Alumni in the News

Bethany Johnson (MFA '11) showing at McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas on November 9.

Emily Ballew Neff, PhD (AAH, '97) appointed Director of Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma.

Katrina Perry (B.F.A Studio Art, 2008) has a solo photography show, Recreating Recreation, opening at Deborah Berke Partners on November 6th, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. and running until February 28th, 2014. 220 5th Avenue, New York, NY.

Raul De Lara (registered student, BFA, Design) was awarded first prize in the Austin portion of the Tequila Herradura competition to create art from the barrels that the company uses for its product. As a result, he received a $10,000 prize, and his work now goes to Miami where it will compete for a grand prize award of $100,000.

Alumnus Scott Marlowe (BFA, Dance 2004) stars as “Frankie” in the new film Test by Chris Mason Johnson. Test is the poignant, powerful story set in the San Francisco modern dance scene of 1985, in the early years of the AIDS epidemic. It will run October 20, 7:00 PM at the Stateside.

Mark Rosen (B.A. Art History, 2009) founded the Docent Program for UT Landmarks and trained and managed the department’s first group of tour guides. After moving to NYC Mark worked with Nick Gray to structure and implement Museum Hack. As the Creative Director and Lead Guide, one of Mark's key responsibilities is to lead "highly interactive, subversive, fun, non-traditional" tours of the Metropolitian Museum of Art. Instead of exhausting oneself on every piece in the Met's enormous collection, Museum Hack tailors a guided tour for visitors that includes "fatigue fighters," such as group huddles and little known facts about the collection to keep the viewer entertained, engaged and learning.
 

Barry Stone's (M.F.A. '01) painting and photography exhibition Look Near into the Distance is currently on display at the Art Palace in Houston through October 26. This is Stone's second solo exhibition at Art Palace. 

Natalia Anciso, MFA (BA, Studio Art, 2008), will be exhibiting at the Oakland Museum of California as part of "The Tree of Life and Death: Dias de los Muertos 2013" exhibition, one of the largest Dia de los Muertos celebrations in Northern California. Her work is dedicated to the innocent children who have lost their lives to violence in the City of Oakland. The Opening Reception will be held on Friday, October 11 from 6 to 8 pm, and the exhibition will be open until December 8, 2013.

Tiny Park presents Jamie Panzer (M.F.A., '93) and Joseph Noderer. Panzer's sculptures and digital works bend nature into unrealistic but believable forms. The exhibition opens Saturday, September 21 and continues through October 19. 

Jane Eifler (B.F.A, '65) is included in a group show at the McMurtrey Gallery in  Houston through October 19th. Jane is not only an alum but serves as a member of the Fine Arts Advisory Council.