Academic News

Photos & Drawings, a short film by Jon Maichel Thomas ‘00 is now available on DVD. The limited special edition DVD includes special bonus features consisting of Joel’s Photos by Kent Anderson, Helena’s Drawings by Alyssa Thomas and Cryssa Otto, behind the scenes photos of the production, and the soundtrack of the film. The DVD can be purchased on Jon Maichel Thomas’ website.

Fine Arts adjunct Emily Hoisington had artwork in the Changing Landscapes show at Silverwood Park gallery that opened on Thursday October 11 from 6-8 p.m. The show ran until November 30.

Carbon Collaborative, a Minneapolis based design studio involving Meredith Stuart '06, designed Landscape Structures' booth for the annual American Society of Landscape Architects EXPO held in Phoenix, AZ. The design referenced the arid southwest geology. Soaring blades of bright green grass burst from the ground, pulling the attendees toward the featured playground. The booth was awarded best in show for the second year in a row.

In September, Jonathan Bruce Williams ’08 was featured in a Star Tribune article for his works Sighthouse and Fenced In. Both works appeared at Franklin Art Works.

John Teschner, adjunct faculty, wrote in his latest essay for Trop magazine about fishing with his father in the Boundary Waters, the origins of written language, and the lifespan of the planet Earth.

Shawn McCann ’02 was awarded an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He was one of only eighty-eight recipients nationwide. With the grant, McCann will be producing a few large scale murals in his hometown of Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Dr. Kris Belden-Adams, liberal arts professor, has contributed about a dozen essays to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's book Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop. The book was released on October 11.

An interview with Erik Brandt, design professor, was featured in the UK magazine Counter-Print. The interview discussed Brandt’s “human-rebranding” project. Counter-Print approached Brandt over the summer after discovering his collection of hand-painted truck logos on Flickr, and the magazine requested an interview as well as permission to use his photos.

Michael Mott ’08 opened an exhibition of his work titled When the Sick Set Sail, the Sea Sets Them Free at the Seltzer Art Space on September 21. It was the first exhibition of the 2012 One Nighter Series. The exhibition also featured the release party of Wopozi issue #2.

Li Zeng ’12, MFA, exhibited in the 2012 Faculty Exhibition at the Mississippi University for Women, which opened on September 12 in the Eugenia Summer Gallery. Zeng gave an artist’s talk on the show, which included website work and handmade books.

Erik Brandt, design professor, was commissioned by the UK artist collective Anomalous Visuals to create an alternative version of their logo. The piece has since received attention on the Internet, as Anomalous Visuals promoted it very heavily via the social networks.

Alex Araiza, filmmaking major, was hired as the writer for a video produced by Project Know. The video was produced to encourage Minnesotans to vote no in November against the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.