IN THIS ISSUE
Christo and Jeanne-Claude lecture as DVPsOn the retirement of H.I. Gates and Jerry Lake
Pictures of student shows held this year
Faculty, current student, staff, and alumni updates
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IN THIS ISSUEChristo and Jeanne-Claude lecture as DVPsOn the retirement of H.I. Gates and Jerry Lake Pictures of student shows held this year Faculty, current student, staff, and alumni updates |
Visiting Artists and Critics Contribute to Diversified Atmosphere
At one of the invitation-only openings of the "Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection" exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Painting Professor William Woodward decided to act on an extraordinary opportunity.
 Christo, Jeanne-Claude, and Prof. Woodward at the dinner held in honor of the artists at the University Club after their lecture. |
 Jeanne-Claude animatedly address a spectator's question at their lecture. They were very open to answering any question about their lives and work. |
When he met the artists, Prof. Woodward, who is the Director of the Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor Program, casually and directly asked them if they would like to speak for The George Washington University's Department of Fine Arts and Art History. Matter-of-factly they said, "Sure, why not?"
At the lecture held on March 12, 2002, in a large auditorium in Funger Hall, Christo spoke for the first forty-five minutes about the history of the couple's works. He wrapped up his talk with works currently in progress: Over the River: Project for the Arkansas River, Colorado, and The Gates: Project for Central Park, New York City.
"I liked that they included in their discussion the processes they go through to create their work; they didn't just talk about the grand finished products. It related the artistic method on a universal level as something that affects accomplished artists and beginners alike," said freshman and studio major Maggie Taylor who attended the lecture.
Jeanne-Claude, who has only recently been recognized for her artistic contributions to the projects, presided over most of the one-hour-and-fifteen -minute question and answer period. Participants chiefly queried the artists about the conception and realization of the projects, especially issues of funding, staffing for projects, and attainment of approval by governments and authorizing agencies.
During a dinner held after the lecture for the artists, faculty, and a group of students drawn by lottery, the artists remained open to questions, encouraged students in their artistic and academic pursuits, and told personal anecdotes.
It was interesting to see their working relationship as artists as well as their personal relationship as a couple. In the intimate setting we got a glimpse of their real lives, said Art History graduate student Laura Krey who attended the dinner.
Speaking on the success of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's visit and of the DVP Program in general, Prof. Woodward said that it is extremely beneficial for students to be able to speak with these distinguished artists who have made a significant contribution to world culture. They set an example for people who are on the threshold of such a career.
Thom Brown, Assistant Professor in the Painting Program, wants to expand the scope of what the DVP Program has already established, and bring in other artists and critics for more personal interaction with current students.
In April, painter Graham Nickson, Dean of the New York Studio School, was invited to hold critique sessions and to give a lecture. Also during the fall semester, Phyllis Rosenzweig, Curator of Works on Paper at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, met with students to discuss their work. Both met with graduate and select undergraduate students.
 Graham Nickson meets with graduate painting student and Teaching Assistant Fred Markham for his personal critique session. |
Finding funding for so many visits by well-known professionals is an issue, but Prof. Brown hopes to establish a new visiting artist and critic program, where students can get a variety of feedback and be exposed to diverse approaches in thinking about and working with their art.
David V. Bjelajac
The Department of Fine Arts and Art History continues to grow in new directions. Our main building, The Robert H. and Clarice Smith Hall of Art, underwent a "cosmetic upgrade" this year with freshly painted studios, new lights, and redesigned hallways for the exhibition of student artwork. The lecture rooms were refurbished and additional studio furniture will arrive in the near future.
Most importantly, and thanks again to the generosity of the Smiths, construction may soon begin on two of the fourth floor terraces. One new enclosure will be for a painting studio. The other will house a new computer lab, enabling us to expand course offerings in digital media.
We also now have a computer lab on the second floor dedicated specifically for photography. The Department wishes to thank Edwin M. Bergsmark whose generous gift made possible the purchase of computer hardware and software in this important area. A special thanks also goes to Prof. Jerry Lake who envisioned the new lab as an essential asset for modernizing the photography program. The Department is grateful for Jerry's many years of service as he retires from teaching at the end of the academic year.
I would also like to express gratitude to Prof. H. I. Gates who also is retiring. Director of both the Sculpture and Printmaking Programs, he has taught for nearly forty years at GWU. In appreciation, the department has voted to recommend emeritus status for both professors in honor of their distinguished university careers.
After a yearlong national search, I am pleased to announce that the University has appointed a replacement for Prof. Lake's position. Dean Kessmann will head the Photography Program as an Assistant Professor when he arrives for the Fall 2002 semester. He received his MFA from Southern Illinois University and has been teaching at The University of Missouri in St. Louis. In addition, he already has an impressive record of solo and group exhibitions.
Working with Lenore Miller, Director of the University Art Galleries, faculty have been helping Fine Arts students to install a series of shows at the Dimock Art Gallery. Prof. Thom Brown from the Painting Program has led the effort in organizing the exhibitions of student work. The Department hopes that additional resources will be forthcoming to facilitate the success of future shows at the Dimock, as well as the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery.
On the Mount Vernon Campus, Prof. Nancy Blossom and the Interior Design Program successfully completed the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research accreditation process. Thanks also go to Profs. Christine Spangler, Erin Speck, and Meng-Kok Tan, as well as the staff, students, and alumni for their considerable contributions.
Also at the Mount Vernon Campus, the Painting Program is acquiring additional studio space in Somers Hall. For making this possible the Department wishes to thank Grace Baxter, the Executive Dean for Administrative Affairs at the Mount Vernon Campus, and Nina Mikhalevsky, Director of the Elizabeth J. Somers Center and Women's Leadership Programs at the Mount Vernon Campus. The Somers Hall painting studio should be ready for classes beginning in the fall.
Finally, I wish to thank Nina Posidelow for her many years of service to the Department. Nina retired as Office Supervisor in March to move up to another position within the University. Nina was dedicated to the Department's educational mission and provided essential support and friendship during my first two years as Chair. On behalf of the Department, I wish Nina well as she moves forward in her life and career.
 Nina Posidelow, former Office Supervisor |
Nancy Blossom was the Education and Research Forum Advisor for the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). As such, she participated in the Industry Advisory Council where IIDA Forum Advisors meet with leaders from industry partners. The discussions focused on the impact of technology on professional relationships. She is also responsible for the IIDA/Teknion Michael Tatum Excellence in Education Award: administering nominations and reviewing and selecting the awardee. At the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), Prof. Blossom was elected Chair of the Council of Fellows. Her two articles, "Linking Interior Design Education and Practice" and "Forum Focus, Education, and Research" were published in Perspective, the journal of the IIDA. Two papers she presented at the 2002 IDEC International Conference were "Problem Solving in the Institutional Setting," for which she was awarded the "2002 Regional Chairs Best Paper Award," and "Changing Ecology of the Design Studio."
Thom Brown wrote a catalogue entry on Alberto Giocometti's drawing Annette Sewing for the National Gallery of Art's exhibition "A Century of Drawing." He was also a visiting artist at the University of Central Arkansas in March. In addition, he juried the annual Student Awards Show, met with students, gave demonstrations, and lectured about his work.Kathleen Carlson out of more than 700 applicants from around the world, was selected to create an elephant for the DC Party Animals project sponsored by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and various corporate donors. The 4.5 by 5 foot sculptures will be displayed all over Washington from April through early fall 2002. The 200 donkeys and elephants will later be sold in a public auction to support the Commission's grants program and art education. Prof. Carlson also participated in the show "Artists Respond: September 11" at the Rockville Arts Place, and in "Angels and Messengers" at The Dennis and Philip Ratner Museum in Bethesda.
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Kerry McAleer-Keeler was in an exhibition at the Foundry Gallery, DC, in fall 2001, called "The Road Less Traveled." She was a featured artist in the Fredericksburg (VA) Area Museum and Cultural Center exhibition titled "Fredericksburg: An Artist's View," which showcased the talent of well-known local artists, and highlighted depictions of the City of Fredericksburg. Her book arts piece, "The Human Condition," was acquired by Eric Denker, Curator of the Prints and Drawings collection at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, where he had seen it at a recent faculty show. Future exhibitions will include one in fall 2002 at Bistro 309 Restaurant, Fredericksburg. The show, called "Visions and Vices," will feature new print work and collages by the artist.
 Connecting Flights by Kerry McAleer-Keeler. |
Lilien Robinson continued research on Serbian Art and presented a lecture to the DC Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa titled "Themes in 19th Century Art." She is currently completing an article on Serbian painting for publication in Serbian Studies. In November she delivered a lecture, "Greek Art: In Search of the Ideal," for the American Hellenic Progressive Education Association. She is also the author of the essay for the forthcoming London exhibition of the paintings of Clarice Smith (GWU MFA 1979). Prof. Robinson continues to serve on the Faculty Senate as the Executive Committee Chair, a position that she was elected to for the eleventh time. She is also the faculty representative on the Board of Trustees' Committee on Academic Affairs. Since the fall semester she has been the academic mentor to Bohdan Shumylovych, a Ukranian art historian attending GWU through the State Department's Junior Faculty Development Program.
Christine Spangler was the keynote speaker and workshop leader at the Quebec Guild of Weavers in St.-Hiliare, QC, in June 2001. Her article on Louise Berube, the founder of the Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles, was published in Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot in fall 2001. For the Interior Design Program, Prof. Spangler acquired a TC-1 loom: a computer controlled loom that allows complex patterning through individual control of each thread. Barbara von Barghahn in September, gave a talk on "The Lion of Flanders and the Eagle of Spain" at the Mexican Cultural Institute, Embassy of Mexico, cosponsored by the Embassy of Belgium. She also lectured on "The Battlefield of the Gods: Viceregal Peru and the Blending of Cultures in the Andes" in November for the series "Andean Art and Architecture from the Pre-Columbian and Colonial Eras" sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Embassy of Peru. Prof. von Barghahn also provided a catalogue essay titled "'Mi Capricho.' Goya and the Duchess of Osuna" for GWU's Dimock Gallery exhibition catalog Goya: Los Caprichos (2001). Christopher Wilson began the academic year with a talk titled "Flemish Art and Artists in New Spain" at the Mexican Cultural Institute. In November, he lectured on "The Dissemination of Christian Iconography in Colonial Peru" at the Smithsonian, and again in May, delivered another presentation called "The Founding Fathers of Bird Art in America." His article "St. Teresa of Ávila's Martyrdom: Images of Her Transverberation in Mexican Colonial Art" was published in the most recent issue of the Mexican art journal Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. He continues his research into Hispanic convent art while exploring a new topic: natural history illustration in the Americas in the 18th and 19th centuries. William Woodward had a solo show of his most recent images of Brittany, France, at Marin-Price Galleries, Chevy Chase, MD, in November. At the same gallery in March, he participated in the 10th Anniversary Exhibit, where he showed paintings of Venetian Cafes. Piazza San Marco by William Woodward. |
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For 38 years, Prof. H.I. Gates has taught for the Department, where he designed its sculpture program and headed it in conjunction with printmaking. He trained in painting and printmaking at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, but the courses he taught here included sculpture, jewelry making, and art restoration.
"He never ceased to amaze with his insightful academic awareness. His students could always count on him to be early for class and helpful to an extended degree. His students loved and respected him in more ways than can be recounted," said Prof. Scip Barnhart.
Prof. Mansoor Azarhooshang, a former student and current adjunct faculty member, said of Prof. Gates: "He was always there for communication and guidance on how to improve my art, and came up with some funny titles for my assembled sculpture."
"It was H.I.'s sense of humor that kept me going when I was feeling down, and his engaging intellect encouraged me as an artist in the best of times," said Lenore Miller, a former student and current Director of University Art Galleries.
From the beginning his sculptural work has been characterized as assemblage, and his later Samurai sculpture series was in step with his connoisseurship of Japanese prints and armor.
Prof. Gates's exhibitions have been prolific, including shows at renowned museums such as the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Renwick Gallery (DC), and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (New York City). The 1990s were extraordinarily productive for him with solo shows at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD; Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD; Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, DC; Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA; and Gettysburg College, PA.
We wish the best for Prof. Gates, and look forward to seeing him on campus in the future. He plans to spend time with his family, as well as work on his sculpture, his conservation business, and his spiritual life. M.A., S.B., L.D.M.
On the Retirement of Professor Jerry Lake
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Throughout much of the twentieth century art was taught in some form or other in the Columbian College. The Art Department as we know it, though, was not created until the late 1960s. Jerry Lake joined the Department in 1971. After receiving his M.F.A. from Ohio University, in 1968, he joined the faculty of the Corcoran School of Art, where he acted as head of the photography program for three years, before moving the short distance to Foggy Bottom. Once at GW, Jerry designed the program at a time when there was no departmental building and in the absence of any firm plan to build labs, classrooms, and offices. With characteristic energy and do-it-yourself initiative, Jerry put together spaces and a curriculum that quickly grew in popularity and prestige. The building we now occupy was put up a little over twenty years ago, and virtually all of the liaison work with the construction company and architects was done by Jerry, who spent weeks and months with huge rolls of blueprints under his arm, arguing and cajoling. No detail was too insignificant; from classroom size to the placement of electrical outlets and safety features, everything received his attention. As the program grew, Jerry supervised a contingent of adjunct faculty members taking students through a well-conceived and disciplined program. The number of departments in the region that are headed or staffed by Jerry's students testifies to his success.
In his decades of teaching, Jerry inspired an enviable devotion among his students. He was attentive to their growth as artists and unrelenting in his insistence on complete control over the camera, film, and printing process. As an artist, he was responsible for gorgeous and sometimes haunting images of the natural world. His students and Smith Hall are monuments to his devotion to art, teaching, and the University. He has retired to his farm in rural Virginia to work on large-format prints and to fish with his beloved grandson, Marley. J.C.A.
Renovations performed last summer in the Smith Hall of Art allowed for even more exhibition space. In the main hallways on the first floor, senior Janna Schoenberg held a solo show that she designed, installed, and financed on her own (fig. 14). These spaces are open to any students who want to show their work, as well as to faculty to hang their students' course work. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Other renovated spaces include a small gallery on the fourth floor walkway, and the hallway of the art history faculty offices, managed by Profs. Thom Brown and Jeffrey Anderson, respectively.
In the spirit of showing student work Prof. Mansoor Azarhooshang hosted an unprecedented exhibition of student work created throughout the year in all levels of sculpture classes; the show was dedicated to Prof. H.I. Gates. The two sculpture studios and terrace were filled with small and large-scale sculpture, and the jewelry studio was used for a buffet catered by Prof. Azarhooshang and his wife. Students from all areas, parents, and Department faculty and staff attended.
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1. Nina Dwyer at her M.F.A. show. 2. Fourth floor gallery in Smith Hall. 3. Jared Miller installing a piece at his M.F.A. show. 4. A landcape by Paul Reuther for his M.F.A. thesis. 5. Reem Bassous at her M.F.A. thesis show. 6. Nahed Turkestani shows her work to the Saudi Arabian Ambassador who visited her M.F.A. solo exhibition. 7. Art works in the Art History faculty offices hallway. 8. Joi de Vivre by Patrick Birge in his M.F.A. thesis exhibit. 9. Brandon Andrusic's 1956 Oldsmobile Holiday Hardtop from his M.F.A. thesis show. 10. Phoenix in Paradise by Gita Mirshahi from her M.F.A. thesis show. 11. Calligram 2 by Iman Al-Kawari, M.F.A. in Visual Communications. 12. Crowd Composition #1 by M.F.A. student Jenilyn Johnson-Roman. 13. Prof. Azarhooshang speaking at the Student Sculpture Show. 14. Janna Schoenberg at her solo senior show in Smith Hall. 15. Saano Keti Ra Tara by Matt Ramsey in the Senior Show. 16. M.F.A. student Patsy-Ann Rasmussen's textile piece, Paisley #6, Medallion, at her M.F.A. thesis exhibit.
The entrance
of the Awards Show at the |
 Joanna
Manoranjan receives her award |
Holly Bennett, graduate
The David Bjelajac Award in American Art History and Theory sponsored by Katherine Alban Phillips
Gwendolyn Allday, graduate
Art Department Prize in Graduate Art History and Theory
Holly Garner
Art Department Prize in Undergraduate Art History and Theory
Rebecca Heath
William C. Barbee Prize
Aaron Brophy, graduate
Cecille R. Hunt Prize
Jenilyn Johnson-Roman, graduate
Lynn Kay Prize
Nahed Turkestani, graduate
Nuri Ozdogan Ceramic Prize
Jacqueline Kierans, graduate
Art Department Prize
Timothy Wallace, graduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Carl Schoenberger, graduate
Julian H. Singman, Esq. Prize in Design
Kelly Cedeno, undergraduate
Art Department Prize
Holly Ivanoff, graduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Denise Maksimowitz, graduate
Emerging Artist Award
Joanna Manoranjan, undergraduate
Leonardo Prize
Nicola Malik, undergraduate
Michelangelo Prize
Alexandra Salkin, undergraduate
Rembrandt Prize
Elizabeth Ritchie, undergraduate
Carl Larsson Prize in Master Drawing
Robert Dahlhausen, undergraduate
Art Department Prize
Jennifer M. Durant, graduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Jason Hodges, graduate
Outstanding Graduating Senior
Catherine Price
Outstanding Graduate Project
Garrett Robbins
Morris M. Aein Memorial Prize
Jared Miller, graduate
Robert N. Alfandre Prize
Caroline Danforth, graduate (for Alfandre collection)
Jessica Greco, undergraduate (for GWU Permanent Collection)
Filipovitch Prize
Fred Markham, graduate
M.A. Langenkamp Prize in Abstract Painting for a female student
Reem Bassous, graduate
Julian H. Singman, Esq. Prize in Aquarelle Painting
Nina Chung Dwyer, graduate
Art Department Prize
Nina Chung Dwyer, graduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Caroline Danforth, gradaute
Patricia M. Toel Memorial Prize
Thomas Cortese, undergraduate
Penn Camera/Fuji Prize
Mary Coble, graduate
Alumni Award
Suzanne Meade, undergraduate
Art Department Prize
Mary Coble, graduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Angela Vinson, undergraduate
Art Department Prize
Sarah Baker, undergraduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Stephanie Schardin, undergraduate
Alfred E. Steck Memorial Prize
Gita Mirshahi, graduate
Art Department Prize
Gita Mirshahi, graduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Paul Reuther, graduate
Professor Apolonio N. Molina,
Sr.
and Maura B. Molina Memorial Prize
James B. Hicks, graduate
Art Department Prize
Elaine Valmonte, undergraduate
Art Department Honorable Mention
Joseph Jones, graduate
Art History
Erin Clay
Fine Arts
Melisa Pardes
Combined Art History and Fine Arts
Angela Vinson
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by Jody Biggers, shown |
Reem Bassous displayed her work in a solo show in the Smith Hall of Art Gallery in January. She also exhibited an MFA Thesis Show and was in the Student Awards Show.
Jody Biggers was in a show called "Polarities: Two Approaches to Digital Printmaking" with Rachel Quirk, GWU MFA student. It was held from November 2001 through January 2002 at the Fine Arts Center, Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery at the College of Southern Maryland.
Karen Carruth participated in the following shows: "Galex 36" at the Galesburg (IL) Civic Art Center in March; "Interpreting Landscape" at the Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY, February to March; Emerging Artist Show at Fraser Gallery, DC, in the Spring; and the Student Art Show, Gelman Library, February to March.
Camilla David a graduate student in Interior Design, was in the Student Art Show. She holds a Bachelor's in Art History from GWU.
Nina Dwyer exhibited her paintings at various Departmental shows during the year. She also participated in the Montgomery College Outstanding Alumni Show in the fall, and in an exhibition at Fraser Gallery, DC, in March.
Denise Maksimowitz won an award for her work "Valley of the Kings" at the 2002 Annual American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Rug Design contest.
Rachel Quirk was in "Polarities: Two Approaches to Digital Printmaking," a show held with Jody Biggers (see above).
Iraida Rodriguez-Negron presented a paper, Emblem of Victory: The Immaculate Conception in Spanish Colonial Art of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, in February at the Art History Graduate Student Symposium at the Florida State University Department of Art History.
Janna Shoenberger was in a fund-raising exhibition in December in Manhattan for the Christa Rae Memorial Fund. In Manhattan in May, the painting senior had her work in the show "The Killer of All Things Fun." She also held a solo show titled "Stretchmarks" at the Smith Hall of Art Gallery in January.
Ross Smirnoff as a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, designed murals for a KaBOOM! playground. Smirnoff, students from American and Howard Universities, and community volunteers painted the murals on National Youth Service Day. Smirnoff, a Presidential Arts Scholar, also showed his work in his Madison Hall gallery in December.
Gwen Allday receives an award from Prof. Bjelajac at the Awards Show for her research presented at the Mid-Atlantic Symposium. |
Held on September 21, 2001, the four papers presented were: "George Caleb Bingham and Freemasonry: A Reconsideration of the Jolly Flatboatmen in Port, 1857" by Katherine A. Phillips, "John Graham's 'Leda' Series: Alchemical, Gnostic, and Eastern Symbolism in the Art of a Magus" by Sascha Scott, "Gilbert Stuart and The Skater" by Gwendolyn Allday, and "Emblem of Victory: The Immaculate Conception in Spanish Colonial Art of the Viceroyalty of New Spain" by Iraida Rodriguez-Negron. The keynote speaker was Sharon Gerstel, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. She spoke about her current work on Byzantine rural churches and how their decoration differs from those of fancier, well-known buildings.
From the four presentations, the faculty chose Ms. Allday to represent the Department at the Mid-Atlantic Symposium in the History of Art, organized by the National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts and the University of Maryland Department of Art History and Archaeology. It was held on April 13, 2002. Ms. Allday's paper on Stuart was well received. She will continue to research this topic for her thesis.
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The Bowie (MD) Baysox Class AA baseball team drafted our Interior Design students to redesign their Most Valuable Player room, a space utilized for both business and social events. Four teams of seven students, each with a faculty advisor, pitched their ideas in February. Although GWU's teams were not first pick, elements from all four proposals will be incorporated into the final project. The Baysox team plans to renovate eight more rooms in the future, hopefully with the participation of more of the Department's students.
Meredith Bosley (BA Art History 1994) works for Sotheby's in the Education Department. She puts together public programs and assists with the full-time graduate program. She was formerly at Phillips Auctioneers.
John Patrick Campbell (BA Painting 1997) has been commissioned to paint the portrait of former GWU President Lloyd H. Elliott and Mrs. Elliott for the new building of the Elliott School of International Affairs.
Gary Goldberg (BFA Painting 1980) has a thriving decorating business creating murals and trompe l'oeil designs for homes and offices. His patrons include members of Saudi Arabia's royal family. He currently resides in Washington, DC.
 A mural by Gary
Goldberg in the home of Prince H.H. Faisal, |
Jacque Gourley (MA Art History 1998) is the Project Coordinator for the Baltimore Art Resource Online Consortium (BAROC) located at Johns Hopkins University.
Josephine Haden (MFA Painting 1972) had an exhibition in September of her new paintings at Gallery K, DC. It included works on wood and canvas, and the subjects dealt with celebrity and privacy.
Kathleen Hayes (MFA Design 2001) began exhibiting with the Snyderman/Works Galleries in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to inclusion in gallery shows, her work was featured in the Snyderman/Works space at the 2002 SOFA Expo (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art) in New York City in May.
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Christine Waller Manca (MA Art History 1992) was promoted to Assistant Publications Director at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She is married to Joseph Manca, Professor of Art History at Rice University, and they have two children, Camilla, 6, and Marcus, 4.
Pablo Ramella (MFA Painting 1996) received much acclaim for his work in an exhibit at Signal 66 (DC) in February. The Washington Post profiled the exhibit, which also highlighted work of four other artists including GWU graduates Erik Sandberg (MFA Painting 2000) and Rachel Waldron (BA Painting 1999).
Sascha Scott (MA Art History 2001) will begin a Ph.D. at Rutgers University (NJ) in the fall. There, she will also work in the Visual Resource Center as an associate curator.
Charlotte Whitney Stevens (Charlotte Armide Lamm) (BFA 1945) works full-time as an artist, painting scenes mainly of Maine and Michigan where she lives. She has an affinity for architecture, and her images capture the personalities of buildings from different eras. Recent exhibits include two solo shows: August 2000 at "Scenes of Maine" in Milbridge (ME) Historical Museum, and from June to July 2000, "Michigan Art Deco Architecture," Surveying Museum, Lansing, MI. Her work can be seen at www.charlottewhitneygallery.com.
 Home in Michigan, 2000, by Charlotte Stevens |
Caroline Thorington (MFA Painting 1975) was the Matrix Visiting Artist at the University of Dallas (TX) in fall 2000, where she gave demonstrations and lectures, as well as held an exhibition of her lithographs. Her work was also in the invitational exhibition "Points of View, Ten Artists" shown at the University of Delaware (October 2000) and the University of Texas-Austin (March 2001). In spring 2001, her work was shown in "Scenes from Montgomery County" in the John L. Decker Gallery, Collections of Fine Arts at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. In fall 2001, at the Maryland College of Art and Design in Silver Spring, she participated in the show "Moon Dance, Ten Years of Lithography."
Cynthia M. Young (MFA Painting 1979) opening in June 2002, is her solo show "Gridscapes" at Touchstone Gallery, DC, by whom she is represented. Another solo exhibit was held in 2001 at the Atrium Gallery, McLean (VA) Project for the Fine Arts, and was titled "Archaic Mirror." Also in 2001, she was in a juried show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art titled "Opposites: Exploring Polarity."
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John McGlasson. Special thanks to David Bjelajac and
Lenore Miller for their editorial comments.
The Department gratefully acknowledges the
generous support of:
John G. Ballenger
Edwin M. Bergsmark
Countess Clarissa Bonde
Marcella Brenner
Lisa Montag Brotman
Edith Chappelear
C. Thomas & Peggy C. Dienes
Brenda Ellsworth
Barbara S. Finney
Bernard S. Glassman
Deborah J. Gudelsky
Judith B. Howells
Elizabeth D. Meyer
Willie O. Quade
Katherine A. Phillips
Margo A. Reeves
Robert H. & Clarice Smith
Christopher J. Spielman
Rubye O. Youngblood
Judith Zilczer
The Department of Fine Arts and Art History continually updates alumni records and mailing lists. Current students, alumni, and friends of the Department should send information about moves and name changes. Information on current activities including jobs, recent publications, exhibitions, and traditional or digital reproductions of recent works are also needed for the yearly newsletter. (Publication of images is not guaranteed.) News is needed by the end of April 2003 for May publication. Please complete the form and return it to the address listed on the back cover. You can also send this information via email to art@gwu.edu.
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