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Stacy Shultz Burger (Ph.D. 2004) In May, Stacy
completed her Ph.D. ("The Female Body in Performance: Themes of Beauty,
Body Image, Identity, and Violence"), and on July 28, she became the mother
of Logan Neil Burger (9 lbs., 4 oz., 21 inches). Currently a visiting assistant
professor at Kentucky State University, she will present the paper “Performing
the Black Nude: The Artist’s Body as a Contested Site” during the
Black Nude session at CAA in Atlanta this year. Louise Caldi (Ph.D. 2002) Louise is now administrative assistant to James Ulak, Deputy Director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Nick Capasso (Ph.D. 1998) is curator at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he recently organized solo exhibitions of sculptors Rona Pondick and Pat Keck. His current project is the group thematic exhibition, “Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art,” which runs through April 17, 2005. He is also board chair of the Urban Arts Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art, a nonprofit, public art service provider and think tank. He was recently appointed to the General Services Administration’s National Register of Peer Professionals, which selects public artists for federal building projects. Nick, who will teach a course on curatorship for Boston University’s Department of Art History this spring, has also been working as a curatorial consultant to private collectors of outdoor sculpture, and has helped to realize site-specific projects by contemporary artists Andy Goldsworthy, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Anne and Patrick Poirier. He lives with his wife, Andrea Southwick, and daughter Maya, 6, in a co-housing community in Acton, Massachusetts. David Carroll (Ph.D. 2003) is an adjunct professor of Art History at Simmons College in Boston this year. Lisa Victoria Cerisi (Ph.D. 2003) The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) has awarded Lisa a six-month postdoctoral grant to conduct a research project in Germany through June of this year. Her paper, “Of Offerings and Kings: the Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne and the Aachen Karlsschrein and Marienschrein in Coronation Ritual,” was accepted for publication by Forschungen zur Kunstgeschichte (Akademie Verlag, Berlin). Lisa will also present the paper “‘In Medio Chori and Sub Corona’: The Cult Site of St. Charlemagne in Aquensian Ritual” at CAA.
Brian Clancy taught architectural history and urban planning as a visiting professor at Marlboro College in southern Vermont during 2003-04, and he completed his dissertation, "An Architectural History of Grand Opera Houses: Constructing Cultural Identity in Urban America from 1850 to the Great Depression." Brian and his wife Amy Driscoll (M.A. 2000) are celebrating the birth of their first child, Katherine Linnea Clancy in November, 2004. Jonathan Clancy (B.A. 2001) Jonathan is a graduate student at CUNY, where he won the 2003-2004 Catherine Hoover Voorsanger Fellowship in American Art History for students focusing on the decorative arts. Adrienne DeAngelis (Ph.D. 1997) Adrienne, who teaches at Morehead State University in Kentucky, has two articles slated for publication this year: “The Apollo Wellhead of Danese Cattaneo as a Source for Ammannati’s Juno Fountain in Florence” in Artibus et Historiae (vol. 51, 2005); and “On the Ashmolean Bust of Lorenzo de’Medici” in The Sculpture Journal (March, 2005). In April, she will present a paper on “The Fregoso Monument” at the 2005 Conference of the Renaissance Society of America in Cambridge, UK, for which she also organized the panel, “New Studies in the Italian Renaissance Portrait Bust.” Sara Doris (M.A. 1990) Sara has been appointed Fellow to The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, for the 2004-05 academic year. Kathleen Enz Finken (Ph.D. 1998) Kathleen is currently serving as interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Minnesota State University Moorhead. She received the university's 2003 Academic Affairs Award for Excellence in Teaching, and was selected to represent the university in a year-long leadership development program for leaders in academic institutions throughout Minnesota.
Tracy Fitzpatrick (PhD. 2004) Tracy has been hired by SUNY Purchase to fill a joint position, Assistant Professor of Art History, Purchase College, SUNY and Curator, Neuberger Museum of Art. She will be teaching modern and contemporary art history and curatorial studies, as well as curating at the museum. In addition, the University Relations Office at Rutgers interviewed her about her dissertation topic for the new Graduate School brochure.
Gregory Gilbert (Ph.D. 1998) Last spring, Greg was granted tenure at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, which had awarded him the 2002 Philip Green Wright/Lombard Prize for Distinguished Teaching. His article, "Robert Motherwell's World War II Collages: Signifying War as Topical Spectacle in Abstract Expressionist Art" -- which originally appeared in the festschrift which he organized with Caroline Goeser in honor of Professor Matthew Baigell’s retirement -- has also been published in the Oxford Art Journal (vol. 27, no. 3, 2004). Greg will present a talk, “Rethinking De Kooning's Women: Gender Identity, Mass Culture and the Social Construct of the ‘Patriotute,’ ” in the session "Mass Culture Before Pop" at the 2005 CAA conference in Atlanta. In addition, he has been invited to present a lecture on Motherwell’s collages at the international conference “Collage as Cultural Practice” at the University of Iowa.
Frima Fox Hofrichter (Ph.D. 1979) Professor and chair of the History of Art and Design Department at Pratt Institute, is a contributor/collaborator for Janson’s Basic History of Art, 7th ed. (writing Part III-Renaissance to Rococo, the Early Modern World ) which will be published this Spring. She is also a contributor/collaborator for Janson’s History of Art, 7th ed., writing the Baroque and Rococo chapters. The new Janson editions will include more social and cultural history— the focus of Frima’s work. Meisha Hunter (M.A. 1997) Meisha, historic preservationist for the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, delivered the paper "Bringing the Croton to New York: Exploring Manhattan Landmarks" at the Berliner Denkmaltage conference in Berlin during September, 2004. Norman Kleeblatt (B.A. 1971) Among Norman’s most recent publications are: “The Nazi Occupation of the White Cube: Piotr Uklanski's The Nazis and Rudolf Herz's Zugzwang," in Impossible Images: Contemporary Art after the Holocaust, ed. Shelley Hornstein, Laura Levitt, and Laurence Silberstein (New York University Press, 2003); "Istanbul Biennial," Reviews: International, in ARTNews (vol. 102, no. 11, December, 2003); 21 entries in Masterworks of The Jewish Museum (Yale University Press, 2004); and "House Rules: Norman Kleeblatt on Maison Rouge" in Artforum (vol 43, no. 3, November, 2004). His critical introduction for a series of four articles, “Identity Roller Coaster,” will appear in the Spring issue of Art Journal. Norman is also curator of “Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate the Centennial,” which runs through March, 2005 at The Jewish Museum in New York, and was one of six curators of “Six Feet Under: Make Nice, A Presentation of work by Rainer Ganahl and Artur Zmijewski.,” which took place last summer at the White Box, New York. Norman gave the talk "The Distanced Mirrors of Memory: Contemporary Artists Respond to Nazi Imagery and Evil" during the Jewish Heritage Lecture Series, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison in March; was session chair for "Identity Roller Coaster" at CAA 2004; was the speaker on "Wertheimer, Rothschild, and Kahnweiler: Jewish Patrons and the Paradox of Portraiture" at the Yellin Memorial Lectures, The Judah L. Magnes Museum, Oakland, in February; and served as panelist for "Israel in America: Challenges of Presenting New Israeli Art" at the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York, in June. Christine W. Laidlaw (Ph.D. 1996) Christine’s article, "Painting with Silken Threads: Fanny Dixwell Holmes and Japanism in Nineteenth-Century Boston," (Studies in the Decorative Arts, Spring-Summer 2003, pp. 42-68), was honored by the Decorative Arts Society with the Robert C. Smith Award as one of two distinguished decorative arts articles published in the U.S. during 2003.
Gail Levin (Ph.D. 1976) Professor of Art History and American Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, Gail announces that her book, Aaron Copland's America (Watson-Guptill, 2000), co-authored with Judith Tick, has been published in Japanese translation by Toshindo Press, Tokyo. Also in Japan, Gail’s article “American Women Artists, Art Dealers, and Museum Personnel: Feminists or Self-Involved Careerists?” was published in Art Research (vol. 4, March 2004, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto). Last fall, her article, “Between Two Worlds: Folk Culture, Identity, and the American Art of Yasuo Kuniyoshi,” appeared in The Archives of American Art Journal (vol. 43). Her article, “Biography and the Visual Arts: The Problematic Interface of Images and Life,” was published in Biography and Source Studies (vol. 8, 2004). During 2004, Gail presented several papers and lectures in the U.S. and Canada: “How Realism Can be Modern,” in “Redefining American Modernism,” College Art Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 19, 2004; "Problems in Dating: Putting the Catalogue Raisonne in Order," at "The Catalogue Raisonne: A Seminar," at New York University on April 17, 2004; and "Edward Hopper and the Cinema," at the University of Toronto, April 30, 2004. In February of this year, she will chair two sessions at the annual meeting of the College Art Association on "Film and the Visual Arts," parts I & II. Joanna Lindenbaum (B.A. 1997) Joanna curated the exhibition “Innovator,
Activist, Healer: The Art of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis,” organized originally
by The Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, and “Erwartung/Expectancy: A
Video Installation by Dara Birnbaum” at the Jewish Museum in New York
in September. Joanna was a contributor of three entries in Masterworks of The
Jewish Museum (Yale University Press, 2004), and served as a panelist in "Institutional
Issues in Community Engagement" at the Animating Democracy Conference,
Flint, Michigan, Americans for the Arts in October, 2003. Linda Backer McKee (M.A. 1983) In 2004, Linda, head librarian at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida since 1994, published two books with assistant curator Francoise Hack: Cà d'Zan: The Ringling Winter Residence and The Art Galleries at the Ringling Museum. A third publication on the historic John Ringling Library is in preparation. Rose Merola (M.A. 2000) Rose was curator of “White Matter(s),” a group exhibition presented by NATUREart Non-Profit, Inc. The exhibition took place September 10 through October 10, 2004. Felicia Messina-D'Haiti (M.A. 1995) Felicia earned her National Board Certification in Art /Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, in November, 2004. She is one of three art teachers in Prince George's County to earn this certification. She also presented a paper titled "Conversations with Art: A Phenomenological Study of Children's Lived Experiences of Being in the Presence of their Own Art" during the conference of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, held at the University of Memphis in October, 2004.
Amy Mooney (Ph.D. 2001) Amy published the book Archibald J. Motley, Jr. in the David C. Driskell Series on African American Art, vol. 4 (Petaluma, CA: Pomegranate Press, 2004). Ferris Olin (Ph.D. 1998) Ferris is Vice President for Committees of the College
Art Association through 2005. She is also chair of CAA’s nominating committee,
and serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, the Budget
and Finance Committee, the Committee on Intellectual Property, and the Annual
Conference Committee. Along with Sara Harrington and Joseph Consoli, she co-curated "Anarchy
and Form: Works by Miriam Schapiro," and wrote the exhibition's catalog.
The show, sponsored by the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, ran from November
10 through February 18. The Dana Women Artists Series Spring, 2005 exhibition, "Artists
on the Edge: Douglass College and the Rutgers MFA," will open on March
9, 2005 with a reception and artists panel. This show was developed by students
in Dr. Joan Marter's graduate exhibition seminar held in spring, 2004, and
was coordinated by Olin, with assistance from Sarah Harrington. Ferris is also
the author of an article on Samella Lewis, published in Aurora (Winter, 2004).
The journal is edited by Lilian Zirpolo and Joann Gardner-Hugett. Elizabeth Weinfield (B.A. 2002) Elizabeth is currently living in New York City, where she is enjoying careers in both music and art history. A freelance violist, she recently joined the violin faculty of Boys Harbor Conservatory. Elizabeth also works part-time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s department of European painting, where she does provenance research on nineteenth-century French art. Stephan Wolohojian (B.A. 1984) Stephan recently won the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award and the Book Prize from the AAMC (American Association of Museum Curators) for his book A Private Passion: 19th-century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthop Collection, Harvard University (Yale University Press, 2003). Midori Yoshimoto (Ph.D. 2002) Midori has co-organized the exhibition “A New Diversity: Art from Northern New Jersey's Latino Diaspora” at New Jersey City University Galleries, where she currently serves as director. Part of the state-wide arts initiative “Transcultural New Jersey,” the exhibition has traveled to the Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts and will also be mounted at the Montclair State University Art Gallery. Since November, 2004, she has been giving occasional gallery talks at the MoMA as one of the museum’s education lecturers. In February, 2005, she will present the paper “What is Japanese Painting Today? Young Artists Deconstruct Nihonga” at the CAA Annual Conference. Midori’s book, Into Performance: Japanese Artists in New York, will be published by Rutgers University Press in spring, 2005. Lilian H. Zirpolo (Ph.D. 1994) Lilian’s book, Ave Papa/Ave Papabile: The Sacchetti Family, Their Art Patronage, and Political Aspirations, for which she received a Samuel H. Kress Publication Grant, will be published by the Centre of Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, Toronto (with Toronto University Press) in early 2005 as part of their Essays and Studies Series. Also forthcoming are her reviews of Caravaggio by John Gash (Chaucer Press, 2003) in Art History; Philip II of Spain: Patron of the Arts by Rosemarie Mulcahy in the Renaissance Quarterly; and Architecture and Politics of Gender in Early Modern Europe, Helen Hills, ed. (Ashgate, 2003) in the Woman's Art Journal. In April, 2004 Lilian co-organized and co-chaired (with Rutgers alumnus Zbynek Smetana) a session at the South Central Renaissance Conference in Austin, Texas entitled "Artistic Construction of an Identity." At the same venue she presented a paper on "Christina of Sweden: Pier Francesco Mola's Patron," and in May, 2004 she presented a paper at the Mediterranean Studies Association Conference in Barcelona entitled "Who is Depicted in Simon Vouet's Allegory of the Human Soul? Prudence or Memory?" She continues to co-edit and co-publish (with Joanna Gardner-Huggett) Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art, now in its sixth year.  |
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