Faculty & Student Notes

Albert Alhadeff

Books: signed a contract with Lang Publishers to translate several essays on 16th and 17th century painters by the Belgian poet and critic Emile Verhaeren. Prof. Alhadeff is also completing the translation of Verhaeren's 1900 book titled Rembrandt. The book's scheduled publication date is 2009.

Lecture: “A Critique of Julian Barne's ‘Raft of the Medusa.’” European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, Fall 2006.

New courses/experimental courses: with a small group of students taught a seminar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on French Nineteenth Century Painting, with visits to MOMA and the Frick Collection, July 2007.

Kirk Ambrose

Articles:
"Imagining Savage Piety at St.-Paul-de-Varax," Studies in Iconography 28 (2007);
"The Sense of Sight in the Book of Kells," Source 26 (2007);
"Corporeal Fantasy: Artifice on a Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean," AVISTA Forum Journal: Medieval Technology, Science, & Art (2007).

His book The Nave Sculpture of Vézelay: The Art of Monastic Viewing (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2006) has been reviewed in the following journals: Speculum, Catholic Historical Review, and The Medieval Review.

Awards: an International Travel Grant from GCAH to conduct research for a book project that examines classicism in medieval Lyon.

Mark Amerika

Books: META/DATA: A Digital Poetics (The MIT Press, 2007);
29 Inches: A Novel (Chiasmus Press, 2007).

Lectures:
"Remixology, Hybridized Processes, and Postproduction Art," Keynote Address. Disrupting Narrative Symposium, Tate Modern Museum, July 13, 2007;
"Artist, Medium, Instrument," Keynote Address. Buddhism and New Media Conference, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, October 26-27, 2007
"Cyberpsychogeography," Invited Speaker. "What a situation, yes, Debord?" conference,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2-4, 2007

Visiting Artist in Residence, University College Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, Summer 2007

Exhibitions:
"Mobile Phone Video Art Classics," a solo exhibition. Event Gallery London, UK, July - August 2007.
"Let's Have a Data Beach Party!”, a solo exhibition. Paco das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 28 - December 20, 2007
"Immobility," a new commission from the Tate Modern Museum, London, UK.

Marilyn Brown

Lectures: "Miss La La's Teeth: Thoughts on Degas and 'Race'," the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, February 2, 2007 and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2007

Albert Chong

Exhibitions;
”Blacks Inside and Outside the Box.” California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, September 2007.
”Equatorial Rhythms.” Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway, September 2007.

Kim Dickey

Exhibitions:
“Cold Pastoral,” a solo exhibition. Rule Modern, Denver, Colorado, May 11 – July 7, 2007.
"Sculpture in Clay." Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado, October 6, 2006 –
March 30, 2007.
"Extended Remix." Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, curated by Cydney Payton, Denver, Colorado, September 15, 2006 – January 7, 2007.

Grants:
Dean's Fund for the Humanities, April 2007; GCAH grant, May 2007.

Public Commission:
The Gates Rooftop Sculpture Garden for the new home of the MCA/Denver, October 2007.

Press:
Vogel, Carol, "Contemporary Art in Denver," Weekend Arts, The New York Times,
Friday, May 18;
Chandler, Mary, "Cultivating Sculpture: Artist forms garden out of clay and
light," Rocky Mountain News, June 14, 2007.
Paglia, Michael, "Kim Dickey, Manuel Neri," Westword, June 7, 2007.
Alexei, I also have lots of images of new work and installation shots from my
solo show. Are you looking for something in particular?

Françoise Duréesé

Exhibitions:
“The paper bag test.” Video, Performance and Lecture. .Lewis & Clark College. Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium Exhibition. Portland, Oregon, February 2007.
“queen nappy.” A.I.R. Gallery. 7th Biennial. TheFeministArtProject. Curated by Connie Butler. Chelsea, New York, March 2007.
“Vox Populi. VOXXOXO. » Curated by Sheryl Conkelton and Kirby Gookin. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2007.

Press:
Roberta Fallon. “XOXXOXO”, Philadelphia Weekly. July 2007.
Carey Lovelace. “Girls, Girls, Girls”, Art in America. p. 90. June/July 2007.

Sally Elliott

Exhibitions:
"Time in Spaces." Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado, January 25 – February 17, 2007.
"Memory: an exhibition of paintings and mixed media.", Burnell Roberts Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, March 27 – April 21, 2007.

Publications:
American Art Collector, Volume 1, book 4 (Berkely, California: Alcove Books, September 2007).

Lectures:
"Memory." Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, April 13, 2007.

Awards:
Teacher Recognition Award, University of Colorado, CU Alumni Association and The Herd, May 2007.

Chuck Forsman

Exhibitions: Chuck has been working in an exhibition touring China, entitled: "Out West." It began at the Meridian International Center in Washington DC in January 2007 and is traveling to various museums around China, including the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and museums in Shanghai, Hong Kong and others. Chuck was the feature artist, which included his statement quoted in full and a reproduction at china.org.cn

Deborah Haynes

Chapter: "Interrogating New Media," in Ethics and the Visual Arts, eds. Elaine A. King and Gail Levin (New York: Allworth Press, 2006).
Articles: "Mikhail Bakhtin" and "Anna Akhmatova" for Religion Past and Present, Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion, Volume 1 (Brill Academic Publishers, 2006).

Lectures:
"The Practice of Art and the Study of Religion," paper at American Academy of Religion national conference, Washington, DC, 2006.
"Bringing Contemplative Practice into the Visual Arts Classroom," presentation at national conference, Uncovering the Heart of Higher Education, San Francisco, 2007.

Grants and Awards:
Three-week artist residency at the Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, California, 2006.
Two-year consultation at the Wabash Center on "Best Practices in Teaching Art and Religion," 2006-2007.

Misc.: Four drawings from the series "Meditations on Impermanence," in The Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture, published by The Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, 2006.

Robert Nauman

Chapter: “A Timely Design: Walter Netsch and the United States Air Force Academy” in Walter A. Netsch: Sourcebook and Bibliography (Northwestern University Press, 2007).

Lecture: “Back to the Future: The Utopian Vision of the United States Air Force Academy.” Society for Utopian Studies Annual Meeting, October 13, 2006.

Jeanne Quinn

Solo exhibition: “Light (Weight).” The Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 2007.

Visiting Artist:
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, November 6 – 8, 2007.

Lectures:
The "Shaping the Future of Craft" conference, the American Craft Council, Houston, Texas, October 2006.
The “Life As an Artist” workshop, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado, August 27 – 29, 2007.
“The Art of Fine Craft” conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, October 4 – 5, 2007.

Garrison Roots

Public Art Project: The Central Fire Station, Frisco, Texas, February 2007.

Yumi Janairo Roth

Solo Exhibitions:
”Tugged, Prodded, Pushed, Pulled.” Ayala Museum, Makati-Metro Manila, Philippines, March 2007.
”Yumi Janairo Roth.” Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas, August 2007.

Group Exhibitions:
”Crossover.” Emily H Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, February 2007.
”Luck of the Draw.” Diverse Works, Houston, Texas, July 2007.
”ArtCamp.” Galerie Petrohrad, Pilsen, Czech Republic, July 2007.

Anne-Marie Schleiner

Exhibitions:
“Jardines Flotantes” (Floating Gardens), a Holographic 3-D chat between prisoners and office workers, in collaboration with 3 Mexican artists, Rene Hayashi, Eder Castillo and Luis Hernandez. The Transitos festival, Mexico City, Mexico, October 2007.

Luis Valdovino

Publications:
Still Moving, The Film and Media Collections of the Museum of Modern Art (pg. 338). The Museum of Modern Art (New York: Steven Higgins, 2006).

Exhibitions:
”Rocky Mountain Twilight: First Person Cinema from Boulder, Colorado.” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 18, 2006.
”Video Zone 3.” Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 29 – December 4, 2006.
”Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid.” Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, April 28 – May 5, 2007.
”Pulsar Caracas 2006.” Galeria de Arte Nacional,Caracas, Venezuela, October 22, 2006.

Joo Woo

Exhibitions :
Ivyside Juried Exhibition, a solo show, The Misciagna Family Center, Altoona, Pennsylvania, January 18 – 25, 2007.
Invited solo show, The Kyungpook National Univerisity, Daegu, Korea, June 19 – 29, 2007.

Lectures:
Artist talk, Kyungpook National University, Korea, June 19, 2007.

Press:
Daegu Culture, a monthly magazine, Korea, issue #261, 2007.
Daegu Newspaper, Korea, pg. 16, June 19, 2007.
Maeil Newspaper, Korea, Culture pg. 7, June 21, 2007.

Melanie Yazzie

Two portfolios of prints titled: “Pocahontas Meets Hello Kitty” and “Exotic Plant Animals and People.” The first portfolio has 38 artists from around the country and several international locations and the second portfolio has 18 artists from the USA and one from Ireland. The works were curated by Yazzie and presented at the 2007 Impact 5: International Printmaking Conference at the Kumu Art Museum October 17-20, 2007 Tallinn, Estonia.

Invited Visiting Artist, the State University of New York – Plattsburgh, September 2007.

Invited to artist to participate in printmaking portfolio “Command Flock: Flipping
the Bird,” curated by Margaret Craig, Chair, Paper and Book Arts, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas.

Invited to participate in “The Birth Project - International Print Exchange Exhibition, PS²,” in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Women printmakers were asked to reveal their most authentic experiences related to birth.

Exhibitions:
”An International Printmakers’ Exchange.” University Gallery, University of Northern Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, December 2006 – January 2007.
“Full Circle: International Gathering of Printmakers.” Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, April 2007.
”Mujers, Mujers, Mujeres.” Raices Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, May – June 2007.