Class Notes

COLLEGE OHIO UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS

1960–2000 Janis Crystal Lipzin BFA ’67, Art + Design Lipzin, a filmmaker, curator, and teacher, screened films presented by Canyon Cinema at the Exploratorium in San Francisco in February 2019, and a selection of her films in Super 8 Films by Women Artists at the Microscope Gallery, in New York City, in September 2019.

Peter L. Goss PHD ’73, Interdisciplinary Arts An architectural historian and documentary photographer, Professor Emeritus Peter L. Goss earned his doctoral degree in Comparative Arts at OHIO in 1973 with a focus on Art & Architectural History. He taught architectural history at the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah for 39 years and retired in 2009. Since retirement, Goss has been working on a biography of Taylor Woolley, a Salt Lake architect who worked for Frank Lloyd Wright. He

recently was commissioned to document the events of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah.

Herbert Gottfried PHD ’74, Interdisciplinary Arts In 2018, Gottfried published, Erie Railway Tourist, 1854-1886, Transporting Visual Culture (Lehigh University Press). The book explores how the Erie Railway, in developing a series of sophisticated travel guides, made significant contributions to 19 th century visual culture and shaped the social life of Americans.

Meadow (Carolyn) Muska BFA ’74, Art + Design Muska’s first solo exhibition was presented at The Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2019. Strong Women, Full of Joy, featured her photographs of the everyday lives of American lesbians during a time of extreme prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community in the 1970s and 80’s.

Cita Strauss BFA ’77, MA ’04 and Marina Walchli BFA ’77, MS ’81 Strauss and Walchli started Court Street Studio 40 years ago, now called Factory Street Studio, bringing their dream of noncompetitive dance to the Athens, Ohio, community.

Bartholomew Kwan Hoi Law MM ’94, Music Currently the president of the Hong Kong Metropolitan Conservatory, Hoi Law was recently appointed as the professional music consultant of Hong Kong Cultural Association of Leaf-whistling (HKCAL).

Sharran F. Parkinson PHD ’94, Interdisciplinary Arts Parkinson is currently professor and chair in the Department of Design at Texas Tech University. Previously she was chair of Interior Design at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2004 to 2014. In 2018 she published “Design for Sight: A Typology System for LowVision Design Factors” in the Journal of Interior Design, which defined the primary design problems in the low vision user’s environment.

Mohammad Ali Bhatti PHD ’98, Interdisciplinary Arts A full-time painter currently living in Houston, Texas, Bhatti teaches part-time with the Watercolor Society of Houston. In 2011 he retired from his position as professor and director of the Institute of Art and Design Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Today he enjoys participating in art shows, conducting art workshops, and spending time with artist fellows. Explore his work at artistmohammadali.com.

Dave Malloy BM ’98, Music Malloy’s musical, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, was included in the Hollywood Reporter’s list of “The Best New York Theater of the Decade” and in 2017 won two Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design of a Musical and Best Lighting Design of a Musical.

CLASS NOTES

2001–PRESENT Qui Nguyen MFA ’02, Theater Nguyen premiered his play Revenge Song, a Vampire Cowboys Creation at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California, in February. He also premiered his latest work, Poor Yella Rednecks, the second play in a trilogy that began with Vietgone, on April 2019 at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California.

Maya Lynne Robinson BFA ’02, Theater Robinson played the lead roles in two television series: The Connors (Gina Williams-Connor) and in The Unicorn in 2019.

Chelsea Stardust BFA ’07, Film Stardust directed 2019’s Satanic Panic, an American comedy horror film produced with Fangoria and Cinestate, now streaming on Amazon Prime. Stardust returned to Athens in September 2019 to screen the film at the Athena Cinema.

Carissa Massey PHD ’09, Interdisciplinary Arts Massey is the dean of Graduate Studies at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, where she also is a professor of Art History. Massey’s doctoral research focused on Art History, Aesthetics, and Gender Theory.

Nathan Ramos-Park BFA ’09, Theater Award-winning writer, actor, and musician Ramos-Park has worked as the writer/songwriter, music director, and a creative producer for Disney’s Club Mickey Mouse. Ramos-Park’s song Gay Asian Country Love Song went viral in January 2019.

Jennifer Goodlander PHD ’10, Interdisciplinary Arts Goodlander was given tenure and promoted to associate professor at Indiana University. She moved from theatre to the comparative literature department and now instructs in comparative arts. She is the director of the Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies Program. Her second book, Puppets and Cities: Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia, was published by Methuen Drama in December 2018.

Jason Hartz PHD ’10, Interdisciplinary Arts Hartz is an assistant professor of Art History and chair of the Department of Art & Design at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. Hartz previously served as director of Institutional Research at Siena Heights University, also in Adrian.

Michael Korte BFA ’10, Theater Korte is a Broadway producer and YouTuber who recently launched #YouWillBeFoundChallenge in the musical theater community to spread positivity amid the coronavirus crisis. Korte is the creator of cityoftenants.com, a curated music and culture content portal and point of reference for creatives that emphasizes social engagement and artist development.

John Kilgore BM ’12, Music Kilgore joined the faculty at the Kansas State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance as instructor of Trumpet in fall 2019. As an orchestral musician, Kilgore serves as principal trumpet of the Boise Philharmonic, a position he has held since 2017.

Jacob Koestler MFA ’14, Art + Design Koestler’s book, Everybody Wants Somewhere, made the Humble Arts Best Photobooks of 2018 list, and the accompanying exhibition opened at The Print Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Nathaniel Wallace PHD ’14, Interdisciplinary Arts Wallace’s essay, “The ‘Inside’ of Lovecraft’s Supernatural Horror in the Visual Arts,” was published in Lovecraftian Proceedings No. 2 in 2017 by Hippocampus Press.

Michael Lorsung MFA ’17, Art + Design Lorsung recently was appointed as assistant professor of Art (Sculpture) at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Lorsung previously served as the sculpture coordinator at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado.