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LETTER FROM THE DEAN Dear Arts Alumni and Friends,
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News Briefs Read the latest developments from the College’s past year.
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School of Art and Design
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School of Music
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School of Theatre Arts and Dance
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Inside Campus Commons Get an inside look - and tour - of our new performance and gallery spaces.
PG. 11 Success Stories Catch up with UNC Arts alumni around the world.
Cover painting Phaedra by Catalina Sanchez (B.A. in Art ’15)
I welcome you to our first-ever UNC Arts Magazine. As this publication demonstrates, there is much to celebrate over the last several years regarding our students, faculty and alumni. As a College, we remain committed to providing our students with a superlative arts education. Some Highlights Include: • Robust enrollment growth both in quality and quantity for our undergraduate and graduate arts student population. According to the 2015 University census figures, 1120 arts students were enrolled at UNC, making us one of the largest and most highly regarded fine arts colleges in the country. • Two record-breaking years of private and corporate philanthropy to our arts programs with the assistance of the Office of Development. Our endowment amounts dedicated specifically to student scholarship support increased by 133% over the past three years, and we remain grateful to a number of generous donors, foundations, and corporations who have chosen to support our students and programs. • Creating and implementing real life experiential learning opportunities for our students as they contemplate artistic careers in the 21st century that will require them to have the skill sets to effectively promote themselves as artists. Please read about our newly created Arts Entrepreneurship program, as well as significant co-curricular achievements in creating music apps, community art collaborations, and Jackie Honold’s internship with Seattle Children’s Theatre (page 2). • Increased recognition of the outstanding work of our alumni. We continue to reach out to our alumni with targeted alumni events locally, regionally and nationally and through social media. This publication celebrates some of our illustrious alumni accomplishments as well. Please see page 11 for details. • Development and inception of Campus Commons. The building is an integrated student support facility that will feature two state-of-the-art exhibit galleries and a 600-seat performance hall with accompanying support spaces. Please see page 9 for details. Thanks to President Kay Norton and Provost Robbyn Wacker for their continuing support of our programs.
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I hope that you will take some time to peruse the great news from our College that is contained within these pages. We encourage you to re-connect with us using the contact information on the back of our publication. If your travels bring you back to Greeley, please stop by the Dean’s Office to say hello. Sincerely, Leo Welch Dean, College of Performing and Visual Arts 1
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NEWS BRIEFS Launching Arts Entrepreneurship The newly created UNC Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate prepares students for success as professional artists, allowing them to develop entrepreneurial skills through curricular activities and artist competitions that mimic real-life arts experiences.
Student Cody DeVries presents his photography at the Showcase of the Arts.
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Theatre Ed Student Scores Competitive Internship School of Theatre Arts & Dance student Jackie Honold received a highly competitive internship for last summer with Seattle Children’s Theatre, one of the top children’s theatres in the country. Honold gained plenty of preparation for the experience by directing UNC’s Theatre for Young Audiences tour in the spring of 2016 with the production The Transition of Doodle Pequeño. Honold explains why she’s passionate about Theatre for Young Audiences: “Children are the most honest audience members an artist could ask for. They don’t have the patience and training adults have in watching live theatre. While that can be challenging at times, it holds every production accountable for the work being shown. We don’t often give children enough credit for their growing minds, and TYA is a way to give them new experiences.”
UNC Arts Secures UCHealth Sponsorship The College of Performing and Visual Arts has renewed its partnership with UCHealth for three years. UCHealth will serve as the Premier Season Sponsor for the College and the Official Hospital System of the Arts at UNC. UCHealth’s sponsorship funding goes directly to support student scholarships, allowing the College to attract the very best arts students to our programs from across the country.
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SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear Art and Design Alumni, As the Director of the School of Art & Design at UNC I am continually reminded of the quality and dedication of our faculty and students. Their talent, work ethic, and quality of artistic work reassure me that we have been on the right trajectory for some time. Even more encouraging and exciting is the adaptable attitude I see in our school to a shifting and challenging higher education landscape in Art & Design. After a period of self-reflection and careful examination, the School of Art & Design is reimagining our facilities, curriculum, and student experience. This work, combined with the facilities and curriculum changes on the horizon, positions us to be a strong force in the preparation of successful artists, educators, designers, and entrepreneurs. It is an exciting time to be in the Arts at UNC. Please allow me to take a moment to share with you some of the highlights: • The future plan to expand the Gray Gym facilities to include a performance space for the School of Theatre and Dance includes a gallery exhibition space in phase three. This addition will allow the visual arts and theatre faculty, students, and patrons to interact in exciting new ways. • The Campus Commons project includes a main gallery comparable to the current Mariani gallery. Additionally, the space is designed to expand much needed storage space and exhibition preparation for the ever-expanding School of Art collection. The high traffic and visibility in this building, conceived of as the “front porch of the university,” will allow us to highlight the talent of our faculty, our students, and artists working regionally, nationally and internationally. Additionally, we envision utilizing that space to host events that foster increased interactions within the College, University, and Greeley community.
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• We are reimagining our foundations studios and curriculum and focusing on our students’ firstyear experience in new and exciting ways. We have added arts entrepreneurship courses, and we have implemented new and emerging technologies like 3D printing and large-format digital camera equipment. We have recently offered classes that have worked on collaborative projects with the City of Greeley and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and we have strengthened our visiting artist program and invited successful alumni, artists, and curators to interact with and mentor our students. The School of Art & Design is located in a strong and supportive College, University, and community. As we continue to respond and adapt to the shifting landscape of artistic production, and re-envision, rework, and refine our programs and student experience, we will continue to share with you stories of our progress and our success.
Andrew John Liccardo Director, School of Art & Design andrew.liccardo@unco.edu
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Photo by Barry Lapoint
BETTER TOGETHER: Collaboration Brings New Art to Life Studio Art is often thought of as a solitary pursuit, but instructor Lynn Cornelius set out to challenge that with her Collaboration in the Arts class last spring. One large project the class completed was a large-scale mural on a downtown Greeley wall near the Colorado Model Railroad museum. Guest artist Alice Mizrachi led the design of the mural, and students from the class assisted with the planning and execution. In April, Cornelius’ class collaborated with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra to create an art exhibit titled “Ripples, Rhythms, Reflections” that complimented the orchestra’s Water Music concert. A third partner in the project was the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, which provided educational materials about water conservation.
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PHOTOGRAPHY Professor John Tonai gives a demonstration to his class in the photo studio. Photo by Woody Meyers
UNC Announces New Gallery Director The School of Art and Design has hired Pamela Campanaro as the new Director of Galleries. Pamela comes to UNC from Montserrat College of Art, where she worked as the Associate Curator of Exhibitions and Programs. For art gallery information, visit arts.unco.edu/art/art-galleries.
DESIGN DAY: A Bicycle Built for You The annual Design Day involves all firstyear foundation students in the School of Art and Design. This year’s challenge involved transforming discarded bicycles into works of art. Students worked in teams to create art bikes that ranged from whimsical to wild.
KILN-FIRING Students watch as ceramics get fired in the kiln yard. Photo by Woody Meyers
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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear Music Alumni, Having just completed my first year as the new Director of the School of Music, I continue to be inspired daily by what is happening at UNC. The students, faculty, and staff are doing remarkable things! As you know, the School of Music is an active and vibrant place that is building upon an amazing legacy of achievement. As we move into the future, UNC will be positioned to continue to lead in the training of music educators, performers, and scholars for the modern age. UNC students are entering the field with something important to offer, and we are providing them with the training that will allow their voice to be fully heard. For example, we will enter into our second year of collaboration with the Monfort College of Business on our Spark Initiative. Last year’s initiative resulted in two of our students receiving funding to develop a new app for teaching students rhythm and subsequently winning an award as UNC Student Innovators of the Year. We also initiated our first “Day of Music” on October 7, 2016. This event challenged all of our students to organize and perform in the Greeley community all on the same day. We essentially created a 500-musician flash mob that lasted for a full day and educated students on how to interact with the community! I am impressed with how the UNC School of Music connects with a huge variety of people outside of the University and provides outreach and musical education to the broader population. In an effort to continue to grow in this area, on January 14-15, 2017, the School of Music will bring the GRAMMY nominated and Pulitzer Prize winning group, Roomful of Teeth, to UNC for a residency and concert featuring a collaborative performance and educational sessions with our students. This summer, the School of Music produced four concerts in the Concerts Under the Stars series in July at the Garden Theatre that brought spectators from across the region to our campus and culminated with a Mariachi Extravaganza at Nottingham Field featuring the Mariachi Azteca de America from San Antonio. In July, the UNC Jazz Camp brought approximately 100 students to our campus for a week of music making and classes from our faculty and special guests. These events are combined with the incredible amount of outreach that occurs each year in the School of Music, including the Western States Honor Orchestra Festival, the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival, and the national and international recognition our faculty and students receive for their work. The potential at UNC is immense, and I believe we will continue to build upon the incredible foundation that has already been set here. The music landscape has tremendous opportunities available, and UNC students are engaged and prepared to be leaders in it!
Mike Alexander Director, School of Music michael.alexander@unco.edu
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MARIACHI EXTRAVAGANZA On July 23, 2016, the School of Music hosted Mariachi de Azteca de America for a concert at Nottingham Field. This performance also featured winners of the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza, the longest-running and most competitive Mariachi competition in the United States.
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FACULTY UPDATES Last spring, The School of Music celebrated the following faculty retirements: • Charlotte Mills, Professor of Music, Music Education, and Coordinator of Class Piano ROOMFUL OF TEETH; PHOTO BY BONICA AYALA PHOTOGRAPHY
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• Gray Barrier, Professor of Percussion
The UNC School of Music is proud to host award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth on January 14 and 15, 2017. The group’s time here will include a brief residency at UNC and a concert on January 15 at 7pm in the Union Colony Civic Center.
The following faculty also received promotions:
Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from singing traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and, through an ongoing commissioning process, forges a new repertoire without borders.
• Jubal Fulks, Professor of Violin - Associate Professor
• Erik Applegate, Professor of Jazz Bass - Full Professor
• Nancy Glen, Professor of Music Education - Associate Professor
Sparking Innovation Last fall, the School of Music hosted its first annual Spark Initiative: a competition in partnership with the Monfort College of Business that allows students to pitch new musical products, prototypes, events, ensembles, or music-related companies. Students Braeden Ayres and Trevor Lovell won the $1500 prize with their idea for a mobile app that teaches students rhythmic concepts through a game-like interface. The students’ pitch was such a success that it was also
picked up for further development by Innovation Development and Enterprise Enhancement (IDEA) at UNC. The app is currently in beta testing, with a full launch planned for 2017. This fall, the School of Music will host the 2nd annual Spark Initiative. All student participants in the competition will have a chance to learn about entrepreneurial tools in informational workshops.
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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear Theatre and Dance Alumni, As you can see from the information contained in this newsletter, these are exciting times for the School of Theatre Arts and Dance. Our enrollment remains strong, our faculty and staff continue to create amazing work in both the classroom and in production, and our alumni continue to bring the School honor and distinction all over the world. Here are some highlights: • This past year the School saw five of its talented alumni tread the Broadway boards: Derek Hanson “An American in Paris”, Andy Kelso “Kinky Boots”, Aisha Jackson “Waitress”, Beth Malone “Fun Home”, and Aaron Young “Fiddler on the Roof”. A complete alumni accomplishment list can be found at arts.unco.edu/theatre/alumni. • Our non-resident Theatre Education and Dance Education graduate programs continue to grow and thrive under the leadership of Dr. Mary Schuttler, Gillian McNally, Christy O’Connell-Black, and Dr. Sandra Minton.
• The School has launched a new website for LTR at littletheatreoftherockies.com and celebrated its 82nd summer stock season this summer with the signing of a new three-year agreement with the Actors’ Equity Association. Finally, my greatest joy as School Director is sharing your continued success and accomplishments with the University community and your fellow Bears. So, if you have news to share, please take the time to email me an update on your life. Nothing brings me more joy than hearing about a new theatre or dance production, news of an exciting new project or sharing an important event in your personal life. Our alumni may be scattered across the globe, but we will always be united by the common memories that we all share - not to mention the theatrical magic that we were privileged to create together. May all of your theatrical dreams continue to come true!
David Grapes Director, School of Theatre Arts and Dance david.grapes@unco.edu
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• Langworthy Theatre saw two renovation projects completed this past year. The acoustics have been improved with the addition of new acoustic sound panels and the purchase of a new Meyer Array speaker system. The original orchestra pit lift was also replaced. These improvements are in addition to the recent purchases of new Wenger seating, a new ETS Lighting console, LED lighting instruments, and a new DiGiCo Sound Console.
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GRAY GYM UNDERGOES REMODEL FOR THEATRE In January of 2015, the College of Performing and Visual Arts and the School of Theatre Arts and Dance were given academic control of Gray Gym. The long-range plan is to convert the space into a new 220-seat thrust theatre to be used for theatre production, music recitals, and gallery space for student artists. The design has been conceived in two phases. Phase One was completed last year, and included repairs to the existing ceiling, theatrical black-out curtains, a portable sprung rehearsal and dance floor, a grid with a new lighting and sound system, mirrors, and new bleachers for seating. The new Gray Gym space hosted its first academic classes in the fall of 2015 and will continue its new role as the School’s primary rehearsal space.
Professor Tom McNally Passes the Torch In August 2015, after 28 years as the Artistic Director, Professor Tom McNally retired from Little Theatre of the Rockies. During his tenure Tom directed 36 productions and performed in 3 others. School Director David Grapes was appointed the new Producing Artistic Director for LTR and produced a highly acclaimed 2016 summer season. McNally received the M. Lucile Harrison Award from UNC in the spring of 2016. He plans to retire from his academic teaching position in May of 2017.
Travel Enhances Theatre Student Experience UNC’s campus is an incredible place for Theatre students to learn, grow, and perform, but extra-curricular travel provides
students with even more opportunities to reach their professional goals. Each year, the School produces two industry showcase presentations to assist its senior musical theatre and acting students with their transitions into the professional world. The Showcase experience is aimed at assisting the artist who is committed to living and working professionally in either New York City or Los Angeles, and it puts graduating seniors in front of professional agents and casting directors. In addition, Director David Grapes leads a bi-annual summer trip for students to London, England, to experience a diverse offering of live and historical theatre productions. This past summer, students traveled for several weeks and saw dozens of shows at venues including The Globe Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and London’s West End.
RECENT GUEST ARTISTS AT UNC STEVEN DIETZ – Playwright and UNC alumnus MICHAEL DONOVAN – Award-winning CSA LA Casting Director MATTHEW EDWARDS – Author and voice teacher RACHEL HOFFMAN – Bernard Telsey Casting NYC CHRIS PARNELL – V.P. of TV Drama Development at Sony Pictures TV ALICE RIPLEY – Tony Awardwinning actress DAWN MONIQUE WILLIAMS – Associate Director at Oregon Shakespeare Festival BRIAN YORKEY – Tony Award-winning lyricist for Next to Normal and If Then SUZAN ZEDER – Playwright, Theatre for Young Audiences
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conceptualized and constructed. The project builds upon UNC’s strong tradition of supporting the arts since the campus’ inception in 1889, where art, music, and theatre curricula were some of the first courses offered to students.
A guided tour, and the new building’s impact on the Arts at UNC Campus Commons is one of the most visionary projects to be conceptualized for our campus in decades. According to President Kay Norton, the building will be “radically distinctive” in the manner in which the facility is
Designed by Semple Brown Design and Handprint Architecture and constructed by Adolfson and Peterson, the facility will serve as: • A unique gateway to the university. Located just south of the existing University Center,
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The Commons will be home to a re-imagined student support operation that integrates a number of now-separate functions. It will become the go-to place for student support, and frontline staff will be trained to help students with a wide range of issues. For example, by talking with just one person, a student could resolve a hold on their registration, get career planning information, learn about international study-abroad opportunities, make a tutoring appointment, and get a financial aid question answered.
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properly complement the strengths of our Art, Music and Theatre programs. In this way, the project demonstrates the campus’s continued commitment to the excellence of our arts programs through dedicated space that will transform how the arts are viewed and cherished on our campus and within our community. Most importantly, it will also be a place for experiential learning for our students.
A TOUR OF CAMPUS COMMONS ART SPACES MAIN GALLERY AND SECOND GALLERY • Malleable spaces with the ability to present a variety of traditional and multi-media exhibits. • Students will be involved in gallery operations, providing them with professional, real-world experience.
PERFORMANCE HALL • Stage is equally suited for music, dance, opera, and select theatre performances, including Little Theatre of the Rockies shows. • Includes 400 main floor seats and 200 balcony seats. • Tunable acoustics will accommodate a wide variety of productions ranging from chamber music to amplified musical theatre. • Support spaces include a 2,500 square foot large ensemble rehearsal room, the Ottesen Green Room, choral dressing rooms, and a fully equipped loading dock.
CREATING SYNERGIES AND CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE ARTS AND CAMPUS • Performances may be presented in conjunction with a complementary gallery exhibit. • Informal presentation spaces will be used for more casual student concerts. • Presentations that balance the work of other parts of the facility – like New Student Orientation – will be possible.
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SUCCESS STORIES K AT H L E E N B IC K FOR D B E R ZO C K Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, Northwestern University B.A. in Art, ‘87
Kathleen Bickford Berzock is Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs at Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art, where she guides an innovative exhibition and collecting program that presents art across time, place, culture, and medium and engages with relevant issues of our time. Prior to her work at the Block Museum, Berzock was curator of African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (1995– 2013) and research assistant for African Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1993–1995). She is co-editor of the book Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and
KATHLEEN BICKFORD BERZOCK PHOTO BY SEAN SU PHOTOGRAPHY
SHARON HARMS PHOTO BY EMON HASSAN FOR THE NYTIMES
Display (2010, University of Washington Press). She received her Ph.D. from Indiana University. “Art History professor Chip Coronel had the greatest impact on me as a student at UNC. Through his teaching he showed me how exciting and fun art history could be and he challenged me to reach deeper and farther with my own scholarly work.”
S H A RON HARMS Soprano B.M. in Vocal Performance, ‘08
Praised as “superb”, “luscious-toned”, “extraordinarily precise and expressive,” and “dramatically committed and not averse to risk” by the New York Times, young American soprano Sharon Harms is known for fearless performances and passionate interpretations of works new and old for the recital, concert, and operatic stage. Sharon has premiered the music of some of today’s leading composers and her repertoire spans a versatile spectrum of periods and styles. Upcoming projects include collaborations with New Chamber Ballet, Nouveau Classical Project, composer Nina C. Young, Argento Chamber Ensemble,
S T E V E N DI E T Z Playwright and Professor, University of Texas B.A. in Theatre Arts, ‘80
“Whatever it is you’re passionate about, work hard, keep yourself open to possibility, be kind, say thank you, and never stop learning. Most of all, do what you love the most and build your life around it.” - Sharon Harms
pianist Steven Beck, the Curiosity Cabinet, composer Jesse Jones, and Ensemble Échappé, as well as recording on the Innova label. “Whatever it is you’re passionate about, work hard, keep yourself open to possibility, be kind, say thank you, and never stop learning. Most of all, do what you love the most and build your life around it.”
G R E G JOH N S ON Director of Jazz Studies, Marin School of the Arts B.M. in Jazz Studies, ‘10
Greg Johnson has emerged as one of the most visible young saxophonists and composers in the world. Credited with appearing on over 40 commercial albums in the past six years, Greg has appeared on stage with pop icons Robin
Thicke, Barry Manilow, and the popular group Saint Motel. Having recently earned a doctorate in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California, Greg is the newly appointed director of Jazz Studies at the Marin School of the Arts in northern California, an arts magnet school that attracts some of the best young talent in the bay area.
Steven Dietz’s 30-plus plays have been seen at over 100 regional theatres, as well as Off-Broadway and in over 20 countries. Recent premieres include Bloomsday (2016 Steinberg New Play Award Citation), This Random World (2016 Humana Festival of New American Plays), and On Clover Road (National New Play Network rolling world premiere). Other widely produced plays include Fiction, Yankee Tavern, Becky’s New Car, Last of the Boys, Lonely Planet, Private Eyes, Still Life with Iris, God’s Country, and The Nina Variations. Mr. Dietz and his family divide their time between Seattle and Austin, where he teaches playwriting and directing at the University of Texas. “During a class that I believe was called ‘Directing the Experimental Play’ I began to realize that the art form I was newly infatuated with was WAY bigger and harder and deeper and complicated than I had ever imagined. I was daunted, I was humbled, I was smitten. I feel like I’ve spent 30+ years trying to get back to that feeling of discovery.”
“Don’t concern yourself with what is new and hip or what you think people will like. If you want to make an artistic statement, learn the foundation and let it manifest itself in your own personal way. The only way art moves forward is through honesty and hard work.”
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A N DY K E L S O Broadway and Film Actor B.A. in Theater: Acting, ‘02
Originally from Denver, Colorado, Andy studied Acting at the University of Northern Colorado and performed in various shows in the Denver area including Big River, Footloose, & The Drawer Boy before moving to New York City in the fall of 2003. Since then, Andy has performed in various regional productions including RENT, Fiddler on the Roof, Jaques Brel is Alive…, and Two Rooms. He made his Broadway debut as Sky in Mamma Mia and recently played Fiyero in the 1st national tour of Wicked. Andy originated the role of Harry in Kinky Boots on Broadway and then took over the lead role of ‘Charlie Price’. In addition, he has appeared in the film version of The Producers and can be seen in the new Amazon Prime series Good Girls Revolt,
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JOH N SAW V E L Creative Director of Museum Arts, Dallas B.A. in Art, ‘11
John Sawvel is the Creative Director of Museum Arts, an exhibit design and build firm located in Dallas, Texas. His work at Museum Arts has provided him the opportunity to work on a multitude of projects all across the state of Texas and beyond. In addition to his role at Museum Arts, John has begun his own freelance business, John Sawvel Design and Consulting, where he continues to build his graphic design and exhibit design portfolio.
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“Tom Stephens is one of my most memorable professors at UNC. During E L E A NOR YAT E S Public Artist B.A. in Art, ‘98
my four years in the School of Art and Design I took a total of nine courses with Tom, one each semester. From my first foundations course to my last drawing studio class, Tom made me more
Native Coloradan and worldwide muralist for 20 years,
deliberate and confident in my work.”
Eleanor Elizabeth Yates earned her B.A. from the University of Northern Colorado in 1998 and has painted monumental works at schools, churches, and urban areas around the world. More recently, Eleanor has completed a fresco and gilded murals using ancient techniques that she learned in Florence, Italy. She is currently painting a “Flower Garden” outside a nursing
“My state school education gave me a much more well-rounded approach to life than many of my art school colleagues. I would advise art students of today to take as many classes in business management, finances, and marketing that they possibly can.”
home in Newfoundland. “My state school education gave me a much more well-rounded approach to life than many of my art school colleagues. I would advise art students of today to take as many classes in business management, finances and marketing that they possibly can.”
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