Vol. 7, Spring 2006

School &of NEWSLETTER Volume 7 Spring 2006

Greetings Warm greetings to all. faculty and teaching assistant offices, There is a great deal of offices for the undergraduate advisor and from excitement around the the graduate secretary, the Art Library School these days. Our and the Office of Visual Materials. We Dorothy magnificent new art will also see the opening of the first café building is almost com- for the School of Art and Art History. The Johnson, pleted and we are pre- art café is centrally located in the large, paring to move in later welcoming space that greets the student, Director this spring. The construc- faculty member or visitor as she or he tion crews are finishing walks through the front door of the new up some last minute details and we are building. In warm weather the café will be boxing up everything that will be moved— an indoor/outdoor space since it faces the books, files, slides, computers, equipment, pond. Moving from the inside to the out- etc. It is quite a massive endeavor consid- side is a feature that Steven Holl has given ering that we are moving across the street. us throughout the new building. There are Here is what will be relocated in the new terraces on each of the three floors which building: classrooms for painting, graphic are wonderful spaces with lovely views of design, digital photography, new media, either the pond and bluff or the arts cam- and art history, a large auditorium, a pus with the 1936 art building, the muse- splendid gallery, administrative offices, um, theater, etc. Large windows, walls of Inside this Issue

New Art Building pp. 3-6

Art History Division pp. 7-8

Studio Division pp. 8-13

Staff pp. 14-15

Alumni News pp. 16-17

Contact Information p. 19

Steven Holl, Watercolor Sketch, Art Building West, 1999.

56912.indd 1 3/9/06, 1:39 PM windows, and translucent channel glass for Renovations Update CALL FOR the entire north wall of the building create CONTRIBUTIONS incredibly beautiful, light-filled spaces ev- erywhere. The painting and design class- The areas that will not be moving—Ceram- TO THE rooms on the third floor feature beautiful ics, Drawing, Metalsmithing, Darkroom CENTENNIAL skylights and north light. Every classroom Photography, Printmaking, and Sculp- ALUMNI and office has an operable window, an- ture—have also been very busy. Faculty EXHIBTION other gift from our architect Steven Holl. from these areas have been meeting with Most of the furniture and furnishings are the architects from InVision—the Iowa 2006 marks the 100th in place, and we are just awaiting the go- firm that has been engaged to work with anniversary of art ahead to make the move. Please enjoy the us on the renovations of our older build- classes taught at the 2 many views of the building taken recently ings. The design and planning phase of University of Iowa! It and included in this newsletter. the renovations is well under way. Areas is remarkable that we have been presenting their plans and ideas have been involved for renovation and upgrades and the archi- with the arts for a tects have been consulting, analyzing and hundred years. As part SAVE THE DATE! presenting ways to make the renovations of our celebrations we so that we will have greatly improved are going to have an Dedication of the new art building is spaces for our students. We will share alumni exhibition on scheduled for September 8, 2006. these exciting plans with you as they be- our website. I hope come defined and finalized. that all of you will On September 8, 2006, we will host a se- consider contributing ries of events that include a symposium on to this exhibition. the new building and its place in contem- The alumni exhibition porary architecture with Steven Holl and will coincide with the participants with a reception in the School opening celebrations of following the dedication ceremony. All are our new art building in invited to attend. the fall.

school of art and art history Show us what you’ve been up to for the past hundred years. centennial alumni exhibition The School of Art and Art History is planning a digital exhibition to be held in the new art building, showcasing alumni work from the past one hundred years. 2006 Please send three slides that you would like to be considered labeled with your name, title, medium and date. If you would like your slides returned, Please send slides and or questions to: please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with your submission.

Heidi Kraus Attn: Centennial Alumni Exhibition Deadline for entries: May 1, 2006 The School of Art and Art History 100 Art Bldg. E. Iowa City, IA 52242-1706

319.335.1771

[email protected]

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Exposed structural steel, Art Li- brary, Art Building West

The “weathering steel” panels of the exterior oxidizes over time, Art Building West New Art Building New

Dorothy Johnson (Director, School of Art and Art History), Steven Holl (architect), Michael Thomas (UI Design and Construction Services), and Matt Niebuhr (HLKB, Des Moines) in the reading room of the Art Library, Art Building West

Steven Holl and the aesthetics of exposed structural steel, Art Build- ing West

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Art Building West, Digital Rendering, Steven Holl Architects, New York

View of Art Building West from Riverside Drive

North façade of the new Art Building West. Hallway with classrooms, Art Building West

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Auditorium, Art Building West

The central staircase, Art Building West

Second Floor Landing, Art Building West

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The Art Library, Art Building West

The cantilevered wing, Art Building West

56912.indd 6 3/9/06, 1:39 PM (John Beldon Scott; Robert Rorex, Julie ment this year, funded by a prestigious Hochstrasser, Robert Bork, Wallace Tomas- Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship ini, Joni Kinsey, Craig Adcock, Christopher for Recently Tenured Scholars from the Roy; Barbara Mooney, Dorothy Johnson, American Council of Learned Societies. Sarah Adams, Brenda Longfellow) Professor Hochstrasser has been named Dean’s Scholar for 2005-2006. She has Sarah Adams is on research assignment also been designated a UI Faculty Scholar. for the Spring semester 2006 to finish her book manuscript “Hand to Hand: Artistic Dorothy Johnson’s edited volume Jacques- Identity and ‘African’ Art.” This study Louis David: New Perspectives (University focuses on uli body and mural painting, a of Delaware Press) is forthcoming. The historically ephemeral art practiced exclu- book includes two essays by Professor 7 sively by women in southeastern Nigeria. Johnson, on “Jacques-Louis David. Artist and Teacher” and “David and Napoleonic Craig Adcock is currently finishing revi- Painting.” This year Professor Johnson sions for his book on Marcel Duchamp. received the Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. Robert Bork is on research assignment this year, funded by a prestigious Freder- Andrea Kann is Visiting Assistant Profes- ick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for sor for 2005-2006. Her article, “Who Was Recently Tenured Scholars from the Ameri- the Audience for St. Luke’s Cult in Padua?” can Council of Learned Societies. Professor will appear in Image, Relics and Devotional Bork is also the recipient of an additional Practices in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, research grant from the American Philo- eds. S.J. Comelison and S.B. Montgomery sophical Society. He has been named a UI (ACMRS). Faculty Scholar. Joni Kinsey’s book Thomas Moran’s West: Julie Hochstrasser is on research assign- Chromolithography, High Art, and Popular Art History Division

Art History Division Faculty Retreat, 2005. From left to right: John Beldon Scott, Christopher Roy, Brenda Longfellow, Robert Rorex, Sarah Adams, Barbara Mooney, Wallace Tomasini, Craig Adcock, Joni Kinsey, Robert Bork (not pictured: Dorothy Johnson and Julie Hochstrasser).

56912.indd 7 3/9/06, 1:39 PM Taste (University Press of Kansas in asso- ciation with the Joslyn Art Museum) was Art Education published in the fall 2005. (Steve Thunder-McGuire, Head; Rachel Wil- liams) Brenda Longfellow, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005, joined the Art History Art Education currently has 36 under- Division faculty this past fall semester. graduate students who are working toward Professor Longfellow teaches in the area K-12 teacher certification, and 12 graduate of ancient art history, primarily Greek, students. The Art Education Community Roman, and Egyptian. Her specialization and Institutional Partnerships Project has is Roman imperial architecture and sculp- continued to grow this year. Students 8 ture. worked in a variety of settings teaching art. These settings included the Clear Barbara Mooney’s book The Prodigy Creek Amana West Campus, Elizabeth Tate Houses of Virginia: Architecture and the Alternative High School, Oaknoll Retire- Native Elite (University of Virginia Press) is ment Residence, The Iowa Juvenile Home, forthcoming. the Iowa City Children's Museum, and the Saturday Morning Workshops at North Robert Rorex has been working on tracing Hall. the range of Japanese-influenced designs for porcelains and ceramics created by In fall 2006 Steve McGuire will create the the artists at the Haviland and Company performance-art/video work, “Endurance Auteuil Studios in Paris in the 1870s. is Completing Images That Are Demanding With Miles,” and tour at five universities. Christopher Roy is on research assign- He is taking up invitations to perform, ment in Burkina Faso working on a project record and lecture. These invitations are entitled “Thirty Years of Cultural Change Studio Division based on his work which explores with in Burkina Faso, West Africa.” He is at- story performance the aesthetic bridge be- tending the National Cultural Week and tween contemporary traditional storytell- other related events to gather material ing and visual art. In this project, Steve on the changes that have taken place in turns his attention to the composition of a Burkina Faso’s cultural traditions during body of story performance focused on the the thirty years he has been doing re- concept of endurance, recognizing that in search in that country. no small way, for him, stories are compo- sitions accomplished in miles. When he John Beldon Scott has co-authored (with lectures about his work, without excep- Rodney P. Lehnertz) An Architectural Guide tion, Steve is asked about what is visually to the University of Iowa. The book is obvious: the cycles he builds as sculpture forthcoming from the University of Iowa and the stories that inspire his recent proj- Press. ects—”On the American Discovery Trail: Iowa Route” (Spring 2004) and “Compos- Wallace Tomasini is co-curating two ing By-cycle Eminent Icelandic Saga and exhibitions on French Art Pottery, 1870- Tremendous Earth” (Spring 2005). In his 1890, to open this summer: University of performances he will place side by side Michigan-Dearborn (June) and The Villa videos of endurance, completed with the Terrace Museum of the Decorative Arts in cycle built for this project, and storytell- Milwaukee (August). ing, which will be focused on stories that unfold within the frontier of human-pow- The Art History graduate student organiza- ered endurance. The performances will be tion, the Art History Society, will hold recorded and edited into a web composi- its 21st annual symposium on March 24-25. tion for wide dissemination and use in his This year’s theme celebrates the new build- courses, “Completing Stories,” (01E:215) ing: “Elements of Architecture: History, and, “What Is Storytelling For?” Theory and Criticism.” Graduate students from around the country will present their research in this forum.

56912.indd 8 3/9/06, 1:39 PM Rachel Williams recently completed a several official organi- large commission for the Montana Arts Ceramics zations in Shanghai, Council’s Percent for Art Program at the (Bunny McBride, Head; Charles Hindes) China which study and Montana State Prison. She worked col- support the preser- laboratively with poet, Grady Hillman Professor Bunny McBride was in mainland vation of kiln sites and artist, Jane Parsons to teach a series China for nearly two weeks furthering his and ceramics of Song of workshops to the inmates about story interest and research about the Ancient and older Dynasties and image. Finally she returned with their Ceramic Data for his current DVD on that throughout China. Two stories and paintings to her studio in Iowa subject. Four days involved attending hundred plus attend- where she glazed over 1200 tiles as part and chairing sessions of the Symposium ees and experts also of 4 murals for the exterior wall of a new held in Shanghai during October with the took advantage of a gymnasium at the prison. In 2005 as part Shanghai Research Society of Ancient week long field trip 9 of the Year of Arts and Humanities she Chinese Ceramics, an engineering, archae- to Longquan south of worked with young women at the Iowa Ju- ology, and ceramic society supported by Shanghai to inspect venile Home to create a resource for peo- newly found dynastic ple across the state who work with girls. celadon kiln sites of The outcome was a CD and booklet about the Song Dynasty. the lives and circumstances of at-risk girls in Iowa, which was distributed by the Professor Chuck Iowa Commission on the Status of Women Hindes has decided at their yearly conference, “Whispers and to retire at the end of Screams.” Currently she is working on the summer 2006 in order topic of art education and human rights to continue building with a literature teacher and students in his house and studio her graduate seminar focused on iden- on Whidbey Island, tity, art, activism, and social justice. The Washington, a beauti- results of this collaboration will be posted ful area that he will on a multimedia website through the Uni- Bunny McBride (middle) at Symposium in savour as he pursues versity of Iowa. Shanghai his new freedoms in the studio in drawing and ceramics. He has been exploring printmaking in the ever- expanding venues for his artistic zeal. The SAAH hopes to replace Professor Hindes with a visiting artist next year to ensure the continu- ance of excellence of the wood firing legacy at Iowa. In spring of 2005 Hindes attended Kiln sites in China the International Wood Firing Exposition and Conference held in South Korea giving a lecture and demon- stration as part of the conference and Exposi- tion.

Ancient ceramics at Song Dynasty kiln site

56912.indd 9 3/9/06, 1:39 PM In 2004 design stu- Design dents of our school Intermedia (Ab Gratama, Head; Joseph Coates, Monica participated in the (Jon Winet, Head) Correia) international research project “Connect.” The Intermedia had a busy year, with a flurry This year the 3D Design program received result of this exchange of activity on a number of fronts: an educational computing grant from between students of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to our school and stu- In December 2005, Intermedia launched expand the 3D computer laboratory with dents in design at its high definition video production studio updated hardware, software and equip- Monash University with a public screening of fall 2006 MFA ment. In spring 2006, the 3D Design com- (Melbourne, Austra- candidate Mark Neucollins’ “Bridge.” In a 10 puter laboratory will be expanded to 16 lia) and Wanganui single six-minute vertical pan, “Bridge” computer stations with AutoCAD, 3D Max School of Design (New brilliantly demonstrates the potential of and Adobe CS softwares, a 2D plotter, and Zealand) was a book high definition in a work that is both scanner. Graduate and undergraduate stu- containing student’s formally rigourous and deeply expressive. dents engaged in the BFA in 3D Design will individual designs. be able to work with this state-of-the-art During spring 2006, Intermedia will open a equipment. Professor Ab Gratama related surround sound facility, developed spent his developmen- and implemented by Steven Strait, Area Introduction to CAD for 3D Design and tal leave on the design Coordinator. Introduction to Computer Modeling for of the retrospective 3D Design courses will be available for publication Paul van In February 2006, Intermedia inaugu- students willing to create a professional Vliet, In de Optocht rated an online component to its exhi- portfolio or seeking to perfect their skills door de Tijd. The box- bition program. The “I Gallery Online” for graduate school application. set contains a 196 page [www.uiowa.edu/~interart/exhibitions/ book featuring Van i_gallery.html] presents new works in a In addition to computer-based courses, the Vliet’s life history and range of electronic media. Opening group 3D Design program is offering new courses: career as an inter- exhibitions, “The Gang of Four,” [Craig Color for Interior Design and Introduction national entertainer Dietrich MFA 2008; Katherine Parker, MFA to Portfolio Design. and UNICEF Goodwill 2006; Shawn Reed MFA 2007; and Jona- ambassador; two DVDs than Rattner MFA 2008—Cinema] and The Graphic Design program looks for- as well as a CD of his “The Intermedia Rectangles” presented ward to occupying its space in the new theater shows and works from the area’s fall 2005 time-based art building. The new space provides the various other perfor- media seminars. graduate students with their much-needed mances. The box-set individual workstations. Also, multiple is published by Pimen- Intermedia’s website [www.uiowa.edu/ courses and sections can then be taught to Amsterdam and the ~interart] also underwent a major upgrade. simultaneously and additional courses can Foreign Media Group Under the direction of Michael Peter [MFA be planned to strengthen the curriculum. (The Netherlands). 2008], the site now includes a virtual studio showcasing the work of Intermedia Since the fall of 2005 the Graphic Design students, as well as links to an impressive Workshop students have been engaged range of art resources. in the “Design of Pictograms for Refugee Camps.” This ongoing project is an inter- Intermedia’s “The Daily Palette,” linked national participation between students in directly from the University’s splash page Design at the University of Iowa School of [www.uiowa.edu] is now well into its Art & Art History (College of Liberal Arts second year. Coordinated by Megan Berner and Sciences), the École Nationale Des Arts [MFA 2008], the project spotlights art by Décoratifs (Paris, France), The Royal Acad- Iowans on line, and as the ‘wall paper’ on emy of Art & Design (KABK) (The Hague, the campus’s twelve-hundred plus public The Netherlands) and Seoul (Korea). In computers. Each day brings a new edition connection with this project Professor of the "Palette.” Working with the Iowa Gratama was invited to give a lecture on Review as part of the university’s “Year of “Cross-Cultural Differences in Visual Liter- Public Engagement,” the “Palette” will also acy” at The Royal Academy of Art & Design feature Iowa writers on its pages over the (KABK), The Hague, The Netherlands. next two years.

56912.indd 10 3/9/06, 1:39 PM During spring 2006, We are very grateful to all our 130 plus Intermedia will also Metalsmithing supporters who gave tuition and material debut “ICSCTV On- scholarships to our graduate students so line!,” its collaborative & Jewelry they can focus on their creative endeavors. project with the Iowa (Kee-ho Yuen, Head; Chunghi Choo) Ms. Lois Jecklin and Mr. Sam Gassman each City Senior Center. sponsor annual competitions for the pro- The project, online The Metalsmithing and Jewelry area has gram. Our students’ achievements in the at www.uiowa.edu/ had another very productive and success- last year included: Recent alumni Alison ~interart/icsctv, ful year. October 8 of this year, Chunghi Brunson received a Silver Prize at “Cheon- streams the Center’s Choo and Kee-ho Yuen were invited to be gju International Craft Biennale 2005” in television programs the panel members and presenters for The Cheongju, South Korea. Current graduate worldwide, along with Smithsonian Women’s Committee Biennial student Satomi Kawai received Honorable 11 original content devel- Lecture in American Craft: ”The Allure of Mentions for three pieces at the same oped with Intermedia. Silver: Collecting, Designing and Crafting competition. Current graduate students The project is made Silver in the 21st Century” at the Ren- Natasha Overholtzer, Jillian Moore, Hui- possible with techni- wick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Yun Wu, Jason Messier, Nathan Cline, Yoko cal support from the Art Museum, Washington DC. Chunghi Noguchi, Satomi Kawai and Jon Ryan were University’s Academic presented her work and the University of accepted into “Iowa Crafts:37,” MacNider Technologies Media Iowa Metalsmithing and Jewelry program, Art Museum in Mason City, Iowa. From Solutions Area. and Kee-ho presented how he integrates that competition, Hui-Yun Wu received advanced computer technology in his the “Special Mention in Metal/Wood” and Intermedia cordially work. Kee-ho also did a workshop on “Best in Jewelry”; Natasha Overholtzer invites you to visit our “Anodization of Photo Images on Titanium received the “Special Mention in Jewelry” projects online or at and Niobium” at the Montgomery College and Jillian Moore received the “Artist-to- one of our upcoming on October 9. The workshop was spon- Artist Award.” Open Houses. sored by the James Renwick Alliance of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This semester, we acquired a TIG welder, an English wheel, and a 31"x 16" mill/ As usual, we invited many renowned lathe combo machine. This equipment visiting artists to stimulate our students’ has greatly enhanced our students’ op- creative minds. This year, Mr. James tions, speed, and quality in creating their MaloneBeach, internationally renowned designs. This consistent improvement of metal artist and alumnus of our program, the facility enables the program to stay did a presentation for our students and competitive as one of the top Metalsmith- the public. We also invited Ms. Dawn Na- ing programs nationally. kanishi, Professor of Visual and Performing Arts Division at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, and Ms. Deborah Lozier, Ad- junct Professor at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California to present their metal work and to do a workshop on fold forming, TIG welding and enameling to our students and the public.

56912.indd 11 3/9/06, 1:39 PM Painting & Drawing Photography Printmaking (John Dilg, Head; Ronald Cohen, David (James Snitzer, Head; Margaret Stratton) (Robert Glasgow, co- Dunlap, Laurel Farrin, Sue Hettmansperger, Head; Virginia Myers Susan White) Last spring the Photography area, along co-Head) with the entire School, paid tribute to The Painting area is greatly anticipat- Peter Feldstein’s years of service with a The 2005-06 aca- ing the move into its two studios in the reception honoring his retirement. Pe- demic year finds our new art building. They are large, beauti- ter, who had been a student here in the area continuing the ful spaces with north light, allowing for mid-60s, returned here in 1973 where national search for a larger classes and increased instructional he taught for over 30 years. During that permanent new faculty 12 possibilities. The Drawing area will re- time he distinguished himself as both a member in Printmaking main in the present art building and see a dedicated teacher and a valued member of at the associate or full renovation of its spaces to better accom- the faculty. He was instrumental in estab- professor level to begin modate increased enrollment and service lishing the School’s first computer cluster in the fall semester of to nonmajors through the Elements of Art and his digital imaging courses served 2006. We are pleased to classes. The Painting BFA studios will also both graduate and undergraduate students have Visiting Assistant be moving into the present building from throughout the School. The University’s Professor Yunsun Lee North Hall. Museum of Art has scheduled a retrospec- from California during tive of his work for the fall of 2006. this current year. Yun- With respect to visiting faculty, Michael sun is teaching intaglio Perrone taught in the fall semester and With Peter’s departure, the Photography and relief courses at Tova Carlin is teaching the entire year. area is pleased to welcome back John the advanced under- Both were represented by works in the Freyer as a visiting artist this year. Many graduate and gradu- “2005 Iowa Artists” show at the downtown of you will remember John—who received ate levels and making Des Moines Art Center, and Michael has a his MFA from our program in 2002—for significant planning one-person show scheduled for this April his “ allmylifeforsale” internet project and and consulting contri- at Michael Steinberg Fine Art in New York. its subsequent publication by Bloomsbury butions to the area. Press. We welcome John and congratulate The past spring and summer 2005 were him on the recently released Japanese (!) All of the faculty good periods for graduates of our MFA edition of "allmylifeforsale.” continue active in- program seeking university positions. volvement in planning Catherine (Cece) Cole won the inaugural While most of Photography’s classroom and for the expansion of Virginia Commonwealth University Resi- traditional darkroom space will remain the area’s facilities in dency Fellowship (residence, teaching, and —awaiting renovation—in the “old build- the entire east wing of an exhibition of her work); Olga Lomsha- ing,” we will be moving our newly upgrad- the Art Building. New kova was invited to be visiting faculty at ed, state-of the-art digital classroom into facilities will include a Montana State University; Jesse Fisher, the cantilevered bridge of the new build- primary relief and pro- visiting faculty at the Kansas City Art ing. We hope that the move, which will jection studio, a digital Institute; Gianna Commito, tenure-track at put our students in proximity with stu- and photomechanical Kent State University; and Jered Sprecher, dents from other areas, will help contrib- lab, a new print study tenure-track at the University of Tennes- ute to a better sense of community among and seminar room and see, Knoxville. Also, Carrie Pollack was students throughout the School. the establishment of awarded residencies at Yaddo, the Virginia new individual gradu- Center for the Creative Arts, and the Jen- ate studios in that part tel Residency. of the west wing now occupied by art history In New York this past fall, MFA gradu- offices. ates David Tallitsch and Franklin Evans were included in a show at The Drawing Faculty and students Center entitled, “LineAge.” Frank also had alike have been profes- a one-person exhibition at Jeff Bailey Gal- sionally active in the lery. Both shows were reviewed in “Art in past year with exhibi- Review” in The New York Times. tions, presentations and research travel. Professor Virginia Myers is nearing completion of her new

56912.indd 12 3/9/06, 1:39 PM foil stamping book, and Professor Rob- ert Glasgow and the PLAC II seminar are Sculpture Office of assembling the PLAC II portfolio that will (Isabel Barbuzza, Head; Thomas Aprile) be exhibited at the upcoming Southern Visual Graphics Council Conference in Madison, The Sculpture area is flourishing. Pro- Wisconsin. fessors Tom Aprile and Isabel Barbuzza Materials continue to build an area offering tradi- The Projected tional and nontraditional approaches to sculpture. Students can take classes from Image Mold Making or Bronze Casting to Instal- lation or Site Specific. Our vision is to Below is a photograph diversify and offer students a good foun- of the new Office of 13 dation in sculpture. In this endeavor Tony Visual Materials in Sutowski, Sculpture Lab Coordinator, plays the new art building an important role (that among many) of with freshly sealed coordinating all technical and equipment ground-concrete floors needs and requests and bringing new awaiting the installa- technology to the classroom, such as a tion of furniture. The 4-foot by 8-foot CNC driven plasma cutting entire OVM is bathed system. In addition to the area’s cohesive- in a beautiful glow ness, during the past years we had strong of northlight coming Jim Snitzer discusses prints with students while groups of graduating MFAs who have through glass wall on Bob Glasgow looks on at the first-ever “What Is the first floor of the Printmaking?” show. continued in their commitment to build on their professional careers either as exhibit- building’s north façade. ing artists and teachers. The OVM will house the School of Art and Art One of our priorities this year is to work History’s instructional on the Sculpture area renovation. At collection of 350,000 the moment we are analyzing the cur- 35mm slides used in rent space (W161, the foundry, patio and teaching art and art trailer) and we are looking into ways to history. There is also creatively redistribute space, making it a production space for safe and comprehensive area for all our digitizing the slide students. One of our hopes is to make a collection and photog- roof over the patio area and turn it into raphy space to aid in a metal fabrication space and spaces for the collection’s devel- graduate studios. We are beginning to opment. (left to right) Virginia Myers, Robert Rorex and raise funds for the Sculpture area renova- Wallace Tomasini tion and if you wish to contribute, please contact the University of Iowa Foundation.

56912.indd 13 3/9/06, 1:39 PM The School of Art and Art History employs urdays, Green & Gold on Sundays; Spring very knowledgeable and talented staff. & Summer: Blue, Red, & White Read on to learn more about the staff who Movie: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” help make the School of Art and Art His- TV show: NFL Football—anytime tory a success (in alphabetical order). Music: Anything by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Who, The Doors, Evelyn Accosta Weirich, and The Beatles Book: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell

Staff Undergraduate Advisor Them by Al Franken If I could visit anywhere in the world, Actor: Harrison Ford or John Wayne it would be: Paris. I have been there Actress: Marg Helgenberger 14 before, but I would want to visit the city that Parisians live in and not just the tour- Something to think about (words of Always have a backup of your ist spots. I would walk down back streets, wisdom): data on your computer, Keep it in a safe visit small places, go to the open air mar- place away from your computer. Then have kets. I would ask people where they loved another backup of the backup. to spend time in the city, and go there. I would speak bad French and say “Bonjour” to everyone. I would not take snapshots Marlo Jack, Director’s Secretary of anything. If I could visit anywhere in the world, it What I find annoying: whining would be: Venice My favorite- What I find annoying: dishonesty, impa- Food: I don’t have one favorite. My fa- tience vorite food this week is the Iowa City Roll My favorite- at Oyama Sushi. Professors Tomasini and Food: whatever my son makes (he’s a chef) Rorex introduced the staff to this, and it is Color: blue delicious. Movie: “Terms of Endearment” Color: indigo blue Music: classical Movie: Top seven: “Chinatown,” “To Kill Book: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom a Mockingbird,” “Network,” “Forest Gump,” Actor: Tom Hanks “The Conversation,” “White Christmas,” Actress: Katharine Hepburn “Some Like it Hot” Something to think about (words of TV show: “The West Wing” wisdom): Treat others as you want to be Music: I listen to everything—it just has treated. to be good music. Mozart, Beatles, Mo- town, cumbias, Coltrane, Allison Krauss, Laura Jorgensen, Ella Fitzgerald, Blink 182, Green Day, Glen Graduate Secretary Miller, Van Morrison, Lyle Lovett, the Mup- If I could visit anywhere in the world, it pets, etc. would be: anywhere they make chocolate Book: Fiction: To Kill a Mockingbird What I find annoying: people who don’t Nonfiction: “Surely You’re Joking Mr. Fey- pay attention and people without manners naman” My favorite- Actor: Tom Hanks Food: chocolate—the darker the better Actress: Audrey Hepburn Color: chocolate brown and blue Something to think about (words of Movie: I have several: “My Fair Lady,” wisdom): Hold the rail, tie your shoes, “Hunt for Red October” and “Phantom of and read the email. the Opera” TV show: almost anything by National Scott Frederick, Geographic Computer Consultant Music: almost all kinds If I could visit anywhere in the world, it Book: The Bible would be: Rome and Paris Actor: I can’t decide between Sean Con- What I find annoying: never having nery, Wil Smith or Gene Wilder enough time to get everything done Actress: Audrey Hepburn and Katharine My favorite- Hepburn Food: t-bone with potatoes and corn on Something to think about (words of the cob wisdom): “We make a living by what we Color: Fall & Winter: Black & Gold on Sat- get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

56912.indd 14 3/9/06, 1:40 PM Annette Niebuhr, Receptionist Karla Stout, Retirements If I could visit anywhere in the world, Department Administrator it would be: I’d love to go back to Venice, If I could visit anywhere in the world, Peter Feldstein Italy, or anywhere in Europe. Germany to research geneal- it would be: (Photography) What I find annoying: I rarely get an- ogy noyed. (Ha.) drivers who do not What I find annoying: Please see the Pho- My favorite- use turn signals properly Food: I don’t have a short list! tography area news My favorite- for a tribute to Peter. Color: green Chinese, chocolate Food: Professor Feldstein re- Movie: “Pillow Talk” yellow and red (flower colors) Color: ceived M.A. and M.F.A. TV show: “The Office” “A Christmas Carol” with Alistair Movie: degrees in art from Music: I like different songs/pieces in all Sim and only with Alistair Sim 15 The University of lowa. categories. “Boston Legal,” “InJustice” TV show: He teaches courses in Book: I’ll never forget the first time I read Rock: Bruce Springstein, Eric Clap- Music: photography and his Wind in the Willows. And I love the illus- ton and Classical: Vivaldi work is represented by trations. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Book: Olson-Larsen Galler- Actor: My brother Mel Gibson, Clint Eastwood Actor: ies in Des Moines. In Actress: Toni Collette Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton and Actress: the past, he has been Something to think about (words of Cheryl Ladd wisdom): “In the muddled mess of this represented by Roy Something to think about (words of Boyd Gallery, Chicago; world, in the confusion and boredom and wisdom): Life is too short to be unhappy. amazement, we ought to be able to spot Lieberman & Saul Gal- something—an event, a person, a memory, lery, New York City; an act, a turning of the soul, the flash of Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, bright wings, the surprise of sweet com- Kansas City; and Thom- passion—somewhere we ought to pick out Welcome as Barry Fine Arts, a glory to celebrate.” Samuel H. Miller in Minneapolis. Feldstein The Dilemma of Modern Belief Karla M. Stout is the new Administra- received an individual tive Specialist for the School. Karla brings artist’s grant from the a wealth of experience to the job, hav- National Endowment Kevin McGlynn, Accountant ing most recently been the Administra- for the Arts, two Iowa If I could visit anywhere in the world, it tive Assistant in the UI Department of Arts Council Grants, Dublin, Ireland would be: Communication Studies. Karla has held and two Polaroid Col- dishonesty What I find annoying: positions in the Tippie College of Business, lection grants. He was My favorite- the Office of the Provost, the Registra- artist-in-residence at Mexican Food: tion Center and the Office of Admissions. Dartmouth College. green Color: She worked in the private sector for a “Schindler’s List” Movie: few years, managing contracts and royal- “Orange County Choppers” on TV show: ties for a trademark licensing company in the Discovery channel Iowa City, and working in the office of a The Doors, Neil Young, Bruce Music: construction company. Her first job in the Springsteen university, twenty-two years ago, was as The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Book: a Clerk Typist in the Registration Center. Mitch Albom She is a member of the Associated Univer- Jack Nicholson Actor: sity Women and served on the UI WorkLife Sophia Loren Actress: Review Committee and WorkLife Advisory Something to think about (words of Committee, now known as UI Learning and The secret of success is having wisdom): Development. Karla enjoys the variety of the right attitude. work and the extensive communication with other offices that being a department administrator requires. Karla appreci- ates the welcome she has received in the School of Art and Art History and looks forward to moving into the new art building. She believes that 2006 is already proving to be an exciting year.

56912.indd 15 3/9/06, 1:40 PM Joyce E. Blunk (1963 BA, 1970 MA, 1971 David C. Freed (1962 BFA, Printmaking) MFA, Painting) was an artist in residence recently retired from forty years of teach- at Nota Bene Loft Studio in Cadaqués, ing. He is planning to spend as much Spain from April-May 2005. Ms. Blunk is time as possible in both his Richmond and the recipient of three North Carolina Arts London studios. Council Visual Artist Fellowships as well as the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Carl D. Hall (1958 MFA, Design) will be Grant. in Tanzania for three weeks with the Great Lakes Consortium concerning product Alice (Brown) Briggs (1981, Painting) has design. The project is made possible by a recently participated in the following ex- State Department grant to aid businesses. 16 hibitions: Emerging Artist 05, Scottsdale, AZ; Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Shelley Haven exhibited forty recent Museum; Galerie mesta Bratislari, Palffy paintings, etchings and monotypes at the Palace, Bratislara, Slovak Republic; Joseph Tompkins Square Gallery in New York City Gross Gallery, School of Art, University of from October 7-29, 2005; the show was Arizona; Apex Gallery South Dakota School entitled, “Color in Nature.” Ms. Haven, a of Mines and Technology. native of the Lower East Side, is a painter and printmaker working in oils, intaglio Stan Brodsky (1950 MFA, Painting) has printmaking and monotype as well as pas- recently participated in the following tels and other color media. Her work was exhibitions: Corporate Art Program, Pfizer also on display at the Binghamton Univer- Alumni News Inc., “Ten Artists Defining Abstraction,” sity Art Museum from October 21-Decem- June Kelly Gallery, New York, New York, ber 10 and in an exhibition traveling in March-May 2005; “About Paint,” Westport India since its 2004 opening at the Indira Art Center, Connecticut, February-March Gandhi National Center for the Arts in New 2006. Mr. Brodsky has also been accepted Delhi. In 2006, Ms. Haven’s work will be for the Smithsonian Archival Program in exhibited at the Mid-Manhattan Library Washington DC. (New York City), the Old Church Cultural Center, the “City Without Walls” exhibition Cookie Cave (1982, Painting) teaches art at the Seton Hall Law School (New Jersey), to first through fifth grade students and and the Kirkland Art Center (Clinton, NY). makes art herself as often as possible. Ms. Cave is a new mother to Leo, born in 2003, Tonya Herber-Kehoe (1997 MA, Art and has shown her work in Boston, New Education) is an assistant professor of York City and Kansas City, MO. art at Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City. Ms. Kehoe is also a professional art- Robert D. Cocke (1975 MFA, Painting) ist painting in acrylics, licensing images recently retired as a full professor of art worldwide with Oopsy Daisy Fine Art for from Arizona State University, where he Kids. taught for twenty-two years. Mr. Cocke is currently painting full-time with galleries Leon B. Johnson (1994, Intermedia) is in Tucson, Dallas, San Diego and Los An- currently performing the role of “Pros- geles. His most recent solo exhibition has pero” in the new adaptation of William held at the Tasende Gallery in Los Angeles Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” directed by from February 26-April 15, 2005. John Schmor at the Lord Leebrick Theater. Mr. Johnson’s short film, “Faust/Faustus Michelle Paulos Fischer (1979) was nomi- in Deptford” was selected for the Kunst- nated by Governor Vilsack in 2003 to the filmbienale in Cologne, Germany as well State of Iowa Arts Council and established as the Milwaukee Film Festival, Durango a studio at the Cherry Building in Cedar Film Festival, Tiburon Film Festival and the Rapids the following year. Ms. Fischer has Raindance Film Festival in London. exhibited her work at the Priscilla Steele Gallery (Marion) and the Zimmerman Douglas P. Kooistra (1982, Studio Art and Gallery (Binghamton, NY). She is also a Art Education) has been utilizing his life member of the New Bohemia Art Group in drawing and painting classes by identify- Cedar Rapids. ing babies’ fathers at an aid office as a case worker.

56912.indd 16 3/9/06, 1:40 PM Margo Kren (1979 MFA, Painting) was in the nation. Ms. invited to teach painting and drawing Wherry has been a University of Iowa at the Jilin College of Art in Changchun, classroom teacher for China from March 1-July 1, 2005 (spring three years. In 2004, Foundation semester). “The students and I shared the she graduated with a As students, faculty, strengths and insights from our cultures in Master of Science in and staff of the School pursuit of art.” Teaching and rode her of Art and Art His- bicycle across America. tory move into the Carole Lynn Nervig (1969 BFA) is the Ms. Wherry will be UI’s most stunning owner of Nervig Communications, a graph- attending the Art new building, they ic design, marketing and public relations Institute of Chicago will have not only UI firm. next year to pursue a administrators and 17 masters in Art Therapy. the state of Iowa to Beata Niedzialkowska (2004 PhD, Art thank, but also the History) is an assistant professor at Maine Mary McMurray Wik- generous donors who College of Art and teaches art history sur- ert (1971, Art Educa- have contributed to the project so far. vey courses and electives in Medieval and tion) recently retired These contributors saw the importance of Renaissance art. Ms. Niedzialkowska con- after thirty-two years a building befitting one of the most highly tinues her research on Poland’s fifteenth- of teaching art. Ms. respected academic fine arts programs in century art and loves living in Maine and Wikert is the co-author the nation. traveling throughout Europe during the of four art books on summers. vintage photography. Even though we have come to the Decem- The series, entitled ber conclusion of the UI’s historic Good. Justin M. Nostrala (1996, Painting) “Cherish Me Always,” Better. Best. Iowa fund-raising campaign— received “Best in Show” in “Border to includes “A Century of which the Art and Art History Building Border X” at Austin Peay State University, of Dolls,” “Animal project is a key initiative—we are still well Clarksville, TN from February-March 2005. Friends,” “Images of short of the more than $5 million in gifts The entry, a drawing of charcoal on paper, Christmas Past,” and factored into the project’s budget. was selected for a purchase award and will “Teddy Bears and I encourage each of you to consider become part of the “Marbel Larson Draw- Warm Fuzzies.” The making a gift to the Art and Art History ing Collection." series, co-named by Building Fund by visiting us online at Ms. Wikert’s husband, www.givetoiowa.org/art. Gifts of any size Darrell Petit was recently invited to the is published by Hobby will have an impact on the UI art school’s Italian Stone Fair in Carrara, Italy by the Horse Press of Mary- ability to offer its students and faculty Internazionale Marmi e Macchine Car- land. top-notch studio and scholarly facilities rara. Petit, a resident of Stony Creek, CT for the first time in decades. Your gifts will and a sculptor-in-residence at the historic Steven F. Wise (1998) also help advance the UI’s plans for the Stony Creek Granite Quarry, attended the will take part in the second phase of the project: the renova- fully sponsored proram from May 31-June following solo exhibition and restoration of the original Art 5 with a select group of ten American tions in 2005-06: Spiva Building. architects organized by the Italian Trade Center for the Arts, Jo- Commission of Los Angeles. Mr. Petit has plin, MO; College of the If you are able to make a five-year pledge created a myriad of monumental sculpture Ozarks, Point Lookout, of $5,000, your name will be included on works that are permanently situated in MO; Southern Illinois a permanently and prominently displayed Germany, India, Japan, Egypt, Canada and University, Carbondale, plaque in the new building. Other nam- the United States. IL; Southeast Arts and ing opportunities are available in both Science Center, Pine the new and old buildings as well. But the Holly Margaret Wherry (2002, Fine Arts) Bluff, AR. important thing is simply to give and show has moved to New York to join the Teach- your support! ing for America Program, which places Please contact me to learn more. Together, recent college graduates into the hard- we can make a vital statement: The Arts to-staff and most underachieving schools Matter! Margaret N. Reese Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Iowa Foundation (800) 648-6973, ext. 769 [email protected]

56912.indd 17 3/9/06, 1:40 PM New Website Please visit our new website at: http: //www.art.uiowa.edu. Check out images of the new art building and our webcam by clicking on ‘alumni and friends’ and then ‘building projects.’

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