a two-person show at Harbor One Credit Union in Mansfield, MA, a solo show at Peace Love Studios in Providence and a group exhibition at The Space Gallery in San Francisco. Benjamin Reynaert BArch
(Brooklyn NY) writes that he is the Van Lier/Stein Fellow at The Center for Book Arts in NYC, where he is pursuing advanced studies in book arts. Sam Sharpe FAV wrote and
directed The Fantastic Magnifico, a film about an American who was inspired to join the infantry during World War I. He worked on the film with Stephanie Dufford*, whom he met at RISD when they were both students; she earned a 2010 Emerging Cinematographer Award from the Directors Guild of America for her work on the film. Sam freelances from his home base in Madison, WI. Beth Slocum GD (Island
Heights, NJ) has opened Woodhaus Studio (woodhaus studio.com), a full-service boutique design firm specializing in branding, print, web, pack-
aging and illustration. The studio also produces a line of handmade wooden bowls, “burned in with elaborate patterns” and available on Etsy.com.
2007 A Polaroid photo taken by Erin Danna IL (Providence) was used on the RISD by Design blog to illustrate the “Roman Celebrations” (anniversary of EHP) getaway. BooBoo Kills Yogi, a short video created by Edmund Earle FAV as a spoof of the Yogi Bear animated film released last fall, went viral within days of its release on YouTube, attracting more than 3 million viewers in less than a week. The video was mentioned on blogs run by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Wired and many more outlets. The Westport Arts Advisory Committee recently selected Connor Murphy FAV (Playa Vista, CA) to receive the 2010 Horizon Award for Visual Arts. After studying studio-scale animation at RISD, Connor interned on Corpse Bride, Brotherhood and Underdog before becoming a motion editor at Giant Studios in Los Angeles. He worked applying captured human motion to film characters on Mummy3, The Incredible Hulk and Prince Caspian and then moved on to camera assistant for director James Cameron on Avatar. Connor is currently working on director Shawn Levy’s Real Steel, a Rocky-style story about robot boxing in the future. Kate S. Sanders-Fleming PT
(Cambridge, MA) is teaching Spanish classes (“Learn Spanish Through the Arts!”) to kids at the Alliance Française in Providence.
2008 R.K. Projects hosted its second exhibition in a pop-up gallery at Conley’s Wharf in Providence. The November 2010 show featured paintings, drawings, sculpture and installations by Colin Bliss SC, Joseph Buzzell 06 PR and Alex Griffith 09 PT, who are all
Ani Ardzivian 10 GD In September Ani’s work was featured on the MSNBC program TODAY Money, in the segment “Is it time for American paper money to get a new look?” She’s building on her senior thesis work for The Dollar ReDe$ign Project, a grassroots movement to update US paper currency. Ani submitted a design that focuses on America’s social history, featuring images of Amelia Earhart, Martin Luther King, Jr., naturalist John Muir and astronaut Neil Armstrong. “Our currency is a symbol of our country and as a country we’ve come so far,” she says. “I tried to think about why people risk their lives to come here and start a new life. It’s not because of our presidents but because of our freedoms and rights.”
based in Providence. Elizabeth Grammaticas PT
(Boston) organized and participated in the group show 9.02.10: Teen TV Residue, on view last September and October at The Distillery Gallery in South Boston, MA.
2009 As a web designer/illustrator at Google, Jennifer Hom IL is part of a small team responsible for posting Google Doodles—topical illustrations—on the Google home search page. Among her recent contributions are Doodles commemorating the birthday of Mahatma Ghandi (10.2.09) and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (1.18.10). In December her Doodling work was noted in a Wall Street Journal article (12.24.10).
Animation Festival, with RISD winning Honorable Mention in the 2010 Best Animation School Showreel category. RISD’s school showreel featured films by Heather Kahn FAV, Dylan Ladds 11 FAV, Kenneth Onulak 11 FAV, Jonathan Seligson FAV, Kim Weiner FAV, Ted Wiggin 11 FAV and Caleb Wood 11 FAV. Line + Relation, an exhibition featuring the artwork of Charlie Thornton BArch (New Bedford, MA) and his father, John Thornton, was recently on display at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. The exhibition highlighted the reciprocal relationship between the two artists’ work over an extended period of time.
Louie Rigano ID (see page 10) Miriam Zisook ID (Providence)
is a new member of Business Innovation Factory’s design research team. She will be working with BIF Design Director Christine Costello on a variety of projects and leading fieldwork for projects in the BIF Student Experience Lab.
2011 Karen Kavett GD created the first user-designed logo for YouTube, which appeared on Halloween 2010. She also regularly posts videos to her YouTube channel about how and why someone might want to study design and how to survive a RISD crit.
In December Gabriela Salazar PT presented a site-specific instal-
Ben Bronstein 09 IL Ben (benbronstein.com) recently completed a commission to illustrate a series of beer bottle labels for Skeller Brewery, a micro-brewery based in Providence (where he lives). He has also been producing a lot of illustrations for The Wall Street Journal, PLANSPONSOR and PLANADVISOR. To submit updates for class notes, email risdxyz@risd.edu.
lation as part of flatbreadaffair and took part in an Artist’s Fete Dinner inspired by her work. The event took place in her Brooklyn studio/home.
2010 Films by RISD Film/Animation/ Video majors stood out at last fall’s Ottawa International
Tim Belonax 04 GD Tim (Newhall, CA) designed and printed these pillowcases for the RISD NorCal alumni club (we showed them in the Spring 2010 issue of XYZ—being tossed around at the Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight in San Francisco). Since then HOW magazine selected them for inclusion in its fall 2010 annual.
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