VPA visions

              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.
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"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
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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