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Harway’s second book launched

Associate Professor of Writing Judith Harway’s new collection of poems, All That is Left (Turning Point Books), examines the legacies, both intended and accidental, passed down through three generations of a fictional Jewish immigrant family. • Go to Lake Effect interview • Go to Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle story Equal parts family saga …

Fine Art faculty organize ‘The Healthcare Show’

The Healthcare Show” – organized by Foundations/Fine Art faculty Zoë Darling with fellow diabetic and Printmaking faculty Melissa Wagner-Lawler, aims to call attention before and after the presidential election to the “discrepancy between the daily upkeep of the human body and the financially unreal state of the …

Nirmal Raja presents at “Project Girl”

Artist and social activist Nirmal Raja ’08 (Painting) will present a workshop, “Stereotyping of Indian American Women,” at Alverno College’s “Project Girl” conference on October 29. The conference explores the media’s influence on women’s identity, self-esteem, re …

Liberal Studies faculty Mark Anderson co-writes election romp

Mark Anderson, Liberal Studies faculty and artistic director of Theatre Gigante, has co-written and co-directs “The Perfect Candidate” – a “comic romp down the campaign trail” playing from October 30 – November 1 at the Off-Broadway Theater. Anderson’s wife and co-artistic director Isabelle Kralj, and John …

Recent grads show work in Armoury Gallery’s Landscapism

The Armoury Gallery mounts its second exhibition, Landscapism, from June 20 through July 18 at 1718 N. First Street. Recent MIAD graduates Mark Schieber and Erik Baden have collaborated on an installation and join Philadelphia artist Dan Schank and Chicago artist Elizabeth Ann …

Szczesny-Adams Curates First of its Kind Architecture Exhibit

Art History Professor Chris Szczesny-Adams, Ph.D., is curator of “E. Townsend Mix: Architect of Distinction,” running through August 16 at the Monroe Arts Center. This first-ever exhibit dedicated to Mix, who designed more than 300 structures from New York to Nebraska, provides a contextural history of his architecture …

Orlando de la Garza receives Claire Hackmann Promise Award

Orlando de la Garza, a 3.75 senior majoring in Painting and Communication Design, was awarded the 2008-2009 Claire Hackmann Promise Award. The scholarship recognizes the college’s highest achieving students — those who exhibit not only superior talent and excellence, but who also show clear promise as successful leaders on graduation. The …

Ghory-Goodman chairs panel at National Aesthetics Conference

Communication Design Professor Anne Ghory-Goodman is chairing a panel at the 2006 American Society for Aesthetics annual conference hosted by Marquette University Oct. 25-28. The panel, “The Influence of Experience and Identity: Milwaukee Artists Talk About their Work,” will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Hilton City …

MIAD women ‘influence’ the arts

Thirteen women affiliated with MIAD or its predecessors were among the 75 nominated by the Greater Milwaukee community as “Women of Influence” in the visual arts. Debra Brehmer; Liberal Arts Faculty Author, curator Paula Christensen; Alumna Northshore Academy of the Arts Lois Ehlert; Alumna Author, illustrator of children’s …