University of Michigan . Art & Design
ALUMNI/AE NEWS & GALLERY

 

Dorothy Maxwell
Bachelor of Design '39
Working in a as painter, and calligrapher, Ms. Maxwell has exhibited throughout Ohio. She has also worked on a number of commissions pieces including those a Saint Louis bank, and a church, as well as completing needlepoint designs for 8 historic buildings in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Four works: The Critic


Matthew Zivich
BS '60
Matthew Zivich had a one person photography exhibition at the Saginaw Art Museum in April 2000 as the result of a prize won at last year's Saginaw Art Museum photo competition. He also won an honorable mention at the Midland Center for the Arts annual '99 show, also in photography.

Via Dolorsoa, 1999, 14" x 59"

 

Peter Forbes
BS '60, MS '63
Excerpted from a Syracuse University publication: "Peter Forbes,, an adjunct instructor in the School of Art and Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, received a funded 2001-2002 Sculpture Space residency. Sculpture Space, located in Utica, is an internationally recognized residency program that provides access to a specializezd studio facility for professional artists whose focus is sculpture. The residency will begin in May of 2002."


Shelter/Surveillance Sculpture, 1994, 134"x124"x120"

 

Steven E. Frenkel
BS '65
Steven Frenkel is now represented by Opus One Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia and Steinway Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC. His work can be seen at steinwaygallery.com. Recently he had work publsihed in BlueMilk a local (Atlanta) magazine. Steinway as planned a solo show for Frenkel in the fall of 2001.


Maumee Winter, 2000 13"x39" on canvas



Hermann Kosak
BS '67


Torragon, 1999 30"x36"


Paul Zenian
MFA '68
Paul Zenian will be participating in the invitational exhibition of "Abstract Image Makers" (AIM) at Bradley University, Illinois from October - November 2001 with five large canvases. He was also asked to be a juror for the Ann Arbor Street Fair for this year. He has been a regular contributor tot he juried Community House Fund exhibitions in Birmingham, MI over the past several years.


Sandy (aka Floyd) Kinnee
BFA '69
Sandy Kinnee writes: "Still working and showing, primarily in Europe. My most recent exhibition was in Zurich, where I have shown yearly since 1994. My wife, Gale Murray (Ph.D.. Columbia), is a Nineteenth Century specialist. Her publications focus on Lautrec, including her contribution to an upcoming catalog for the National Gallery. Our daughter, Lauren is at Yale. I rarely teach, but taught a "Back to the Cave" basics course at Colorado College. I teach a conceptually chronological acquisition of skills by artists and the why and how of each change. Concentration is on color developments. I will also teach, in the summer of 2001, "Color In Paris". A plein air/museum hands on examination of "advanced" color developments, from the late eighteen hundreds onward. http://sandykinnee.com




Martin Bernstein
BFA '71




Beverly Brandt
BFA '73
Beverly Brandt has recently been promoted to the rank of Professor in the School of Design at Arizona State University, where she teaches courses in design history, theory and criticism. Brandt has lectured and written extensively on the Arts and Crafts movement and is writing "The Craftsman and the Critic: Defining Usefulness and Beauty in Turn-of-the-Century Boston."


Sharon Johnson
BFA '77
Sharon Johnson writes: "I was a potter and tilemaker for the past 15 years. Then I burned my arm on the wood stove for the last time and decided that I needed an inside job. I
still make tile though...and I have my eye on a new wheel. blottjohnson@aol.com


Ahmad Zainuddin
MA '79
Ahmad Zainuddin writes: "I have lost contact with the school of art and design, University of Michigan more than 15 years ago. I am not sure whether Prof. Korten is still there. I was his student from fall 1978 to april 1979 majoring in advertising design. I was young then, I am now 50 years old. Presently I am the pro vice chancellor (student affairs) at my university. Graphic design is still my area and I took few classes just to be in contact with the area. I would appreciate if someone could help me contact my course mate. I cant remember their names. We were all registered in September 1978 and took the same advertising design class under Professor Korten. please help."


Jonathan Wright
BFA '83
Jonathan Wright says: "I have been working at Colorbok for over ten years now, designing products for the gift industry, designing catalogs and trade shows for that product. I am married and have two daughters, so as usual I'm outnumbered, which is my preference."


Diane Trevarrow
BFA'84
Diane Trevarrow has recently assumed a Project Architect position at Gantt Huberman Architects. In addition, this past year, she became a Board member at The Light Factory and as Chair of the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Committee. She received an award for her contribution to the architectural profession.


Jim Hopfensperger
MFA '85
Jim Hopfensperger's solo exhibitions of furniture works in 2000 were at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and at Valdosta State University (GA). He also recently resigned his position as Head of the Studio Art Program at Penn State and effective July 1, 2000 he has accepted the position of Chairperson of the Department of Art at Michigan State University.


Wendy Wax
BFA '85
Wendy Wax lives in New York City were she writes children's books. She is also a collage illustrator for editorial and advertising. Wax recently got married to Jon Holderer, a commercial photographer. Wwax@earthlink.net.


Woman on Rocks 1/99 8 1/2" x 11"


Keith Ekstam
MFA '87
A visiting artist at Taiwan National College of the Arts, Taiwan, in May, 2000, Keith Ekstam was also in a group exhibition of clay sculpture at Celebrated Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 2000. His artwork has been published in "The Ceramic Design Book", Lark Books of North Carolina, 1998.


Takeshi Yamada
MFA '87
Takeshi Yamada writes: "I attach images of my 2 paintings that were delivered to the Pier Show in New York --- May 12 - June 17, group show with over 200 artists. I also exhibited my artwork on paper at a group show at the Kentler International Drawing Space Gallery in New York now. May 4 - 27. group show."


Christine (Boyer) Anderson
BFA '91
Christine Anderson has recently gotten married and moved to NYC.


Mike Puccio
MFA '91
www.mikepuccio.cjb.net


Slow, 2000, 24" x 18"


Colleen O'Rourke
BFA '92
Colleen O'Rourke had two pieces selected by jury for inclusion in the publication of Fiberarts Design Book Six. Fiberarts staff selected 550 works for publication for the 5,500 entries they received. The two pieces chosen to represent O'Rourke's work are "Couch" and "Rooftop" both seed bead embroideries. This work, along with several other pieces, was part of an exhibition with her mother E. Lynne O'Rourke entitled "Generations: Past, Present & Future" at the Plymouth Community Arts Council in Plymouth, Michigan. You can view Colleen's portfolio at www.simiandesign.com/bean or email her at colleen@pcc.net


Douglas J. Cleland-Hura
BFA '93
Doublas Cleland-Hura writes "I am happily married to Rikki Cleland-Hura, a supervising layout artist for Pixar Animation Studios. We have a daugther, Annika born August, 2000. I am a stay-at-home father and work out of my home studio. My work has been shown at Christie's of London, the Salmagundi Club of New York, Birds in Art (an international exhibit of bird artists) and many national galleries." Djch@griffonworks.com, www.griffonworks.com


Grace in Flight, 1999 23"x38"


Cortney Connelly
BFA '95
Cortney Connelly has been working as a Graphic Designer since 1996. She currently works at
Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas Texas as a Graphic Designer while
her Fiance'(Jeff) completes his degree here as a Chiropractor. They plan to move back to Michigan when he graduates in April 2002. Connelly would love to get in contact with fellow classmates who graduated in 1995. She can be reached by e-mail at: cortneyconnelly@excite.com Go Blue!


Cory Fox-Converse
BFA '95
Cory Fox- Converse writes: "I am working and design web pages, Sarah (Fox) and I have two little girls now. Still doing art in the studio and we're both getting it out to shows each year. I am also in the long process of writing a book in my (rare) spare time. I worked as a substance abuse counselor for a stint and am delving back into web artistry."


Susan Isaak
BFA '95
Susan Isaak is currently the Photo Editor at Self Magazine.


Vanessa Aycock
BFA '96
Vanessa Aycock suggests "If anyone is in San Francisco - drop me a line. If any up and coming grads need help with jobs in the bay area, give me a call."


Allyson Meyer
BFA '96
Allyson Meyer is currently working at the Field Museum in Chicago as a web developer/designer. She recently received her masters in medical illustration.


Rita Lee
BFA '99
Rita Lee is currently working at Sapient in Chicago as a Visual Designer. Sapient is an end-to-end internet solution consultancy, who has acquired Studio Archetype and Adjacency over the past couple of years.


Adriana Yugovich
BFA '99
Adriane Y:ugovich writes: "Got back from a month-long excursion photographing europe, and am glad to be home! I am now persuing my MFA at California Institute of the Arts and expect to graduate in 2003.

Peter Guren
BSD '74

Note: What follows is a short email interview with Peter about his experiences at the School

I am a nationally syndicated cartoonist like U-M grad Cathy Guisewite (only not as pretty). I am the creator of the comic strip "Ask Shagg." For
samples of my work go to www.shaggedawg.com

Was the School of Art & Design helpful in preparing you for your career?

I majored in Industrial Design and Advertising. Both have helped me tremendously in the cartooning field. Industrial Design taught me to draw and how to present my product (which are the cartoons) and advertising taught me how to sell the product. Supposedly there are less than 250 syndicated cartoonists, so I must have learned something from those classes.

My I.D. and advertising classes rank right up there with the most rewarding times of my life. With respect to I.D., Arre Lahti was the main man, but John Thompson was also a help. However, my main experience from those times was not from either of those two gentleman...a man just out of Art Center in California (I think that's the name--it's the West Coast equivalent to Rhode Island School of Design) was hired by Chrysler and wanted a teaching degree. Chrysler sent him to U-M to teach our I.D. class for 6 weeks. He taught me everything--from basic drawing to presentation. When I met Charles Schulz10 years later, one of the first things he said to me was, "It's about time we have a cartoonist who can draw." I attribute that ability to the gentleman from Chrysler.

As for advertising, the professor was a great guy, Professor Korten. At that time, the course consisted of solving an existing campaign which was presented by an actual company and ad agency. One session was presented by Gerber Baby Food. They were trying to break into the Snack Pack market with their existing products (Gerber peaches, plums, applesauce, etc.). Our job was to change the public's perception of the baby foods as snack foods without changing the labels. Our group did such a good job with the results, that Gerber flew 3 of us up to Gerber headquarters in their private plane (complete with baby head painted on the tail) to make the presentation to the corporate board. We met Mr. Gerber, himself! The Gerber ad agency actually took our idea and did a small scale test market. Bottom line: the public wasn't going for it unless they changed the baby labels. That was a great experience because we were able to do the whole process from start to finish and, in my case, it actually worked.

Other than getting an "F" from Prof. Albert Mullin in an independent study cartooning class, there was nothing "cartooning" about my U-M experience. This was a basic "101 2-D design course," which Mullin had decided to turn into a "choose your own direction" course. I found out the following semester, that Mullin had little regard for cartooning as an art form....oops. Needless to say, I never tried that again.

My cartooning career got started with a two-year stint at American Greetings in Cleveland, OH. But that's a whole 'nother story...