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March 2009

This news from Otis alumni reflects information from those in touch with the Alumni Office. Class Notes are published every 4-8 weeks. To ensure that news of an event is announced before the event, email us two months prior if possible. Contact Sarah Russin at otisalum@otis.edu to share personal or professional news with fellow alumni in future online or printed publications. Thanks!

'50s alumni

Ruth Snyder ('58 Fine Arts)
Exhibition: 30th Venice Art Walk, May 17, Venice, CA. Venice Art Walk

'60s alumni

Robert Glover

Robert Glover ('60 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "Featured Artist Series," Silica Studios, Palm Springs, CA., March 6, 5-9 pm includes demonstrations at 6:30, March 7 & 8, 10 am - 4 pm. www.silicastudios.com


Larry Le Brane
Larry Le Brane ('60 Fine Arts) Exhibition: "The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories,” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Traveling exhibit June 2009-January 2010 www.fullercraft.org

Cecily Willis ('68 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "24th Annual All Media Exhibition", Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, CA, February 6 - March 22. www.lmapa.org/index.html

'70s alumni

Helaine Miller Hart

Helaine Miller Hart ('70 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "Featuring Artwork from the Faculty of NAU", NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ, February 10 - March 28. NAU Art Museum

Susan Moss , Black Forest VIII, 87 1/2 " x 61"

Susan Moss ('71 Fine Arts)
Exhibition: Gallery Arnaud, Beverly Hills, CA, through February. www.galleryarnaud.com Publications: Survive Cancer, March release. Black Forest series in a ten volume Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Yale University Press to publish in 2010,

Leslie Labowitz-Starus ('72 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "The Performing Archive,” Akademie fur Bildene Kunst, Berlin, Germany, collaborative multi-media installation with Suzanne Lacy, Otis Chair and Faculty member. Leslie is a Board member at the 18th Street Art Center and runs her own food company Foodology. www.foodology.com

Harrison Storms

Harrison Storms ('72 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "Johns Canyon," PS Zask Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, February 7 - March 1, www.pszaskgallery.com www.harrisonstorms.com


Lawrence Fodor		Lawrence Fodor studio
Lawrence Fodor ('73 Fine Arts) Solo Exhibition: "Ligatures & Koan Boxes," Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID. February 13 - March 1. www.friesengallery.com


John Taye
John Taye ('72 MFA Fine Arts) Publication: American Artist, March 2009 issue, six page article with photographs. Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0CxDLxUrE8

Judithe Hernandez Judithe Hernandez

Judithe Hernandez ('74 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibitions: "Miradas," National Museum of Mexican Art, "Miradas," Chicago, Il, January 23 - August 30. Artslant "12th International Open," Woman Made Gallery, Chicaco, IL, March 6 - April 16. www.womanmade.org "32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition,: Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, March 6 - A[pril 7. Honorable Mention. art.bradley.edu/bradley-international www.jhnartestudio.com

Bertil Petersson

Bertil Petersson ('74 Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "artHAUS 2009", Dogtown Station, Venice, CA, January 24 - February 24. www.arthaus.us/4.html

Joe Potts ('77 MFA Fine Arts)
Performance: "Telethon Revisited," Live Webcast February 21 - 22. www.otis.edu/public_programs/otis_live/index.html

Eloy Torrez ('77 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "Self-Portraits in the Age of MyFaceSpaceBook," i-5 Gallery, L.A., CA, January 3 - February 28. Also includes Nena Amsler ('92 Fine Arts). www.breweryartwalk.com Award: C.O.L.A. Grant 2009, awarded by the City of Los Angeles for mid-career L.A. artists.

Kent Twitchell ('77 MFA Fine Arts)
Mural Installation: "Thriller: The King of Pop Meets the King of Cool (Exploring the Lost Works of Kent Twitchell)," Look Gallery, L.A. Mart, Reception April 2, 6-9 pm. Through April 27. www.lookartists.net


Kerry James Marshall		Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall ('78 Fine Arts) Exhibition: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art commissioned murals on display through May 2010 in the Haas Atrium, San Francisco, CA. Press: LA Times www.sfmoma.org Lecture: April 30, 7 pm Video featuring Kerry Marshall plays daily February 26 - March 13

Bonita Helmer

Bonita Helmer ('79 MFA Fine Arts)
Solo Exhibition: "Without Beginning - Without End,” Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts, UCLA, L.A., CA, January 7 - March 20. Panel Discussion: Bonita Helmer and Rabbi Stephen Robbins, March 3, 7:30-9:30 pm on references to Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah in her paintings. www.uclahillel.org

Ulysses Jenkins ('79 MFA Fine Arts)
Performance: Quiet as Kept: Change, written and directed by Ulysses Jenkins, California African American Museum, L.A., February 27, 7-10 pm. www.caamuseum.org

Bruce Yonemoto ('79 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "Mediated," UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA, through April 4. www.cmp.ucr.edu

'80s alumni

Gayle Gale

Gayle Gale ('81 MFA Fine Arts)
Director: Kids For Peace, a collaborative mural arts program and special project of the Dalai Lama Foundation. Winner of the 2001 Fete d’Excellence Gold Medallion of Excellence. www.kidsforpeace.com www.dalailamafoundation.org/kfp

Alison Saar ('81 MFA Fine Arts)
Lecture: Otis College of Art and Design, Ahmanson Bldg., Forum, March 26, 7 - 9 pm www.otis.edu/calendar/detail/id/1132

Jeffrey Vallance ('81 MFA Fine Arts)
Exhibitions: "Grand Central Art Center Celebrates 10 Years,” California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, February 7 - April 11. Reception: March 7, 7-10 pm. Also includes Sandow Birk ('89 Fine Arts) and Camille Rose Garcia ('92 Fine Arts). www.grandcentralartcenter.com
"Nine Lives," Hammer Museum, L.A., March 8 - May 31. Hammer Museum

Mari Andrews

Mari Andrews ('82 MFA Fine Arts)
Solo Exhibition: "January Collection - recent wall works," SFMOMA Caffe Museo, January 15 - February 17. Exhibition: SFMOMA Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, February 4 - March 13. www.sfmoma.org/view/page.landing/artists_gallery_exhibitions www.mariandrews.com

Susan Wesley ASID, CID ('83 Environmental Design / Architecture, Landscape, Interiors)
Owner of interior design firm Wesley Design Inc., wesleydesigninc.com servicing L.A. and Orange county areas, for high end residential, retail store and commercial design. Susan is a member of the ASID and a certified interior designer in the state of California. She also has a jewlery line "Susan Wesley Design" with website under construction.

Hunter Reynolds , Wilma

Hunter Reynolds ('84 Fine Arts)
Exhibition: Gavlak Projects, Palm Beach, FL, February 28 - April 4, www.gavlakprojects.com Grant: December 2008, Pollock Krasner Grant. Award: Bill Olander Visual AIDS Vanguard Award hunterwreynolds.com/splash.html

Doug Kinsey ('85 Fine Arts)
Solo Exhibition: F.U.E.L. Collection, Philadelphia, PA, March 5 - 29. www.fuelcollection.com


Lucas Reiner		Lucas Reiner
Lucas Reiner ('85 Fine Arts) Exhibition and Book Launch: "Lucas Reiner: Los Angeles Trees: Paintings, Drawings, Filmstills," launch March 7, 11 am - 1 pm at Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY. Exhibition March 3 - 14. www.dinterfineart.com/index.html Signing: MOCA at Pacific Design Center, L.A., March 14. www.moca-la.org/museum/moca_pdc.php Available from Amazon Press: L.A. Times Curator: El Corazon Gallery at Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), themagla.com/Detailed/935.html

Greg Spalenka and Roxana

Roxana Villa ('85 Communication Arts)
Married Greg Spalenka on December 27, 2008. www.roxanavilla.com www.illuminatedperfume.com
Buy at Etsy www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6205870

Elisabeth Condon ('86 Fine Arts)
Exhibition: "Elisabeth Condon: This Land Was Made for You and Me," Grantpirrie, Syndney, Australia, March 5 - March 28 www.grantpirrie.com/exhibition.php?g=window&e=9&s=3&i=1

Kio Griffith ('86 Communication Arts)
Installation: "Switch," Cafe Balcony, L.A., CA, through February. Also includes Mika Soma ('07 Fine Arts) in a trio called KUSHAMI. www.cafebalcony.com/art/index.htm (location closing end of February, to reopen in Santa Monica).

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