Alumni E-Newsletter: June 14, 2012

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN DESIGN Iowa State’s Design in Action exhibit heads to Smithsonian Folklife Festival in D.C.

More than 1 million people are expected to visit the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 27-July 1 and July 4-8. And Iowa State University will be center stage to show how faculty, staff and students put design in action to transform communities. A dedicated team, led by members of the College of Design, has been hard at work for several months creating the university’s exhibit, “Transforming Communities: Design in Action.” A campus preview was held June 12 before the trusses, computers, LED panels, touchscreen workstations and original artwork are crated and shipped to the nation’s capital early next week. [Read more] [See additional campus preview photos]

College of Design Students, Alumni Part of Des Moines Arts Festival

Eight Iowa State University students and recent graduates will exhibit their work at the 2012 Des Moines Arts Festival. Emerging Iowa Artists from Iowa State this year include Anna Blake (BFA 2011 Integrated Studio Arts), West Des Moines; Heather Davis, graduate student in integrated visual arts, Ames (work shown at left); Patrick Doubet (BFA 2010 Integrated Studio Arts), Mount Vernon; and Elizabeth Mason (BFA 2010 Integrated Studio Arts), Dan Neubauer (BFA 2011 Integrated Studio Arts), graduate student in industrial design, and Dennis Portz (BS 2004 / MS 2008 Horticulture), all of Ames.

Chris Vance (BFA 2000 Art & Design – Visual Studies), Bondurant, and Christian Vandehaar (BFA 2009 Integrated Studio Arts), Altoona, are among the professional artists selected to participate. Vance won a Juror Award in the professional category and Vandehaar won Best of Show in the emerging artists program at the 2011 festival.

Video Features ISA Lecturer Stanley

Michael Stanley (MFA 2008 Integrated Visual Arts), lecturer in integrated studio arts, is the subject of a new ISU News Service video, which includes footage from the May 23 unveiling of his formed-steel elk sculpture at the Elk and Bison Educational Plaza in Polk County’s Jester Park.

ISA Associate Professor Paschke Has Solo Show in St. Louis

Work by Teresa Paschke, associate professor of integrated studio arts, will be on display in the “Teresa Paschke: Innovations and Traditions” exhibition, June 22 through Aug. 12 in the Charak Gallery at the Craft Alliance in St. Louis. An opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 22, at the Delmar Loop location.

NOTEWORTHY ALUMS Melany Bjorkman

Melany Bjorkman (BFA 2012 Interior Design) won third place in the residential category of the 2012 Sherwin-Williams STIR Student Design Contest with a project she developed in the fall 2011 ArtID 469/569 Advanced Color Theory class taught by Associate Professor Jihyun Song. Her work will be featured in an article on swstir.com as well as on the Sherwin-Williams for Designers & Architects Facebook page.

Jeremy Caniglia

Artwork by Jeremy Caniglia (BFA 1993 Art & Design – Drawing/Painting/Printmaking) recently was accepted into three major art shows and exhibitions: Fantastic Art Live, May 18-20 at Kansas City’s Bartle Hall; At the Edge: Art of the Fantastic, June 3-Sept. 9 at Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pa.; and a solo exhibition Aug. 17-Sept. 16 at Atlas Fantasy Art House Gallery in Carmel, Ind.

Alisha Dahl, Emily Erbes, Anya Robson

The team of Alisha Dahl, Emily Erbes and Anya Robson (all BFA 2012 Interior Design) won first place in the commercial category of the 2012 Sherwin-Williams STIR Student Design contest with a project developed in the fall 2011 ArtID 469/569 Advanced Color Theory class taught by Associate Professor Jihyun Song. Their work will be featured in the 2012 edition of STIR magazine, on swstir.com as well as on the Sherwin-Williams for Designers & Architects Facebook page.

Arleen Faeth

Arleen Faeth (MCRP 2007 Community & Regional Planning), secretary for the Science Bound Program at Iowa State, will retire this month after more than 19 years at the university. Faeth was a secretary in the landscape architecture department from 1999 to 2008, and previously worked for the residence department, ISU library and education programs at Ames Laboratory. A retirement reception will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 21, in 2015 Morrill Hall. A program will begin at 2:15 p.m. [Read more]

Peter Goché

Recent work by Peter Goché (BArch 1991 / MArch 2005 Architecture, 1991), AIA, a lecturer in architecture at the Iowa State University College of Design, is on display through Aug. 5 in the “Hedge Magic” exhibition at The Soap Factory in Minneapolis.

“Water Hutch,” part of Goché’s ongoing exploration of the production of marks and markers, takes the natural forms of the Mississippi River oxbow and transforms them into a sinuous sculpture of crafted wood. [Read more]

Rachelle Schoessler Lynn

Rachelle Schoessler Lynn (BFA 1990 Interior Design), FASID, CID, LEED AP BD+C, has joined Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd. (MS&R) in Minneapolis as a senior associate. She previously was a partner with Studio 2030, Inc., a firm she co-founded with David Loehr, AIA, AICP, LEED AP, in 2007.

Alice Peck

Alice Peck (BFA 2012 Interior Design) won second place in the commercial category of the 2012 Sherwin-Williams STIR Student Design contest with a project she developed in the fall 2011 ArtID 469/569 Advanced Color Theory class taught by Associate Professor Jihyun Song. Her work will be featured in an article on swstir.com as well as on the Sherwin-Williams for Designers & Architects Facebook page.

Alex Priest

Alex Priest (BLA 2011 Landscape Architecture), exhibition assistant at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Neb., recently helped install “The Rainbow: Certain Principles of Light and Shapes Between Forms,” a commissioned artwork and exhibition

by Michael Jones McKean. A public tour will be from 6 to 7 pm. Friday, June 22, with a panel discussion from 5 to 6 p.m. and an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 23, all at the center. [Read more]

Michele Rosenboom

Michele Rosenboom (BFA 2000 Interior Design / MA 2012 Art and Design - Graphic Design) is one of five designers still in the running to win the Repeat fabric design competition sponsored by The Printed Bolt. Her designs for the fourth challenge, “Up in the Air,” are available for review, and you can cast your vote for Reader’s Choice Award until midnight Sunday, June 17.

Lynn M. Ross

Lynn M. Ross (BS 1999 Community & Regional Planning) was named the executive director of the Urban Land Institute’s Terwilliger Center for Housing, Washington, D.C., in January. She had been the chief operating officer for the National Housing Conference and Center for Housing Policy in Washington. Ross is featured in the Summer 2012 issue of the ISU College of Design’s Inspire alumni newsletter. [Read more]

Matthew Sener

Matthew Sener (BArch 2010 Architecture) graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from Arizona State University in May. He has accepted an associate project manager position with the Los Angeles office of Jensen + Partners, which specializes in hospitals, medical facilities and healthcare master planning.

Ken Smith

Ken Smith, FASLA (BS 1976 Landscape Architecture), founding principal of Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect in New York City and Irvine, Calif., is one of 33 distinguished members of the American Society of Landscape Architects who will be inducted into the ASLA Council of Fellows Sept. 30 at the organization’s annual meeting in Phoenix. Among the highest honors a landscape architect can receive, the Fellow designation is conferred in recognition of exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time.

Amy (Portz) Williams

Amy (Portz) Williams (BArch 1996 Architecture), AIA, LEED AP, recently was promoted to principal at NBBJ Los Angeles. Williams is a registered architect in Washington State and serves as project director for NBBJ’s top global clientele, including Microsoft and Bloomberg. Her Los Angeles portfolio expands with clients in both the public and private realms, including Los Angeles Community College District and M+D Properties.

Brent Yezek

A fundraising event organized by Brent Yezek (BS 2000 Community & Regional Planning / BLA 2004 Landscape Architecture) raised $6,000 for the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. “Art over Alzheimer’s,” held in Austin, Texas, in May, included a silent auction of 10 of Yezek’s original oil pastel paintings and a raffle of donated items from several Austin businesses. Yezek plans to make this an annual event and has sponsorship in place for 2013. He works for SEC Planning, LLC, in Austin.

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MAKE NOTE OF UPCOMING EVENTS Open Meeting

Iowa State Center Courtyard Site Master Plan 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 18 240 Scheman Building, Iowa State Center [Read more]

Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Transforming Communities: Design in Action exhibit 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. daily, June 27 - July 1 and July 4-8 National Mall, Washington, D.C. [Read more] [Find updates]

Des Moines Arts Festival

Emerging Iowa Artists 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday, June 22 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, June 23 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday, June 24 Western Gateway Park, Downtown Des Moines [Read more]

ON ANOTHER NOTE Register by June 15 for Design Condensed Summer Camp

The College of Design and ISU Extension and Outreach 4-H Youth Development will offer Design Condensed, an intensive one-week summer camp, July 8-14 on the Iowa State campus and at the Iowa 4-H Center near Luther. The camp is open to high school students who will be sophomores, juniors or seniors in the fall. The students need not be 4-H members. Download a brochure and registration form (PDF) or register online by 5 p.m. Friday, June 15. [Read more]

Inspire Summer 2012 Newsletter

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