2006
Irene Abraham had a solo show entitled, Seeing is Believing, at the Waldorf College Art Gallery in Forest City, IA in February and March. The show, which dealt with issues of vision and meaning, was organized by Kristi Carlson, also an alumna of the class of 2006. (MFA-VA) Sarah Aronson is proud to announce the sale of her third novel, Be-
Jennifer Gennari’s first book, My Mixed-Up, Berry Blue Summer, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Books in spring 2012. The middle grade novel about pie and courage was her VCFA thesis. (MFA-WCYA) Jodi Hays will be showing work in Philadelphia this summer at Grizzly Grizzly. She also had a solo show curated by Sara Estes At Three Squared Gallery in Nashville in February. (MFA-VA) Robert O’Connor is the founder of FilmOneFest, the one-minute film festival that’s in its fourth year. The festival attracts submissions from around the world and has become a much-anticipated summer event on the Jersey Shore. (MFA-VA)
lieve, to Andrew Karre of Carolrhoda Lab for publication in fall 2013. Her second novel, Beyond Lucky, was recently named a VOYA Top Shelf Pick for Middle Grade Readers. (MFA-WCYA) Anne Bauer’s poetry chapbook Fine Absence won the Pavement Saw Press Award in 2011 and was published by Pavement Saw. (MFA-W) John Feodorov was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Art at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University in Washington State. (MFA-VA)
two novels she worked on while earning her MFA have been published; Weaving Magic and Stained Glass Summer are now available at all online bookstores. (MFA-WCYA)
2005
Sybil Baker’s third book, Into This World, was released by Engine Books in May. (MFA-W) Jane Buchanan’s picture book, Seed Magic, illustrated by Charlotte Riley Webb, was released by Peachtree Publishers on April 1. (MFA-WCYA)
Kristyn Kusek Lewis’s debut novel, How Lucky You Are, will be published by Grand Central Publishing on September 4, 2012. (MFA-W) Alicia Potter’s picture book Mrs. Harkness and the Panda (Knopf ) tells of a socialite’s trek to China to bring the first panda to the US. Illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, it received stars in Booklist and School Library Journal. (MFA-WCYA)
William Duvall’s tenminute drama in verse, The Contents, about slaves shipping themselves north in packing crates, was performed at the Greensboro Cultural Center (NC) in February. (MFA-W) Mindy Hardwick is pleased to announce the
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