Alumni in the News

Cherise Lukow (B.M., Music Performance, 2009) moved to Paris after graduation, and has performed as a FAVA guest artist for the city of Paris at both the l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris and la Residence de l’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis. She was awarded the top prize for female voice in FAVA’s Grands Concours de Chant, and signed with the Added-Lewis International Artists Agency. She also received the first prize mention marked “à l’unanimité avec les félicitations du jury” at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.

MFA ’10 Talleri McRae is now an Education Associate for the acclaimed Stage One Children’s Theatre in Louisville, KY.

Sunyong Chung (B.A., Studio Art, 1981) will hold a Holiday Sale at Ginko Studios in Austin, TX on Saturday, Dec. 11th from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 12th from noon – 4 p.m.

Catherine Rogers (M.F.A., Drama, ’93) will be in The Sudden Death of Everyone at the Manhattan Theatre Source on November 10th at 7 p.m. and Friday, November 12th at 7 p.m. Click here for tickets.

Hamlet, staged at Boggy Creek Cemetery, ran through November 6.

Clare Croft (Ph.D., Theatre, ’10) currently holds a prestigious post-doc at the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of the Sally Banes Biennial Publication Prize for the best publication that explores the intersections of theatre and dance/movement from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR).

Jaime Salvador Castillo (B.F.A., Studio Art, ’05), recently curated a show called By Your Powers Combined at Marwen Gallery in Chicago. A review of the show can be seen here.

Marc Dennis (M.F.A., Studio Art, ’93) was recently seen on the Cooking Channel’s “My Life in Food.” The episode dealt with “extreme diets.” Dennis is an entomophagist and was featured in a Wall Street Journal article this past September.

Jennifer McCamish (B.A., Dance, ’96) opened Dancers Shape in Austin, TX. Holding classes in yoga and pilates, this new studio is also introducing a new style of fitness to Austin, called Dancers Shape, which incorporates aspects from ballet, yoga, pilates and traditional circuit training. Grand opening specials are available through Dec. 31st.