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FROM THE PRESIDENT Wharton professor Kevin Werbach has

In this issue of Edge, we look at innova-

called innovation something every-

tors and innovations—in the curriculum

one is in favor of, but no one really

and in our extended community. This

understands. Nonetheless, he believes

issue reports on: the College of Art,

that true innovation is a transformative

Media & Design’s partnership with

force. We see it in the global impact of

the cutting-edge digital design lab

the Internet—an innovation collective-

NextFab; the “POD” seminars in our

ly devised by universities and govern-

groundbreaking new Dance curriculum;

ment agencies to share information. Or

the career of alumnus Ray Riley BS

in something as apparently mundane

’82 (Industrial Design), executive

as the electric light bulb or indoor

creative director at Microsoft, whose in-

refrigeration.

novations include the Apple Power Mac and Microsoft smartphone designs; rising

What’s particularly notable about these

theatrical stars and UArts alumni the

innovations—and many others—is that

Berserker Residents, who are reinventing

they were the product of the efforts of

comic performance; and more.

many individuals and teams working together or building upon one anoth-

You’ll also find in this issue of Edge news

er’s efforts and discoveries. True innovation does not spring

from the University and our alumni, as well as our annual

at once, full-formed from the head of the isolated genius—

Donor Report. The Donor Report provides the University

in most cases anyway. And even when it does, it requires

an important opportunity to recognize and thank its many

refiners, communicators, popularizers to make an innova-

committed and generous friends. We are truly grateful for

tion usable, to make it accessible, to spread the word.

the support they have provided over the past year and for their continuing commitment to the University of the Arts’

We see evidence of innovation’s transformative power at

mission and students.

the University of the Arts too—in our students, faculty and alumni. Across disciplines and fields, from design to

I hope you enjoy this issue of Edge. As always, I welcome

visual art to music, theater and dance, the drive to invent

your feedback and your suggestions for future stories.

leads not just to novel objects or performances, but to new techniques, materials, equipment and partnerships, which in turn instigate more innovation.

Warm regards, Our new curriculum seeks to encourage and support innovation. The curriculum itself embodies innovation. But it also nudges and nurtures students to explore more widely, to push themselves farther, to imagine more deeply and radically.

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TA BL E O F C O N T E N T S

F E AT U R E D

INVENTING THE FUTURE UArts focuses on innovation

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The Tempo of

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Technology

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The Case for

The Man

Movement

Creatives

Behind the Brand

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Kate O’Hara BFA ’14 (Illustration)

INVENTING THE FUTURE Innovation in its many forms is a hallmark of UArts’ programs, students, faculty and alumni

Innovation has always been a driving force for artists,

UArts’ commitment to fostering curriculum design that

designers and writers, the catalyst for the new and the

pushes boundaries is evident in courses, programs and

impetus for rethinking the old. And in each creative trail-

partnerships University-wide—see the story in this issue on

blazer burns a critical common trait: an insatiable appetite

“Computers for Object Makers,” the course made pos-

for finding the new, for spurning convention, for seeing the

sible through the University’s new partnership with the

previously unseen.

cutting-edge digital design lab NextFab, and the feature on the pioneering School of Dance curriculum that emphasizes

An innovative idea finds a better or more beautiful way of

the development of technical skill in the various disciplines

doing something—of doing any number of things. Innova-

while exalting exploration, experimentation and individual

tion solves problems; it changes lives. It is also what pushes

discovery, fostered in part through the School’s innovative

the faculty, students and alumni of UArts into new realms

“POD” (Pedagogies of Dance) courses, which give students

of thinking and creation.

the opportunity to reimagine the boundaries of dance.

“Our students, faculty and alumni are natural innovators—

We look at creative change in something so ubiquitous in

whether they call themselves that or not,” says President

the music industry as cases for instruments and equipment,

Sean T. Buffington. “The creative impulse, the drive to

the common made decidedly uncommon by alumnus

realize a vision of one kind or another, inevitably leads to

Daniel Kushner BS ’02 (Industrial Design) and his

experimentation, with ideas, with forms, with materials

design firm MONO. And the alumni-led theater troupe the

and processes. And from experimentation—the natural

Berserker Residents is tossing theatrical conventions

by-product of creativity—comes innovation, the truly new

out the window—sometimes literally—to the delight of

thing or approach or intervention that has the potential to

audiences and critics alike. And Ray Riley BFA ’82 (In-

revolutionize an art form, change the way we live our lives,

dustrial Design), executive creative director at Micro-

or transform a community.”

soft, has played a leading role in the development of iconic, cutting-edge products for Microsoft, Apple and Nike.

Provost Kirk E. Pillow says that innovative approaches to teaching and learning are at the core of UArts’ philoso-

The thread that runs through each of these stories is the

phy, its curricula and the artistic experience in which its

commitment to finding new ways of doing and of making,

students are immersed.

creating new meanings and new purposes for the outmoded, and then putting the “new normal” aside to look for the

“At UArts, innovation is one of the core elements of our ap-

next path to blaze.

proach to teaching the next generation of creative leaders,” says Pillow. “Our groundbreaking academic plan champions exploration, risk-taking and collaboration across disciplinary lines. With the guidance of our faculty—who are innovative artists, designers and writers in their own right—our students can chart new creative terrain.”

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Featured Faculty Artist Professor Stuart Elster BFA ’88 (Painting)

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THE FUTURE IS JUST DOWN THE STREET UArts partners with Philly’s “gym for innovators” to give students even greater access to cutting-edge technology

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INN O VAT I O N The Future Is Just Down the Street

Lifelike mask created on NextFab 3D printer

“We have to be lighter on our feet,” says Mark Campbell

Campbell pushes the course roster across the table in his

BFA ’74 (Sculpture). “We have to develop ways to

office in Anderson Hall. “This is a truly exciting thing about

widen educational experiences without creating burdens

the class,” he says, referring to the fact that there are only

of infrastructure on the institution.” For Campbell, dean

a few individuals who share the same major. The students’

of the College of Art, Media & Design, a partnership with

names are followed by a wide range of abbreviations—IFA,

NextFab, a digital design and fabrication technology lab

PAINT, SCULPT, CRAFT, DESTH, INDES—computer-gener-

located on Washington Avenue a few blocks away from the

ated acronyms that represent majors from a variety of UArts

UArts campus, accomplishes just that. Tom Carnwath,

programs. This is by design. The course requires no prereq-

UArts vice president of Technology & Information Services,

uisites and is open to all students across the University. In

agrees, adding, “We want to showcase these resources as an

anticipation of this first collaborative project between the

effective way to introduce them to students who are about

University of the Arts and NextFab, Philadelphia’s “gym for

to graduate—they don’t have to go to New York, Chicago

innovators,” Campbell is excited.

or L.A. … there are opportunities for making in their areas

“This is an economically responsible way to offer students access to state-of-the art digital technologies.”

of interest here in Philadelphia.” And at NextFab, among the 3D printers, the digital embroidery machines, the laser cutters, and state-of-the-art wood and metal shops, there is hardly a thing they can’t make.

NextFab was founded in 2009 to help counteract the extensive offshore outsourcing of U.S. manufacturing and the decline of manufacturing education and knowledge-base during the ’90s and early 2000s. Its new 21,000 square-

CAMD Dean Mark Campbell and School of Art Director Lori Spencer tour NextFab Material being produced in the digital design lab NextFab founder Dr. Evan Malone Work in progress

foot space on “Builder’s Row” in Philly’s Southwest Center City section houses tools and equipment for woodworking,

“We’re looking to create more flexibility, more open access

metalworking, laser cutting and engraving, 3D print-

to coursework and to increase the amount of courses that

ing, textile processing, electronics, photography, and 2D

do not require prerequisites,” he continues” Throughout

printing. This fall, 15 UArts students will be instructed in

the course, students are given direct access to NextFab’s

3D-modeling programs through the class “Computers for

digital tools, facilities and technical support related to 3D

Object Makers” and will be offered standard membership

design and output. Some of the students have come with

access to NextFab for the semester.

the intent of working on individual projects, such as the Brown Box Project, which aims to beautify the unsight-

It is Campbell and Carnwath’s hope that this class is just the

ly brown utility boxes scattered around the Washington

beginning of a partnership between NextFab and the Uni-

Square West area of Philadelphia, with wraps that jibe

versity of the Arts, the beginning of an innovative approach

with the surrounding neighborhood. Other students, after

to providing top-of-the-line resources and equipment to

receiving an orientation to NextFab’s facility, machines and

UArts students without shouldering the heavy burden of

safety guidelines, will work on projects determined by the

training, staffing and overhead that comes with staying

course’s instructor, Emily Cobb.

technologically ahead of the curve. “We are investing in a relationship with NextFab, rather than investing in equip-

This semester’s course offers UArts students unprecedent-

ment,” Campbell explains. “We are emphasizing relations

ed access to cutting-edge technologies and fabrication

as opposed to things. This is an economically responsible

services, and it also achieves a broader goal: a partnership

way to offer students access to state-of-the art digital

with NextFab gives students the opportunity to work in the

technologies.”

creative culture outside of the University, giving them the invaluable chance to experience early both the post-graduation professional “real world” and a supportive creative community in Philadelphia that fosters experimentation, collaboration and innovation in all its varied forms.

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Ben Arons

FANTASTIC VOYAGE Alumni-led theater troupe The Berserker Residents takes audiences on a uniquely inventive ride

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collective the Berserker Residents. This should come as no surprise, as the company often doesn’t even put itself in a theater. This is show business that challenges the paradigms

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Justin Jain BFA ’04 (Acting) of the Philly-based theater

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“People find it difficult to put our company in a box,” says

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INN O VAT I O N Fantastic Voyage

of its genre. For the Berserker Residents, whose first show “The Jersey Devil” premiered at the 2007 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the show starts before it actually starts.

The group got together initially, Jain says, to “make each

This means, as an audience member, you can expect to be

other laugh,” but also to “create theater that was funny and

shot at by lasers or gently frisked before even entering the

that was for our age.” After they wrote and performed “The

performance space, which could just as easily be a theater,

Jersey Devil,” they kept going. “All three of us have vastly

or a parking lot, or even a fallout shelter. And the evening’s

different things that we’re bringing to the table,” says Jain.

fun is just getting started.

But still they struggled with the traditional way of creating a company—hiring creative directors and finding a board of

The Berserker Residents—Jain, David Johnson BFA ’03

directors—until they decided that a company is what you

(Theater) and Bradley K. Wrenn, in addition to a rotating

make of it, approaching the creation of their troupe as they

cast of supporting characters—are dedicated to original

do their creative process. The Berserker Residents throw

works of alternative comedy with a pop-comic aesthetic,

the rules (and a rubber dinosaur and possibly an audience

and have masterfully spearheaded a comedic theatrical

member) out the window.

style that blends physical theater, puppetry, music, sketch and prop comedy to create compelling and fantastic the-

All aspects of each show—the lead-up, the space, one hi-

atrical events. Their innovative approach to performance

larious premise after another—lend themselves to opening

doesn’t just leave the audience wanting more; they want

the audience up for a different sort of theater experience. It

more from their audience. “We are constantly questioning

is one that is not 100 percent improv, yet not 100 percent

the role of the audience in performance,” says Jain. In “The

scripted, either; one that blends puppetry, music, comedy,

“We are constantly questioning the role of the audience in performance.”

sketch and physical theater, and somehow makes it all

The Berserker Residents performing “The Lapsburgh Layover” (L-R) David Johnson ’03 Bradley K. Wren Justin Jain ’04 The Berserkers in “The Annihilation Point”

work. And the audience is a huge, interactive part of that.

The Berserker Residents, Jain explains, work hard to “find moments that really get the audience to talk, to move, sewn into the fabric of the piece.”

“theater” or “play” in describing their work, preferring

critical role—that of passengers on a flight that has been de-

instead to use the word “show,” because “young people

layed in a fictitious third-world country—and even before

don’t know how to go to the theater. They know how to go

the show begins, the scene is being set. In order to enter

to a show.” Going to a theater is synonymous with sitting,

the performance space, you travel through the bowels of

watching and waiting to be entertained. Going to a show

the theater, checking bags and crossing imagined runways

means raising your arms up, singing along to your favorite

before sitting in your seat, now being forced to participate

songs. And going to a Berserker Residents show means

in a murder mystery as the crew (the Berserker Residents)

something a bit more: the audience not only participates in,

desperately attempts to entertain you during your layover.

but also helps mold and shape the performance itself. It’s

It is a show that The New York Times has called “impeccably

no wonder that one reviewer, astounded by the seemingly

detailed.” “The Berserker Residents,” it raves, “have some-

effortless brilliance of a Berserker experience, raved that,

how found new fonts of absurdity.”

“Maybe the Berserker Residents can’t stop bullets with

Mark Valenzuela

Even now, Wrenn explains, they are loathe to use the word Lapsburgh Layover,” for example, the audience plays a

their minds … but I wouldn’t put it past them.”

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Jason Chen BFA 08

THE TEMPO OF TECHNOLOGY Boundless possibilities at the junction of music and digital science

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INN O VAT I O N T h e Te m p o o f Te c h n o l o g y

“In classical composition,” starts faculty member Charles Peck, “there is a constant desire for innovation, doing

John Paul Beattie BM ’10

fingers absentmindedly tapping on a table in the courtyard behind Hamilton Hall, and it seems as if he’s sourced a new sound, a new rhythm between his fingernails and the painted metal. But for Peck, innovation often begins long before the first note of a piece sounds—it begins with a soldering iron and a few phrases in C++.

John Paul Beattie BM ’10

something someone hasn’t done before.” He leans in,

Take the Nattang, for example, an electronic instrument Peck built for “Prism,” an arrangement for percussion quartet and electronics that was the culmination of a week-long collaboration with percussionists John Hol-

“He’s a truly innovative and intellectual composer,” says

back, Drew Johnson MM ’14 (Jazz Studies), Jordan

one of his former students, Daniel (Mac) Kennedy BM

McCree BM ’13 (Instrumental Performance) and

’14 (Composition). “Pure Data, and in turn Charlie’s

Andrew Nittoli BM ’13 (Instrumental Perfor-

class, provided me with a completely unique approach to

mance), with Jason Chen BFA ’08 (Animation), Joe

thinking about music and sound. Pure Data’s language is

Samala ’15 (Theater Design & Technology) and

rooted in mathematics. Charlie made this clear from the

John Paul Beattie BM ’10 (Composition) adding

start of the class, but began unveiling its utility from a more

video, lighting and sound. Through the arrangement, the

basic and traditionally ‘musical’ fashion. The assignments

Nattang makes a strange but beautiful bedfellow to the xy-

flung us out farther into abstract space … having a new way

lophones and bass drums, the cymbals and the floor toms,

to think about sound was massively exciting for me. The

modulating through the foreground and background of the

work can be highly experimental, and Pure Data has defi-

second half of the piece, evoking light fractals: spectral and

nitely stretched my brain into some weird, far-out states,

vivid. The instrument, which means “born from touch,”

but I’m grateful for it.”

is a fusion of Arduino hardware and Pure Data software.

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping plat-

In his classes, he helps students push the boundaries of

form that uses microcontrollers to sense its environment

their own creativity and craftsmanship, giving them the

and create output in the form of sound, light or movement.

chance to create instruments and sounds that previously

Pure Data is a programming language that allows users to

only existed in their imaginations. Peck enjoys “bringing a

create software graphically, without using code. Peck fused

physicality to electronics” and is keen to share this passion

both to create the Nattang. He’s teaching UArts students to

with his students. Arduino student Jeremy White ’16

be able to do the same and make instruments of their own.

(Music Business, Entrepreneurship & Technol-

A performance of the new work “Prism” Views of the Nattang Music faculty member Charles Peck

ogy) confirms that Peck is constantly striving “to make digital music more live and interactive. In class, he was always pushing us to build projects that, in part, honored this idea.” After the foundations of soldering, circuit diagrams and programming are taught, he encourages his students to

Watch the “Prism”

take their ideas “as far or as simply as they want to go.”

video on YouTube at youtu.be/Ty5vVb-1COI.

There’s a quiet confidence about Peck. There’s a static, a hum that you can almost see pulsing through his body as he talks about his work and his collaborations with his colleagues and his students. The French composer Edgard Varèse said, “On the threshold of beauty, science and art collaborate.” One listen to Peck’s work and you know that he’s not on the threshold—he’s already there.

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Featured Alumni Artist Ai Yamamoto BFA ’06 (Craft & Material Studies)

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Mugs, Bowl Set and Lidded Jar 2013 C e r a m i c s

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RADICAL MOVEMENT The School of Dance challenges notions of movement and memory

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INN O VAT I O N Radical Movement

Eiko & Koma, the Japanese dance duo, have invited audi-

“The PODs were designed to help students recognize the

ences to move past traditional notions of movement and

tools and methodologies used in creative and performance

performance since the early 1970s, pioneering composi-

work,” explains Burchfield. They are about “learning and

tional and performance techniques that have earned them

reflecting.” Each POD, whether it focuses on the making of

multiple awards and recognitions, including the MacArthur

a new ballet that requires advanced pointe work or social

Foundation Fellowship Award and several New York Dance

issues that move dance beyond its assumed boundaries,

and Performance Awards (Bessies). Witnessing Eiko & Koma

sets up new ground rules. “In the room throughout the

(they each go by a single name professionally) perform one

semester, the pedagogy is being created in the moment.”

of their duets is akin to watching a time-lapse film of a rare night-blooming plant unfurl for its once-a-year beauty

The School of Dance offers at least 12 PODs each term,

show. It is delicious: precise, deliberate, sensual and pure.

ranging in subject and methodology. They take the form of a seminar, which uses studio practice as a vehicle for

After Koma retired, Eiko Otake, who is teaching a

research. PODs and their extended labs are taught by Dance

University of the Arts School of Dance “POD” (Pedagogies

department faculty, faculty from other departments and

of Dance) course this fall, sought new ways to contin-

working professionals from outside the University. The

ue her work. In her upcoming piece to be performed at

format is designed to encourage students to find their

Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station in October, she will be

own interests through the experience. “This widens and

collaborating with UArts students as they seek together

broadens how performance and dance live in the world,”

to challenge traditional notions surrounding the elusory

Burchfield says. “We want to ensure that the driving

nature of “collecting” performance art. Juniors and seniors

mechanism behind each POD is more than just the students

will accompany her through each performance of her first

learning steps. There’s an understanding that the making

self-directed piece, “A Body in Station,” where she will be

and performing of dances is a complex variable—how can

demonstrating her signature “Delicious Movement” floor

we create an environment where expectations change and

work and body articulations on a futon in the station’s

allow for new ways in which dance gets imagined?”

cavernous waiting area.

Otake’s POD is open to students across the University— from dance to design to sculpture or theater—who play the dual role of witness and archivist to her work. Throughout

Students perform in a School of Dance “POD”

the semester, she plans to work with students to confront the conceptual and practical challenges of collecting and conserving performance-based artworks. It is here

Innovative dancer Eiko Otake

where the collaboration becomes truly innovative. In the distillation of her work through the eyes and talents of the students, a rich and unique archive will emerge—not just a video camera recording of each movement as it is performed, but a multifaceted artifact that captures not only the essence of the performance but also how it touched its audience and what it inspired. “By the end of the many PODs are relatively new to the curriculum at the School of

exercises,” explains Otake, “the students will be seeing in

Dance, and reflective of the innovative approach Director

different ways than before … how do they see their interac-

Donna Faye Burchfield has taken in redesigning the

tions, create their own work through their experience?”

Dance program. Burchfield sees dance as a way of thinking, exploring and impacting the world—an intellectual activity, as well as an overtly physical one. In the Dance program, she has replaced traditional majors with a curriculum that emphasizes the development of technical skill in the various disciplines, and prizes exploration, experimentation and individual discovery. The PODs play a key part in bringing this concept to life.

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THE CASE FOR CREATIVES UArts alum brings innovative design to an essential music industry market

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INN O VAT I O N The Case for Creatives

“Go Play,” reads the inscription in between the swaths “I had fantasized about working for IDEO all through

of tread that comprise the hippest shock absorber to ever

UArts,” says UArts Alum Daniel Kushner BS ’02 (In-

adorn a guitar case. The Vertigo features a custom-molded

dustrial Design), and yet he was always too intimidated

rubber sole that is fitted to the bottom of the guitar case,

to actually apply for a position at one of the world’s most

protecting the instrument from vertical drops. The case

revered design firms, an icon of innovation. After a few

is the solution for any guitarist who’s suffered bouts of

years of working a number of jobs post-graduation, includ-

anxiety over whether to haul around a hard case (without

ing as a barista at Starbucks during the lean years following

tipping off a bike or taking out a fellow subway rider on the

the dot-com crash, he began “second-guessing the whole

way to a gig) or choosing a soft case, leaving the instru-

design thing,” but then was offered a position at Berkeley

ment exposed to any number of elements and incidents.

firm Cheng Design, and about a year afterward applied for a

It’s a case that has thought of everything, and more. And

job at Pottery Barn.

it is just one of the innovative designs to come out of the Larkspur, Calif., firm, which sells its products in more than

That’s when fate stepped in. The woman interviewing him

40 countries.

stopped abruptly mid-interview. “You really should be working for IDEO,” she announced, and then connected

“Design,” says Kushner, “is not creating a shape out of the

him with Paul Bennett, IDEO’s chief creative officer. Kush-

blue, it’s understanding the perimeter of a shape that the

ner ultimately met with CEO Tim Brown, who made an

world already needs. It’s filling in that blank puzzle piece.”

exception to the company’s hiring freeze to bring him on

But for the music industry, that puzzle piece was far from

board as a “post-disciplinary” designer in 2003. His four-

blank. It was “aesthetically trapped in leather fringe, skulls

year tenure at IDEO was exceptionally rewarding, giving

and crossbones and airbrushed howling wolves,” he says.

him the opportunity to work with brands such as Gap

Kushner sought to introduce a new aesthetic for “those

Clothing, the Mayo Clinic and Bank of America—the latter

musicians who don’t want to walk into the room looking

of which resulted in Keep the Change, a highly successful

like Slash or Kiss.” “Nothing against classic rock as a genre,

financial product that went on to win Businessweek’s Cata-

per se,” Kushner adds. The designs at MONO favor mini-

lyst Award, among other honors.

malism and super-clean lines.

“Design is not creating a shape out of the blue, it’s understanding the perimeter of a shape that the world already needs.”

Daniel Kushner ’02 (left) and renowned bassist Victor Wooten MONO Vertigo guitar case Daniel Kushner MONO Cases

“There was a glaringly obvious need to create a premium luggage line for musicians,” Kushner explains as the rationale behind their first product, the M-80, a guitar case that also served to introduce their design aesthetic to the market. On the occasion of MONO’s five-year anniversary, the M-80 was reengineered, and the firm introduced the Vertigo, a case designed for musicians who live in the real world—and who may be teachers or engineers, too. Kushner gets that it’s a post-disciplinary world we live in. That’s the world he designs for.

Yet all the while, rock-and-roll kept playing its siren song.

Kushner is also a musician and worked with other musi-

It was his coming of age at UArts, Kushner explains, that

cians while he was a student at UArts. At IDEO, he began

helped him see the interdisciplinary nature of creativity in

thinking about starting his own company, one that could

the real world. His teachers “raised” him, he says, to take

merge his love for both design and music and would parlay

on the biggest issues—to use design to improve life. Now

his experience doing innovative work at IDEO into the

MONO strives to be not just a firm for musicians, but also a

music industry. He founded MONO in 2007. Since then, the

firm that supports artists, designers, writers, producers and

firm has made waves in the industry, recently nabbing the

musicians, anyone living and working somewhere along

2013 Silver IDEA Award by the Industrial Design Society of

the creative spectrum. “It’s the intersection of creative

America, which recognized the Vertigo, MONO’s top-load-

processes that makes people interesting,” he says. “You’ve

ing guitar case design.

got photographers who are also producers, and sculptors who are writers. More and more these separate things are becoming integrated.”

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THE MAN BEHIND THE BRAND Industrial Design grad Ray Riley keeps churning out major design innovations

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INN O VAT I O N The Man Behind the Brand

“I’ve had probably a dozen big hits in my career,” says

“I had to go from being an industrial designer and product

Ray Riley BS ’82 (Industrial Design), executive cre-

designer to being the R&D director responsible for design,

ative director at Microsoft. “To get those, there’ve probably

engineering and interaction design, and I had to build two

been a hundred whiffs,” he laughs. He says that those

teams at the same time,” he says. “It was internal entrepre-

innovation “hits” are hard to come by, and the failures can

neurship around creating a watch business and a sunglass

be just as important. But man, those hits …

business from scratch with finite funding.”

Try Apple’s first-generation Power Mac and its revolution-

The first digital sports watch he and his team created was

ary adjustable keyboard—two products that helped save

the groundbreaking Triax, which captured dozens of design

the company from going under in the early ’90s—Nike’s

awards, including the Industrial Design Society of Amer-

digital sports watch and sunglasses lines (each generating

ica’s IDEA Design of the Decade Award. “We created this

$100 million in annual revenue), Nike’s [techlab business

icon that was totally different, that was fun to wear, that

of MP3 players and wearable gear (and yes, that’s how they

had all the beauty of Nike’s brand associated with it and it

spell it), and Nike+, which integrates high-tech analytics

also solved problems,” he says. “To me, that’s what defines

and wearable gear for runners with iPods and other Apple

hits in the consumer landscape. The sunglasses were also

products.

hits. So in two years we established, from scratch, two lines

Ray Riley ’82 presents Future Concepts work at Microsoft Nike Triax Watch First-generation Power Macintosh Microsoft’s Courier tablet Early design work for the Nike+ and Nike ID

that each generates over $100 million in revenue and that “Innovation is such a wide-open term,” says Riley. “As

make more than 60 percent profit margins.”

a designer turned business and corporate entrepreneur, I see it as doing something disruptive that simplifies the

At Microsoft, he and his entrepreneurial, creatively disrup-

way people go about their day-to-day tasks, and hope-

tive colleagues at the company’s Pioneer Studios created

fully making them better in the process. And the path of

many groundbreaking early-stage consumer-experience

innovation that’s most successful these days is disruptive—

concepts like the Kin Phone and the Courier tablet, but

it’s doing something new and different and catching the

the challenge to turn those into hits for Microsoft proved

competition off guard with unique innovation.”

to be a bigger milestone than he had ever encountered in either Apple or Nike culture. Riley says he and Microsoft

Riley’s roles at each stop in his career reflect the extraor-

both learned from those early innovation programs that not

dinary influence he has had on that creative disruption:

every corporate culture is ready to dive deep and embrace

his current position leading Microsoft’s new device design

design lead innovation.

team; at Nike, global director of advanced innovation, and global creative director and global director of R&D for its

Riley says the value of hitting home runs such as he has

Equipment Group; and industrial design program director

in the innovation game goes beyond just the recognition

at Apple.

and career opportunities they bring. “Every now and then when you have one of those big hits it unifies why you

“At Apple,” he says, “I shifted from being a designer to

do what you do and why you establish the principles you

suddenly co-leading this mission to help save the compa-

believe in.”

ny. It was do-or-die time—Apple was on the block many times and that was one. I went from being a solo designer

And he firmly believes that his failures—some of them

to being in the boardroom with CEO John Sculley and his

high profile like Apple’s Newton PDA and Microsoft’s Kin

team every week, living the insanity of trying to save a

phone—often lead to the greatest innovations. “You have

company. I was less than 30 years old when that all hap-

a failure, you deal with it, and from failure comes suc-

pened,” he adds. “Those products were my first big hits,

cess—go back and iterate until you get it right. The Kin was

products that moved the needle, that saved the company,

a failure, but it changed the way that people thought about

that generated a huge amount of money. Once you have

products at Microsoft. The scale of innovation at Microsoft

that happen, you realize you want more of that.”

is ‘if it’s not a billion-dollar business in two years, why bother?’”

And more of that came. After seven years at Apple, the man who calls himself an “intrapreneur”—an entrepreneurial

“That’s what keeps me here at Microsoft—the idea that if

innovator inside a major brand—moved to Nike to lead the

you can pull it off, it’s one of the biggest hits in the world,

corporate giant beyond shoes and apparel into the world of

and it’s also one of the biggest challenges.”

sports-related gear.

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UARTS CELEBRATES 136TH COMMENCEMENT Alvin Ailey artistic director delivers address to the Class of 2014

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Honored during the ceremony were Silver Star Outstanding “Pay attention! If you don’t pay attention, you’ll pay for it.

Alumni Award recipients Adam W. Blackstone ’04 (In-

If you do pay attention, eventually you’ll get paid for it.”

strumental Performance), bassist/producer/musical

That was one of the many witty pieces of advice offered by

director for superstars such as Justin Timberlake,

Robert Battle, artistic director of the renowned Alvin

Rihanna, Adam Levine, Jay Z, Eminem and others, and

Ailey American Dance Theater and the keynote speaker at

Emmy Award-winning TV and film sound editor Jeffrey

the University’s 136th Commencement ceremony, to the

Stern BFA ’75 (Film), whose projects have includ-

438 members of the UArts Class of 2014 and 2,000 of their

ed HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” “Goodfellas,” “School

friends and family members. The award-winning dancer

of Rock,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “The Untouchables,”

and choreographer—who was hand-picked by now-

“American Splendor” and “Chicago.”

retired Ailey leader and UArts alumna Judith Jamison ’64 (Dance) HDFA ’86—also received an Honorary Doctor of

Nijel C. Taylor BFA ’14 (Graphic Design) delivered

Fine Arts degree at the celebration held May 15 at Philadel-

a moving valedictory speech that earned him a standing

phia’s Academy of Music.

ovation. Taylor recounted the trauma of his family losing

“Pay attention! If you don’t pay attention, you’ll pay for it. If you do pay attention, eventually you’ll get paid for it.”

their home to foreclosure. “That orange U-­Haul truck still stains my vision,” he told a rapt audience. “When this inconceivable event happened, I was powerless to help and so I did nothing. I share this with you all not to dwell on the

The 2014 Commencement Ceremony

past, but to shed light on something far greater. This fear of powerlessness compels me to act every day, no matter what the challenge.”

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Director Robert Battle

The ceremony also recognized students Hannah Hamilton BFA ’14 (Film & Video), Aria Velz BFA ’14 (Directing, Playwriting & Production) and Xander

Battle recounted how his need for leg braces as a child

Karkruff MFA ’14 (Museum Exhibition Planning

and growing up in the tough Liberty City section of Miami

+ Design), who each received the President’s Award;

helped to hone his focus, and he urged the graduates to be

Academic Achievement Award winners Anne Meier BFA

kind and positive, as “the absence of these virtues is more

’14 (Illustration) from the College of Art, Media &

often than not a nail in the coffin of your desired experi-

Design and Kali Page BFA ’14 (Dance) from the College

ence.”

of Performing Arts; and faculty award recipients

President Sean Buffington opens the ceremony UArts vocalists sing “With a Little Help from my Friends”

Elise Juska, assistant professor of Creative Writing President Sean T. Buffington presided over the ceremo-

(Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award), James Makins,

ny, telling the Class of 2014 that it’s natural to look back at

professor of Craft & Material Studies (Richard C. von Hess

their four years at UArts: “All of this past—your past—you

Faculty Prize) and D’Arcy Webb, adjunct assistant pro-

carry forward now into your future, and you will use it.

fessor in the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts (President’s

What you make will give your future shape and meaning.

Distinguished Teaching Award).

But more than that, what you will make gives the rest of us something to cling to some future day for hope, as we walk forward into the unknown.”

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Featured Student Artists Students Perform “This Is What My Thought Looks Like”

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UARTS NEWS AROUND CAMPUS UArts President Honored by Center for Emerging Visual Artists

‘Make Good Art’ Commencement Speech Still an Inspiration The 2012 Commencement address by award-winning author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman urging UArts graduates to “make good art” was included on NPR’s “Best Commencement Speeches, Ever” list released this May. The hand-picked list featured more than 300 commencement

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) honored

addresses dating back to 1774. Gaiman’s speech, which

UArts President Sean T. Buffington at its 12th Annual

went viral and continues to be an inspiration to artists,

Benefit held last spring at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia.

was also included on Flavorwire’s “30 Writers’ Invaluable

Buffington received the Bebe Benoliel Founders Award

Advice to Graduates” list.

for an Outstanding Arts Collaborator during a cocktail reception and awards presentation that featured live music, an auction and an art sale. The award honors an individual who actively supports artists and their careers through a commitment to collecting, exhibiting and philanthropic activities. The Center commissioned UArts alumna Sun Young Kang MFA ’07 (Book Arts/Printmaking) [far right in the photo above] to create a unique piece of art for the occasion that served as the award. Each year, a CFEVA alum or a current fellow is selected to create the award through a CFEVA stipend and is recognized at the ceremony alongside the honoree.

2014 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Visits UArts Hot on the heels of winning the Pulitzer Prize in PlaywritBaker visited the University’s Ira Brind School of Theater

‘Daily News’ Raves About School of Music Collaboration

Arts for a conversation with the UArts community. Baker

The Philadelphia Daily News gave a rave review to the very

discussed her work and answered questions from the audi-

cool collaboration between the UArts “Z” Big Band and

ence at the Caplan Center Studio Theater, with Brind School

the Jost Project band, featuring UArts School of Music

Director Joanna Settle facilitating the discussion. Baker

faculty members Paul Jost, Tony Micelli BM ’82

emphasized to the enthusiastic Caplan Center audience the

(Percussion) and Kevin MacConnell: “They’ll blow

importance of silence in her plays and of the creation of

up classic rock with exceptionally polished big-band charts

subtext. She also spoke at length about her creative process

and red-hot playing, spotlighting 15 horn players plus

and of finding her voice as a writer.

electric guitar, keyboards, dual bassists and two alternating

ing last April for “The Flick,” renowned playwright Annie

student drummers.”

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WHAT’S NEW STUDENT NEWS Wood Student Named Windgate Fellow

School of Music Senior Wins Montreux Jazz Voice Competition Rising School of Music senior Alita Moses ’15 (Vocal Performance) was named the first-place winner in the 2014 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition, an international competition open to professional singers under the

Colin Pezzano BFA ’14 (Craft & Material Studies)

age of 35. Finals were held in July during the 48th Montreux

was named a 2014 Windgate Fellow by the Center for Craft,

Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Moses and eight

Creativity & Design. Awarded to 10 graduating college

other vocalists were selected for the semifinals from among

seniors from across the country with exemplary skill in

submissions from more than 40 countries. She took home

craft, each Windgate Fellowship winner receives $15,000,

the top prize after a final performance against two other

one of the largest awards offered nationally to art students.

singers.

This marks the second such honor for a UArts student in the past two years; in 2012, John Souter BFA ’12 (Craft & Material Studies) was also named a Windgate Fellow.

Literary Mag Publishes Student’s Short Fiction

School of Music Student Wins Trombone Competition Trombone major Nicholas Lombardelli ’15 (Instrumental Performance) was named the firstplace winner of the Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone

“The Will,” a short fiction story by Allegra Armstrong

Competition sponsored by the International Trombone As-

’17 (Creative Writing), was published in the Summer/

sociation. Lombardelli, who is a member of the UArts “Z”

Fall 2014 issue of literary magazine The Same. The story

Big Band, was also selected as lead trombonist for the

centers on an afternoon in the life of a teenage boy, who

2014 Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra, recognized as

scribbles instructions for action in the event of his death on

the premier orchestra for the East Coast’s finest college jazz

the back of a greeting card and mails it to an acquaintance.

musicians.

Another short story by Armstrong, “Shots in the Dark,” appeared earlier in the Steel Toe Review.

Kate O’Hara Is Top Winner in 2014 Ely Illustration Awards Kate O’Hara BFA ’14 (Illustration) took the top prize in the 2014 William H. Ely Excellence in Illustration Awards for her album artwork. Second place honors went to Ejay Basford BFA ’14 (Illustration), while Lily Simon BFA ’14 (Illustration) took third place. Honorable mentions were awarded to Meredith Bentley BFA

UArts Dancers Make Their Mark on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

’14 (Illustration), Alex Dos Diaz BFA ’14 (Illustration), Rebecca Syracuse BFA ’14 (Illustration) and Laura Weiszer BFA ’14 (Illustration).

School of Dance students made a splash on the most

Winners of this annual juried competition are chosen

recent season of the hit Fox TV show “So You Think You

from among submissions by the entire class of graduating

Can Dance.” Juniors Stanley Glover ’16 (Dance)

Illustration majors, whose original artwork is displayed in

and Bridget Whitman ’16 (Dance) and freshman

the Ely Senior Illustration Thesis Exhibition. See O’Hara’s

Rudy Abreu ’18 (Dance) made it into the final Top 20

award-winning work on the cover of this issue.

contestants, chosen from among 157 initial dancers from across the country. Whitman and Abreu advanced to the top 10, with Abreu making it as far as the final eight. When the show held auditions in Philadelphia in February, judge Nigel Lythgoe said of UArts, “We are quickly learning the name of the school. They’re doing a very big job for us, providing a steady stream of polished dancers.”

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UARTS NEWS FACULTY NEWS Professor Named American Craft Council Fellow

More Praise for Professor’s Book The Blessings by Assistant Professor and Creative Writing Director Elise Juska has been racking up the raves since its release in May: it was on Entertainment Weekly’s “Must List” of “The Top 10 Things We Love This Week”; was No. 1 on Glamour.com’s “Best Books of Summer 2014” list; was an Amazon.com “Best Beach Read”; and was featured in

Award-winning stained-glass artist Judith Schaech-

the Philadelphia City Paper and The Philadelphia Inquirer. The

ter, an adjunct professor in the Craft & Material Studies

novel received early praise from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus

program, was named a 2014 American Craft Council Fellow.

Reviews and Philadelphia Style magazine, and was also

This prestigious award is presented biennially to honor

named a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selec-

those who have demonstrated outstanding artistic achieve-

tion for Summer 2014. Juska, who received the Lindback

ment, leadership and service in the field of craft.

Distinguished Teaching Award at UArts’ 136th Commencement, also won the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction from

School of Dance Director Awarded Prestigious Fellowship

Ploughshares for her short story “Transfer Station.”

was awarded a prestigious honorary fellowship by the

Portrait by Illustration Professor on ‘Sports Illustrated’ Cover

Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel.

Illustration Professor Tim O’Brien’s portrait of newly

The award, which was presented at a ceremony held at the

appointed NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was featured

Academy last May, is given to distinguished artists

on the cover of the May 26 issue of Sports Illustrated. The

whose artistic and educational visions have made a remark-

award-winning illustrator, who is best known as the

able contribution to the fields of music and dance.

creator of the iconic “Mockingjay” logo used in The Hunger

UArts’ School of Dance Director Donna Faye Burchfield

Games book and movie series, has also done portraits of

Brind School Head Directs New Rock Musical with Award-Winning Broadway Partners Stew and Heidi Rodewald Ira Brind School of Theater Arts Director Joanna Settle

Osama bin Laden and Kim Jong-un for the cover of Time magazine, President Obama for Rolling Stone, and Steve Jobs for The Wall Street Journal, among many others.

playwright Stew and his musical partner Heidi Rodewald,

Webby Awards Honor Professor’s NetArt Project

the Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning co-creators of

“The Evolution of Silence,” a web-based project based on

Broadway musical turned Spike Lee film “Passing Strange.”

the nuclear destruction of the Yucca Flat valley of Nevada

“Family Album” made its world premiere at the Oregon

created by Graphic Design Assistant Professor Rachele

Shakespeare Festival’s Thomas Theatre in July. Settle will

Riley and developed with fellow Graphic Design faculty

also direct the Stew/Rodewald musical “The Total Bent” at

member Danniel Gaidula, was selected as an official

the Public Theater in New York City in the spring of 2015.

honoree in the 18th Annual Webby Awards in the NetArt

directed a new rock musical titled “Family Album” with

category. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, the Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

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WHAT’S NEW ALUMNI NEWS MoMA Design Store Features Alum’s Wooden Watches

Theater Alum Wins Lucille Lortel Award for Off-Broadway Excellence Ira Brind School of Theater Arts alumnus Lucas Steele BFA ’01 (Musical Theater) took home the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway for Featured Actor in a Musical for his critically acclaimed performance in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.”

The Carpenter Watch, the first-ever line of gender-neutral

“Steele struts and swaggers with a magnetic ‘czar quality’

all-wood watches created by alumnus Lorenzo Buffa BS

as Prince Anatole,” says Playbill.com in a review of the

’12 (Industrial Design), was included in this summer’s

Obie Award-winning “electro-pop opera,” inspired by Leo

Museum of Modern Art Design Store’s Kickstarter@MoMA

Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

presentation. The wooden timepiece was one of 24 Kickstarter-funded projects hand selected by MoMA’s curators prestigious shop in New York City. An extremely successful

School of Music Grad Produces New Puff Daddy Video

Kickstarter campaign helped launch Buffa’s Analog Watch

School of Music alumnus Sean Paulsen BM ’10 (Com-

Co., a senior thesis project turned thriving business, which

position) was associate producer on the video for “I Want

also got its start with a Creative Incubator/Wells Fargo

the Love” by Puff Daddy featuring Meek Mill. The video was

Fellowship Grant from the University’s Corzo Center for the

created by multimedia production company One Big Ball

Creative Economy. Buffa also recently opened a retail store

Pictures, where Paulsen currently works.

that were available for purchase online and in the museum’s

on East Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia.

UArts Alumni Portal Launches The Alumni Association is pleased to announce the launch of the UArts Alumni Portal, an exclusive resource that offers a number of services to our alumni community. Launched this fall, this password-protected tool is available to all alumni and replaces UArts Connect. The Alumni Portal allows graduates to update their contact information, submit news for Alumni Notes in Edge, view the alumni directory, stay current with University news and events, and access their transcripts.

Alumnus Dave McKenzie ’00 Is Rome Prize Winner Dave McKenzie BFA ’00 (Printmaking) was named a winner in the 118th annual Rome Prize Competition, awarded by the American Academy in Rome. The Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based visual artist, whose work was on display in the prestigious Whitney Biennial in New York City this year, took home the Gorham P. Stevens/ Jacob H. Lazarus-Metropolitan Museum of Art Rome Prize.

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ALUMNI EVENTS Alumni Council Announces Membership Changes The Alumni Association welcomes Diane DiGiacomo BM ’80 (Piano), Jeremy Lawrence BM ’10 (Guitar), A special invitation for the Class of 2018 and their families

Michelle Nichols BFA ’07 (Graphic Design), Charlotte Riggs MAT ’03 (Visual Arts), Jason Sobin BM ’97 (Guitar) and Davon Williams BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) to the Alumni Council. These new members began their three-year terms on July 1, 2014.

The mission of the Alumni Council is to represent the alumni base of the University of the Arts, evaluate and support Alumni Relations programming and communication efforts, offer input and guidance in outreach to all alumni, provide leadership, and serve as advocates for the University.

The University of the Arts UArts Welcomes Class of 2018 at Send-Off Events The Office of Alumni & Parent Relations welcomed new students and their families with a series of events around the country throughout July and August. These events provided students and their parents with an opportunity to meet each other and University leadership, as well as graduates from their hometowns. In addition to new connections, parents and students came away from the events

Save the Date for Family and Alumni Weekend Family and Alumni Weekend will be held October 17-19 on

with advice for making the most of their time at UArts.

Special thanks to our alumni hosts, many of whom opened their homes and businesses to the newest members of the UArts community.

the UArts campus. The weekend will include the President’s and “Making It” receptions, Golden Arts Reunion,

Southern California:

and more. If you are a member of the Class of 1964, we

Mary Dembo BFA ’85 (Graphic Design)

are looking for Reunion volunteers. Please contact Anisa Haidary, director of Major Gifts and Special Projects, at

New York:

ahaidary@uarts.edu or (215) 717-6147.

Trustee Howard Belk BFA ’81 (Graphic Design)

Philadelphia: Trustee Tom Miles BFA ’75 (Sculpture)

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SUPPORTING UARTS Challenge Sparks Tribute for Retiring Faculty Member

Donor Profile: Dick Cain BM ’74 (Saxophone)

Last year, Trustee Harriet Weiss and her husband,

“I graduated in 1974 with a degree in Saxophone. I was in

Larry, challenged the UArts community with a generous

the jazz band my last three years and lead alto my junior

$200,000 matching gift to create new endowed scholar-

and senior years. When I attended the Philadelphia Musical

ships for young artists. With a dollar-for-dollar match,

Academy (now UArts), almost all study was classical, the

the Weiss Challenge helped us to create 13 new endowed

jazz band being the exception. My, have things changed.

scholarships in less than two years.

For the positive. In 1974, there was no fundraising mechanism, no endowment and very few contributions of any

Alumni and trustees responded enthusiastically with a

kind. Around 1987, I had lunch with then President Peter

desire to not only give back, but to also honor friends,

Solmssen and was impressed with how far the Univer-

family and beloved faculty. In honor of longtime facul-

sity had come since I attended and decided to give to the

ty member Evan Solot BM ’67 (Trumpet), BME ’67

annual fund, I think $100. Around 1994 and years thereaf-

(Composition), MM ’75 (Composition), colleagues

ter, I renewed my friendship with Marc Dicciani BM ’75

from the School of Music were inspired to create the Evan

(Percussion), wrote a letter of recommendation for Don

Solot Scholarship Fund to benefit its students. And with

Glanden (still at the University and one of the best educa-

the creation of the Evan Solot Scholarship Fund, the Weiss

tors around), served on the Alumni Council and began my

Challenge is now 100 percent complete.

20-plus years of contributing to the Haviland Society.

Solot’s work has earned accolades and support from such

“Some of my reasons for contributing to UArts came from

diverse sources as the National Endowment for the Arts, the

contact and involvement. But I also had a good example

Rockefeller Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Pennsylva-

in this regard: my father. He grew up relatively poor with

nia Council on the Arts, the American Composers Forum,

immigrant parents in New York City. He was born in the

Meet the Composer and Duke Ellington. His compositions

apartment, no money for the hospital. He slept in the same

and arrangements have been performed by some of the

bed with his sister until he was 12 and was the chosen one

country’s leading jazz and pop performers, including Randy

to go to college. His English father instilled in him the value

and Michael Brecker, bassist and fellow alumnus Stanley

of an education that he never had, and from an early age,

Clarke ’71 (Double Bass), Mel Torme, Ben Vereen, and

taught him math and science. After he graduated from

Bette Midler. He has also collaborated with choreographer

Brown University, he gave back by creating a foundation in

and fellow alumna Judith Jamison ’64 (Dance) and

his name. His contribution was matched by his employer,

playwright Ntosake Shange.

and after over 40 years, was quite proud of the impact that his donations had made.

Solot will be retiring in May 2015 and his colleagues found the Weiss Challenge to be a wonderful way to recognize all

“I give to UArts because it is part of my legacy. The students

of his contributions to the University.

of today are receiving a quality education, in my mind better than the one I received, and every little bit helps to

“Evan has had a brilliant career as a musician, composer,

propel the vision into the fast and ever-changing future.”

arranger, and of course, educator,” says Marc Dicciani BM ’75 (Percussion), director of the School of Music. “He has dedicated his life to teaching, helping and advising genera-

Alumni and friends who are interested in

tions of young musicians to find their own voice, and to help-

contributing to the Evan Solot Scholarship Fund or the

ing them develop the skills to pursue their love of music in a

Haviland Society are encouraged to contact

wide variety of professional fields. Known as a key founding

Anisa Haidary at ahaidary@uarts.edu or (215) 717-6147.

member of our Jazz Studies program, his music skills and interests range from rock to jazz, classical to musical theater, and all things in between,” he adds. “His knowledge and experience as a collaborator and innovator have been recognized not only across campus, but across the globe. He has helped so many young musicians build successful careers and now it is our turn to help future generations of musicians in his name through this scholarship fund.”

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SUPPORTING UARTS Wells Fargo Gives $15,000 Grant to Corzo Center support of Wells Fargo as one of its longtime corporate partners. This successful partnership with Wells Fargo has promoted artistic entrepreneurism and innovation most recently through the support of the University’s Corzo Center for the Creative Economy, which helps to secure the future of student artists as they test and launch their arts businesses and social enterprises.

Kennedy Dickerson BFA ’14

The University of the Arts is fortunate to have the ongoing

Wells Fargo’s Greg Redden, regional president for Greater Pennsylvania and Delaware, said, “Wells Fargo is a proud which aligns well with our commitment to helping small

UArts Welcomes New Corporate Supporters

businesses grow and thrive. The Wells Fargo Creative

The University of the Arts sustains robust strategic partner-

Entrepreneurship Fellows Program provides talented

ships in support of its talented and deserving students,

Philadelphia artists with the entrepreneurial tools needed

and corporate partnerships remain an essential component

to build sustainable enterprises and help grow our regional

to the University’s success. The University welcomed

economy.”

its newest regional corporate supporters this year,

Megan Ritchie Jooste

supporter of the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy,

including Brandywine Realty Trust, Dranoff

University of the Arts President Sean Buffington (center) receives a $15,000 grant from Wells Fargo executives Greg Redden, regional president of Greater Pennsylvania and Delaware (left), and Aldustus Jordan, vice president and community affairs manager (right).

The University would like to extend our gratitude to Wells

Properties and Saul Ewing.

Fargo for its generous contributions and extraordinary support of the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy.

Generous contributions from corporations help to provide critical resources for the University’s new and existing academic initiatives. There are countless ways for corporations to engage with students while building upon the complementary strengths that often exist between art and business. The University offers a broad range of creative collaborations and funding opportunities for special activities such as the annual Art Unleashed exhibition and sale, the corporate annual fund, sponsorships of campus events, in-kind donations, and the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program.

Companies doing business in Pennsylvania that make a contribution to the University of the Arts’ Pre-College Programs through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program can receive tax credits for 75 percent of that contribution or as high as 90 percent with a two-year commitment.

Join the University of the Arts as it prepares students for their next phase of innovation and creativity. To learn more about the University’s exclusive corporate partnership opportunities and state-of-the-art resources, please contact Monifa Moore, manager of Foundation and Corporate Relations, at (215) 717-6145.

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UArts Thanks Board Chair Ron Naples for 14 Years of Service In June, Ron Naples stepped down as chairman of the

Naples was succeeded as Board chair by Trustee Jeffrey

University of the Arts Board of Trustees after serving in that

Lutsky, managing partner of the law firm Stradley Ronon.

role for the past 14 years. He will remain on the Board, on

Lutsky is also chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the

which he has served since 1978, playing a critical role in the

Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA. In 2011, Lutsky was

merger of the two colleges that formed UArts. Naples says

honored with the association’s “Volunteer of the Year”

his work with UArts is an opportunity to fuse his staunch

award, recognizing him for his generosity of spirit, hard

belief in the power of education, his enjoyment of work

work and compassion for others.

with young people—“their energy, the sense that everything is possible”—and his attraction to the creative world.

The University is deeply grateful for Ron Naples’ leadership

“This University is not so much a university as a dream

and vision and is pleased to present an event in honor

factory,” says Naples. “Students come with their dreams,

of his longtime service and commitment to UArts. Join us

and the University helps fashion them and make them

on October 29, 2014, for a night of music and tribute

possible.”

to a true leader. For more information, please contact Liz Saccardi, acting executive director of Advancement,

He speaks with pride of the Board of Trustees’ accomplish-

at esaccardi@uarts.edu.

ments during his tenure as chairman: finding the right leadership for the University at the right time, supporting the creation of new, innovative curricula, and ensuring that UArts is financially stable. But after more than a decade at the helm and finding his work here consistently engaging and interesting, he says there is “always a time in life to move on.”

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ALUMNI NOTES 1950s Berny Brownstein DIPL ’57 (Advertising Design), chairman and chief creative officer of the Brownstein Group, is celebrating his company’s 50th anniversary this year, making it Philadelphia’s oldest independent ad agency.

Brownstein and his son, Marc, who currently serves as the company’s CEO, were profiled in The Philadelphia Inquirer, highlighting the award-winning firm’s impressive 50-year history, which includes recently adding 15 Philly Ad Club Awards to its trophy case. Brownstein launched his agen-

1930s McCauley “Mac” Conner ’37 has a solo exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York titled “Mac Conner: A New York Life,” from August 29, 2014, to January 11, 2015. The exhibit includes more than 60 original artworks, which he illustrated for advertising campaigns and stories in women’s magazines like Redbook and McCall’s. Conner’s

cy in 1964 after working as an art director in Philadelphia at Lit Brothers department store and N.W. Ayer & Son. Marc joined the firm in 1989 and steered the agency away from local retail clients to regional and national accounts that now include Hershey, Microsoft, IKEA, Comcast and ESPN. The firm also includes digital advertising services.

1960s

never-before-exhibited works reflect a keen eye for postwar

Alan Goldstein BFA ’62 (Painting) had a one-man

fashion and gender roles, as well a modern aesthetic sensi-

show at ARTWORKS Trenton, May 10 to June 7, 2014. His work

bility. He is one of the few remaining voices of an influential

was described as a “forest of large painted and individually

group of illustrators who shaped the look of a generation and

collaged prisms.” The show featured work relating to the four

whose work is a cultural product of New York City.

natural elements: earth, air, fire and water. The forest was inspired by the trees the artist has studied for over 30 years walking to his Bucks County studio. Over the years, his work has been exhibited at the Rosenfeld Gallery, Arch Street Gallery and LGTripp Gallery in Philadelphia, and in New Jersey at Bristol-Myers Squibb Gallery in Lawrenceville, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Newark Museum and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Ellen Chuse BFA ’67 (Fine Arts/Painting) presented her show “Finding the Root: Drawings and Paintings 1984 to 2014” at the 440 Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Patricia Moss-Vreeland BFA ’72 (Painting) participated in “Cook Eat Remember,” a Community Table event at the Painted Bride Art Center alongside sensory scientist

C Bangs BFA ’70 (Painting) was a panelist and par-

Dr. Marcia Pelchat from the Monell Center. Together they

ticipating artist in “Common Descent,” an art exhibition

illuminated the numerous connections that interlace the

exploring the interpretation of Darwinian evolution. The

art and science of smell, taste and memory. At the event,

panel discussion of artists and local scientists titled “Art

Moss-Vreeland discussed her new book, A Place for Mem-

and Evolution: A Work in Progress” explored art and species

ory, Where Art and Science Meet, which relates memory to

evolution.

creativity through a visual and verbal feast of her artwork, poetry and metaphor.

Joyce Brenner BFA ’70 (Fabric Design) had a one-woman show at the Thomaston Upson Arts Council in

Joe Soprani BM ’72 (Theory) played the accordion for

Thomaston, Ga., in July where her mixed-media paintings

“La Giara (The Water Jug) Concert Premiere of the Operetta

were showcased. She also had 2.5” x 3.5” paintings in a group

by Patricia King” at World Café Live in Philadelphia on June

show at A Novel Experience in Zebulon, Ga., in July 2014.

20, 2014.

Stephanie Jackson Dillon BFA ’70 (Printmaking)

Cheryl Goldsleger BFA ’73 (Painting) exhibited

curated an exhibit of Robert Blunk’s paintings, sculpture

her work in the “See Through Walls” exhibit at the Zucker-

and a portfolio of prints titled “Stops Along the Way: Ex-

man Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University in Ken-

cerpts from His Visual Journals 1948 – 2013.” The salon in-

nesaw, Ga., which ran March - April 2014.

stallation, located in a Philadelphia home, ran in April 2014.

Judith Barbour Osborne BFA ’74 (Art Education) Lynn Nacmias BFA ’71 (Fibers/Textiles) has recently

had work in the “Art of Ink in America 2013/2014: Gesture

retired as curator of textiles at the Fashion Institute of Tech-

and Beyond,” a special exhibition opening at the God-

nology in New York.

win-Ternbach Museum in 2013. The show featured new works by Art of Ink in America Society (AIAS) members and invited artists. Osborne is a member of AIAS, an international group of Asian and Asian-influenced calligraphers who exhibit across the U.S. and abroad. The exhibition travelled to the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton and the Charles Chu Contemporary Asian Art Reading Room at Connecticut College, New London. Osborne has been the director of the Artists of Gallery One, a cooperative of mature artists exhibiting along the southeastern Connecticut shoreline, for over six years.

More info at galleryoneCT.com.

Marcie (Reidich) Wyrobeck BFA ’75 (Illustration) was recently selected by juror Rolande Moorhead to exhibit at the “Winter Exhibit” at Broward Art Guild and selected by juror Miles Laventhall to exhibit at “Art Florida 2014” presented by Broward Art Guild at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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1980s

Janice

Markham

BFA

’89

(Acting)

and

her

co-producer, Mel England, won Best Comedy in the 2014 New York City International Film Festival with their fea-

Darcy Ann Flanders BFA ’83 (Graphic Design)

ture film mockumentary “Ron and Laura Take Back Amer-

is the founder and chief design officer of design firm

ica.” Markham and England co-wrote, directed and starred

Baseline Group NY (BGNY), which was selected by the New

in the film, which also features Tony Sanders BFA ’87

York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) to develop and

(Theater), Esther Goodstein BFA ’88 (Theater) and

execute a memorable theme for the official New York City

Irene Bedard BFA ’90 (Theater), along with Academy

Voter Guide covering the 2013 municipal elections. Inspired

Award best actress nominee Sally Kirkland and the inimi-

by the CFB’s campaign logo, “NYC Votes,” BGNY’s themat-

table Jim J. Bullock (“Too Close for Comfort,” “Hollywood

ic solution integrated the tagline “make your mark – vote”

Squares”).

with the visual concept of a multicolored thumbprint. The result of this collective effort is a dynamic graphic/tagline lockup that represents the unique perspectives of every vot-

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er. Over three million copies of the Primary Election Voter

Georgianna Krieger BM ’90 (Saxophone) participat-

Guide were distributed throughout the five boroughs, in five

ed in “Exit From Anonymous,” a group exhibition of sev-

languages.

en women artists in celebration of International Women’s Month. Krieger, who lives in California with her husband

Regina Barthmaier BFA ’89 (Printmaking), MA ’03

and son, maintains a serious studio art practice while also

(Art Education) was one of 11 artists whose work was ac-

performing as a jazz saxophonist with Resonance Jazz En-

cepted for “Bike p’ARTs,” an initiative of the City of Phila-

semble and her small group Playtime. The pieces displayed

delphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.

at “Exit From Anonymous” combined old-world sculpture

For this juried exhibition, which ran through June 2014 at

techniques with 21st-century concepts.

City Hall, artists from the region were invited to submit art that utilizes bicycle parts, exploring themes of sustainabili-

Matt Liddle MFA ’91 (Book Arts/Printmaking) ex-

ty, health and the urban environment.

hibited his work in the “Selected Prints” display at the Rotunda Gallery located in the Courthouse wing of the Jackson County Library in North Carolina. The Jackson County Arts Council hosted a reception and gallery talk for Liddle, also in the Rotunda Gallery. He currently serves as director of the School of Art and Design of Western Carolina University.

Neilson Carlin BFA ’92 (Illustration) is the commissioned artist for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, which will host Pope Francis in Philadelphia September 22-27, 2015. Carlin was commissioned by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to create a painting of the Holy Family. The piece will be a 4’ x 5’ oil painting that will be reproduced for all national and international promotions and advertising.

The painting will be on display during the meeting festivities and on permanent display afterward in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The World Meeting of Families is expected to draw more than one million people to Philadelphia and reach a global audience. A

John Geary BFA ’89 (Sculpture) had a solo exhi-

public unveiling of the artwork is planned for September

bition at Los Angeles-based contemporary art gallery

2014. Carlin has 20 years of experience in both the com-

c.nichols project titled “Black Dust” May 10-14, 2014.

mercial and fine arts. His emphasis is portrait and figurative

“Black Dust” is a new series of charcoal drawings that result

painting, and he specializes in large-scale commission work

from isolating appropriated images of adorable animals from

for the Catholic Church. Carlin was one of four artists from

the Internet as well as other sources and rendering them by

across the country commissioned to complete a series of 4’

hand. Using traditional additive and subtractive techniques,

x 11’ paintings to adorn the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Geary utilized a handful of kneaded erasers to subtract, shift

in La Crosse, Wis. In addition to his commissioned work,

and shape charcoal on paper to create large-scale, realistic

Carlin has taught for more than 15 years at his school, Studio

works. Geary’s source images are stripped from their orig-

Rilievo School of Painting in Kennett Square. More info at

inal context and adopt a consciousness that is more than

neilsoncarlin.com.

representational.

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Daniel Brown BFA ’95 (Painting) recently painted scenery for the Miley Cyrus 2014 tour and Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” video and her current tours. He is married with three children and lives in Southern California. His work has also appeared on TV’s “Let’s Make a Deal,” the Country Music Awards and the 2013 Video Music Awards, where he built and covered the reclining moon man for the Brooklyn-based awards show.

Gary Joseph Cohen BFA ’92 (Photography) recently shot two artists’ portraits: Brendan Kiely’s author photo for his critically acclaimed book The Gospel of Winter and worldclass pianist Tiffany Poon for her debut album. In his role as Media and Foundation Arts teacher at the Calhoun School, he recently expanded and completed the third annual Calhoun/Badlands Endeavor, which immerses New York City students and faculty in an intense, firsthand, hands-on/ minds-on, site-based learning environment.

Matthew Suib BFA ’95 (Photography) and Nadia Hironaka BFA ’97 (Film) had an exhibition at the Locks Gallery in Philadelphia, June 6-July 26, 2014, titled “Mirrors, Marks and Loops.” Each an accomplished artist in their own right, Hironaka and Suib have worked collaboratively on film, sound, photographs and video installations since 2008.

Much of this new work was realized through their recent residencies at the Banff Centre in Canada and at Headlands Center for the Arts in California. This exhibition was a departure from their recent gallery-scale video installations and presented a constellation of discrete pieces representing the duo’s varied approaches to the moving image and its history.

Joseph Menna BFA ’92 (Sculpture) has been commissioned by the Statue of Unity campaign in India to design

Cindy Ann Ganaden BFA ’98 (Illustration) pub-

the world’s largest statue. His likeness of Sardar Vallabhbhai

lished her book Just Us Girls: 48 Creative Art Projects for Moth-

Patel, one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India,

ers and Daughters To Do Together in March 2014. The high-

is the working model for a 597-foot-tall colossus, part of a

ly illustrated craft and activity book includes 48 heartfelt,

proposed $400 million complex in Gujarat, on the northwest

earth-friendly projects for mothers and daughters to make

coast of India. This Statue of Unity would be about twice the

together. Ganaden is a former design manager at Old Navy

height of the Statue of Liberty. Menna also serves as staff art-

as well as a former art director with Papyrus.

ist at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia and is a widely known and respected digital sculptor who has done demos of digital sculpting at national conventions, like San Diego’s Comic Con. More info at statueofunity.in.

Daniel Peralta BS ’92 (Industrial Design) is the director of client development at Jacober Creative in Miami.

Peralta most recently worked as director of business development for Asylum Marketing LLC. He was also an account executive for International Design & Display Group and Ogilvy & Mather. He also holds an MBA from EAE Business School.

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2000s Ben Dibble BFA ’00 (Musical Theater) is back at UArts as an adjunct assistant professor. He has been teaching one semester of the Senior MTP class with his wife, Amy Dugas Brown, for the past five years and has now joined the Voice for Musical Theater faculty, teaching private voice lessons.

Dibble is also an adjunct professor at West Chester University, where he teaches private voice. On the performing front, Dibble appeared in “Herringbone,” a one-man vaudeville ghost story (and musical) with Flashpoint Theatre at the Off-Broad Street Theatre. Dibble also plays Joe in “9 to 5: The Musical” at the Walnut Street Theater. In 2015, Dibble kicks things off with “Doubt” at the Lantern Theatre in the role of Father Flynn. He will round off the season as Colonel Ricci at the Arden Theatre in “Passion” (May-July 2015).

Gregory Halili BFA ’98 (Illustration) was born and raised in the Philippines and is deeply influenced by the vegetation and wildlife he experienced as a child.

His latest series of work involves a fusion of the human form with the natural world in bas-relief shell skulls. Halili carves and then paints with oil on raw, gold-lip and blacklip mother of pearl found in shells collected from the Philippines. The pieces will be exhibited at Silverlens Galleries in Manila and Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York City from October to December 2014.

Celeste

Giuliano

BFA

’01

(Photography)

recently released her first book of photography, Keyhole Cuties: The Pin-up Art of Celeste Giuliano. Schiffer Publishing writes, “With a focus on details, authenticity, lighting, studio techniques and poses, she has made a career of transforming everyday women into pin-up queens and making both men and women alike fall in love with their classic beauty all over again.”

Jim McHugh BFA ’98 (Illustration) recently released his first children’s book titled I’m a Professional Art-

Wi-Moto Nyoka BFA ’01 (Musical Theater) is the

ist and it was very well received. He currently lives in Wood-

author of “The Last Days of Kartika,” which will participate

bury, N.J., with his wife, Erin, and runs the McArt School, an

in this summer’s Comic Book Theater Festival in Brooklyn.

after-school art program for young students.

Dusky Projects’ premiere one-act concert reading “Hero How To” played June 4-14, 2014, at the Brick Theater. “Hero

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Ashley Peel Pinkham BFA ’99 (Photography) has

How To” received its first workshop performance at Tan-

opened a store in the Old City section of Philadelphia called

zhaus NRW (Germany). A form of storytelling that glides

Philadelphia Independents. The store features only hand-

through disciplines with ease and grace, “The Last Days of

made gifts by local artists and artisans. More information at

Kartika” is a web series whose purpose is to manifest as a live

philadelphiaindependents.com.

theatrical happening. More info at rkthb.co/42030.

the

Dana Michael BFA ’03 (Musical Theater) is a film

cinematographer for the short film “Winter Light,” which

and media producer at Get-Kinetic in Philadelphia. Recent

is based on the writings of James Lee Burke. The story is a

projects include “Ardmore Junction” by Brian Gallagher,

modern-day revisionist Western set against a winter land-

which stars Davy Raphaely BFA ’01 (Acting). Michael

scape in Montana. Production of “Winter Light” took place

just signed on to the team of SexyDanger as they approach

primarily in Arlee, Mont., which is 30 miles north of Mis-

season two of their new media web series. She is in prepro-

soula. Produced by Innerlight Films, “Winter Light” will

duction for “Describing the Moon” (feature), “Where’s the

premiere at an upcoming festival.

Halo” (feature) and “Evelyn Grace” (short). She is an active

Andy

Wheeler

BFA

’01

(Film)

was

committee member for SAG-AFTRA and a proud member of PIFVA, PAFIA and the Producers Association of Philadelphia.

She can be seen teaching production workshops throughout the city. Michael held a workshop on June 26, 2014, through the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival at Impact Hub. More info at get-kinetic.com.

Michael Drolet BFA ’02 (Musical Theater) is cur-

Nicholas Palmisano BS ’03 (Communication) is the

rently touring in the national tour of “Wicked,” and prior to

partner and co-founder of 11th Floor Creative Group with

that was seen in the Broadway company as well as the Los

Brendan Jerome BS ’03 (Communication). Palmisano

Angeles company as Boq. Other credits include the national

has been recognized by the Greater Atlantic City Jaycees and

tour of “Saturday Night Fever” as Vinnie, the Dorset Theatre

Atlantic City Weekly as one of the “Top 40 Under 40 for 2014.”

Festival’s production of “Peter Pan” as Peter Pan, Disneyland’s premiere of “Snow White: An Enchanting Musical”

Fred Ross BFA ’03 (Musical Theater) recently joined

as Dopey, the Palace Theatre’s production of “Of Mice and

the Off-Broadway cast of “My Big Gay Italian Wedding” and

Men” as Curly, the Fulton Opera House’s world premiere of

continues to tour the country and sing with composer Da-

“Cyrano” and performing on “The Tonight Show with Jay

vid Friedman in his show “Listen to My Heart.” When not

Leno.”

performing, he can also be found with many other awesome UArts alumni at El Vez, which just opened in NYC.

Christopher Ritz-Totten BFA ’02 (Musical Theater) just received his MA in Educational Theatre from

Marisha Simons MFA ’03 (Book Arts/Printmaking)

NYU Steinhardt. He is also working with the New Victory

is currently a UArts adjunct professor in Printmaking. She

Theatre’s LabWorks program, also in conjunction with NYU

taught the screenprinting workshop for the Red Barn Arts

Steinhardt, to help spearhead a new graduate-level expe-

Center this summer.

rience for future students interested in creating innovative theater for young audiences.

Tallia Brinson BFA ’04 (Musical Theater) is currently on tour with “The Book of Mormon.” Credits include

Kacie Sheik BFA ’02 (Musical Theater) is currently

“Rent” (Mimi), “Caroline, or Change” (Radio), “High School

playing Alice Russell in “Lizzie” at Portland (Oregon) Center

Musical” (Taylor) at the Muny and North Shore, “Xanadu”

Stage. More info at pcs.org/lizzie.

(Erato), and “Dreamgirls” and “Ruined” (Sophie) at DCTC.

Rachelle Lee Smith BFA ’02 (Photography) was of-

Billy Bustamante BFA ’04 (Musical Theater) is cur-

fered a matching campaign for $10,000 from a prominent

rently appearing in the Off-Broadway production of “Here

organization to help fund the printing of her book Speaking

Lies Love” at the Public Theater. He is featured in the ensem-

OUT by July 2014. The funds allow the book to be as accessi-

ble and understudies Marcos and Aquino. Bustamante will

ble and affordable as possible when it hits the stands.

also teach the Musical Theatre Workshop at Jen Waldman’s studio, offering single classes every Monday afternoon.

Tara Bruno BFA ’03 (Musical Theater) recently launched a career in commercial voiceovers and is excited

Matthew Hultgren BFA ’04 (Musical Theater) is

about the lucrative possibilities ahead. She’s also fallen in

starting grad school at Harvard ART/MXAT in Cambridge,

love with the craft of acting again and is studying at the Karl

Mass., for an MFA in Voice and Speech Pedagogy. The pro-

Bury Studio. Bruno was accepted into a workshop in L.A.,

gram only accepts one applicant each year and Hultgren is

where she studies under the legendary teacher, Larry Moss.

expected to graduate in 2016 after a semester in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theater.

Lauren Cozza-Doody BFA ’03 (Musical Theater) most recently choreographed Watertown Lyric Theater’s production of “Spamalot.” She is also a dance instructor at In Motion School of Dance in Watertown, N.Y.

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Amber Johnson BFA ’04 (Crafts) is working on a short

Alex Keiper BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) played Marie

documentary film about what it means to be an artist in a

in the Arden Theater’s production of “Incorruptible” with

time of economic uncertainty and an over-saturation in the

Michael Doherty BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) in Phil-

art world. She worked with indiegogo.com to raise money

adelphia. She was a part of PlayPenn’s new play develop-

to work on this documentary titled “Creative Hearts Can’t

ment in the summer as well as directing the Arden’s Musical

Lose.”

Theatre Studio production of “13.”

Salvador Orara BFA ’05 (Graphic Design) founded

Jon LaTona BM ’07 (Instrumental Performance)

Rare Studio, a start-up at the intersection of design, tech-

won the best jazz EP award at the 13th Annual Independent

nology and art wrapped in education. Orara serves as the

Music Awards for his recording titled Introducing Jon LaTona.

workshop’s creative director and creative technologist. Rare’s mission is to alter the work-space environment by de-

Oliver Lidert BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) appeared

veloping a studio practice that thrives on the education of its

in “Porgy and Bess” at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in

creators and collaborators. Rare recently provided for April

London. Lidert also launched his new theater company,

Greiman at Made In Space, Art Center College of Design,

the West End Cabaret Company, which had its first sold-

Garson Yu at YU+CO, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design,

out performance of “The Songs I’ll Never Sing” at the newly

and Pentagram NY.

built St. James Theatre. More info at wecabaret.com.

Molly Marie Walsh BFA ’06 (Musical Theater) re-

Matthew Mastronardi BFA ’07 (Musical Theater)

cently appeared as Katisha in the Gilbert & Sullivan com-

appeared as the Barber/Housekeeper/Cellist in Act II Play-

ic operetta “The Mikado.” The show played both Battersea

house’s production of “Man of La Mancha.” Mastronar-

Barge and Rise Nightclub. Matt & Molly, an acoustic/jazz/

di was seen in the Pearlman Sisters’ “Devotedly Sincerely

folk cover duo with fellow musician and husband, Matt

Yours: The Story of the USO” as Jimmy Doughboy at the

Walker, won a recent cabaret competition show in London

Broadway Theatre of Pitman. He also taught summer camp

at Battersea Barge. Walsh will fill in for the Vintage Vocal

at the Arden Theatre Company.

Trio, the Honeybirds. To expand her opportunities as a selfmade artist, Molly recently started vocal coaching. More info

Andre Darnell Myers BFA ’07 (Musical Theater)

at mollymariewalsh.com.

wrapped the lead role in the feature film “Destiny Depot.”

He has two more films premiering later this year: “The Toy

Kelli Barrett ’07 (Musical Theater) took over the

Soldiers” and “Assassination of a Citizen.” Myers worked

role of Nessa Rose in “Wicked” on Broadway on May 27,

on a live recording of his single “The Man” produced by

2014. She wrapped the musical workshop of “Bright Star”

Red Bull Studios. Earlier in the year, he filmed a sketch for

written by Steve Martin and directed by Walter Bobbie. Last-

“Chelsea Lately,” starring comedian Chris Frangola. Myers is

ly, she and fiancé, Jarrod Spector (who just received his first

also working on his personal music, Prince ADM, and fash-

Tony nomination for his performance in “Beautiful: The Car-

ion line, Nine Menswear. More info at OfficialADM.com.

ol King Musical”), are set to marry in October of this year in the city!

AJ Pillette BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) married Melanie Potorski BFA ’07 (Applied Theater Arts)

Mara Jill Herman BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) re-

on July 31, 2014, after nine years! Pillette’s work visa is being

ceived rave reviews for her role of Maureen in “Rent” with

sponsored by the London School of Sound, where he works

the Gallery Players in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In April 2014,

as a studio engineer, producer and technician. The school

Herman played Alelah/Aminah in the reading of “Beauty

teaches record production, and Pillette brings bands in to

Queen” by Kris Kukul and Sharyn Rothstein. She reprised

produce and record them.

her role as Miss Sandra in “All Shook Up” at the Ivoryton Playhouse alongside Nicholas Park BFA ’09 (Musical

Phoebe Silva BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) closed a suc-

Theater) in the role of Dennis. For the last three years, she

cessful run of “The Pig, or Vaclav Havel’s Hunt for a Pig” at

has freelanced with the National YoungArts Foundation and

3LD Art + Technology Center in NYC. The show was a New

spent a week in L.A. as a resident advisor in March 2014. She

York Times Critic’s Pick and received positive reviews across

also participated in “Hammer It Home” for Ken Hammy,

the board. She shot a supporting role in “Voodoo Church,”

a fundraising effort run by Cycle for Survival, a movement

a new indie sci-fi horror web series produced by Fever

that is focused on providing a tangible way to beat rare can-

Dreams, LLC. Silva starred in “Warm Enough for Swim-

cers by raising awareness. Her team raised over $22,000 for

ming” in the NYC Fringe Festival. This was her second col-

the effort.

laboration with playwright Maggie Cino, who won the 2012 Fringe Award for Excellence in Playwriting for “Decompression,” in which Silva was also featured. She had the pleasure of playing with UArts alumna Mary Scholz BFA ’06

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(Musical Theater) at the Bitter End. In May, Silva lent electric violin and backup vocals to indie pop singer/songwriter Sadie and her band at Spike Hill in Williamsburg, Va. Lastly, she has taken on the position of operations manager for Delaney Barbecue, a Brooklyn-based Texas-style BBQ company founded and operated by UArts alumnus Daniel Delaney BFA ’08 (Multimedia).

Heather Woodward BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) is currently living in Los Angeles writing, performing and directing comedy. She can be seen at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre as Nancy Kerrigan in “Tonya Harding: The Musical.” Woodward also writes and performs monthly with the iO West Headliner Team DJ FAUCET (winners of the iO West 2nd Annual Scripted Comedy Festival Cagematch and featured at Chicago Sketch Festival) and directs the iO West Featured Sketch Team “Animal Style.” She can also be seen improvising with the G3 Improv Team “The Mess Around” at the Groundlings Theatre and with various indie teams around the city.

More info at IHateTheOtherHeatherWoodwards.com.

Elias finished a production of “The Homo Poe Show” with Iron Crow Theatre and is a company member. Elias was in

Kyra Bromberg BFA ’08 (Musical Theater) stage

“Much Ado About Nothing” with Baltimore Shakespeare

managed the pieces “Olympus” and “Tip of the Tongue” and

Factory playing Balthazar and Dogberry. In the fall, he re-

the reading of “Happy” directed by Lauren Miller BFA

turns to the Eagle Theatre for its production of “The Civil

’08 (Musical Theater). She is continuing her training at

War” as Union Private Conrad Bock. In October, Elias starts

Upright Citizens Brigade in sketch-writing classes, as well

rehearsal for Eagle’s winter production of “Into the Woods”

as meeting with an outside sketch-writing group. Bromberg

as Rapunzel’s prince.

read stage directions for the newTACTics New Play Festival at TACT/The Actors’ Company Theater for the fourth straight

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh ’08 (Illustration) was

year. Her applied theater company, Village Playback The-

featured in The New York Times for her street art against

atre, had a public show on June 3, 2014.

street harassment. A painter and illustrator from Brooklyn, her art project is called “Stop Telling Women to Smile.” It took off when she began making nighttime forays in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood with a brush, roller and her own self-portraits. Spread largely by social media, her poster campaign has appeared in Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta. A Kickstarter campaign last fall raised $34,000, allowing her to travel the country to meet women and create and hang new work. In March 2014, Betti Ono Gallery in Oakland, Calif., exhibited her series, featuring the original graphite-on-paper drawings, oil paintings and photographs.

Kyle Garvin BFA ’08 (Musical Theater) co-choreographed two numbers with Baayork Lee and Nina Zoie Lam for a concert featuring the music of Cole Porter and Noel Coward at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. He was assistant

Richard Cerato BFA ’08 (Musical Theater) is

choreographer to Baayork Lee’s “Oliver!” This new version

currently on tour with Brett Stoelker BFA ’07 (Musical

featured an all-Asian cast with the National Asian Artist

Theater) in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-

Project and Allen Weaver BFA ’10 (Musical The-

coat.” He was featured in a Playbill.com photo exclusive.

ater) was in the ensemble. The production at the Signature Center in New York opened in June. Garvin assisted Lee at

Sean Elias BFA ’08 (Musical Theater) serves as a res-

NYU and taught a six-week workshop of “A Chorus Line”

ident teaching artist with Center Stage and is a playwriting

rep as part of Tisch’s Guest Director-Choreographer series.

mentor for the Center’s 2014 Young Playwrights Festival.

Gavin appeared at the Kennedy Center singing behind Lea

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Salonga, Lou Diamond Phillips and Darren Chris as part of the typhoon relief for the Asian embassy. He also worked with iTheatrics, a division of MTI, developing choreography and filming DVDs for the official junior versions of “Once Upon A Mattress,” “Oklahoma!,” “Singin’ In the Rain,” “Crazy for You,” “James and the Giant Peach,” “Elf” and “Into the Woods,” which will be published and licensed.

Lastly, Garvin co-taught a theater club at PS124 in NYC, where students performed a children’s version of “Aladdin.”

Lauren Miller BFA ’08 (Musical Theater) returned from the trip of a lifetime to London to attend the Olivier Awards in support of her producing director Barry Satchwell Smith’s first nomination. She was thrilled to catch up with alumni Molly Marie Walsh BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) and Oliver Lidert BFA ’07 (Musical Theater).

She directed a developmental reading of Liz Thaler’s “Happy (A Love Story with Some Kinks)” at Shetler Studios. She

BC/EFA. Park returned to Philly to play Mark in 11th Hour

was also the literary manager for Amios’ May edition of their

Theater’s production of “Altar Boyz,” also starring Michael

monthly 10-minute play series “Shotzo de Mayo” at the

Linden BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) and Adam Hoyak

Kraine Theatre. Miller also produced the 4th annual new-

BFA ’13 (Musical Theater). The creative team featured

TACTics New Play Festival and directed “Uncanny Valley” by

director Megan O’Brien BFA ’04 (Musical Theater),

Thomas Gibbons.

musical director Jamison Foreman BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) and choreographer Sammy Reyes BFA ’01

Kate Schwarz BFA ’08 (Musical Theater) began

(Acting). Park recently became engaged to Brad Rakushin.

graduate school this fall and is pursuing an MSW at Fordham

More info at nicholasparkactor.com.

University in New York City.

Nicole Sabella BFA ’09 (Modern Dance) performed Tim Wolfe MM ’08 (Electric Bass) released his

with the Mark Morris Dance Group in “L’Allegro, il Pense-

debut album titled Topics of Conversation. In addition to

roso ed il Moderato” at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch The-

playing upright bass on the recording, Wolfe composed most

ater in November 2013. Sabella is a teaching artist with New

of the material and self-produced the album. His Philadel-

York City Ballet’s Ballet Tales Outreach Program and several

phia-based band comprises guitarist Larry Tamanini, vi-

dance schools in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Sabella was on

braphonist Adam Pfannenstiel, who participated in UArts’

tour in Madrid as an understudy for the Mark Morris Dance

Pre-College Summer Institute, saxophonist Thomas Razler

Group.

and drummer Bill Avayou.

Ryan Touhey BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) finished Joey Contreras BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) is work-

music directing/conducting “Little Shop of Horrors” at

ing hard on his follow-up album, Young Kind of Love. The

Bristol Riverside Theatre featuring Brind alum Carl Clem-

first single, “Show U How Love Feels,” was named Song of

ons-Hopkins BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) as the voice

the Week from Greyman Theatre Company and is currently

of Audrey II. He was the rehearsal pianist and music copyist

available on iTunes. Contreras performed in a few LGBT-fo-

for the developmental workshop of the new musical “Mov-

cused concerts around New York in celebration of Gay Pride

ers and Shakers” at New Dramatists this summer in NYC.

Month.

In 2014/2015, Ryan will music direct “Passion” at Arden Theatre Company, “Always...Patsy Cline” and “Ragtime”

Shane Donovan BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) played

at Bristol Riverside Theatre, and “Arthur & The Tale of the

Keneckie in “Grease” at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Mill-

Red Dragon: A Musical Panto” at People’s Light & Theatre

burn, N.J., through June 2014.

Company.

Brad Greer BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) appeared with “The Broadway Boys” in Madrid, Spain, through June 2014.

Nicholas Park BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) continues his work with Rock & Rawhide in New York and shot multiple student/independent films. Park made his Broadway stage debut in “Broadway Backwards,” a benefit concert for

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Michael Linden BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) recently had a blast being back in Philly and performing the role of Abraham in “Altar Boyz” at 11th Hour Theatre Company

Blake Austin BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) moved back

with alums Nick Park BFA ’09 (Musical Theater) and

to Philadelphia and has been focusing her creative energies

Adam Hoyak BFA ’13 (Musical Theater). During the

on music and motivational speaking. She teamed up with

run, he traveled back and forth to New York to perform in a

Brahm Genzlinger and Cecilia Huesca to produce her orig-

cabaret at the Metropolitan Room, singing a duet with Mara

inal music for her upcoming album this December. Austin is

Jill Herman BFA ’07 (Musical Theater) and perform-

playing open mics in the Philadelphia area and has recently

ing a solo by Joey Contreras BFA ’09 (Musical The-

booked two full nights of music at KC’s Alley and the Blue

ater). He directed “This Is 30” in the NYMF following its

Bell Inn. She also books gigs as a wedding music consultant

sold-out run at 54 Below.

and performer for various Philadelphia-area weddings.

Samantha Stoltzfus BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) is Michael Doherty BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) played

currently working with Honolulu Theatre for Youth where

Jack in the Arden Theatre Company’s production of “In-

credits include “Grinds: The Story of Food in Hawaii,”

corruptible” alongside fellow alum Alex Keiper BFA ’07

“Icarus Fights the Minotaur” and “Sort It Out” (tour). She

(Musical Theater). He took part in the Playpenn Festival,

recently finished an onstage fundraiser for the theater with

developing a new play entitled “Behind the Motel.” Next sea-

local Hawaii actors Daniel Dae Kim, Henry Ian Cusick and

son, he returns to Milwaukee Rep for “A Christmas Carol” and

Broadway’s Loretta Ables Sayre. She also works as a vocalist

ends the season at the Folger Theater, making his D.C. debut

for the Aha ‘Aina Luau. She will be playing Brenda Strong

as Rosencrantz in “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.”

in Diamond Head Theater’s production of “Catch Me If You Can,” starring Broadway’s Aleks Pevec.

Carly Economos BFA ’10 (Musical Theater) is engaged to David Linden. Economos is employed as the new

Alyssa DiPalma BFA ’11 (Musical Theater) makes her

media manager at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New

Broadway debut this fall as a swing in the new musical “The

York. Linden is a social media executive at Bloomberg LP in

Last Ship” by Sting. The production started in Chicago and

New York. The couple celebrated their engagement in Jeru-

heads back to NYC for an October opening at the Neil Simon

salem, Israel. An October 2015 wedding is planned in New

Theatre.

York City.

Rory Donovan BFA ’11 (Musical Theater) appeared Celeste Lanuza BFA ’10 (Dance) recently earned her

in the world premiere of “Finding Neverland” at American

MFA in Dance Choreography at the University of California,

Repertory Theater directed by Diane Paulus with choreogra-

Irvine on full scholarship. Upon graduation from UArts, she

phy by Mia Michaels. The production began previews in July

was hired as a ballet and hip-hop solo dancer and singer in

and runs through September 28, 2014.

There, she danced flamenco, Spanish and Bollywood among

Jessie Holder BFA ’11 (Musical Theater) moved to

top Latino show dancers. During her time at UCI, she taught

Knoxville, Tenn., and couldn’t be happier! This summer,

dance styles such as modern, Spanish, jazz and social dance.

she appeared as Titania in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

She also continued to perform as a professional flamenco

with the Foothills Players and at the Maryville College Arts

dancer, belly dancer and singer. She taught at the Academy of

Festival. She also performs with the children’s entertain-

Performing Arts in San Diego and choreographed musicals for

ment company Knoxville Princess Parties and has joined

the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. Before

the faculty at the Angela Floyd Schools of Dance and Music.

her master’s thesis concert, inspired by choreographer José

Holder and her fiancé, John Tourtellotte, are preparing for

Limón, she studied privately with leading principal dancer

their wedding in September. In the fall, the couple plans to

Ruvalcaba and received scholarships for Limón’s West Coast

launch their new company, the Knoxville Classical Theatre.

Matthew Murphy

“The Battle of the Dance” dinner show in Anaheim, Calif.

and East Coast Intensives along with UCI Travel Grants to support her research. Currently she is on the faculty as adjunct/

Ashlyn (Stoner) Kindberg BFA ’11 (Musical The-

substitute at Grossmont Community College in El Cajon, Ca-

ater) is nearly finished voicing her second audiobook,

lif. She is founder-creator-director-choreographer-compos-

Taboo: The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area. Her first au-

er-dancer-singer at her own company, Celeste Lanuza Dance

diobook, The Princess Sisters by Stacy Lynn Carroll, went live

Theatre, and just released her first album titled ¡Arranca! She

and is available for purchase via Audible, iTunes and Ama-

most recently won first place in “So You Think You’ve Got Tal-

zon. The “Rio 2” toy she recorded audio for last spring is now

ent San Diego.” Lanuza will be applying for her Ph.D. in Cul-

available in Toys “R” Us stores nationwide. In other news,

ture and Performance and for university positions, as well as

Kindberg recently recorded spots for Santa Monica Fiat,

continue to produce her music, expand her dance company

Mojo Lab and Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

and soon receive grants to support her endeavors.

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Courtney Lapresi BFA ’11 (Ballet) made it into the

Nichalas Parker BFA ’13 (Musical Theater)

Top 6 (as of press time) on season five of Gordon Ramsay’s

appeared in the popular production of “Pinkalicious, the

“MasterChef” on the Fox Network. Lapresi is an aerial danc-

Musical” at Walnut Street Theatre for Kids. As an acting ap-

er who performs at Haven nightclub at the Golden Nugget in

prentice at Walnut Street Theatre, Parker joined three other

Atlantic City.

professional actors to create the Touring Outreach Company, which goes into schools to share live theater with stu-

Greg Laucella BFA ’11 (Musical Theater) joined the

dents and create an open dialogue about literacy, bullying,

Theaterworks tour of “Seussical: The Musical” as a Wicker-

nutrition and diversity.

sham Brother. He’s proud to finally call himself an Equity member and is excited to see what lies ahead.

Lukas Poost BFA ’11 (Musical Theater) is performing solo cabaret aboard Oceania Cruise Lines’ MS Riviera.

Isaac Ruth BFA ’12 (Film & Video) co-wrote, directed and edited “A Matter of Propriety,” a short film that was accepted into the 7th annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. Produced by Ruth’s production company, Truly Brave Films, “A Matter of Propriety” also features Ray Davis BFA ’11 (Film & Video) [assistant director], BJ Downs BFA ’13 (Film & Video) [cinematographer], Ali Petre BFA ’12 (Film & Video) [production design], Will Duffin ’13 (Film & Video) [grip] and Cameron Sizemore BFA ’12 (Film & Video) [assistant camera].

Jess Landau BFA ’14 (Photography) creates nude portraits on the insides of eggshells. Her unusual artistic process, which uses liquid emulsion, began after the death

Nathan Schlegel BFA ’12 (Theater Design &

of a lifelong friend. That abrupt tragedy led Landau to notice

Technology) is a lighting/production designer for Vision

fragile surfaces on which she could work. Landau photo-

Technical Group in Pottstown, Pa. The company is currently

graphed her models, and developed and printed the images

working with major brands such as Cisco, Mary Kay Cos-

using traditional darkroom methods. Her portraits, as de-

metics, Dreamforce, Aflac, Sandals Resorts and the NHL,

tailed as they are delicate, communicate how intertwined

creating cutting-edge events and innovative general ses-

life’s beauty and its fragility can be. The series was featured

sions.

in the May 20 issue of The Huffington Post.

Meghan Seaman BFA ’12 (Musical Theater) was recently cast in the 2014-2015 national tour of “Annie.”

Seaman will understudy Lily St. Regis, as well as perform various roles in the Female Ensemble. “Annie” was the first musical Seaman ever did at age 8, so it is fitting for her to come full circle in this classic show. This summer, Seaman practiced yoga and completed her first (and last!) triathlon.

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In Memoriam Alumni John Schimpf John Schimpf BS ’51 (Industrial Design) passed away on February

14, 2014. He was the owner/operator of Louis E. Schimpf Inc. of Camden, N.J. He was a Navy veteran, serving as a radioman during WWII. He was an avid boater and actively involved at the First Presbyterian Church of Merchantville, the Merchantville Country Club and the Mozart Lodge 121. Schimpf is survived by his wife of 62 years, two children, seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Eugenie DeMelas Eugenie “Jean” DeMelas BFA ’52 (Illustration) passed away on

May 15, 2014. She graduated from UArts, where she met the love of her life and husband of 63 years, John DeMelas BFA ’51 (Illustration) .

DeMelas was a professional seamstress, costume designer and talented artist. She is survived by her husband, three children and two grandchildren.

John Gregory John Gregory DIPL ’53 (Advertising Design) passed away on March 7, 2014. An abstract painter and commercial artist, Gregory sculpted busts of newsmakers for magazines including Time and Sports Illustrated. His bust of Benny Goodman is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Gregory is survived by his daughters, grandchildren and sisters.

John Isely John Isely DIPL ’53 (Illustration) passed away on March 17, 2014.

In the beginning of his career, he joined the art department of General Dynamics, where he switched his design focus to books and magazines, including Oceans Magazine and Saturday Review of Science. Isely also designed Nursing magazine and later, Realties magazine. His design innovations won him multiple accolades. Isely married his second wife in 1983 and they shared 30 years together as spouses and as co-art directors. They established their business partnership of Isely &/or Clark Design in 1986. He is survived by his wife, daughter, son and grandchildren.

E. Joel Carpenter E. Joel Carpenter BS ’85 (Industrial Design) passed away March 14, 2014, in his home in Doylestown, Pa. He was an independent industrial design consultant. He is survived by his father, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Daniel Ezra Caldwell Daniel Ezra Caldwell BFA ’97 (Dance Education) died at home

on May 24, 2014, after a six-year battle with cancer. At UArts, he first focused on art and design, then switched as a complete novice to the Modern Dance department. After graduating, he danced for Momix and Gabriel Masson Dance, then spent a year in a master’s program in Dance at Bretton Hall, part of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

On returning to New York, Caldwell choreographed and performed with his own small company. He had work commissioned by universities in Belgium and Holland, performed in festivals in Europe and the U.S., worked as artist-in-residence at Sarah Lawrence, and at dance workshops in Lima, Peru. He taught at DanceSpace NY, later Dance New Amsterdam, gathering a following for his athletic and demanding classes. In 2007, he turned back to fabrication and design, quickly becoming a respected custom builder and designer, turning out his elegant Fast Boy Cycles. Caldwell spent his remaining months making bikes and other objects, mountain biking, photographing the world around him, cooking and playing pool. He is survived by his wife, brothers, sister, parents, nephew and grandfather.

Jes Metzger Jes Metzger BS ’10 (Communication) passed away in an accident on

March 15, 2014. While at UArts, she was a resident assistant known for her love of music and outgoing personality. Metzger moved from Philadelphia after completing her Air Force basic training. She was employed as a KC-135 crew chief at the Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas before moving to another base in Kansas. She worked as a crew chief and was on track to being promoted to an officer. She is survived by her mother, father, brother and sister.

Faculty Steve Berg Steve Berg passed away on June 12, 2014. He was on the UArts faculty

for more than 45 years, retiring last year. Berg was a poet and the founding editor of the prestigious journal The American Poetry Review, now housed here at UArts. He received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Pew Foundation, and also received a PEN grant in translation and the Frank O’Hara Prize. A memorial service was held on campus on June 26, 2014.

Dr. Mari Fielder Dr. Mari Fielder passed away on June 18, 2014. She taught Theater History and Survey of Theater at UArts for nearly two decades. She was a Theatre and Irish Studies professor who attended Temple University (bachelor’s degree), Ohio State University (master’s degree) and UCLA (Ph.D.). She was a passionate teacher and leaves behind her husband, son, sister-in-law, nephews and grandnieces.

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DONOR REPORT

State of the Arts The past year was filled with accomplishments here at UArts, and those creative milestones would not be possible without the generosity of the University’s many friends. Thank you for your support of young artists, performers and writers, and of the University’s work.

This past spring, we celebrated the fifth annual Art Unleashed exhibition and sale, our largest fundraiser for scholarships. The event drew record crowds and raised more than $370,000 for students. We also completed two fundraising initiatives—one for scholarships and one aimed at growing our Annual Fund. Trustee Sonny Mandell and the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation supported the latter by offering to match new donations from parents and young alumni. Trustee Harriet Weiss and her husband Larry, for their part, challenged alumni and trustees to create new endowed scholarships and offered to match them dollar for dollar. The Weiss Scholarship Challenge resulted in 13 new scholarships and was completed within two years.

We awarded the first annual Irvin Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts, endowed by former Trustee Irvin Borowsky and current Trustee Laurie Wagman, to Helen Lee, a brilliant young artist and educator whose work combines glass and typography. Lee delivered a lecture to the University community and participated in a week-long residency.

UArts continues to be a catalyst for the development of the creative leaders of the future. We celebrate that mission and legacy, and we gratefully acknowledge the integral role your support has played in our success. Thank you for your commitment to these extraordinary young artists.

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The University of the Arts is grateful to the follow-

PNC Bank

Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., Inc.

ing donors who made contributions during the 2014

Lucille & Kal Rudman

Lynne & Harold Honickman

fiscal year: July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014

Harriet & Larry Weiss

Keystone Property Group

Wells Fargo

Lima Company

Howard A. Wolf & Martha R. Wolf Fund

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation

$100,000+ Library of Congress

$50,000 - $99,000

$5,000 - $9,999

Annmarie Lockhart & Maxwell Riggsbee P ’17 MGA Partners Architects

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Leigh & John Middleton

H.F. Lenfest Foundation

Hallee & David Adelman

Mill Spring Foundation

Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

Mary L. ’51 & George B. Beitzel

Gina & John Moore

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Irvin J. Borowsky & Laurie Wagman

ParenteBeard LLC

W.W. Smith Charitable Trust

Brandywine Realty Trust

Patricia Shaw Lima Fine Art Prints

The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Ira Brind & Stacey Spector

Laurie Phillips BFA ’77

Philip C. Burton BFA ’68

The Presser Foundation

Carlisle Carrier Corporation

Polly & Marc Richman

Joseph Cairns, Jr. & Ernestine Bacon Cairns Trust

Deanna BFA ’66 & Alan DeCherney

Marguerite V. Rodgers BFA ’77

Lewis Chapman

Mark BFA ’85 & Blythe Donnolo

Saul Ewing LLP

Nathan M. Clark Foundation

Dranoff Properties

SEI Investments

Elizabeth Moran

David D. Gibson BFA ’91

Carole & Joseph Shanis

Henry Nias Foundation

Glenmede

Edith Simpson

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Crawford Hamilton

Tracey & Shanin Specter

TD Bank

Marjorie & Jeffrey Honickman

Willis of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Independence Blue Cross

Janine & Jeff Yass

Richard & Julie Jaffe

Jeffrey Zarnoch BS ’84 & Nicholas Kouletsis

$25,000 - $49,999

$10,000 - $24,999 Howard Belk BFA ’81

Scott & Yardly Jenkins

Blick Art Materials

Gail Kass & Roy Friedman

$1,000 - $2,499

Sean T. Buffington

Virginia & Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund

Anonymous (1)

Ronald & Ellen Caplan

of The Philadelphia Foundation

Marta & Robert Adelson

Neal Colton

Liberty Mutual

Susanna Lachs Adler & Dean Adler

Joseph & Dawn Coradino

McGladrey, LLP

Estate of Howard & Elaine Alber*

The Richard & Jean Coyne Family Foundation

Sam & Margarett McKeel

Barbara & Todd Albert

Eleanor & Hal Davis

Thomas M. Miles BFA ’75

Linda Lee Alter BFA ’61

Drexel University

Frank & Marianna Mirabello

Aqua America, Inc.

Brian & Sherry Effron

Norma & Larry Reichlin

Franklin Ash P ’92

Rebecca & Eric Felix

Alan Rubin

Beth Bender

Michael C. Forman & Jennifer Rice

Jeffrey R. Seligsohn

Harriet & Louis Berneman

William BFA ’68 & Vivian Wagner Gast BA ’63

James & Isabelle Vesey

Richard P. Brown, Jr.

Anne F. & S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.

Laura T. & William C. Buck

Dorrance H. Hamilton

$2,500 - $4,999

Esther Gowen Hood Music Scholarship Fund

Allied Barton Security Services

Dick Cain BM ’74

The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation

Archer & Greiner

Robert Capanna BM ’73 & Cathryn Coate

Marguerite & Gerry Lenfest

Ardmore Music Hall

Carbone Smolan Associates

Elaine Levitt

Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll, Inc.

Willo Carey & Peter A. Benoliel

Estate of Marianne S. Loeb*

Jasem M. S. Behbehani BFA ’75

Pamela & Scott Carleton P ’16

Jeff & Meredith Lutsky

Louis N. Cassett Foundation

Bebe & Thomas Carnwath

Seymour & Miriam Mandell

Estate of Ruth Colten*

Susan & Cummins Catherwood

Ron & Suzanne Naples

The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

CNI Sales, Inc.

The Lillian & Albert Noren Foundation

Carl & Roberta Dranoff

Penny & Kevin Cooper P ’15

Adolf & Geraldine Paier

Ernst & Young LLP

Carol Ann & Peter Cotter P ’14

PECO

Jill & Lenny Feinberg

Cozen O’Connor

Charles G. Bush BFA ’66

*D e ce as e d

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Jeannine B. Cowles

Kirk Pillow

Nancy I. Davenport

Matthew J. Cunniff BFA ’65

Sharon Pinkenson & Joseph H. Weiss

Dave’s Cleaning Service

Inge H. Druckrey

Quaker Chemical Corporation

Sheldon Davis

Margaret & Robert Duprey

Raymond Riley BS ’82

Maria de Santis & Chip Roser

Cynthia & James Eiseman, Jr.

Lisa Roberts & David W. Seltzer

Design Science Consulting, Inc.

Erin Elman MAT ’97, MFA ’08 & Stephen Gibson

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller BFA ’66

Bridget & Jay Devine

EMCOR Group, Fluidics, Inc.

James Roe & Joyce Hakala

Donna & Joseph Duffey

Bernard Evans

Theresa & John Rollins

Andrea & Alexander Ehrlich

Evolve IP, LLC

Colleen A. Roscher BM ’06

Christopher C. Fallon, Jr.

The Felix Families

Keiran Rosner & Martin Zeldin

Anne & Morris Feibusch P ’14

Jaimie & David Field

Marcia & Ron Rubin

Ferrilli Information Group

Ruth E. Fine BFA ’62

Jeffrey C. Ryder

Karen A. & John M. Fisco P ’15

James Fitzgerald

Glen Sacks BFA ’76 & William Valerio

Jodi L. Forlizzi BFA ’84

Katherine Flannery BFA ’87

Ann & Marc Sonnenfeld

Leonard Frank

Penny & Bob Fox

Mary & Terry Terruso

Paul S. Franz P ’16

James G. Fulton, Jr. BS ’72 & Eric Rymshaw

Helene & Philip Tucker

Beth E. Frederick

Linda & David Glickstein Fund

UArts Design and Technology Program

Joel Greenberg & Marcy Gringlas, Seed The

of The Philadelphia Foundation

Helene B. van Beuren

Dream Foundation

Mary Gregg & John Ryan

Timothy Walsh BFA ’07

Barry J. Hallenbeck ’83

Elaine Gurian

Eleanor & Robert Weirman

Adrienne & Eric Hart

Nathaniel Hamilton BFA ’07

Joseph Weiss & Harold Hambrose, Electronic Ink

Lynn & Donald Haskin

N. Peter & Alta Hamilton

K F. Williams & Douglas R. Vaughn

Scott Heller

Iris Henry-Aiken

Katy Wolfington P ’16

Jennifer & Alan Hershey

Lucie Hughes

Jeffrey Wolper

Industrial Energy Total Management and Supply

Julie Jensen & Robert Bryan

Andrew B. Young Foundation

Jacobs Music Company

Debra Kahn

Sherley Young

Fred Jacoby

Liz & Matthew Kamens

Frank J. Zadlo BFA ’66

Myra Klarman BFA ’87

Gina Kamentsky ’81

Zeldin Family Foundation

Susan CE ’92 & Leonard Klehr

Ronald P. BM ’80 & Haidy Kerber P ’10

Sybille Zeldin

Susan Lewis & Joseph Kluger

Katherine & Frank Key P ’17

Pamela & Bradley Korman

Josephine Klein

$500 - $999

Victor Koch BS ’65

Academic HealthPlans, Inc.

Joyce & Roger W. Lacy P ’13

Catherine Kodat

Leonidas Addimando

Susan & Richard Lawn

Jane & Leonard Korman

Sheryl & Allen Bar

Ellyn & Seth Lehr

Andrea Krupp BFA ’84

Ari Barkan

Beth & Stephen Lewis P ’16

Emilie S. Lapham BFA ’72

George A. Beach BFA ’58

Stephen & Tina Lightcap

Robert Alan Leffers & Michael Longo

Jeffrey Beachell

Elaine Lindy

Sueyun & Gene Locks

Lee A. Bender & Carol Schilling P ’03

Susan & David Lipson

Barbara J. Lorry, Ph.D.

Lee M. Berg

Margelle & Sheldon Liss

Catherine & Gregory Marich P ’15

Peter Bertini MFA ’79

Dana & Adam Marcus

Terry & Joe McCormick

Myrna & John Blume

Alexis & Joel Marmar

Meyer and Associates

Jill & Sheldon Bonovitz

Laurie & Samuel Marshall

Chris Mrozinski

Merrill & Lloyd Brotman

Noel Mayo BS ’60

Sondra & Morey Myers

Sandy & Sid Brown

Amy & Miten Merin P ’17

Michael Pannullo

Donna Faye Burchfield

Don ’70 & Karen Moyer

Aleni Pappas

Gretchen & Stephen Burke

Merle & Leonard Nelson

Parkhurst Dining Services

Kenneth D. Carbone BFA ’73

Sara Nerken

Cindy Pearlstein BFA ’84

Suzanne & Norman Cohn

Noah Osnos

Patricia BFA ’65 & John Pegram

Cucine Ricci

Donna & Michael Pacifico P ’16

The Philadelphia Contributionship

Jason Cullen

Pearl Properties, LLC

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Sylvia & Martin Kreithen

Jane G. Pepper

Ronald L. Cantor

Clara & Bentley Hollander

Franz Rabauer & Brian Daggett

Lynn & Michael Cardelfe P ’15

Linda Hollenback

Sheri & Kenneth Resnik

Sarah Carey BFA ’12

Lydia S. Hunn BFA ’69 & Charles Derr

Marjorie Richman

Susan & Kevin Chiaravalle P ’16

Robert Ignarri

Larry Robin

Sharon Church

Gretchen & Joseph Ingersoll

Barbara & Howard Rothenberg

Suzanne & Adam Ciongoli

Patricia & Robert Isen

Elizabeth Saccardi

Anita & Fred Cohen

Robyn & Andrew Ivker

Anthony Schaeffer

Hope Cohen

Elsa Johnson & Stephen Tarantal

Mara Adamitz Scrupe

Stefanie & Steven Cohen P ’16

Joan & Victor Johnson

Robin & Eric Settle

Michael M. Coleman

Louise & Hugh Johnston, III

Benjamin Shein

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Colton

John Joyce

Joyce Sherman & James Pepe P ’06, P ’09

William P. & Catherine Daley

Marcy Kelly BFA ’07

Chloe Sherman-Pepe BFA ’09

Peter Decherney & Emily Steiner

Thomas A. Kelly BFA ’14

Leslie R. Smolan BFA ’75

Mary S. Dembo BFA ’85

Kirk Kirkpatrick

Joan L. Specter

John F. Dietel BFA ’84

Michele C. Kishita BFA ’97, MFA ’10

David Steinberg

Karen & Nicholas DiPietro

Anne & Barry Kleban

Harriette S. and Charles L. Tabas Foundation

Elizabeth & Kevin Donohoe

Annsley & Benjamin Klehr

Audrey Claire Taichman

Nancy Dodd Druger & David Druger

Kathryn G. Lee BM ’74

Kevin Thurman

Stacy Dutton

Mi-Kyoung Lee MFA ’96

Jane & Robert Till P ’15

Bonnie & Jay Eisner

Gary L. Lehman BFA ’70

Joseph Ujobai & Eduardo Ardiles

Jerrold Elkins BFA ’67

Joye & Bruce Lesser

W. B. Mason

Ronald S. Elowitz BFA ’86 &

Meryl Levitz

Merritt & Jay Weber

Cherilynn Whitehouse

William Liberi & Linda Wingate

Jenifer & Jeffrey Westphal

Kathleen Embleton

Elizabeth F. & Larry E. McCandlish P ’08

Deborah R. Willig & Kathryn Casey

Richard Farnum

Polly McKenna-Cress MFA ’95

Diane & Richard Woosnam

Carolynn Fedor BFA ’75

Janice McMillen

Eve & Richard Wyckoff

Harriet K. Feinstein DIPL ’62

Gina Michaels & John N. Phillips

Stephen T. Zarrilli

Elena Feliciano & Jens Hansen P ’16

C. Samuel BS ’66 & Carole Micklus

Robert Ferguson

Kathy & Robert Moore P ’05

Phenon G. Finley-Smiley BFA ’81

Monifa Moore

Roberta & Arthur Abramowitz

Alida Fish & Stephen Tanis

Shannon D. Moore BFA ’05

Aetna Roofing Corporation

Robert Furr

Frank & Sandra Morabito P ’09

Lisa & Theodore Albany P ’16

Steve Gansler, Jr.

Martha Mountian

Nancy S. Allen BFA ’81

Robert Garfinkle

Chris Mullins

Joe Aristone

Valerie Gay BM ’89

Lisa & Martin Novelli

Brian Badgley

Elizabeth H. Gemmill

Kelly O’Brien

Maxine Ballen & John Jones

Melissa Weiler Gerber

Zoe & Dean Pappas

Carol & Horace Barsh

Lawrence Gilberti

Rosemary Paup

Sylvia Beck & Jay Federman

Robert N. Gillis BS ’59

Philadelphia Water Color Society

Anna & Neil Beresin P ’15

Barbara Glickman BFA ’63

Jean M. Plough BFA ’70

Carolan Berkley P ’13

Janet K. Grace BS ’83

Beth & Rich Probinsky

Leonard Bernstein

Patricia V. Grooms ’48

Phyllis Rabineau

Stuart Bogom & Dorel Shanon

Michael Grothusen & Nancy J. McDonald

David Rasner & Caroline Wischmann

Kevin P. Brennan

Ellen & Jay Haas

Marion Rector

Andrea & Louis Broad

Joanna Hamrick

Phoebe & Myron Resnick

Denise M. Brown

Adam Hauser

Brad Richards

Mary & James Brown

Melissa Heller

Ellen Rosen Rogoff

Miriam BFA ’81 & Peter Burwasser

Anne E. Henry

Karen & Neal Rosenberg

Dawn A. Calzada & Joseph G. Charma P ’16

Historic Germantown

Holly & David Ross

Mark Campbell BFA ’74

Johnnie Hobbs P ’04

John Ross P ’16

$250 - $499

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Adrienne & Neal Salomon

Sally & Vincent Biank P ’06

Barbara BFA ’64 & Ernest Feldgus

Alan Sandman & John Pesolar

Edward Boria BFA ’85 P ’17

Rosina Feldman

Lauren Sara

Suzy & Lawrence Borow

Robert E. Fenza

Stuart A. Sarshik, M.D.

Joanna & Andy Bottaro

Novelda H. Ferguson BFA ’52

James A. Savoie

Brenntag Specialties

Marion L. Fetterolf CERT ’42

Linda & Louis Schwartz

David R. Brigham

Fred Fisher

James A. Scott BFA ’84 & Lisa M. Witomski

George Brilts BS ’69

Mara Flamm

Shields Construction Co., Inc.

Edwin Bronstein

Holly Flanagan

Lainey & Beryl Simonson

Jacqueline Brooks

Tina & Jonas Forslund

Tim Solberg

June M.C. Brown BFA ’49

Geraldine Dietz Fox

Judy Spiller

Diane P. Buchman BFA ’67

Patricia L. France BFA ’78

Delores & Marvin Steinberg

Joyce & Ron Burd

Renee & Robert L. Frank

Jean S. Stephenson ’47

Hugh D. Campbell BFA ’68

Sarah J. Frazier BFA ’03

Jane & James Sutow

Joan T. Campbell P ’98

Eric Freed

Christopher R. Taylor

Betty Carlson-Jameson P ’02

Josephine Troth Friedman BFA ’51

Lyndie Vantine BFA ’84

Barry R. Castle BS ’65

Wendi & Michael Furman

Jeffrey Vernam

George E. Chandler BFA ’81

Elaine G. Galen DIPL ’50 &

Noele Wein

Kathleen F. Chapman BFA ’72

Eileen & Richard Weinberg

Richard B. Cliff BFA ’61

Marissa Gaulton

Judy & Bennett Weinstock

Meg Clifton BM ’01

Margaretta Gilboy BFA ’65

Cathy Weiss & Edward Solomon

Jessica Cohen BFA ’16

Tracy & Marc Ginsburg

Laura Williamson

Stephen Z. Cohen BFA ’64

Rifka & Simon Glatz

Dina & Jerry Wind

Jan & Lawrence Coleman

Richard Glazer

Wesley Yamamoto

Janis & Ronald Collier

Susan B. Glazer

Li-Chiu Yeh

Charles C. Collison, Jr. BFA ’59

Donna & Henry Gonzalez

Mira Zergani

Jodi & Andrew Colton

Edward Graziano BFA ’17

Cindi M. Cooper BFA ’77

Kathleen BS ’79 & Nick Greco

Susan & Peter Coyne

Greta & Alan Greenberger

Karen & William Aarons

A. Rebecca Crane-Okada, Ph.D.

Norma A. Griffith BFA ’67

Harriet S. Ackerman MAT ’84

Deborah Curtiss MAT ’83

Adelyn M. Gross

Carol O. Allen MAT ’92

Dorothy A. Daub-Grossman ’75

Crystal Gurin

William BS ’52 & Yvonne Allenson

Sandra Davis MFA ’08

Steven N. Haas, Esq.

Sharon & Craig Altman

Osceola Davis-Smith BM ’70

Barbara J. Harberger BFA ’76

Amaze Design, Inc.

Candy & Tad Decker

Linda & Stephen Harker

Amudipes Behavioral Health

Marcia & Richard DeJesus-Rueff P ’05

George C. Harkins, Jr. BFA ’56

Gary L. Anderson BM ’67

Diane & Thomas C. Demusis P ’13

Hope Haron

Katie & Michael Andriatch P ’17

Stephen M. DePino BFA ’00

Rosalie & Michael Haut

Victor A. Aprea BFA ’83

Rita M. Di Renzo

Patricia & J. Anthony Hayden

Lila O. Asher ’43

DeAngela Duff

Lorraine & Scott Hazan

Carol R. Ashton-Hergenhan BS ’71

John A. Dulik ’65

Paul Healy

Asian American Buddhist Association

April Duncanson

Elizabeth Helling BFA ’76

Laurence Bach BFA ’69

Harold BS ’69 & Ellen Eager

Nicole & Craig Henry

Elaine & Dick Bailey

Mignon Eayre ’57

Regina A. Henry

John M. Baker, Jr.

Barbara Eberlein

Ellen & Burton Hersh

Dianna F. Banks BFA ’69

Doris Ellington

History Colorado Administration and Staff

Farhud Batmanglich MAT ’74

Paul H. Ellis BS ’63

Jojo Hofferman

Flora Becker

Guy Ellsworth BFA ’59

John R. Hrevnack P ’05

Rebecca & David Belitsky

Emily Ennulat-Lustine & Todd Lustine

Angela & Fred Hudson

Nissan Gallant Bernstien ’55

Sharon BFA ’79 and William Erwin BFA ’79

Donald R. Hulmes ’54

Helen & Jack Bershad

Helen & Herman Fala

Ha-Young Ihn BS ’09

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Edward Colker DIPL ’49

Alex Isbell

Louise McDonnel BFA ’64

James W. Sari P ’05

Michael Jackson

Frances McGinley

Marie Savard & Brad Fenton

Carolyn & Michael Jacobs

Lorraine T. McGrath

Philip Schulman BFA ’59 & Carol L. Moore

Philip D. Jamison ’50

Lois McKenna

Debra Selig

Brad M. Jamula BFA ’06

William Mestichelli BFA ’06

Kathleen Seltzer BFA ’69

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Susan & Jim Meyer

Rosa J. Serota BFA ’60

Janet & William Johnson

Carole Meyers

Amy & Jason Shargel

Irene & Roger Kane

Donna & Richard Meyers

Michael Sherman

Suzanne M. Kane

Dale BFA ’69 & Susan Moyer

Rosalie M. Sherman BFA ’68

Adam Kantorski, Jr. BS ’85

Richard A. Mulford

Anita P. Sheth MFA ’12

Anne Kaplan

Lynn M. Nacmias BFA ’71

Rita & Bob Siegle

Marjorie Katz BFA ’63

Nancy Nahrgang BFA ’84

Penny P. Smith BFA ’79

Thomas J. Kavanaugh ’79

Michelle A. Napoli BFA ’10

Diana T. Soorikian BFA ’50

Rand Kehler BS ’74

Mike Nardone

Murray Spain & Sheryl Samter

Karen L. & Garry R. Kelly P ’11

Jessica & Gregory Nayor

Claudia Springer

Lynn C. & Dennis E. Kelly P ’08

Katharine BFA ’88 & Gregory BFA ’88 Nemec

Peter Stambler

Florance Kerber

Joan & Fred Newberg

Wendy & Ted Staub

David King

Libby Newman BFA ’80

James M. Steinberg

Karl G. Koslowski BS ’63

Barbara & R. Barrett Noone

Mary Ann G. Stengel BM ’66

Arlene Krauss

Laurie Olin & Victoria Steiger

Robert R. Stimpson P ’10

Daniel Kushner BS ’02

John E. Ollman BFA ’67

Megan Storti

Gail Kline Kushner BFA ’75

Lisa Oropallo-Mekarzel BFA ’86

Mary Jo Suchter

Anita Lager

David Ortega

Ellen & Frank Svitek

Rick Landesberg BFA ’73

Palmer Waterproofing, Inc.

Stephen & Nicole Sypherd

Jana Landon

Jeannie Pearce & Eric Gibson

Kathy & Steven Taub

Lucinda & Charles Landreth

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Susan Tedeschi P ’11

Larry Laubach

Susan Perloff

Laurie & Frank Tibiletti P ’17

Malcolm L. Lazin

Jane Piller-Wilson ’83

Shari Tobias BFA ’90

Sharon LeFevre

Thomas & Jane Porett

John BS ’71 & Bonita Troxell

Anita & Steven Lerman

Michael Posner & Wendy Smith

Andrew Vellrath BS ’66, P ’05

Natasha BFA ’00 & Josh Levitas BFA ’00

Judy Pote

Lauren Villanueva

Linda S. & Matthew H. Liddle BFA ’91

John S. Price

Midge S. Vinson CERT ’70

Patricia & Robert Lima

Olivia Rabe

Shelly & Bob Waldman

William A. Loeb

John J. Radomile

Brittany Walker BFA ’12

Robert P. Lovett, Jr. BS ’72

Hollis H. Reed BFA ’47

Carla & Allen Weinberg

Deborah & Howard Lucker

Rita & Stanley Reichlin

David & Judi Weinberg

Francis & Reaves Lukens

Anna K. Reimann

Bob W. Wescott BFA ’53

Claudia M. Luongo MFA ’97

Christine Reimert

Morris, Sylvia & Ginia D. Wexler Fund

Lorraine MacKenzie P ’05

Mike Resavage

Linda White

Ellen Magenheim & William Turpin P ’15

Linda Resnick

William G. BFA ’67 & Linda White

Candance Maggioncalda MA ’02

Katie & Jeff Rhodes

Judith A. Wicks

Stephanie Corp Maguire

Elliot I. Rhodeside BS ’66

Signe Wilkinson & Jon Landau

Henri F. Mamet BM/BMED ’67

Linda Richardson

Janice & James Williams

Lynn K. & Joseph M. Manko

Charlotte Riggs MAT ’03

John Wind

Mark Williams Construction

Emily C. Riley

Sylvia L. & Seymour CERT ’49 Woodnick

Loren Marquardt MFA ’99

Carolyn Robinson

Mira Wright

Judy Mayer

Nan E. Robinson

William Ziegenfus BS ’68

Jennifer & Tom McClellan

Jordan Rockford BFA ’00

Caroline & Scott Ziegler

John McClung

Bari K. Rosenthal BFA ’65

Joseph Ziemianski

Megan McCrea

Cintra Carter Sander ’51

Pamela Zimmermann

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Amanda L. Collett BFA ’02

Cheryl Goldsleger BFA ’73

Anonymous (1)

Charles Conwell

Rosalyn BFA ’63 & Mark Goldstein BFA ’60

Lynda F. Abraham-Braff BFA ’79

Louis Cook MID ’05

Marjorie Gorman

Katie Adams

Anthony D. Corcetto DIPL ’54

Allison Green

ADMK

Edward P. Coxey BFA ’63

John C. Gregory, Jr. DIPL ’53

Naomi Alter-Ohayon

Ronald F. D’Alonzo ’64

Frank Grobelny BFA ’63

Joan & Richard Angelicola P ’08, P ’10

Christina BFA ’99 and Timonthy Day BM ’99

Richard J. Groller BM/BMED ’75

Mary C. Bangs ’70

Alice P. Deck ’51

Howard I. Grossman

Michael Barbella BFA ’87

Joy Deibert

Michael Gruber ’73

Daniel K. Bare P ’97

Charles H. ’50 & Diane DeMirjian

Angelina Guevara

Ronald Baron

Philip N. Devries BS ’66

Anisa Haidary

Regina K. Barthmaier BFA ’89, MA ’03

Samuel Dion ’53

Edward J. Hartmann ’49

Jaclyn Bashoff BFA ’00

Coleen DiPerna Williams

Wesley M. Heilman, III BFA ’58

Jim BS ’66 & Sandra Bateman

Joseph M. Dirago BFA ’62

Renee & Richard Heininger P ’16

Joanne Bauwens P ’15

Carolyn Doll-Geiger BFA ’72 & Karl Geiger

Sandra Held BFA ’72

Margaret & Donald Beatty P ’99

Louise & James Dow

Rocky & Jerry Heller

Frederick Beaver BM ’65

Victoria A. Duclos Barrett BM ’84

Rosemary & Richard Heller

Gerald F. Becker BFA ’63

Frances A. & Walter B. Dulak P ’03

Milton B. BFA ’59 & Caroline Helmuth

Marcy Belfer

Marie & John Eby

Mark E. BFA ’79 & Kimberley Henion

Doshanna Bell BFA ’08

Nancy C. Elliott ’75

Ruth Herd

Angela & Louis Bellizzi P ’15

Lynda & Cedric BME ’66 Elmer

Grayce A. Hess

Sandra & Leonard Berenbaum

Donna & Raymond D. Ermel P ’13

Stephen Hettenbach BFA ’64

Eileen & Peter Bergeris P ’10

Charles Essig BFA ’63

Arthur S. Hillman BFA ’66

Norma E. Berke ’48

Lossie Evans P ’15

Shani D. Hilsheimer BFA ’91

Jan Berman

Helen & Leonard Evelev

Lynn K. BFA ’63 & Tony Hitschler

Ellen D. Birckner BFA ’85

Ruth A. Fackenthal BFA ’54

Joyce M. ’78 & Dan Hofstetter

Bronwyn Bird

John P. Fantine, Jr. ’74

Austin P. Hogan BFA ’96

Jerry Block

Ken Federman P ’15

Megan Hohman

Mary E. Bode ’51

Elizabeth & Robert Fiebach

Curvin H. Hollimon

Wesley Bogan BFA ’09

Bryan T. Flanagan BFA ’11

Walter & Patricia Horzepa P ’05

Louis F. Borda, Jr. BFA ’72

Anna Fine Foer BFA ’80

Kathleen & Michael Howley

Catherine & Barry Boss

Valerie & Charles Folk P ’16

Elaine B. Hudson BFA ’66

Carol Broderick

Laurie Forte BFA ’81

Pamela E. & John J. Hulka P ’06

Katie & Jon Broh

Judith Foster BFA ’68

Robert C. Hunsicker BFA ’63

Fabian A. Brown BM ’01

Nancy Pelham Foulke BFA ’67

Patricia Isakov

Rochelle Brown ’77

Edward Frascella BFA ’62

John C. Jackson BFA ’73

William F. Bucher BFA ’84

Cynthia D. Friedman BFA ’78

Bernard & Laura Jacobson

Elaine Buono

Marian P. Froehlich ’47

Daniel H. BFA ’66 & Katherine Jocz

M. Linda Burke

Mary B. Galbraith BFA ’67

Roshonda Jones

Jack R. Butler

Susan & Lewis Gantman

Kay Kandra BFA ’59

Mary Ellen Callaghan

Marsha & Richard Gash

Ann Kanof

Francis Cannon

Lorraine & P. Fredric Gastrock P ’01

Sue & Jeff Karr P ’17

Desiree Cantwell MAT ’08

Roseann M. Gatto BFA ’82

Marilyn Kauff BFA ’63

Anne C. Cecil MAT ’90

Carl J. Genna, Jr. ’60

Irene & Mark Kauffman

Edward P. Challenger BS ’58

Linda L. George BFA ’64

A. Rosalie Kenny BFA ’05

Elaine G. Chu BFA ’85

Maria & Paul Giganti P ’13

Patricia Kent BFA ’63

Holly Nickles Ciccoricco BS ’60

Debbie L. Gittleman BFA ’62

Karen Kieser BFA ’81 & Peter Ritchie

Evelyn M. ’56 & Bernie Cleff ’50

Sheila & Henry Gladstone

Nancy ’53 & Carl BFA ’52 Kirstein

Ryan D. Cobourn BFA ’99

Donna J. Globus MFA ’10

Elaine J. Klawans

Claudia & Barry Cohen

Howard A. Goldberg BFA ’71

Neil J. Kleinman

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Irene M. Klemas BFA ’80

Justin A. Mitchell BFA ’01

Paul E. Rohsner, Jr., A.I.A. BS ’77

Jennifer MAT ’08 & Matthew Klenk MAT ’08

Franklyn B. Modell CERT ’41

Carol & Alan Roomberg

Sharon B. Kling

Robert K. Momyer BFA ’63

Connie & Brent Roper P ’17

Mark Knight

Ashley & Sean Moriarty

Barbara S. Rosenberg BFA ’72

Nina & James Korsh

Lori BS ’81 & Thomas Morrissey

Annette & Ken Ross

Judith ’69 & Sheldon Koven

Robert Moss-Vreeland

Caroline BFA ’52 & Arnold Roth BFA ’50

Kathryn BFA ’65 & Eugene Krall BFA ’65

Jerome P. Mulhern BM ’80

James Rowe BFA ’87

Neal M. Kruger BM/BMED ’74

Karen A. & Kevin B. Murphy P ’09

Renee & David Rubenstein

Robert Kudej ’83

Vincent J. Mussolino, Jr. BFA ’88

David E. Rue BS ’62

Aaron Kuptsow

Henrietta M. Mustokoff BM/BMED ’68

Sylvia G. Salvat MAT ’83

Michael Kurgansky BFA ’71

Bee & Bob Muzerall P ’06

Brittany Samoylov MA ’08

Liane K. Gross Lebednik BFA ’66

John F. Nebesney BFA ’63

Josephine Sanders-Levie & Filip Sanders

Katherine & Stephen Leibowitz

Cay L. Neimeth BFA ’86

Anthony Sansotta BFA ’69

Sydell & Allan Leif

Michelle Nichols BFA ’07

Florence & Brian Saunders

Barbara Lember ’63

D. S. Nixon & Irene Abramowicz

Stephen R. Schaffzin BFA ’66

Marie Cirotti Levine BFA ’85

Josephine V. Norden BFA ’49

Jeanette M. & Jeffrey M. Schell P ’08

Robin & Jordan Lieberman

Francesca & Bruce Northrup

Lauren & Eric Scherling

Tage Lilja BS ’87

Charles J. Ober ’49

Marie C. Schilling ’49

Eileen A. Lippl BME ’65

Roberta O’Dell

Joan P. Schooley BFA ’81

Lester Lipschutz

Valerie C. Olson P ’07

Karen & Robert Schwartz

Katherine M. D. Lobo BFA ’83

Bruce A. Oltman BM/BMED ’69

Adele & Stephen J. Schwartz P ’00

Victoria Loebell BM/BMED ’75

Ms. Loretta F. Orndorff

Ronald D. BFA ’60 & Joanne Schwartz

Elizabeth & David Lorry

Lisa Costello & Paul Orselli

Mavis L. Scully BFA ’87

Anita Lovitt ’70

Judith B. BFA ’74 & Fred Osborne

Wanda S. & David J. Shade P ’11

Levi Lunon BFA ’16

Irene & Theodore Oslick

Alvin I. Sher BFA ’64

Glenn W. Malsbury BFA ’74

Michael J. Oswald BFA ’72

Beth & Michael Shor

Benita & Jerome Mandel

Winifred R. Owens-Hart BFA ’71

Matthew Siegel

Betty Lou Marchant CE ’92

Brittany Papale BFA ’11

Toni Silber-Delerive BFA ’69

Louis R. Marrani BFA ’63

Marion H. Patrick BS ’61

Joseph Sitnick

Adelaide Lake Martin ’55

Mark Paul

William N. Skinner BS ’02

Stacy Martin

Victoria Pendragon BFA ’68

Mary T. Slaven

Holly & Kenneth Mascaro P ’14

Charles Pennacchio

Susan M. Slavinski BFA ’78

Ilene S. Matthews ’78

Carole & Paul Petersen P ’96

Cathi Snyder

Barbara J. Matybell BFA ’57

Virginia BFA ’52 & Peter Petraglia ’52

Lesia A. Sochor BFA ’74

Susan P. Maxfield BFA ’67

Mackenzie Pikaart BFA ’11

Roxanne Spatocco BFA ’63

Stanley P. Mayers, Jr.

Robin Plattman BS ’86

Suzanne Wertman Spector BFA ’58

Michelle M. Mc Elroy BFA ’93

Teresa Poitras BFA ’85

Maryann & Thomas R. Staub

Victoria McCallum BFA ’12

Michael S. Prendergast BFA ’06

Clifford Stevens

John McGahey BFA ’65

David Price P ’17

Robert B. Stewart BFA ’55

Vincent R. McGuinness

Gail B. & Dudley L. Prisel

Arlene Stier

Nancy & Robert McIntyre P ’02

Bonnie C. Randall ’67

Philip Stone

Morgan M. McKenty BFA ’95

Heike Rass

Eileen C. Stremba BFA ’70

Evelyn D. Mc Laurin ’63

Wm. Bruce Rauffenbart BFA ’73

Joe Sudler BM ’81

Lauren K. McLucas BFA ’08

Joanne Reider ’83

Ian BS ’97 & Jennifer Swope

Thomas McParland & Helene Stewart

Thomas L. Reynolds BS ’10

Philip V. Tascone ’61

Dorothy McShane

Louis M. BS ’61 & Linda Riccio

Fredric A. BFA ’70 & Carole W. Tator

Pat Patterson Meitzler ’58

Grace H. Richter ’61

Harold Taylor BFA ’69

Susan BFA ’92 & Vladimir Melnik

Nancy G. Ring MFA ’10

Sidney L. Taylor BFA ’57

Nancy & Alan Milbauer

Mary & Lee Robeson P ’03

James BS ’63 & Gail Thomas

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray BFA ’84

Patricia & Maurice Robinson, Jr. P ’08

Cynthia Nourse Thompson

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Eleanore W. Thompson ’33

Young Alumni Challenge

Christine & Edward Tokarski Norman Tomases BFA ’52

Thanks to a generous donation from UArts

Nicole G. Tranquillo BM ’08

Trustee Sonny Mandell and the Samuel P.

Dorothea Travers BFA ’69

Mandell Foundation, all gifts from young alumni

Sandra J. Turner BFA ’87

were doubled this year. Mandell’s goal was to

Beth A. Twiss-Houting

encourage the next generation of donors to

Judy L. Van Heyst BFA ’57

continue the legacy of collaboration and helping

Karla Schillhorn Van Veen P ’14

out fellow artists.

Beth Van Why MID ’06 Donna Vitale ’73

TJ Walsh BFA ’07 (Graphic Design) was inspired to spearhead the Young Alumni Challenge, a

Carol R. Vizzini BM ’68

campaign focused on Annual Fund giving from alumni who graduated in the last 10 years. Walsh is a

John Wagner BFA ’65

painter, curator, creative strategist and catalyst, with a very active painting studio in Media-Aston,

Richard T. Walter BS ’55

Pa. What he remembers most about his time at UArts is the spirit of collaboration and camaraderie

Audrey D. Walters DIPL ’51

among students.

Eileen P. Ward BFA ’87 Christine J. Washington

“UArts is where I learned how to be an artist, in every sense of the word,” says Walsh. “I am proud to

Geraldine Watson

give back to UArts in order to help continue the legacy of collaboration and support. I am eager to lend a

Stacey Webber

helping hand to an artist I have not yet met, who is journeying along the same path I did 10 years ago.”

Stephanie D. Wehmeyer BFA ’68 Lyric L. Weinbaum ’73

With Walsh’s help, the Young Alumni Challenge raised close to $4,000 this year, a 130 percent

Ross Weiss

increase over the previous year. We are grateful to Walsh and the many young alumni who participat-

Leslie BFA ’73 & Jeffrey Wells BFA ’73

ed in this year’s challenge.

Margaret C. Welsh BFA ’50 Susan & John Wendling P ’17 Virginia Wentz

The Mandell Challenge Grant

Linda & C. Robert Wheeler P ’01

The University of the Arts is grateful to the

Bonnie & Skip Wilder

following donors who participated in the Mandell

Gary A. Williams BFA ’60

Challenge Grant. This grant was made possible by

Wendy Wilson-Fall P ’17

the generosity of the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation.

Paula & Robert Winokur Bruce N. Wolff BFA ’67

Lisa & Theodore Albany P ’16

Diane P. Buchman BFA ’67

Ivan R. Wolfson

Katie & Michael Andriatch P ’17

Laura T. & William C. Buck

Nan Wollman BFA ’86

Joan & Richard Angelicola P ’08, P ’10

Donna Faye Burchfield

Judith Ann & C. Robert Wyss P ’98

Laurence Bach BFA ’69

Joan T. Campbell P ’98

Pauline ’57 & Thomas Yarnall

Daniel K. Bare P ’97

Desiree Cantwell MAT ’08

Mary Lui Yoder BS ’87

Regina K. Barthmaier BFA ’89, MA ’03

Pamela & Scott Carleton P ’16

Bonnie Young

Margaret & Donald Beatty P ’99

Betty Carlson-Jameson P ’02

Violet R. Youse BFA ’65

Mary L. ’51 & George B. Beitzel

Susan & Kevin Chiaravalle P ’16

Edward C. Yungmann BFA ’68

Doshanna Bell BFA ’08

Michael M. Coleman

Gwen E. Zelac BFA ’82

Angela & Louis Bellizzi P ’15

Charles C. Collison, Jr. BFA ’59

Michael Zuckerman

Lee A. Bender & Carol Schilling P ’03

Louis Cook MID ’05

Eileen & Peter Bergeris P ’10

Carol Ann & Peter Cotter P ’14

Carolan Berkley P ’13

Jeannine B. Cowles

Sally & Vincent Biank P ’06

Matthew J. Cunniff BFA ’65

Wesley Bogan BFA ’09

Alice P. Deck ’51

Edward Boria BFA ’85, P ’17

Marcia & Richard DeJesus-Rueff P ’05

Richard P. Brown, Jr.

Diane & Thomas C. Demusis P ’13

Rochelle Brown ’77

Philip N. Devries BS ’66

William F. Bucher BFA ’84

Elizabeth & Kevin Donohoe

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Carl & Roberta Dranoff

Stephen & Tina Lightcap

Susan Tedeschi P ’11

Frances A. & Walter B. Dulak P ’03

Annmarie Lockhart & Maxwell Riggsbee P ’17

Laurie & Frank Tibiletti P ’17

Harold BS ’69 & Ellen Eager

Sueyun & Gene Locks

Nicole G. Tranquillo BM ’08

Donna & Raymond D. Ermel P ’13

William A. Loeb

John BS ’71 & Bonita Troxell

Sharon BFA ’79 & William Erwin BFA ’79

Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

Lyndie Vantine BFA ’84

Lossie Evans P ’15

Ellen Magenheim & William Turpin P ’15

Karla Schillhorn Van Veen P ’14

Ken Federman P ’15

Holly & Kenneth Mascaro P ’14

Andrew Vellrath BS ’66, P ’05

Harriet K. Feinstein DIPL ’62

Elizabeth F. & Larry E. McCandlish P ’08

Timothy Walsh BFA ’07

Rosina Feldman

Michelle M. Mc Elroy BFA ’93

Christine J. Washington

Elena Feliciano & Jens Hansen P ’16

Nancy & Robert McIntyre P ’02

Geraldine Watson

Ruth E. Fine BFA ’62

Lauren K. McLucas BFA ’08

Stephanie D. Wehmeyer BFA ’68

Karen A. & John M. Fisco P ’15

Amy & Miten Merin P ’17

Lyric L. Weinbaum ’73

Bryan T. Flanagan BFA ’11

Monifa Moore

Joseph Weiss & Harold Hambrose, Electronic Ink

Valerie & Charles Folk P ’16

Frank & Sandra Morabito P ’09

Susan & John Wendling P ’17

Paul S. Franz P ’16

Jerome P. Mulhern BM ’80

Linda & C. Robert Wheeler P ’01

Sarah J. Frazier BFA ’03

Karen A. & Kevin B. Murphy P ’09

Linda White

Marian P. Froehlich ’47

Sondra & Morey Myers

Wendy Wilson-Fall P ’17

Mary B. Galbraith BFA ’67

Michelle A. Napoli BFA ’10

Ivan R. Wolfson

Lorraine & P. Fredric Gastrock P ’01

John E. Ollman BFA ’67

Judith Ann & C. Robert Wyss P ’98

Maria & Paul Giganti P ’13

Valerie C. Olson P ’07

Jeffrey Zarnoch BS ’84 & Nicholas Kouletsis

Donna J. Globus MFA ’10

Donna & Michael Pacifico P ’16

Natasha BFA ’00 & Josh Levitas BFA ’00

Carole & Paul Petersen P ’96

Elaine Gurian

Virginia BFA ’52 & Peter Petraglia ’52

N. Peter & Alta Hamilton

Robin Plattman BS ’86

Renee & Richard Heininger P ’16

Michael S. Prendergast BFA ’06

Anne E. Henry

David Price P ’17

Regina A. Henry

John S. Price

Stephen Hettenbach BFA ’64

Joanne Reider ’83

Johnnie Hobbs P ’04

Thomas L. Reynolds BS ’10

Walter & Patricia Horzepa P ’05

Charlotte Riggs MAT ’03

John R. Hrevnack P ’05

Nancy G. Ring MFA ’10

Pamela E. & John J. Hulka P ’06

Mary & Lee Robeson P ’03

Ha-Young Ihn BS ’09

Patricia & Maurice Robinson, Jr. P ’08

Brad M. Jamula BFA ’06

James Roe & Joyce Hakala

Gina Kamentsky ’81

Theresa & John Rollins

Ann Kanof

Connie & Brent Roper P ’17

Sue & Jeff Karr P ’17

Colleen A. Roscher BM ’06

Lynn C. & Dennis E. Kelly P ’08

Marcia & Ron Rubin

Karen L. & Garry R. Kelly P ’11

Brittany Samoylov MA ’08

A. Rosalie Kenny BFA ’05

Cintra Carter Sander ’51

Ronald P. BM ’80 & Haidy Kerber P ’10

James W. Sari P ’05

Katherine & Frank Key P ’17

Jeanette M. & Jeffrey M. Schell P ’08

Neil J. Kleinman

Adele & Stephen J. Schwartz P ’00

Jennifer MAT ’08 & Matthew Klenk MAT ’08

Wanda S. & David J. Shade P ’11

Victor Koch BS ’65

Carole & Joseph Shanis

Jane & Leonard Korman

Toni Silber-Delerive BFA ’69

Daniel Kushner BS ’02

Edith Simpson

Joyce & Roger W. Lacy P ’13

William N. Skinner BS ’02

Emilie S. Lapham BFA ’72

Robert R. Stimpson P ’10

Joye & Bruce Lesser

Eileen C. Stremba BFA ’70

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Mark BFA ’85 & Blythe Donnolo

Sueyun & Gene Locks

Carl & Roberta Dranoff

Barbara J. Lorry, Ph.D.

Named in honor of the legendary architect John

Inge H. Druckrey

Seymour & Miriam Mandell

Haviland, the Haviland Society celebrates its

Margaret & Robert Duprey

Catherine & Gregory Marich P ’15

dedicated benefactors who make annual gifts

Brian & Sherry Effron

Terry & Joe McCormick

in amounts of $1,000 or more. Members of the

Cynthia & James Eiseman, Jr.

Sam & Margarett McKeel

Haviland Society ensure that the University remains

Erin Elman MA ’97, MFA ’08 & Stephen Gibson

Thomas M. Miles BFA ’75

one of the region’s and nation’s most vital forces

Rebecca & Eric Felix

Frank & Marianna Mirabello

for new artistic talent in visual arts, performing

The Felix Families

Sondra & Morey Myers

arts, and media and communications. They expe-

Ruth E. Fine BFA ’62

Ron & Suzanne Naples

rience firsthand the incredible impact they have on

James Fitzgerald

Adolf & Geraldine Paier

the UArts community.

Katherine Flannery BFA ’87

Patricia BFA ’65 & John Pegram

Michael C. Forman & Jennifer Rice

Kirk Pillow

Linda Lee Alter BFA ’61

William BFA ’68 & Vivian Wagner Gast BA ’63

Norma & Larry Reichlin

Franklin Ash P ’92

David D. Gibson BFA ’91

Raymond Riley BS ’82

Jasem M. S. Behbehani BFA ’75

Linda & David Glickstein

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller BFA ’66

Mary L. ’51 & George B. Beitzel

Mary Gregg & John Ryan

James Roe & Joyce Hakala

Howard Belk BFA ’81

Elaine Gurian

Theresa & John Rollins

Harriet & Louis Berneman

Dorrance H. Hamilton

Colleen A. Roscher BM ’06

Irvin J. Borowsky & Laurie Wagman

N. Peter & Alta Hamilton

Alan Rubin

Richard P. Brown, Jr.

Melissa Heller

Marcia & Ron Rubin

Laura T. & William C. Buck

Iris Henry-Aiken

Lucille & Kal Rudman

Sean T. Buffington

Lynne & Harold Honickman

Jeffrey C. Ryder

Philip C. Burton BFA ’68

Marjorie & Jeffrey Honickman

Jeffrey R. Seligsohn

Charles G. Bush BFA ’66

Lucie Hughes

Carole & Joseph Shanis

Dick Cain BM ’74

Richard & Julie Jaffe

Edith Simpson

Ronald & Ellen Caplan

Scott & Yardly Jenkins

Leslie R. Smolan BFA ’75

Kenneth D. Carbone BFA ’73

Julie Jensen & Robert Bryan

Mary & Terry Terruso

Willo Carey & Peter A. Benoliel

Gina Kamentsky ’81

Helene & Philip Tucker

Pamela & Scott Carleton P ’16

Gail Kass & Roy Friedman

James & Isabelle Vesey

Bebe & Thomas Carnwath

Ronald P. BM ’80 & Haidy Kerber P ’10

Timothy Walsh BFA ’07

Susan & Cummins Catherwood

Katherine & Frank Key P ’17

Eleanor & Robert Weirman

Lewis Chapman

Virginia & Harvey Kimmel

Harriet & Larry Weiss

Neal Colton

Josephine Klein

Joseph Weiss & Harold Hambrose, Electronic Ink

Penny & Kevin Cooper P ’15

Victor Koch BS ’65

K F. Williams & Douglas R. Vaughn

Joseph & Dawn Coradino

Jane & Leonard Korman

Sherley Young

Matthew J. Cunniff BFA ’65

Emilie S. Lapham BFA ’72

Frank J. Zadlo BFA ’66

Eleanor & Hal Davis

Marguerite & Gerry Lenfest

Jeffrey Zarnoch BS ’84 & Nicholas Kouletsis

Deanna BFA ’66 & Alan DeCherney

Elaine Levitt

Sybille Zeldin

The Haviland Society

Annmarie Lockhart & Maxwell Riggsbee P ’17

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1952

1960

William Allenson

Holly J. Ciccoricco

Novelda H. Ferguson

Carl J. Genna

Carl W. Kirstein

Noel Mayo

193 3

Virginia J. Petraglia

Ronald D. Schwartz

Eleanore W. Thompson

Caroline Roth

Rosa J. Serota

Norman Tomases

Gary A. Williams

195 3

1961

Samuel Dion

Linda L. Alter

1942

John C. Gregory

Richard B. Cliff

Marion L. Fetterolf

Nancy A. Kirstein

Marion H. Patrick

Robert W. Wescott

Louis M. Riccio

Alumni Giving

by Class Year

1941 Franklyn B. Modell

194 3 Lila O. Asher

Grace H. Richter

195 4

Philip V. Tascone

Anthony D. Corcetto

1947

Ruth A. Fackenthal

1962

Marian P. Froehlich

Donald R. Hulmes

Joseph M. Dirago

Hollis H. Reed

Alan J. Klawans

Loraine S. Duboff

Jean S. Stephenson

Elaine J. Klawans

Clarence Faulcon

194 8

1955

Ruth E. Fine

Norma E. Berke

Nissan Bernstien

Edward Frascella

Patricia V. Grooms

Adelaide M. Martin

Debbie L. Gittleman

Robert B. Stewart

David E. Rue

Harriet K. Feinstein

1949

Richard T. Walter

196 3

June M. Brown Edward Colker

1956

Gerald F. Becker

Edward J. Hartmann

Donald R. Chittum

William Bird

Josephine V. Norden

Evelyn M. Cleff

Edward P. Coxey

Charles J. Ober

George C. Harkins

Paul H. Ellis

Marie Schilling

Charles J. Essig

1957

Vivian Gast

Mignon L. Eayre

Barbara Glickman

1950

Barbara J. Matybell

Sheldon Goberman

H. Bernard Cleff

Sidney L. Taylor

Rosalyn Goldstein

Charles H. DeMirjian

Judy L. Van Heyst

Frank Grobelny

Elaine G. Galen

Pauline Yarnall

Lynn K. Hitschler

Seymour Woodnick

Philip D. Jamison

Robert C. Hunsicker

Arnold Roth

195 8

Marjorie A. Katz

Diana T. Soorikian

Edward P. Challenger

Marilyn K. Kauff

Margaret C. Welsh

Wesley M. Heilman, III

Patricia C. Kent

Helen P. Meitzler

Karl G. Koslowski

Suzanne M. Spector

Barbara H. Lember

1951 Alice P. Deck

Louis R. Marrani

Josephine T. Friedman

1959

Evelyn D. Mc Laurin

Cintra C. Sander

Charles C. Collison

Robert K. Momyer

Audrey D. Walters

Guy P. Ellsworth

John F. Nebesney

Robert N. Gillis

Daniel A. Panchelli

Milton B. Helmuth

Roxanne Spatocco

Kay Kandra

58

James E. Thomas

1967

1970

Townsend Wentz

Gary L. Anderson

Mary C. Bangs

Virginia Wentz

Diane P. Buchman

Osceola Davis-Smith

Jerrold Elkins

Bridget P. Kasinskas

196 4

Nancy A. Pelham Foulke

Gary L. Lehman

Bronwyn Bird

Mary B. Galbraith

Anita Lovitt

Stephen Z. Cohen

Caroline Goberman

Donald C. Moyer

Barbara C. Crouse

Norma A. Griffith

Jean M. Plough

Ronald F. D’Alonzo

Henri F. Mamet

Carol L. Sexton

Barbara H. Feldgus

Susan P. Maxfield

Eileen C. Stremba

Linda L. George

John E. Ollman

Fredric A. Tator

Louise M. McDonnel

Bonnie C. Randall

Midge S. Vinson

Alvin I. Sher

Evan E. Solot

1965

William G. White

1971

Bruce N. Wolff

Carol R. Ashton-Hergenhan Howard A. Goldberg

Frederick L. Beaver Barry R. Castle

1968

Michael Kurgansky

Matthew J. Cunniff

Philip C. Burton

Lynn M. Nacmias

La Deva M. Davis

Hugh D. Campbell

Winifred R. Owens-Hart

John A. Dulik

Judith A. Foster

John F. Troxell

Frances J. Fanelli

William Gast

Margaretta Gilboy

Norma M. Meyer

1972

Victor C. Koch

Henrietta M. Mustokoff

Louis F. Borda

Kathryn E. Krall

Michael L. Pedicin

Kathleen F. Chapman

Eileen A. Lippl

Victoria Pendragon

Joanne Crystle

John R. McGahey

Rosalie M. Sherman

Carolyn L. Doll-Geiger

Bari K. Rosenthal

Leon Silvan

James G. Fulton

John P. Wagner

Carol R. Vizzini

Sandra Held

Violet R. Youse

Stephanie D. Wehmeyer

Robert P. Lovett

Steven Weiner

Robert Moss-Vreeland

1966

Edward C. Yungmann

Michael J. Oswald

James H. Bateman

William Ziegenfus

Barbara S. Rosenberg Joseph R. Soprani

Charles G. Bush Deanna S. DeCherney

1969

Philip N. Devries

Laurence Bach

Cedric N. Elmer

Dianna F. Banks

1973

Arthur S. Hillman

George J. Brilts

Lydia T. Artymiw

Elaine B. Hudson

Harold J. Eager

Robert Capanna

Daniel H. Jocz

Bonita Glenn

Cheryl Goldsleger

Liane K. Lebednik

Lydia S. Hunn

Michael A. Gruber

C. Samuel Micklus

Judith Koven

Barbara S. Hedlund

Elliot I. Rhodeside

Bruce A. Oltman

John C. Jackson

Sydney R. Rockefeller

Anthony Sansotta

Wm. Bruce Rauffenbart

Stephen R. Schaffzin

Kathleen S. Seltzer

Donna Vitale

Mary Ann G. Stengel

Toni Silber-Delerive

Lyric L. Weinbaum

Andrew Vellrath

Harold M. Taylor

Jeffrey E. Wells

Frank J. Zadlo

Dorothea Travers

Leslie R. Wells

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Philip P. Stone

1974

1979

Andrea J. Clearfield

Farhud Batmanglich

Lynda F. Abraham-Braff

Fritz Dietel

Richard M. Cain

Peter Bertini

Victoria A. Duclos Barrett

Mark Campbell

Sharon S. Erwin

Jodi L. Forlizzi

John P. Fantine

William M. Erwin

Andrea J. Krupp

Rand J. Kehler

Kathleen Greco

Colette M. LeFevre

Neal M. Kruger

Mark E. Henion

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray

Kathryn G. Lee

Thomas J. Kavanaugh

Nancy Nahrgang R. David Orehowsky

Glenn W. Malsbury Judith B. Osborne

1980

Cindy B. Pearlstein

Lesia A. Sochor

Anna F. Foer

Lyndalea B. Vantine

Ronald P. Kerber

Jeffrey Zarnoch

1975

Irene M. Klemas

Jasem M. Behbehani

Jerome P. Mulhern

1985

Dorothy A. Daub-Grossman

Libby Newman

Ellen D. Birckner

Nancy C. Elliott

Patrick J. Setzer

Edward Boria

Carolynn H. Fedor

Elaine G. Chu

Margaret M. Garwood

1981

Mary S. Dembo

Richard J. Groller

Nancy S. Allen

Mark A. Donnolo

Gail K. Kushner

Howard G. Belk

Elizabeth M. Kaderabek

Victoria B. Loebell

Miriam I. Burwasser

Adam F. Kantorski

Patrick M. Mercuri

George E. Chandler

Marie C. Levine

Thomas M. Miles

Laurie Ermentrout

Teresa B. Poitras

Phenon G. Finley-Smiley

1976

Gina Kamentsky

1986

Barbara J. Harberger

Karen Kieser

Ronald S. Elowitz

Elizabeth Helling

Nadine Miedreich

Cay L. Neimeth

Glen Sacks

Lori O. Morrissey

Lisa C. Oropallo-Mekarzel

Joan P. Schooley

Robin T. Plattman

Joe Sudler

Nan Wollman

Cindi M. Cooper

1982

1987

Laurie Phillips

Lisa A. Kozenko

Michael J. Barbella

Marguerite V. Rodgers

Gwen E. Zelac

Katherine Flannery

1977 Rochelle Brown

Paul E. Rohsner

Richard V. Hotchkiss

198 3

Beth Jacoby

1978

Victor A. Aprea

Myra Klarman

Patricia L. France

Deborah Curtiss

Tage Lilja

Cynthia D. Friedman

Janet K. Grace

Mavis L. Scully

Joyce M. Hofstetter

Barry J. Hallenbeck

Sandra J. Turner

Ilene S. Matthews

Shepard Harris

Eileen P. Ward

Cheryl Reifsteck

Robert Kudej

Mary L. Yoder

Joanne M. Tulli Setzer

Katherine M. Lobo

Susan M. Slavinski

Jane Piller-Wilson

198 8

Penelope L. Smith

Joanne Reider

Regina K. Barthmaier

Sylvia G. Salvat

Valerie V. Gay Thomas E. Halpin

198 4

Vincent J. Mussolino

Harriet S. Ackerman

Gregory J. Nemec

William F. Bucher

Katharine D. Nemec

60

1990

20 0 0

Jennifer M. Klenk

Anne C. Cecil

Jaclyn B. Bashoff

Matthew E. Klenk

Shari L. Tobias

Terry L. Conrad

Lauren K. McLucas

Stephen M. DePino

Brittany J. Samoylov

1991

Natasha J. Goldstein

Nicole G. Tranquillo

Shani D. Hilsheimer

Joshua E. Levitas

Matthew H. Liddle

Jordan A. Rockford

20 09 Wesley P. Bogan

Elizabeth A. Manus

20 01

Ha-Young Ihn

1992

Meg Clifton

Chloe Sherman-Pepe

Carol O. Allen

David D. Oldham

2010

Veronica M. Degnars Susan K. Klehr

20 02

Donna J. Globus

Betty L. Marchant

Amanda L. Collett

Andrew V. Hink

Susan J. Melnik

Daniel W. Kushner

Michele C. Kishita

Candance B. Maggioncalda

Michelle A. Napoli

William N. Skinner

Thomas L. Reynolds

1993

Nancy G. Ring

Michelle M. Mc Elroy

20 0 3 1994

Fiona E. Crawford

2011

Michael A. Cortese

Sarah J. Frazier

Bryan T. Flanagan

Christopher T. Farr

Charlotte S. Riggs

Brittany Papale Lyndsey A. Piecyk

Peter E. Rydberg

20 0 4 1995

Mackenzie V. Pikaart

Benjamin J. O’Neill

2012

Kevin L. Maes Morgan M. McKenty

20 05

Sarah E. Carey

John P. Moran

Louis A. Cook

Victoria McCallum

Anita R. Kenny

Anita P. Sheth

Shannon D. Moore

Brittany N. Walker

20 06

2013

Brad M. Jamula

Lisa M. Harrelson

1996 Austin P. Hogan Mi-Kyoung Lee

1997

William M. Mestichelli

Erin L. Elman

Michael S. Prendergast

Jason C. Long

Walter G. Ribeiro

Claudia M. Luongo

Colleen A. Roscher

Ian Swope

Beth I. Van Why

David D. Timony

Robert L. Whitt

1998

20 07

Camille Escobedo

Marcy Kelly

Patrick R. McHenry

Michelle N. Nichols Timothy J. Walsh

1999

Janine Witt

Ryan D. Cobourn Ryan R. Dankanich

20 08

Christina P. Day

Doshanna D. Bell

Timothy P. Day

Desiree S. Cantwell

Loren Marquardt

Sandra C. Davis

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Parents

Joyce & Roger W. Lacy P ’13 Beth & Stephen Lewis P ’16

Faculty & Staff

Annmarie Lockhart & Maxwell Riggsbee P ’17 Lisa & Theodore Albany P ’16

Lorraine MacKenzie P ’05

Anonymous (1)

Katie & Michael Andriatch P ’17

Ellen Magenheim & William Turpin P ’15

Laurence Bach BFA ’69

Joan & Richard Angelicola P ’08, P ’10

Catherine & Gregory Marich P ’15

John M. Baker, Jr.

Franklin Ash P ’92

Holly & Kenneth Mascaro P ’14

Regina K. Barthmaier BFA ’89, MA ’03

Daniel K. Bare P ’97

Elizabeth F. & Larry E. McCandlish P ’08

Anna Beresin P ’15

Joanne Bauwens P ’15

Nancy & Robert McIntyre P ’02

Peter Bertini MFA ’79

Margaret & Donald Beatty P ’99

Amy & Miten Merin P ’17

Kevin P. Brennan

Angela & Louis Bellizzi P ’15

Kathy & Robert Moore P ’05

Sean T. Buffington

Lee A. Bender & Carol Schilling P ’03

Frank & Sandra Morabito P ’09

Donna Faye Burchfield

Anna & Neil Beresin P ’15

Karen A. & Kevin B. Murphy P ’09

Mark Campbell BFA ’90

Eileen & Peter Bergeris P ’10

Bee & Bob Muzerall P ’06

Bebe & Thomas Carnwath

Carolan Berkley P ’13

Valerie C. Olson P ’07

Donald R. Chittum BM ’56, MM ’57, DM ’63

Sally & Vincent Biank P ’06

Donna & Michael Pacifico P ’16

Sharon Church

Edward Boria BFA ’85, P ’17

Carole & Paul Petersen P ’96

Charles Conwell

Dawn A. Calzada & Joseph G. Charma P ’16

David Price P ’17

William P. Daley

Joan T. Campbell P ’98

John S. Price

Sandra Davis MFA ’08

Lynn & Michael Cardelfe P ’15

Mary & Lee Robeson P ’03

Maria de Santis

Pamela & Scott Carleton P ’16

Patricia & Maurice Robinson, Jr. P ’08

Marc J. Dicciani BME ’75

Betty Carlson-Jameson P ’02

Connie & Brent Roper P ’17

Inge H. Druckrey

Susan & Kevin Chiaravalle P ’16

John Ross P ’16

Erin Elman MA ’97, MFA ’08

Stefanie & Steven Cohen P ’16

James W. Sari P ’05

Kathleen Embleton

Penny & Kevin Cooper P ’15

Jeanette M. & Jeffrey M. Schell P ’08

Richard Farnum

Carol Ann & Peter Cotter P ’14

Adele & Stephen J. Schwartz P ’00

Christopher Farr BMJ ’94

Marcia & Richard DeJesus-Rueff P ’05

Wanda S. & David J. Shade P ’11

Alida Fish

Diane & Thomas C. Demusis P ’13

Joyce Sherman & James Pepe P ’06, P ’09

Mara Flamm

Frances A. & Walter B. Dulak P ’03

Evan Solot BM ’67, P ’15

Beth E. Frederick

Donna & Raymond D. Ermel P ’13

Robert R. Stimpson P ’10

Michael Grothusen

Lossie Evans P ’15

Susan Tedeschi P ’11

Angelina Guevara

Ken Federman P ’15

Laurie & Frank Tibiletti P ’17

Anisa Haidary

Anne & Morris Feibusch P ’14

Jane & Robert Till P ’15

Paul Healy

Elena Feliciano & Jens Hansen P ’16

Karla Schillhorn Van Veen P ’14

Anne E. Henry

Karen A. & John M. Fisco P ’15

Andrew Vellrath BS ’66, P ’05

Johnnie Hobbs P ’04

Valerie & Charles Folk P ’16

Geraldine Watson

Richard Hotchkiss BMJ ’87

Paul S. Franz P ’16

Susan & John Wendling P ’17

Lucie Hughes

Lorraine & P. Fredric Gastrock P ’01

Linda & C. Robert Wheeler P ’01

Lydia S. Hunn BFA ’69

Maria & Paul Giganti P ’13

Wendy Wilson-Fall P ’17

Elsa Johnson

Charlie L Gilbert P ’06

Katy Wolfington P ’16

John Joyce

Renee & Richard Heininger P ’16

Judith Ann & C. Robert Wyss P ’98

Ann Kanof

Johnnie Hobbs P ’04

Ronald P. Kerber BM ’80, P ’10

Walter & Patricia Horzepa P ’05

Michele C. Kishita BFA ’97, MFA ’10

John R. Hrevnack P ’05

Neil J. Kleinman

Pamela E. & John J. Hulka P ’06

Catherine Kodat

Sue & Jeff Karr P ’17

Richard Lawn

Karen L. & Garry R. Kelly P ’11

Mi-Kyoung Lee MFA ’96

Lynn C. & Dennis E. Kelly P ’08

Sharon LeFevre

Ronald P. BM ’80 & Haidy Kerber P ’10

Robert Alan Leffers

Katherine & Frank Key P ’17

Marie Cirotti Levine BFA ’85

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Stephen Lightcap

Blick Art Materials

Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

Carol L. Moore

Bode Body Works

Moyer Design Inc.

Monifa Moore

Boeing Company

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Gregory Nayor

Brandywine Realty Trust

Palmer Waterproofing, Inc.

Michelle Nichols BFA ’07

Brenntag Specialties

ParenteBeard LLC

Martin Novelli

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Parkhurst Dining Services

Rosemary Paup

Carbone Smolan Associates

Patricia Shaw Lima Fine Art Prints

Jeannie Pearce

Carlisle Carrier Corporation

Pearl Properties, LLC

Charles Pennacchio

Chez Dance Studio

The Philadelphia Contributionship

Kirk Pillow

CNI Sales, Inc.

Philadelphia Management Corporation

Thomas Porett

Commonwealth Strategies

Philadelphia Water Color Society

Jordan Rockford BFA ’00

Cozen O’Connor

PNC Bank

Karen Rosenberg

CRW Graphics

PREIT-RUBIN, Inc.

Jeffrey C. Ryder

Cucine Ricci

Quaker Chemical Corporation

Elizabeth Saccardi

Darco Capital LP

Rothberg & Federman, P.C.

James A. Savoie

Dave’s Cleaning Service

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

Mara Adamitz Scrupe

Design Science Consulting, Inc.

SalesGlobe

Evan Solot BM ’67, P ’15

Devine + Partners

Saul Ewing LLP

Peter Stambler

DL Solutions Inc

SEI Investments

Megan Storti

Dranoff Properties

Seligsohn Soens Hess

Stephen Tarantal

Electronic Ink

Shields Construction Co., Inc.

David B. Thomas

EMCOR Group, Fluidics, Inc.

Siegel + Gale, LLC

Cynthia Nourse Thompson

Ernst & Young

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

UArts Design and Technology Program

Evolve IP, LLC

Strouss Hui Roomberg Ellis, P.C.

Lauren Villanueva

Ferrilli Information Group

T. Frank McCalls

Stacey Webber

Franklin Square Capital Partners

TD Bank

Carla Weinberg

GlaxoSmithKline

Vesey Capital LLC

K F. Williams

Glenmede

W. B. Mason

Li-Chiu Yeh

Goldman Sachs & Company

Wells Fargo

Mira Zergani

GPX Realty Partners, L.P.

Willis of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Healthcare Administrative Partners, LLC Hettenbach Designs

Corporations

HG Music, Inc. Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., Inc. Illadel All Stars

A. R. Wolfson Associates

Independence Blue Cross

Academic HealthPlans, Inc.

Industrial Energy Total Management and Supply

ADMK

Jacobs Music Company

Aetna Roofing Corporation

The James D. Orchestras and Specialty

AllianceBernstein L. P.

Entertainment, LLC

Foundations, Government and Organizations The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Ardmore Music Hall Ash Family Foundation

Allied Barton Security Services

Keystone Property Group LP

Asian American Buddhist Association

Alterra Property Group, LLC

Liberty Mutual

The Baxter International Foundation

Alusiv, Inc.

Lima Company

Bluestone Foundation

Amaze Design, Inc.

Marguerite Rodgers LTD

The Borowsky Family Foundation

Amudipes Behavioral Health

Mark Williams Construction

The Brind Foundation

Aqua America, Inc.

McGladrey, LLP

The Joseph Cairns, Jr. & Ernestine

Archer & Greiner

Meyer and Associates

Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll, Inc

MGA Partners Architects

Louis N. Cassett Foundation

Bazemore Enterprises

MI CUMBIA Organica

Nathan M. Clark Foundation

Beach Creative Communications

Michael Baker Corporation

Connelly Foundation

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Bacon Cairns Trust

Conservatory of Musical Arts

Francis McAllister

The Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation

Gifts In Kind

Curtis Institute of Music

The University of the Arts is grateful to the

Montclair State University

The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

following individuals and businesses that have

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Drexel University

made contributions of in-kind products,

Casey L. Murphy BFA ’09

Esther Gowen Hood Music Scholarship Fund

goods and services to the University in 2014.

NEC Display Solutions

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Scott A. McMahon BFA ’95

Lisa & Martin Novelli

The Joel and Elaine Gershman Foundation

12th Street Catering

Camille Paglia

Glazer Family Foundation

160over90

Penn 1681

Hamilton Family Foundation

American Society of Media Photographers

Peters Valley Craft Center

Hazy Hill Foundation

Susan & Terry Applebaum

Philadelphia City Paper

Historic Germantown

Artistic Music Engraving

Philadelphia Magazine

The Hompe Foundation

Layla-Aurora Ballner MFA ’13

Philadelphia Sketch Club

The Honickman Foundation

P. Seth Bauer

Thomas & Jane Porett

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Megan Berkheiser BFA ’95

P’unk Avenue LLC

The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation

Blick Art Materials

Jeffrey Ray

H.F. Lenfest Foundation

Gail Brown BFA ’65

Riddle Village Library

The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation

Bucks Life Magazine

Anabelle Rodriguez

The Lewis Foundation

Andrew BFA ’81 & Elyse Cantor

Alexander Rosenberg

Library of Congress

Mary L. Castaldi

Sid Sachs

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation

The Ceramic Shop

Joan Schulze

Locks Gallery

Chariot Valet

Shades of Paper

Samuel P. Mandell Foundation

Charles Conwell

Helen M. Shannon

Merin Family Foundation

CRW Graphics

Standard Ceramic Supply Company

Mill Spring Foundation

Matt Curtius

Patricia Stewart

Henry Nias Foundation

Norman David

Michael Stone

The Lillian & Albert Noren Foundation

Rossitza Skortcheva Donesky

Daniel Teoli

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Erin Elman MA ’97, MFA ’08

Toledo Museum of Art

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Scott Farrington

Susan T. Viguers P ’04

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Fatrock Ink Music Publishers

Karen Villarreal

The Philadelphia Foundation

Vincent Feldman

Wacom Technology Services, Corp.

The Presser Foundation

Fox 29 WTXF-TV Philadelphia

Webb Cam

Kal & Lucille Rudman Foundation

Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc.

Wendy’s Art and Frame Shop

The Saramar Charitable Fund

Elaine G. Galen ’50 & Edward Colker ’49

Ebony Williams

Schwab Charitable Fund

Mark Germer

Yards Brewing Company

Seed The Dream Foundation

Charlie L Gilbert P ’06

The Benjamin Shein Family Foundation

Susanna Gold

W.W. Smith Charitable Trust

Tim Goodman

Daniel M. Tabas Family Foundation

Janet K. Grace BS ’83

Harriette S. and Charles L. Tabas Foundation

Christina Hess BFA ’98

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Innova Art, USA

The Resource Foundation

Robert L. Jones

The Specter Foundation

Judith Kaplan ’67

Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Rebecca Kolodziejczak ’17

Howard A.Wolf and Martha R. Wolf Fund

Morrie E. Kricun, M.D.

Andrew B. Young Foundation

Main Line Times Magazine

The Zeldin Family Foundation

Emily Marks Florence & Anthony Matteo

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CJ Harker BFA ’14

Lisa Roberts & David W. Seltzer Alan Rubin Ann & Marc Sonnenfeld Helene B. van Beuren Martin Zeldin & Keiran Rosner

Collector ($50 0 - $999)

2014 Art Unleashed

Linda Lee Alter BFA ’61 Jeffrey Beachell

The University of the Arts celebrated its fifth anniversary of the Art Unleashed exhibition and sale

Jill & Sheldon Bonovitz

April 9-15. More than 1,000 pieces of art by almost 400 talented alumni, faculty and student artists

Irvin J. Borowsky & Laurie Wagman

were on display, and more than $370,000 was raised for scholarships for young artists.

Merrill & Lloyd Brotman Sandy & Sid Brown

The highlight of the event was the Preview Party, which was co-chaired by Cathy Coate, Margie

Gretchen & Stephen Burke

Honickman, Susan Lipson, Laurie Phillips BFA ’77 (Painting & Drawing) and Diane Dalto

Suzanne & Norman Cohn

Woosnam and kicked off seven full days of sales. Attendance records were broken, with more than

Carol Ann & Peter Cotter P ’14

750 guests enjoying a festive evening featuring superb artwork, food and drink, and entertainment by

Bridget & Jay Devine

students from UArts Schools of Music and Dance.

Donna & Joseph Duffey Andrea & Alexander Ehrlich

Art Unleashed is the University’s largest fundraiser, raising money and connecting art collectors and

Anne & Morris Feibusch P ’14

enthusiasts with both emerging and established artists. We extend our sincerest thanks to the co-

Penny & Bob Fox

chairs and event committee; spotlight artists Dorothy (Dotty) Attie BFA ’59 (Art Education)

William BFA ’68 & Vivian Wagner Gast BA ’63

and Hratch Babikian BFA ’83 (Jewelry); and the many sponsors, alumni and friends who helped

Joel Greenberg & Marcy Gringlas, Seed The Dream Foundation

make our fifth anniversary such a success.

Adrienne & Eric Hart

Ar t Unleashed 2014 Individual Sponsors

Lynn & Donald Haskin Sam & Margarett McKeel

Richard & Julie Jaffe

Leigh & John Middleton

Scott & Yardly Jenkins

Polly & Marc Richman

Julie Jensen & Robert Bryan

Presenting Sponsor

Tracey & Shanin Specter

Gail Kass & Roy Friedman

Elizabeth Moran

Janine & Jeff Yass

Susan CE ’92 & Leonard Klehr

Par tners ($10,00 0+)

Patrons ($1,0 0 0 - $2,499)

Sylvia & Martin Kreithen

Sean T. Buffington

Marta & Robert Adelson

Ellyn & Seth Lehr

Joseph & Dawn Coradino

Susanna Lachs Adler & Dean Adler

Elaine Levitt

Michael C. Forman & Jennifer Rice

Barbara & Todd Albert

Susan Lewis & Joseph Kluger

Jeff & Meredith Lutsky

Robert Capanna BM ’73 & Cathryn Coate

Elaine Lindy

Eleanor & Hal Davis

Susan & David Lipson

Investors ($5,00 0 - $9,999)

Mark BFA ’85 & Blythe Donnolo

Margelle & Sheldon Liss

Hallee & David Adelman

Bernard Evans

Catherine & Gregory Marich P ’15

Howard Belk BFA ’81

Jaimie & David Field

Laurie & Samuel Marshall

Ira Brind & Stacey Spector

James G. Fulton, Jr. BS ’72 & Eric Rymshaw

Frank & Marianna Mirabello

Anne F. & S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.

Nathaniel Hamilton BFA ’07

Gina & John Moore

Dorrance H. Hamilton

Lynne & Harold Honickman

Adolf & Geraldine Paier

Marjorie & Jeffrey Honickman

Liz & Matthew Kamens

Aleni Pappas

Ron & Suzanne Naples

Seymour & Miriam Mandell

Cindy Pearlstein BFA ’84

Thomas M. Miles BFA ’75

Franz Rabauer & Brian Daggett

Sponsors ($2,50 0 - $ 4,999)

Laurie Phillips BFA ’77

Sheri & Kenneth Resnik

Brian & Sherry Effron

Sharon Pinkenson & Joseph H. Weiss

Anthony Schaeffer

Jill & Lenny Feinberg

Norma & Larry Reichlin

Jeffrey R. Seligsohn

Pamela & Bradley Korman

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Benjamin Shein

Crystal Gurin

Judy & Bennett Weinstock

Joyce Sherman & James Pepe P ’06, P ’09

Ellen & Jay Haas

Judith A. Wicks

Audrey Claire Taichman

Steven N. Haas, Esq.

Signe Wilkinson & Jon Landau

Joseph Ujobai & Eduardo Ardiles

Joanna Hamrick

Dina & Jerry Wind

James & Isabelle Vesey

Melissa Heller

John Wind

Merritt & Jay Weber

Clara & Bentley Hollander

Katy Wolfington P ’16

Jenifer & Jeffrey Westphal

Angela & Fred Hudson

Eve & Richard Wyckoff

Diane & Richard Woosnam

Lucie Hughes

Stephen T. Zarrilli

Lydia S. Hunn BFA ’69 & Charles Derr

Suppor ters

Gretchen & Joseph Ingersoll

Anonymous (1)

Connoisseurs ($150 - $ 499)

Alex Isbell

Carol O. Allen MAT ’92

Leonidas Addimando

Patricia & Robert Isen

Naomi Alter-Ohayon

Lisa & Theodore Albany P ’16

Carolyn & Michael Jacobs

Farhud Batmanglich MAT ’74

Sharon & Craig Altman

Louise & Hugh Johnston, III

Donna Faye Burchfield

Brian Badgley

Debra Kahn

Ryan D. Cobourn BFA ’99

Ari Barkan

Suzanne M. Kane

Jessica Cohen BFA ’16

Flora Becker

Adam Kantorski, Jr. BS ’85

Joy Deibert

Lee A. Bender & Carol Schilling P ’03

Thomas A. Kelly BFA ’14

John F. Dietel BFA ’84

David R. Brigham

Kirk Kirkpatrick

Sharon BFA ’79 and William Erwin BFA ’79

Jacqueline Brooks

Jane & Leonard Korman

Harriet K. Feinstein DIPL ’62

Denise M. Brown

Susan & Richard Lawn

Ruth E. Fine BFA ’62

Mary & James Brown

Malcolm L. Lazin

Anna Fine Foer BFA ’80

Joyce & Ron Burd

Beth & Stephen Lewis P ’16

Valerie Gay BM ’89

Miriam BFA ’81 & Peter Burwasser

William Liberi & Linda Wingate

Tracy & Marc Ginsburg

Dawn A. Calzada & Joseph G. Charma P ’16

Megan McCrea

Janet K. Grace BS ’83

Ronald L. Cantor

Kelly O’Brien

Edward Graziano BFA ’17

Lynn & Michael Cardelfe P ’15

Michael Pannullo

Adelyn M. Gross

Suzanne & Adam Ciongoli

Zoe & Dean Pappas

Barbara J. Harberger BFA ’76

Meg Clifton BM ’01

Jane G. Pepper

Linda Hollenback

Anita & Fred Cohen

Judy Pote

Karen L. & Garry R. Kelly P ’11

Hope Cohen

Beth & Rich Probinsky

Lucinda & Charles Landreth

Stefanie & Steven Cohen P ’16

Olivia Rabe

Levi Lunon BFA ’16

Deanna BFA ’66 & Alan DeCherney

David Rasner & Caroline Wischmann

Lorraine MacKenzie P ’05

Peter Decherney & Emily Steiner

Marion Rector

Victoria McCallum BFA ’12

Karen & Nicholas DiPietro

Phoebe & Myron Resnick

William Mestichelli BFA ’06

Stacy Dutton

Katie and Jeff Rhodes

Martha Mountian

Barbara Eberlein

Brad Richards

Libby Newman BFA ’80

Bonnie & Jay Eisner

Emily C. Riley

John E. Ollman BFA ’67

Jay Federman & Sylvia Beck

John Ross P ’16

Brittany Papale BFA ’11

Carolynn Fedor BFA ’75

Alan Sandman & John Pesolar

Jeannie Pearce & Eric Gibson

Alida Fish & Stephen Tanis

Lauren Sara

Jean M. Plough BFA ’70

Geraldine Dietz Fox

Stuart A. Sarshik, M.D.

Heike Rass

Leonard Frank

Linda & Louis Schwartz

Charlotte Riggs MAT ’03

Beth E. Frederick

James A. Scott BFA ’84 & Lisa M. Witomski

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller BFA ’66

Wendi & Michael Furman

Chloe Sherman-Pepe BFA ’09

Marguerite V. Rodgers BFA ’77

Elizabeth H. Gemmill

Edward Solomon & Cathy Weiss

Annette & Ken Ross

Melissa Weiler Gerber

Murray Spain & Sheryl Samter

Debra Selig

Lawrence Gilberti

Joan L. Specter

Tim Solberg

Donna & Henry Gonzalez

Jane & James Sutow

Ellen & Frank Svitek

Kathleen BS ’79 & Nick Greco

Noele Wein

Wesley Yamamoto

Eileen & Richard Weinberg

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Ar t Unleashed Corporate Suppor t

$10 0 - $999 ( Advocate) Aetna Roofing Corporation

Ar t Unleashed Par ticipating Ar tists

Academic HealthPlans, Inc. Commonwealth Strategies

The University is grateful to have such a diverse

$10,000+ (Par tner)

Dave’s Cleaning Service

and talented list of faculty, staff and student artists

Blick Art Materials

Devine + Partners

participate in Art Unleashed 2014.

Franklin Square Capital Partners

Ferrilli Information Group

PREIT-RUBIN, Inc.

Industrial Energy Total Management and Supply

Names in bold indicate artists who donated

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Meyer and Associates

100 percent of their sold artwork proceeds.

TD Bank

Palmer Waterproofing, Inc. Pearl Properties, LLC

Elyce Abrams MFA ’04

$5,000+ (Investor)

PNC Bank

Victoria Adamo ’15

Brandywine Realty Trust

W. B. Mason

Anna Adelman ’15

Dranoff Properties

Nancy Agati MFA ’07

Glenmede

Gif t In-Kind Sponsor

Joey Alana ’14

Independence Blue Cross

12th Street Catering

Stephen Aleckna BFA ’09

Lima Company

160over90

Steven Alvarez BFA ’09

McGladrey, LLP

Blick Art Materials

Sewon An ’14

Patricia Shaw Lima Fine Art Prints

Bucks Life Magazine

Miranda Andersen ’17

PECO

Chariot Valet

Samantha Anderson BFA ’12

Siegel & Gale, LLC

CRW Graphics

Martha Andrew BFA ’07

Wells Fargo

Fox 29 WTXF-TV Philadelphia

Dotty Attie BFA ’59

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Alice Austin BFA ’86

$2,500+ (Sponsor)

Mainline Magazine

Meghan Ayers ’15

Allied Barton Security Services

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Hratch Babikian BFA ’83

Archer & Greiner, P.C.

Penn 1681

Justyna Badach BFA ’94

Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll, Inc.

Philadelphia City Paper

Hannah Baker BFA ’10

Ernst & Young

Philadelphia Magazine

Regina Barthmaier BFA ’89, MA ’03

Healthcare Administrative Partners, LLC

P’unk Avenue LLC

Alison Bartle BFA ’98

Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., Inc.

Yards Brewing Company

Tara Bellofatto BFA ’10

MGA Partners Architects

Keturah Benson ’14

ParenteBeard LLC

Megan Berkheiser BFA ’95

Saul Ewing LLP

Molly Bernstein BFA ’13

SEI Investments

Sarah Bernstein ’14

Willis of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Dana Bevivino ’14 Julia Blaukopf BFA ’06

$1,000+ (Patron)

Kevin Bogan ’14

Aqua America, Inc.

LeighAnn Bogner BFA ’07

CNI Sales, Inc.

Kevin Bond ’14

EMCOR Group, Fluidics, Inc.

Sidney Boria ’17

Evolve IP, LLC

Gina Bottoni ’14

Parkhurst Dining Services

Elena Bouvier MFA ’07

Quaker Chemical Corporation

Robin Brewer MFA ’14

SalesGlobe

Courtney Brown BFA ’11 Julieanne Browning ’14 Lorenzo Buffa BS ’12 Pavia Burroughs BFA ’11 Mark Campbell Lauren Cannella ’16 Bifei Cao

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Clarissa Caponera ’15

Lauren Findlay ’14

Jimin Jung ’15

Michael Cardelfe ’15

Alida Fish

Patti Kelly BFA ’05

John Carlano BFA ’78

Tim Fitts

Thomas Kelly ’14

Ashley Carrega ’14

Carly Fleming ’14

Tessa Kennedy BFA ’05

Valerie Carrigan MFA ’04

Jessica Fleming ’14

Kaitlin Kerr BFA ’09

Haley Carroll ’15

Anna Fine Foer BFA ’80

Ji Su Kim ’15

Maryalice Carroll ’16

Harris Fogel

KyungAh Kim ’15

Ana Castro ’14

Evan Foster BFA ’11

Wonju Kim ’14

Yijun Chen MFA ’15

Julianna Foster MFA ’06

Michele C. Kishita BFA ’97, MFA ’10

Young Jin Cho ’15

Abigail Foulk CERT ’09

Rebecca Kolodziejczak ’16

Sharon Church

Edward Frascella BFA ’62

Amy Kornet ’14

Miguel Co BFA ’11

Laura Frazure

Monika Krol BFA ’06

Ryan Cobourn BFA ’99

Erik Fryer BFA ’11

Andrea Krupp BFA ’84

Joy Cognata ’15

Stefanie Fuoco BFA ’09

John Kuczykowski BFA ’12

Jessica Nora Cohen ’16

Allyson Gallagher ’16

Ann King Lagos BFA ’76

Daniel Colavito BFA ’97

Danny Gallego ’14

Katharine Lawrie BFA ’07

Lewis Colburn

Bruce Garrity MFA ’01

Isabel Lederman MFA ’15

Elizabeth Colyar ’14

Daniel Gerwin

Jimin Lee ’14

Patrick Coughlin

Jessica Giacobbe ’14

Julia Lemyre ’14

Mariah Couper BFA ’13

Nicole Giusti BFA ’12

Tom Leonard BFA ’77

Jacob Cruz ’15

Jenna Goldberg BFA ’90

Niles Lewandowski

Matt Curtius

Krystal Gorman ’15

Li Liu MFA ’15

Sean Dale ’17

David Graham BFA ’76

Rachael Longo ’17

Amanda D’Amico MFA ’07

Kaylyn Gray

Julianna Lose BFA ’07

Colleen Daniels ’15

Edward Graziano ’16

Harry Lowe ’17

Sandra C. Davis MFA ’08

Kathleen Greco BS ’79, MFA ’15

Alexandra Lozier BFA ’10

Kyra Devine MFA ’14

Karisa Gregorio ’16

Moraiah Luna MFA ’15

Debora Dias BFA ’09

Doris Lane Grey BFA ’67

Levi Lunon ’14

Matt Dicke BFA ’00

Chelsea Griffith ’14

Megan Lynch ’15

Lindsey Dickson BFA ’10

MIchael Grothusen

Logan Maakestad ’14

Aubrey DiDonato ’14

Michael Guarino ’14

Patricia Mackenzie BFA ’05

Marc DiGiaimo ’14

Melissa Guglielmo BFA ’11

Hali MacLaren ’14

Joy Dilworth ’15

Tony Guido

Maggie Magill ’14

Nathan DiStefano MFA ’04

Dan Haddigan BFA ’09

Alexis Maguire BFA ’13

Rossitza Skortcheva Donesky

CJ Harker ’14

Erin Malkowski MFA ’14

Susanna Drummond MFA ’15

Monika Harris MFA ’14

Joshua Marowitz BFA ’98

Treyson Dunlap BFA ’12

Will Harris BFA ’13

Anne Leighton Massoni

Emilie Dunphy ’14

Robert Haskell ’14

Phillip Mastrippolito ’15

Sean Dyroff MFA ’11

Christina Hess BFA ’98

Carley Mayhew ’15

Mecca East ’17

Turner Hilliker MFA ’11

Cara McCaffrey ’16

Alex Eckman-Lawn BFA ’07

Joseph Hocker BFA ’11

Victoria McCallum BFA ’12

Sophie Edelman ’16

Jessica Hoffman MFA ’10

Caitlin McCarthy ’15

Erin Elman MAT ’97, MFA ’08

Alexander Holland ’15

Michael McCarthy BFA ’93

Stuart Elster BFA ’88

Kristen Hom ’14

Shawn McCollum ’17

Kristine Eng BFA ’12

Dianne Koppisch Hricko

Caitlin McCormack BFA ’10

James Engelbart MFA ’95

Zoey Hudson ’14

Sara McCorriston BFA ’09

Cory Espinosa BFA ’12

Jeanne Jaffe

Claire McDermott BFA ’04

Nicholas Farina ’14

Brad Jamula BFA ’06

Will McHale BFA ’10

Mott Feibusch ’14

Olivia Jia ’16

Scott McMahon BFA ’95

Vincent Feldman

John Joyce

Kevin McWilliams BFA ’09

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Naima Merella BFA ’13

Christopher Rahn ’14

Josh Stewart ’14

Amelia Messec BFA ’04

Lee Reed ’15

Kirsti Streahle ’14

Steve Messenger BFA ’01

Rosae Reeder MFA ’95

Christopher Sweeney BFA ’96, MAT ’12

Bruce Metcalf

Brian Reilly ’15

Anthony Tammaro BFA ’97

Tatiana Mickley ’17

Sarah Rene MFA ’09

Elsa Johnson Tarantal

Don Miller

John Riggi ’15

Hannah Taylor BFA ’09

Kristen Miller ’15

Charlotte Riggs MAT ’03

Kristen Taylor

Robert Miller BFA ’03

Angela Rio ’14

Rebecca Tennenbaum BFA ’12

Larry Mitnick

Ana Marie Rivera-Radosta BS ’93

Demitra Thomloudis BFA ’07

Carol Moore

Michele Robins ’15

Shari Tobias BFA ’90

Samantha Moss ’14

Clare Robinson BFA ’88

Mark Tocchet

Carley Mullally ’15

Alexander Rosenberg

Elizabeth Tong ’17

Erin Murdock ’16

Mollie Rossi ’14

Meghan Toth ’14

Tyler Nelson ’17

Roger Roth

Tory Trama ’14

Machele Nettles BS ’04

Elias Roustom MFA ’96

Chi Yan Tse BFA ’12

Diana Nguyen ’17

Justin Rubich BFA ’10

Stephanie Tujetsch ’16

Gerald Nichols

Rebecca Saylor Sack

Patrick Tumblety BFA ’07

Steven Nocella BFA ’81

Corinne Sandkuhler ’15

Gianna Vadino BFA ’13

Todd Noe BFA ’81

Dominick Saponaro BFA ’98

Sarah Van Keuren

You Ra Oh ’15

Emi Savacool BFA ’09

Heather Vaughan BFA ’13

Shane Olsen ’15

Nadine Saylor BFA ’96

Brittany Walker BFA ’12

Mary O’Malley BFA ’07

Lisa Scarpello

TJ Walsh BFA ’07

Joseph Opshinsky BFA ’03

Abby Elizabeth Schmidt BFA ’04

Diana Watson ’14

Patrick O’Riordan ’15

Peter Schroth

Stacey Lee Webber

Roberto Osti

Charissa Schulze MFA ’13

Erik Weedeman BFA ’11

Mason Owens BFA ’13

Laurel Schwass-Drew BFA ’82, MFA ’03

Mallory Weston BFA ’09

Michael Paglione ’15

Collin Scott ’15

Jennah White BFA ’12

Brittany Papale BFA ’11

Warren Seelig

Kailey Whitman ’16

Arielle Passenti BFA ’12

Mimzy Serot-Shore ’15

Heather Jo Wingate BFA ’03, MA ’08

Eilene Paul ’14

Casey Sharpe BFA ’09

Jordan Witt ’16

Jeannie Pearce

Zach Shenfield ’17

John Woodin

Rocco Peditto ’15

Alvin Sher BFA ’64

Greg Wright BFA ’13

Diane Pepe

Chloe Sherman-Pepe BFA ’09

Keith Yahrling BFA ’08

Laurie Beck Peterson

Eric Shetter ’14

Ai Yamamoto BFA ’06

Kara Petraglia MFA ’14

John Shoemaker

Cara Yarmolowics ’14

Colin Pezzano ’14

Carson Sio BS ’10

Kang Yeeun ’17

John N. Phillips

Lucas Sisko ’17

Dganit Zauberman BFA ’08

Heather Pieters MFA ’11

Carlye Smith ’14

Mackenzie Pikaart BFA ’11

Janice Smith

Ashley Peel Pinkham BFA ’99

Patty Smith MAED ’80

Jerry Pinkney ’60

Rachelle Lee Smith BFA ’02

Joshua Pohlig

Jen Snock ’14

Nicholas Poli ’15

Ellen Soffer BFA ’81

Thomas Porett

Kijun Song ’15

Eric Porter BFA ’71

John Souter BFA ’13

Jacqui Powell ’14

Lindsay Sparagana BFA ’06

B. Proud

Lori Spencer MFA ’90

Phyllis Purves-Smith

Kayleigh Starr ’14

Samantha Quattro ’16

Karl Staven

Alexa Quinn BFA ’13

Taylor Stefanovicz ’15

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Life Trustee Ir a Brind with the Ir a Brind School of Theater Ar ts scholarship recipients.

Scholarships and Awards Alfred J. Ignarri Award for Junior Studio Photogr aphy

CRW Gr aphics Award for E xcellence in Typogr aphy

Frances J. Fanelli BM ’65

Robert Ignarri

CRW Graphics

Patricia & Jerry Fingeroff

Anne Lisette Boysen Endowed Scholarship Fund

Dr. Donald R. Chittum Scholarship Fund

Deborah Curtiss MAT ’83

Willo Carey & Peter A. Benoliel

Sue Garwood

Christopher Farr BMJ ’94 James Freeman

Lydia T. Artymiw BM ’73

Margaret M. Garwood MM ’75 and Donald R. Chittum BM ’56, MM ’57, DM ’63

Audrey Bookspan-Berg & Alan Berg

Bonita Glenn BM ’69

The Anthony and Gloria DiMedio Award

Sean T. Buffington

Caroline Goberman

Kathleen & Michael Howley

Dick Cain BM ’74

Hugh Gonglewski BM ’82

Robert Capanna BM ’73 & Cathryn Coate

Richard J. Groller BM/BMED ’75

Arnold Roth Saturday L ab Scholarship Fund

Frances Carroll

Thomas E. Halpin BM ’89

Dolores Cascarino

Lisa M. Harrelson BM ’13

Caroline BFA ’52 & Arnold Roth BFA ’50

Ellen & Donald Chittum

Barbara Hedlund BM ’73

TD Bank

Andrea J. Clearfield MM ’84

Andrew Hink BM ’10

Louise & Harris Clearfield

Richard Hotchkiss BMJ ’87

Ber the Von Moschzisker Award Annual Printmaking Award

Kathy & Richard Cohen

Elizabeth Kaderabek BM ’85

Terry Conrad BM’00, MM ’08

Bridget Kasinskas BM ’70

Anne Kaplan

Conservatory of Musical Arts

Ronald P. BM ’80 & Haidy Kerber P ’10

Michael A. Cortese BM ’94

Jacqueline & Brian Kovach

Brenntag Specialties, Inc. Award Fund

Jeannine B. Cowles

Lisa A. Kozenko BM ’82

Brenntag Specialties

Fiona Crawford BM ’03

Colette M. LeFevre BM ’84

Barbara Crouse ’64

& R. David Orehowsky BM/BMED ’84

Christina Marie Cullen Scholarship Fund

Joanne Crystle BM ’72

Jason C. Long BM ’97

Ardmore Music Hall

Ryan Dankanich BM ’99

Jean Macht

Jason Cullen

La Deva M. Davis BME ’65

Kevin L. Maes BM ’95

Marie & John Eby

Osceola Davis-Smith BM ’70

Elizabeth Manus MM ’91

Robert Ferguson

Gina BMJ ’92 & Richard Degnars BMJ ’91

Stephen Margolis

Thomas McParland & Helene Stewart

James Dell’Orefice BM ’78

Patrick Mchenry BM ’98

Dorothy McShane

Thomas E. Di Nardo

Patrick Mercuri BM/BMED ’75

Loraine S. Duboff ’62

Norma M. Meyer BM ’68

Communication E xcellence Award

John A. Dulik ’65

Nadine Miedreich BM ’81

Jeffrey C. Ryder

Camille Escobedo BM ’98 & Peter Rydberg BM ’94

John P. Moran BM ’95

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Patricia & Joseph Nero

Hieber t Scholarship Fund

Sean T. Buffington

Ibitayo Ojomo

Philip C. Burton BFA ’68

Mary Ellen Callaghan

David D. Oldham BM ’01

Jan & Lawrence Coleman Janis & Ronald Collier

Daniel Panchelli ’63

Howard A . & Mar tha R. Wolf Scholarship Fund

Michael L. Pedicin, Jr. BME ’68

Howard A.Wolf and Martha R. Wolf Fund

Jodi & Andrew Colton

Benjamin O’Neill BM ’04

Lyndsey A. Piecyk MM ’11

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Colton Neal Colton Susan & Peter Coyne

Walter Ribeiro BM ’06

The Hugh Charles Award in Multidisciplinar y Fine Ar ts

Colleen A. Roscher BM ’06

Mara Adamitz Scrupe

Cucine Ricci

Cheryl Reifsteck BM ’78

Joanne M. Tulli Setzer MFA ’78

Cozen O’Connor Eleanor & Hal Davis

Ian Berr y Memorial Scholarship Fund

Sheldon Davis

Carol Sexton BM ’70

Megan Hohman

Deanna BFA ’66 & Alan DeCherney

Leon Silvan BM ’68

Gail B. & Dudley L. Prisel

Candy & Tad Decker

Evan Solot BM ’67, P ’15

Mary Jo Suchter

Louise & James Dow

& Patrick Setzer BFA ’80

Stephen Solotoff

Helen & Herman Fala

Joseph Soprani BM ’72

Ir a Brind Scholarship Fund II

Christopher C. Fallon, Jr.

David B. Thomas

Ira Brind & Stacey Spector

Rebecca & Eric Felix

David D. Timony BM ’97

The Felix Families

Nicole G. Tranquillo BM ’08

J.N. Phillips Casting Prize

Robert E. Fenza

Steven Weiner BM ’68

Gina Michaels & John N. Phillips

Elizabeth & Robert Fiebach

Mr. Robert L. Whitt ’06

Tina & Jonas Forslund

K F. Williams & Douglas R. Vaughn

Jacobs Music Steinway Award

Eric Freed

Janice & Ronald Zeitzeff

Jacobs Music Company

Robert Furr

Dr. Frederick P. Cornell Award for E xcellence in Communication

The Jaf fe Family Scholarship

Susan & Lewis Gantman

Barbara J. Lorry, Ph.D.

Marsha & Richard Gash

Karen & Neal Rosenberg

Elizabeth & David Lorry

Sheila & Henry Gladstone

Eddie Oliver Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

James Anderson DePreist Memorial Scholarship Fund

Richard Glazer

Carolyn Robinson

Lenny Bazemore

Linda & Stephen Harker

DeAngela Duff

Clarence Faulcon, II ’62

Dr. & Mrs. Adam Hauser

Doris Ellington

Susan T. Tepper

Rosalie & Michael Haut

Steve Gansler, Jr.

Rifka & Simon Glatz

Mira Wright

Howard I. Grossman

Patricia & J. Anthony Hayden

Jill Felix Colton Memorial Scholarship

Lorraine & Scott Hazan

Esther Gowen Hood Music Scholarship

Karen & William Aarons

Rocky & Jerry Heller

Esther Gowen Hood Foundation

Roberta & Arthur Abramowitz

Rosemary & Richard Heller

Elaine & Dick Bailey

Jennifer & Alan Hershey

Feldman/Kaplan Award

Maxine Ballen & John Jones

Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek & Jeffrey Pasek

Elaine G. Galen ’50 & Edward Colker ’49

Sheryl & Allen Bar

Clara & Bentley Hollander

Rebecca & David Belitsky

Lucie Hughes

Giulio and Carina Novelli Memorial Award for E xcellence in the Liber al Ar ts

Harriet & Louis Berneman

Patricia Isakov

Leonard Bernstein

Robyn & Andrew Ivker

Lisa & Martin Novelli

Helen & Jack Bershad

Michael Jackson

Myrna & John Blume

Fred Jacoby

Henr y Nias Foundation Scholarship

Suzy & Lawrence Borow

Janet & William Johnson

Henry Nias Foundation

Catherine & Barry Boss

Joan & Victor Johnson

Andrea & Louis Broad

Liz & Matthew Kamens

Carol Broderick

Gail Kass & Roy Friedman

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Irene & Mark Kauffman

Claudia Springer

Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award

David King

Maryann & Thomas R. Staub

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation

Anne & Barry Kleban

Wendy & Ted Staub

Annsley & Benjamin Klehr

Dr.& Mrs. David Steinberg

Luis Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund

Arlene Krauss

James M. Steinberg

UArts Design and Technology Program

Anita Lager

Delores & Marvin Steinberg

Larry Laubach

Arlene Stier

Maureen Chapman Scholarship

Katherine & Stephen Leibowitz

Harriette S. and Charles L. Tabas Foundation

Lewis Chapman

Joye & Bruce Lesser

Kathy & Steven Taub

Lester Lipschutz

Helene & Philip Tucker

Barbara J. Lorry, Ph.D.

Shelly & Bob Waldman

MFA Printmaking /Book Ar ts Depar tment Award

Deborah & Howard Lucker

David & Judi Weinberg

Caroline & Scott Ziegler

Francis & Reaves Lukens

Ross Weiss

Mark Williams Construction

Bonnie & Skip Wilder

Moo Jin Lee Korea Internship Award

Alexis & Joel Marmar

Coleen DiPerna Williams

Mi-Kyoung Lee MFA ’96

Judy Mayer

Janice & James Williams

Terry & Joe McCormick

Paula & Robert Winokur

Moore-Schulman MFA Award

Frances McGinley

Bonnie Young

Carol L. Moore & Philip Schulman BFA ’59

Vincent R. McGuinness

Joseph Ziemianski

Philadelphia Water Color Societ y Award

Susan & Jim Meyer

Philadelphia Water Color Society

Nancy & Alan Milbauer

John T. Mathis, III Memorial Saxophone Scholarship Fund

Ashley & Sean Moriarty

Jeffrey Vernam

Presser Foundation Scholarship

Donna & Richard Meyers

Presser Foundation

Merle & Leonard Nelson D.S. Nixon & Irene Abramowicz

Joseph Cairns, Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Scholarship

R. Borowsk y Belkin Fibers Fund

Victoria Steiger & Laurie Olin

Joseph Cairns, Jr. & Ernestine Bacon Cairns Trust

Benita & Jerome Mandel

Adolf & Geraldine Paier

Joseph R. Terruso Stage Combat Award

Linda Resnick

Mary & Terry Terruso

Randee Berman Memorial Prize in Gr aphic Design

Joan & Fred Newberg

Ms. Loretta F. Orndorff

Jan Berman

Carol & Alan Roomberg Karen & Neal Rosenberg

L arr y Day Scholarship Fund

Holly & David Ross

Ruth E. Fine BFA ’62

Barbara & Howard Rothenberg

Penny P. Smith BFA ’79

Sydell & Allan Leif

Richard C. von Hess Facult y Prize The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Renee & David Rubenstein Adrienne & Neal Salomon

L aurie Beechman Memorial Scholarship Fund

Richard C. von Hess Museum Internships

Josephine Sanders-Levie & Filip Sanders

Marcy Belfer

The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Florence & Brian Saunders

Claudia & Barry Cohen

Lauren & Eric Scherling

Sharon B. Kling

Richard C. von Hess Scholarship & Tr avel Fellowship

Amy & Jason Shargel

Lenore Tawney Scholarship Fund

The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Michael Sherman

Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Mary Gregg & John Ryan

Karen & Robert Schwartz

Richard C. von Hess V isiting Ar tists Fund

Shields Construction Co., Inc.

The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Matthew Siegel

Lillian and Alber t Noren Foundation Scholarship

Rita & Bob Siegle

The Lillian & Albert Noren Foundation

Rick Kerber Memorial Scholarship Fund

Beth & Michael Shor

Lainey & Beryl Simonson

Florance Kerber

Mary T. Slaven

Eleanor & Robert Weirman

Cathi Snyder

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Rober ta Treatman Eisenberg Memorial Scholarship Funds

Tribute Gifts

Sandra & Leonard Berenbaum

The University of the Arts is pleased to acknowledge

John A. Dulik ’65

A. Rebecca Crane-Okada, Ph.D.

the following donors who made contributions to the

Camille Escobedo BM ’98 & Peter Rydberg BM ’94

Harvey Eisenberg

University in honor of a special family member or

Frances J. Fanelli BM ’65

friend.

Christopher Farr BMJ ’94

Thomas E. Di Nardo Loraine S. Duboff ’62

Roger T. Hane Illustr ation Scholarship Award

Given in honor of

James Freeman

Joseph M. Dirago BFA ’62

Given by

Margaret M. Garwood MM ’75 and Donald R.

Rudman Music Scholars

Jacqueline Bauwens ’15

Sue Garwood

Lucille & Kal Rudman

Joanne Bauwens P ’15

Bonita Glenn BM ’69

Patricia & Jerry Fingeroff

Chittum BM ’56, MM ’57, DM ’63

Caroline BM/BMED ’67

Ruth K . Colten Scholarship Fund Estate of Ruth Colten

Kim Bears-Bailey Iris Henry-Aiken

& Sheldon Goberman BM ’63 Hugh Gonglewski BM ’82 Richard J. Groller BM/BMED ’75

Shannon D. Moore Film Award

Anna Beresin

Thomas E. Halpin BM ’89

Kathy & Robert Moore P ’05

Stuart Bogom & Dorel Shanon

Lisa M. Harrelson BM ’13 Barbara Hedlund BM ’73

Shannon D. Moore BFA ’05 Sean T. Buffington

Andrew Hink BM ’10

Sylvia Wexler Memorial Award in Ar t Education

Carole & Joseph Shanis

Richard Hotchkiss BMJ ’87

Morris, Sylvia & Ginia D. Wexler Fund

Norma Castle

Bridget Kasinskas BM ’70

Barry R. Castle BS ’65

Ronald P. BM ’80 & Haidy Kerber P ’10

Elizabeth Kaderabek BM ’85

Ted Carey Prize The Richard C. von Hess Foundation

Jacqueline & Brian Kovach Donald R. Chittum BM ’56, MM ’57, DM ’63

Lisa A. Kozenko BM ’82

Lydia T. Artymiw BM ’73

Colette M. LeFevre BM ’84

V irginia G. and Har vey Kimmel Scholarship in Cr af ts

Audrey Bookspan-Berg & Alan Berg Sean T. Buffington

Jason C. Long BM ’97

Virginia & Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund

Dick Cain BM ’74

Jean Macht

Robert Capanna BM ’73 & Cathryn Coate

Kevin L. Maes BM ’95

Willo Carey & Peter A. Benoliel

Elizabeth Manus MM ’91

W.W. Smith Scholarships

Frances Carroll

Stephen Margolis

W.W. Smith Charitable Trust

Dolores Cascarino

Patrick Mchenry BM ’98

Ellen & Donald Chittum

Patrick Mercuri BM/BMED ’75

Writing for Film and Television Facult y Award Fund

Andrea J. Clearfield MM ’84

Norma M. Meyer BM ’68

Louise & Harris Clearfield

Nadine Miedreich BM ’81

Jeffrey C. Ryder

Kathy & Richard Cohen

John P. Moran BM ’95

Terry Conrad BM ’00, MM ’08

Patricia & Joseph Nero

Conservatory of Musical Arts

Ibitayo Ojomo

Michael A. Cortese BM ’94

David D. Oldham BM ’01

Jeannine B. Cowles

Benjamin O’Neill BM ’04

Fiona Crawford BM ’03

Daniel Panchelli ’63

Barbara Crouse ’64

Michael L. Pedicin, Jr. BME ’68

Joanne Crystle BM ’72

Lyndsey A. Piecyk MM ’11

Ryan Dankanich BM ’99

Cheryl Reifsteck BM ’78

La Deva M. Davis BME ’65

Walter Ribeiro BM ’06

Osceola Davis-Smith BM ’70

Colleen A. Roscher BM ’06

Gina BMJ ’92 & Richard Degnars BMJ ’91

Joanne M. Tulli Setzer MFA ’78

of the Philadelphia Foundation

James Dell’Orefice BM ’78

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& R. David Orehowsky BM/BMED ’84

& Patrick Setzer BFA ’80

Carol Sexton BM ’70

Matthew G. Kelly MAT ’11

Leon Silvan BM ’68

Karen L. & Garry R. Kelly P ’11

Evan Solot BM ’67, P ’15

In Memoriam The University of the Arts is grateful to the

Stephen Solotoff

Neil Kleinman

following donors who made contributions to the

Joseph Soprani BM ’72

Sharon LeFevre

University in memory of a special person in 2014.

David D. Timony BM ’97

Susan Lipson

Given in Memory of

Nicole G. Tranquillo BM ’08

Tracy & Marc Ginsburg

Given by

K F. Williams & Douglas R. Vaughn

Jeff Lutsky

Edna Andrade

Janine BM ’07 and Robert Witt BM ’06

Robin & Eric Settle

William Liberi & Linda Wingate

Kenneth Mascaro BS ’14

Jack Andrews

Holly & Kenneth Mascaro P ’14

Gina Kamentsky ’81

Jeff Mermelstein & Marion Palfi

Carl Beresin

Daniel Teoli

Marjorie Richman

Pricscilla Mooradian Johnson

Ian Berry

Gail B. & Dudley L. Prisel

Megan Hohman

David B. Thomas

Steven Weiner BM ’68

Janice & Ronald Zeitzeff Sharon Church Myra Mimlitsch-Gray BFA ’84 Bryan & Sherry Effron Joyce & Ron Burd Mary & Alan Frankel Carol L. Moore & Philip Schulman BFA ’59

Mary Jo Suchter Christopher Morabito BFA ’09

Margaret M. Garwood MM ’75

Frank & Sandra Morabito P ’09

Sue Garwood

Kathleen M. Bush Elaine B. Hudson BFA ’66

Kelly BFA ’09 & Tim Murphy BFA ’09 Grayson Rhodes Giezl

Karen A. & Kevin B. Murphy P ’09

Elliot I. Rhodeside BS ’66

Maureen Chapman Lewis Chapman

Ron & Suzanne Naples Dorrance H. Hamilton

Barbara & R. Barrett Noone

Eleanor & Hal Davis

Abegayle Coffee-Davis Monifa Moore

Deanna BFA ’66 & Alan DeCherney

Larry Reichlin

Brian & Sherry Effron

Marjorie & Jeffrey Honickman

William BFA ’68 & Vivian Wagner Gast BA ’63

Jill Felix Colton Karen & William Aarons

Gail Kass & Roy Friedman

Joseph Salins

Roberta & Arthur Abramowitz

Jeff & Meredith Lutsky

Anita & Steven Lerman

Elaine & Dick Bailey

Seymour & Miriam Mandell

Maxine Ballen & John Jones

Ron & Suzanne Naples

Kathe Scullion

Sheryl & Allen Bar

Alan Rubin

Sara Nerken

Rebecca & David Belitsky

Harriet & Larry Weiss Melissa Hilbish

Harriet & Louis Berneman Harriet & Larry Weiss

Helen & Jack Bershad

Robin & Jordan Lieberman

Leonard Bernstein

Lyndie Vantine BFA ’84 Conrad & Beatrice Hilsheimer Shani D. Hilsheimer BFA ’91

Myrna & John Blume Mira Zergani

Suzy & Lawrence Borow

A. Rosalie Kenny BFA ’05

Catherine & Barry Boss Andrea & Louis Broad Carol Broderick

Lois Johnson

Sean T. Buffington

Elizabeth Helling BFA ’76

Mary Ellen Callaghan Jan & Lawrence Coleman Janis & Ronald Collier

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Jodi & Andrew Colton

Annsley & Benjamin Klehr

Arlene Stier

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Colton

Arlene Krauss

Harriette S. and Charles L. Tabas Foundation

Neal Colton

Anita Lager

Kathy & Steven Taub

Cozen O’Connor

Larry Laubach

Helene & Philip Tucker

Susan & Peter Coyne

Katherine & Stephen Leibowitz

Shelly & Bob Waldman

Cucine Ricci

Joye & Bruce Lesser

David & Judi Weinberg

Eleanor & Hal Davis

Lester Lipschutz

Ross Weiss

Sheldon Davis

Barbara J. Lorry, Ph.D.

Bonnie & Skip Wilder

Deanna BFA ’66 & Alan DeCherney

Deborah & Howard Lucker

Janice & James Williams

Candy & Tad Decker

Francis & Reaves Lukens

Mark Williams Construction

Coleen DiPerna Williams

Alexis & Joel Marmar

Paula & Robert Winokur

Louise & James Dow

Judy Mayer

Bonnie Young

Helen & Herman Fala

Terry & Joe McCormick

Joseph Ziemianski

Christopher C. Fallon, Jr.

Frances McGinley

Rebecca & Eric Felix

Vincent R. McGuinness

Christina Cullen BFA ’94

The Felix Families

Susan & Jim Meyer

Ardmore Music Hall

Robert E. Fenza

Donna & Richard Meyers

Jason Cullen

Elizabeth & Robert Fiebach

Nancy & Alan Milbauer

Marie & John Eby

Tina & Jonas Forslund

Ashley & Sean Moriarty

Robert Ferguson

Eric Freed

Merle & Leonard Nelson

Thomas McParland & Helene Stewart

Robert Furr

Joan & Fred Newberg

Dorothy McShane

Steve Gansler, Jr.

D. S. Nixon & Irene Abramowicz

Susan & Lewis Gantman

Victoria Steiger & Laurie Olin

Sean Deibler

Marsha & Richard Gash

Ms. Loretta F. Orndorff

Bernard and Laura Jacobson

Sheila & Henry Gladstone

Adolf & Geraldine Paier

Rifka & Simon Glatz

Linda Resnick

James DePreist

Richard Glazer

Carol & Alan Roomberg

Lenny Bazemore

Howard I. Grossman

Karen & Neal Rosenberg

Clarence Faulcon, II ’62

Linda & Stephen Harker

Holly & David Ross

Susan T. Tepper

Dr. & Mrs. Adam Hauser

Barbara & Howard Rothenberg

Rosalie & Michael Haut

Renee & David Rubenstein

Gloria & Anthony DiMedio

Patricia & J. Anthony Hayden

Mary Gregg & John Ryan

Kathleen & Michael Howley

Lorraine & Scott Hazan

Adrienne & Neal Salomon

Rocky & Jerry Heller

Josephine Sanders-Levie & Filip Sanders

James Eiseman, Sr.

Rosemary & Richard Heller

Florence & Brian Saunders

Cynthia & James Eiseman, Jr.

Jennifer & Alan Hershey

Lauren & Eric Scherling

Ellen & Burton Hersh

Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek & Jeffrey Pasek

Karen & Robert Schwartz

Clara & Bentley Hollander

Amy & Jason Shargel

Roberta Treatman Eisenberg BFA ’87

Lucie Hughes

Michael Sherman

Sandra & Leonard Berenbaum

Patricia Isakov

Shields Construction Co., Inc.

A. Rebecca Crane-Okada, Ph.D.

Robyn & Andrew Ivker

Beth & Michael Shor

Harvey Eisenberg

Michael Jackson

Matthew Siegel

Fred Jacoby

Rita & Bob Siegle

Wesley Emmons BFA ’54

Janet & William Johnson

Lainey & Beryl Simonson

Adelaide Lake Martin ’55

Joan & Victor Johnson

Mary T. Slaven

Liz & Matthew Kamens

Cathi Snyder

Stephen Feinstein

Gail Kass & Roy Friedman

Claudia Springer

Marcy Belfer

Irene & Mark Kauffman

Maryann & Thomas R. Staub

David King

Wendy & Ted Staub

George Fox Mathis

Anne & Barry Kleban

Dr. & Mrs. David Steinberg

Jeffrey Vernam

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Delores & Marvin Steinberg James M. Steinberg

Robert P. Grooms BFA ’48

Sidney Numerof

Patricia V. Grooms ’48

Benita & Jerome Mandel

Roger Hane ’61

Eleanor Smith Ober ’49

received support from the following estates during

Joseph M. Dirago BFA ’62

Charles J. Ober ’49

fiscal year 2014.

Katharine Heilman

John Oeser

Estate of Howard ’33 and Elaine Alber

Wesley M. Heilman, III BFA ’58

Jan Berman

Estate of Ruth K. Colten ’44

Maureen Hrevnack

George Owens, Sr.

John R. Hrevnack P ’05

Winifred R. Owens-Hart BFA ’71

Winifred Hulmes

Saul Phillips

The following individuals have indicated that

Donald R. Hulmes ’54

Neal Colton

they have left the University in their estate plans

Alfred J. Ignarri ’52

Irvin C. Plough

Robert Ignarri

Jean M. Plough BFA ’70

Rose & Sidney Kalm

Rosina Radomile ’46

William BS ’52 & Yvonne Allenson

Ronald S. Elowitz BFA ’86

John J. Radomile

Mary L. ’51 & George B. Beitzel

Estates The University of the Arts is grateful to have

Estate of Marianne S. Loeb ’43

Legacy Society

through a will, trust or other planned gift.

Anonymous (1) Howard ’33 and Elaine Alber*

Marcy Belfer

& Cherilynn Whitehouse Janet A. Kamien

Annette Raymond

Norma E. Berke ’48

Nissan Gallant Bernstien ’55

Ira Brind & Stacey Spector Ruth K. Colten ’44*

Amaze Design, Inc. Lisa Costello & Paul Orselli

Lesley Rosenbaum

Eleanor & Hal Davis

Robert Garfinkle

Jan Berman

Joseph R. DiDomenico BFA ’93 Ronald S. Elowitz BFA ’86 & Cherilynn Whitehouse

Elaine Gurian History Colorado Administration and Staff

William A. Schilling BFA ’47

Donna J. Globus MFA ’10

Historic Germantown

Marie C. Schilling ’49

Dorrance H. Hamilton Patricia D. Henkels*

Lois McKenna Polly McKenna-Cress MFA ’95

Olaf Skoogfors

Mildred L. Hurwitz ’43

Phyllis Rabineau

Dorothy A. Daub-Grossman ’75

Marjorie B. Levy ’69 Marianne S. Loeb ’43*

James Roe & Joyce Hakala Anita P. Sheth MFA ’12

Phillip Snyder ’58

Thomas M. Miles BFA ’75

Beth A. Twiss-Houting

Barry R. Castle BS ’65

Lynn & Andrew Moceri

Henry W. Kane

Miss Mary Sweeney

Henrietta M. Mustokoff BM/BMED ’68

Irene & Roger Kane

Edith Simpson

Libby Newman BFA ’80

Diana T. Soorikian BFA ’50

Adolf & Geraldine Paier

Michael F. Moreken ’56*

Stanley M. Kossoss Sydell & Allan Leif

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller BFA ’66 Neil Welliver ’51

Karen Saler BFA ’64

Cintra Carter Sander ’51

Peter Stambler

Gloria Kremer Claudia & Barry Cohen William Moorehouse BMED ’68

Carl L. Steele ’51 David White BS ’73

Marie D. Ulmer ’41

Linda White

Katharine Whyte Watt BM ’73*

William G. BFA ’67 & Linda White

Maria Yasinsky-Murowany BM ’68

Gary L. Anderson BM ’67 Bernice Wintersteen William Murphy

Sydney Roberts Rockefeller BFA ’66

Bob W. Wescott BFA ’53 Mary Wright Rita M. Di Renzo

*D e ce as e d

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Board of Trustees

Life Trustees

Parent Council 2013–2014

2013-2014

Dorrance H. Hamilton, Chairman Emerita

Lisa & Theodore Albany P ’16

Sam S. McKeel

Michael Andriatch P ’17

Ronald J. Naples

Trustees Emeriti

Chairman

Rhonda Beckett P ’16 Nicole Borohov P ’16

George A. Beach BFA ’58

Dawn A. Calzada & Joseph G. Charma P ’16

Sean T. Buffington

Mary Louise Beitzel ’51

Carol Ann & Peter Cotter P ’14

President

Irvin J. Borowsky

Karen A. Fisco P ’15

Anne F. Elder

Frank & Kathy Key P ’17

Howard G. Belk BFA ’81

Sondra Myers

Beth Lewis P ’16

Ira Brind

Albert E. Wolf

Annmarie Lockhart P ’17

Ronald L. Caplan

Catherine Marich P ’15

Joseph F. Coradino

Alumni Council 2013–2014

Eleanor L. Davis

Doshanna Bell BFA ’08

Nancy Mroczek P ’16

Deanna S. DeCherney BFA ’66

Wesley Bogan BFA ’09

Barbara Oney P ’16

Mark A. Donnolo BFA ’85

Fabian Brown BM ’01

Scott & Lucy Record P ’15

Brian Effron

Janine Bryant BFA ’86

Nick & Nectar Redman P ’15

Michael C. Forman

Meg Clifton BM ’01, MM ’02

Melinda Wagner & Seth Rosen P ’16

William R. Gast BFA ’68

Amanda Collett BFA ’02

John Woodrum P ’16

Melissa Heller

Mary Norris Dembo BFA ’85

Richard P. Jaffe

Carrie Galbraith MFA ’01

Scott M. Jenkins

Chris Gee BFA ’89

Gail Kass

Janet Grace BS ’83

Elaine C. Levitt

Nat Hamilton BFA ’07

Karen Lotman

Michele Kishita BFA ’97, MFA ’10

Jeffrey A. Lutsky

Josh Levitas BFA ’00

Seymour G. Mandell

Natasha Levitas BFA ’00

Noel Mayo BS ’60

Justin Mitchell BFA ’01

Thomas M. Miles BFA ’75

Jean Plough BFA ’70

Francis J. Mirabello

Elliot Rhodeside BS ’66

Adolf A. Paier

TJ Walsh BFA ’07

Lawrence S. Reichlin

Robert Wescott BFA ’53

Alan I. Rubin Jeffrey R. Seligsohn James P. Vesey Laurie Wagman Harriet G. Weiss

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University Leadership

Office of Advancement

Sean T. Buffington

Liz Saccardi

President

Acting Executive Director of Advancement

Kirk E. Pillow

Gian Booker

Provost

Special Assistant to the Vice President for Advancement

Senior Administrative Officers

Benjamin Brotman BFA ’13

Thomas H. Carnwath

Anisa Haidary

Vice President of Technology & Information Services

Director of Major Gifts & Special Projects

Beth Frederick

Paul Healy

Director of Institutional Research

Associate Vice President of

Graphic Designer

University Communications Margaret Kip Acting Executive Director of Enrollment Management

Anne Henry Manager of the Annual Fund &

Stephen J. Lightcap

Development Operations

Vice President for Finance & Administration Jim Maurer Liz Saccardi

Production Manager

Acting Executive Director of Advancement

Senior Academic Officers

Monifa Moore Manager of Foundation & Corporate Relations

Mark Campbell BFA ’74

Dana Rodriguez

Dean, College of Art, Media & Design

Web Content Manager

Erin Elman MAT ’87, MFA ’08

Chris Rooney

Dean, Division of Continuing Studies

Community Information Architect

Catherine Gunther Kodat, Ph.D. Dean, Division of Liberal Arts K F. Williams Dean, College of Performing Arts

Contributors listed made gifts between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014.

We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this donor roll. If we have made an error, please accept our apology.

You may contact the Advancement Office at (215) 717-6140 and we will correct our records.

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Thursday, March 25, 1982, was quite the glamorous and busy day at the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts (PCPA, now the UArts College of Performing Arts): Opera star Plácido Domingo gave a master class to five PCPA students in the Academy of Music ballroom, had lunch with PCPA donors at Il Gallo Nero, and at 7 p.m. that evening at the Union League of Philadelphia was given his first-ever honorary doctorate during a gala Celebrity Ball. Mayor William J. Green decreed it Plácido Domingo Day. PCPA Voice students selected for the master class were James Butler , Cecilia Dempsey , Jenny Kelly , James Longacre and Paul Robinson , and PCPA alumna Regina DiMedio BM ’81 (Piano) played piano.

The class was recorded and broadcast on public television in May and June of 1982.

The PCPA Celebrity Ball, a fundraiser and gala event, was the brainchild of PCPA board member Suzanne Morgan. Previous honorees included dancer Rudolf Nureyev, actress Liv Ullmann, pianist and PCPA alumnus André Watts , choreographer Robert Joffrey, and composer Richard Rodgers.

Domingo had been much in the news at that time: he was featured on the March 8, 1982, cover of Newsweek with the words “King of the Opera.” Fellow tenor Luciano Pavarotti was also an opera star at the time and much was made in the press about competition between the two, but Domingo’s reason for coming to Philadelphia and to PCPA seems to have been because his former voice coach, Franco Iglesias, was on the PCPA faculty at the time. Domingo and Pavarotti would of course later join with José Carreras in 1994 for the landmark concert, “The Three Tenors in Concert 1994.”

PCPA merged with Philadelphia College of Art in 1985 to briefly become Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts. University status, and our current name, was conferred in 1987.

Contact sheet shows Domingo working with Cecilia Dempsey and James Butler (top) and with PCPA student James Longacre ‘82 (bottom).

Contact sheet shows a few frames of Domingo working with James Longacre, with Regina DiMedio at the piano.

The Spanish-language magazine ¡Hola! ran a multipage story on the Philadelphia event. In the photo above, Domingo enters the Celebrity Ball with event chair and board member Suzanne Morgan on his arm.

Above right, PCPA president Joseph Castaldo presents Domingo with his honorary degree.

Left to right: Philadelphia mayor William J. Green, honoree Plácido Domingo and event chair Suzanne Morgan at the Celebrity Ball.

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