DYSTOPIA
Experience the world of the African dances which have influenced Latin, Bollywood, Jazz, and Contemporary choreography. Experience how we can embrace diversity as a remedy for Dystopia.
Photography by
Yanni
De Melo
Poster design by Thomas Rockwell
As part of my commitment to the university mission of service, I created literary journals, calendars, and commemorative books for campus-wide use. These represent sample spreads.
Preface
*Honorable Mention Award, Fiction, Sigma Tau Delta Writing Contest 2017
FOUNDERS
Bishop
Monsignor
75 Photographs - Information
12 Penafort Pool, Aquatic Program. Students participate in the American Red Cross “Go-Catch the Life Saver” contest, January 25, 1942. Jean Wilkowski, Mimi McGuire, Mildred Baird and Doris Donovan. Photography by Frutkoff.
13 Penafort Pool. Colleen Breslin, November 2, 1941. Photography by Frutkoff.
14 Penafort Pool. Dottie Collins performs on the low board while Pat Gray does a swan dive from the three-meter board, 1947.
05 Adrian Dominican Sisters, Order of Preachers at Cor Jesu Chapel, Easter Sunday: (Front) Dorothy Browne, Mary Ann Rissert, Marie Grace Gibney, Rose Mary Mc Elroy, and Agnes Patrice Waldron; (Rear) Sisters Helen Duggan, Elaine Scanlon, Agnes Cecile Prendergast, Mary Jane Hart, Mary Jean Walsh, Marie McGowan, Clarisena Meyer, Denise Mainville, Noreen McKeough, Joanne O’Conor, Thomas Mary Walsh, Eulalia LaVoie, Rose Therese Audretsch, Cleophas Freiburger, Michael James Carter, Jean Marie Sheridan, and Trinita Flood, 1949. Photography by Ronald Thibedeau.
06 Students enjoying leisure time outside Angelicus Hall (Adrian Hall) with view of Cor Jesu Chapel, 1951.
07 Student Margaret McCarter, c.1957.
08 Regina Caeli-Regina Mundi (Dalton-Dunspaugh), kitchenette and lounge area, November 1962.
09 Fine Arts, Ceramics. Sister Mary Joseph Kennedy, OP, 1962. Photography by Joe Rimkus.
10 Calaroga Hall Practice House (LaVoie Hall, second floor), Home Economics, 1960. Photography by Bill Sanders.
11 Calaroga Hall Practice House (LaVoie Hall, second floor). Hanging draperies in the Practice House, Maryann Dolan and Baben Butch, c.1959.
15 Dorm life with Susan Balduc, Barbara Begnalia, Ann McLoughlin and Carol Bloom, 1960.
16 Rosa Mystica (Kelley House). Photography by Bill Sanders. 17 Penafort Pool. February 10, 1952. 18 Science Laboratory. Science Club Officers Carol Smith, Betty Clemenger, and Fran Hickey, 1961.
19 Biology Department professor, Mr. Charles Stasek, 1958.
20 Thompson Hall. Suzanne Watters, Sister Judith Mary Singer, OP, Sister Alma Marie Messing, OP and Judith A. Benkert, March 1964. 21 Regina Caeli-Regina Mundi (Dalton-Dunspaugh). Junior and Senior Prom, Sally Kennedy and Steve Weiner, 1963. Photography by Steve Wever.
22 Thompson Hall Lounge. Barry College and Biscayne College students, 1965.
23 Calaroga Hall (LaVoie Hall). Students in Home Economics, Food/Nutrition class, directed by Sister M. Eulalia LaVoie, OP, 1957.
24 Secretarial Science. Sister Frances Clare O’Brien, OP, with students, c.1940.
25 Home Economics, 1960. Photography by Bill Sanders.
26 Home Economics Marie Ann Maraia preparing to make a two-piece suit, April 20, 1962.
27 Angelicus Hall (Adrian Hall) rotunda porch (L to R) Norma La Boe, Marie Dudley, Jeanne Le Blank, Ruth Cannon, Judee Kornmeier and Beatrice Hagner, February 10, 1952.
28 Angelicus Hall (Adrian Hall), Library, 1961. Original library located where Wiegand Center is now.
29 Regina Caeli-Regina Mundi (Dalton-Dunspaugh) Lounge, 1962.
30 Sisters on the way to Cor Jesu Chapel, 1961.
31 Cor Jesu Chapel. Cor Jesu Choir under the direction of Sister Maura, OP, Members: C. Ezoe, I. Williams, M. Moran, H. Riley, J. Rerucha, C. Mcguire, J. Kornmeier, M. Dudley, M. Reiss, C. Eckhoff, J. McGowan, C. Wodtke, M. Renuart, S. Hosier, A. Mercado, P. Mies, M. E. Grady, T. Trivette and C. Stanford, 1952.
32 Cor Jesu Chapel. Student Linda Bevilacqua as Sodality Prefect, 1961-1962.
33 Barry College campus store Patricia Johnston (L) and Pricilla Belanger (R), c.1957.
34 Angelicus Hall (Adrian Hall), Barry students checking their mailboxes, c.1957.
35 Trip to Cuba on Pan-American World Airways. Sister Mary Jane Hart, OP, Sister Jean Marie Sheridan, OP, Joanne Sicking, Barbara Millman, Louise Dorn, Penelope Estabrook, Ruth Mahoney, Jane Kennally, Ann Murphy, Phyllis Hennessey, Kathleen Kileen, Patricia Touscany, Celestine Igel, Mercedes Soto, Eleanor Bryne, Ilene Byrne, Rosemary Jordan, Lois Mattia, Janice Hirt, Patricia Huml and Georgann Travnikar,
It was an honor to design promotional posters for the annual faculty art shows—and supporting my fellow artists in the visual arts department was a privilege.
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EMPTY BOWLS
The Department of Fine Arts of the College of Arts and Sciences presents EMPTY BOWLS for Haiti through Amor en Accion
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM in the Cor Jesu Chapel
Empty Bowls” projects are grass roots fund raising events organized and hosted by ceramics artists and educators worldwide to fight hunger and raise awareness. High school art teacher, John Hartom, initiated the project in 1990 to raise charitable funds for the hungry in his Michigan community. Hartom’s students made ceramic bowls in their art classes that were used as individual serving pieces for a fund-raising meal of soup and bread. Contributing participants selected bowls to eat from and then kept the bowls as a reminder of the event and world hunger. During the next year, Hartom and other participants developed this concept into “Empty Bowls.” The project expands one group of concerned artists and students at a time, and events are currently held throughout the United States and Canada. One hundred percent of each meal’s proceeds are devoted to hunger-fighting organizations. “Empty Bowls” now supports food related charities around the world and has raised millions of dollars to aid in the fight against hunger.
From “Empty Bowls” literature: There is a story about a man who left this earth and was taken on a tour of the inner realms. He was shown a room where he saw a large group of hungry people trying to eat dinner, but because the spoons that they were trying to eat with were longer than their arms, they remained frustrated: “This,” his guide told him, “is hell.” “That’s terrible!” exclaimed the man; “Please show me heaven!” “Very well,” agreed the guide, and on they went. When they opened heaven’s door, the man was perplexed to see what looked very much like the same scene: there was a group of people with spoons longer than their arms. As he looked more closely, however, he saw happy faces and full tummies, for there was one important difference: the people in heaven had learned to feed each other.”
Believe that we here on earth can learn to feed one another as well.”
Miami Shores Fine Arts Commission
Barry University Fine Arts Faculty &
OCTOBER 2 to DECEMBER 11 PRESENT Pictures on Exhibition
Curated by Barry University’s Fine Arts Department Chair, Silvia Lizama
Presenting five artists:
Angi Curreri
Tracie Heller
Silvia Lizama
Sara Rytteke
Scott Weber
I find logo design both challenging and rewarding: capturing a big idea in a small format...
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An example of work done for The Commonwealth Institute, as part of a 4-year project in service to the South Florida community.
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May 2024
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A warm September morning. A woman in labor, in need of immediate help. Two veteran Stamford Emergency Medical Services paramedics making a split-second decision that the baby won’t wait; they have to deliver her themselves—in the back of an ambulance as it pulls into the emergency department driveway...
As 2024 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on incredible moments like these that define SEMS—and how it feels to bring a new life into the world—an experience that reflects the spirit of renewal we all feel as we approach the new year.
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As we look ahead, our mission continues to expand beyond emergency response to proactive community support. HopeLine Connect, our newly created website, offers resources to individuals in crisis in five languages, ensuring that vital information is accessible to all those we serve—before life’s struggles become emergencies.
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