and Alex Richards look forward to seeing you. For more information, call 845-758-7089 or visit annandaleonline.org. Mira Dancy is based in New York City and her work was recently exhibited in Greater New York at MoMA PS1. Her solo exhibitions include Night Gallery in Los Angeles; Chapter NY in New York City; and Galerie Hussenot in Paris.
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Back row, left to right: Alex Kuc ’08, Ani Toncheva ’09, Scott McMillen ’09, Francesca Carendi ’08, Noah McKenna ’08, Jordan Volz ’07, Jana Hymowitz ’08, Ashira Islove ’07, Michael Burgevin ’10, Kit Martin ’08, Josef Woldense ’06, Eli Strauss ’11. Front row, left to right: Beverley Annan ’07, Alanna Costelloe-Kuehn ’08, Gerry Pambo-Awich ’08, Hannah Byrnes-Enoch ’08, Janine Paat ’08, Clara Wellons ’08, Anna Neverova ’07, Dio Martins ’07. photo Patricia Burmicky
’06 10th Reunion: May 27–29, 2016 Please come back in May for your reunion. Your classmates and members of the reunion committee Raluca Albu, Brendan Berg, Lindsay Davis Carr, Christophe Chung, Dylan Flynn, Alexandra Fred, S. Asher Gelman, Kaythee Hlaing, Corinne Hoener, Victoria Jacobs, Christie Seaver, Carlin Thomas, Adam Turner, and Matt Wing look forward to seeing you. For more information, call 845-758-7089 or visit annandaleonline.org. Sarah Elia is president of New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYS TESOL), one the largest and most active affiliates of TESOL International Association. Based at Teachers College, Columbia University, the organization is concerned with the education of English language learners at all levels of education in New York State. | Meryl “Mimi” Winick is in the doctoral program in English at Rutgers University. Winick’s recent article, “Scholarly Collaboration for a Feminist New Age in Jane Harrison’s and Jessie Weston’s Alternative Histories” (Nineteenth Century Gender Studies 11, no. 3, Winter 2015) draws from her Senior Project and dissertation.
’05 Ashley Bathgate releases her first solo album, Stories for Ocean Shells, on Cantaloupe Music in April 2016. She continues to play with the awardwinning ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars and is an avid commissioner and performer of contemporary music. For her most recent project, Ashley collaborated with composer collective Sleeping Giant; they developed a series of reflections inspired by the Unaccompanied Cello Suites of J. S. Bach. Bach
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Unwound received its world premiere in New York City in January 2016.
’03 Samantha Boshnack premiered Coelacanth: In Its Own Time with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra in 2015, as well as Global Concertos, with funding from New Music USA, 4Culture, and Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. The Sam Boshnack Quintet toured the Northwest with Karin Stevens Dance and also performed at Cannonball Miami. In February, Sam’s quintet played the Royal Room before heading into the studio to record The Nellie Bly Project, the group’s second album.
’02 Amy Clark’s first full-length collection of fiction was published in January 2016. Adulterous Generation (Queen’s Ferry Press) features a story that began as part of her Senior Project. Amy is a writing specialist with Northeastern University’s Foundation Year program. She lives near Boston with her family. amylclark.com | Cynthia Kane’s book How To Communicate Like a Buddhist (Hierophant Publishing) will debut this spring. She’s written on this topic for different outlets, including The Washington Post, and teaches the skill of empowered communication to men and women in private programs to help change how they communicate in their relationships, at work, at home, and in school. cynthiakane.com
’01 15th Reunion: May 27–29, 2016 Please come back in May for your reunion. Your classmates and members of the reunion committee Timand Bates ’02, Max Kenner, Anne McPeak,
Julia Christensen was recently awarded tenure at Oberlin College, where she is associate professor of integrated media in the Studio Art Department. In 2015, she received a MacDowell Fellowship and the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, and her work was exhibited at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York City and 21C Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, among other venues. Christensen’s ongoing project about obsolete electronics and e-waste, Upgrade Available, is at upgrade-available.com.
’96 20th Reunion: May 27–29, 2016 Please come back in May for your reunion. Your classmates and members of the reunion committee Gavin Kleespies, Jean (Doughty) Popovich, Yat Qasimi, Walter Swett, Jennifer Abrams Thompson, and Ilyas Washington look forward to seeing you. For more information, call 845-758-7089 or visit annandaleonline.org. Aaron English tours America and Europe as a solo singer-songwriter with the Aaron English Band (aaronenglishband.com). Recent successes include a top-five hit in Italy. He recently founded a nonprofit, International Youth Music Project, to support his work building music programs at East African orphanages. facebook.com/ InternationalYouthMusicProject | Marta Topferova is living in Prague, Czech Republic. Marta performs regularly around Europe with her various ensembles. She was recently awarded two grants from the Bohuslav Martinu° and Leoš Janácˇek foundations for performing the composers’ works. Marta is also a dedicated composer and is working on her eighth CD. martatopferova.com
’95 Since 2013, Cloe Liparini has been living with her husband and daughter in Geneva, Switzerland. She is the associate director of the Duke Program on Global Policy and Governance and has worked in the areas of international education, experiential learning, and civic engagement for over a decade. Life is good in the land of cheese and chocolate, and she is particularly enjoying the close proximity to friends and family in Italy.