Academic News

Amy Sands was a Juror at the 2011 Metris Uptown Art Fair in Minneapolis.

Sands will also be a part of a collaborative installation titled "Recall" at the Pratt Institute in New York.

Quodlibetica's latest constellation, The Icy Issue, has launched!

This time contributors include One Room Schoolhouse, Salon Saloon's very own Andy Sturdevant, art historian Marsha Olson, critic Mason Riddle, as well as the usual suspects--Thomas O. Haakenson, Lightsey Darst and Christina Schmid.

What to expect:

Chris Rand's (BFA Furniture '00) metalwork was selected to appear in a new book from Schiffer Publishing titled Ironwork Today 3: Inside and Out. The book showcases the work of over 70 artists from across the United States and Canada. Chris' work is featured on four pages in this 256 page book. He creates custom designed metalwork for architects, residents and churches upon commission.

Christy Oates (Furniture '06) has three pieces in a group show at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC in July. Oates' work will join work from 39 other artists in an exhibition entitled "40 Under 40". The exhibition celebrates the Renwick's 40th Anniversary, and will tour the nation. Upon its return, the "Crane Chair" (also in the exhibition) will be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

“The Electric Information Age Book,” by Adam Michaels (a co-founder of Project Projects) and Jeffrey Schnapp (the faculty director of Harvard’s MetaLAB) is the third installment in the “Inventory Books” series, which seeks “to advance the role of design as an integrated force in book editing and production ... as a means of revitalizing the space of the book to present critical content in an accessible, engaging format.”

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Dr. Anna Tahinci delivered a paper in French on "Athènes-Paris et les élèves grecs de Bourdelle" ("Athens-Paris and Bourdelle's Greek students") at the "Paris-Athens The Double Journey 1919-1939" international conference at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece on January 20. The conference was recorded and will be available on http://www.blod.gr/default.aspx. The papers of the conference will be published in a special volume in 2013.

Robert Hoffman (Graphic Design '80) received the following awards as Animation Director of MotiveStudios.

World Fest Remi Awards, Short Web Video, Gold Award, 1/15/11

World Fest Remi Awards, Short Web Video, Silver Award, 1/15/11

HeSCA Media Festival, Short Web Video, Gold Award, 2/28/11

Telly Awards, Short Web Video, Bronze Award, 3/04/11

Hermes Creative Awards, Short Web Video, Certificate, 3/12/11

Mature Media Awards, Short Web Video, Gold Award, 3/31/11

Dan Lund (BFA Animation '89) is an animator with Disney and was just nominated for an ANNIE award. ANNIE awards are the "Academy Awards" for animation.

Monica Haller received a $55,000 grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for the development of the second half of the Veterans Book Project. The Veterans Book Project is a library authored by people experiencing the current American wars, by expanding participation to those not yet represented in the library, and by training the next generation of workshop leaders. 

Link: http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/2012/2012-awarded-aa.htm

Jody Williams' book exhibition "Connections: 18 Images with a Common Thread" opened at Form+Content Gallery on January 5 and ran through February 4.

Zach Collins just had nine collage pieces accepted into the Art of Recovery exhibition sponsored by the MN State Arts Board. The exhibition opens in Lowertown, St. Paul, April 2-June 29. Collins also has work in Entanglement, a collage show at Fox Tax, MPLS, which will be up through April.

Visiting faculty Nathaniel Freeman was interviewed by NPR's Weekend Edition for a story about Minnesota's Ice Shanty Project. Freeman's photos accompany the online story.

Additional Information:

• http://www.npr.org/2012/01/29/146042470/minnesota-festival-on-ice-melts-arts-boundaries