award, given to benet a ber student for Clinton Hughes (junior, animation) and Thomas Wack nancial support of a special project. With the funds, Shami (junior, animation) won “Best Animation” at the 2014 Fault will attend Mildred’s Lane, a residency program that encourages Line Film Festival for their lm “Molecular Virology.” interdisciplinary modes of working and thinking. While there, she will work with scientists, poets and other artists to build Kahlil Irving’s (senior, ceramics and art history) work was relationships beyond Kansas City’s art community. featured in the 2014 Fourth International Triennial of Silicate Arts in Kecskemét, Hungary. He was one of 226 applicants, of Galadriel Thompson (senior, animation) captured and edited which an international jury selected only 85 for the exhibition. video for e HillBenders album, “TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry” at the 2015 Folk Alliance Winter Music Camp. Lexie Abra Johnson (senior, ber) was the student speaker at KCAI’s commencement on May 16, 2015 and created the Clint Walker (senior, illustration) won the third annual commencement sash worn by the president. Johnson also National Ag Day Poster Art Contest. With this award, Walker received a full scholarship for a ceramics class at Arrowmont received a $1,000 scholarship from Meredith Agrimedia. School of Arts and Crafts and a work-study scholarship for a His artwork was displayed at the National Ag Day event in summer class at Penland School of Crafts in Bakersville, N.C. Washington, D.C.

Mary Lim (junior, graphic design) was named a “Student to Angelina Yang (senior, ceramics) received the Benjamin A. Watch” for 2015 by Graphic Design USA magazine. Gilman International Scholarship, which she used to travel to Hungary with George Timock’s Faculty-Led Travel Program Issac Logsdon (junior, ceramics and art history) participated during summer 2015. in the rst class of students selected for e Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship Program, which provides Samantha Yates’ (junior, graphic design) design was chosen as specialized training in the curatorial eld for students across the ocial artwork for the 2015 Folk Alliance Winter Music the U.S. from diverse backgrounds. Stephanie Fox Knappe, Camp. Her design was used for the Folk Alliance program

Samuel Sosland curator of American art, mentored Logsdon book; merchandise, including shirts and jackets; banners President’s 2015 Report during his fellowship at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. throughout the event; the Folk Alliance website; postcards; and the Folk Alliance Music Fair Program Guide. Doryan Nelson (senior, animation) spoke in January 2015 to a group of rst-grade students at Parkwood Elementary School

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Guild world’s problems one cocktail party at a time.” In Honor of Diana Hammond O’Neill Mr. William C. Hammond III Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Racht Mr. Joseph Hare – e Kansas City Art Institute Mr. and Mrs. omas B. Johnson ______In Honor of Erin Kacerovskis ’14 Mr. Roger L. Oen III Mrs. Lorrie Crossett Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Racht In Memory of Clay Miller Ms. Stephanie J. Ross Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. In Honor of Donna and Ward Katz Mr. and Mrs. James Wolpert Ms. Kerry Auchard and Mr. Bruce S. Miller Herb and Bonnie Buchbinder Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Barnert Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Kaplan In Memory of Leon Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Justin C. Barton Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Reece Fireside Committee Barton Malow Mr. and Mrs. Bruce V. Beahm In Honor of Margaret and Jerry Nerman In Memory of Andrew Lenzini ’96 Ms. Amy Blaufelder Mr. and Ms. Greg Naron Dr. Randall Chase, Jr. Ms. Ingrid Blaufelder Mrs. Jennifer Hollabaugh Ms. Ruth J. Brackney Image Technologies, Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Coltharp President’s Report 2015 President’s Ms. Jennifer S. Kostecki ’96 Mr. Paul Crosland 34 Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Eilts In Memory of John Muller ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Snorgrass Mr. and Mrs. Kip W. Elliott Mr. Michael Alexander Mr. Jon D. Stephens Mrs. Lisa A. Engelken Ms. Cathy Ash Mr. Bart Sweeney Ms. Alicia Falcone Ms. Barbara Baker Ms. eresa ornhill First Hand Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Gene Banucci Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Tivol Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fischgrund Mr. John E. Biggs Mrs. Laurel Vail Mr. William A. Fleming Mrs. M. Sheila Bisch Mr. and Mrs. John W. Valentine Mr. Nathan L. Fors Mr. Philip Bressler Ms. Barbara Vreeland Mrs. Mary C. Freund Mr. Charles N. Burditt Mrs. Angela WassonHunt Gobbell Hays Partners, Inc. Ms. Marianna Ciummo Ms. Debra Whitermore Mr. Michael S. Hall Mrs. Sherry Cromwell-Lacy ’72 and Mr. James W. Lacy Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC Sherrod and Lawrence P. Deputy In Memory of Aletha Simon Mr. and Mrs. Gustav J. Heise Mr. Scott Ferguson Mr. Steven Simon Mrs. Cynthia S. Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Paul Forman ICON Venue Group Mr. and Mrs. Rick and Debbie Garr In Memory of Dorothy Young Innite Scale Mrs. Kathleen A. Gaston Mr. Frank C. Young ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. George Gilchrist Mr. Daniel Kenney Mr. Mike Go The Beaux Arts Legacy Ms. Sarah Klittich Mr. Greg Gorman Society Members Mr. Nicholas Koch Mr. Robert E. Gould *denotes deceased Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Koster Mr. and Mrs. Gerald C. Haake Mr. and Mrs. Jordan F. Bushman Mr. David Landis Dr. and Mrs. William Hartong Ms. Leslie K. Hendrix ’77 Lee County Southwest Florida Mrs. Judith Headley Mrs. Gwendolyn Marinos Mr. and Mrs. Kelby L. Marsh Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr. Mr. C. Stephen Metzler* Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Martin Mr. Robert W. Hollinger Jason Pollen Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. McDaniel Mr. Wesley Horner Beth Stoyell ’77 and Peter Hoh Mr. and Mrs. omas J. McHugh Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hunt Mrs. Jane L. Van Doren ’41* M-E Engineers, Inc. Ms. Ellen S. Jacobson ’79 Mrs. Ann Vernon and Mr. Donald Vernon ’58 Minnesota Twins Mr. Marlin Jeter Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Mohler Mrs. Robin Kaplan In-Kind Donors Nashville Sounds Baseball Mr. and Mrs. Nick Keipert American Century Investments Orlando City Soccer Club Mrs. Josephine Keller Amigoni Urban Winery Parker Mudgett Smith Architects, Inc. Ms. Kathleen Kelley Boulevard Brewing Co. Parkey Design Mrs. Barbara L. Kober Carthage Stoneworks, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jerey K. Phillips Mr. Jason Kort Ms. Valerie A. Bashaw ’89 Populous Regina and Bill Kort Cathi and David Brain Mr. J. Scott Radecic Mr. Brian Laird Mr. Steven H. Bridgens Ms. Jennifer L. Raynor ’07 Mr. Je Lanza Mr. Samuel Bunner Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. Mr. Brian Liscek Ms. Marilyn Carbonell and Dr. David H. Weinglass Mr. and Mrs. Zachary S. Rudman Mrs. Mary Ann Litras Ms. Elizabeth C. Carroll ’64 Mr. Raymond L. Ruppert Mr. Gary Mallen ’73 Dr. Jacqueline Chanda Mr. Carl J. 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Mr. omas F. Whittaker Mr. and Mrs. Rich Puricelli Dr. Jane E. Ratclie-Coakley, Ph.D. President’s 2015 Report Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wirtz Mr. Samuel J. Restivo Ms. Pamela Sahl Mrs. Sally K. Wirtz Mr. Victor Rocha Ms. Carol Shankel Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sanders Mr. Frederick W. Umminger Ms. Yvonne Seckington In Memory of Janet K. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Pat and John Simpson Mr. L. Joseph Archias Ms. Dianna L. Smith 35 THANK YOU TO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS DONORS

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Casanova ’98 Helix Architecture + Design Robert Chase Heishman ’08 Jack and Karen Holland Oliver T. Clark ’14 David Hughes, Jr. Rebecca E. B. Clews ’14 Kelly and Jon Lambert Maura G. Cluthe ’93 President’s Report 2015 President’s 36 Matthew Crane ’95 Anne A. Pearce ’88 Mr. Kristopher Dabner Jonah H. Criswell ’05 Russell B. Phillips ’77 Mrs. Ann L. Darke and Mr. David Goldberg Sherry Cromwell-Lacy ’72 Jason Pollen Mr. Derek D. Dobbins ’14 Christopher R. Daharsh ’12 Stephen C. Proski ’10 Mr. D. Michael Fleming Jill Downen Schwall ’89 Gabriel W. Reed ’07 Mr. John Galloway Douglas A. Drake Leone A. Reeves ’03 Kirk and Joan Gastinger David Dunlap Brett Reif and Mara Gibson Bill and Christy Gautreaux Judy F. Ellman ’75 Retro Inferno Ms. Kristin G. Goodman and Mr. R. Martin Peterson Malynda K. Eshleman ’12 Miguel Rivera Ms. Gretchen Gradinger and Mr. John Lynch Cary Esser ’78 Phillip S. Roberts ’72 Pam and Gary Gradinger Michael G. Ferris, Jr. ’91 Warren Rosser Ms. Amy J. Gross John R. Ferry ’92 Anne B. Rowe ’95 Mr. Mike Gude Ari R. Fish ’06 Jim Sajovic Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hayes Laura Foster Nicholson ’76 Jay J. Schmidt ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Herman Scott Fraser ’79 Charles S. Schwall ’87 Emily and omas Hess Daniel Frueh ’94 Holly Ann Schenk Ms. Camilla Hicks and Mr. Rod Parks Madeline K. Gallucci ’12 Melanie Sherman ’14 Lynn Homan-Carlton and Lance Carlton Bev Gegen Leslie A. Sheryll ’76 Jack and Karen Holland Brett E. Ginsburg ’13 Gyan Shrosbree ’98 Ms. Sandra Hu Archie S. Gobber ’88 Jessica Simorte Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Hut Kathrin Goldman Jesse W. A. Small ’97 Ms. Kay Johnson Howard J. Harris ’71 Dan Snow ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Shaul I. Jolles Rachel B. Hayes ’99 Irma Starr ’71 Mr. Scott Kaiser Diane Henk ’83 Sarah E. Taylor Ward and Donna Katz John L. Homan David Terrill Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kenagy Peregrine Honig ’98 Alejandro ornton Mr. Kurt A. Knapstein Richard Hull ’77 George Timock Mr. Mike Laplantte Eduardo Ibarra ’94 Gillian M. Tobin ’09 Mr. Scott Long Molly E. Kaderka ’11 Bernadette E. Torres ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Maxwell Scott Kaiser May Tveit Ann and Dan Musser Joseph M. Kamm ’07 Sandra J. Ure Grin ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Sean Myers Frances J. Kanno Nakamura ’59 Raissa Venables ’99 Mr. Dan Nelson Ronnie E. Karl II ’05 James B. Vest, Jr. ’95 Liz and Nate Orr Lauren E. Kearns ’74 Jane Voorhees Mr. Lee Page KEM Studio J. Michael Walters ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Paolini Amy J. Kephart ’95 Erick D. Warner ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Parmet Kimberly Kerey-Asbury ’96 Joseph T. Watson ’14 Ms. Megan Parsons Herb Kohn Christopher E. Weaver ’83 Drs. Susan and Charles Porter Dean A. Kube ’93 Susan B. White ’96 Mr. and Ms. omas Proebstle Debra M. Kupinsky ’99 Michael Wickerson Nicolle and Harley Ratli James Leedy Peter A. Wilkin ’83 Ms. Dawn J. Rattan Christopher A. Leitch ’84 Jon Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rosser Jack H. Lemon ’63 Allan Winkler ’75 Joshua and Ann Rowland Amy Lenharth ’07 Carol Zastoupil Lisa and Chuck Schmitz Linda Lighton ’89 Chris Sexton David Kim Lindaberry ’76 Purchased Artwork Kirstin McCudden and Marc Shelley Catherine Logan ’74 Gloria and Dick Anderson Mr. Jay Sikie Christopher Lowrance Mr. Aaron Attebery Ms. Ali Skilling Lauren E. Mabry ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Dean Baker Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sonderegger Megan R. Mantia ’07 Mr. Zach Batson Mr. and Mrs. Jay Tomlinson Michael F. Martin ’76 G. Kenneth and Ann Baum Ms. Bernadette E. Torres ’91 and Mr. Michael K. Claeys ’94 Tom Matt Judson Bertsch Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Trozzolo Richard Mattsson Ms. Sharon L. Blickensderfer Ms. Alissa Wehmueller Nicole Mauser Mr. Zachary Block Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Wendel Karen McCoy Kara and Philip Bouillette Mr. Richard R. Wetzel Donald J. McKenna ’78 Mr. Brandon Boulware Frank and Helen Wewers Christina McPhee ’76 Catherine T. Brents ’73 and Robert Brents Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Whitehill Jennifer D. Meeks ’95 Ms. Melissa Brown Ms. Kimberly Wilkerson President’s 2015 Report Hugh Merrill Mr. Dan Brown Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wilkin ’83 B. Elaina Michalski ’00 Kali Buchanan Mr. Brian D. Williams Rachel Mindrup Dr. Bambi Burgard and Dr. Jerey Traiger Hillary and Hunter Wolbach Eric R. Nichols ’98 Mr. Marcus Cain ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul D. Wong Wilbur Niewald ’49 Ms. Maura G. Cluthe ’93 and Mr. Jake Fowler Mr. Tom Zahner Richard Notkin ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Copaken 37 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET: $17.9 M

During the previous scal year, ending June 30, 2015, the annual operating budget was $17.9 million, and the college ended the year with a surplus for the 15th consecutive year. Net tuition, revenue, investment income and contributions continued to be the college’s main sources of operating revenue. Tuition accounted for 69 percent of operating revenue, and enrollment totaled 619 students.

KCAI’s endowment continues to increase, ending the year at $54.5 million. e college provided a total of $10.7 million in institutional scholarships to students during 2014-2015, which includes $1.7 million from the Annual Fund. Laura Snow Vice President for Administration/CFO

REVENUES

Net tuition and fees 69%

Continuing education 16% and other Annual fund 11%

Investment income 4%

EXPENDITURES

Academic instruction 25%

Student support 21%

Faculty/staff bene ts 14%

Administration 12%

12% Continuing education and other 11% Facilities

5% Fundraising President’s Report 2015 President’s 38 MISSION

12% Continuing education PREPARING GIFTED STUDENTS TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD

and other CREATIVELY THROUGH ART AND DESIGN President’s 2015 Report 11% Facilities VISION 5% Fundraising TO BE AN INNOVATIVE LEADER IN ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION 39 Kansas City Art Institute Nonprofit 4415 Warwick Blvd. US Postage Kansas City, MO PAID 64111.1820 Kansas City, MO Permit No. 1071

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