Alumni News Update 11.03 – 11.09.20

Posted on November 2, 2020

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Oreen Cohen MFA ’14 with Alison Zapata created four new sculptures for Squirrel Hill’s Wightman Park, which was just renovated. (image 4)

The University of Maine exhibits “Quaranzine,” a print project organized and edited by Marc Fischer BFA ’93 that included contributions from Professor Andrew Ellis Johnson and students Shori Sims and Steven Montinar, among many others.

Jaewook Lee MFA ’15 was interviewed by the SACO Festival de Arte Contemporáneo, Antofagasta, Chile, about his work “A Treatise on Rhythm, Color, and Birdsong.” (image 1)

As part of Patrick Heide Gallery’s booth, Susan Schwalb’s BFA ’65 work was shown at the Internationale Kunstmesse Munich, Oct 22-25.

Sarah Stengle BFA ’84, with the project Central Booking, organized “Net Gain: Experimenting with Geometric Folding,” a ready-to-print book. (image 2)

As part of Pow! Wow! DC’s International Mural Festival, Martin Swift BFA ’12 painted a mural of Richard Bangura, who was murdered in August. (image 3)

As part of Neptune Gallery’s booth, Rexy Tseng BFA ‘09 exhibited at Art Taipei, Oct 23-26.