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UNI alumna discusses exhibition COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

The fortunes within fortune cookies are not something that people typically dont give much consideration. However, to Jessica Barness, UNI graphic design alumna and associate professor at Kent State University, they are an opportunity to blend her love of text and graphic design together into an art piece. Barness once translated fortune cookie fortunes back and forth from Chinese to English and analyzed them in order to create a design piece. Several of Barness’ works were discussed during the opening reception of “The Reach and Richness of Design: The Elena Diane Curris Biennial Design Exhibition” on Monday, Oct. 8 at the UNI Gallery of Art. This exhibit was done in memory of Elena Diane Curris, daughter of

Constantine Curris and Jo Hern Curris. The Currises began the reception by praising UNI’s graphic design program and thanking art professor Roy R. Behrens for helping curate the show. After introductions, Barness spoke about her life and the graphic design projects she has worked on over the years. She discussed her Master of Arts (MA) exhibition, the last thing she worked on as a UNI student. “My exhibition for my MA that I completed here, it was more or less an environment,” Barness said. “I was investigating language in different contexts. In this case, it was vinyl lettering on these huge plexiglass panels that were suspended on the ceiling. There were three of them: a combination of poetic verse that I had written, shapes and ideas. It was an environment that kind of just sat in the middle of the room once it was

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“The Reach and Richness of Design: The Elena Diane Curris Biennial Design Exhibition” is on display in the UNI Gallery of Art until Friday, Nov. 16.

installed so you could take it all in.” Other examples of Barness’ work include wedding invitations from her previous job

at the Chicago-based company Paper Source. Barness has also helped index the work of design magazine “Emigre” by creating a web-

site where viewers can find writers, designers and typefaces that appeared during the magazine’s print run. See EXHIBITION, page 5

Preview: UNI Women’s Chorus reunion SARAH RITONDALE Staff Writer

UNI’s School of Music will be hosting a reunion and 130th anniversary celebration and reunion of the Women’s Chorus on Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13. About 20 to 30 alumni—some who graduated over 50 years ago—will be returning to perform with the current members of the Women’s Chorus. “We have people coming back, the earliest graduated in the 50s and then up until people who graduat-

ed last year, which is awesome,” said Amy Kotsonis, assistant professor of choral ensembles and music education. The Women’s Chorus was founded in 1888 and is the oldest ensemble on campus, both instrumentally and chorally. The School of Music decided that the 130-year anniversary would be a good time to celebrate how long the women’s chorus has been around, since it dates back to when UNI was the Iowa State Teachers College. “For this particular

ensemble, the history is so rich and the woman that started this, Julia Curtis, started a bunch of the ensembles on campus and was one of the first music professors here,” Kotsonis said. “It used to be called the ‘Sicilian Glee Club,’ and then around the 40s, they changed the name to ‘Women’s Chorus.’ So, it started with 16; we have about 75 on average each semester.” Today, most women in

the chorus are non-music majors. Kotsonis said she loves that these women are choosing to have the chorus in their lives despite it not being required. Kotsonis said she is curious to hear the stories of the returning alumni and why they have chosen to come back. She hopes that the women currently in the chorus and alumni alike have an enjoyable experience. “There [were] a lot of

different directors over the last 20 or 30 years, so it was a chance for us to pull all these people back that had been here—at all these different times and had different directors—to come back and connect with the current group, and just celebrate the history of the group and make connections with our current students,” Kotsonis said. See REUNION, page 4

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The Women’s Choir reunion will take place at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 in the Great Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

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