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CERAMICS

Richard Notkin, one of America’s most respected ceramic sculptors, visited the CCAD campus for an artist talk and demos in the ceramics lab. Notkin lives and maintains a studio in Helena, Montana. His work is characterized by extreme detail and craft, particularly on small-scale objects. Notkin graduated from Kansas City Art Institute, and the University of California, Davis. He has been the recipient of both Tiffany and Guggenheim Fellowships and his works are included in important collections in Japan, London, Amsterdam, New York, among others. 4/21/08

GLASS

Over a several week period, students in advanced glassblowing worked with visiting artists to learn new techniques and collaborate on difficult processes. Brian Becker demonstrated caneworking. Together with the students, he created rods of clear glass striped with orange and brown. The glass rods were stretched and pulled to lengths over 10 feet.

Jake Stout visited the class the following week and demonstrated how glass artists use pulled cane. Stout showed students how to successfully assemble goblets creating impressive patterned forms. 4/21/08

DRAWING

The Lowell Tolstedt Drawing Prize award winners are Michael Lovett-first prize, Mark Bush-second prize and Jeremy Fenske-third prize. Jason Borders and Erika Podwoiski were awarded Honorable Mentions. Visiting artist, Anthony Brunelli was this year's judge. The Lowell Tolstedt Drawing Prize was established four years ago to celebrate and promote the strong drawing tradition at CCAD. The prize honors Lowell Tolstedt, professor emeritus who has devoted his energy in equal part to his students and his art. Each year CCAD drawing faculty will present the prize and renew their belief in the importance of drawing for the success of CCAD students. The prize is made possible because of the endowment gift from Pam and Tom Workman, who have enthusiastically chosen to fund this award.

PAINTING

Gordon Lee, CCAD Fine Arts Professor and chair of drawing and printmaking, gave a lecture on November 19, 2007 about his current exhibition in the Joseph V. Canzani Gallery. Gordon discussed the inspiration he derived from his recent sabbatical trip to his native Hong Kong and his search for the 84 year old graffiti artist who spent 40 years proclaiming through his street calligraphy to be the "Emperor of Kowloon."

Philip R. Jackson was a visiting artist on Thursday November 29th. Phillip is an Assistant Professor of Painting at the University of Mississippi in Oxford; MS. Philip holds a BFA degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design and an MFA from Bowling Green State University. An emerging contemporary realist painter, Philip R. Jackson’s work has been shown in many national and international juried exhibitions and is sought after by numerous private collectors. Jackson is a recipient of an internationally juried fellowship from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in Montreal, Canada, which recognized him as a premier realist painter. Also, Jackson’s was featured in the June 2007, Still Life issue of Southwest Art Magazine and the July/August 2007 issue of American Artist Magazine (also on the cover). Philip Jackson’s web site can be viewed at: p-jackson.com.

Martina Nikova, FA 2007, was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant. The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Funds representational or figurative artists working in the early stages of their careers in painting, drawing, printmaking, or sculpture only. The grant is $12,500 (Canadian $).

PRINTMAKING

Joan Tallan was a visiting artist for printmaking on November 12, 2007. Ms. Tallan has taught at the Vermont Studio Center and at Otterbein College. She has an extensive national exhibition history. Her BFA is from the State University of New York, MEd in Art Education is from Wright State, and MA in Art Therapy is from George Washington University. Ms. Tallon did a demo and lecture for the advanced print course.

Charles Massey, Jr. was a visiting artist in the print lab during the fall semester. Professor Massey teaches in Department of Art at the Ohio State University. His work, the majority of which is prints and drawings, has been exhibited internationally, nationally and regionally in more than 760 exhibitions; it has received more than 175 awards and is included in more than 75 public collections, including the Library of Congress, Egypt, England, Iceland, Japan, Korea and Poland. Professor Massey has received three Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and one from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jim Weigle, Professor in Printmaking at CCAD, gave a lecture about his recent visit to Xi‚an Academy of Fine Arts in Xi‚an, China where he participated in an International Printmaking Work Studio. Nine printmakers were selected from the US, France, Germany, England, and Belgium. During his two and half week visit, Jim produced 4 lithographs that were exhibited at the Academy and will remain as part of their permanent collection.

Deborah Riley visited campus September 24-26 and worked with students in Fine Arts and Media Studies in the printmaking labs in Kinney Hall. Deborah Riley received a BFA in Photography in 1982 from Northwest Missouri State University and a BS in Elementary and Secondary Art Education in 1984. Along with a slide lecture, Deborah gave a polymer photogravure workshop, which provided hands-on experience with this hybrid of photography and printmaking.

WATERCOLOR

Mark Bush, who won 1st place ($1000) at the regional Ohio River Valley Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters Water Media on Paper Competition went on to take second place ($8000) at the national competition in Arizona. He is featured in the Fall 2007 issue of American Artist.

SCULPTURE

Dorothy Gill Barnes was a visiting speaker this semester for sculpture. She works in wood and other natural materials prepared, harvested, (often planted) always with concern for the environment. Her presentation included a display of miniature wood experiments.

Students Andy Maas, Michael Moore and Jake Carpenter have been nominated by Fine Arts faculty members for the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards from the International Sculpture Center.