Alumni in the News

Art History alum Don Bacigalupi (MA, 1985 and Ph.D., 1993) is featured in the New York Times' "T" Magazine. The article discusses his new home, life, and career as Director of the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. Bacigalupi, his partner Dan Feder, and their son Guston moved to Bentonville from Toledo, Ohio, where Bacigalupi was director of the Toledo Museum of Art.

Tiny Park Gallery, located in Austin, Texas, will premiere their 2012 Drawing Annual on May 4th and will feature one UT alum and a current student, Miguel Aragon (MFA student) and Leah Haney (BFA, 2010). The exhibition will focus on drawings and the concept of drawing. The opening will be on Friday, May 4, 2012 from 7 pm to 11 pm and will continue through May 20, with viewings available on Saturdays from 12 pm to 5 pm and by appointment. Tiny Park Gallery is located at 607 1/2 Genard Street.

Noah Dillion (BA Studio Art, 2008) is a contributor on a recent publication from Paper Monument entitled "Draw It with Your Eyes Closed: The Art of the Art Assignment". The anthology features essays, drawings, and assignments from over 100 contributors including John Baldessari, William Pope.L, Mira Schor, and many others. The publication examines art education and in particular the art assignment from introductory exercises to graduate-level experiments. For excerpts, reviews, and to purchase the anthology, click here.

From April 27th to April 29th, Suzanne Bocanegra (BFA, 1979) will do performances of her piece "When a Priest Marries a Witch: An Artist Talk by Suzanne Bocanegra starring Paul Lazar". First premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2010, Bocanegra will perform her work as part of the Fusebox Festival, an annual contemporary art and performance festival that takes place each April in Austin, TX.

Performances will take place at the Salvage Vanguard Theatre on:

April 27th at 9 pm, April 28th at 1 pm, and April 29th at 7 pm.

Thomas A. Livesay (BA, 1968 and MFA, 1972), executive director at the LSU Museum of Art, announced his retirement from the institution on March 30, 2012. Livesay has been the director of the museum since January of 2007.

The Virtuosi Quintet, founded by alumnus James Jeter (BM, 1971), bassonist, performed the world premiere of Jim Lahti's "Woodwind Quintet," written for Dr. Jeter, on March 25, 2012 at St. Malachy's Church in New York City. Works of Bach, Bozza, Grieg and Reicha were also featured. The other members of the Virtuosi include Karla Moe, flute, Bette Condon, oboe, Larry Tietze, clarinet, and Janet Lantz, horn.

Graduate Natalia Anciso will have her museum show debut on March 30th at the San Jose Museum of Art. Having just wrapped a showing at the 4th Chicana/o Biennial at MACLA in San Jose, CA, Natalia will debut an installation at the "Mexicanismo through Artists' Eyes" exhibition along with internationally-renowned Mexican and Mexican-American artists including Betsabee Romero (Mexico City), Margarita Cabrera (El Paso, TX), Enrique Chagoya (San Francisco), and others.

The exhibition opens March 30th and runs until September 23, 2012.

Ultra Madre, the performance installation by Andres Bedoya (BFA, 2001), was originally presented at the Museo Nacional de Arte in La Paz, Bolivia, in 2009. Installed within the main arch of the museum's patio, for approximately one hour participating women lay still with their long hair cascading down the 15-foot structure. The current show, From Ultra Madre, presents materials generated during its 18-month development.

On view from February 24 to March 17 at Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street at Pitt, New York, NY 10002. Opening reception is today, February 24, from 6 to 8pm. Additional information here. Maps and directions can be found here.

GenerousArt.org, founded by alumna Jennifer Chenoweth (MFA, 1999), was featured in an episode of KLRU's Arts in Context last night, Thursday, February 23rd. The 30 minute episode featured interviews of several Generous Artists including alumna Judith Simonds (MFA, 1994) as well as Jennifer Balkan, Wells Mason, Stella Alesi, and Virginia Fleck. The full episode is available to watch online on Vimeo.

Alumna Lindsey Bailey (BFA, 2008), graduate student at Belmont University, has spearheaded a project that brings together Belmont University sculpture students and Nashvilla-area schools. Starting with a campaign on Kickstarter, Bailey raised over $4,000 to fund 12 of 24 workshops, a documentary film crew, and transportation for students to the gallery opening at Belmont University. The exhibition, titled Deliciously Happy, features the results of the collaborative workshops between Belmont students and Nashville students. It will be on view from February 29th to March 30th, with a reception on March 1st from 5 - 7pm, at Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for Visual Arts.