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Healing Art Ushenko, with her rendition of the University of Chicago Hospital's atrium. IPFW professor paints in a Chicago hospital Once again, New York artist and IPfW Professor Audrey Ushenko has drawn an adoring crowd around her easel as she creates an exciting painting in a most unusual setting. Since June 2005, she has been painting at the University of Chicago Hospitals' Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine. She has placed her canvas in the three-story atrium of the hospital and has committed herself to painting a 4-foot by 5-foot oil rendition of the spacious area. The "beautiful space with an open appearance and naturalllght," as Ushenko describes it, caught her attention after repeated visits to the hospital, where her husband is a patient. "My husband's illness has given me ambivalent feellngs to the whole building and the activities going on there," Ushenko explained. "There are hopes and fears there, which is something I can relate to. Because of my husband, I'm not an outsider looking in as I create this painting." Building administrators Michelle Novak and Michael Mann approached Ushenko about creating the atrium painting and asked her to join the hospital's artist-in-residence program. Excited to take on the project, she started with a sketch of the atrium and volunteer models. The hospital staff were enthusiastic about the project and told Ushenko that the patients were interested as well. con t i n ued on page 7 /Art "Nothing Without Joy": IPFW partners with Whitney Young Art is a universally shared language, though expressed in different ways. For adults, it can be a catharsis, career, or captivating experience. For children, it's a way to declare what they know and to understand more about the world around them. At the Whitney Young Early Childhood Education Center, an arts magnet school with Fort Wayne Community Schools, this is stressed above all else. Hallways are decorated with artwork made by preschool and kindergarten students, and in some places, colorful murals adorn the walls. A mobile hangs in the school's open two-story atrium. Associate professor Nancy McCroskey's Site Specific Ceramic Class at IPfW has been visiting Whitney Young for nearly two semesters. The class is creating a ceramic mural, scheduled for installation in Whitney Young's entryway in May 2006. McCroskey has enjoyed the partnership between IPfW and Whitney Young. ''We've appreciated learning from the teachers on what the philosophy of the school is and allowing us to work with their children,'' she said. "We've loved seeing what they can do. The energy of the children has been an inspiration for all of us." Diana Parker, principal at Whitney Young, has observed blossoming relationships between fine arts students of all ages: "It took time for the IPfW and con t inued on back /Whitney SPRING 2006 Music Education at Adams Elementary For the past six months, students in IPfW's music education program, with Director of Music Education Barbara Resch, have worked hard to develop strong ties at Adams Elementary, a part of Fort Wayne Community Schools. It's been the most extensive IPfW music education outreach program yet. "I want my students prepared for all the different types of students and environments in schools," Resch said. "There's a potential to develop a greater understanding of each other through Adams." The 1ink with Adams was developed through Jill Dougherty, who teaches all music classes there. She approached Resch about student teaching, and eventually 12 music education students were invited to observe Dougherty's students. The first day IPfW students visited, Dougherty came down with a surprise case of laryngitis just before her first-grade classes arrived. Three music education students helped teach a lesson on rhythm to three classes. Since then, Dougherty and music education students have had a tight rapport. IPfW students Zach Cain and Suzy Buchs went to Adams once a week during the fall semester, observing and helping Dougherty with her classes. Buchs and student James 'Jimmer" Moeller came on alternating nights, helping Dougherty and her classes prepare for Circle the State With Song (CSWS), a children's choral festival. More than that, the IPfW chapter of the Music Educators National Conference: The National Association of Music Education (MENC) paid the tuition for Adams' involvement at CSWS. In fall2005, IPfW students began a project with Adams through MENC, which has caused the school to become a required site for music education majors. Each student in Introduction to Music Education must spend one hour observing there. ..&. Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing was performed by the IPFW Opera Ensemble at Adams Elementary, as part of The National Association of Music Education (MENC) requirements. New Center Combines Engineering, Art, & Business If a local business needs help with industrial or design problems, where does it turn for help? Conversely, how do university professors find realworld experiences for their students, so they can test theories they have learned in the classroom and apply research findings to their field? Now the IPFW Center of Excellence for Industrial Innovation and Design ( CIID) provides services in response to those needs. The center focuses on industrial problem analysis for manufacturing; product design, modeling simulation, and prototyping; and business planning and marketing. The center is a unique academic collaboration, providing the engineering, artistic, and business expertise of IPFW faculty and students. The schools of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science (ETCS) and Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) in partnership with the IPFW School of Business and Management Sciences and the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) match students and faculty with regional entrepreneurs to develop creative solutions for real problems. One of CIID's recent clients is Kalista Johnston of Garrett, Ind., who needed logo and package design for her new business, Grace Island Specialty Foods Inc. Johnston originally sought help from the Allen County Extension Office, which suggested she work with associate faculty John Motz, of visual communication and design, and his students. Motz's students from Graphic Design III & N are involved in package design for her product, Baked Cheese Crisps. "Package development goes through a number of phases, and it helps for us to be in close proximity as we work through the design process," Motz explained. "Having the entrepreneur meet with students and engage in group discussions helped develop effective designs and ensure that Grace Island Baked Cheese Crisps tap into the product's target market." CIID provides a variety of academic resources including three-dimensional modeling, CAD, real-time rendering, and package and Web design. The perfect client for the center is a community entrepreneur who wants to work with interdisciplinary student teams from a nonprofit educational organization. According to Johnston, "I came with a pretty good concept of what the business was and what I was looking for. As it turned out, as the students' ideas started emerging, it started sending me in new and exciting directions that I had never thought of before." Another client, Eco Vehicle from Charlotte, N.C., was a catalyst for CUD's creation after IPFW departments presented their collaborative electric car project to Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke during his visit to IPFW last year. That project allowed Gerard Voland, CIID's director and dean of ETCS, to see the center's potential: "We knew at that time we could provide exciting and innovative services for clients brought to us by groups like the Allen County Economic Development Alliance." CIID is housed in the IPFW Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building. For more information on how you can become involved with the center, call Voland at 260-481-6893. The Story Unfolds: Improvisation for the entire family The play Story Theatre is much more than a conglomeration of children's fairy tales. It is actually a theatrical style that encourages a specific More information about Story Theatre at Williams Theatre from April 21-30. •see page 7 approach to acting within the context of narrating a story. Playwright Paul Sills of Second City fame created improvisational plays, such as Story Theatre, using a method that is still used by actors today. This work was inspired by Sills' mother, Viola Spolin, who wrote the book Improvisation for the Theatre, which is known in theatre circles as the "bible" of improvisational acting. Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft, director of IPFW's production of Story Theatre, uses this improvisational method in the play. Introduced to Story Theatre in high school, Purse-Wiedenhoeft was drawn to how the piece had been developed through improvisation. She suggested that IPFW produce the play, and when it was selected, she applied to participate in Paul Sills' Improvisational Games Workshop in Bailey's Harbor, Wis. It was a week of intensive master classes focusing on games and group interaction, with Paul and daughter Aretha Sills, to learn to give over to the idea of "playing" as an approach to acting. Awarded this opportunity through a Faculty Development Grant from the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Purse-Wiedenhoeft will draw from her workshop experiences for her direction of Story Theatre, which opens in Williams Theatre on April 21 . Using the premise of "play," the improvisational auditions included manipulating imaginary objects in space, being animals, and general silliness. "You can't hold back in this show," Purse-Wiedenhoeft said. "You have to be silly and help the audience to see the stories unfold." The cast members, all IPFW theatre students, play multiple roles, including that of narrators, so all the actors are onstage all of the time. While the show is obviously for younger audiences, it is written with adults in mind. "It's like cartoons," Purse-Wiedenhoeft explained. .... Story Theatre premieres April 21 at Williams Theatre. "Kids like the physical, visual part, while adults can enjoy the clever line." The original version of the play was a protest piece against the Vietnam War. While the stories have moral lessons and some darkness to them, Purse-Wiedenhoeft said that this production of Story Theatre is "not pushing the political aspects, but will play with the contrasts" for an enjoyable experience for every "kid" at heart. Be a Part of Art Entrepreneur$hip in the Arts For students, alumni, and community artists who want to learn how to make a living through their art, the Entrepreneurship in the Arts Certificate is a new way VPA helps artists link their artistic creativity with the powerful tools of business knowledge. Through six classes in entrepreneurship, participants will acquire a basic understanding of business plans, market analysis, budgeting, accounting, and legal issues, as well as management in their artistic specialization. The program was designed by VPA in consultation with the IPFW School of Business and Management Sciences, the Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center, and the IPFW Division of Continuing Studies. Instruction will be provided by experts from the business community and successful arts entrepreneurs. Classes will be held Thursday evenings from May 17 to june 21, 2006, at $35 per course or $180 for all six classes. For more information and registration, please contact the IPFW Division of Continuing Studies at 260-480-6619. international Photography Contest For those who have taken creative, original, and high-quality pictures of places outside of the United States, IPFW's International Studies Program is sponsoring the first annual International Photography Contest. It is open to all IPFW faculty, students, and staff with prizes awarded in three categories: favorite cultural interaction, most picturesque or unusual, and Mastodons Abroad. Winning photographs will be exhibited on the IPFW campus and used in A. This photo of an Italian woman by alumnus Gwen Schmucker, exemplifies an ideal entry for the International Photography Contest. materials to promote overseas study and the International Studies Certificate. Winning photographs may also be used in calendars and greeting cards. The deadline for all entries is Friday, March 24, 2006, at 5 p.m. For more information, e-mail Professor Nancy Virtue at virtue@ipfw.edu. Teachers - Bring IPFW into Your Classroom VPA now offers a new way to connect our arts faculty, students, and visiting artists with Allen County K-12 students. ACELINK videoconferencing technology provides fully interactive voice, video, and data transmissions between IPFW and connected facilities throughout the county, including all Allen County schools. This exciting media provides K-12 students and teachers with innovative opportunities to interact with arts professionals, such as our recent ACELINK broadcast of a conversation with Corey Edwards, creative director of recent box-office hit Hoodwinked! Please call us at 481-6977 (or e-maillanier@ipfw.edu) to request arts presentations in theatre, dance, art, and music from our faculty, students, and visiting artists. For more information on ACELINK technology and delivery processes, call Sandy at IPFW Continuing Studies ( 481-0747). Arts Mentors Available for Teachers The IPFW Arts Connection links an IPFW junior or senior majoring in the arts with a K-12 teacher to accomplish an in-class or afterschool project proposed by the teacher. Possible projects include set, costume, and make-up design for theatrical production; vocal coaching for the spring musical; and art creations such as murals or sculptures that reflect social issues or diversity. The IPFW student, referred to as an IPFW Arts Scholar, will work in the classroom for 30-40 hours over a flexible, multiweek time period coinciding with IPFW fall or spring semesters. The Arts Scholar will mentor K-12 students, help them recognize the benefits of a college education and explore careers in the arts, and assist the teacher in accomplishing the project. For more information and to apply for an Arts Scholar, please visit www.ipfw.edu/vpa and click on IPFW Arts Connection. Faculty Successes Fine Arts IPFW visual art faculty participated in the IPI'W /University of Saint Francis Faculty Exhibition from March 3 to April 5, 2006, in the main gallery at Artlink. The show is held every two years. Assistant Professor Christopher Ganz was the recipient of the School of Visual and Performing Arts Excellence in Teaching Award for 2005. His prints Self-Portrait in the Dark, Ebb and Flow, and Self Checkout were selected for the 19th University of Dallas National Print Invitational. An etching and his piece Self-Checkout were selected out of more than 1 ,000 entries for the Parkside National Juried Small Print Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. His drawings Self-Checkout and A Faustian Compact were selected for the "Paper in Particular-NationalJuried Works on Paper'' exhibition at the Sidney Larson Gallery at Columbia College in Columbia, Mo. Associate Faculty Sayaka Ganz was one of three regional winners in Artlink's Regional Winners show, Oct. 7-Nov. 9, 2005. The gallery was filled with charming birds and animals sculpted and welded from found-metal objects. Professor John Hrehov was one of 72 artists invited to create and exhibit an original work of art for the A Sayaka Ganz, sculpted horses, 2005 25th Anniversary Exhibition The Art of the Bookplate at Printworks Gallery in Chicago. The exhibition, running from Dec. 2 through Feb. 4, featured other notable artists such as Phyllis Bramson, Richard Hunt, and Jim Nutt. The work can be viewed at www.printworkschicago.com. Hrehov's painting After t~e Flood was displayed in the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's main gallery exhibition Views of Nature: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection in spring 2005. Elizabeth Kuebler-Wolf, associate faculty, presented a lecture chronicling the development of art in America as well as its major themes and influences at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's opening night exhibition Strokes of Genius: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of Att in January 2006. In December 2005, Kuebler-Wolf successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation in art history at Indiana University Bloomington. The one-woman show Ceramic Botanica by Associate Professor Nancy McCroskey was featured at Denise Bibro Fine Arts Inc. in New York City from Oct. 6 to Nov. 5, 2005. McCrosky also curated The Politics of Place, one of the exhibits at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference, March 8-11, at Clackamas Community College in Portland, Ore. The exhibit featured the ceramic works of Dana Goodman, Sadahi Inuzuka, Tom Phardel, Nathan Taves, and Jamie Walker. A Gary Travis, woodworkings Associate Faculty Gary Travis' work was on display in an exhibit at First Presbyterian Gallery with woodturnings and objects by Travis and paintings by Roger Hultquist from Oct. 15 to Nov. 27, 2005. Music Robert Bean, chair of the IPI'W Department of Music, was chosen to receive the 2006 Outstanding Administrator Award from the Indiana Music Educators Association. The award was presented at the IMEA convention general session on Jan. 13 in the Indianapolis Convention Center. Qualifications for the award included achievement in and support for music education, support of faculty, and contributions to the musical life of the community. Gregg Gausline, assistant professor, received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association at the 2006 Indiana Music Educators Association State Convention. He presented a clinic at the lMEA convention titled "Ready or Not, Here Comes the Ensemble." In November, he conducted the Indiana Bandmasters Association Northeast Region Honor Band. Gausline guest conducted the Mid-Maryland All-Region Band in February. Assistant Professor Nancy jackson received a presidential appointment to chair the Affiliate Relations Committee of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) in January 2006. She presented two sessions at the AMTA's annual conference in November in Orlando, Fla. By invitation she presented "Designing and Implementing Survey Research," and by juried selection she presented "Music-based Assessment for Children with ADHD." Assistant Professor Todd Prickett is the new conductor of the Fort Wayne Youth Chorale. He conducted the most advanced ensemble of the Fort Wayne Children's Choir in a youth choir festival hosted by the Bach Chamber Youth Choir in Toronto, Canada, in November 2005. In December, he conducted the ensemble in its performances at the Fort Wayne Children's Choir Rejoice Concerts that were aired on WBNI during the holiday season. Continuing Lecturer jenny Robinson won first place in the Flute Society of Washington, D.C., Piccolo Artist Competition in February 2006. Assistant Professor Allen Saunders presented his lecture recital on "Ornamentation in Handel Bass Arias" on Nov. 7, 2005, and was awarded the Doctor of Music in voice from Indiana University Bloomington on Dec. 17, 2005. Theatre Assistant Professor Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft was awarded a KCACfF Region ill nomination to compete at the national level. Nominees are those actor/teachers who best exemplify the educational mission of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACfF) as established actors who wish to pursue artistic growth in their craft. She was guest director for the University of Saint Francis production of Her Women Were Called to Gather, a play about midwifery produced by Sophia's Portico in October 2005. She performed in Give the Dog a Bone for the Indiana Theatre Association (ITA) at the Wheeler Center in Indianapolis. The play was a finalist at the ITA's ITWORKS Conference last fall. PurseWiedenhoeft presented an acting workshop entitled "Improvisation! The Actor at Play." Associate Faculty Jane Rebekah Frazier was the assistant director for Merrily We Roll Along, Oct. 2006. She conducted an acting workshop for third through fifth graders at Hickory Center School in fall 2005. As part of the workshop, she took a Native American tale, "The Frogs and the Crane," and adapted it into a short script for the students to perform. Assistant Professors Mark Ridgeway and Shari Troy presented a workshop entitled "Designing Ways to Use a Dramaturge" at the KCACfF Region ill Conference in January. The workshop explored ways in which dramaturgs and designers might collaborate and bring their respective research methods together to help shape the conceptual creation of the production. They used the production Cotnedy of Errors to investigate this type of collaboration. Shari Troy, assistant professor, had her papers "Opening Doors to Learning: The Mentoring Relationship in a Learning Community" and "The Contrast: The Later (Biblical) Plays of Royall Tyler" accepted to the American Theatre in Higher Education Conference that will take place in Chicago in August 2006. She and Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft were copresenters of "Exploring the Director/Dramaturge Relationship: Where Does the Direction End and the Dramaturgy Begin? The Creative Journey of Producing Paul Sills' Story Theatre through the Shared Vision of Director and Dramaturge" at the Director's Symposium at the Mid-America Theatre Conference in Chicago, ill. Assistant Professor Thomas Bernard was invited to present a display of his computer-designed renderings for Hay Fever at the KCACTF. He is also one of eight people in the United States to be regionally nominated for a Summer Internship Fellowship in costume design (for his work in Hay Fever) at the KCACTF in Washington, D.C., this summer. .A Hay Fever costume rendering by Thomas Bernard Visual Communication and Design Jim Gabbard, associate faculty, had six photographs accepted to the Michiana Professional Photographers Conference Exhibition in Elkhart, Ind. One of the works, "Anticipating," received a jurors' award of Court of Gold-Superior. A wedding album he entered received a Silver Award for fine craftsmanship. Jurors were a panel of six nationally recognized masters of photography. Professor Ann Marie Leblanc has several works featured at the Digital Fine Arts Museum at www.dfamuseum.org/portfolios/leblanc.htm. A new exhibition space in Marietta, Ga., with online presence, the Digital Fine Arts Museum has a permanent collection that includes Leblanc's images. The museum's mission is to promote public awareness of digitally created works of art and to provide artists with a museum dedicated to this genre. Leblanc also had her work "Daughter's Rebirth" displayed in the Computer Graphics World SIGGRAPH 2005 Art Gallery. Assistant Professor Rob Lopez's article "Creativity Workshop: When is a Chair More than a Chair," which he coauthored with Deena McDonagh, was published in the 2005 hardbound limited edition book IMPACT· The ~ynergy of Design + Technology. The book was published as a result of the IMPACT: The Synergy of Design + Technology Conference held in 2005 at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign, in association with the Industrial Design Society of Ametica (Midwest District). VPA Gary Lanier, VPA secretary, recently choreographed Big River at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and a piece in Purely Dance! at IPFW. In 2005, he received a special merit award for coordinating VPA's participation in Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR). A Gary Lanier, right, choreographed a modern dance piece in this season's production of Purely Dance! Business Manager Barbara Romines completed training to be a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) instructor in January 2006 and taught her first class in February. RAD is the only self-defense program endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and is the only program of its kind to offer a free lifetime return policy. RAD's instructional objective is "to develop and enhance the options of self-defense so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked." IN MEMORIUM George W. McCullough, 82, died Oct. 15, 2005, at his residence in Fort Wayne. The IPFW professor emeritus was born in Long Beach, Calif., and received a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Iowa State University. He also studied art at the Academia Belle Arti, Florence, Italy, and Academie de Ia Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France. A local artist in Fort Wayne since 1965, he was an art teacher at the Fort Wayne Art Institute and associate professor of art at IPFW, retiring in 1984. His paintings have been in countless galleries, exhibitions, and collections including those in Fort Wayne; Louisville, Ky.; Nice, France; Indianapolis; and California. His three publications are Stencil Prints and Poems, Prints and Poems, and Camping Out. In November 2005, Artlink exhibited more than 50 pieces of McCullough's work that he selected himself, to be shown at the retrospective. Unfortunately, on opening night his many friends and family gathered without him to celebrate the brushstrokes and details of his work. He is survived by his wife, artist Sue McCullough. VPA Alumni Successes A Kristy Jo Beber, altered bowl with cobalt ash, 2004 Fine Arts Kristy Jo Beber ('04) participated in the Making Waves Invitational Exhibit at the Orchard Gallery in March. She will teach Ceramics on the Wheel this summer at IP:EW. Beber is represented by the Park Avenue Gallery in Winona Lake, Ind., and her pieces are available at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's gift shop. Downtown Landmarks featured works by IP:EW alumni and faculty members at Artlink from Jan. 20 to Feb. 22, 2006. A current student, Daniel Dienelt, was also featured in the exhibit. Faculty included Cathie Rowand, Richard Thck, and emeriti Donald Kruse and Nonnan Bradley. Alumni included Eric Tarr, Julie K. Duguid, Gwen Gutwein, Pat Weiss, Rebecca JusticeSchaab, Judy Wintin, Eric M. Tarr, Gretchen Kunberger, Dixie Bradley, Diana Groenert, Karen Moriarty, Holly Heath, and Sue Sells. Remember Black Shoes, featuring the work of Seth Harris ('03), Tracy Row, Jason Stopa, and Eric Tarr ('04) (known as e4), opened on March 4 at Charlie Cummings Clay Studio and Gallery and will run until March 2S. The gallery is open MondayThursday 1-7 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 1-S p.m. Music Melissa Junkin ('OS) will play Mary Magdalene in jesus Christ Superstar at First Presbyterian Theater (FPT) from March 9 to April2. She will be joined on stage by music alumni Curtis Shaw ('OS) as Judas; Ben Wedler ('04) as Annas; andJana HenlySaker ('OS) as Peter's Accuser/Apostle Woman. The role of Jesus is being played by current music major Dan Baker. A Melissa Junkin and Curtis Shaw are playing Mary Magdalene and Judas, respectively, in Jesus Christ Superstar. Michael Cary ('04) is assistant band director at Columbia City High School. Kevin Christensen's ('02) Heritage JuniorSenior High School marching band was the firstrunner up in Class D state competition. Doug Hassell ('99) led Norwell High School to an ISSMA Class C State Championship in his first year as its marching band director. The school was Bands of America (BOA) Regional Class AA Champion and BOA National Semifinalist. Kevin McCammon ('OS) teaches middle school general music at Dirksen Junior High School in Joliet, m. Kelly Reade ('OS) teaches high school instrumental music and elementary general music at East Noble School Corporation. Tess Reiling ('04) and Rochelle Starnes ('OS) will perform four concerts, three with the Moravian Philharmony Olomouc (MPO) and one with only piano and organ, through the Bowling Green State University Choral Society European Tour from June 28 to July 10, 2006. As part of the 2006 American Celebration of Music in Austria, she will perform in Salzburg, Austria; Vienna, Italy; Olomouc, Czech Republic; and Prague, Czech Republic. Mareta Spencer ('OS) has earned Music Therapist-Board Certified status. She has accepted a professional music therapy position at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Fla. Theatre Kasey Foster ('04) had a 4S-minute choreography proposal accepted by The Anatomy Collective and will perfonn at four venues in Chicago in summer 2006. In January 2006, she began rehearsal for Redmoon Theatre's Golden Truffle Show that will run in Chicago from April to June ( www.redmoon.org). She performed in Vaudeville Underground with Irreverence Dance and Theatre in October 200S. Eve Escandon ('OS) was recently invited to begin a drama program at Truth North Cultural Arts Center, a nonprofit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The children's theatre began its first classes in January 2006. Classes run for eight weeks, with children aged 7 to 14 working with masks and puppet theatre. The classes culminated with a performance work that included a version of The Frog Prince and a play the children created, A Fairy Story. Christine Feay ('04) will be the director and lighting designer for The Underpants at Alley Theatre in the 2006-2007 season. She was the assistant director, lighting designer, and a cast member of Rope and the assistant director and lighting designer of Quills at Alley Theatre in winter 200S. Jonathan Gilbert ('02) is under contract with Funny Boy Films for three different projects. He is starting work on a West End-bound jukebox musical with a 1980s pop band, for which he is also set to do the book He is also in the studio, recording the cast album for his recent production of The Day the World Went Queer! Elizabeth Hartman ('99) played Aphrodite in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses in June 200S at Manatee Players in Bradenton, Fla. The production won a national award in the American Association of Community Theatre's annual oneact play festival competition, where it competed against 10 other theatres nationwide. Sarah Lankenau ('99) was nominated for an Iden B. Payne award for costume designs for The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the Austin Playhouse. She designed costumes for a new work about Austin called Keepin' It Weird that ran during fall 200S and was featured on CBS Sunday Morning. She is the costume shop manager at The Zachary Scott Theatre Center ( www.zachscott.com). Gloria Minnich ('OS), who currently teaches Dramagination and Youth Drama for the IP:EW Community Arts Academy, had a starring role in the First Presbyterian Theater production of Eleemosynary in January 2006. A Elizabeth Hartman, left, as Aphrodite in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses at Manatee Players in Bradenton, Fla. Visual Communication and Design Tim Dieterle ('02) was included inA Family Fair at The Bank in Kansas City, Mo., which is part of the Urban Culture Project (Charlotte Street Foundation). His photography was in the biennial at the Minnesota Center of Photography in Minneapolis in fall200S. In March 2006, his studio collective did a show in Minneapolis at the AfterMarket Art Space. Katrina Kieser ('02) was retained as an artist-inresidence for the 200S-2006 school year at Interlochen (Mich.) Center for the Arts after she was employed as an instructor during summer 200S. Jason Ujvari ('OO) was promoted to head designer at Stump's Party Supplies in South Whitley. Visual Arts Spring Senior B.F.A Fine Arts Exhibition Seniors graduating from the Rne Ms Program share their work. March 24-April 13 Opening reception: Friday, March 24, 6-8 p.m. For information, call the Fine Arts Program at 260-481-6705. Art/ continued from front At first, Ushenko was skeptical, but she soon found that the patients were calmed by the budding artwork "They were really happy that I was portraying the hospital," she said. "You never really like the hospital you go to, but all the patients at this hospital like it. They like the aesthetics. Patients tell me it's a nice distraction, something cheering and peaceful, unrelated to their medical issues. They looked fmward to seeing the project advance. Many say it can make treatment easier." Ushenko has created a series of pieces in public places, such as galleries and museums. Her focus has customarily been individuals. Box Offi~e: 260·481-6555 · · ~!;~i9 ~h!?W~~!e P~!~!~t~~~;< '1=:~1:' ;~~ LiiVie · ·· · ' ·· · · ·· · · · BY ~~hi $hepard ·. . "Mqre t,han kin and less th.ary kind. "Eddie, a cowbdy ~nd ·. ·May, a small-town girl, ~frl!g{J!e against their condemiJ.ed love iti;het'l they discover they are half brother and sister. · They tear apart each other.and. those around them with · w~~~they c:n 't ~ave aqd:~0n't;[esist. . ... . ..... ·. Liqde Ambrose will direcfthisi.Jroduction as her senfor. project · Featuring Dan Ambrose as Eddie and Jessica Butler as May Friday, April 7 and Saturday; April 8, 8 p.m. Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall Admission for IPFW students with ID is free. $.-3· .. . Ar·-ll other admission > · -~; ,, .. ;, The~!re . Box Office opensApril3. Story Theatre ByPaul SHis Directedby Jane Purse- WleiJenhoeft . . . ··.. - ':: .·.·- ; _-:-;- -~·(. . . . . Pau.f. Sills, the. oiigina( dir~cfor o~the Second CityTtoup£1, .. t?IJ.es as on a zany, hilarious;'and improvisationalrpmp through a collection ofclassic children's tales in the · imaginary/and of the GrfmmBrothers' Fairy Tales .and · Aesop's Fables. Story Theatre isn't just tor children- · it's perfect for the entire fa(rtily. Aptil2l, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8 p;m., April 30 at 2 p.m. ·• S6hool Matinee: April2l;:l0:30 a.m; . . · .. ·.·.·.-.: .. ·.;,;· . . - .-;.:-··:-... ,;._ .. :; .. Admis~lon for IPFW students with 10 is free. All other tickets are $12 ahd.UJ1der. Theatre Bo~ Office opensApril17. Music, Lyrics, and Book by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart Directed and Choreographed by Larry L. Life Babes in Arms features a group of teenagers who decided to produce their own show in an abandoned barn and prove their mettle. Filled with sophisticated humor, every song in the show is a classic including "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady is a Tramp. '' July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8 p.m., July 9, 16 at 2 p.m. Sign Language-Interpreted Performance July 13 Williams Theatre Admission for IPFW students with 10 is free. All other tickets are $14 and under. Theatre Box Office opens June 26. As Ushenko explained, the natural step of her work was to go to "a strange microcosm of hospitals.'' Her husband pointed out to her that it's a strange location if only because all the time and energy there is spent giving people life and health. "Hospitals are where people stay alive," she said. "Sooner or later, though, it's all going to end. It's a strange world." Whitney/ continued from fron t Whitney Young students to build relationships, such as getting to know each other, working with clay, and understanding the spirit of the piece. IPIW was originally only going to be at Whitney Young for a semester, but they soon learned it would take another semester to complete the mural.'' The project's goal is to represent Whitney Young's Reggio Emilia-based philosophy of "nothing without joy," a tenn coined by Loris Malaguzzi, as it applies to the artistic process and expression of children. The philosophy began after World World ll in Reggio Emilia, a town in northern Italy known for its superior schools. McCroskey and her class have worked out ofjan Sarratore and Katie Ziegler's classrooms. Also .A Matrix Erosion, a monotype by Pam Bradshaw, will be featured in the Senior B.F.A. Exhibition in the Visual Arts Gallery, March 24-April13. participating are Andrea Jones and Jenny Sanders, the kindergarten and preschool art resource teachers, respectively. Because of their involvement, the entire school has had a hand in the mural. "The children come in twice a week for an hour and a half," Jones said. "They work with and explore different materials. Sometimes we have a cross-curriculum, working with shapes, painting, and measurements.'' Sarratore has enjoyed seeing the children explore art through the project. "The kids just loved it," she said. "They see the world differently and are excited to work with the clay. The IPIW students had them press things into the clay, and that really excited the children, as they discovered all that they could do." IPFW T Visual and Performing Arts Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 .A Chicago guitarist Jim Bonney performed his original composition, Chaos Theory, with the Symphonic Wind Ensemble in the fall 2005. .A.. The Site Specific class makes a plaster mold of the clay pieces made by Whitney Young students. .A Progress on the new music building construction benefits from a relatively mild winter. NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID FORT WAYNE, IN PERMIT NO. 92
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Title | VPA visions |
Date Issued | Spring 2006 |
Publisher | IPFW School of Visual and Performing Arts |
Editor | Domer, Susan J. |
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Domer, Susan J. Hammond, Emily Pease, Ariel |
Description | The purpose of VPA Visions is to inform the community about the breadth and depth of the arts at IPFW and to gain recognition of the school's contributions to the arts in Northeastern Indiana; Issues from 2000 to 2009 |
Notes | Emily Hammond, arts writer; Susan Domer and Ariel Pease, contributing writers |
Table of Contents | Audrey Ushenko 1; Music education at Adams Elementary 1; Story Theatre 2; Arts opportunities 3; Art Education majors 3; IMEA Administrator of the Year Robert Bean 4; Faculty successes 4; Student successes 5; George McCullough 6; Music alums in Jesus Christ Superstar 6; Alumni successes 6; Spring Calendar 7 |
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Transcript | Healing Art Ushenko, with her rendition of the University of Chicago Hospital's atrium. IPFW professor paints in a Chicago hospital Once again, New York artist and IPfW Professor Audrey Ushenko has drawn an adoring crowd around her easel as she creates an exciting painting in a most unusual setting. Since June 2005, she has been painting at the University of Chicago Hospitals' Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine. She has placed her canvas in the three-story atrium of the hospital and has committed herself to painting a 4-foot by 5-foot oil rendition of the spacious area. The "beautiful space with an open appearance and naturalllght," as Ushenko describes it, caught her attention after repeated visits to the hospital, where her husband is a patient. "My husband's illness has given me ambivalent feellngs to the whole building and the activities going on there," Ushenko explained. "There are hopes and fears there, which is something I can relate to. Because of my husband, I'm not an outsider looking in as I create this painting." Building administrators Michelle Novak and Michael Mann approached Ushenko about creating the atrium painting and asked her to join the hospital's artist-in-residence program. Excited to take on the project, she started with a sketch of the atrium and volunteer models. The hospital staff were enthusiastic about the project and told Ushenko that the patients were interested as well. con t i n ued on page 7 /Art "Nothing Without Joy": IPFW partners with Whitney Young Art is a universally shared language, though expressed in different ways. For adults, it can be a catharsis, career, or captivating experience. For children, it's a way to declare what they know and to understand more about the world around them. At the Whitney Young Early Childhood Education Center, an arts magnet school with Fort Wayne Community Schools, this is stressed above all else. Hallways are decorated with artwork made by preschool and kindergarten students, and in some places, colorful murals adorn the walls. A mobile hangs in the school's open two-story atrium. Associate professor Nancy McCroskey's Site Specific Ceramic Class at IPfW has been visiting Whitney Young for nearly two semesters. The class is creating a ceramic mural, scheduled for installation in Whitney Young's entryway in May 2006. McCroskey has enjoyed the partnership between IPfW and Whitney Young. ''We've appreciated learning from the teachers on what the philosophy of the school is and allowing us to work with their children,'' she said. "We've loved seeing what they can do. The energy of the children has been an inspiration for all of us." Diana Parker, principal at Whitney Young, has observed blossoming relationships between fine arts students of all ages: "It took time for the IPfW and con t inued on back /Whitney SPRING 2006 Music Education at Adams Elementary For the past six months, students in IPfW's music education program, with Director of Music Education Barbara Resch, have worked hard to develop strong ties at Adams Elementary, a part of Fort Wayne Community Schools. It's been the most extensive IPfW music education outreach program yet. "I want my students prepared for all the different types of students and environments in schools," Resch said. "There's a potential to develop a greater understanding of each other through Adams." The 1ink with Adams was developed through Jill Dougherty, who teaches all music classes there. She approached Resch about student teaching, and eventually 12 music education students were invited to observe Dougherty's students. The first day IPfW students visited, Dougherty came down with a surprise case of laryngitis just before her first-grade classes arrived. Three music education students helped teach a lesson on rhythm to three classes. Since then, Dougherty and music education students have had a tight rapport. IPfW students Zach Cain and Suzy Buchs went to Adams once a week during the fall semester, observing and helping Dougherty with her classes. Buchs and student James 'Jimmer" Moeller came on alternating nights, helping Dougherty and her classes prepare for Circle the State With Song (CSWS), a children's choral festival. More than that, the IPfW chapter of the Music Educators National Conference: The National Association of Music Education (MENC) paid the tuition for Adams' involvement at CSWS. In fall2005, IPfW students began a project with Adams through MENC, which has caused the school to become a required site for music education majors. Each student in Introduction to Music Education must spend one hour observing there. ..&. Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing was performed by the IPFW Opera Ensemble at Adams Elementary, as part of The National Association of Music Education (MENC) requirements. New Center Combines Engineering, Art, & Business If a local business needs help with industrial or design problems, where does it turn for help? Conversely, how do university professors find realworld experiences for their students, so they can test theories they have learned in the classroom and apply research findings to their field? Now the IPFW Center of Excellence for Industrial Innovation and Design ( CIID) provides services in response to those needs. The center focuses on industrial problem analysis for manufacturing; product design, modeling simulation, and prototyping; and business planning and marketing. The center is a unique academic collaboration, providing the engineering, artistic, and business expertise of IPFW faculty and students. The schools of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science (ETCS) and Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) in partnership with the IPFW School of Business and Management Sciences and the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) match students and faculty with regional entrepreneurs to develop creative solutions for real problems. One of CIID's recent clients is Kalista Johnston of Garrett, Ind., who needed logo and package design for her new business, Grace Island Specialty Foods Inc. Johnston originally sought help from the Allen County Extension Office, which suggested she work with associate faculty John Motz, of visual communication and design, and his students. Motz's students from Graphic Design III & N are involved in package design for her product, Baked Cheese Crisps. "Package development goes through a number of phases, and it helps for us to be in close proximity as we work through the design process," Motz explained. "Having the entrepreneur meet with students and engage in group discussions helped develop effective designs and ensure that Grace Island Baked Cheese Crisps tap into the product's target market." CIID provides a variety of academic resources including three-dimensional modeling, CAD, real-time rendering, and package and Web design. The perfect client for the center is a community entrepreneur who wants to work with interdisciplinary student teams from a nonprofit educational organization. According to Johnston, "I came with a pretty good concept of what the business was and what I was looking for. As it turned out, as the students' ideas started emerging, it started sending me in new and exciting directions that I had never thought of before." Another client, Eco Vehicle from Charlotte, N.C., was a catalyst for CUD's creation after IPFW departments presented their collaborative electric car project to Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke during his visit to IPFW last year. That project allowed Gerard Voland, CIID's director and dean of ETCS, to see the center's potential: "We knew at that time we could provide exciting and innovative services for clients brought to us by groups like the Allen County Economic Development Alliance." CIID is housed in the IPFW Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building. For more information on how you can become involved with the center, call Voland at 260-481-6893. The Story Unfolds: Improvisation for the entire family The play Story Theatre is much more than a conglomeration of children's fairy tales. It is actually a theatrical style that encourages a specific More information about Story Theatre at Williams Theatre from April 21-30. •see page 7 approach to acting within the context of narrating a story. Playwright Paul Sills of Second City fame created improvisational plays, such as Story Theatre, using a method that is still used by actors today. This work was inspired by Sills' mother, Viola Spolin, who wrote the book Improvisation for the Theatre, which is known in theatre circles as the "bible" of improvisational acting. Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft, director of IPFW's production of Story Theatre, uses this improvisational method in the play. Introduced to Story Theatre in high school, Purse-Wiedenhoeft was drawn to how the piece had been developed through improvisation. She suggested that IPFW produce the play, and when it was selected, she applied to participate in Paul Sills' Improvisational Games Workshop in Bailey's Harbor, Wis. It was a week of intensive master classes focusing on games and group interaction, with Paul and daughter Aretha Sills, to learn to give over to the idea of "playing" as an approach to acting. Awarded this opportunity through a Faculty Development Grant from the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Purse-Wiedenhoeft will draw from her workshop experiences for her direction of Story Theatre, which opens in Williams Theatre on April 21 . Using the premise of "play," the improvisational auditions included manipulating imaginary objects in space, being animals, and general silliness. "You can't hold back in this show," Purse-Wiedenhoeft said. "You have to be silly and help the audience to see the stories unfold." The cast members, all IPFW theatre students, play multiple roles, including that of narrators, so all the actors are onstage all of the time. While the show is obviously for younger audiences, it is written with adults in mind. "It's like cartoons," Purse-Wiedenhoeft explained. .... Story Theatre premieres April 21 at Williams Theatre. "Kids like the physical, visual part, while adults can enjoy the clever line." The original version of the play was a protest piece against the Vietnam War. While the stories have moral lessons and some darkness to them, Purse-Wiedenhoeft said that this production of Story Theatre is "not pushing the political aspects, but will play with the contrasts" for an enjoyable experience for every "kid" at heart. Be a Part of Art Entrepreneur$hip in the Arts For students, alumni, and community artists who want to learn how to make a living through their art, the Entrepreneurship in the Arts Certificate is a new way VPA helps artists link their artistic creativity with the powerful tools of business knowledge. Through six classes in entrepreneurship, participants will acquire a basic understanding of business plans, market analysis, budgeting, accounting, and legal issues, as well as management in their artistic specialization. The program was designed by VPA in consultation with the IPFW School of Business and Management Sciences, the Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center, and the IPFW Division of Continuing Studies. Instruction will be provided by experts from the business community and successful arts entrepreneurs. Classes will be held Thursday evenings from May 17 to june 21, 2006, at $35 per course or $180 for all six classes. For more information and registration, please contact the IPFW Division of Continuing Studies at 260-480-6619. international Photography Contest For those who have taken creative, original, and high-quality pictures of places outside of the United States, IPFW's International Studies Program is sponsoring the first annual International Photography Contest. It is open to all IPFW faculty, students, and staff with prizes awarded in three categories: favorite cultural interaction, most picturesque or unusual, and Mastodons Abroad. Winning photographs will be exhibited on the IPFW campus and used in A. This photo of an Italian woman by alumnus Gwen Schmucker, exemplifies an ideal entry for the International Photography Contest. materials to promote overseas study and the International Studies Certificate. Winning photographs may also be used in calendars and greeting cards. The deadline for all entries is Friday, March 24, 2006, at 5 p.m. For more information, e-mail Professor Nancy Virtue at virtue@ipfw.edu. Teachers - Bring IPFW into Your Classroom VPA now offers a new way to connect our arts faculty, students, and visiting artists with Allen County K-12 students. ACELINK videoconferencing technology provides fully interactive voice, video, and data transmissions between IPFW and connected facilities throughout the county, including all Allen County schools. This exciting media provides K-12 students and teachers with innovative opportunities to interact with arts professionals, such as our recent ACELINK broadcast of a conversation with Corey Edwards, creative director of recent box-office hit Hoodwinked! Please call us at 481-6977 (or e-maillanier@ipfw.edu) to request arts presentations in theatre, dance, art, and music from our faculty, students, and visiting artists. For more information on ACELINK technology and delivery processes, call Sandy at IPFW Continuing Studies ( 481-0747). Arts Mentors Available for Teachers The IPFW Arts Connection links an IPFW junior or senior majoring in the arts with a K-12 teacher to accomplish an in-class or afterschool project proposed by the teacher. Possible projects include set, costume, and make-up design for theatrical production; vocal coaching for the spring musical; and art creations such as murals or sculptures that reflect social issues or diversity. The IPFW student, referred to as an IPFW Arts Scholar, will work in the classroom for 30-40 hours over a flexible, multiweek time period coinciding with IPFW fall or spring semesters. The Arts Scholar will mentor K-12 students, help them recognize the benefits of a college education and explore careers in the arts, and assist the teacher in accomplishing the project. For more information and to apply for an Arts Scholar, please visit www.ipfw.edu/vpa and click on IPFW Arts Connection. Faculty Successes Fine Arts IPFW visual art faculty participated in the IPI'W /University of Saint Francis Faculty Exhibition from March 3 to April 5, 2006, in the main gallery at Artlink. The show is held every two years. Assistant Professor Christopher Ganz was the recipient of the School of Visual and Performing Arts Excellence in Teaching Award for 2005. His prints Self-Portrait in the Dark, Ebb and Flow, and Self Checkout were selected for the 19th University of Dallas National Print Invitational. An etching and his piece Self-Checkout were selected out of more than 1 ,000 entries for the Parkside National Juried Small Print Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. His drawings Self-Checkout and A Faustian Compact were selected for the "Paper in Particular-NationalJuried Works on Paper'' exhibition at the Sidney Larson Gallery at Columbia College in Columbia, Mo. Associate Faculty Sayaka Ganz was one of three regional winners in Artlink's Regional Winners show, Oct. 7-Nov. 9, 2005. The gallery was filled with charming birds and animals sculpted and welded from found-metal objects. Professor John Hrehov was one of 72 artists invited to create and exhibit an original work of art for the A Sayaka Ganz, sculpted horses, 2005 25th Anniversary Exhibition The Art of the Bookplate at Printworks Gallery in Chicago. The exhibition, running from Dec. 2 through Feb. 4, featured other notable artists such as Phyllis Bramson, Richard Hunt, and Jim Nutt. The work can be viewed at www.printworkschicago.com. Hrehov's painting After t~e Flood was displayed in the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's main gallery exhibition Views of Nature: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection in spring 2005. Elizabeth Kuebler-Wolf, associate faculty, presented a lecture chronicling the development of art in America as well as its major themes and influences at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's opening night exhibition Strokes of Genius: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of Att in January 2006. In December 2005, Kuebler-Wolf successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation in art history at Indiana University Bloomington. The one-woman show Ceramic Botanica by Associate Professor Nancy McCroskey was featured at Denise Bibro Fine Arts Inc. in New York City from Oct. 6 to Nov. 5, 2005. McCrosky also curated The Politics of Place, one of the exhibits at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference, March 8-11, at Clackamas Community College in Portland, Ore. The exhibit featured the ceramic works of Dana Goodman, Sadahi Inuzuka, Tom Phardel, Nathan Taves, and Jamie Walker. A Gary Travis, woodworkings Associate Faculty Gary Travis' work was on display in an exhibit at First Presbyterian Gallery with woodturnings and objects by Travis and paintings by Roger Hultquist from Oct. 15 to Nov. 27, 2005. Music Robert Bean, chair of the IPI'W Department of Music, was chosen to receive the 2006 Outstanding Administrator Award from the Indiana Music Educators Association. The award was presented at the IMEA convention general session on Jan. 13 in the Indianapolis Convention Center. Qualifications for the award included achievement in and support for music education, support of faculty, and contributions to the musical life of the community. Gregg Gausline, assistant professor, received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association at the 2006 Indiana Music Educators Association State Convention. He presented a clinic at the lMEA convention titled "Ready or Not, Here Comes the Ensemble." In November, he conducted the Indiana Bandmasters Association Northeast Region Honor Band. Gausline guest conducted the Mid-Maryland All-Region Band in February. Assistant Professor Nancy jackson received a presidential appointment to chair the Affiliate Relations Committee of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) in January 2006. She presented two sessions at the AMTA's annual conference in November in Orlando, Fla. By invitation she presented "Designing and Implementing Survey Research," and by juried selection she presented "Music-based Assessment for Children with ADHD." Assistant Professor Todd Prickett is the new conductor of the Fort Wayne Youth Chorale. He conducted the most advanced ensemble of the Fort Wayne Children's Choir in a youth choir festival hosted by the Bach Chamber Youth Choir in Toronto, Canada, in November 2005. In December, he conducted the ensemble in its performances at the Fort Wayne Children's Choir Rejoice Concerts that were aired on WBNI during the holiday season. Continuing Lecturer jenny Robinson won first place in the Flute Society of Washington, D.C., Piccolo Artist Competition in February 2006. Assistant Professor Allen Saunders presented his lecture recital on "Ornamentation in Handel Bass Arias" on Nov. 7, 2005, and was awarded the Doctor of Music in voice from Indiana University Bloomington on Dec. 17, 2005. Theatre Assistant Professor Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft was awarded a KCACfF Region ill nomination to compete at the national level. Nominees are those actor/teachers who best exemplify the educational mission of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACfF) as established actors who wish to pursue artistic growth in their craft. She was guest director for the University of Saint Francis production of Her Women Were Called to Gather, a play about midwifery produced by Sophia's Portico in October 2005. She performed in Give the Dog a Bone for the Indiana Theatre Association (ITA) at the Wheeler Center in Indianapolis. The play was a finalist at the ITA's ITWORKS Conference last fall. PurseWiedenhoeft presented an acting workshop entitled "Improvisation! The Actor at Play." Associate Faculty Jane Rebekah Frazier was the assistant director for Merrily We Roll Along, Oct. 2006. She conducted an acting workshop for third through fifth graders at Hickory Center School in fall 2005. As part of the workshop, she took a Native American tale, "The Frogs and the Crane," and adapted it into a short script for the students to perform. Assistant Professors Mark Ridgeway and Shari Troy presented a workshop entitled "Designing Ways to Use a Dramaturge" at the KCACfF Region ill Conference in January. The workshop explored ways in which dramaturgs and designers might collaborate and bring their respective research methods together to help shape the conceptual creation of the production. They used the production Cotnedy of Errors to investigate this type of collaboration. Shari Troy, assistant professor, had her papers "Opening Doors to Learning: The Mentoring Relationship in a Learning Community" and "The Contrast: The Later (Biblical) Plays of Royall Tyler" accepted to the American Theatre in Higher Education Conference that will take place in Chicago in August 2006. She and Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft were copresenters of "Exploring the Director/Dramaturge Relationship: Where Does the Direction End and the Dramaturgy Begin? The Creative Journey of Producing Paul Sills' Story Theatre through the Shared Vision of Director and Dramaturge" at the Director's Symposium at the Mid-America Theatre Conference in Chicago, ill. Assistant Professor Thomas Bernard was invited to present a display of his computer-designed renderings for Hay Fever at the KCACTF. He is also one of eight people in the United States to be regionally nominated for a Summer Internship Fellowship in costume design (for his work in Hay Fever) at the KCACTF in Washington, D.C., this summer. .A Hay Fever costume rendering by Thomas Bernard Visual Communication and Design Jim Gabbard, associate faculty, had six photographs accepted to the Michiana Professional Photographers Conference Exhibition in Elkhart, Ind. One of the works, "Anticipating," received a jurors' award of Court of Gold-Superior. A wedding album he entered received a Silver Award for fine craftsmanship. Jurors were a panel of six nationally recognized masters of photography. Professor Ann Marie Leblanc has several works featured at the Digital Fine Arts Museum at www.dfamuseum.org/portfolios/leblanc.htm. A new exhibition space in Marietta, Ga., with online presence, the Digital Fine Arts Museum has a permanent collection that includes Leblanc's images. The museum's mission is to promote public awareness of digitally created works of art and to provide artists with a museum dedicated to this genre. Leblanc also had her work "Daughter's Rebirth" displayed in the Computer Graphics World SIGGRAPH 2005 Art Gallery. Assistant Professor Rob Lopez's article "Creativity Workshop: When is a Chair More than a Chair," which he coauthored with Deena McDonagh, was published in the 2005 hardbound limited edition book IMPACT· The ~ynergy of Design + Technology. The book was published as a result of the IMPACT: The Synergy of Design + Technology Conference held in 2005 at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign, in association with the Industrial Design Society of Ametica (Midwest District). VPA Gary Lanier, VPA secretary, recently choreographed Big River at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and a piece in Purely Dance! at IPFW. In 2005, he received a special merit award for coordinating VPA's participation in Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR). A Gary Lanier, right, choreographed a modern dance piece in this season's production of Purely Dance! Business Manager Barbara Romines completed training to be a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) instructor in January 2006 and taught her first class in February. RAD is the only self-defense program endorsed by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and is the only program of its kind to offer a free lifetime return policy. RAD's instructional objective is "to develop and enhance the options of self-defense so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked." IN MEMORIUM George W. McCullough, 82, died Oct. 15, 2005, at his residence in Fort Wayne. The IPFW professor emeritus was born in Long Beach, Calif., and received a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Iowa State University. He also studied art at the Academia Belle Arti, Florence, Italy, and Academie de Ia Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France. A local artist in Fort Wayne since 1965, he was an art teacher at the Fort Wayne Art Institute and associate professor of art at IPFW, retiring in 1984. His paintings have been in countless galleries, exhibitions, and collections including those in Fort Wayne; Louisville, Ky.; Nice, France; Indianapolis; and California. His three publications are Stencil Prints and Poems, Prints and Poems, and Camping Out. In November 2005, Artlink exhibited more than 50 pieces of McCullough's work that he selected himself, to be shown at the retrospective. Unfortunately, on opening night his many friends and family gathered without him to celebrate the brushstrokes and details of his work. He is survived by his wife, artist Sue McCullough. VPA Alumni Successes A Kristy Jo Beber, altered bowl with cobalt ash, 2004 Fine Arts Kristy Jo Beber ('04) participated in the Making Waves Invitational Exhibit at the Orchard Gallery in March. She will teach Ceramics on the Wheel this summer at IP:EW. Beber is represented by the Park Avenue Gallery in Winona Lake, Ind., and her pieces are available at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art's gift shop. Downtown Landmarks featured works by IP:EW alumni and faculty members at Artlink from Jan. 20 to Feb. 22, 2006. A current student, Daniel Dienelt, was also featured in the exhibit. Faculty included Cathie Rowand, Richard Thck, and emeriti Donald Kruse and Nonnan Bradley. Alumni included Eric Tarr, Julie K. Duguid, Gwen Gutwein, Pat Weiss, Rebecca JusticeSchaab, Judy Wintin, Eric M. Tarr, Gretchen Kunberger, Dixie Bradley, Diana Groenert, Karen Moriarty, Holly Heath, and Sue Sells. Remember Black Shoes, featuring the work of Seth Harris ('03), Tracy Row, Jason Stopa, and Eric Tarr ('04) (known as e4), opened on March 4 at Charlie Cummings Clay Studio and Gallery and will run until March 2S. The gallery is open MondayThursday 1-7 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 1-S p.m. Music Melissa Junkin ('OS) will play Mary Magdalene in jesus Christ Superstar at First Presbyterian Theater (FPT) from March 9 to April2. She will be joined on stage by music alumni Curtis Shaw ('OS) as Judas; Ben Wedler ('04) as Annas; andJana HenlySaker ('OS) as Peter's Accuser/Apostle Woman. The role of Jesus is being played by current music major Dan Baker. A Melissa Junkin and Curtis Shaw are playing Mary Magdalene and Judas, respectively, in Jesus Christ Superstar. Michael Cary ('04) is assistant band director at Columbia City High School. Kevin Christensen's ('02) Heritage JuniorSenior High School marching band was the firstrunner up in Class D state competition. Doug Hassell ('99) led Norwell High School to an ISSMA Class C State Championship in his first year as its marching band director. The school was Bands of America (BOA) Regional Class AA Champion and BOA National Semifinalist. Kevin McCammon ('OS) teaches middle school general music at Dirksen Junior High School in Joliet, m. Kelly Reade ('OS) teaches high school instrumental music and elementary general music at East Noble School Corporation. Tess Reiling ('04) and Rochelle Starnes ('OS) will perform four concerts, three with the Moravian Philharmony Olomouc (MPO) and one with only piano and organ, through the Bowling Green State University Choral Society European Tour from June 28 to July 10, 2006. As part of the 2006 American Celebration of Music in Austria, she will perform in Salzburg, Austria; Vienna, Italy; Olomouc, Czech Republic; and Prague, Czech Republic. Mareta Spencer ('OS) has earned Music Therapist-Board Certified status. She has accepted a professional music therapy position at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Fla. Theatre Kasey Foster ('04) had a 4S-minute choreography proposal accepted by The Anatomy Collective and will perfonn at four venues in Chicago in summer 2006. In January 2006, she began rehearsal for Redmoon Theatre's Golden Truffle Show that will run in Chicago from April to June ( www.redmoon.org). She performed in Vaudeville Underground with Irreverence Dance and Theatre in October 200S. Eve Escandon ('OS) was recently invited to begin a drama program at Truth North Cultural Arts Center, a nonprofit organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The children's theatre began its first classes in January 2006. Classes run for eight weeks, with children aged 7 to 14 working with masks and puppet theatre. The classes culminated with a performance work that included a version of The Frog Prince and a play the children created, A Fairy Story. Christine Feay ('04) will be the director and lighting designer for The Underpants at Alley Theatre in the 2006-2007 season. She was the assistant director, lighting designer, and a cast member of Rope and the assistant director and lighting designer of Quills at Alley Theatre in winter 200S. Jonathan Gilbert ('02) is under contract with Funny Boy Films for three different projects. He is starting work on a West End-bound jukebox musical with a 1980s pop band, for which he is also set to do the book He is also in the studio, recording the cast album for his recent production of The Day the World Went Queer! Elizabeth Hartman ('99) played Aphrodite in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses in June 200S at Manatee Players in Bradenton, Fla. The production won a national award in the American Association of Community Theatre's annual oneact play festival competition, where it competed against 10 other theatres nationwide. Sarah Lankenau ('99) was nominated for an Iden B. Payne award for costume designs for The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the Austin Playhouse. She designed costumes for a new work about Austin called Keepin' It Weird that ran during fall 200S and was featured on CBS Sunday Morning. She is the costume shop manager at The Zachary Scott Theatre Center ( www.zachscott.com). Gloria Minnich ('OS), who currently teaches Dramagination and Youth Drama for the IP:EW Community Arts Academy, had a starring role in the First Presbyterian Theater production of Eleemosynary in January 2006. A Elizabeth Hartman, left, as Aphrodite in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses at Manatee Players in Bradenton, Fla. Visual Communication and Design Tim Dieterle ('02) was included inA Family Fair at The Bank in Kansas City, Mo., which is part of the Urban Culture Project (Charlotte Street Foundation). His photography was in the biennial at the Minnesota Center of Photography in Minneapolis in fall200S. In March 2006, his studio collective did a show in Minneapolis at the AfterMarket Art Space. Katrina Kieser ('02) was retained as an artist-inresidence for the 200S-2006 school year at Interlochen (Mich.) Center for the Arts after she was employed as an instructor during summer 200S. Jason Ujvari ('OO) was promoted to head designer at Stump's Party Supplies in South Whitley. Visual Arts Spring Senior B.F.A Fine Arts Exhibition Seniors graduating from the Rne Ms Program share their work. March 24-April 13 Opening reception: Friday, March 24, 6-8 p.m. For information, call the Fine Arts Program at 260-481-6705. Art/ continued from front At first, Ushenko was skeptical, but she soon found that the patients were calmed by the budding artwork "They were really happy that I was portraying the hospital," she said. "You never really like the hospital you go to, but all the patients at this hospital like it. They like the aesthetics. Patients tell me it's a nice distraction, something cheering and peaceful, unrelated to their medical issues. They looked fmward to seeing the project advance. Many say it can make treatment easier." Ushenko has created a series of pieces in public places, such as galleries and museums. Her focus has customarily been individuals. Box Offi~e: 260·481-6555 · · ~!;~i9 ~h!?W~~!e P~!~!~t~~~;< '1=:~1:' ;~~ LiiVie · ·· · ' ·· · · ·· · · · BY ~~hi $hepard ·. . "Mqre t,han kin and less th.ary kind. "Eddie, a cowbdy ~nd ·. ·May, a small-town girl, ~frl!g{J!e against their condemiJ.ed love iti;het'l they discover they are half brother and sister. · They tear apart each other.and. those around them with · w~~~they c:n 't ~ave aqd:~0n't;[esist. . ... . ..... ·. Liqde Ambrose will direcfthisi.Jroduction as her senfor. project · Featuring Dan Ambrose as Eddie and Jessica Butler as May Friday, April 7 and Saturday; April 8, 8 p.m. Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall Admission for IPFW students with ID is free. $.-3· .. . Ar·-ll other admission > · -~; ,, .. ;, The~!re . Box Office opensApril3. Story Theatre ByPaul SHis Directedby Jane Purse- WleiJenhoeft . . . ··.. - ':: .·.·- ; _-:-;- -~·(. . . . . Pau.f. Sills, the. oiigina( dir~cfor o~the Second CityTtoup£1, .. t?IJ.es as on a zany, hilarious;'and improvisationalrpmp through a collection ofclassic children's tales in the · imaginary/and of the GrfmmBrothers' Fairy Tales .and · Aesop's Fables. Story Theatre isn't just tor children- · it's perfect for the entire fa(rtily. Aptil2l, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8 p;m., April 30 at 2 p.m. ·• S6hool Matinee: April2l;:l0:30 a.m; . . · .. ·.·.·.-.: .. ·.;,;· . . - .-;.:-··:-... ,;._ .. :; .. Admis~lon for IPFW students with 10 is free. All other tickets are $12 ahd.UJ1der. Theatre Bo~ Office opensApril17. Music, Lyrics, and Book by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart Directed and Choreographed by Larry L. Life Babes in Arms features a group of teenagers who decided to produce their own show in an abandoned barn and prove their mettle. Filled with sophisticated humor, every song in the show is a classic including "My Funny Valentine" and "The Lady is a Tramp. '' July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8 p.m., July 9, 16 at 2 p.m. Sign Language-Interpreted Performance July 13 Williams Theatre Admission for IPFW students with 10 is free. All other tickets are $14 and under. Theatre Box Office opens June 26. As Ushenko explained, the natural step of her work was to go to "a strange microcosm of hospitals.'' Her husband pointed out to her that it's a strange location if only because all the time and energy there is spent giving people life and health. "Hospitals are where people stay alive," she said. "Sooner or later, though, it's all going to end. It's a strange world." Whitney/ continued from fron t Whitney Young students to build relationships, such as getting to know each other, working with clay, and understanding the spirit of the piece. IPIW was originally only going to be at Whitney Young for a semester, but they soon learned it would take another semester to complete the mural.'' The project's goal is to represent Whitney Young's Reggio Emilia-based philosophy of "nothing without joy," a tenn coined by Loris Malaguzzi, as it applies to the artistic process and expression of children. The philosophy began after World World ll in Reggio Emilia, a town in northern Italy known for its superior schools. McCroskey and her class have worked out ofjan Sarratore and Katie Ziegler's classrooms. Also .A Matrix Erosion, a monotype by Pam Bradshaw, will be featured in the Senior B.F.A. Exhibition in the Visual Arts Gallery, March 24-April13. participating are Andrea Jones and Jenny Sanders, the kindergarten and preschool art resource teachers, respectively. Because of their involvement, the entire school has had a hand in the mural. "The children come in twice a week for an hour and a half," Jones said. "They work with and explore different materials. Sometimes we have a cross-curriculum, working with shapes, painting, and measurements.'' Sarratore has enjoyed seeing the children explore art through the project. "The kids just loved it," she said. "They see the world differently and are excited to work with the clay. The IPIW students had them press things into the clay, and that really excited the children, as they discovered all that they could do." IPFW T Visual and Performing Arts Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 .A Chicago guitarist Jim Bonney performed his original composition, Chaos Theory, with the Symphonic Wind Ensemble in the fall 2005. .A.. The Site Specific class makes a plaster mold of the clay pieces made by Whitney Young students. .A Progress on the new music building construction benefits from a relatively mild winter. NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID FORT WAYNE, IN PERMIT NO. 92 |
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