AROUND THE QUADS | OF NOTE | FACULTY & STAFF
Portrait by Martha Hess, sculpture by Alicia Specht, block print by Mary Forrester Photos: Jeuley Ortengren
Mary Collopy, faculty spouse, photographs Ewen Ross, science teacher, astronomy photographs Jennifer McCandless, head of the Art Department, sculpture Christine MacClintic, faculty spouse, paintings
tographing dance interpretations of the landscape for over 30 years. The idea is to combine the twin perspectives of dance and photography to make a statement about the space. ‘Dancing the Appian Way’ is a narrative that involves dance interpretations of the ruins and communities along the ancient Roman highway, from its origins in Rome to its terminus in Brindisi on the Adriatic Sea.” Patricia Cousins, Communications Office graphic designer, paintings: “My abstract paintings are inspired by elements in nature — water, land, and sky — and for me, they are meditations on the natural world. The last few years I have become interested in encaustics. Two years ago there was an encaustic show called ‘Waxing Lyrical’ at the Mercy Gallery, and I was inspired to learn how to use the medium. I have a love for making beautiful objects, and that is why I paint.” Chet Kempczynski, art teacher, paintings: “For the past several years I have been working on sky and sea images from Cape Cod, Rhode Island, and the south of France. I have been fascinated with the horizon line throughout my entire career. One painting is painted
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Timothy Struthers ’85, director of development, photographs Alicia Specht, math teacher, sculpture John Mullin, art teacher, photographs Martha Hess, former English teacher, paintings
Former French teacher David Goff and his wife, Jessica McGovern, welcomed their first child, daughter Mairin Virginia Goff, on February 28. The family lives in Massachusetts, where David teaches at Pingree School.
plein air on a beach in Truro, Cape Cod, with Provincetown in the background using watercolor/ gouache, and another painting is a watercolor/gouache done at Watch Hill, Rhode Island.” Other artists in the exhibit were: Donna Burrall, Development Office assistant, knit sweaters Mary Forrester, director of public
information and Confluence advisor, block prints Stanford Forrester, Confluence advisor, coach, and residential faculty, prints Paulette Studley, English teacher, drawings Frank Merrill, math teacher, photographs
Faculty member Stanford Forrester has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his poem “short summer night.” The Pushcart Prize honors literary works published in the small presses each year. Stan’s poem, a type of Japanese poem called a tanka, was published in the literary periodical Magnapoets, which nominated him for the Pushcart.