ENV FACULTY AFFAIRS In and Out of the Classroom
Assistant Professor Robert Alexander, Department of Architecture, “Response Number Three,” Ink & Clay 43 at the W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery.
AT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
AT THE KELLOGG GALLERY
Stephanie Wagner, a lecturer in the Department of Art, and students in her printmaking class published of a book of monograms. They worked with ENV librarian Kai Smith and Special Collections librarian Katie Richardson to bind the volumes and make the images available online through the University Library. Thinking of taking your BFA in art history to the next level? Smith collaborated with Professor Alison Pearlman to help those researching master’s programs online: the College Art Association’s Directory of Graduate Programs in Art History is available at the University Library.
The artwork of Assistant Professor Robert Alexander from the Department of Architecture, Professor Emerita Babe e Mayor, and former art department chair Diane Divelbess are among 103 pieces on display at the Ink & Clay 43 exhibition at the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery. The annual national competition invites professional artists to submit printmaking, drawing, ceramic arts, clay sculpture, installations, and mixed-media works that incorporate ink or clay as materials. Alexander’s entry, “Response Number Three,” is an 11-inch by 46inch mixed-media piece. Mayor’s piece, “Hello Northwest-Goodbye Southwest,” is from her Observer Series, which studies “the difficulties—the loneliness and isolation—and beauty if starting a new life, a new state” and inspired by changes she has experienced. Divelbess, who taught in the department from 1963–1990, may be a familiar name to students. An endowed scholarship in her honor was established in 1996 to benefit full-time juniors and seniors studying graphic design and art history. Her ink-and-graphite work, “Formal Thought Revisited IV,” reflect an interest in simplified abstract line, angles, forms and edges.
HONORING A PIONEER Richard Willson, an urban and regional planning professor, accepted the Planning Pioneer Award on behalf of the family of the late Professor Emerita Margarita McCoy at the California Chapter of the American Planning Association Annual Conference in Sacramento on Sept. 24. The nomination effort was led by San Gabriel City Manager Steve Preston (’80, bachelor’s in urban and regional planning; ’84, master’s in urban and regional planning). At the same event, Willson received an Honor Award from the Planners Emeritus Network. Willson was in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 12, to a end a conference organized by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning to present a paper titled, “Teaching Outside the Planning Curriculum: An Assessment of Mentoring Practices,” co-authored with economic development consultant Robin Scherr and APA career services manager Bobbie Albrecht. A sought-a er expert in transportation and parking management, Willson has concentrated his recent writing on the role of mentoring in the urban planning profession. He launched the career-planning blog Launching Your Planning Career: A Guide for Idealists (www.planning.org/idealistblog) and published its companion book, “A Guide for the Idealist” (Routledge, 2017).
ON THE BOARD Anthony Acock, an assistant art professor, joined the Los Angeles board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts in July. An active member for 14 years, which included stints as a board member in Connecticut and Kansas City, he will serve a two-year term as codirector of the Education Commi ee.
FULBRIGHT PROJECT IN MOROCCO
Professors Lee-Anne Milburn from the department of landscape architecture (center) and Gwen Urey (far le ) from the department of urban and regional planning in Morocco with fellow Fulbright Hays educators.
Professor Lee-Anne Milburn, Department of Landscape Architecture, and Professor Gwen Urey, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, joined a team of educators as part of a Fulbright Hays Group Project last summer. The group participated in Arabic language lessons, lectures and discussions that included topics such as Islamic architecture and city planning, and secular and religious governance in the Middle East/North Africa. The five-week program’s goal is to enhance teaching about Moroccan culture and literature, Islam, Arab-Islamic studies and Arabic language. Participating faculty members are expected to integrate the experience into their courses and create a Morocco-focused curricula for their professional portfolios. Fall \ 23 \
