Sarah (Acheson) Rand 98 IL/MAT 99 Sarah and her husband David Rand 97 GD are excited to announce the birth of Jack Marley Rand, born on July 24, 2010 in Mount Kisco, NY. Jack is shown here with his big brother Max, who is 4. Sarah continues to teach studio art to students in grades 6-12 at Wooster School in Danbury, CT.
The LA Times Magazine highlighted young LA designers in May, and David Wiseman FD was among them. David is currently working on a commission for Dior in China for an installation that incorporates 500 porcelain lily-of-the-valley blossoms—a motif commonly used by Dior—that will cover part of the ceiling and walls of the flagship Dior boutique in Shanghai.
2004 Arla Bascom TX (Brooklyn, NY) Michael Sherman IL
Nancy Wells AP re-launched
(Brooklyn, NY) wrote to RISD about his busy summer exhibition schedule including shows in Basel, Switzerland, Chelsea and Harlem.
her brand Smashing Darling in Providence last spring. She moved to New York four years ago and took a break from her own designing, but now she’s back and having fun working in Providence. Check out her new line at smashingdarling.com.
David Sherry PH (Brooklyn, NY) was included in MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center’s Greater New York exhibition this summer and fall.
Mila Zelkha BArch 01 Mint Condition Homes, the company Mila runs in Oakland, CA to transform foreclosed properties into quality, affordable housing, recently won two 2010 Partners in Preservation Awards from the Oakland Heritage Alliance. “I renovate these homes sustainably, using green materials and a vintage-inspired aesthetic that highlights the historic character of each one,” she says.
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sold her company’s pottery at SummerWare in July. SummerWare is the first of a series of seasonal market days showcasing the talents and new work of local ceramic artists in Brooklyn. Bryan Boyer IA (San Miguel,
CA) is a design lead at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund— an independent government endowment that reports to the Finnish Parliament. His Strategic Design Unit is working on Helsinki Design Lab 2010. Noah Breuer PR (Brooklyn, NY) participated in New Prints 2010/ Spring, a group exhibition at the International Print Center New York in May and June. Work for the show was selected by Philip Pearlstein.
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Melissa Santram Chernov IL
was featured on “Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast,” a blog about books, on May 2, 2010. Last spring Anthony Dihle GD (Washington, DC) gave a visiting artist lecture on design and printmaking at Towson University in Baltimore. Michael Neff PH (Brooklyn, NY) showed in Structured, a group exhibition on view last spring at Spattered Columns at Art Connects in SoHo.
Last spring Heather Hedin Peacock IL (Phoenixville, PA) exhibited in the Yellow Springs Art Show 2010 in Chester Springs, PA, and was named the 2010 Art Show Poster winner. Last spring Ryan Trecartin FAV (Los Angeles) took part in Seven on Seven: Connecting Art & Technology at the New Museum in NYC. Organized by RHIZOME, the event paired seven leading artists with seven game-changing technologists in teams of two, and challenged them to develop something new—an application, social media, artwork or product— in one day. This fall the Museum of Contemporary Art Pacific Design Center in LA hosted an exhibition of his piece Any Ever, which he has been working on since 2007. (See also page 31.) Who Needs the Explorers Club Anyway, a solo exhibition by Christopher Ulivo PT (Brooklyn, NY), was held earlier this fall at Susan Inglett Gallery in NYC. Christopher was featured recently in Time Out New York.
Jane Kim 03 PR In addition to earning her BA in Science Illustration from California State University last spring, Jane participated in the student show Illustrating Nature at the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum. One of her illustrations was selected to promote the exhibition in the spring issue of ARTWORKS Magazine.
2005 Jamie Allen IL received a full
scholarship from the Dedalus Foundation to participate in the Vermont Studio Center Residency Program. She focused on mixedmedia paintings during her four-week stay in October. Follow her work at jamierallen.com. Character Design for Games and Animation volumes 1 and 2, movies by Cameron S. Davis IL (Cornelius, OH), were released in July by The Gnomon Workshop. Cameron walks the watcher through his creative designmaking process from story idea to fully rendered design and discusses character design fundamentals. Mark Ellingwood ID has developed ProPel Paddles, paddles for canoeing, kayaking and whitewater rafting that can be used by people with varying physical abilities and mobility. He explains that he was motivated by his love of the outdoors and a desire to develop tools for people who have limited choices in current equipment. Look for the paddles and more at propelpaddles.com. Aaron Gilbert PT (Brooklyn,
NY) won the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award in Painting from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award is presented to a “young American painter of distinction.” To submit updates for class notes, email risdxyz@risd.edu.
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