The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA)
Volume 8, Number 2
October 2007
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The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design |
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| ALUMNI RECEPTIONS IN YOUR AREA! | |||
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PennDesign is planning alumni events at several design conferences. Alumni attending the conferences and those in the area are welcome! Visit the website for details. |
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| NTHP @ St. Paul, MN Thursday, Oct 4, 7:30-9:30pm |
ASLA @ San Francisco Friday, Oct 5, 6:30-8:30pm |
ACSP @ Milwaukee, WI Friday, Oct 19, 7-9pm |
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| HARD-HAT TOUR, RECEPTION, DINNER & DISCUSSION WITH DEAN HACK Los Angeles County Museum of Art/A + D Museum Saturday, Nov 3, 4:00-7:30pm Sneak preview tour of the LACMA renovation project, reception, dinner & discussion with Dean Gary Hack on Penn's East Campus Expansion plans. Registration coming soon; check the website for updates. |
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HOMECOMING AT PENN |
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| Come back to campus for Homecoming Weekend, October 18-20! |
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| All-campus party Celebration on the Green, Gallery Hop featuring Clay @ Penn (above center, Simon Martin; above right, Sumi Maeshima), Penn vs Yale game, and much more!! Visit the Homecoming website for details. | ||
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ASLA AWARDS + LANDSCAPE RETROSPECTIVE |
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Congratulations to Susan Weiler MLA'83, 2007 Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and to |
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On view at the Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural Archives, Oct 19 - Feb 1: Lawrence Halprin: Gardens, the first ever retrospective of garden designs by world-renowed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. Opening reception Nov 1, following lecture by practice professor Laurie Olin, Halprin, Nature and Place. |
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REAL ESTATE MENTORS |
| The PennDesign Real Estate Club invites alumni to volunteer as mentors to one or two aspiring students. The mentoring program provides a great opportunity for alumni in the real estate industry to share their experiences with students, and for students to learn more about how their own backgrounds can be applied to the industry. Alumni and students are matched based on similar expertise and interests. The mentor-student relationship may occur via email, phone, or in person. To participate, please contact Jared Lang MCP'08 CRT'08. |
| NAKAZATO TRIBUTE |
Hitoshi Nakazato: Painting Series opens this week at the Ice Box project space at the Crane Arts Building in Philadelphia. The exhibit of the former faculty member and master print-maker's work and accompanying tribute exhibit of over 80 artists were organized by his friends, former students and colleagues from his more than 35 years in Penn's fine arts department. Exhibit on view: October 4-14; reception: October 11, 6-9pm. |
| WOMEN IN DESIGN |
| Career Services is planning a speaker series on Women in Design this year and welcomes your suggestions for topics or speakers. Please contact Rachel Burk with your comments. |
| OPEN CALL FOR FINE ARTISTS |
| The Burrison Gallery of the University Club at Penn is seeking artwork to be considered for exhibitions in the coming year. Visit the University Club's website for more information. |
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ON THE LINE |
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Please note: some alumni names are hyperlinked to email addresses |
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2000s |
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Ruth Benjamin C'07 BAS'07, Wanda Lopez Bobonis MS'05, Dane Danielson MArch'08 and Jennie Graves MS'07 CRT'07 |
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| Mark Brosseau MFA'01 showed his paintings and etchings in Pattern Disruptive at the Hopkinson House Gallery in Camden, NJ last month. Jeffrey Fichera MFA'07 recently received his third Elizabeth Greenshields Grant of $12500(CAN) Hallway Study, pictured at right. Since the Greenshields Foundation was established in 1955, very few artists have received three grants. Ivanny Pagan MFA'06 also received a Greenshields Grant in 2006. Lorlene Hoyt MA'99 PhD'01 assistant professor of urban planning and director of MIT@Lawrence, is the recipient of this year's Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement from the New England Resource Center for Higher Education. She was selected from a pool of 72 nominations from across the country, for imaginatively integrating her planning scholarship, teaching, and practice. Her latest research on small, old industrial cities, co-published by PolicyLink and the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, will be the focus of a national convening to be held at MIT this month. |
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| Deirdre Murphy MFA'00 is showing her work in Magical Realism at the Abington Arts Center in Jenkintown, PA through November 21; artist talk is October 27, 9:30am. The show features other-worldly paintings mixing fantasy and reality. Murphy is a painting and drawing lecturer at PennDesign; also participating in the show is Susana Jacobson, adjunct associate professor at PennDesign. |
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| Naomi Reis MFA'05 is participating in Meta-Majesty through October 21 at Explosivo/chashama in New York. Curated by Tracy Candido, the show presents work by 8 artists, and 1 artists' collective, that suggests a curious channeling of all things magical as a very real response to our current earthly chaos. This form of escapism is proposing a spectral reflection towards a nation diseased with war, ignorance, and environmental disregard. |
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Jody Sweitzer MFA'03 |
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1990s |
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Peter Exley MArch'90 and wife, Sharon, have published Design for Kids, a portfolio of interactive environments for children. Their Chicago-based firm, architectureisfun, develops architecture, interiors, exhibits, and learning resources for clients interested in sensorial and enlightened experiences as part of daily life. Paul Fabozzi MFA'93 will exhibit paintings and drawings from his Data Walks series at the Kelly Writers House on Penn's campus, October 17-November 21. He will also give a talk at the House along with poet and sculptor Jeremy Sigler MFA'91, October 24. |
| Rachel Levitt MArch'99 recently celebrated the launch of the October Home Design issue of Boston magazine, where she is the home design editor, and the inaugural issue of its sister magazine, Boston Home, where she is the editor. |
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| Jonathan Mandell MFA'90 was commissioned by the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to create a mosaic, now on permanent display at the Center. The 10x6 foot mosaic, We the People, features semi-precious stones and minerals, and every detail relates to some aspect of the Constitution. |
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Yasuo Oda MArch'94 opened Yasuo Oda Architects in September 2007. The firm will focus on both residential and commercial projects. Rebecca Rutstein MFA'97 has a solo exhibition, abyss, October 30-November 24 at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia. Opening reception is First Friday, November 2, 6-8:30pm. Pictured at left: Meet Me at Pod 6. Alejandro Salazar MArch'98 MRP'99 has been appointed visiting lecturer of architecture at the University of California Berkeley for the fall semester 2007. |
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1980s |
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Habib Alshuwaikhat MCP'83 |
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| Dozier Bell MFA'86 will have a solo show at Aucocisco Gallery in Portland, ME, October 3-27; opening reception is October 5, 5-8pm. |
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| David Hinson MArch'83 was named Head of the School of Architecture at Auburn University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1997. Hinson has earned wide recognition for his scholarship and teaching, including the DESIGNhabitat Program - a collaboration between the School of Architecture and Habitat for Humanity - and was recently selected by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) for the 2007 Educator Honor Award. |
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| John Eric Schneider MLA'87 of Blue Bell, PA and Cape May, NJ was the landscape architect for this year's Cape May Designer Show House. This 19th century sea captain’s manor house with carriage house and restored gardens includes three of the oldest living trees in the city and is located on one of Cape May’s most prestigious streets, called one of the ‘prettiest in America’ by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Schneider, a sole practitioner specializing in historic landscapes, is a former board member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society. |
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Deborah Stern MFA'87 |
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1970s |
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Paulette Bensignor BFA'71 |
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| Rita Bernstein MFA'76 is teaching at the Vero Beach Museum of Art and is Artist in Residence for Disney Corp. in Vero Beach, FL. She recently showed her work in The Other Side of Art at Villanova University. Bernstein's work, A Prayer Tent of the Gabbeh, will be on display at the Cultural Council of Indian River County and travel to additional Florida locations. |
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| Sandra Garz MCP'75 has been named executive vice president of the Gershman Y, the center city arts and cultural branch of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia. The mission of the Gershman Y is to serve as a dynamic regional center for arts and culture, retaining a commitment to Jewish culture and identity while appealing to a diverse audience through wide-ranging programming. Mimi Oritsky MFA'79 will exhibit her work in a solo show at AIR Gallery in New York, October 9-November 3; reception: October 11, 6-8pm. At right: Ronda Shadow #4. |
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| Susan Menconi CW'74 and her business partner, Andrew Schoelkopf, of Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, LLC, New York, will again be exhibiting at USArtists in Philadelphia. The art fair, which includes American works from the 18th through the 21st centuries, will be held at the 33rd Street Armory on Drexel’s campus, October 19-21, and is a benefit for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. |
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John Woolsey BFA'72 MFA'73 |
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| Dennis McGlade MLA'69 has been named an honorary fellow of the Kew Guild of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Located near London, the Royal Botanic Gardens feature the largest collection of plants in the world and are considered a center of excellence for all aspects of botany and the horticultural sciences. McGlade, president and principal of Olin Partnership, is the principal-in-charge for the redesign of Pratt Street located in downtown Baltimore, pictured at right. The redesign was awarded a 2007 Design Award from the Maryland Chapter of AIA and the 2007 Downtown Baltimore Award. |
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| Amaranth Roslyn Ehrenhalt BFA'51 "as the seasons evolve", a solo show of over 40 works, will be on view in Bagneux, 2 miles south of Paris, France, October 20-December 19. Critic Beatrice Comte describes Ehrenhalt's dynamic abstract expressionist paintings, watercolors, sculpture and prints as “radiating energy” from an artist who “makes her honey from everything.” Etta Zuritsky Winigrad BFA'58 will exhibit ceramic sculpture work at the Muse Gallery in Philadelphia, October 3-28; opening reception is First Friday, October 5, 5-9pm. At right: Waiting: II. |
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