CLASS NOTES
Becca Gardner dances with Ballet Ariel in Denver. They performed at the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, followed by The Nutcracker and The Spring Show. She has also been dancing with and teaching master classes regularly for the Denver Independent Choreographers Project.
over the world to realize a more sustainable and creative living experience. Now entering our third season of activity, Better Farm boasts a 1,400-square-foot, solarpowered art barn, organic gardens, several alternative structures built by the people staying here, a few rescued chickens and dogs, and big ideas for the future. Our most recent initiative has been betterArts, a 501(c)3 subsidiary of Better Farm offering low-cost and free music and art instruction for all ages as a way to make the arts accessible to all.” (Redwood, N.Y.)
Julia Skloot danced for the Crispin
Katharine Callard joined eight
Spaeth Dance Group in Seattle, taught dance at the Creative Dance Center (which she helped to start), and was a member of the Left Field Dance Collective, which performs throughout Seattle in theaters, warehouses, and public spaces. She studied for an MFA in choreography at Sarah Lawrence College. (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
others to bicycle from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., to raise money for social-justice organizations across the country. The riders—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, straight, and allied cyclists—rode to raise awareness about forms of oppression in queer communities while meeting with other marginalized communities, such as Native American reservations, small farmers, homestead ranchers, mining towns, and low-income neighborhoods.
2000 Morgan Bernal is the proud parent of Aiden Cole Bernal, born on January 26, 2008. Paul Bogosian writes, “I’m a blurry
person sitting behind the anchor on the CBS Evening News, Weekend Edition. In addition to sitting, I’m writing, editing, shooting, researching, and generally leaning weird-faced into the wind tunnel of life. If you have any good featurestory ideas for the news, please drop me a line.” (New York City) Nicole Caldwell writes, “I moved in
2009 from NewYork City to a little town on the New York-Canada border to start a sustainability education center and artists retreat facility called Better Farm (www.betterfarm.org). Through educational workshops, internships, artist residencies, gallery showings and events, and an ongoing commitment to sustainable living and community outreach, we’re working with people from all
Christine Luby 98F
CJ Holm presented her new work,
The Salad of the Bad Cafe, cocreated with Tiana Hemlock, in January 2011 at Gowanus Arts in New York City. She also presented new work at Judson Church in New York in November.
Ben Aqua
and community-engagement campaigns. It’s exciting to feel the confidence in my experiences and skills to break out on my own and live out a longtime dream!” (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Paul Rodriguez 97F
Amanda Jones 98F and partner Chad Hopper
Morgan Bernal 00F and son Aiden
Paul Bogosian 00F
Hannah Margulis-Kessel was accepted into the master’s program in the School of Education at the University of California Berkeley. Eileen Meyer writes, “I’m a producer and freelance film editor working in New York, Los Angeles, and Memphis. My work has screened at numerous festivals over the past few years, including Outfest 2011 (Woman’s Picture) and Sundance 2012 (The Thing). I’m editing two feature films this year, along with a number of shorts, both documentary and narrative. See eileeneditor.com.
Summer 2012 To Know Is Not Enough
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