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Department of Fine Arts

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  • Arianna Valle, class of 2012, was recently accepted into the Master of Fine Arts program at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.  Ms. Valle majored in Photography.
  • Annelise Furnald and William Thacker (Photography Majors) placed 1st and 2nd respectively in this years Demonstration & Performance category of the Loyola Undergraduate Student Research and Scholarship Colloquium.  Both artists recently exhibited their Senior Projects in the front gallery at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. 
  • An opening reception for Studio Arts minor, Elissa D'Abusco, was held on April 26th.  Her private study mixed media public project, Faces I Love, is installed in three store-front windows of the Verizon building on the 5700 block of York Road.  The project was a collaboration between the Visual Arts program, the Center for Community Service and Justice and the York Road Initiative. 
  • Lake Newton, Affiliate Faculty & Photography Lab Technician, has recently exhibited two solo shows (Painters' Choice- New Orleans / Storyville- Memphis) as well as participated in group shows in Baltimore, Gainesville, FL, and Atlanta.  A selection from his project In the Realm of Louis was featured in the online journal Eyes on the South, Oxford American magazine. 
  • The Loyola Theatre program presented Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.  The play follows a pair of men who divert themselves while waiting for someone named Godot to arrive.  To occupy the time they perform various activities and contemplate many things, leaving the audience very entertained.  Waiting for Godot was directed by Professor Natka Bianchini.  All shows were at the Black Box Theatre on the campus of Loyola University Maryland.
  • The Loyola University Evergreen Players was proud to present, Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare.  Known perhaps as his bloodiest and most violent work, the play is set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is caught in a cycle of revenge with Tamora, Queen of the Goths.  The play was directed by Dr. Jim Bunzli, and ran from Thursday, February 21st at 7pm, February 22nd at 8pm, Saturday February 23rd at 8pm, and Sunday, February 24th at 2pm.  All shows are at the McManus Theatre on the campus of Loyola University Maryland.
  • Carol Frost, Affiliate Professor of Fine Art (Studio) has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Franz and Virginia Bader Fund for excellence in painting.  The foundation is based in Philadelphia, PA.  Professor Frost's work can be viewed on line at www.carolmillerfrost.com.
  • Janet Maher, Associate Professor of Fine Art (Studio), will have an exhibition and book signing at the Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, opening March 1, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.  The exhibition is related to her recent publication From the Old Sod to the Naugatuck Valley published in May of 2012.
  • Congratulations to Katie Fow '12, a recent graduate in Art History, on her internship with the Exhibition Department at the Freer & Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., where she will be working on an upcoming exhibition and other projects
  • Christopher Lonegan, Affiliate Professor of Fine Arts (Studio) has been awarded a doctorate in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts.  His dissertation, The Anatomy of Spirit: Art, Philosophy and Anatomical Illustration, was awarded ISDVA's first Dissertation Prize.
  • Mary Beth Akre, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, presented a selection of paintings for her sabbatical exhibition- The Vanishing Rural Landscape- at the Julio Fine Arts Gallery from Oct. 22nd to Nov. 20th. 
  • Kerry Boeye, Assistant Professor of Art History, participated in a public discussion with Shahzia Sikander, an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, on November 8th at the Jewish Museum in New York in conjunction with the exhibition, "Crossing Borders:  Hebrew Manuscripts from the Bodleian Library."  The discussion placed the exhibition's medieval Hebrew manuscripts in dialogue with Sikander's innovative work, which engages artistic and religious traditions in order to explore shifting processes of making and meaning.  For more information see: www.thejewishmuseum.org/bodleianprograms.
  • The exhibit, "FRAMED", was on display in the Loyola/Notre Dame Library, Ferguson Gallery from November 12th to December 7th.  The exhibition is the result of two classes, Professional Practices for Artists and Artist Survival Seminar.  The show includes a range of media-phototography/painting/drawing- by Christine Cairoli, Marty Corcoran, Missy Dolaway, Taylor Fuller, Margaret Lee, Kate Marshall, Amanda Philipp, Evan Slagle, and Greg Stokinger.
  • The Baltimore Jazz Alliance Big Band, under the direction of Professor of Music Anthony Villa, will presented a free concert at Loyola's McManus Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 11th at 7:00pm.  The BJABB performs original jazz works by Baltimore-area composers and arrangers.  The 17-member group will also be performing at Cecil College on September 7th. 
  • In May, 2012 Janet Maher, Associate Professor of Fine Arts (Studio Art) published From the Old Sod to the Naugatuck Valley: Early Irish Catholics in New Haven County, Connecticut, Apprentice House. Her book explores the history of Ireland through the perspective of Catholicism, bringing it to the origins of Catholicism in Connecticut, then to several Irish families whose personal stories extend to the present. Information about this scholarly and visual project may be found on her blog, Maher Matters (http: www.mahermatters.com) or on her web site (http://www.janetmaher.com).
  • Work by Professor Mary Skeen, Photography has been accepted into the Delaware Art Museum's Juried Centennial exhibition.  The show will run from October 2012 to January 2013.
  • TITANIC, the musical, was presented by the Loyola University Maryland Evergreen Players at the McManus Theatre from the 13th to 15th of April.
  • Elizabeth Berry ('12) won first prize in Arts & Humanities at the Undergraduate Student Research and Scholarship Colloquium for her paper on Rogier van der Weyden.  Josie Daly ('12) won second place for her paper on the Bentovoglio Bible.  Arianna Valle ('12) won second place in Demonstration and Performance for her photographic work: Disquieting Beauty.
  • Nicole Meily ('15) has been named the First Year Promising Scholar for her final paper in Art History 111.01, Survey of Art: Renaissance to Modern (Alpha, Fall, 2011).
  • Elizabeth Berry ('12) presented her paper "Tools of the Trade: The Medical Context of Rogier van der Weyden's Last Judgement Altarpiece" at an undergraduate art history conference at Bowling Green University.
  • Daniel Pinha, Affiliate Instructor in Theatre, is working as the Props Master and Assistant Scenic Designer for the upcoming show Taming of the Shrew, held at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. 
  • Dan Schlapbach, Photography, received a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artists Award grant.  Administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the MSAC's competitive Individual Artists Award Program recognizes the unique contribution made by artists to the cultural vitality of Maryland. 
  • The Department of Fine Arts is proud to announce the acceptance of Natalia St. Jean to the 2012 National Conference on Undergraduate Research.  This annual conference provides a forum for undergraduate students from all over the country to present research projects from a variety of disciplines.  Ms. St. Jean will be delivering a lecture comparing two different choral settings on the Latin chant "Oh Magnum Mysterium".  The 2012 NCUR is being hosted by Weber University in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

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