Paul Attemann BArch 94 As a senior associate at Union Studio Architecture & Community Design in Providence, Paul was delighted that AIA Rhode Island awarded the firm top honors (a 2017 AIA RI Design Award) for its work on the WaterRower World Manufacturing Headquarters in Warren, RI. He served as project architect for the new 30,000-sf building and oversaw renovations to the existing facility, aiming to increase energy efficiency while cutting down on waste from the company’s manufacturing process.
1993 25th Reunion October 5 – 7 A longtime member of the Admissions team at RISD, Lucy Bourgeault SC began a new job this spring as director of admissions and financial aid at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a low-residency graduate school in Montpelier. Liza Jernow AP is happy to report that “creativity translates across mediums”— including vegetables, grains and all the other ingredients she works with as a NYC-based food stylist, recipe developer and cofounder of Wild Apple Journal, a website for foodies
Grace Lin 96 IL In A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), a new picture book due out at the end of August, Grace spins a whimsical tale about the phases of the moon in words and gorgeous illustrations. And 12 years after publishing her first novel, The Year of the Dog, she was excited for its re-release in May — perfectly timed for the current year in the Chinese zodiac. The 2018 edition (also Little, Brown) features new behind-the-scenes material and “even better, a photo of an Asian girl right smack in the middle of the cover!” 76
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living gluten-free. With clients including Martha Stewart, Epicurious and NYC Restaurant Week, Liza has mastered the art of the “perfectly placed pea,” as she puts it. Eleven of the 13 local businesses selected by DESIGNxRI for its 2018 Providence Design Catalyst awards are run by RISD alumni, including Wild Power Games, the Providence-based board game company recently launched by Ryan Lesser IL and Jennifer Hrabota-Lesser 94 IL . Other alumni entrepreneurs benefitting from the support are Lisa Foster MIA 12 (Reconstructure), Laura Moss MArch 12 (Functional Aesthetic
Design+Build), Greg Nemes MArch 12 (Work-Shop Design Studio), John O’Keefe MLA 09 (Sealand Design), jewelry makers Julia Sullivan 10 PR (RA HA) and Tzu-Ju Chen 00 JM , printmaker Alexander Carlisle 10 PR (Sawtooth Editions), Buck Hastings 06 PT (Providence Painted Signs), Conor Oberlander 16 ID (Ambo Studios) and Eliza Squibb 13 TX (Upriver Downriver). Dave Mullins IL (see page 17) Dave TenEyck IL (see page 4)
1994 After years working for architectural firms in Los Angeles and Toronto (where he’s now based), Robert Glennie BArch is working on his own as a licensed architect. He took inspiration from Tommy Landau AIA to design The Tommy, a speculative starter home that addresses the need for low-cost, sustainable living in city centers. He has also returned to fine art,
Lindsay Packer 96 TX In Day for Night, her January–February immersive installation at Transmitter in Brooklyn (where she lives), Lindsay created “luminous, temporary geometries that called into question the divisions between analog and digital ways of seeing,” she explains. “Site, movement, chance and improvisation determined composition and color.”
“wanting to explore composition again and develop a new vocabulary for future work.” Robert’s most recent painting show was Art for Planners, held in summer 2015 at The ARTS Project in London, Ontario. Matilsha Marxuach CR (see pages 34-35)
As creative director of the 12th annual PhotoNOLA festival in New Orleans, Jennifer Shaw PH masterminded the four-day event in December 2017 that brought 65 exhibitions to her hometown, along with workshops, portfolio reviews and other fun (and free) events open to the public.