2017–2018
SoAAD Year in Review
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Welcome from the Dean 2017–18 Overview
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A Remarkable Gift —And Giver A Gift for Teaching New Program, New Name, New Home Eventful Year
PEOPLE 12 14 16 20 22 24 26
Mastering the Blues Celebrating Our Colleagues New Faculty Remembering Christyl Ann Boger Everything Just Clicked From Digital Screens to Movie Screens New Staff
UPDATES 27 News from our Centers and Galleries
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WELCOME FROM THE FOUNDING DEAN HELLO TO OUR STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS
Our second year has been as exciting and busy as the first. You may have noticed that our front and back covers depict the hands of many of our student artists and designers, hard at work. Now's the time to pause and reflect on our school's many accomplishments and the progress on the ambitious initiatives these hands and the hands of so many others have launched over the last two years. As you read through these stories, which represent only a small portion of the activities and achievements of the 2017–18 academic year, we hope you share our enthusiasm for our new work and our growing impact as our school matures. The year has been filled with such a range of emotions. We have felt wonderful triumph over exciting challenges; warm connections between students, faculty, and alumni; and great
sadness over the loss of friends. In particular, we will feel the loss of our dear colleague Christyl Boger for many years to come. She was an exceptional talent in the classroom and studio—you can read more about her legacy in the pages that follow. Although I've been back on campus two years now, I'm still amazed at how each walk from building to building continues to have a freshness — it’s as though I can hear the buzzing of inspired minds and feel the energy of new learning and creation. We invite you to come visit us any time, but if you can’t make it here, we hope that browsing through our second annual report will give you a sense of connection to our community. I am so privileged to work at this incredible institution with such dedicated and accomplished colleagues and talented and passionate students. Enjoy learning more about the School of Art, Architecture + Design. Happy reading!
Peg Faimon Founding Dean and Professor
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INTRODUCTION Acceptance rate up
2017–18 OVERVIEW One of the school’s most important tasks last year was an enviable one: hiring new faculty. Dean Peg Faimon describes her approach: “On all of our search committees, we made sure there was someone from outside the discipline. So, for example, a faculty member from the Digital Art area sat on the Merchandising search committee. I heard time and time again how much everyone learned about other areas.” This approach got results: SoAAD hired 16 new people: ten of them as permanent faculty and six as visiting faculty. And the approach had another benefit. “As the search committees were defining what they wanted in a new faculty member, the school was refining its culture,” says Faimon. “We discovered that being a new school was a magnet for people who are curious, who are interested in innovation, and who are intrigued by our interdisciplinary combination.” In addition, the school spent the past year building a strong foundation by honing its governance and best practices statements. All that work means that the School of Art, Architecture + Design is now well grounded and can focus next year on strategic planning. +
ENROLLMENT
30% since 2017
Hosted over
Overall deposits are up
student visits
20%
70
since 2017
66%
of 575 accepted students had a 3.5 or higher GPA
33%
increase in admitted direct admits since 2017
median starting salary*
TOP 5
TOP 5
INDUSTRIES
CITIES
retail, fine arts/design, business services, education/academia, technology/science*
DONORS
112
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY
$45,000
FIRST DESTINATIONS
NYC, Bloomington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee* *for those that reported job outcomes who graduated in 2017
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Exhibitions
187
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Publications
International Exhibitions
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39 Grants
National Exhibitions
36
Regional Exhibitions
16
Solo Exhibitions
96
Group Exhibitions
COMMITMENTS
FY2018
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Cash & Gift-in-Kind Contributions:
Cash & Gift-in-Kind Contributions:
$125,392
$2,839,255
Total Commitments (including bequest pledges):
Total Commitments (including bequest pledges):
$130,343
$3,334,480
new donors
WHERE OUR ALUMNI ARE
PLUS
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AUSTRALIA to
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new donors
BY
FY2017
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total donors
36
FISCAL YEAR
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A REMARKABLE GIFT—AND GIVER Actress Glenn Close donates her historic costumes to the Sage Collection
EACH COSTUME HAS A STORY TO TELL... THEY REPRESENT THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS I SPENT IN FITTING ROOMS, COLLABORATING WITH BRILLIANT COSTUME DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS. —Glenn Close
The Close Collection is stored in the Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility, or ALF, using museum standards for security and stateof-the-art environmental controls. Curator Kelly Richardson, right, and her assistant Emily Rosolowski, carefully examine a piece in the Sage Fashion Collection. Photo by Emily Sterneman, IU IT Communications Office
IU fashion, merchandising, and theatre students may get the wrong idea about actress Glenn Close when they examine her Cruella de Vil costumes from 101 Dalmatians, which are now housed in SoAAD’s Sage Collection of fashion, design, and culture.
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Far from being a heartless villain, Close is a generous philanthropist. Her Cruella costumes are among the 776 pieces she donated to IU last fall. Worn in plays like Sunset Boulevard and films like Fatal Attraction, the Close costumes now have a permanent home in Bloomington.
“We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Close’s collection,” says SoAAD Associate Dean Kate Rowold. “These extraordinary costumes, created by award-winning designers and craftspeople, will educate and inspire students for generations to come.” Close knows all too well that costumes often don’t survive their moment of glory on the stage or set, so she was eager to have them preserved in the Sage Collection’s archives. “Each costume has a story to tell,” the Emmy- and Tony-award winning actress says. “They represent the thousands of hours I spent in fitting rooms, collaborating with brilliant costume designers and builders.” The Close costumes are currently being incorporated into campus research and teaching, and planning is underway for public exhibition of pieces from the collection. +
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A GIFT FOR TEACHING
fiber artist, whose works are in major museums across the U.S. and Europe. Diane earned her MFA at IU and was also an IU Fine Arts faculty member. The Itters’ fellowships mean that their influence as teachers will long continue. +
Bill and Diane Itter, gifted artists, collectors, and teachers, continue to inspire Painter and collector Bill Itter began teaching and directing IU’s Fundamental Studio (now Creative Core) in 1969, retiring in 2006. “Bill taught principles of design and color that are so fundamental I tap into them every day,” says a former student of his, Dean Peg Faimon. Textiles Professor Rowland Ricketts notes that “Teaching is everything to Bill.
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When my graduate school mentor heard I’d be coming to IU, he said, ‘Oh, you have to meet Bill.’ So I went over to Bill’s house for lunch, and when we next looked up, it was dark outside. Bill knows so much and is so excited to tell you about it that time disappears.” It makes sense then that Itter has recently established four new graduate
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fellowships and two graduate student teaching awards. As Faimon explains, “Because Bill was such an influential teacher, these fellowships are a wonderful linkage between his own skills as a teacher and a way to encourage grad students to develop teaching skills.” The fellowships are named too for Bill’s late wife, Diane. She was a pioneering
Bill and his late wife, Diane Itter, were distinguished collectors. Bill has built collections of textiles, pottery, and baskets, especially from Africa, that are among the best in the world. And though he has donated many works to IU’s Eskenazi Museum of Art, he continues to acquire objects, which are beautifully displayed at every turn in his house. (above left) Some examples of Diane Itter's work remain a cherished part of Bill's collection.
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NEW + PROGRAM NEW + NAME NEW + HOME Presenting the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program in Columbus
(from left) John Burnett, Provost Laruen Robel, Columbus Mayor James Lienhoop, Dean Peg Faimon (behind the sign), President Michael McRobbie, First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie, Thomas Morrison, and Rick Johnson.
The exterior of the former Republic Newspaper building in Columbus, Indiana, now home to the Indiana University J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program in the School of Art, Architecture + Design. Photo by Hadley Fruits
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Last spring the IU Foundation, IU, and the School of Art, Architecture + Design announced that they’d found the perfect name and home for the master of architecture program, whose first class of over 20 students starts this fall. The Indiana University J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program will be housed in the former Republic Newspaper building in downtown Columbus. “It is fitting that the new program is named after J. Irwin Miller, a true visionary, whose plan to revitalize Columbus helped turn the city into a work of art,” says Lauren Robel, IU Bloomington provost and executive vice president. Miller led Cummins Engine; it was his support that made Columbus a worldwide capital of modern architecture. Architect Myron Goldsmith, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, designed the Republic’s glass-and-steel building, which opened in 1971. When it became a national historic landmark in 2012, it was one of the youngest buildings ever to be so honored.
At an event in the Republic in April 2018 announcing the new name, IU President Michael McRobbie also revealed that he and IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie have pledged half a million dollars to endow a professorship in architecture. The Columbus community has also demonstrated its commitment by providing funding support for the renovation of the program’s new space. This gift, totaling $2 million, is the result of a partnership between the Columbus Redevelopment Commission, which has committed $1 million for the project, and the Community Education Coalition, which helped raise an additional $1 million in public-private investment by members of the Columbus community. The transition into the Republic should be seamless. “We just fit right into the building like a glove,” says Dean Peg Faimon. +
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HIGH TECH + HIGH FASHION
EVENTFUL YEAR
EXHIBIT COLUMBUS SoAAD participated in the three-month-long Exhibit Columbus, which showcased 18 new outdoor installations. Students and faculty contributed Synergia, an airy pavilion made of laser-cut, corrugated plastic polyhedrons that was located next to Eero Saarinen’s North Christian Church.
The IU Center for Art + Design collaborated with Cummins Engine and SoAAD faculty on Shadow of an Unknown Bird, a large sculpture made using the latest 3-D technology. IU faculty also assisted Columbus high school students in the creation of "Between the Threads."
FIRST THURSDAYS
OPEN STUDIOS
The Arts & Humanities Council’s First Thursdays bring the IU community together at the Showalter Plaza fountain to celebrate the humanities. Among the many ways the school took part: fashion design students helped visitors refashion T-shirts by cutting, twisting, tying, knotting, braiding, and weaving, while student art guilds offered works for sale.
At this popular annual event, visitors saw student work and tried making some of their own at five buildings across campus, from the sculpture studios at the McCalla School to the printmaking presses at the Arts Annex/Central Store. (below) Glenn Close joins SoAAD for its annual Open Studios event.
MAD SCIENTISTS For the first time, SoAAD participated in IU’s Science Fest, which attracted 2,000 kids and adults to campus last fall to showcase science. Visitors toured the MADlabs to see how artists, designers, and scientists use its 3-D printer and laser cutter.
Deb Christiansen, director of undergraduate studies, spoke at the school’s commencement ceremony. Knowing that students were tired of the same old lectures from faculty and family, Christiansen asked SoAAD alums for life advice she could pass on. Their thoughts:
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CAREER FAIR In conjunction with the Walter Center for Career Achievement, SoAAD held its first annual Career Fair and Portfolio Review for students in graphic, interior, fashion, and web design. Employers came from Texas to North Carolina, as well as points in between, including Chicago, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. Next year the fair will expand to include merchandisers.
The Fashion Technology Symposium, organized by SoAAD and the School of Education and the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, drew 30 invited scholars from around the world. An evening pop-up exhibit was equal parts art show, fashion show, and tech demonstration.
Students from a performance art class staged a piece before the annual spring fashion show, at which 23 fashion design students presented work, some made from cloth that students had either woven or designed and digitally printed. Metalsmithing and jewelry design students created pieces for the show, while, behind the runway, other students handled marketing and budgeting.
CELEBRATING STUDENTS The School of Art, Architecture + Design awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships to some 90 students in a ceremony that is an annual tradition.
COMMENCEMENT
PERFORMING FASHION
While the IU-wide commencement may offer the fanfare of bagpipes and bands, SoAAD’s commencement offers students, their families, and friends a special moment for individual recognition. For the first time this year, the School of Art, Architecture + Design offered its own academic honors to the top 15 percent of students in each degree program.
Work by Katherine Robertson
EMBRACE FAILURE. AS THE OLD GATORADE AD SAYS: MAKE DEFEAT YOUR FUEL.
IT’S OKAY NOT TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT YET. GRADUATION ISN’T A FINISHING LINE BUT A STARTING POINT.
LEARN HOW TO MANAGE YOUR ATTENTION, NOT YOUR TIME. STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR GOALS.
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MASTERING THE BLUES This year, IU recognized the enormous contributions of Rowland Ricketts as an artist, a teacher, and a member of the IU community, by promoting him to full professor. Here, he talks about his work and current projects Rowland Ricketts, who joined IU in 2006, uses natural dyes and historical techniques in his artwork and textiles, which have won worldwide acclaim. His work has been shown at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. He has also received a 2012 United States Artists Fellowship.
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Ricketts came to his art and to indigo through Japanese language study at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After graduation, he traveled to Japan to teach English and became enchanted by indigo. He was able to spend several years as an apprentice to a Japanese indigo farmer (whom he learned only later was a National Treasure) and an indigo dyer,
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before he returned to America to earn an MFA at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. The process of making indigo is an art in itself. Ricketts raises indigo plants from seed in fields that sit right outside his house. Each season, he generally harvests two crops, whose leaves he dries and composts for 100 days, before dropping dark, crumbly handfuls of them into deep vats to ferment for dyeing.
“There’s something magical about blue,” Ricketts explains. “The two biggest things we experience in the world—sky and water—are blue. In Japanese there are twenty names for the different shades of indigo.” At the moment, Ricketts is especially interested in how indigo fades. He recently staged a massive installation in Tokushima, Japan, where he first studied indigo. Ai no Keshiki – Indigo Views consists of 450 squares of dyed indigo that Ricketts distributed to people in 10 countries around the world to live with for 7 months before he displayed all the pieces. He’s working to bring the installation to the Bloomington campus. “Fading is a very compelling metaphor on so many levels,” Ricketts says. “As humans we invest so much
time and energy in making something that we know will fade. And color isn’t even necessary; it’s purely decorative. You don’t need to color cloth to have it function.” Another of Ricketts’s current interests is the new IU Farm, where students will learn about regenerative agriculture and urban and organic farming. Ricketts and his students will raise indigo there, in addition to maintaining the Textiles area’s large dye garden at IU’s Hilltop Garden & Nature Center. +
IU Professor Rowland Ricketts demonstrates every step of his art practice, from cultivating indigo plants to creating works with indigo dye in his studio.
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CELEBRATING OUR COLLEAGUES
RANDY LONG
This year, three beloved and influential faculty members retired and the SoAAD community took note
PAUL BROWN, Associate Professor, Graphic Design
RANDY LONG, Distinguished Professor, Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design
JANE MATRANGA, Lecturer, Fashion Design
Paul Brown joined IUB in 2000, after 16 years at the Herron School of Art. In addition to being honored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the American Federation of Arts, in 1992, Paul won the Indiana Arts Commission Competition design for the Art Made In Indiana logo. His work has been exhibited in New York, Toronto, and Cambridge, among many other places. He was a founding member and has served on the board of the Indianapolis chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Randy has taught undergraduates and graduate students at IU for 30 years; in 2007 she was awarded the NICHE Educator of the Year Award. Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; and the Jewish Museum in New York, among others. Her many honors include two NEA Visual Artists fellowships, three Indiana Arts Commission master’s fellowships, and an IU Outstanding Young Faculty Award.
Before arriving at IU, Jane taught fashion design at the University of Delaware, Purdue University, and Stephens College. She has worked as a product developer for York luggage, Perry Ellis, Jordache, and Diane von Furstenburg, among others. At IU, Jane taught fashion illustration, ideation, textiles, accessories, and several other fashion design studios. In collaboration with the Paris American Academy, she regularly took IU fashion design and merchandising students to Paris for summer field seminars.
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“We’ll miss Paul’s valuable contributions to our school. He is a mentor and an inspiration to so many of us. If my conservative calculations are correct, Paul has taught over 1,800 students during his career in higher education. Imagine how many lives he’s impacted.”
“Randy has always led by example. And, boy, did her students follow. IU graduates now lead dozens of top programs across the U.S. and abroad. Randy has been much more than a teacher, though. Randy truly invests herself in her students. She believes she is teaching the entire person about the unique quest and constant challenge of having art be a significant part of their lives.”
—Jenny El-Shamy, Senior Lecturer, Graphic Design Judging by their productive, energetic, and inspired careers, Paul Brown, Randy Long, and Jane Matranga will not withdraw from art and the IU community after they retire. That would be out of character. As the following edited excerpts from remarks their colleagues and former students made at their retirement ceremonies, Paul, Randy, and Jane will keep on influencing, impressing, and surprising us. +
“I can’t imagine Indiana could find a better representative for their school and what they hope to promote. I have hired Paul’s students for positions around the country. In each case, I knew that a Paul Brown student was a cut above the other schools I deal with.” —Jim Moran, Director, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum*, Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
—Nicole Jacquard, Associate Professor, Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design
“I remember Jane showing me drawings from students as they first came into fashion illustration, and then the drawings when they left—the transformation was quite something. Jane could draw out talent if it was sitting there latent, as well as give those with less ability the potential to succeed. And for her to recognize it, and share and celebrate it showed how much she cared.” —Mary Embry, Director, Center for Innovative Merchandising
“As a professor of jewelry design and metalsmithing for over 25 years, when I work with students in critiques, I still ask myself, ‘What would Randy say?’” — Robly Glover (MFA, 1987), Professor of Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing, School of Art, Texas Tech University
*Paul Brown was artist in residence at the Hamilton Museum for three years.
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NEW FACULTY In the past year, the school has done more than burnish its programs and buildings: we’ve also added some remarkable talent to our faculty ELIDA C. BEHAR, Lecturer, Merchandising, has taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology/SUNY, and the Fashion Marketing graduate program at LIM College and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) in China. In addition to her 25 years of experience in luxury and off-price retail and merchandising for Saks Fifth Avenue and Daffy’s, she has recently consulted with the government of Trinidad and Tobago on growing its fashion industry.
BRITT BREWER, Academic Specialist, Architecture, Community Outreach Coordinator, J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program, has worked for the Venturi Rauch and Scott Brown firms on the Seattle Art Museum and the Sainsbury Wing of London’s National Gallery. While at Nike, he designed the San Francisco NIKETOWN store. He has worked for LRS Architects, the SRG Partnership, and DDP Architecture, in addition to establishing his own practice.
W. DORIAN BYBEE, Visiting Lecturer, Interior Design, has worked at Architectonics in New York City, Griffin Enright Architects in Los Angeles, and Zaha Hadid Architects and Graft Architects in Beijing. His portfolio includes healthcare projects, schools, high-end residential work, and large-scale mixed-use projects. He has previously been an adjunct lecturer at IU and has taught at OTIS College of Design in Los Angeles.
BO CHOI, Visiting Lecturer, Fashion Design, focuses on new media art and fashion design. She has participated in numerous shows around the world and done artist residencies at Kulturprojekte, in Berlin; the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA; and NMAR in Seoul. She has been on the visual arts faculty of North Seattle College and an associate faculty member at Edmond Community College.
LORI FRYE, Lecturer, Fashion Design, a graduate of IU’s fashion design program, has been a technical designer for Express and Mast Industries, where she worked in the manufacturing and production of knits, graphics, and sweaters. She has also helped IU’s Sage Collection to create custom mounts and improve storage solutions. For her master’s thesis in apparel merchandising, she analyzed the suits worn by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
RAN HUANG, Assistant Professor, Merchandising, specializes in digital merchandising and retailing, brand experience, and service marketing in digital contexts. Having won recognition for her past research papers, she is currently examining consumers' information processing in online service platforms. She has taught courses in consumer behavior, retail technology, and retail analytics and likes to present students with real-life scenarios for analysis.
JOSHUA KOSKER, Visiting Assistant Professor, Metalsmithing + Jewelry Design, fuses traditional craft media and processes with unconventional materials and modes of making. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and included in several books. The recipient of the Ethical Metalsmiths Emerging Artist Award in 2014, he has done residencies at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
SARAH EDMANDS MARTIN, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, has received several international Graphis design awards and is also published by Bloomsbury Press. She has exhibited recently at the Zuckerman Museum in Kennesaw, GA, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. Past clients have included Herman Miller and NASA, and she has taught design at Notre Dame and Missouri University of Science & Technology.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BECOME SO CLOSE “ WITH MY PROFESSORS. THEY SO OBVIOUSLY CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS. I THINK THEY ARE WHAT REALLY SET —Abbey Kittaka, B.S., Class of 2018 OUR SCHOOL APART.
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NEW FACULTY DANIEL LUIS MARTINEZ, Assistant Professor, Architecture, is an architectural designer and educator. He has worked at leading architectural practices in New York, including Allied Works and Weiss/Manfredi. He investigates the intersection of analog craft and digital processes. He will teach graduate design studios and oversee the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program’s digital software and fabrication lab. His writing and professional work have been recognized internationally.
LAVAR MUNROE, Visiting Assistant Professor, Painting, creates work that combines painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation art. The recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, Munroe has been included in the 2018 New Orleans triennial and the 2015 Venice Biennale. The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, the Orlando Museum of Art, and the Nasher Museum of Art, among others, have also shown his work.
BRYAN ORTHEL, Associate Professor, Interior Design, has an interdisciplinary background, having worked for a small commercial design firm, consulted with a state historic preservation office, and taught interdisciplinary design courses blending design, history, and theory. His scholarship focuses on the ways people understand and use history in ordinary living (historical consciousness), as well as the teaching and learning of design.
JENNIFER RILEY, Associate Professor, Architecture, is a painter who has collaborated on large-scale sculptural projects. A contributing editor at ArtCritical.com, she has had solo exhibitions in New York, Boston, Las Vegas, and across the U.S. She has served as a teacher, curator, panelist, and guest critic at IU, as well as at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Pratt Institute, Yale, MIT, and RISD, among others.
ETIEN SANTIAGO, Assistant Professor, Architecture, is an architect and architectural historian who investigates the impact of new technologies on architecture and society. He specializes in architectural history and theory from the 19th century to the present, architectural uses of cutting-edge structural and construction techniques, and theoretical debates about machine or digital culture. He has worked at firms such as the Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
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ANDRÉA STANISLAV, Associate Professor, Area Coordinator, Sculpture, has interests encompassing multimedia installation, sculpture, public art, film, and Russian history. She has been widely exhibited in the U.S., including at the Saint Louis Art Museum; the Ca'D'Oro Gallery in New York City; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and the Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago. Internationally, her work has been exhibited in St. Petersburg, London, and Dublin.
TONJA TORGERSON, Visiting Assistant Professor, Printmaking, has taught at the Penland School of Crafts, Kansas City Art Institute, and West Virginia Wesleyan College. Her work is included in many private and public museums, including the Weisman Art Museum and the Minnesota Museum of American Art. She has been a resident artist at AIR: Artist Image Resource of Pittsburgh and Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada, among others.
LISA JAYNE WILLARD, Visiting Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, has over 25 years of experience in creative direction, graphic design, commissions, and client-based freelance projects. She specializes in print, branding and writing, and has designed books, advertising, educational marketing, and UX/UI design. Inspired by her thesis on the recontextualization and use of the atlas as a design container, she now uses maps and data in her work.
I LOVE THE FACULTY’S WILLINGNESS TO “SUPPORT ME IN PERSONAL ENDEAVORS AS WELL AS ACADEMIC ONES. ” —Sierra Mack-Erb, B.A., Class of 2018
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REMEMBERING CHRISTYL ANN BOGER (1959–2018)
the prestigious Evelyn Shapiro fellowship only expanded her international acclaim. She was in constant demand for work and artist workshops. To say that Christyl built great rapport with her colleagues and students is the grossest of understatements. From her daily interaction with undergraduate and graduate students to her significant service contributions to the school, Christyl inspired a sincere drive to connect and guide. Her seriousness and maturity came from experiences beyond the studio; her earlier career as an events coordinator imbued her with skills in both organization and proactive initiative. This was also evidenced in her disciplined studio practice. As an artist, Christyl’s skills and vision are provocative and magical. Her continued research was steadfast and disciplined. As a teacher, Christyl leaves an indelible mark on the ceramics community by way of landmark bodies of work and a legacy of student success. But we will close by letting Christyl speak for herself:
Professor Boger’s colleagues in the Ceramics Area celebrate her life. We regret that due to space constraints, we have had to condense and edit their heartfelt remarks
BY Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Tim Mather, and Chase Gamblin
There is a very small group of accomplished figurative clay artists who are household names in clay— Christyl Boger will forever be one of them. To us in the SoAAD Ceramics area, Christyl was a cherished colleague and honored friend of great renown. It is difficult to adequately convey the depth and breadth of her impact on the ceramics community and our program. Her works 20
are iconic, instantly recognizable as elegant, precise, and uncompromising. She was a teacher of genuine explorative urgency and seriousness of purpose. Our ceramics program attained top ten ranking due in no small part to Chris. Her acclaim continually attracted large numbers of quality applicants to our graduate program.
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Chris’s works were exhibited in important shows at distinguished venues like the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, as well as at galleries in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and elsewhere. They were also included in reference books, textbooks, and in national advertising campaigns. Residencies at Denmark’s International Ceramics Research Center, Montana’s Archie Bray Foundation, and
Offshore, by Christyl Boger, 2004. 32" x 22" x 20" ceramic, china paint, luster
As an artist I have always been interested in the strange balancing act performed by the human animal, in our ongoing struggle between impulse and control, personal and communal agendas and the desires of the animal body overlaid by a veneer of cultural constraint. . . . My intent has been to explore areas where these concerns intersect and has involved confronting the complex historical associations of both ceramics objects and figurative sculpture. SOAAD.INDIANA.EDU
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EVERYTHING JUST CLICKED Stacy Hardy, who graduated from SoAAD this spring with a major in interior design and a minor in studio art, will be part of the inaugural class in the school’s J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program in Columbus this fall. Stacy is also the first college graduate in her family. She joined Indiana’s 21st Century Scholar program
when she was in the eighth grade. The program provides low- and middleincome students with four-year college scholarships and other campus support services. Her path to her major wasn’t a straight line. “I thought I wanted to do fashion design. Then I declared a major in studio art, but it just didn’t
I TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND JUMPED IN AND EVERYTHING JUST CLICKED. INTERIOR DESIGN WAS PERFECT FOR ME. feel right,” Stacy admits. Her faculty advisor at the time happened to be in interior design and she suggested Stacy try a class. “So I took a leap of faith and jumped in and everything just clicked. Interior design was perfect for me,” Stacy says. She studied overseas twice as an undergrad, in Barcelona and the Dominican Republic. But one of the undergraduate experiences she values most was in a studio class that came
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up with building designs for Bloomington’s New Hope for Families, which provides housing and child care to homeless families. Her goal now is to become a licensed architect and interior designer and it’s one she perhaps should have foreseen all along: “As a kid, drawing was always a passion. I used to draw houses and floor plans. I don’t know why it took so long to connect.” +
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JIALUN XIONG (B.S., Interior Design, 2016) designed a monochromatic furniture collection, Black Kaleidoscope, that was a winner in the annual ICFF Studio, a leading juried design competition that drew entries from around the world.
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MICHELLE GRAVES (B.F.A., Studio Art, 2003), a cofounder of Chicago’s Agitator Co-operative Gallery, recently spoke about her art and her gallery with VoyageChicago. Graves cited influential mentors, including Jeff Wolin and James Nakagawa.
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BRYN TAUBENSEE (B.A., Fashion Design, and B.F.A., Studio Art - Sculpture, 2014) was a finalist in the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. The annual prize supports emerging designers. Bryn is one of four designers who founded Vaquera, which W magazine called an indie label “in a category perhaps all their own.”
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JESSE MATHES (M.F.A., Metalsmithing + Jewelry, 2004) was recently invited to the Denver Art Museum to demonstrate the techniques she uses to create ornate collars that have been featured in the Denver Fashion Week.
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A New York Times art critic recently hailed a show by DANI ORCHARD (B.F.A., Studio Art - Painting, 2009) as “an impressive solo debut.” Orchard’s show, at Soho’s Jack Hanley gallery, was titled A Little Louder, Love.
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MICHELLE GILBERT (B.S., Apparel Merchandising, 2010) has opened her own website, Shop Hey Chick, that offers affordable clothes to millennials. Gilbert also recently opened two pop-up stores in her home town, Andover, MA.
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A house designed and built by DANIEL WEDDLE (B.A., Studio Art - Sculpture, 2009) was recently featured on HGTV’s show “Tiny House, Big Living.”
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FROM DIGITAL SCREENS TO MOVIE SCREENS Alumnus Matt Starr (B.F.A., Studio Art - Digital Arts, 2013) came to IU from New Jersey, after a year in the Israeli Defense Service. Having just spent time in a desert, he was drawn to IU by the beautiful campus. And indeed IU proved to be quite a rich oasis for him. Among other important mentors like IU Cinema’s Jon Vickers and the Media School’s Joan Hawkins, SoAAD Professor Arthur Liou “taught me how to think conceptually,” Starr says. During his senior year, Starr and fellow student Taylor Bryant used 3-D projection mapping to cover the Sample Gates with luminous images, accompanied by original music. As the first 3-D projection in the Midwest, the iDS featured the project, and Starr and his collaborator won an academic award for it. Starr, who now lives in Brooklyn, has continued to mount compelling new media projects that have received a lot of media attention. This spring Vanity Fair covered his Museum of Banned Objects, created with his partner and collaborator, Ellie Sachs. The exhibit presented contraceptive devices in glass vitrines, 24
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(above) Matt Starr and Ellie Sachs pose with Harry Miller (center), who starred in their remake of Annie Hall. Photo by Jeremy Cohen (right) An exhibit from The Museum of Banned Objects, by Starr and Sachs. (top) Shula Chernick reprises the title role in Starr and Sachs' remake of Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Photo by Zack Roif
imagining a future when they are banned. And their remake of Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, starring retirees in their 70s and 90s, whom Starr and Sachs met at a Manhattan senior center, was the subject of two stories in the New York Times. Starr’s projects often combine whimsy with politics. For instance, I’m Sorry was subtitled “Apologizing for the people and groups that can’t or won’t,” including “Men” and “Plastic.” Simple, handwritten apologies covered bus stops in New York City.
(bottom) Shula Chernick reprises the title role in Starr and Sachs' remake of Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Photo by Zack Roif
And in 2015 Spin magazine named rapper A$AP Ferg's "Dope Walk" video, directed by Starr and shot entirely on cellphone, as one of the year's best. Currently Starr and Sachs are writing their first feature film, among other projects. +
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PREVIOUS: Industrial and product design BEST PART OF WORKING AT IU: “Being in an environment that supports and encourages the free flow of ideas! Having a place in the creative conversation here at SoAAD is always refreshing and absolutely rewarding.”
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PREVIOUS: College of Creative Arts at Miami University FUN FACT: “I have an uncanny knack for crossing paths with celebrities. I have brushed elbows with the likes of Gene Hackman, Annette Bening, and most recently, Kevin Bacon, whom I met on a flight from Cuba!”
Administrative Assistant PREVIOUS: Fort Wayne Philharmonic FUN FACT: “I have lived in three other countries for brief periods of time: Ireland, Australia, and Spain.”
Pam Eggles Account & Financial Support Specialist PREVIOUS: IU Financial Management Services BEST PART OF WORKING AT IU: “I like being at IU, especially here at SoAAD, because of how much it feels like a family. I really feel included and appreciated and that makes for a great work environment!”
Carissa Garletts, IU Class of 2012 Recruitment & Admissions Coordinator PREVIOUS: Office of Diversity Initiatives in the Kelley School of Business FUN FACT: “My husband and I have known each other since we were little kids, and our parents still live down the street from each other!”
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Michael Waterford Office Coordinator PREVIOUS: self-employed in the Adventure Tourism Field BEST PART OF WORKING AT IU: The kindness and authenticity (not to mention the incredible work ethic!) of my coworkers in SoAAD. It’s always daunting to start a new job, and everyone has been kind and welcoming since the beginning.
Rachel Wilken Program + Center Coordinator PREVIOUS: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; health care administration FUN FACT: “I majored in Music Performance and currently play clarinet with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Columbus, IN.”
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(above) Students and guests gather in Whittenberger Auditorium for the 2017 CIM Retail + Design Forum.
The Center for Innovative Merchandising (CIM) The CIM, which strengthens SoAAD’s partnerships with the retail merchandising industry, sponsored IU’s annual Retail and Design Forum last October. IU alumna Amy Levin Klein, a 2009 apparel merchandising graduate, was among the retail industry execs who spoke to students. While at IU, Klein founded a student-run fashion website and social media presence called College Fashionista. Now featuring contributors from 500 campuses, the success of her digital community landed Klein a spot on
Forbes’ 30 Under 30 media list in 2017. Other executives who spoke at the forum were Lauren Freedman, who leads digital strategy at Astound Commerce, and Véronique Poudrier, a vice president for product development at Vera Bradley. Center for Integrative Photographic Studies (CIPS) CIPS reports two standout events last year: in conjunction with the Grunwald Gallery, CIPS co-sponsored a symposium for the Light/Matter exhibition. CIPS also collaborated on the Shared Elegy exhibition and monograph.
CIPS continued to organize gallery talks and noon talks: this past year, the speakers included Steve Raymer, a former National Geographic photojournalist who taught at the Media School for 21 years, and Richard Ross, who spoke about his Juvenile in Justice photo series on incarcerated children. CIPS collaborated with the Media School and Jewish Studies to offer a crossdepartmental seminar led by Brown University scholar Ariella Azoulay on the politics of representation.
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McKinney Visiting Artist Series The McKinney Visiting Artist series, endowed by Dr. and Mrs. Meredith and Elsa McKinney in 2014, once again brought 10 artists to SoAAD to challenge, inspire, and dazzle. For the second time, thanks to another gift from the McKinneys, a four- to six-week residency program brought an established artist from outside the United States to Bloomington. Rodrigo Sastre, a Mexico City artist whose work deals with comic books, science fiction, and art history, was the McKinney International Art + Design Resident. Other McKinney visitors included a ceramics gallerist, a sculptor who studied medical technology as an undergrad, and one of Japan’s leading print artists.
The Sage Collection Women played starring roles at the Sage Collection in 2017–18. Actress Glenn Close donated more than 700 costumes from her long career on film and stage (see story on page 4). Her donation, valued at $2.6 million, is the largest gift ever made to the Sage. Close delivered a lecture in Bloomington last fall to mark the occasion. The Sage also presented Celebrating a Jazz Icon: 100 Years of Ella Fitzgerald, an exhibit marking what would have been the singer’s 100th birthday. And the Sage updated its traveling exhibition Hoosier Herstory for the IU Bicentennial Fair to honor the women who have contributed to IU’s history and culture. +
Tetsuya Noda Printmaking August 25, 2017 Molly Zuckerman-Hartung Painting September 8, 2017 Maria Davila and Eduardo Portillo Textiles September 22, 2017 Emmet Gowin Photography October 13, 2017 Philip Beesley Digital Art November 3, 2017 Rodrigo Sastre McKinney International Art + Design Resident November 10, 2017
Grunwald Gallery of Art At the Grunwald, which mounts shows of contemporary works by both professional and student artists, two 2017 exhibitions stood out. A Shared Elegy presented photographs of family life that are simultaneously intimate but universal. Made by SoAAD Distinguished Professor Osamu James Nakagawa and his uncle, Takayuki Ogawa, and by Elijah Gowin and his father, Emmet Gowin, the haunting, touching images are included in a book of the same name published by Indiana University Press. Light/Matter: Art at the Intersection of Photography and Printmaking and an
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accompanying symposium assembled some 70 works by 45 artists spanning 16 countries that examined the marriage of art and technology. IU Center for Art + Design (IUCA+D) During 2017–18, the IU Center for Art + Design went big: in collaboration with IU and Cummins Engine, students and faculty used a large-scale 3-D printing process called BAAM (Big Area Additive Manufacturing) to create a huge sculpture, Shadow of an Unknown Bird. Based on that experience, the Center won two grants to support a BAAM conference in fall 2018 in Columbus. The conference, the first and largest of
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(above) The Grunwald Gallery's Shared Elegy exhibition. (right) The Sage Collection produced Heads and Tales in conjunction with the Mathers Museum of World Cultures.
its kind, will link artists, designers, and architects to fabricators and engineers. IUCA+D continued to help establish SoAAD’s new master of architecture degree. It also continued its major support for arts and public outreach in the Columbus community.
Ghost of a Dream Creative Core December 1, 2018 Martin Venezky Graphic Design January 19, 2018 Tim Lazure Metals March 23, 2018 Kendall Buster Sculpture April 6, 2018 Leslie Ferrin Ceramics April 27, 2018 SOAAD.INDIANA.EDU
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