The number of updates we received was incredible - thanks for sending them in! If you don't see yours here, we will be sure to include you next year.
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1940s-50s --- 1960s --- 1970s --- 1980s --- 1990s --- 2000s --- 2011
Claire Freedman BS 1949
“I am now 85 years old, and have had a hip replacement and a knee replacement. However, I am still active in other ways. I am a member of the Leukemia Research Foundation. We have chapters of this organization and I belong to the Goland, Orenstein, Sherman Memorial Chapter. I write the Newsletter for our chapter every month. We also have a " Vehicle Donation" program. I send out letters to each person who donates a car, or boat or other vehicles. Last year we made $ 80,000 on that program alone. There are 28 chapters and since about 5 years from the time our chapter was formed, in 1968, we became the second or third highest earners in the Foundation. As you can tell, I am very proud of our chapter. As for Art, after I graduated, I worked for a company that did paintings on photographs. The owner liked my work so much that he had me correcting all the other artists’ work, besides doing my own work. Some years later another woman and I bought the business, and we added restorations of old photographs. That became our main item. The name of our company was "Colortone Artists". Very few other companies knew how to restore photos so they looked real. Some photographs were so badly messed up, we were the only ones I know of who restored the photos so they looked like the people did originally. Several years later, I sold the business to my partner. Since computers came into being, much of that type of work became obsolete. I then did original paintings, some to be made into ceramic plates, which were hung on the walls of people's homes. It had been going on for a number of years, and too many people with little talent began painting for plates. I had two years of this before the bottom fell out of that business. However, a few years later it became important again. My eyes are not so good anymore, so at 85 I do not do oil paintings any more. However, I do some pastels. With pastels, I can stop any time I wish to. With oil paintings I had to stop at a certain place. That was difficult, so I just did pastels.”
Josephine Heyden BS 1950
“I earned my Master's Degree and Certificate of Advanced Standing in Art Education with emphasis in Curriculum Supervision, at Northern Illinois University. For 38 years I taught art, or elementary grades and was Department Chairperson in Art for ten years. I have an art studio in my summer home in Northern Wisconsin. Since I retired my concentration has been watercolor painting. I have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. My spouse is deceased. He was also a graduate of the U. of Wisconsin.”
Charlotte Newfeld BS 1952
“Currently working with Flow Pens in my home studio-- Closed my “Studio 23"(gallery and work shop) in Chicago in 1983 when I ran for public office. I have been a Political activist, working on women’s issues and Human Rights. Honored with inductions into Chicago Gay and Lesbian and Senior Citizen halls of Fame. Currently doing environmental Restoration as Steward of the Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary 101/2 acres of Natural area 4 blocks from Wrigley Field along Chicago’s Lake Front. Honored by resolution by the U.S. Congress 20109 sponsored by Rep M. Quigley 5th cong. District”
Kati Casida BS 1953
“The "Jonsok" sculpture was only completed in May 2011 and unveiled in a Midsummer Eve celebration in Skjolden, Norway, June 23, 2011. There were over 300 guests, including my family. The sculpture was fabricated in Oslo, Norway. You can see a photograph of it in Sculpture magazine, the October issue, which is now on the newsstands. Also, I have three maquettes, (models) in a group exhibition, sponsored by Nordic 5 arts of the San Francisco CA area, at the Scandinavian Cultural Center, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, through November 15. There are always new sculptures in process in my studio, but commissions for public sites take time, often involving an entire community, as with "Jonsok". You will find my works on my website: http://katicasida.dreamhosters.com.”
Joan Dropp Gaska BS 1956
“I worked as a cartographer after graduating with an applied art degree in 1956 until starting a family in 1958. After 6 kids I worked part time in a public school as an aide in charge of the Instructional Materials Center and then at a nursing home in the activity department doing crafts with the clients. Later I became the Director of Volunteer Services at 2 nursing homes and also managed the Gift Shop and The Country Store at one of them. I retired in 1986 after my husband was diagnosed with MS and spent the following years taking care of him at home until he died in 2007. I am now exploring the fiber arts in spinning, knitting and weaving and enjoying my retirement and large family of 18 grandkids and 5 great grand kids.”
Janet Heinicke MA 1956
“Heinicke continues to work in her dual areas of interest. An experienced teacher, a professor of art emeritus, she continues to teach each semester at the Des Moines Art Center in the museum’s education program and work with private students in her home studio. Heinicke has had teaching experience in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and on eth African continent. She continues to exhibit competitively. During the past year her work as accepted into the Arizona Aqueous National Water color competition, the 10x10 Compact Art Exhibition held in Louisiana at Louisiana State University, as one of the traveling exhibition pieces in the Iowa Water color show and in the National All media show of the Octagon Gallery in Ames Iowa. Most recently a water color painted by Heinicke was selected as a presentation gift to the governor of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan as a gift from the Governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Iowa Yamanashi Sister State Relationship.”
Carol Schiffleger Bobb BS 1960, MS 1961
“One of the most fun things I’ve done recently was a Pecha Kucha presentation of recent paintings. Saying something meaningful in twenty seconds about a painting focuses one totally. My website is www.carol-art.com.”
Pat Mearns BS 1960
“What can I say that would really do justice to my life, which was enhanced always by my 4 years at UW-Madison. Art was a passion; Education a passion – I got to combine both – How wonderful was that?! Since 1960 I have taught Art in the United States, Canada, England, Switzerland and South Africa. I have held jobs in the interior design of kitchens and bathrooms. I have lectured on various issues in art education to women’s organizations within these countries. I have studied and taken courses in Textiles in England, sculpture in Switzerland, and sculpture and pottery in South Africa. I have also volunteered in Art Museums in various capacities primarily around docent training and presently am past chair of the daytime Gallery Guides (new name for docents) at the Art Gallery of Ontario. We are presently in the process of making the Gallery provincially compliant with accessibility to all from Alzheimer sufferers to visually impaired. Providing a way to view and know art for all types of viewers is indeed a fantastic way to keep my BS in Art Education current. I will always be grateful for the structure and the freedom of experimentation and creativity that was encouraged through both the Art field and the Education field during those 4 years. There is of course much more - marriage, motherhood, widowhood and marriage and many, many moves and experiences. And I am still a Badgers fan!!!!!!”
Sylvia Solocheck Walters MFA 1962 (left)
“Walters continues to produce and show her prints. Recent exhibitions include: "Bad Boys, Magic Ladies and Timeless Masters: Contemporary American Woodcut.” at the Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland; the “Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial”, Danforth Museum of Art. ”Dark/Light”, Berkeley Art Center; Los Angeles Print Society Juried Membership Exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery, and at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York; and “Prints U.S.A. 2011” Springfield Art Museum among others. This the sixth year of her service on the board of the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA. See a sample of her woodcuts at www.sylviasolochekwalters.com.”
Clayton Bailey BS 1961, MA 1962
“The Crocker Art Museum will present the first career-spanning retrospective of the work of Clayton Bailey in the exhibition "Clayton Bailey's World of Wonders." This exhibition features 180 works and ephemera encompassing Bailey's 50-year career, and will be on view this fall from October 22, 2011 through January 15, 2012. A ceramist, sculptor, and self-proclaimed "mad scientist," Bailey aims to surprise and delight with his art. This exhibition presents the full range of his inspired eccentricity in clay and metal, including his signature "exploding pots," disarming robot sculptures, and ray guns inspired by science fiction and fashioned from discarded aluminum. Also included are the artist's pseudo-scientific discoveries made under the name of his alter-ego Dr. George Gladstone. Visitors to the exhibition will also experience Bailey's full-scale theatrical settings, including the mockumentary "Wonders of the World Museum.”
Renee (Aronov) Miller BS 1962
“In the 49 years since graduating from UW, I have worked as a board artist for Montgomery Ward and Co., had two children, and taught school for over 30 years. I started by teaching art to 1st through 5th graders and went on to become a special ed. teacher and then a 5th grade teacher. I have continued with my art endeavors by painting murals for children and building stained glass windows. I continue to paint by doing small and large canvases for children's rooms; sometimes original and sometimes to match a theme. My windows are mostly botanical in nature because I love flowers, though I have done other topics if requested.”
Phyllis Bramson MA 1964 (left)
“In 2011, a one person exhibition "Wonderland, a bright and guilty place" at Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis and a two person exhibition "Provocateurs" at the University of S. Dakota. Presently in an exhibition "E Pluribus Unum: Artists Picture Society", this exhibit is at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Last January a piece was included in "Seeing Is a Kind of Thinking", at the Museum of Contemporary Art/ Chicago. This January, I will be awarded the "Distinguished Artist of 2012" from the Union League of Chicago. Past recipients include Kerry James Marshall and Ed Paschke.”
Suzanne Cohan-Lange BS 1965
“Cohan-Lange is a sculptor, curator and art educator whose principal concern over the past thirty years has been the design of educational programs, museums and art installations using a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach. Suzanne recently retired as founder, Chair and Professor Emeritus of the Graduate Department of Interdisciplinary Arts at Columbia College, after 25 years and the design and creation of three graduate programs. She is also the co-founder and designer in 1982 of Chicago’s first children’s museum, Express-Ways (now the Chicago Children’s Museum). She was also the chief designer of the Arti-Fact Center at Spertus Institute (Chicago) and other children’s facilities. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of C.S.I. (Chicago Sculpture International) and the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City IN. and Chair of their curatorial Committee, responsible for six major exhibitions per year. As a sculptor, Suzanne has worked in steel, resin, cast paper and more recently, wood. Her current work combines sculpture and multi-media installations that she creates in collaboration with a poet and video artist. In the Fall of 2011, her work may be seen at the Meijer Sculpture Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI. and the Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, IL. Her work may also be seen on her website at www.suzannecohanlange.com.”
Gail Schomisch BS 1966 (left)
“My Art Department degree gave me the creativity to start my own business for motorcoach groups visiting Greater Madison. For the last 18 yrs, as BUS'N Tour Services, I have hosted tour groups from around the nation, as a step-on-guide. Most popular is the Toll Tour of Mt Horeb's Trollway, where passengers read troll tales that I created and copywrited. Attached is the newest troll by Troll Carver, Mike Feeney and I, in my Norwegian costume. BUS'N groups, only, are allowed to visit Mike's shop and meet him in person.”
Jacob Kohn MFA 1966
“Kohn (Design Department, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle) is a professional fine artist, exhibiting locally and regionally, and producing many studio commissions for private, public and corporate spaces. Some major commissions have included 8 mural paintings for the Seattle Aquarium outside walls, a 9’ x 12’ canvas mural for Childrens’ Hospital, a large (9’ x 18’) canvas mural for a Seattle corporate law firm, a private on site mural for a castle in Madrona, and smaller oil on canvas paintings for many of the regions’ hospitals, banks and corporate offices. His paintings are in many public and private collections, some of which are: the Bill and Melinda Gates collection, the Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Boeing Corporate Headquarters, Westin Hotels, Nordstroms, Salish Lodge, Microsoft, the Sheraton Hotel, and the Milwaukee Art Center. He has presented solo painting exhibitions at such venues as the Foster White gallery, William Traver gallery, Matsge Runnings, and The American Art Company. Jacob has exhibited regionally at the Seattle Art Museum, Bellingham Art Museum, The Center on Contemporary art, and the Bellevue Art Museum. His national exhibitions have included museums and galleries in Los Angeles, Chicago, Scottsdale Arizona, Wisconsin, and New York.”
Jeanne Dunn BS 1967
“I currently teach in the School of Art, Design, and Art History. I have 3 large paintings in the Faculty Exhibition currently showing in the SDSU Downtown Gallery.”
Donna Page MFA 1967 (left)
“Page is a conservator specializing in the treatment and display of African sculpture. She has written several catalogs and books on the arts of Africa. She is co-author and editor of Surfaces: Color, Substances, and Ritual Applications on African Sculpture published in 2009 by Indiana University Press. Her clients for conservation are located throughout the US. Over a period of 20 years, she has done work for private collectors, galleries, and major institutions.”
Ann Vandervelde BS 1968 (left)
“I continue to paint now that I have moved to the Northwest. My husband and I travel back and forth from Seattle to Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands where I have a studio. My website is www.annvandervelde.com.”
Pat Linse BS 1969
“Linse is co-founder of a science education non-profit organization, the Skeptics Society (skeptic.com) and art director of its magazine "Skeptic." The organization examines extraordinary claims and belief in the paranormal to promote science and critical thinking skills.”
Randall Berndt MFA 1969
“Randall Berndt, showed his paintings and drawings at the Grace Chosy Gallery in May, 2011. He also has a painting reproduced on the cover of The Uncertainty Principle, a book of poetry by Mark Kraushaar of Lake Mills which won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize from Waywiser Press, London to be published fall, 2011.”
Sarah Aslakson BS 1969
“I will be having a solo show at Madison's Fanny Garver Gallery in April. It will include the large-scale watercolors I have been painting for many years, and also some oils. I work mainly with the natural world - incorporating Magic Realism into landscapes, florals, animal, and nautical subjects. For more about me and my work see my website, www.sarahaslakson.com”
Anita DeCarlo MA 1969
“After being in survival mode raising two boys, working wherever, I began teaching beginning drawing, life drawing, beginning and intermediate watercolor and portrait for Carmel, Ca. Adult School in 1983. Taught the same in Maine for two years, then southern Ca. and back to Carmel where I am still teaching. My aesthetic: I believe in art as experience - yours and mine, a universal aesthetic that gives all art whatever it has in common, that occurs in the curve of an arm, the turn of a dog's hind leg. Wind-washed stones have it. Gravel does not. Art is a discipline - it occurs effortlessly after the effort. It gets rusty. Unlike the bicycle which you haven't ridden in twenty years and ride with ease, you fall off. Mind, eye, hand, and surface must keep a daily communion much the same as a dancer must dance and a pianist must play. Art is a dialogue. Unseen it has much in common with the falling tree in the absence of ears.”
Susan Nichols BS 1969 (left)
“As head of education at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery, I have been fortunate to work with talented colleagues to create on-site, web-based and interactive video conference programs that introduce students and adults to American history through American Art. Two recent achievements are winning an International JODI Award and the Brooking Award for Creative Writing from the American Association of Museums. Both were awards for Art Signs, our bi-lingual gallery program in which deaf gallery guides engage hearing and deaf visitors in conversations about artworks. The on-line version is verbally described for blind audiences. Sample the product at http://www.americanart.si.edu/education/asl. Last month I presented a workshop on our programs in Zagreb, Croatia, at the International Council of Museums, Education Session. (Excellent ice cream…not as good as UW!)”
Rita Graybill BS 1970
“My art background has served me well! Teaching art years ago helped with extra trips for my husband and I. Having honed my eye I had a terrific home, homes actually as we moved all over the world every three years. Posted in Bangkok for three years we entertained a lot and our house was featured in a decorating magazine. Returning to the USA we bought a run-down 1883 home in Stillwater MN. After two years of work we opened Elephant Walk Bed and Breakfast and after my husbands death two years after opening the b&b I used my talents to become one of the best places to stay in our city. Life takes many turns-art helps with coping and living a very good life. We have been in business for over 20 years, playing with spaces, fine tuning the rooms, always with fond memories of the many professors who taught me to see, edit and enjoy the ride.”
RC Fulwiler BS 1970
“I travel the Nation with my wife and show my photography in approximately 40 fine art shows a year. We live in Florida during the winter and summer in Michigan. Visit http://www.PhotoGraphicsGallery.com for examples and schedule.”
Carolyn MacLaurin BS 1970
“Having graduated from UW Madison in 1970 with a BS in Art Education, I spent my career teaching elementary art in Wisconsin. I taught in Fort Atkinson, Sauk Prairie, and Milwaukee. In 2004, I retired from MPS. I keep my hand in a wide range of creative activities. My husband, Mike MacLaurin, also a Madison grad, and I live in an old farm house in Ozaukee County.”
Arie A. Galles MFA 1971 (left)
“In October 2009, together with the poet, Jerome Rothenberg, I delivered a slide presentation/lecture on my “Fourteen Stations/Hey Yud Dalet” suite of drawings at The Drawing Center in NY, NY. In February 2010, works from that series were included in the "Searching for God" exhibition at the Wayne and Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery at The Ohio State University, Marion, OH. In April 2011 small preparatory drawings from that suite were also included in the exhibition "Contested" at the Hillel, University of Wisconsin, at the Conney Conference on Jewish Identity and the Arts where I also gave a lecture, “Drawing with Ashes.” One can view the lecture at: http://conneyproject.wisc.edu/videos-2011/drawing-with-ashes/ Currently, through October 30, 2011, works from the suite are also on display at the UFORA “You First” exhibition at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA and in the exhibition “Memento Mori: Remember Your Mortality” at the Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA. A one-person exhibition of my Reflected-Light Paintings opened on September 6, 2011 at the Founders Hall Gallery at Soka University of America. The show runs through January 6, 2012. If anyone reading this update finds themselves in southern California during these dates, I would be glad to meet with them. For installation shots of the exhibition please go to: http://www.ariegalles.com/exhibitions.html. For further updates etc. I would invite all to my website, www.ariegalles.com”
Richard Higgs MA 1971
“Currently the Inaugural Dean of the new School of the Arts with Converse College in Spartanburg South Carolina. Prior appointment with the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design as Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. These two appointments have capped a career that has taken me from my first post as Chair of the Art Department at Alverno College, to San Francisco where I was the Chair of the Design Programs at the Western Design Institute and Asst Director for the School of Professional Studies at John F Kennedy University. Spent time at Montana State University in Billings Montana and as the Coordinator of the Foundations Programs for the College of Art & Architecture with the University of Idaho. I have raised over $5 million to support academic programs in the arts and conversions to digital technologies. In my spare time I am working out of the Studio Shop that I share with my spouse who is also a Painter. MA in Painting, 1970”
Jacquie Hann BS 1972
“I have been teaching Children's Book Writing and Illustration at the New School Writing Program and at MediaBistro in New York City. I have a new webcomic called Little Jacquie. You can view it at littlejacquie.thecomicseries.com. I have shown my paintings in a number of venues, including a solo show at the Kiva Cafe in New York, and the Lotus Gallery in Woodstock, NY.”
Tom Philabaum MA 1973
“Philabaum Gallery is coming into its 30th year, and I am still making Art out of Glass. The picture is a 12' x 16' Glass Wall in dalle de verre, lit from behind by LED lights, and titled, "Arriba". Installed in the lobby of the new Likins Hall, at the University of Arizona, in Tucson.”
Kathleen Desmond BS 1973
“I gave special thanks and recognition to Cavalliere Ketchum, retired UW Photography Professor, in my book, Ideas About Art, published by Wiley-Blackwell in May, 2011. It's an awesome book.”
Samuel Ames MFA 1973
“I was hired at Rhode Island College where I taught drawing and painting full time for 33 yrs. I am now retired and living in the house my grandfather built in 1910 in San Diego, California. I attend life-drawing sessions 4 days a week. Plans are in the works for a studio hopefully to be built within the next year.”
Brett Wilson MA 1974
“After all these years, I'm still making art and my work can be viewed at www.ArtForMusic.net. I'm presently situated in Maryland, my studio is connected to my home where I live with my wife Jamie Martin Wilson and our cat. In addition to the art, I enjoy playing the Blues harmonica and riding our collection of antique Indian motorcycles.”
Barb Cash BS 1974
“I have been in business since I graduated from UW in 1974. I have owned and operated Barb's Taxidermy, in New Glarus, WI for the first two years after graduation, then in Waunakee WI from that time on. It is a very different way to use my art ability, but it definitely is an art. In my personal life, I am married with three grown children and two grandchildren, and one on the way. I recently completed a book of watercolor paintings detailing the history of the family farm, located outside New Glarus.”
Christine Style BS 1974 (left)
“Full Professor at UW-Green Bay teaching printmaking and drawing. Active in the local arts community at the ARTgarage in Green Bay and leading hands-on studio art travel courses to Italy. President of Wisconsin Visual Artists www.wisconsinvisualartists.com and co-chair of Wisconsin Visual Artists Lifetime Achievement Awards. Represented by the Peltz Gallery in Milwaukee. See some of my work at www.christinestyle.com”
Craig Thornton BS 1976
“I received an undergrad degree in fine art. I continued with my art studies at the UW until 1982 at which time i received the opportunity to coach tennis for the US Sports Academy in Malaysia. After returning to Madison i worked until 2002 for the Wisconsin Union. At this time I am employed at Goodwill Industries here in Madison. I am also coaching tennis during the school year for a junior program called rising stars.”
Karen Koblitz MFA 1976 (left)
“In August 2010 I was awarded a public arts commission by the City of Santa Fe Springs, California to create a tiled mural for the garden of their public library. The mural is now complete and will be dedicated on November 3, 2011. The mural is titled, “Si Se Puede (Yes We Can): A Tribute to Cesar Chavez." It portrays Chavez’ commitment to education, literacy and the environment. It is 4 feet in height by 55 feet in length and is comprised of over 900 handmade and glazed terra cotta tile. American Ambassador to Ankara, Turkey, Francis J. Ricciardone, selected my work, “Gina’s Journey: Tree of Life for My Daughter” to be installed in the American Ambassador's residence in Ankara, Turkey for the duration of his post. The exhibit in Ankara is part of the United States Department of State Arts in Embassies Program. My work was recently included in the group exhibition: “Thrown, Slabbed Fired & Trompe L’Oeil,” August 5 – September 10, 2011, Goodwin Fine Art ,Denver, Colorado.”
Reni Gower BS 1976 (left)
“I am a Professor in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to my painting practice and teaching responsibilities, I curate award winning traveling exhibitions. Currently, I am the curator of Papercuts, a traveling exhibition of seven artists who explore the contemporary art of paper cutting. I am also the co-curator of Constructs, a traveling exhibition of 11 artists who explore abstraction through multiplicity. These exhibitions were hosted back to back by the Centre for Living Arts, Space 301, Mobile, AL, September - December 2011.”
Julie Schneider MFA 1976
“I remain the Director of the Undergraduate Fine Arts Program at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty member. Having just moved studios put a bit of a dent in production but the pace is picking up. Please feel free to list my website along with alumni bio, etc. www.juliesaeckerschneider.com”
Judith A. Moldenhauer MFA 1977
“Moldenhauer has been appointed Interim Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Research for the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She also continues to serve as the Area Coordinator for Graphic Design in the Department of Art and Art History. She is currently working with nursing colleagues to design print and digital apps (cell phone and tablet) for doulas to help reduce post-partum depression. She gave a paper about the cell phone app and how it could be adapted in developing countries at a conference in Chennai, India, in September 2011.”
Tom Pomplun BS 1977 (left)
“I am proprietor of Eureka Productions, a design studio, and the publisher of the Graphic Classics® series of comics adaptations of classic literature, now celebrating its tenth year (www.graphicclassics.com). I do all the design and production in my rural home near Madison, but collaborate with illustrators all over the world. The books are distributed throughout North America by Diamond Book Distributors. The 22nd volume in the series is African-American Classics, scheduled for December 2011 release. The book presents great stories and poems by America’s earliest black authors, all illustrated by contemporary black artists.”
Christine M. Waters MFA 1977 (left)
“Waters was appointed Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies in July, 2011. An ardent proponent of undergraduate education, student development and support, Professor Waters hopes this post will give her the opportunity to provide leadership in advancing academic excellence in undergraduate programs while facilitating the development of support activities to enhance student achievement and success.”
Helene Verin BS 1977
"Verin is a Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. Her book "Beth Levine Shoes" was published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang in 2009. She curated a traveling exhibition "Beth Levine: First Lady of Shoes" which opened at the Dutch Shoe Museum. Her iconic baseball shoe for Keds was reintroduced by Opening Ceremony and Colette in 2011.”
Briony Foy BS 1977
"I have to admit that by the time I graduated from the Art Dept. in 1977 I hadn't really found my niche... I bounced around a few years and then went to law school. I found my art training was a huge benefit because in both fields you work backwards to figure out how to get to the result you want! I practiced law for 14 years before I got tired of the adversariness and decided to go back for my MFA. I was fortunate to discover the Textile Design Dept. in the School of Human Ecology and was able to design my own MFA program through SOHE and ART. I taught in the Textile program for 10 years and am now teaching workshops across the US and in Canada and have my own studio practice here in Madison doing fiber and ceramics. My work can be seen at Higher Fire Clay Studio on Regent St. and at www.brionyfoy.com" Several years ago I received a Fellowship from the Wisconsin Arts Board and I am currently a member of the Madison Arts Commission."
J.J. Sedelmaier BS 1978
“My wife Patrice and I have celebrated 20 years having our own animation studio in White Plains, NY. The studio continues to thrive doing projects for the cinema, TV, print, and the web. I am writing (http://imprint.printmag.com/j-j-sedelmaier/) for various blogs and publications as well as traveling about doing presentations and screenings at schools, conventions, and advertising agencies. Our daughter graduated UW/Madison in 2010 and we're proud to say she herself is thriving in the NYC professional film production community!”
Nancy Manter MFA 1978
“I came back from fellowship residencies this year in Spain, Fundacion Valparaiso; and Great Spruce Head Island, Maine Porter Foundation. I was recently in a show of American Abstract Artists at Ivan Karp's OK Harris, a one-person show at Connecticut College Tunix Gallery. I taught drawing at Haystack Mountain School as a visiting artist this summer. I will be included in an upcoming print portfolio of the American Abstract Artists.”
Tom Lichtenheld BS 1979
“Tom is a bestselling children's book author and illustrator. When he's not making up stories and drawing silly pictures he likes to get other peoples' kids all wound up then send them home. You can see his work at tomlichtenheld.com”
Janet Erbland Carpenter BS 1979
“I graduated from the Art Department at UW-Madison in 1979, then went on to law school to get my Juris Doctorate. I am currently living in Minneapolis with my four children. I recently traveled to Israel, which was a lifelong dream. I still have a love for every art form, and I think that I incorporate art into many aspects of my life.”
Anne Marie Karlsen MFA 1979
“Anne Marie’s piece of artwork “Wheels” recently won a national award and will be displayed in a newly renovated parking structure in Santa Monica, CA.”
Beauvais Lyons BFA 1980
“In 2010-11, Lyons was awarded a James R. Cox Professorship and the title Chancellor’s Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lyons is the only faculty member in arts and humanities at UTK to receive this title. He presented his project ‘The Association for Creative Zoology’ at the Museum of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia and chaired a panel session at the College Art Association Conference on ‘Art and Pranks.’ Finally, he and Jack Damer co-chaired a session at the Mid-American Print Council Conference at the University of Minnesota on ‘New and Old Generations: Teaching Printmaking.’”
William E Ellestad BA 1980
“After graduation I went on to work for a large Screenprint Company as a Graphic Artist designing artwork and Logos for imprinting. After a few years I went on to start my own business Madison Bay Screenprint where I printed and designed shirts and uniforms for area business and sport teams until I retired after 18 years of business on Madison’s Eastside.”
Edwin Shelton MFA 1980
“I am presently teaching art part-time at Marquette Catholic High School and Renaissance Charter. In July, I was granted an Indiana Visual Arts license to teach art with 5th through 12th grades. Laurel Izard and I have been married 30 years. We have lived in Michigan City, Indiana for almost 20 years.”
Tom Gilfillan BS 1980
“I am currently president of Whitefish Pottery, Inc. and have been in business since 1995. Received my undergrad degree in Madison(BS in Art Education – ’80) and a Masters in Art - Ceramics from The Pennsylvania State Univ. in 1987. Having a wonderful time in Whitefish, Montana!!”
Jeff Freeman MFA 1980
“I received the MFA in Painting in 1980. In the fall of that year I was appointed a Professor of Art teaching Painting at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Among the accomplishments I achieved during that time include a National Endowment for the Art fellowship, an Arts Midwest-National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and grants from the South Dakota State Arts Council and grants from the University Research Council at the University of South Dakota. After 31 years there I retired from the faculty there in May of 2011 and have been appointed an Emeritus Professor. I continue to live and produce art in Vermillion to the present time.”
Alfred “Hank” Grebe BS 1981
“I received my undergraduate degree at UW-Madison, and was an MFA candidate studying under the exceptionally dynamic Dean Meeker. I took a leave of absence in 1983 to work in 3D computer graphics at New York Institute of Technology’s Computer Graphics Lab, since such courses of study did not exist at UW in those days. There I animated the first flexibly jointed digital Gumby character, and later worked on Shrek2. I have worked in UX design at AT&T Bell Labs, Time Warner, Sony and currently at Leica Geosystems.”
Matt Hein BS 1981
“After graduating I moved around the western states, settling in the Prescott Arizona area. My art metal and art background has morphed into my own watch repair & engraving business that my wife and I own. My art metal professor (Fred Fenster) had 2 other friends, both of whom I met years after living out West. My Madison experience was rich in exposure to other artists including the silly party, and rich in life experience - both of which are paying out to this day. I have family in Monroe, and always make the trip up to Madison to re-connect.”
Nancy Megan Corwin MFA 1983 (left)
“I have been making art, writing, and teaching art since I graduated with an MFA in Art Metals from the UW in 1983, where I was privileged to study with Eleanor Moty and Fred Fenster. My specialty is in the area of chasing and repousse and in 2009 my book, "Chasing and Repousse: Methods Ancient and Modern" (published by Brynmorgen Press) became available through Amazon.com and jewelry suppliers around the world. Since then, I have been teaching all across the United States and in England. My work is in several private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington State. I am represented by Facere Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle.”
Chuck Richards MFA 1983 (left)
“I am an Associate Professor on the Integrated Studio Arts faculty at Iowa State University, where I am coordinator of the Foundation Drawing curriculum for the College of Design. I teach studios in Life Drawing and Foundation Drawing, and deliver the lecture component of our Foundation Drawing course to all sections (about 700 students per year). I have held teaching appointments at various colleges since receiving my MFA from UW-Madison in 1983, with a concentration in Foundation Drawing that spans just over thirty years. I was a Teaching Assistant and Marie Christine Kohler Fellow while a graduate student (1979 - 1983). I taught Drawing I and II, 2-D Design and ran discussion groups for the Art Appreciation lecture course. My teaching mentors included Richard Long, Ted Pope, Jack Damer and Ken Ray. My studio mentors included Richard Long, Richard Reese, Ken Ray, John Wilde, Robert Grilley, Marjorie Kreilick and Ted Pope. My studio work has been primarily in drawing and my work as a fine artist was figurative and narrative. More recently I have been writing and illustrating children's books and have three books published since 2004, Jungle Gym Jitters, Critter Sitter, and Author Day for Room 3T (written by Robin Pulver). My fourth book will be published this spring by Walker Books, entitled Lulu's Magic Wand.”
Cynthia Kukla MFA 1983
“Eleven of my paintings are in a curated, four-person exhibition, "No Greater Gods" at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia from Oct 8, 2011 through June, 2012. The exhibit is co-curated by Joan Soderlund and Taylor Fitchett. Thirty-two of my paintings are in a solo exhibition "Journeys," at the Gray Gallery of Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois. The show was selected by Robert Lee Mejer, gallery curator and Distinguished Professor of Art at Quincy. The exhibit opened October 8 and continues to November 5, 2011. This exhibition includes large-scale paintings on canvas, watercolors and drawings. It includes watercolors I did on site at ancient ruins - in Crete and Greece during my 2006-07 sabbatical as a visiting professor in Greece and in 2011 where I have just returned as a visiting professor in Thailand. These site paintings form a critical base for my studio investigations and this is the first time a large group of them are brought together along with large studio painting.”
Barry Carlsen MFA 1983
“2011 was a busy year with two one person shows; Lakeland College, Sheboygan and Kohler Art Center's ArtSpace along with being featured in a four person print show at the Freeport Art Museum, Freeport IL. I also designed the publications for the UW Year of the Arts on Campus. 2012 will start off with two one person shows; The Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison and Grand View University, DesMoines, IA”.
Patricia (Dvorak) Duren BS 1984 (left)
“Next March marks my 25th year with the department of Media Solutions (http://media.med.wisc.edu). As I enjoy my work here, I continue to carve out time and space to dabble in my own art work by attending workshops in pastels or painting, and gathering reference materials for that studio work someday. I live in Madison with my husband, step daughter and the 2 cats.”
Christopher Murphy BFA 1984
“Currently working as a master electrician based in Madison doing controls and automation for microbreweries across the US and Canada. Still making and showing sculpture on the side often in those same breweries. I consider myself to be the luckiest guy in the world.”
Mary (Stoll) Endres BS 1985
“I am a freelance graphic designer, currently the Creative Director of a magazine called Good Old Boat. I produce the magazine from concept to print. I work from home and have been for the last 20 years, allowing me to stay home with my children and continue to work. I also present small workshops on InDesign and Photoshop to the members of our state magazine publishers association.”
Joe Dennis BS 1985
“I am a B.S.-Art grad, 1985. I am now an assistant professor of history at UW-Madison (I came here last year from Davidson College in North Carolina). I am the pre-modern Chinese history person in our department. The only thing related to art I do is teach a seminar on the history of Chinese print culture. Attached is my department faculty profile picture.”
Denise (Knudsvig) Dickson BS 1986
“I have been working for large financial industries the past 25 yrs. first as a Typesetting Artist and then as a Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing and Production Specialist since I graduated. I now freelance and volunteer to those less fortunate.”
Diogenes Ballestar MFA 1986 (left)
“Ballester works in different artistic media including painting, printmaking, drawing, new media, and installation art and is recognized as a master of encaustic painting and printmaking. As a master-printmaker, Mr. Ballester is skilled in line engraving, etching, and woodcuts. He worked in the prestigious printmaking workshop of Robert Blackburn in New York City intermittently from 1981 to 2003 when Mr. Blackburn died. He has extensive knowledge of the history of printmaking and has been asked to present on topics related to the current challenges facing the printmaking world. In November 2008, he presented a paper “Graphic Language in The Development of Individual and Collective Latino Identity” at the “U.S. Latino Printmaking in the 21st Century, Conference in Austin, Texas. His essay “Perspectives: On the XII San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Printmaking at the Transition to the 21st Century” as the President of the San Juan Biennial, which challenged printmaking Biennials to look at their history and re-conceptualize printmaking biennials for the 21st century, has been used throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.”
Gayle Marie Weitz MA 1987
"‘Sheepish’ from my ‘Humanimals’ series received the Jack Buncher Foundation Award in the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 101th Annual exhibition. The entire series will be shown at the Porter Butts Gallery at the University of Wisconsin from February 3, 2012 to March 20, 2012.”
Cheryl Agulnick Hochberg MFA 1988 (left)
“I am a Professor of Art and Chair of the Fine Arts Department at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, where I have taught since 1990. I've had recent solo exhibitions of my work at Sweetbriar College in Lynchburg, VA, the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, PA, EDavid Gallery in Bethlehem, PA, St. Xavier College in Chicago, the Washington Art Association in Washington CT, and the Jacksonville Art Association in Jacksonville, IL. I am married to Kenneth Hochberg and have a son (13) and a daughter (15).”
Stephen Rekstad BS 1989
“I'm working full time as an artist and have just finished a 70 piece edition of hand blown glass hearts donated to Humor to Fight the Tumor (http://www.humortofightthetumor.com). This annual event raises money for brain tumor research. The hearts, auctioned at the end of the night, brought over $7000 in contributions.”
Sage Lewis BS 1989
“Lewis currently lives in St. Paul, MN and owns a business working with animals and people (www.dancingporcupine.com). Sage (formerly Stacy) Lewis owned a graphic design studio in Madison for 7 years, and taught elementary art in Mt. Horeb, WI for 9 years.”
John Roth BFA 1990
“I am currently an Associate professor of sculpture at Old Dominion University in Norfolk VA. Recently, I have been showing my work in New York, Miami, Virginia and Ottawa Ontario.”
Lane Last MFA 1991 (left)
“I am a professor of art at the University of Tennessee at Martin. I was recently chosen to be the Featured Faculty Scholar for 2011. I am married with 2 sons. I have rediscovered my love of sports; coaching baseball and playing softball. I continue to show my computer-mediated work and paintings all over the globe.”
Erik T. Johnson BFA 1991 (left)
“I worked as a Creative director and Designer at Charles S. Anderson Design Company handling clients including French Paper Company and CustomInk. I also create freelance illustration for numerous magazines such as GQ, New York Times, The New Yorker and New Republic.”
Lisa Imhoff BS 1991
“I have been a self-employed graphic artist for almost 20 years, working with some of my clients for over 17 years. I create their catalogs and order forms, magazines, advertising, point of sale materials, calendars and any other print items we can think of.”
Gregory Chapman BS 1992 (left)
“I owe my career to the UW Art and Art Ed departments. They trained me in the art of making and teaching art. I have been teaching passionately for 19 years now at Saint Charles East H.S. and every year gets better. Go badgers!”
Becky Nelson BS 1993
“Our business is picking up after a few rough economic years. Acknowledgements from Visual Marketing, Trademarks 1, Wide Format Imaging, Art of the Menu and Vigor Branding have helped our efforts to grow. We continue to refine our skills in design and business to give our clients better service and end products.”
Haig Demarjian MFA 1994
“One of my copperplate engravings has been included in the Southern Graphics International traveling juried members show, to debut in New Orleans in March 2012. My first ever full-length comic book-- The New Adventures of SUPER INGA-- will be published in January by Terminal Press (see attached). DIE YOU ZOMBIE BASTARDS!, the full-length feature film I co-created continues to be screened theatrically (2011 marks the 5th Annual Halloween DYZB! Extravaganza in the Halloween capital of the world, Salem, Massachusetts) and is available worldwide to purchase and/or illegally download on DVD, NetFlix, your phone. Some of my assorted mayhem can be seen at: www.artofhaig.com”
Brenda Gunderson BS 1995
“I have been employed with the Viroqua School District since the fall of 1997 as their Elementary Art Teacher. I received my Master's Degree (ME-PD) from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse in spring of 2000. I am the mother of 2 sons, Griffin, and Nathan (whom I had while attending UW-Madison, and we lost in a car accident in May of 2010). I currently live in Viroqua with my boyfriend, my son, and his daughter.”
Gene Delcourt MFA 1995
“I have been a teacher in the Madison Metropolitan School District since the 1995-96 School year. I started my first 3 years at West High and transferred to Malcolm Shabazz High School for the 1998-99 school year and have been there ever since. I focused on Wood Sculpture when I was at the UW Art Department and have kept up with it as a passion but not my living. In 2000, I completed a commission sculpture for the Lac Du Flambeau band of Ojibway Indians which depicted their clan animals in a life size scene that required a 15 foot by 10 foot Redwood tree stump that I found in Northern California and had shipped out here. It adorns the front of the "Lake Of The Torches" Casino today. I usually have a sculpture or two going at any given time and show them whenever possible.”
Timothy Hughes BS 1997 (left)
“I'm a professional photographer in Madison. The majority of my assignments are editorial photography projects for publications. Over the last year I've shot assignments for Madison Magazine, Guitar World Magazine, Isthmus Newspaper, Golf Business Magazine, T+D Magazine, SC Magazine, and have contributed photographs to several books. I maintain my photo studio in downtown Madison and lives with my wife Jennifer and Shiba Inu (Seiko) in Middleton's Orchid Heights neighborhood.”
Liz Roth MFA 1998
“I recently earned tenure as a Professor of Drawing and Painting at Oklahoma State University. In June 2011, I was the artist-in-residence for the Grand Canyon. My installation, America 101, took me to all 50 states and has been exhibited in group shows and as a solo exhibition.”
Heidi Langeneckert BFA 1998
“Langeneckert is an herbalist and artist and working towards a masters in Art Education at Brooklyn College with a focus on education reform.”
Lauren Garber Lake MFA 1998
“Lake is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Florida School of Art + Art History. She assumes the positions of Assistant Director, Director of Graduate Studies of the School and Drawing Area Head.”
Kathleen Lorden BS 1998
“In December, I'm graduating from Art Center College of Design with a M.F.A. in Film. After eight years in Los Angeles, I'll be relocating to Chicago in January.”
Amy Dane Falkowski MFA 2000 (left)
“Upon receiving my MFA, I moved to Chicago where I accepted the position of Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Thus began my career transition from fine artist to art administrator. I have since worked as Admissions Counselor for the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions at the Institute of Design, IIT, Administrative Director for the Department of Fashion Design at SAIC and most recently accepted the position of Associate Dean of Budget and Administration at SAIC. While my MFA didn't directly prepare me to manage large-scale budgets and oversee administrative units of academic programs, I did develop a strong work ethic, learned how to manage my time, work collaboratively and problem solve with creativity. On a side note, I also met my husband, Andrew Falkowski, in the MFA program. Andrew continues to have a successful career as a painter and faculty member at SAIC and Northwestern University. We have two children together, Ginger and Walter.”
Sara Washbush BFA 2001 (left)
“In 2011 I opened my second business venture, Goldmine Home Staging and Redesign. It combines my creative eye with my design, craft, and communication skills. My services range from: staging for property resale; redesign for living; furniture makeovers; colour consultations; curation; home/office organizing; sourcing and referring local artists and contractors. I maintain a home metalsmithing studio, but am now delighted to limit my studio hours to just teaching select private students and making what I want. I am much happier not doing jewelry production or repair jobs! I live in Ontario with my husband and daughter and we are expecting our second in 2012.”
Emily Free Wilson BFA 2001 (left)
“I run a pottery business with my husband Matt Wilson and brother Bobby Free called Free Ceramics. We make functional porcelain pottery and teach kids classes in Helena Montana. This summer Ceramics Monthly, a national magazine, published a four-page story about Free Ceramics that highlighted the business side of our endeavors. In addition we received the honor of our pottery being selected for the front cover. During the week I am also the Gallery Director at the Archie Bray Foundation. The Bray is the oldest ceramic residency program in the United States where earlier this year I helped raise over half million dollars during our 60th Anniversary celebration through a successful auction and multiple exhibitions. I feel very fortunate that all my passions work together. I have an amazingly supportive family and a wonderful four-year-old son. To see more about my ceramics, please visit www.freeceramics.com.”
Jennifer Fitzpatrick BS 2001 (left: photo credit Tom McInvaille)
“I am a makeup artist with an expert eye for color and design. I love the transformative power of makeup and specialize in camera ready looks for photo shoots, tv, film, runway and bridal beauty. I was just recently on Oprah's Biggest Makeover Show with Bobbi Brown, started my own business and am now a beauty blogger. Catch all my adventures in makeup at www.jennyface.com.”
Christine Olson BS 2001 (left)
“Since graduating from the UW with a B.S. in Art as well as a major in Interarts and Technology in '01, I have continued to create time-based art and temporary public art. I also have worked for The Center on Education and Work here on campus since 2001 as a graphic designer, which has included working on a project for the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Next summer I am looking forward to an artist residency in Iceland. I am continually grateful to my teachers at the UW and the opportunities that I have had since attending college at UW-Madison.”
Colleen Corrigan MA 2003 (left)
“I have been living in Cambridge, UK, for over 4 years now working as an international conservations specialist. I am just finishing a photo exhibit for the United Nation's International Year of the Forest, which consists of a collection of photos of trees from over 20 countries I have had the honor to visit during my work travels over the past 6 years. I've included recycled maps from around the world into the framing process. It's been great fun and a wonderful balance to my environmental focus.”
Richard Holland MFA 2003
“Holland hosts and produces ‘Bad at Sports’ (badatsports.com) a weekly art-world interview podcast now in its seventh year.”
Nick Isabella BS 2003
“I have just celebrated one year of working as a graphic designer for Sony Electonics at the US Corporate HQ in San Diego. I also enjoy working on a number of freelance web design and print projects in my off time and continue to run a small Wisconsin-themed t-shirt company, started back in 2008 with a fellow UW grad.”
Jill Baker Gower BS 2003 (left)
“Gower (Art Education) is currently in her fifth year as Assistant Professor of Art, teaching Jewelry and Metals at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Her work was recently included in the following selected group exhibitions: the Art of Adornment: Studio Jewelry at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, Alchemy the 13th Biennial International Enamelist Society Exhibition held at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, Realizing the Neo-Palatial at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN, and State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue at the Philadelphia Art Alliance in Philadelphia, PA. She also had a solo exhibition at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ in 2010. Coming up her work can be seen in the group exhibition curated by Gail Brown, The Art of Seduction: Exquisitely Crafted Temptations, which will be held at the Rouse Gallery in Columbia, MD from January 12-March 18, 2012. Jill's work was also included in Metalsmith magazine's Exhibition in Print in the Summer of 2010, Volume 30, No. 4. This Exhibition in Print was curated by Garth Clark. You can visit her website at www.jillbakergower.com. Jill and her partner Joseph Gower (BFA 2003) welcomed a baby boy into their lives in September of 2010.”
Kristof Wickman BFA 2005
“Wickman, a 3D artist whose sculptures combine common objects with the human body, had his first major museum exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Raw/Cooked focuses on "under the radar" Brooklyn artists in a year-long five part series of exhibits. Wickman was selected by a jury including artists Ron Gorchov, Michael Joo, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Amy Sillman and Mickalene Thomas. Wickman's solo exhibition that ran from September 16 to November 27, 2011, kicked off the series. Wickman displayed new work inspired by pieces in the Brooklyn Museum's collection and created specifically for this exhibition. To learn more about Wickman, please visit the artist's website: www.kristofwickman.com.”
Sara Schneckloth MFA 2006
“This past year, my drawings have been shown in in Brooklyn, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Richmond, VA, Gainesville, FL, Norman, OK, Oshkosh, WI, Lexington, VA, and Caylus, France, where I was an artist in residence at Draw International. I am an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, where I run the graduate and undergraduate drawing programs. Last year, I received the university-wide Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award and the USC Provost Research Grant to continue my work with interactive drawing and the visual culture of science.”
Sharon Steckel MA 2006
“I have been an elementary visual art and general music teacher at Ravinia Elementary School in Highland Park, Illinois for the last 10 years. During that time I have partnered with Ravinia music festival to display student artwork during a concert series and currently serve on the board of directors for the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park in Skokie, Illinois. I was awarded National Board Certification in Art Education in 2008 by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. I spent last summer as a bicycle guide in Acadia National Park in Maine and will be accompanying middle school students on a science trip to Wyoming during the summer of 2012.”
Jennifer DeCarlo MFA 2007 (left)
“After holding positions of Assistant Director for the Schneider Gallery and acting as Curator and Consultant for a corporate venue in Chicago Jennifer DeCarlo moved with her fiancee to San Diego, CA. Recognizing the opportunity to patch a hole in the growing San Diego Art Scene, Jennifer drew from her connections and opened her own gallery, jdc Fine Art, last spring. jdc Fine Art specializes in contemporary photography by established and emerging artists. The international group of artists Jennifer works with all make critical work that carries strong message. Jennifer also authors articles for the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) website.”
Kati Walsh BS 2007
“Currently I work full time as an art teacher at Randall and Gompers Elementary Schools in Madison. I've also been busy running student council and art club among other groups at school and as well as serving as faculty representative for my union, MTI.”
Kristin Krueger BS 2007 (left)
“I graduated in 2007 with a degree in Art Education and since then have been employed with Kenosha Unified School District in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I started my career teaching elementary art and am currently working at a middle school teaching sixth through eighth grade. This past summer I got married which kept me extremely busy and I'm still trying to settle in to the back to school routine in addition to getting used to being called a "Mrs." now!”
Dave Beck MFA 2007
“My artwork was recently reviewed in: Sculpture Magazine (http://online.qmags.com/SM0911/Default.aspx), and Dailyserving (http://dailyserving.com/2011/05/fan-mail-dave-beck/). In the summer of 2012, I will be presenting a solo exhibition of my work at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, while I am in residence as a Board of Director's Award Fellow. www.khncenterforthearts.org.”
Angela Thomas BS 2007 (left)
“Many people doubt the careers available with a degree in art, however I am working in my field as a wedding photographer. I shoot for Bellagala, but have also started my own business, Angela Divine Photography. UW gave me the tools to work in my field and accomplish my dreams, and if any students want help doing the same, feel free to contact me at www.wix.com/angeladivine/photo. Thanks UW!”
Corey Losenegger BS 2009
“In June of this year I relocated to New York City to work for Etsy.com as a web developer. I work on the internationalization team - our job is to take the site from English-only to as many languages as we can. On the side, I've been slowly building up a networking site for musicians called MusiciansConnect.com that launched for Madison in January of this year.”
Amanda Schmitt BFA 2009
“Schmitt began working as the Assistant Director of Horton Gallery, an emerging contemporary art gallery in the Lower East Side. While there, the gallery expanded to a second space in Chelsea, as well as a project space in Berlin. Schmitt has also found success as an independent curator, organizing exhibitions such as the video screening series Seven Easy Steps (Horton Gallery, 2009-10), School Nite as part of the New Museum's Festival of Ideas (The Old School, 2011), an ongoing exhibition, The Mobile Uploads Project, as well as co-curated the major group exhibition Physical Center which began in Brooklyn and traveled to London in early 2011 (The Convent of Saint Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY, 2010 / Guest Projects, London, 2011). She currently works at Artforum magazine. Upcoming projects include a performance piece with Myla Dalsbesio at RH Gallery, New York, NY in Oct, the Mobile Uploads Project, at Gallery 1308, Madison, WI, in Dec, as well as a curated retrospective of UW Professor Jack Damer's work at SGC 2012 in New Orleans, LA.”
Erin O’Connor MFA 2009
“Since graduating from UW, I have created my own successful graphic design and screen printing business, Sandbox Studio (www.sandbox-studio.com). I design and print gig posters for a variety of professional touring musicians, including The Swell Season, Wilco, Josh Ritter, and Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers. In addition to posters, I also design band merchandise for national and international tours. I've worked with a range of other clients creating designs for various applications, recently working on all of the graphic design work for Brat Fest 2011. I also taught for 2 years in the UW art department, teaching Beginning and Advanced Serigraphy and Urban Graphics. Additionally, I taught with the Continuing Studies department and the UW Education and Outreach Program.”
Kendra Larson MFA 2009 (left)
“Last year (June 2010) Christopher Buckingham and I got married in Silver Falls State Park. Last December we went to Argentina for our honeymoon. Both events were romantic and wonderful. We also bought our first house in 2010. This year has also been busy. We adopted a Labradoodle puppy named Dixie. Christopher is recording a new album. You can hear his music at http://eventuals.tumblr.com/. I'm still painting and showing quite a bit. My recent work can be seen at www.kendralarson.com and at upcoming shows at Disjecta and George Fox University. This fall I started my second year teaching at Willamette University, which I love. All said, it's been a good few years.”
Rhea Ewing BFA 2011 (left)
“I live and work in Madison as a freelance illustrator and designer. You can see some of my work at rheaewing.com. When I'm not working I study martial arts (got my black belt!) and teach kids how to draw comics.”
Walter Brown MFA 2011
“I am currently the new adjunct professor of ceramics at Indiana University Kokomo. I am also teaching a freshman community learning course. The ceramics program is new so I am building it from the ground up. Professor Sacaridiz played an integral part in preparing me for this endeavor.”