Alumni in the News

Lily Brooks (MFA in Studio Art, 2014) presents recent work in We Have to Count the Clouds at Aviary Gallery in Boston, MA. The exhibition will be on display January 1 through February 1, 2015. In Lily Brooks’ series We Have to Count the Clouds, photographs function as evidence of the ways in which we comprehend, negotiate, and mediate our relationship to weather and climate. Meteorological instruments act as an extension of our senses; within them a semblance of understanding exists. In looking closely at the marks that are made–in the prediction of weather, the tracking of meteorological data, as well as on the landscape and human body itself–the work presents the visual remnants of often invisible forces.

Alton DuLaney (B.F.A. Studio Art, 1995) made his second appearance on the Rachel Ray Show, Sunday, December 15, 2014 (episode 9051). Alton is the gift-wrapping guru of NYC, crafting extraordinaire, and LA television personality. Check out his YouTube page for gift-wrapping tips and learn how to make your own DIY Holiday decor! 

Katrina Jane Perry (B.A. Studio Art, 2008) is a recipient of a 6-week visual artist residency at The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta. Perry is there currently investigating the relationship between Nature and the Human Condition through the documentation of the Banff National Park. Perry works in both photographic and sculptural mediums.

Jarrod Beck (M.F.A. Studio Art, 2007) was announced as the NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program recipient of the Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award. Uplift, a site-specific installation made of recycled materials will be on view in Sarah D. Roosevelt Park from August 20, 2014 through August 2015.

Jo Ann Champion (B.M. Music and Human Learning, 2000) was selected as recipient of a Texas Music Educators Association Graduate Scholarship for 2014, and was selected in May as recipient of the Texas Music Educators Association Pat McNallen Scholarship for graduate study. In addition, Champion was one of 98 students at Stephen F. Austin State University nominated by the Faculty Council to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.

Adriana Corral's (M.F.A. Studio Art, 2013) interview by Amethyst Beaver (M.A. Art History, 2011) is live on the Blanton's Blog.

Erik Shane Swanson's (M.F.A. Studio Art, 2014) exhibition "sub" is on display Farewell Books (Austin). 

Stephen Blackburn's (M.A. Play Writing,1997) one-man drama "Douglass" comprised the first of three short plays interwoven by director Julianne Just in the Onion Creek Productions presentation Lincoln Adjacent at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood.

Jeremy Marks (D.M.A. Brass/Woodwinds/Percussion, 2013) was recently appointed as Adjunct Professor of Trombone & Euphonium at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. 

Dan Duling (Ph.D. Playwriting and Criticism, 1977) just closed "The Art
Detective," at the 2014 Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach, CA. This was Duling's 34th year as scriptwriter for this world-renowned theatrical celebration of art in tableaux vivants. Blending live narration, an orchestra playing original music composed for each "living picture," and state-of-the-art stage illusions, the Pageant of the Masters is an 81-year-old theatrical phenomenon.