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MFA Snapshot A glimpse into the work of five graduates from the MFA in Art program.
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For Dear Life Carol Jacobsen’s fight for freedom.
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Seeing Heritage Algorithms Audrey Bennett and Ron Eglash challenge standard models for STEM education.
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Umbrella Topics Explore the world of discursive design.
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Campaign 2 4 Report A defining moment.
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Portrait art by Maya Neideck (BFA ’21)
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Remembering Penny article
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Truly Render
Erin Nelson
INTENTION
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Healthy Kids Through Active Tech
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Designing Decisions
The 2019 Integrated Product Development Trade Show.
Public talks from the five graduates of the MDes in Integrative Design program.
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An Irresistible Civic Duty
Dressing Up & Down
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A high-energy, nonpartisan, peer-topeer voter registration campaign for the 2018 midterm election.
Recreating scenes from Titanic with Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist Claudia Bitran.
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believe in the power of ideas, in our ability to give form to abstract concepts, and in the course we chart through intentional application of our creativity and research. We have faith in the potential of our vision — and seek community to build upon it in service of creating new knowledge, new ways of thinking, and new ways of experiencing the world. In 2018, our community lost a fierce advocate, dear friend, and true visionary: Penny W. Stamps (1944– 2018). A Stamps alumna and a designer, Penny firmly believed in the power of applied intention through creative practice. In her 2018 commencement speech, she encouraged Stamps graduates to pursue their “big idea” with gusto. “Now go out there and break the rules,” she said. “Make the world a better place for your being here. Create fantastic art. Design products which will change the way we look at the world. Dream, engage, imagine.” This issue — and its theme, Intention — honors Penny’s legacy through stories of the community she believed in. Like Penny, we strive to live and work with intention. We put faith in our vision and commit to it, building a better tomorrow one creative action at a time. Guna Nadarajan Dean, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design University of Michigan
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In 2019, the Stamps School graduated five research-led creative practitioners from its MFA in Art program: Masimba Hwati, Laura Magnusson, Bridget Quinn, Rowan Renee, and Mayela Rodriguez. The work featured here offers snapshots into their process and thesis work. TO SEE MORE , VISIT THE ARTISTS ONLINE:
smacgallery.com/artist/masimba-hwati
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bridgetfrancesquinn.com
rowanrenee.com
mayelarodriguez.com
Masimba Hwati MORE:
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Laura Magnusson MORE:
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Bridget Quinn MORE:
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Rowan Renee MORE:
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Mayela Rodriguez MORE:
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faculty essay
For Dear Life
Carol Jacobsen’s Freedom
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Interdisciplinary Methods of an Artistic Practice By Carol Jacobsen Lynn D’Orio and Lore Rogers and I relaunched the Clemency Project in 1992–93 (Lore later accepted a position with the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board), we set out to organize volunteer attorneys, review cases, interview women, and educate ourselves about women’s criminalization and the clemency process. By 1995, we had prepared petitions for clemency for several women on our original caseload of fifty-five inmates. The first of these was for Violet Allen, a woman who shot her violent husband after he threw their baby across the room. In 1995, I installed Violet and Judith, a video installation, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where viewers were invited to sign postcards to the governor for Violet’s freedom. Although our petition for clemency for Violet was denied, we finally freed her in 1999, through a motion in court prepared by Lynn D’Orio. Juanita Thomas, too, was freed by a volunteer attorney, Andrea Lyon, with research by the Clemency Project and University of Michigan law students. Both Violet and Juanita narrated my film From One Prison… (1995), which was sponsored and screened worldwide by both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch during those years. As we learned more about women’s trials and the conditions of their incarceration, we submitted more petitions for clemency and expanded our mission to include broader human rights issues and more creative feminist, legal, and visual strategies and methods of representation, protest, and collaboration together with the women inside. As artist-director of the Clemency Project, I organized rallies and events; produced, exhibited, and distributed my films narrated by the women prisoners; wrote op-ed pieces, articles, and essays; recruited lawyers, judges, and legislators; and collaborated with the ACLU, the U.S. Justice Department, the governor’s office, the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, Amnesty W H E N AT TO R N E Y S
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walk away. In this excerpt from the book, reprinted with the author’s permission, Jacobsen describes her approach to collaborating across disciplines and using interdisciplinary methods within her own artistic practice in her efforts to challenge the legal justice system through the Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project, Jacobsen’s creative advocacy and legal aid collaborative. The Clemency Project works to free female prisoners who were convicted of murder but who acted in self-defense against abusers and did not receive due process or fair trials. The organization also conducts public education and advocacy for justice, human rights, and humane alternatives to incarceration for women. Since she began organizing the project in 1992 with female prisoners and lawyers, the project has freed thirteen women from life sentences and has supported hundreds more for clemency, parole, and appeals.
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International, and other nonprofits and activists. Throughout this book, newspaper clippings and headlines, together with other visual materials, serve as backgrounds for the essays and written pieces, while film stills and photographs that overlay or are jump-cut together give a sense of the matrix of the visual, public, and political strategies, campaigns, and events created to produce each project within a time frame loosely represented by the book’s sections. Especially potent and central are the women prisoners’ voices, which are excerpted from my films or reproduced in their letters and documents. These are printed with permission from the women with deepest thanks for all their contributions. Often I wish I had studied law formally so that I might be able to do more on that front, yet I would not have given up art for law since law is based on limits and edicts and art is fundamentally about freedom. As an open, interdisciplinary, activist practice, art has offered me a range of
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The closed system of prisons, which denies accessibility to citizens, advocates, and others, only fuels the horrors that are rampant inside today.
research methods and public strategies to push boundaries, investigate broadly, and challenge the dirty details of the criminal-legal-penal system that I discover. Ultimately, it is the howling rage at the injustices I see that never quiets within me and will not let me walk away. In 1998, Amnesty International representatives came to the New York opening of 3 on a Life Sentence, a video installation I produced that was written and narrated by Delores Kapuscinski, Mary Suchy, and Stacy Barker, three women serving life sentences together. Since then, Amnesty has cosponsored, along with my gallery, Denise Bibro Fine Art, all my exhibitions and screenings in New York and some abroad. At the time, Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations were all investigating the rampant human rights violations in U.S. women’s prisons. Their reports named Michigan’s among the worst state prison systems for women in the nation with regard to rapes, four-point chaining, medical abuse, retaliation, and other atrocities. It was these reports and investigations that convinced then governor John Engler to shut down all prisons in the state to reporters, scholars, investigators, and virtually all other visitors except nuclear family members and limited friends. All cameras and other recording devices were banned. The closed system of prisons, which denies accessibility to citizens, advocates, and others, only fuels the horrors that are rampant inside today. By the time of the statewide ban, I could no longer film inside, but I was going in as a legal assistant anyway, taking student legal assistants with me on behalf of the Clemency Project’s efforts. Some of my film and video work on women’s incarceration relied on footage shot before the ban (From One Prison…, 1995; Violet and Judith, 1995; Clemency, 1999; 3 on a Life Sentence, 1998; Barred and Gagged, 1999; Sentenced, 2003); other works were made with former prisoners (Beyond the Fence, 2004; Time Like Zeros, 2011; Life on Trial, 2018); and some were created with footage obtained through prisoners and their attorneys (Segregation Unit, 2000; Prison Diary, 2006) or else shot in court (Courtroom, 2019). In 1999, I met Jamie Whitcomb, one of many courageous prisoners I have worked with who became an activist inside and who deeply affected my life and work. After she won
13 Women Freed from Life Sentences through Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project (MWJCP) Left column from top: Levonne Roberts freed 2009 through clemency granted by Governor Jennifer Granholm based on MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Barbara Anderson freed 2009 through MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Mildred Perry freed 2009 through MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Tonya Carson freed 2018 through MWJCP assistance on clemency petition, testimony, and support; Violet Allen freed 1999, based on a motion in court filed by MWJCP legal director Lynn D’Orio. Center column from top: Doreen Washington freed 2008 through clemency granted by Governor Granholm based on MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Joyce Cousins freed 2013, based on MWJCP testimony and support; Juanita Thomas freed 1998, based on a motion filed in court by MWJCP volunteer attorney Andrea Lyon, with evidence developed by MWJCP founder Susan Fair and University of Michigan law students. Right column from top: Melissa Chapman freed 2019, based on MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Minnie Boose freed 2008 through clemency granted by Governor Granholm based on MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Linda Hamilton freed 2009 through clemency granted by Governor Granholm based on MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Melanise Patterson freed 2017 through MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support; Karen Kantzler freed 2017 through MWJCP clemency petition, testimony, and support.
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her lawsuit for torture against the state, she narrated Segregation Unit, and the Clemency Project became more engaged in monitoring and reporting abuses that occurred to women in solitary confinement units in the state prison. My connection with so many individual women, their lives, and their incarceration can only begin to be felt in the letters they wrote that are scattered throughout the book. From 2002 to 2010, our governor in Michigan was Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat. We had high hopes that she would commute some women’s sentences, and we kept the pressure on and the momentum high in our annual campaigns throughout her tenure with rallies at the state capitol, op-ed pieces, and media coverage, as well as meetings with the governor and her legal counsel and pressure from judges and a former governor, William Milliken, who worked closely with us. Before leaving office, Governor Granholm granted a number of clemencies to prisoners. Although most were “safe” decisions, going to dying inmates and minor drug or probation cases, she freed ten women who had serious crimes—all first-degree murder cases except for one conspiracy to murder—and we represented four of the ten. Governor Granholm also pressed the parole board to grant paroles to five women serving life sentences for seconddegree murder, and we represented two of the five. While we celebrated every release, we were also reminded how political and arbitrary the clemency/commutation process is since so many more women deserve freedom who are still unjustly locked in prison. The women prisoners we work with in the Clemency Project acted reasonably in unreasonable situations, but they never received due process of law and do not deserve the inhumane, abusive treatment they receive from the state. Many brave women prisoners, such as Stacy Barker (3 on a Life Sentence, 1998; Life on Trial, 2018), have filed lawsuits against the State of Michigan and suffered horrific retaliation from the state for their efforts. In 2009, working with a team of intrepid lawyers, Stacy, together with more than five hundred other women, won a class action lawsuit for the rapes and retaliation they had endured from guards and prison staff for decades. Many
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of the abuses in Michigan’s prison for women have not improved, however, and as a result suicides and other needless deaths and suffering continue. In 2016, the Department of Corrections failed to notify police of both a suicide and the criminal behavior of its guards that led to the suicide. It was only the reports by brave women prisoners that brought media attention and police inside to investigate. Those who report such incidents frequently lose their jobs and suffer other retaliation as a result. Since the ACLU had been investigating and challenging abuses in solitary confinement in the women’s prison at my request, based on reports from women prisoners, they filed a whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of a woman prisoner to challenge the prison’s retaliation against her and others. In 2017, Machelle Pearson, another fearless activist for women’s human rights in prison and one of many women we have worked with who entered prison as a juvenile, was resentenced based on the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama, declaring that a nonparolable life sentence for a juvenile is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional. We fought to get a reduced sentence that would free her. I argued with the prosecutor, who insisted on keeping her in prison beyond the thirty-three years she had already served. The judge, in usual manner, sided with the prosecutor and sentenced her to five more painful years despite the fact that she is seriously ill with a debilitating disease; had been raped by a guard who impregnated her, giving birth in prison; had lost her job for reporting a crime committed by the Department of Corrections to the police; and had been a model prisoner throughout her incarceration. It was a low moment, but we had to be grateful for the work of the many activists and attorneys who convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to change the law that condemned juveniles to die in prison. It is the network of activists working in grassroots groups like ours as well as in large organizations that gives us hope for a truly just system one day. Ultimately, thanks to the good behavior credits Machelle Pearson earned before the State of Michigan banned them for prisoners, she walked free in August 2018. In 2017, Nancy Seaman drafted a lawsuit against the State of Michigan opposing restrictive laws that deny a woman’s right to give full
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I believe citizens in the future will be appalled and sickened when they look back at the way we treat human beings in our prisons today.
evidence of self-defense in court, specifically, expert testimony relating to women whose history of battering relates to their crime. More than one hundred women have joined with her on that effort. We worked with her on that, and we also filed, together with the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, an amicus brief in her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. In her case, and in the case of another woman serving life for killing her violent husband, Karen Kantzler, we have worked together with the trial judges for years. Both women’s judges, to their credit, recognize their own and the systemic failures that wrongly sentenced these women to life in prison and want to see them freed. We have worked closely with the legal counsel of Governor Rick Snyder, who left office at the end of 2018; they selected these two women and six more from the Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project for consideration of clemency. In December 2017, Karen Kantzler was freed after we won a second public hearing for her. Two judges and many of her friends testified in her support. A number of the women I have known and worked with in and after release from prison have died over the years. I feel certain that prison shortened their lives. Years of living under sexual, physical, and psychological abuse in overcrowded and stressful conditions; eating food without nutrition (some of it actually labeled “not for human consumption”); sleeping on hard bunks in cells that are cold in winter and hot in summer; hungering for education and programs and jobs and contact with outsiders that are too rarely available; and worrying about children and other loved ones on the outside are agonies that injure
the mind and body and take their lives too soon. I believe citizens in the future will be appalled and sickened when they look back at the way we treat human beings in our prisons today. Together, Lynn and I, with our roster of volunteers and students, have helped to free thirteen women from life sentences and have supported probably hundreds more to reach for clemency, parole, and appeals and to challenge the endless torture and misery of prison. It is still the spirit of Greenham that I carry as I struggle to raise hell and havoc against the state’s injustice to women. Learn more about the Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project: umich.edu/~clemency
Read more in For Dear Life: Women’s Decriminalization and Human Rights in Focus (University of Michigan Press, 2019): press.umich.edu
Faculty Support Stamps faculty can teach socially engaged creative practice to the next generation of culture-makers because they are experts in their field, making a positive impact every day and bringing it back to the classroom. Join us in our effort to create positive change. Please contact Mary Alice Bankert at 734.936.0678 or mbankert@umich.edu for more information.
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Seeing Heritage Algorithms I N T E RV I EW BY JA N E P RO P H E T
For the past twenty years, Stamps Professors Audrey Bennett and Ron Eglash have been collaborating to challenge standard models for STEM education, giving life to new, diverse visions for learning.
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After coding virtual quilt designs, students physically render them in iron-on cloth using 3D printed templates, a process that combines the tactile experience of hand crafting with digital fabrication.
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In Ntonso, Ghana, master Adinkra artisan Gabriel Boakye shows Eglash the process of creating ink from tree bark. Because bark collectors protect the forests, promoting the practice helps sustain both culture and the environment.
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Professors Audrey Bennett and Ron Eglash represent collaborative, crossdisciplinary inquiry at its height. Bennett, a graphic design scholar who studies cross-cultural and transdisciplinary design, and Eglash, a cyberneticist and founder of the “ethnocomputing” discipline, have received more than $7 million in grants and funding sources, including from the National Science Foundation. Recently, Dr. Jane Prophet, associate dean for research, creative work, and strategic initiatives at the Stamps School, had a chance to ask Bennett and Eglash more about their work and impact.
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How do you define heritage algorithms?
Every culture has algorithms — recipes for organizing symbols and materials. In the European tradition, this gets enshrined as proofs and theorems, code and hardware, etc. We give it so much weight that we tend to ignore other ways of algorithmic knowing. But they are immensely important. Take for example the algorithms in Navajo weaving. At the first level, there is the iterative pattern, such as “up one over one” for a diagonal line. On a Cartesian grid, that makes a 45-degree angle. On a Navajo loom, it’s a 30-degree angle, because the vertical warp threads are thicker than the horizontal weft threads. The Navajo algorithms don’t neatly map onto BENNETT & EGLASH
The 30 degree angle in Navajo weaving is from the ecology of materials (warp and weft diameter difference), and the “up one over one” iterative loop. Both aspects are part of the heritage algorithm.
western analytic geometry, but you can find parallels; they constitute an independent exploration of math and computing ideas. So at that level, one can stress the important anti-racist implications; a means of decolonizing math; new teaching opportunities; and so on. You mention that the first level of understanding algorithmic knowledge is something like this “iterative pattern.” What is the second level of understanding? P
The second is ecological relations. We currently pour about 8 million tons of plastic into the ocean every year; we cause global warming in the air, heavy metals in the soil, PFAS in water — the “success” of universal algorithms for manufacturing and consumption is killing us. Heritage algorithms are ways of localizing rather than universalizing; they are ways of integrating ecological and social value in circular flows. For example, there is greater biodiversity in areas where indigenous culture has survived — in Navajo sheeprearing areas, for example. B & E
So, heritage algorithms are also a sort of genetic diversity algorithm — but how does that address industrial pollution? P
In West Africa we worked with artisans from a really wonderful textile tradition with stamped symbols called Adinkra. Adinkra shapes deliberately model the logarithmic curves of nature, like ram’s horns, so our simulation tools helped Ghanaian children learn those topics through culture. But we were also interested in the physical ink, which was made from tree bark boiled over wood fires. Their traditions for harvesting B & E
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levels provides opportunities to introduce technologies that build on the ecological and social relations already established by indigenous tradition. Tell me more about the project’s genesis. P
It began with a study of fractal structures in African art and architecture. It was exciting to see this complex body of mathematical and computational thinking in traditional societies. But it was a hard sell to US teachers, who just wanted their students to pass algebra. So our first big hit with teachers was a cornrow braiding simulation, which connected math topics common in high school with African fractals — specifically with a tradition that made it through the middle passage, and is still a part of grassroots algorithmic innovation in the braiding salons and homes across every black community in the US. B & E
How many communities have you worked with and how has the engagement changed over the years? P
Bennett tries her hand at traditional Adinkra stamping in the village of Ntonso. Using simulations, students can learn the indigenous geometric and computational ideas, and physically render their designs with laser etching, 3D printing, or old-school hand carving.
bark actually protect the forests. So we have been working with them to develop solar heating to replace the wood fires in the inkmaking process. Understanding a heritage algorithm at its multiple
In West Africa we worked primarily in Ghana with Adinkra and kente weavers to create simulations for their schools. In South Africa we developed a framework for “generative play” in which health education could draw on creative modes of learning that children spontaneously engage in. Another set of African applications is happening in architecture — fractal layouts of buildings such as Xavier Vilalta’s designs in Ethiopia. In India our group of children rejected a kolam drawing simulation, but asked if they could simulate a well — you have to go where local interest sends you. Working B & E
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with teachers in Latin America (mostly Mexico and Ecuador), we developed “woven heaven, tangled earth” — a set of sims that contrast the Cartesian layouts of looms, thatched roofs, etc. with the path of the trickster, the meandering, space-filling curves of Shipibo ceramics, Kuna molas, Amazonian tattoos, etc. In North America we have worked with Native nations such as the Yupik in Alaska, Salish in Canada, and Navajo, Shoshone, Ute, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Onondaga in the continental US Latinx and African American communities are enormously important to our work of course, and we have been making efforts to also include materials that draw on traditions in low-income white communities like Appalachian areas; low-income immigrants like the Hmong; and so on. What have you learned from working with the community partners and how have you responded to those lessons and developed your working method? P
The most important thing is developing a respectful relationship with the community. Elders need to be heard, and they generally want to start the conversation making sure the history of genocide, land theft, enslavement, forced migration, and other events are properly recognized at our end. Even when the conversations finally move to designs, some aspects are forbidden for religious reasons. On the other hand, some artisans have been very moved when they see the simulations, and everyone seems generally supportive of the goals for “translating” the profound complexity of indigenous knowledge to a form that will appeal to the next generation, and challenge racist stereotypes.
youth innovation that is empowering for their communities, they are more attracted to STEM careers. The cultural basis for the design tools is just the starting point, a way to anchor the project at the grass roots from the start, rather than impose the afterthought of “inclusion.” The long-term vision would be a whole artisanal economy, empowered by technological innovation, but with the goals of decolonizing STEM and enhancing sustainability. Of course the entire structure is not planned; it has to evolve democratically from the bottom up. You can’t really predict the end result, only propose a set of general principles — this is something we have been calling “generative justice.”
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To learn more about research by Bennett and Eglash, visit generativejustice.org.
Talk to me more about the aims of your work. Is it fair to say that your work creates culturally specific experiences in order to show how STEM relates to a wider range of people’s everyday lived experience? P
No, but it’s a common misunderstanding. The whole “multicultural education” literature creates that impression. Sometimes it is phrased as if the kids are rats in the STEM maze and culture is just some cheese to tempt them; other times that these kids are fragile and culture is some sort of crutch on which they lean. But we are really more about challenging the ways that STEM has been molded and constructed to fit industrial, military, and authoritarian priorities. Why bother with more diversity if it’s a workforce still creating pesticides, weaponized drones, and consumption optimization algorithms? So the goal is to diversify the output of the STEM pipeline, not just the input. And it turns out that when you show underrepresented B & E
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Research Support Research plays a critical role in helping our faculty and students make a positive impact in our communities and society at large. Join us in our effort to create positive change. Please contact Nan Pozios at 734.647.0650 or npozios@ umich.edu for more information.
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Explore the world of discursive design with a headless chicken and a sword umbrella. En garde! 1177
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The headless chicken in this story is based on rootoftwo’s project Whithervanes: a neurotic, early worrying system. rootoftwo is a hybrid design studio co-funded by Cézanne Charles and Stamps Professor John Marshall.
The sword umbrella in this story is based on Professors Stephanie Tharp and Bruce Tharp’s project Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man. Learn more about this project and the world of discursive design in the Tharps’ 2019 book, Discursive Design: Critical, Speculative, and Alternative Things (MIT Press).
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Portrait artist Maya Neideck (BFA ’21) on rendering Penny Stamps
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Penny W. Stamps was passionate about supporting young artists and designers. As such, we weren’t surprised when a student, Maya Neideck (BFA ’21), rose to the occasion of creating the beautiful photorealistic portraits of Penny that you see in this issue. “After working on the portrait and studying every detail for hours I feel a deep connection to Penny,” Neideck said. “Although we never actually got the chance to meet, I think it’s inspiring how much of an impact we had on each other.” Explore Maya’s full portfolio: mayaneideck.wixsite.com/mysite-1
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the Stamps School community said goodbye to a dear friend and a true force for good in the world: Penny W. Stamps. A University of Michigan alumna, fierce advocate for the arts, community leader, philanthropist, design professional, and former teacher, Stamps passed away at her home after a battle with leukemia. A woman of vision, Stamps dedicated herself to elevating opportunities for young people and ensuring the progress of future generations. Alongside her husband, E. Roe Stamps, Penny created the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, which contributed significantly to U-M over the years, beginning in 1999 with funding for the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series. After the Stamps Foundation granted the School of Art & Design’s most generous philanthropic gift ever in 2012, the Board of Regents renamed the school in Penny Stamps’ honor. In what was to be her last visit to the school, Penny Stamps served as the 2018 commencement speaker and received a U-M honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. During her commencement speech, Stamps imparted her wisdom to the next generation of culture-makers on matters ranging from family life to career, attentive as ever to the need to live a full, whole life and to make an impact through creative skill paired with true kindness and respect.
“What’s your big idea?” Stamps asked the class of 2018. “What are you willing to spend your moral capital, your intellectual capital, your sweat equity in pursuing outside the walls of the University of Michigan? “You have your artistic skills; now develop your ideas, your big idea,” she said. “Imagination has no limits.”
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“I will always remember Penny’s warmth and kindness, along with her devotion to helping the University of Michigan — and the world — become a better place,” President Mark Schlissel said. In addition to the speaker series, Stamps created the Roman J. Witt Artist Residency Program in honor of her father, the Stamps Gallery on Central Campus, and the Stamps Creative Work Scholarships. In 2006, the Stamps Foundation launched its signature merit scholarship program. To date, the program has funded multiyear scholarships and fellowships for more than 1,600 students at more than forty colleges and universities nationwide, including U-M. Her philanthropic contributions also made possible the Stamps Auditorium on North Campus and the Stamps Student Commons at the Stephen M. Ross Academic Center. Stamps Dean Guna Nadarajan said one of his first official duties as dean was to work with Penny and E. Roe Stamps in formalizing and celebrating the naming of the school. “It was a joyous day all around, one filled with hopes and dreams and grace,” Nadarajan said. “Penny Stamps didn’t take the responsibility of her namesake lightly: The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design mattered to her. She was ever attentive, never prescriptive in the nurturing of the next generation of artists and designers. “Penny was passionate about helping students across the country be the best that they could be,” Nadarajan said. “Her time, energy, and commitment seemed to know no bounds. Seeing young people harness the power of higher education was a driving force in her life. She was — and is — an inspiration to me and to all.” Stamps, who grew up in Chicago and lived in Miami, earned a bachelor’s degree in design and a teaching certificate at U-M in 1966. She enjoyed a distinguished career at Herman Miller and Kaplan & Fox Inc. before heading her own residential design firm in the Boston area for 18 years. As an alumna, Stamps co-chaired the Michigan Difference National Campaign Leadership Committee and was a deputy chair of the Victors for Michigan fundraising campaign. She served on the President’s Advisory Group and advisory councils to the deans of the Stamps School and the School of Education. U-M recognized her in 2005 with the David B. Hermelin Award for Volunteer Leadership.
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She volunteered in her community, served on numerous boards, and provided pro-bono design services and philanthropic support for animal, cultural, environmental, and healthrelated organizations. She helped build the Grayvik Animal Care Center at Ocean Reef and served on the Humane Society of Greater Miami board since 2011. In 2015, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education recognized the Stamps Foundation with its James L. Fisher Award for Distinguished Service to Education. Stamps is survived by her husband of forty-seven years, E. Roe Stamps; her mother, Carmella A. Witt; her son, Will Stamps (India); and her daughter, Annie Stamps Ridgeway (Dustin). She also is survived by her grandchildren, Hunter and Gwyneth. Chrisstina Hamilton, director of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and the Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist Program, delivered a moving eulogy at the funeral in Coconut Grove, Florida. “We will all miss her, and there is much to miss. Her practical, straightforward presence, her elegance, indelible style and beauty, her wonderful sense of humor, her diplomacy, and perhaps most of all her deep sense of caring and nurturing spirit. She was grace defined.” In her commencement speech, Stamps told the students that graduation was only the beginning of their “continuing education” throughout life.
“Now go out there and break the rules,” she said. “Make the world a better place for your being here. Create fantastic art. Design products which will change the way we look at the world. Dream, engage, imagine. “Live a glorious and fantastic life, and do it with courage, grit, and determination.”
EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE Join us in celebrating the life and legacy of Penny W. Stamps through a thoughtful message to her family. Send your letters, cards, and other expressions of gratitude to the Stamps School of Art & Design c/o Amber Connell, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 or email at amconnel@umich.edu.
To honor Penny’s memory and legacy, the Stamps family has requested donations to the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Penny W. Stamps Tribute Fund Make a gift in memory of philanthropist, U-M alumna, and arts advocate Penny W. Stamps. To give today, please visit donate.umich.edu/9Wlvq.
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A Defining Moment Stamps Community Provides $28.8M in School Support the Stamps School of Art & Design teamed up with alumni, faculty, staff, parents, community members, and friends to show our support for the “This Is Our Moment” fundraising campaign, part of the U-M Victors for Michigan campaign. Together, our community rallied around the criticality of creative innovators in the twenty-first century. This recognition lead to unprecedented support of the culture-makers of tomorrow via scholarships, new classroom spaces, international study abroad, faculty support, and other critical needs. OV E R T H E PA S T S I X Y E A R S ,
Your generosity is inspiring, humbling, and powerful.
CA M PA I G N H I G H L I G H T S
In 2012, the School of Art & Design became the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
4,745 total gifts 38 new funds established for scholarships and awards 200+ student scholarships and awards given per year
$28.8M raised 71% increase over
the 2008 campaign and the largest amount raised in the school’s history
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Student support: 56% Programmatic: 25% | Discretionary: 7% Facilities: 6% | Faculty: 6%
For your collaboration, your willingness to lend a hand, and for your vision: Thank you.
While the campaign officially closed on December 31, 2018, our work to support the next generation of culturemakers continues. LEARN MORE:
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BY ERIC GALLIPPO
Healthy Kids Through Active Tech
For the team of University of Michigan students behind Voco, a new smart watch prototype and companion app that lets kids and parents communicate without the internet, social media, and other “distractions” involved, solving this problem helps put parents at ease. The primary motivation is to
help kids form healthy tech habits while empowering them to be more independent.
The 2019 Integrated Product Development Trade Show
Input was gathered from children who participated in a design charette hosted at Stamps. These insights informed U-M student product designs.
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it’s not hard to imagine a scenario like this: Mom or dad is stuck in traffic, and their child is waiting to be picked up from school or an extracurricular activity. The parents are waiting until the child is twelve to get her a cell phone. But today, with the child at, let’s say age ten, their schedules are already full, making situations like this more and more likely. While the parents race to get their child, she worries and wonders, “Should I walk home? Should I wait? How much longer will they be?”
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The four-member student team worked on the project throughout the Winter 2019 semester as part of U-M’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) course. The six-credit class is led by faculty from the Stamps School of Art & Design and the Ross School of Business. Instructors Stephanie Tharp (Stamps) and Eric Svaan (Ross) build the interdisciplinary teams of students from the Stamps School, Ross, Engineering, and Information to develop products addressing problems faced by a specific demographic. This semester’s challenge: Design a user-centric product that uses active technology to help preadolescent children (ages nine to twelve) form healthy habits. During a final trade show event hosted at Ross on April 10, 2019, Voco team members Noah Rick (a dual major at Stamps and Engineering ’19) and Katie Adams (master of science in Information ’20) demonstrated to visitors how Voco could help with scenarios like the one described above. For their demo, Rick and Adams used a working prototype of the app and a physical model of what the watch would look and feel like once manufactured. The trade show featured several other groups’ products encouraging kids to establish healthy habits, such as drinking more water, limiting screen time before bed, and starting meaningful conversations with their parents. Attendees could “vote” for their favorites by indicating how much money they would spend on each from a starting “budget” of $150.
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This year the Sarah S. Murphy Prize, a special juried prize of $5,000, was also awarded to the group that a panel of judges determined best met the assigned criteria, brought something new to the field, and had the best chance of commercialization. The prize provided an incredible incentive for the students and played an important role in their focus and quality of work. Groovie — a wearable device that encourages kids to set and meet goals — walked away with the prize, but the judges agreed that all groups were particularly strong when it came to understanding their users this semester, thanks in large part to a design charette many of them took part in at the start of the course in January 2019. That successful model of pairing a charette with a follow-up course also won Svaan and Tharp a 2019 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize.
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VentureWell Hacking Health Design Charette was the second hosted by Stamps and the first to be incorporated into the IPD course. Tharp said the results were noticeable. “A lot of the teams were able to generate really good insights that have carried into the work, because if you don’t generate those deep insights, it’s kind of transparent,” she said. “People can see when you don’t really understand a user or demographic very well.” Voco team members Rick and Adams, alongside many of their
classmates, participated in the daylong workshop focused on gathering input from preadolescent children about forming healthy habits and solving problems related to focus areas like technology usage, nutrition, physical activity, and sleep. The charette also included health care experts from campus and beyond working in child psychology, public health, medicine, counseling, and other related fields, and was facilitated by students from the Stamps Masters in Integrative Design (MDes) program. Gathered around large tables covered with colorful build materials — pipe cleaners, fuzzy balls, PlayDoh, washable markers, stickers — kids made collages, mapped out a typical day in their life, and eventually constructed prototype gadgets that could be used to help solve different problems.
Encouraged to get creative, they came up with adventurous concepts, like a machine that
puts fast-food flavor into broccoli or another that measures appropriate portion sizes of whatever you’re eating. After the children left for the afternoon, small groups analyzed the kids’ prototypes to generate insights that helped them brainstorm their own ideas. Afterward, the groups reflected on the day before reporting back to the larger group. A few echoed the playful style of the day’s guests — a “magic” food bowl that fills itself with just what a child needs, a sleeping cap that makes teachers dream about kids’ busy schedules — alongside more serious ideas to help reduce technology usage at bedtime and reward kids for choosing healthy snacks. Everyone agreed: Today’s kids are busy and enamored with technology, for better or worse. But many are already forming good habits
and looking for ways to do better. Documentation from the day was saved and used as a starting point for students taking IPD in Winter 2019. Wrapping up, Svaan told those students in attendance: “Remember all this stuff, because besides the cardboardand-tape prototypes, you guys will make actual working products.” For Adams, Rick, and fellow group members Aye Thander and Yunqi Qian, that working product became Voco, but not right away. Adams was in the technology group, Rick in the nutrition-focused one. “Coming out of the charette, we had many disparate ideas of how we could help children create healthy habits, ranging from more physical activity-based to more nutritionbased to more mental- and emotional health-based,” Adams said. Initial ideas ranged from a soothing sensory pod children could use to calm themselves, to cutting boards printed with kid-friendly recipes and paired with a companion nutrition and grocery list app, to clothes and accessories that change color based on the wearer’s movements. As the semester went on, the group narrowed its scope by sharing these concepts with children and parents. One common theme that kept surfacing was that children in this age group are looking to assert their independence and make decisions on their own. Through ongoing conversations and by staying in touch with one of their charette contacts — a child psychology and digital media specialist at Central Michigan University — the group started looking at ways to allow communication between children and parents that didn’t require a child to carry a smartphone. The idea is to limit the issues that come with constant internet access and increased screen time at a young age while helping kids feel more independent.
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“We’re looking at how we may be able to facilitate a healthy habit moving forward with technology,” Rick said. Voco lets kids communicate by text message, voice call, and emojis, and also set reminders for themselves and track their steps. Parents or primary guardians can use an application online or on their smartphone to set limits on who their child can contact with Voco. The idea is to have them start with immediate caregivers before expanding the network — maybe to a couple of close friends during certain hours of the day, for example — once a child shows that he or she is ready. Parents can also track the device by GPS and receive notifications when their child has arrived at a destination. “It doesn’t have the habit that a phone comes with,” Adams said. “This one is specifically meant to bridge a gap for someone who has a kid they need to communicate with, but they don’t want to give them a device that has access to Instagram and Facebook and all those distractions.”
Just a few weeks before the trade show,
and in the final studio session before their third and final design review with industry experts, Adams and Rick were going over the details of what still needed to be done. Scrawled across a large sheet of paper, different tasks were mapped out into “swim lanes.” There was still plenty
to do, from big-ticket items like cost analysis and pricing, user interface adjustments, messaging, marketing, and website design, down to small details like how to give the model watch a glossy face resembling a real screen. While getting it all done in time was priority, Tharp encouraged the group members not to throw out what they had learned — and demonstrated — throughout the process, as they prepared to tell Voco’s story to the public. “They just really understand the user group,” Tharp said. “The things they need and the things they’re going through.” For example, Rick said it’s not enough to make Voco a communication tool for kids without phones. It also has to be something they want to wear and that doesn’t carry a stigma. “We’ve learned there are some other products with similar functions, but they almost kid-ify the device,” Rick said. “When they’re eight, it might be acceptable and fun and cool, but by the time you reach eleven, they’re like, ‘I don’t want to be seen with this.’” For Adams, she said she felt like the group was onto something after she asked her own niece and nephew — ages five and seven — to rank the watch’s features.
“By the end, they were asking their parents when they could get one,” Adams said. “So that was validating.” MORE:
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Student Support It takes a village for a good idea to come to life. Thanks to the generous support of our alumni and friends, the culturemakers of tomorrow have the village they need to bring their great ideas into the world. Join students in their effort to create positive change. Please contact Mary Alice Bankert at 734-936-0678 or mbankert@umich.edu.
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Designing Decisions 2019 MDes Public Talks
Care providers, patients, and policy makers face a nearinfinite number of big choices when it comes to managing health care. Graduate students from the third graduating class of the Stamps Master of Design in Integrative Design (MDes) program spent the past four semesters working on addressing appropriate care in health care settings, including ways to support health care decisionmaking processes through design. The students presented their research, observations, and interventions during “Designing Decisions,” an evening of four public talks held at the Michigan League on March 22, 2019. Stamps Professor Hannah Smotrich addressed the students and their industry and academic partners and peers in attendance. “The heart of this program really is about being out in the world,” she said. “It’s about talking, engaging, and doing what we can to address some of these complex and multifaceted problems.”
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Bruna Oewel (left) and Prachi Bhagane (MDes ’19) present their jointly researched thesis project at the spring semester public talk.
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CUTTING INTO THE OPIOID CRISIS PATIENTS OFTEN ASK FOR AS MANY OPIOIDS AS ALLOWED, BECAUSE THEY ARE NERVOUS ABOUT PAIN.
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For Prachi Bhagane and Bruna Oewel (MDes ’19), that problem has been addressing Michigan’s growing opioid addiction crisis by reducing the number of excess prescription opioids in circulation. The students worked with Dr. Sawsan AsSanie, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Michigan Medicine, who is piloting a new shared decision-making tool to help doctors and patients make postoperative medication decisions with the goal of reducing the use of prescription opioids. Through their research, Bhagane and Oewel found that patients are often ill-informed about pain management options while also overwhelmed by the prospects of their surgery and recovery. As a result, patients often ask for as many opioids as allowed, because they are nervous about pain. Even if they never use them all, the pills are then out there, where it’s easier for them to become a problem. “We started thinking, ‘How might we support the interaction between patients and care providers in order to tailor their pain management decisions to their individualized needs?’” Bhagane said. Through extensive interviews and observations, Bhagane and Oewel concluded that patients need to have expectations set about not only what kind of pain they can expect, but also the variety of ways it can be treated. Next, they need time to think about their options. And last, they need consistent information from start to finish, so that even if they receive only brief instructions, whether it’s during an initial consultation or at discharge, the message is the same.
“We cannot change the amount of time providers have available, but we can support patients to feel empowered to ask questions of providers and make decisions together about their pain management,” Oewel said. To help with this, the pair designed a set of three printed handouts given at different stages of the surgical process. The first handout was designed for learning about and reflecting on pain management options and potential side effects before surgery. The second handout helps patients and caregivers review the information and make a decision about pain management at the time of the surgery. The third handout is for the patient to take home to help guide their pain management plan, how to taper their use of medication, and how to dispose of extra pills. The simple, printed handouts were chosen for their accessibility, especially for older patients, but Bhagane and Oewel have also discussed including similar “surgical journey” mapping tools that could be included as part of a bigger online or mobile application.
ORDERING MEDICAL TESTS Using her background as a UX and UI designer, Kady Jesko (MDes ’19) partnered with a quality control division within Michigan Medicine’s Pathology Department to create two prototypes for a dashboard that could help providers visualize their decisionmaking process while ordering medical tests.
The “Health, Happiness, and Me” packet developed by Hyeryoung Kim.
Photo courtesy of Hyeryoung Kim
MANAGING TYPE 2 DIABETES
The prototypes provided additional context about the tests being considered (such as how long a test might take to fulfill or how much it might cost) and the patients being treated (such as how often they were poked with a needle or awakened from sleep).
For Jesko, the aim of the prototypes was to develop a way to visualize the testordering process through design in an effort to help providers consider tests from the clearest vantage point possible and better understand the trade-offs.
Hyeryoung Kim’s (MDes ’19) thesis work on helping patients manage type 2 diabetes was also about raising consciousness, but on a more personal level. During her talk, Kim outlined what could be a common scenario for someone living with type 2 diabetes, a disease many Americans currently live with or are at risk for. Kim’s design persona (based upon research to represent a typical patient) works in a busy office. On this day, he’s had trouble making time for lunch,
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finding a healthy afternoon snack, not feeling left out when coworkers celebrate with cake, and taking his daily walk because it’s raining. As a result, his glucose levels go up, making him frustrated and angry. And this is just one bad day. “A person with diabetes has these pain points several times a day,” Kim said. “Imagine if it continues for weeks, months, years, and decades.” So Kim asked, “How might we design a self reflection tool that can support people with diabetes to increase their motivation and engage their own diabetes activity?” Working with a group of patients, care providers, educators, and designers, Kim developed a packet of materials to encourage patients to reflect on and express their emotions as part of managing their disease. The “Health, Happiness, and Me” packet includes a journal with a few simple prompts and encouraging words from other diabetes patients; sticky notes and other reminders for tasks such as eating, taking medicine, and staying active; and an information card on the link between emotional expression and good metabolic health. Kim tested the packet with patients and modified it based on their feedback. Many had positive things to say about how the journal helped them make better eating choices, remember to exercise, and even start conversations with doctors. By using the stories and experiences of patients, Kim said she hoped to inspire and motivate them by presenting a tool that was made with them in mind.
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ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE
So Jones created a ANY ADVOCATE more visual representation WHO WORKS of the data that also explained IN THIS SPACE the major warning signs KNOWS THAT of mental health issues. Using the PERSONAL text messages themselves, STORIES ARE Jones’ new policy brief format demonstrates WHAT MOVE the difference between a young THE NEEDLE. person who is thriving and one who isn’t by juxtaposing them. The result: Readers are drawn in and want to know more, asking themselves, “How many kids in my community aren’t thriving? Now that I know the components of good mental health, how do I help them along in achieving them?” In addition to raising questions, the briefs also present readers with a series of probing questions to get them thinking about the consequences of inaction. But Jones said the goal isn’t to lead them to any one answer or tell them what to do. “It’s to say, ‘There’s a mental health crisis, here’s what youth are thinking and saying about it, and here’s a document that can help you ask questions and think about it — to bring your own knowledge of your own community to think about the right direction,’” Jones said.
Katherine Jones’ (MDes ’19) thesis was also focused on keeping an often marginalized group of people engaged, but at the public policy level. Instead of focusing on personal health care or decisions made in a medical setting, Jones set out to help bridge communications between young people and legislators through design. To do this, she partnered with Michigan Medicine’s Dr. Tammy Chang and the team behind MyVoice, a text-message-based survey tool Chang developed to gather input from young people aged fourteen to twentyfour. Started last year, the program has 200 youth participants in Washtenaw County and 1,800 nationwide today. Jones also talked with local policy makers, youth organizations, and government agencies to learn what issues they’re currently working to address. After learning that the Washtenaw County Health Department and the Community Mental Health Board were both looking at ways to address a rising adolescent mental health crisis, she decided to focus there. Jones worked with the MyVoice team on a new set of questions around mental health and then scoured the responses for common themes. The big thing that stood out was social stigma as being at the “root of everything happening.” While policy makers are often interested in the data and anecdotes collected by MyVoice, Jones said many are unsure what to do with it, in part because of how it gets presented to them; valuable insights get lost in nondescript reports styled as “one-pagers” or “white papers” — the industry standard. “It’s too text heavy, it’s not easy to digest, it doesn’t fit in their workflow,” she said. “It’s Partner relationships play a critical role in the missing storytelling and narrative. Stamps MDes curriculum. Join us in our efforts Any advocate who works in this to create positive change. Please contact Nan space knows that personal stories are what move the needle.” Pozios at 734-647-0650 or npozios@umich.edu.
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An Irresistible Civic Duty In 2018, Stamps Professor Stephanie Rowden came across a statistic that took her by surprise: Only 14 percent of eligible U-M voters participated in the 2014 midterm election.
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“I was stunned by the gap between my sense of how much students want to use their voice about issues they care about and how many were getting to the ballot box.”
University of Michigan students register to vote on North Campus at a Voting is Sexy booth run by Stamps School of Art & Design students.
The Voting is Sexy course provided free postage to U-M students to mail in voter registrations through its “Stamps for Stamps” campaign.
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R OW D E N WO N D E R E D H OW A R T and design students could enliven voting on campus around the 2018 midterm election. “Could we re-brand the experience with a mix of humor, playfulness, creative problem solving, and genuinely useful information tailored to new voters?” In need of a collaborator to help tackle this large-scale challenge, Rowden sought the help of Stamps Professor Hannah Smotrich, who had experience teaching votingrelated visual communications classes. Together, they developed a framework for Voting is Sexy, a class that they described to students as “serious fun.” In the course, students formed a creative team tasked with making a high-energy, nonpartisan, peerto-peer voter registration and participation campaign for the 2018 midterm election.
W I T H T H E FA L L T E R M B E G I N N I N G just after Labor Day and the election taking place November 6, Rowden and Smotrich had to adopt a unique schedule, kicking off in the spring with a one-day collaborative research workshop. Here, students delved into the complexity of the voting process for absentee and first-time voters, laying the groundwork for the proliferation of accurate information. A white paper titled “Graduating Students into Voters” by the behavioral science nonprofit organization Ideas42 provided a research cornerstone for the project. Using insights about challenges and design principles for college voters, the team created a social media strategy; designed pop-up events across campus, complete with informational flyers, campaign collateral, and free swag; created a website and instructive installations throughout the Art
& Architecture Building; and forged cross-promotional and programmatic partnerships with UMMA, the Big 10 Voting Challenge, the Ginsberg Center, the North Campus DEI Collaborative, U-M Central Student Government, and SHEI Magazine. Additionally, the class collaborated with Professor Andy Kirshner and students in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance to produce a suite of videos distributed via social media and on the big screen at the Michigan Theater prior to Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series talks. The videos leveraged playful innuendo and humor to captivate college audiences to communicate essential information about voter registration, absentee ballots, and the importance of making a plan for Election Day.
I N P E R H A P S O N E O F T H E M O S T grassroots undertakings, the class received voter registration training and went to nearly every first-year class at Stamps to help register students using TurboVote. In these sessions, Voting is Sexy students provided informed guidance through the murkier terrain that most first-time voters away at college face: registering to vote while away from home. Reflecting on the experience of registering students in the classroom, Smotrich noted: “Faculty, who had been reiterating the importance of voter registration to their students, were surprised at the number of hands that shot up when our students came in and asked how many people still needed to get registered. This peer-to-peer engagement was important.” Overall, in both class visits and at pop-up events, the Voting is Sexy team registered nearly 100 voters. “We assumed that first-year students would need the most support around voter registration, but we learned throughout the process that upperclassmen needed support in this
area too,” said Gabriella Pascual (BA ’20). “Next time, we’ll make sure to target them in our efforts as well.” In addition to the registration efforts, Voting is Sexy students also hosted an “after hours” pizza/ballot research session. “We discovered that many college students don’t know some of the more logistical things about absentee voting,” said Manda Villarreal (BFA ’20). “For example, people need to know where they can get stamps on campus, since mailing things isn’t something college students do very often.” As a result, the team started another initiative with the school’s support called Stamps for Stamps: Postage stamps to mail registration applications and absentee ballots were made available free of charge. In partnership with other voter participation efforts across campus, the Voting is Sexy team played an integral role in creating an active culture of campus voters that drew national attention, including a Wolverine “shout-out” in Teen Vogue. The yield from these efforts was startingly successful: Precincts on the University of Michigan campus reported voter turnout that was 3.25 times higher in the 2018 midterm election than in 2014. Turnout for other precincts in Ann Arbor was 1.5 times higher than in 2014.
O N C E T H E E L E C T I O N H A D passed, Voting is Sexy faculty and students were able to conduct a thorough campaign postmortem, evaluating what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d like to do differently next time. Looking ahead, Rowden said, “We are interested in continuing this research, and plan to design a tool kit that can be used in other schools and colleges at the University of Michigan and nationwide.” “One of the biggest takeaways that I wasn’t expecting was seeing
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the importance of nonpartisan work,” reflected Alexa Gordon (BFA ’18). “I was kind of dreading that it was nonpartisan because I have my own strong convictions, but [being nonpartisan] was a really positive aspect of the class.
We didn’t have to focus on political views in order to draw interest. It could just be about the excitement of getting involved and participating — it’s about community and there’s something there that’s important too. Voting itself could be unifying.” MORE:
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Dressing Up & Down with Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist Claudia Bitran
In October 2018, students in Stamps Professor Rebekah Modrak’s Dressing Up & Down course collaborated with the U-M Synchronized Swimming Club and New York-based multimedia artist Claudia Bitran to recreate scenes from director James Cameron’s Titanic at U-M’s Canham Natatorium. Bitran was a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at the Stamps School, with project funding from Arts at Michigan, U-M Athletics, and the Stamps School’s Opportunity Fund.
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Bitran has been reinterpreting the film Titanic with an intentionally experimental shot-for-shot recreation. Her dynamic, long-term project has involved more than 500 participants from fifteen cities across Chile and the United States. SINCE 2014,
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This project challenges ideas that bigger budgets are better and calls for an appreciation of using humble, ordinary materials with humor and creativity,” Modrak said. “The project exposes artists and athletes from the U-M community to new perspectives of engagement and challenges their present notions of creating, performing, and collaborating.”
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Stamps School Names Brad Smith as New Associate Dean for Academic Programs
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Stamps Opens New Studio Suites
In July 2019, Stamps Professor Brad Smith was named the associate dean for academic programs at the Stamps School. Smith is a highly experienced administrator and educator, an accomplished researcher and creative practitioner, and a fully engaged citizen of the academy. His research and creative practice explore the moral, political, social, religious, and cultural status of the human embryo. Smith’s work embodies the school’s focus on interdisciplinary creative practice and scholarship. A sought-after mentor for students and faculty alike, Smith takes over this new role from Professor Elona Van Gent, who stepped down from the position following six years of excellent, dedicated service to the school.
In January 2019, the Stamps School unveiled the Stamps Studio Suites, a twolevel space containing five instructional studio spaces, including the Gorman Family Studio (room 1410) and the Janie Holley Fleckenstein Studio (room 2420); two seminar rooms; and two large spaces for learning and making, including a large collaborative first-floor work space, the Ann and Bob Aikens Commons. The second floor includes the Digital Work Commons, a space where students have access to state-of-the-art printing technologies. “Until now, we’ve felt hamstrung,” said Studio Coordinator Matthew Pritchard. “There are so many different and new technologies out there, but we’ve just had no place to house them.” The studios are the outcome of a tenmonth renovation process that launched in April 2018; the project leveraged the soaring ceilings of the former Work Commons space to create much-needed additional square footage. There will be an open house for the Studio Suites on Friday, September 27, 2019. MORE:
stamps.umich.edu/studiosuites
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Brightmoor Maker Space Open
In May 2019, the Brightmoor Maker Space hosted an open house to celebrate its first academic year in operation. The space is a 3,200-square-foot building on the campus of Detroit Community Schools (DCS) in the heart of Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood that is resourced to help students learn, share knowledge, and build entrepreneurial skills around the act of making.
Stamps and Brightmoor communities who stepped up to contribute through a crowdfunding campaign held on Patronicity’s website as part of its Public Spaces, Community Places program. MORE:
brightmoormakerspace.org
The maker space is the brainchild of Stamps Professor Nick Tobier and Bart Eddy, co-founder of DCS. Tobier and Eddy first worked together in 2009, when Tobier
During the 2015–16 academic year, the Stamps School of Art & Design, Sunbridge International Collaborative, and Detroit Community Schools spearheaded a campaign to raise more than $200,000 to renovate an outbuilding on the back of DCS’s 120,000-squarefoot former industrial property to become the Brightmoor Maker Space. Major contributors included the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and 147 members of the
Stamps Gallery Hosts First Symposium
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was seeking strong partners for his Change by Design course, part of the required engagement curriculum for Stamps students. In Change by Design, Stamps students and DCS high school students work together to create social impact through design and entrepreneurship.
In November 2018, Stamps Gallery hosted its inaugural symposium, Talking About a Revolution: Art, Design, and the Institution. Over the course of two days, the gallery hosted thirteen individual presentations; an exhibition tour; three panel discussions; a special performance titled Emergency Rave by Brendan Fernandes; and even a ping-pong tournament, thanks to Buster Simpson’s (BS Des ’66, MFA ’69) interactive installation Activating the Prussian Blue (Ping Pong Table). The symposium was programmed in conjunction with the Stamps Gallery exhibition Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire. MORE:
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Colleen Clark and Emanuel Papageorgiou Named GDUSA “Students to Watch”
Two Stamps students were featured in the February 2019 issue of Graphic Design USA (GDUSA), a magazine and digital media outlet for graphic design professionals. Both Colleen Clark (MDes ’20) and Emanuel Papageorgiou (BFA ’19) were profiled in GDUSA’s annual “Students to Watch” feature, identifying top design students in the country. In February 2019, Clark competed in the 2019 Rotman Design Challenge — a business design case competition where masterlevel students from leading business and design schools across the globe compete in a high-stakes, monthlong competition — taking second place with the competition’s only all-female team, including students from the Ross School of Business at U-M. In October 2018, Papageorgiou was named a national finalist to exhibit his work in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. His exhibit, Conceptualizing Campus Transportation, included a redesign of U-M’s transportation system, with electronic autonomous buses and a reimagined Central Campus Transit Terminal.
Stamps School Hosts New Media Caucus Conference and Exhibition
September 19–22, 2019, the Stamps School of Art & Design will host the New Media Caucus 2019 Symposium, Border Control. Bringing together artists and scholars to critically engage relevant topics, the symposium and coinciding exhibition — on view at Stamps Gallery from September 20 through November 10, 2019 — will explore how to navigate borders within one’s own practice or research. MORE:
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Stamps School Co-Organizes 2019 Ewha International Design Conference
In May 2019, the Stamps School coorganized the Ewha International Design Conference: Future Direction of Design Education at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The conference featured talks by Stamps School Dean Guna Nadarajan, Assistant Professor Deepa Butoliya, and Professor Elona Van Gent, as well as a workshop by Stamps Associate Professors Bruce and Stephanie Tharp. Attendees included design professors from the United States, Korea, Japan, and China who discussed emerging trends and future directions in design education.
Sandra Wiley Honored for Distinguished Service in International Education
In April 2019, U-M President Mark Schlissel presented the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education to Stamps Director of International Study Programs Sandra Wiley. The award recognizes the extraordinary efforts of U-M faculty and staff who keep the university on the leading edge of international education. “In order to honor our mission and to keep this university great, we must continue to foster connections on a global level,” Schlissel said. “Over the course of her career, Sandra Wiley has changed the lives of our students and fostered partnerships across the world.” MORE:
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2019 Witt Artist in Residence Exhibits in Detroit
Artist JuYeon Kim collaborated with students, faculty, and studio staff to create new work during her time as the 2019 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence at the Stamps School. An exhibition of this work, titled WiAn: White Garden with White Noise, will be on view from October 4 through November 2, 2019, at the Center Galleries (301 Frederick St., Detroit). Through her visually and auditorily immersive installation, Kim recognizes, illuminates, and honors the unimaginable suffering and enduring spirit of the Korean “comfort women� (wianbu in Korean) who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.
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School News Stamps Alumni Share Their Creative Trajectories
On Friday, November 2,
graduates for a wide variety
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initiatives at the Stamps
Rebekah Modrak Honored with 2019 Rogers Edge Award
Professor Rebekah Modrak was honored with the 2019 Rogers Edge Award, which recognizes a Stamps faculty member whose creative practice moves beyond disciplinary boundaries and brings together different kinds of people and ideas. The award was established in honor of Bryan Rogers (1941–2013), former dean of the Stamps School, whose curricular vision encompassed a new model for educating thinkers and makers, and whose own creative work navigated across and above disciplinary divides. In selecting Professor Modrak for this honor, the Executive Committee cited the impact and success of her Age of Humility project comprising a conference and a forthcoming book. Too, the committee noted her commitment to challenging accepted norms through her creative practice, and her success in encouraging students to step outside of their comfort zones. MORE:
Stephanie Tharp Honored with 2019 Richards Award
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Associate Professor Stephanie Tharp is the 2019 recipient of the Richards Award, which recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to the school during the past year in the areas of teaching, creative work, and service. The award was established by Stamps alumna Betsy Richards Horning in memory of her late husband, Dr. Robert D. Richards, a graduate of the U-M dental school. In selecting Professor Tharp for this honor, the Executive Committee cited her outstanding performance in each area recognized by the award, including the publication of her new book co-written with Associate Professor Bruce Tharp, Discursive Design: Critical, Speculative, and Alternative Things (MIT Press); recognition of teaching excellence through receiving the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize; and her wide range of service contributions.
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faculty updates
John Marshall A N D D E T R O I T S Q UA R E W I N 2 0 1 9 D I A P L A Z A / M I DTOW N C U LT U R A L C O N N E C T I O N S I N T E R N AT I O N A L D E S I G N C O M P E T I T I O N
John Marshall, Stamps associate professor, founding director of the MDes Integrative Design Program, and recipient of the 2019 Rackham Master’s Mentoring Award, is part of Detroit Square (DSQ), the team that proposed the winning design for the 2019 DIA Plaza/Midtown Cultural Connections international design competition. The international design competition was launched in 2017 by the DIA and Midtown Detroit to unite twelve cultural and educational institutions, creating a walkable, unified cultural district that will connect the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History; College for Creative Studies; Detroit Historical Museum; Detroit Institute of Arts; Detroit Public Library; Hellenic Museum of Michigan; International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit; Michigan Science Center Complex; Midtown Detroit, Inc.; The Scarab Club; University of Michigan; and Wayne State University. All told, forty-four submissions from more than ten countries and twenty-two cities were narrowed down to three finalist teams, who presented their ideas to a panel of judges in January. Some ideas from the team’s radical proposal include plans for a “data jockey booth” to serve as a hub for both performance and technology infrastructure; a “canopy”— or series of domes enclosed in glass — that would serve as additional exhibition and event space outside of the DIA, a “Respect Cafe” outside of the Charles Wright Museum of African American History that pays homage to the late Aretha Franklin; and a “public living room” at the Detroit Library. Other members of DSQ include Cézanne Charles, Marshall’s partner at the Detroit-based design studio rootoftwo, LLC; Agence Ter, a landscape and urban design studio based in Paris; Harley Etienne, an urban planner and assistant professor of urban and regional planning at U-M; and Anya Sirota and Jean Louis Farges of Akoaki, a Detroit-based architecture and urban design studio. Sirota is also an associate professor at Taubman College.
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“We’ve all been working with these communities for so long, and we feel the perspectives of all the people that we’ve worked with need to be represented,” Marshall said of the project. “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and we feel the weight of this responsibility.” stamps. umich.edu/ creative-work/ stories/dia-plaza MORE:
Sun Young Park R EC E I V E S H E A LT H CA R E R E S E A R C H G R A N T
Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Sun Young Park received a grant worth more than $612,000 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for her work to address diagnostic errors within the emergency departments of American hospitals. A human-computer interaction and design researcher, Park is working in partnership with an investigative team of physicians and engineers from the University of Michigan and Mayo Clinic. Together, the team aims to study diagnostic decisionmaking processes and identify potential factors that lead to diagnostic errors in emergency care settings. This research will lead to the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to help health care professionals minimize the root causes of misdiagnosis. With roughly 7 million cases of diagnostic errors in American emergency departments annually, Park believes that improvements can be made.
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Allen Samuels
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PEOPLE CUT FOOD WITH
The University of MichiganDearborn’s Center for Arab American Studies (CAAS) presents Halal Metropolis, a series of exhibitions by Stamps Professor, MFA Program Director, and artist Osman Khan; photographer Razi Jafri; and historian Sally Howell. The project explores the facts, fictions, and dreams of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The project will culminate in an exhibition that will unfold in multiple venues throughout Southeast Michigan — including Stamps Gallery — from June 2019 through October 2020. This project is supported by the Knight Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, and the Michigan Humanities Council. MORE:
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Joe Trumpey P R O F I L E D BY B I G T E N N E T WO R K
From January through August 2019, the Big Ten Network, a news outlet dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports, broadcast a profile of Stamps Professor Joe Trumpey and an eco-building he designed and erected with twenty University of Michigan students in his Green Building course during the spring and summer of 2018. Located on the Campus Farm, near U-M’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the building is U-M’s only 100 percent solar powered, natural building. MORE:
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ONE HAND
In 2018, Stamps Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus Allen Samuels designed a set of dishes that secure food within V-shaped raised walls to help people who have use of only one hand cut their food. According to Samuels, people who have Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease, have had a stroke, been in accidents, or face other challenges are often able to use only one hand, making everyday tasks difficult or impossible. The walls of his dishes enable a user to cut food with a downward and pulling motion using one hand and a knife. The V-shaped raised walls contain the food as it is cut into smaller portions until the last and smallest portion is consumed. Samuels continues to create designs for people who are elderly, disabled, or victims of natural disasters.
V-shaped raised walls contain the food as it is cut into smaller portions in this set of dishes designed by Allen Samuels.
Sophia Brueckner A RT F O R U M C R I T I C S’ P I C K
In 2018, Stamps Assistant Professor Sophia Brueckner’s work was featured in Unscripted Interfaces, an exhibition with Tara Kelton at GALLERYSKE in Bangalore, curated by Marialaura Ghidini. Brueckner’s work was noted by Artforum magazine as a Critic’s Pick.
“Kelton is joined by artist Sophia Brueckner, a former Silicon Valley software engineer. In Brueckner’s Captured by an Algorithm, 2012, eight Japanese porcelain plates are lovingly ornamented with ‘Kindle Popular Highlights’ from romance novels. ‘All she wanted was to matter,’ reads one in italics that curve over lightly dabbled pink and red roses, ‘to be more than an opportunity.’”
Rebekah Modrak W R I T E S F O R M S . M AG A Z I N E
In a feature article titled “How One University Is Leading the Fight Against Campus Rape Culture — by Way of a Public Reckoning,” published in April 2019 in Ms. magazine, Stamps School Professor Rebekah Modrak reveals how artist Traci Molloy’s portrait series Against My Will, featuring survivors of sexual assault and harassment at Alfred University, helped campus administrators to advocate for change around this campus issue.
Holly Hughes V I S I T I N G F E L LOW AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY
In 2019, Stamps Professor Holly Hughes was named a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University. While in residence, she gave an original performance and presented her most recent research project, Indelible in the Hippocampus: Christine Blasey Ford, Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, and Feminist Endurance Performances.
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the development of a culturally and ethnically diverse U-M community. Eglash’s primary academic work, African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design, was a new milestone in opposing racist portraits and “primitive” stereotypes.
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In 2018, Stamps Professor Endi Poskovic presented Call Me Ishmael: Endi Poskovic New Works, a solo exhibition at Gallery 72 (1806 Vinton St., Omaha, Nebraska). Through his creative practice, Poskovic seeks to construct representations that suggest broader themes of displacement, exile, memory, and reconciliation. Poskovic’s new works, the eloquently disquieting Crossing Series and Dream Series, are avatars of his ongoing explorations between the analog and digital realms, which converge according to pillars of the printed image: multiplicity, seriality, and translation.
Phoebe Gloeckner E D I T S T H E B E ST A M E R I C A N CO M I C S 2 01 8
Phoebe Gloeckner, associate professor at Stamps and creator of the book Diary of a Teenage Girl, was the guest editor for the 2018 edition of The Best American Comics (Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt). The latest collection includes work selected from the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics language today. MORE:
Heidi Kumao N A M E D FAC U LT Y F E L LOW AT I N ST I T U T E F O R H U M A N I T I E S
The Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships for the Reflecting on a way of life unaffected by temporality yet devastated by violent events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country of his birth, Poskovic’s Crossing Series and Dream Series serve as an allegory, penetrating into the idea of reconstructive and reflective “nostalgia,” dissecting the themes of exile, diaspora, cultural memory, and national identity.
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Deepa Butoliya L E A D S STA M P S T E A M I N 2 0 1 9 BIODESIGN CHALLENGE FINALS
Stamps Assistant Professor Deepa Butoliya led a team of U-M students to the finals at the 2019 Biodesign Challenge Summit in New York City. The Biodesign Challenge is an international student competition and educational program in which participants design bold, new, applicable ways to harness living systems and biotechnology to address challenges of the twentyfirst century. Butoliya’s student team, Gnosis, used biodesign to address the detection and destigmatization of sexually transmitted infections. At the challenge, Gnosis competed against thirty-six teams from nine countries around the world. MORE:
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Ron Eglash RECEIVE S HAROLD R. J OHN SON D I V E R S I T Y S E RV I C E AWA R D
“I love comics. Comics are a perfect language, robustly evolving and expanding like any other living language,” Gloeckner said.
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In April 2019, six University of Michigan faculty members received 2019 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards from the Office of the Provost, including Ron Eglash, professor at the School of Information and the Stamps School. The award, given in honor of Harold Johnson, dean emeritus of the School of Social Work, is an annual celebration of faculty whose service contributes to
2019–20 academic year to nine U-M faculty members, including Stamps Professor Heidi Kumao. The Faculty Fellowship Program at the Institute for the Humanities provides faculty members with a release from teaching and service duties to pursue their research interests. Fellows are in residence at the institute for the full academic year, becoming members of a vibrant interdisciplinary community of creators, scholars, and researchers. Past fellows from the Stamps School include Phoebe Gloeckner and Jim Cogswell. During the 2019–20 academic year, Kumao will focus on her project Real and Imagined: Animating the Spaces Between Us. Using experimental animations, poseable puppets, and sewn drawings, Real and Imagined gives physical form to emotion, memory, and relationship dynamics. By translating these intangible experiences into visual narratives, it challenges viewers to rethink the vocabulary used to tell personal stories. Serving as a bridge between different fields of inquiry, this project explores the intersection of visual storytelling, mechanical sculpture, and cognitive science through a feminist lens. By focusing on representations and experiences of (older) women, it seeks to redress their absence from most art, technology, and popular culture. Work produced during this fellowship year will be exhibited in a solo gallery exhibition in 2020 in New York City.
alumni news
Guna Nadarajan C U R AT E S B O O K M A R K S EXHIBITION
During the spring of 2019, Guna Nadarajan, dean of the Stamps School, curated a multivenue exhibition of site-specific installations, performances, interventions, and events titled Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library. Organized in partnership with the University of Michigan Library, the U-M Office for Research, and the U-M Office of the Provost, Bookmarks brought together work by U-M faculty, staff, and students. Located in several places within Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Hatcher Graduate Library, and the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, the exhibition prompted viewers to consider what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? MORE:
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Audrey Bennett
Envision:
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(BFA ’69 and MA ’70) is committed to fostering a vibrant arts community in the state of Michigan. As an Eastern Michigan University art professor for seventeen years (1969–85), Wilt organized and facilitated numerous community-engaged projects in Ann Arbor that empowered first-time and emerging artists to show their work. It was not until she retired and was well into her seventies that she turned her focus to her own art practice, culminating in a solo retrospective at Stamps Gallery in 2018. Now, in her ninety-eighth year, Wilt is on a mission to shine a new spotlight on the incredible talent in the state. Together with Stamps Gallery Director Srimoyee Mitra, Wilt has organized Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative. With an open call for work launching in March 2020 and a jury comprised of artists and curators, Envision will culminate with an exhibition that features the work of three to five finalists at Stamps Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor January 13–February 28, 2021. The winner of the exhibition will receive a $5,000 prize. “I found out how hungry people are to express themselves and how good they are,” Wilt said about the initiative.
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ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF D I V E R S I T Y A N D I N C LU S I O N , C O L L E G E A R T A S S O C I AT I O N
Audrey Bennett, professor at the Stamps School, was recently elected to serve as the vice president of diversity and inclusion for the College Art Association. As a member of the board of directors, Bennett will represent the membership and the best interests of the CAA to include individuals who reflect core factors of balance and diversity vis-à-vis discipline, subfield, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, and geography. As the preeminent international leadership organization in the visual arts, the College Art Association promotes these arts and their understanding through advocacy, intellectual engagement, and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners. MORE:
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There are so many artists in Michigan that are excellent and need to be recognized.” M A R C H 2 0 2 0 : call for work A P R I L 2 0 2 0 : submission deadline J U LY 2 0 2 0 : finalists announced JA N UA RY 1 3 – F E B R UA RY 2 8 , 2 0 2 1 : exhibition JA N UA RY 1 5 , 2 0 2 1 : public opening and award ceremony S TAY T U N E D F O R M O R E D E TA I L S :
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alumni spotlight
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Given all of the issues facing our culture today, there is an onus on companies like us to do their part, stand for something more, and make an impact on the world around them.
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Aaron Wolk
(BFA ’03)
Co-Founder + Chief Creative Officer, Bombas
Founded in 2013, Bombas is a highquality, digitally native apparel company that makes “the most comfortable socks in the history of feet,” while donating a pair of socks to homeless shelters for each pair sold. With more than 25 million pairs of socks donated to date across the US, in April Bombas also announced its launch of T-shirts with a similar mission. Why does social entrepreneurship matter? A I believe in today’s world it is the responsibility of all companies to exist beyond just a bottom line. Private businesses have a unique ability to influence change on levels that government is not always able to. Given all of the issues facing our culture today, there is an onus on companies like us to do their part, stand for something more, and make an impact on the world around them.
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I am proud that this has continued to be a driving force behind Bombas. We started the company when we learned that socks are the No. 1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters — an issue that wasn’t being addressed otherwise. Our ability to focus on something small has allowed us to make a big impact on that issue and get 20 million pairs of socks on the feet of those who need them most.
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Who is your design hero? A Paul Rand. In my opinion, he is the master and no one’s work holds up better over time. Throughout his life he created some of the best and most iconic logos and identity systems and his use of type, shapes, and color is unparalleled. Even today, his clean, Swiss approach looks fresh and exciting and still serves as a major inspiration for me and my work.
What gets you out of bed in the morning? A Literally and figuratively my kids get me out of bed in the morning. I have two little girls who motivate me to be better. Everything I do is for them, my wife, Maggie (also a Michigan grad, BA ’03), and my family. I try to provide a good life for them as well as show them that we can collectively make the world a little better.
And after I drop the girls off at school each morning, it’s the growth of the company, our commitment to giving back to the community, and the tremendous team that we’ve built that continues to inspire me.
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alumni updates
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Work by W I L L I A M C R O S BY (BS Des ‘61, MFA ‘63) was featured in several recent exhibitions. In May 2018, the Portland Art Gallery in Portland, Maine, hosted 60/80, a solo exhibit of paintings celebrating both sixty years of painting and Crosby’s eightieth birthday. In September 2018, Crosby was awarded Best of Show at a regional juried show held by the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Crosby’s work was featured in a three-artist group show at the Portland Art Gallery in August 2019 and a solo exhibit of paintings was to be displayed at the Strand Center in September 2019. Crosby’s paintings are also shown year-round at Harbor Square Gallery in Rockland, Maine; J. Todd Gallery in Wellesley, Mass.; Chatham Fine Art in Chatham, Mass.; Martin Gallery in Charleston, S.C.; and the Stafford Gallery in Healdsburg, Calif. His work can also be seen online at wmc-art.com. S T E P H A N I E WA R B U R G (BS Des ‘63)
was awarded a June 2019 residency from the Cill Rialaig Project, a retreat for artists, musicians, and writers in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland. Warburg’s paintings are carried by L’Attitude Gallery in Boston, Gingerbread Square Gallery in Key West, Fla., and online at Saatchi Art.
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L E S L I E N O B L E R ’s (BFA ‘80)
digital-fiber mixed-media work was featured in an international solo exhibit at the Naess Gallery of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on view from mid-July through August 2019. In 2018, Nobler created a new work for an international juried show in Seoul, South Korea, which was shown there last summer as part of the Korea Bojagi Forum exhibition. Detail of digital-fiber mixedmedia work by Leslie Nobler.
The work of Stamps alumna M I C H E L E O K A D O N E R (BS Des
’66, MFA ’68, Honorary DFA ’16) was shown in two solo New York exhibitions in 2018, Michele Oka Doner: Stringing Sand on Thread at Adler Beatty gallery and Strategic Misbehavior at Tower 49 Gallery. Both exhibitions featured strong themes of the natural world, expressed through a wide range of media. Oka Doner is also the 2019 New York City Botanical Gardens Artist in Residence.
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With a network of over 580,000 alumni living across the globe, Michigan’s influence on the world has been anything but ordinary — and Stamps alums play an incredibly vibrant role in that community. Your travels, exhibitions, career paths, and creative endeavors serve as an inspiration to wolverines everywhere. These stories are just some of the incredible projects that Stamps alums have been up to.
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K E N A P T E K A R (BFA ’73) was part
of a group show at Wasserman Projects in Detroit titled Portray from January 25 through March 23, 2019. The exhibition brought together fourteen artists working in a variety of media who combine the classical and the contemporary in their work through playful juxtaposition and innovative approaches to portraiture. WA LT E R G R I G G S (BFA ‘75)
recently released a tote bag design featuring his photograph of an energetic night scene on Ann Arbor’s State Street. More information is available online at shopvida.com/products/1990sstate-street.
In January 2019, M A R K DZ I E R S K (BFA ‘81) was elected partner at McKinsey & Company. McKinsey Design is the creative arm of McKinsey & Company and one of the largest design organizations in the world. Dziersk is a recognized expert in industrial design and brand management and responsible for more than one hundred design patents. Over his twenty-year career, he has won several design awards, including Red Dot, IDEA Gold, and ID Best of Category. Dziersk is a former president of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and the current editor of its Innovation magazine. Work by F R A N C I E H E S T E R (BFA ‘82) was featured in Suspending, a new solo exhibit at Susan Eley Fine Art in New York from April 18 through May 31, 2019. J U L E S P I E R I (BFA ’82) recently
wrote and published her first book, How We Make Stuff Now. Drawing from her own entrepreneurial experiences as well as insight from hundreds of companies, Pieri created this book as a DIY step-by-step guide for aspiring entrepreneurs. She covers topics ranging from creating and launching new products, to packaging and marketing to consumers, to building a thriving business. As co-founder and CEO
of The Grommet, a product launch platform that helps innovative products reach a community of millions, Pieri is well-versed in the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Prints by G A B R I E L L A B O R O S (BFA ‘83) were featured in several exhibits in the last year in the United States and abroad. Her print Tehillim was included in Spinoza, Marrano of Reason, a group show in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, curated by the Jewish Art Salon and held in March and April 2019. A series of three botanical prints were also included in The Healing Power of Plants: The Art of Stephanie Rose Bird and Gabriella Boros at the Brushwood Art Center in Riverwoods, Ill., in March and April 2019. And the seven-print series Requiem was included in the Jewish Artists Collective of Chicago group show Expressions of Defiance at Northern Illinois University in April 2019. Boros’ prints were created specifically for a performance of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín. Boros has a solo show at Galleri Allergi in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 2019. Boros also recently finished an international collaboration with Paul Bloomer, a multimedia artist and university educator in the Shetland Islands. C H R I S R A M S AY (BFA ‘83) received
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J U D I T H E N R I G H T ’s (BFA ‘85) series
The Sounds of Music was displayed at the Greater Flint Arts Council’s Michigan Artists Invitational from June 8 to July 7, 2018, in Flint, Mich. The collection of twelve oil paintings depicts the symbolism between musical instruments and jewels.
H E I D I DAU P H I N (BFA ‘92, MFA ‘01)
recently completed Solterra Suns, a public art project created for the city of Avondale, Ariz., under the Percentfor-Art in Private Development program. This is Dauphin’s seventh major public art piece in the Phoenix metro area. She has worked in public art for the last fifteen years and also continues to work on private commissions for homes and businesses. For more on Dauphin and her work, visit heididauphin.blogspot.com.
TO M Z A R O F F (BFA ‘85) was
selected for an honorable mention at the 2019 West Michigan Art Competition, presented by LowellArts and juried by Rufus Snoddy, professor of art at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Mich. In fall 2019, F R E D E R I C K B I R K H I L L (BFA ‘86) will be featured in an artist monograph titled The Glassworks of Frederick Birkhill, published by The Artist Book Foundation. The retrospective of Birkhill’s work was photographed by Henry Leutwyler and includes essays from leading authorities from the world of glass, including Samantha De Tillio from the Museum of Arts and Design in New York; Amy Schwartz from The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass; Dr. Dedo von Kerssenbrock from The Dusseldorf Glass Museum; and Toronto-based artists Dr. Doreen Reid and Stuart Reid. Plans for a new exhibit of Birkhill’s work to coincide with the book’s release are underway.
This piece by Heidi Dauphin is located at the entrance of Bridgewater Assisted Living. Inspired by a quilt design called “Mariner’s Compass,” it consists of two large panels suspended between columns on each side of the facility’s entranceway. Each panel is comprised of handmade ceramic tiles in shades of yellow and orange with a blue background.
N I C O L E P E R S L E Y ’s (BFA ‘92) story of
learning that her grandfather — also a U-M alum — was African American was featured in the U-M Bentley Library’s fall 2018 Collections magazine. Persley grew up in Virginia and always assumed she was white. But after graduating from U-M in 1992, her personal research uncovered evidence that her grandfather was African American. Years later, a genetic test confirmed it. Dr. Alonzo Bond Persley graduated in 1915 from U-M Medical School and was Persley’s paternal grandfather. Previous articles on Persley’s discovery have been featured in The Washington Post, on the BBC, and in The Detroit News. The story will be explored in an upcoming documentary, which also features Persley’s original paintings reflecting her African American heritage.
a 2019 Governor’s Arts Award from the state of Oklahoma in April 2019. Ramsay was honored with an Arts in Education Award, which recognizes “an individual, organization, school, educator, or group for their outstanding leadership and service in the arts benefiting youth and/ or arts in education.” The awards were presented by Governor Kevin Stitt during a special ceremony at the state Capitol. Recipients are selected from submitted nominations by the Governor’s Arts Awards Selection Committee, which is comprised of members of the Oklahoma Arts Council board.
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In 2018, K R I S TA R E AY B E R M A N (BFA ‘91) was invited to create site-specific artwork to fill a newly constructed, 7,000-square-foot home to be featured in the Orlando Parade of Homes. Reay Berman spent six months working in several media and in close communication with the home’s builder, architect, construction manager, and interior designer to create sculptures, paintings, photography, and found object assemblages that complement each room of the contemporary house by E2 Homes and Michael Wenrich Architects.
in the Midwest by Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor, Wis. The series was featured in July and August 2019 in a show at the gallery called The Cover Is Not the Book, which highlighted work that incorporates unique materials to produce art that may not be as it seems at first glance.
‘95) work is on display as part of Post-Human: The 5th International Exhibition on New Media Art at the CICA Museum in South Korea. Callas is exhibiting part of her 3D-printed Eco-Portrait series. To see work from the series, follow Callas on Instagram: instagram.com/k_callas.
M A R C S I R I N S K Y ’s (BFA ‘97) work
has been included in many recent exhibitions, including Black/White and Art + Science at A Smith Gallery, a contemporary photography space in Johnson City, Texas. His work was also included in the January and February/March 2019 issues of F-Stop Magazine. Sirinsky’s Connatural series is now represented
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Forbes Magazine profiled Stamps alumna C H E L S E A N E M A N N A S S I B (BFA ’10) in a January 2019 feature titled “How the Millennial Founder of Tappan Is Bringing Art to a Digital Generation.” In the article, senior contributor Karen Eldor interviews Neman Nassib about how she is supporting artists and bringing art back into the everyday conversation. J O H N K A N N E N B E R G ’s (MFA
K I M B E R LY ( E WA L D ) CA L L A S ’ (BFA
In January 2019, S H A N E WA R D (BFA ’96), creative director of footwear at DKNY and G.H. Bass (G-III Apparel Group), led a shoe design workshop for Stamps students. Additionally, Ward organized a shoe design competition for Stamps students. Two winners — Zachary Williams (BFA ‘22) and Alexa Deford (BFA ‘20) — were selected for an allexpenses-paid trip to NYC in April 2019 to create a tech package and CADs of their design for prototype review by the men’s and women’s design teams at DKNY. Learn more at stamps.umich.edu/creative-work/ stories/finding-the-perfect-fit.
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Kimberly Callas’ work will also be featured in the new book New Media Art 2020, scheduled to be published in December 2019 and available in major bookstores in South Korea and the United States, as well as online.
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As founding designer, P E T E R B A K E R (BFA ‘00) created the
brand — including the company name — and early product design for Ann Arbor-based cybersecurity company Duo Security, which was acquired by Cisco Systems for $2.35 billion in October 2018. The company was founded by fellow U-M alumni Dug Song and Jon Oberheide. Its sale is considered one of the largest acquisitions of a venture capital-backed start-up in Michigan history.
‘12) The Museum of Portable Sound project was featured at London’s Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum as part of a Friday Late event called Sonic Boom! in February 2019. The event featured artists, researchers, and curators presenting and discussing sound works and their relationships with museums. Kannenberg gave a presentation on his “museum” and the sounds of other museums in a panel discussion with V&A Research Institute Visiting Professor Eric de Visscher and V&A Senior Curator of Design and Digital Corinna Gardner. Following the presentation, Kannenberg’s museum was available for guided tours. The Museum of Portable Sound consists of a single mobile phone filled with Kannenberg’s field recordings, which have been categorized and curated following museum-style taxonomies. The phone is accompanied by a 200page gallery guide, designed and written to include the object labels and didactic texts normally found inside a traditional museum. More information on the museum is at museumofportablesound.com. J U L I E T H I N E LY (MFA ’14) is
producing the first podcast collaboration for Michigan Radio and NPR, “Believed,” an eight-part podcast series about the women who brought down Larry Nassar, the former Olympics sports doctor
found guilty of sexually abusing young girls and patients for more than twenty years. The podcast was honored with a Peabody in the Radio & Podcast category in 2018. Since graduating from the
The Unknown
In 2018, S H A N E DA RW E N T (MFA ’17) was featured in Artforum’s “Critics’ Picks” section for his exhibition Shane Darwent: Flat End Dome, on view at Spencer Brownstone Gallery in New York.
by A H D E L A H T I (BS Des ‘65, MFA ‘68) An excerpt of a performance piece on the 2017 Thomas Fire in Ojai, California.
Stamps MFA program, Hinely has created immersive and interactive audio tours for Detour in San
Critic Wallace Ludel wrote: “One thing I love about Shane Darwent’s show here, his first at the gallery, is that it feels uniquely American — imbued with a plainspoken sentimentality for this country’s rural and suburban spaces.”
Francisco; produced comedy and education podcasts for Audible; and edited, produced, and sound designed a number of independent podcasts and audio works. She is based in Ypsilanti, Mich., where she is a freelance story producer, co-curates the live listening event series Radio Campfire, and hosts a small audio artist residency called The Listen Inn. Buildup Mobile, a nonprofit founded by J O H N M C I N E R N E Y (BFA ’16), was profiled in MLive. Through Buildup Mobile, McInerney brings custom carts brimming with Lego robot kits to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in an effort to help pediatric patients experience fun, interactive elements of STEAM education from their patient rooms during their hospital stays.
Detail of Jon Verney’s work, made from a chance-driven process of deconstructing photographic emulsion.
We never expected it to consume us. It was only an abstract concept. Returning to smoldering landscapes. Somewhere between day and night the essence of mind revolved. Not constructively but circumferential in its stuttering halting progress. To read the full performance piece and learn more about Ahde Lahti’s work, visit lahtidesign.com.
Work by J O N V E R N E Y (MFA ’16) was featured in Rive, a solo exhibition at SACI New York Gallery in Chelsea, N.Y., from February 7 through April 25, 2019. Centered on themes of entropy and transformation, Rive presented a selection of works made from a chance-driven process of deconstructing photographic emulsion. The source material for this work is a collection of found Polaroid photographs. These photos are at once wondrous and melancholic, precious and unremarkable. Sourced online and long untethered from their original owners, these snapshots feel frozen in an inarticulate stasis, but also full of material potential to release. S U B M I T Y O U R N E W S T O D AY: stamps.umich.edu/news/submit
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supporters
Be the Change The mission of the Stamps School is to prepare the next generation of artists and designers for the unique challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. We can’t do it without your support — and every dollar counts.
Charitable gifts to the Stamps School support any number of needs, including: → Scholarship support → Studio and facilities support → International study stipends → Internship and career development programs and opportunities → Expanded teaching and learning opportunities that foster community engagement → Cutting-edge creative tools and technologies → Stamps exhibitions and programs To make a gift today,
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remembering
In Memoriam Noel Ahlers
Elaine Baker Betty Blair
Ulises Lopez
B Des 1942
Jacquin Brendle
BS Des 1953
BFA 1997
MFA 1968
Roger Core
BS Des 1934
B Des 1949
Arlene MacDonald
B Des 1941
Susan Blankenship Lee Collet
Grover Logan
BS Des 1958
Dorothy Maxwell
BS Des 1939
Marla Mehlman
BFA 1989
Sally Merriman
B Des 1941
Ilo Michael
BS Des 1957
B Des 1949
B Des 1939
Laura Delcampo
B Des 1945
Irene Myers
Frances Derleth
B Des 1948
Don Nibbelink
B Des 1938
Philip Nichols
BS Des 1958
M. Jane Doyle Linda Dupre
B Des 1943
BS Des 1961
Aethelred Eldridge
Dorothy Garnsey
B Des 1952; MS Des 1957
B Des 1941
BS Des 1964
Phyllis Ponvert
MFA 1978
Faruk Sabuncu
B Des 1945
William Sellers
MFA 1962 B Des 1940
Judith Goings
BS Des 1964
Mary Standart
Carl Guldberg
B Des 1940
J. Douglas Stewart
Quidabon Heagy
MFA 1942
Maxine Howard
B Des 1939
Peter Kempf John Koshy
BS Des 1934
Lilykate Light
Martha Sullivan Green
L. Allen Tarbell
BFA 1980
BS Des 1960
BS Des 1964; MFA 1966
B Des 1949
Franklin Thompson
BFA 1976
Carolyn Lawrence
BS Des 1955
B Des 1936
Frank Vogler
B Des 1949
Ben Wampler
B Des 1939
Vera Willis
B Des 1949
Penny W. Stamps BS Des 1966; DFA Hon 2018
Alumna, design professional, arts advocate, philanthropist, and friend Penny W. Stamps (1944–2018) dedicated herself to elevating opportunities for the culture-makers of tomorrow. In 2012, the U-M Board of Regents named the School of Art & Design in her honor, creating the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Learn more: stamps.umich.edu/penny
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donor honor roll
Donors make a world of good things happen at the Stamps School. Our thanks to all of the alumni, parents, and friends listed here.
Every. Dollar. Counts.
Donor Honor Roll of Cash Gifts July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019 BY CLASS YEAR
1943
M. Jane Doyle* 1946
Lyn Silberman Terry Thall Gloria Walter
Ellen Rontal Cynthia Yates
1958
1966
Anneli Arms Bill Barrett Merl Grossmeyer Charles Hanton Karen Masaki Paulette Muir Carolyn Rosen William Zandi
Judith Balice Harlan Bloomer Elaine Cummings Sylvia Godwin Christine Kennedy Bettyann Seltzer Pober Joan Rosenstein Penny W. Stamps* Nancy Taylor
Leah Bird Gloria Gardiner Helen Geglio Kathleen Graddy Mary Lum Priscilla Mead Karen Romer Wendy Thon Barbara Winer
1959
Joan Amberg David Darst Marilyn Sharrow
Deborah Arbogast Walter Griggs Therese Smith Martha Zimmermann
1960
1968
1976
Ellen Childs Sandra Smith Suzanne Sugar
Virginia Gustafson Camille Serre
1961
Susan Brown Steven Cole Sara-Linn Harwin Linda Hinkle Susan Longini Kathleen Shanahan Judi Simon Sandra Whalen Ellen Wilt
Mary Brunsvold Patricia Crosby William Crosby Donald Dierkes 1962
1963
L. Allen Tarbell*
1953
Margaret Hamil Diane Raban Robin Russell Judith Schwarzer Cheryl Webb Scott Irene Shen Susan Smucker Wagstaff
Harold Langell
1964
1954
Patricia Jackunas Rosemary Malbin Stevan Melzian Frederick Neu Sylvia Pixley Donella Vogel Sandra Zisman
Carol Bernstein Robert Herhusky Jeanne Tennent
W. Sue Auch Rodney Pistilli Rosemarie Simonton 1955
Barbara Patterson Edward Patterson Elton Robinson Clair Smith 1956
Carol DeBolt Eikenbery James Lambert I N D I C AT E S D E C E A S E D A L U M N U S
1975
1967
1949
1952
1974
Albert Encols Joachim Petzoldt Robert Sedestrom Margaret Wolverton
William Lewis
1948
*
Russell Thayer Janet Watkins
Carol Epkins Janet Johnson Jack Kelley Georgia Mackinder Rene Murray
Evelyn Montgomery Jean Thompson
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1957
1965
Richard Burd Penny Eppy Jane Fink Nancy House Paul Shortt
1969
1970
Elizabeth Cowan Jane Fitzgerald Abner Hershberger Nancy Kott Diane Linn Amelia Wilks 197 1
Martin Bernstein Mary Bloom Michael Hoeft Mary Kramer Cindy Van Lieu 1972
Mary Bandyke Marilyn Bennett Peter Glaberman Paul Mindell Gwen Schagrin Christopher Van Allsburg Lisa Van Allsburg 1973
Elaine Mouradian Bob Riddle
Nancy Campbell Karen Copeland-Weinstein Peter Gilleran Suzanne Hodges Nicholas Merrick Cathy Muha Gail Rosenbloom-Kaplan Leslie Rousseau 1977
Paula Bowers John Maxwell Shaun Merrick Molly Schlosser Mary Tobin 1978
Laura Bryant Shelley Doppelt Holtzman Joan Rosenberg-Dent Cheryl Stewart 1979
Martha Beffel William Burgard Cary Sheremet 1980
Ellen Bourgon Jane Goldfarb John Guthrie Martha Guthrie Leslie Nobler James Treadwell Cynthia Wilhelm 1981
Pamela Becker Randi Gerber-Katz Paul Willeto Michael Wilson Leslie Jones Zeller
1982
1993
2015
$10,000+
Carol Gagliardi Beth Hay Susan Kozik Janet Love Sherri Moore-Ratcliffe Therese Panfil Nancy Rabitoy Lisa Sloan Krysten Wall
Anonymous Roberto Ty
Chris Ford
1994
Rachel Pierson
Catherine Jung Ellen Manson
1995
2017
Anonymous Murside and Donald Jean Ellen and Eugene Rontal Susan and Michael Rontal Susan Smucker Wagstaff and Reid Wagstaff Aaron and Margaret Wolk Leslie Jones Zeller and Paul Zeller
1983
Amy Peck Abraham David Glaze Michael Kolbrener Laura Segal Deborah Trent Maureen Vachon Alicia Van Pelt 1984
Kate Kolbrener Carla Newman 1985
Sandra Bergsten Michael Collins Christine Kierstead Nancy Lorenz Catherine Selin 1986
John Haines Lisa Haines Jacqueline Shields Julia Smith Catherine VanVoorhis 1987
Amy Miller Michael Kanemoto Pamela Lacroix
Ruth Burke Albert Foo Emily Mylrea Kai Yu
1997
2018
Joel Jacobs Kristin Kubacki Jodie Mrak Emily Taub Webb
2019
1996
Andrea Levy Holly Meers
1998
Noriko Hashimoto Darren Wolfberg 1999
Andrew McFinton Emily Linn 2001
J. Brett Grill
Donor Honor Roll of Cash Gifts July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019
2002
BY AMOUNT
Ann Aikens 2003
Kristina Capiak Brianna Roberts Aaron Wolk Rebecca Zemans 2004
1988
2006
Jessica Stilger Edward Somand 2007
$500,000+
Penny W.* and E. Roe Stamps $100,000+
Ann Aikens Private Family $50,000+
Ann Van Duyne
Todd Larson Samara Pearlstein
Anonymous Lisa and Timothy Sloan Anthony and Sandra Tamer Lisa and Christopher Van Allsburg Ellen Wilt
1990
2011
$20,000+
Amy Charlson Mori Insinger Carol Lehman
Sean Darby
1989
Vanessa Shkuda 2008
2013
Michael Gatto Tanya Mathis
Courtney Alexander Hannah Hillier Emily Sajewski Shayna Sell
1992
2014
Beverly Weitzner Bartfeld Michele Trombley
Isabel Cohen Rita Lee
1991
$5,000+
Bill and Debora Barrett Jayusia and Alan Bernstein Harlan Bloomer Adele Fiorillo Anne and Brewster Gere Virginia and Peter Gustafson Sally and William Martin Jennifer and Andrew Mutz Rodney and Frederick Pistilli Laura Segal and Steven Lin Ilene and Marc Steglitz Deborah and Steven Trent Kristine Trustey $2,500+
2000
Linda Banks Julie Renner Anonymous Marguerite Aitken Monique Bromberg Tracy Buescher Jeffrey Knurek
2016
Anonymous Pamela Fontana and John Sconzo Lee and Trevor Ganshaw Rosa and Daniel Levy William Solomon Farrel and Steven Starker L. Allen Tarbell* Jing Wang
Deborah and Stephen Arbogast Beverly Weitzner Bartfeld and Daniel Bartfeld Susan and John Brown James Dicke J. Ira and Nicki Harris Mark and Janette High Viviana and Robert Holzer Louis Lomonaco Jane and Ronald Olson Kristen and Thomas Roberts Lyn Silberman and Stephen Dantzig $1,000+
Anonymous Marguerite Aitken and Carl Falkenstern Linda Banks Richard and Virginia Burd Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Julia Darlow and John O’Meara Deborah and George Greer Nancy Heers Shelley Doppelt Holtzman and Jeffrey Holtzman Mary Lynn Kramer Myra Larson William and Garland Lewis Tristin and Martin Mannion Joachim Petzoldt Russell Post A. J. Saulsberry Judith Schwarzer Robert Sedestrom and Terri Lonier Janice Sherman Jessica Goldman Srebnick and Scott Srebnick William and Geraldine Zandi
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$500+
Harold Abeles Amy Peck Abraham and Jesse Abraham Sari and Arthur Agatston Debra and Christopher Albinson Anonymous Mary Alice and Peter Bankert Paula and Bob Brockway Sharon and Frederick Brubaker Tracy Buescher Kristina Capiak Ellen Childs Carol and Joseph Epkins Joyce and Richard Farmer Sara-Linn and Fredric Harwin Barbara Havenick James Lambert Diane and Thomas Linn Rosemary and Michael Malbin Andrew and Jennifer McFinton Susan Pietrzak-Rohrer and William Rohrer Nan Pozios Joan Rosenberg-Dent and Thomas Dent Donald Rosenberg Christina and Stephen Smale Julia and Scott Smith Jean Thompson Cynthia Wilhelm $250+
Carol and Howard Anderson Pamela and Robert Becker Martha and Michael Beffel Mary Bloom Suzanne and Jeffrey Bloomberg Rita and George Bristol Monique and Burt Bromberg Laura and Matthew Bryant Ling Chen Ellen Ciezadlo Helen and Michael Geglio Edward Gray Claudia Grillo Merl Grossmeyer Charles and Ana Hanton Jane and Gregory Hazle Robert Herhusky and Janice Nelson Lelia and Wayne Hilmer Patricia Hodges Kuo-Lin Hu Michael Kanemoto and Wendy Dodrill Michael Katz Pamela and Michel Lacroix John Luther Barbara and Martin Mayden Joann McDaniel Amy and Brad Miller Jessica Miller and Robert Birnbaum Sherri Moore-Ratcliffe and Blake Ratcliffe
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Paulette Muir Judith Newman Angela Parra and John Flickinger Ann and Leslie Parrish Diane and Morton Raban Patricia and Tim Redmond Carolyn and Joseph Rosen Eugene Ruark Karen and Francis Scarpulla Marilyn Sharrow and Larry Davis Suzanne and Mark Turpin Linda Upton and Graham Davis Cheryl Webb Scott and Peter Scott Sandra and Michael Whalen Richard Willis Darren and Michele Wolfberg $100+
Anonymous Courtney Alexander Linda and Joseph Alexander Joan Amberg Anne Arnesen W. Sue and George Auch Judith Balice Marilyn Bennett Sandra Bergsten and David Osborne Carol Bernstein Lorna and Eugene Bodian Elizabeth Bodner Suzette Bouchard-Isackson and Richard Isackson Paula Bowers Jann Stephenson Boxold and Gregory Boxold Mimi Brody and Harold Appelman Mary and Brian Brunsvold Ruth Burke Nancy Campbell and Carl Caivano Steven Cole Amber and Robert Connell Elizabeth Cowan Stacy and Andrew Cykiert Adrienne Darcey and Eric Smith David Darst and William Haushalter Kristin and Brad Donoghue M. Jane Doyle* Michele Eickholt and Lee Green Penny and Richard Eppy Margo and Ephraim Ezekiel Jane Fitzgerald and Ronald Bladen Allison Freidin and Gregory Levy Carol Gagliardi and David Flesher Gloria Gardiner Michael and Bethany Gatto Paul Gauthier Peter Gilleran and Anne Crow David Glaze Sylvia and John Godwin Alice Gold Catharine Grad and Ward Oliver
J. Brett Grill Lisa and John Haines Margaret Hamil Noriko Hashimoto Beth Hay Hannah Hillier Michael and Barbara Hoeft Nancy House Ann and Thomas Hunt Patricia Jackunas Joel Jacobs and Reena Gulati Carol Jacobsen Janet and Keith Johnson Kim and Robert Kachikian Janet and Gerald Kelfer Jack and Joanne Kelley Christine Kennedy Christine and Steven Kierstead Richard Knight Jeffrey Knurek and Kathleen Kent Michael and Kate Kolbrener Nancy and Brian Kott Kristin and Christopher Kubacki Amy Ladd and Douglas Fitzgerald Harold Langell Cheryl and John Leonti Andrea Levy Emily Linn and Matthew Beuckelaere Andrew Logan Susan Longini Nancy Lorenz and Douglas Schwalbe Marilyn Madorsky and Robert McClain Erin Mahony and Mark Swarz Ellen Manson Mary Mark and John Ockerbloom Tanya Mathis Priscilla Mead Holly Meers Nicholas and Shaun Merrick Eileen and Michael Meyers Jodie and Bill Mrak Michele and John Mulholland Rene and Steven Murray Dominic Muzzin Frederick Neu Estera and Moise Niculcea Therese Panfil Robert Parrish Samara Pearlstein Leslie Pierfelice Rachel Pierson Kathryn and Stuart Platt Bettyann Seltzer Pober and Richard Pober Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst Endi Poskovic and Julie Visco Jeanne and Joseph Rankin Julie Renner and Gregory Cowles Bob and Margaret Riddle Elton and Margaret Robinson
Michael Rodemer David Rogers Karen Romer and David Steinmetz Leslie Rousseau Arthur Segel Catherine Selin and Patrick Traffas Shayna Sell Kathleen Shanahan Irene Shen Cary and Sharon Sheremet Vanessa Shkuda Paul and Marcia Shortt Betty and Douglas Smith Clair Smith Sandra Smith Edward and Laura Somand Judy and David Spring Marian Strobel Takeshi Takahara Shelley and Joel Tauber Nancy and John Taylor Jeanne and David Tennent Russell and Nancy Thayer Mary and David Tobin James Treadwell Emily and Roberto Ty Ann Van Duyne Alicia Van Pelt Aparna and Anu Vellanki Joseph Walters Mary Wasson Dorcas and Spencer Wilkinson Paul and Karen Willeto Robert Williams Michael Wilson Barbara Winer and Joram Altman Holly and David Wolff Margaret and Franklin Wolverton Sui Kuen Wong Sabrina Xiao Kathryn Yeager Kai Yu Rebecca Zemans Amanda and Peter Ziemkowski Georgette Zirbes UP TO $99
Anonymous Dawn and John Alford Bruce Ansteth Anneli Arms Ruthanne and Milton Baker Mary Bandyke Nick Beardslee Martin Bernstein Leah Bird and Steven Krauss Ellen Bourgon Katherine and Peter Brand Ella and Tom Brown William Burgard and Tracey Stewart
Carolou Calissi Amy and Joshua Charlson Isabel Cohen Susanna Cohen Michael Collins and Alison Griffith-Collins Katherine Cooke and Michael Lowenstern Karen Copeland-Weinstein and David Weinstein Alyssa Cozad Patricia and William Crosby Elaine Cummings Sean Darby Spencer David Donald and Catherine Dierkes Dianne and Blair Dudley Joanne Duick Carol DeBolt Eikenbery and Terry Eikenbery Albert Encols Jane and Karl Fink Albert Foo Chris Ford Randi Gerber-Katz and Randall Katz Peter Glaberman and Jean Hosford Jane Goldfarb Mina and Lee Goodman Rebecca and Steve Goodman Kathleen Graddy Walter Griggs Martha and John Guthrie Sarah Hansen Andre Harding Helen Harding Lauren Herbstritt Abner and Anne Hershberger Linda and James Hinkle Suzanne Hodges Mori Insinger Mary Johnston Catherine Jung Jonathan Kislak Gail and Thomas Kowalski Susan and Frank Kozik Judy and Frank LaRocca Todd and Alexandra Larson Rita Lee Carol Lehman Samantha Lemmen Janet and William Love Mary Lum Georgia and Douglas Mackinder Ralph Martin Karen Masaki John and Mary Maxwell Stevan and Joy Melzian Carla Mickler-Konz and Brian Konz Paul Mindell and Deborah Odell Evelyn Montgomery Denise Morgan Elaine and Michael Mouradian
Cathy and Michael Muha Patti Murphy Emily Mylrea Timothy Newhouse Carla and Jeffrey Newman Leslie Nobler and Morty Bernstein Arva Moore Parks Edward and Barbara Patterson Sylvia and Allen Pixley Jane Prophet and David Richardson Nancy and Gary Rabitoy Kathryn Remen-Wait and Brian Wait Nancy and Gordon Rettie Brianna and Todd Roberts Gail Rosenbloom-Kaplan and Robert Kaplan Carrie and Eric Rosenbloom Joan Rosenstein and Kenneth Roberts Robin Russell Emily Sajewski Gwen Schagrin Molly Schlosser Tammy and Brad Schwalm Camille Serre Eleanor Shaw Christine and James Shepherd Jacqueline and Gary Shields Laurie Silvers Judi and William Simon Rosemarie Simonton Anya Smith-Roman Therese Smith Cheryl and Gordon Stewart Jessica and Jason Stilger Pamela and Richard Straub Ellen and Jeoffrey Stross Claudia and Douglas Stroud Suzanne Sugar Laura Suh Bette Szonyi Stephanie Teasley and Thomas Finholt Terry Thall and Jon Seaman Wendy Thon Jenise and Mikael Thornton Michele Trombley Maureen Vachon Cindy Van Lieu Catherine and Mark VanVoorhis Chaffee Viets Donella and Anthony Vogel Krysten Wall Gloria Walter Janet and James Watkins Emily Taub Webb Elizabeth Weiss and Arthur Desimine Amelia Wilks Helen and Steven Woghin Cynthia and Thomas Yates Martha Zimmermann Sandra Zisman
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CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
Anonymous Ann S. Aikens Trust Stephen & Debbie Arbogast Charitable Account Robert and Pamela Becker Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Bombas Norman Braman Philanthropic Fund Sharon and Frederick Brubaker Fund of the Ayco Charitable Fund Coleman Family Fund at Schwab Charitable College for Creative Studies David Darst Trust Donald D. & Mildred J. Doyle Trust Eig Family Foundation Fain Family Foundation Shelley Gorson and Alan Salpeter Family Fund of the Chicago Community Foundation The Deborah S. Greer Living Trust J. Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Jean Family Gift Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Leslie Jones & Associates John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust The Mailman Foundation Martin J. and Tristin Mannion Charitable Trust of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ted and Barbara Mayden Family Fund of the Jewish Federation of Nashville & Middle Tennessee Michael & Eileen Meyers Charitable Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Evelyn L. Montgomery Trust Paulette and William Muir Fund at Schwab Charitable Ocean Reef Community Association Richard & Gail B. Odgers Fund Quicken Loans Richters of Palm Beach Rock Ventures Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation William W. Rowley Donor Advised Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Royal Dutch Shell Anonymous Robert Sedestrom and Terri Lonier Charitable Gift Fund at the Fidelity Charitable Laura Segal Philanthropic Fund of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit The Arthur I. Segel Trust Shell Oil Company Shell Oil Company Foundation Paul R. Shortt, Designer Lyn H. Silberman Revocable Trust The Simons Foundation
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Smithgall Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Solit Family Charitable Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Stamps Family Charitable Foundation Stamps Family Fund of the Chicago Community Foundation The Starker Family Foundation Summit Partners Rudolf E. Wilhelm Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan Woodland Family Dentistry
DONOR-SUPPORTED FUNDS
ACF Scholarship Ann and Bob Aikens International Travel Fund for Faculty A&D Alumni and Friends Scholarship Fund Anne Reek Amendt Scholarship Endowment Fund Irina Aristarkhova and Gunalan Nadarajan Scholarship Fund Marjorie A. Bacon International Travel Fund Linda Clark Banks Scholarship Fund Beverly Weitzner Bartfeld and Daniel Bartfeld Scholarship Fund Irene Bychinsky Bendler Award in Design Dale F. Bogaski Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund Ann Farmer Buhr Scholarship Anna Bychinsky Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Lewis Calver and Colleen McLean Calver Endowed International Travel Fund William Carter Award Fund Martha Chandler and Dr. James Poppy Endowed Scholarship Fund Charles H. Clarke Endowed Scholarship Fund Milton J. Cohen Endowment Fund Stamps School Student Computer Fund Jean M. Dunlap Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Ned Dybvig Memorial Award Emerging Artist Fund Arden Fate Memorial Award Fontana-Sconzo Family Fund Kristoffer M. Gillette Memorial Scholarship Endowment Laura and Jason Glick Endowed Scholarship Fund Gorman IP Studios and Professional Development Award Fund Vivian Sosna Gottlieb School of Art & Design Fund Gustafson Family Scholarship Fund Barbara and Dorothy Heers Memorial Endowment Wendel W. Heers Scholarship Fund Riggs Hoenecke Dean’s Discretionary Fund
Riggs Hoenecke Scholarship Fund for Design Matthew C. Hoffmann Award in Jewelry Design Holzer Family International Study Fund JMB Scholarship Fund at the Stamps School Alice Elizabeth Kalom Fund LeRoy H. and Helen L. Kiefer Fellowship Fund Rev. William Blodgett Klatt Scholarship Fund The Daniel E. and Rosy Levy Scholarship Fund William A. Lewis Prize Fund Markus Family Fund John H. McCluney Memorial Fund Anne McGrew Scholarship Fund Kelly McKinnell Memorial Scholarship Fund Sarah S. Murphy Prize Fund David Robert and Sylvia Jean Nelson Foundation for Arts and Letters Scholarship A&D Opportunity Fund Edith Lamont Osten-Sacken Memorial Scholarship Fund Guy Palazzola Memorial Fund Sarah Angell Parsons Scholarship Fund Power of Creativity Scholarship Fund Louis G. Redstone Fund Robert D. and Betsy D. Richards Memorial Fund - Faculty Support Fund Robert D. and Betsy D. Richards Memorial Fund - Student Support Fund Barbara and Dean Richardson Exhibition Fund Barbara Trytten Richardson Graduate Student Aid Fund Rogers Edge Award Fund Ellen and Eugene Rontal Scholarship Fund Allen Samuels Student Award Endowment Fund Michele Schara Artist and Designer in Residency Program Fund Laura Merrill Segal Fund Marilyn and Budge Sherwood Scholarship Fund Lisa and Tim Sloan Fund for Student Internships Jean Paul Slusser Fellowship in Art Fund Maxine and Larry Snider Design Award Lois Malzman Solomon Scholarship Fund Penny W. Stamps Tribute Fund Penny W. and E. Roe Stamps Art & Design Scholarships and Programs Penny W. and E. Roe Stamps Creative Work Award Fund Steven and Farrel Starker Family Scholarship Fund Ilene and Marc Steglitz Fund Wesley Ellison Stewart Fund Studio Campaign Fund Arthur C. Tagge Scholarship Fund Tamer Travel Grants Fund Van Allsburg Scholarship Fund Van Pelt Scholarship Susan Smucker Wagstaff and Reid Wagstaff Graduate Fellowship Fund Susan Smucker Wagstaff and Reid Wagstaff Undergraduate Scholarship
Emil Weddige Scholarship/Fellowship Fund Candy R. Wei International Travel Memorial Fund Wheeler Family Memorial Fund Richard Wilt Memorial Fund Leslie Jones Zeller and Paul M. Zeller Endowed Scholarship Fund
PLANNED GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
Anonymous Irina Aristarkhova and Gunalan Nadarajan Lewis and Colleen Calver Linda Clark Banks Mary Alice and Peter Bankert Jan Boynton Susan and John Brown Gayle Dickerson Wesley Ellison Bette Klegon Halby and Gary Halby Patricia Hodges Laura Host James Lambert Richard and Odette Maskell Hiroko Pijanowski Fred and Cindy Reinhart Stephanie Schechner and Brian Norton Lyn Silberman Marc and Ilene Steglitz H. Howard Stephenson L. Alan Tarbell* Jing Wang Janet and James Watkins
PENNY W. STAMPS TRIBUTE
Sari and Arthur Agatston Carol and Howard Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Mary Alice and Peter Bankert Jayusia and Alan Bernstein Suzanne and Jeffrey Bloomberg Elizabeth Bodner Norman Braman Philanthropic Fund Rita and George Bristol Paula and Bob Brockway Sharon and Frederick Brubaker Fund of the Ayco Charitable Fund Susanna Cohen Coleman Family Fund at Schwab Charitable Spencer David James Dicke
Dianne and Blair Dudley Eig Family Foundation Fain Family Foundation Joyce and Richard Farmer Allison Freidin and Gregory Levy Paul Gauthier Sanders Keyes Gilmer Jessica Goldman Srebnick and Scott Srebnick Shelley Gorson and Alan Salpeter Family Fund of the Chicago Community Foundation Edward Gray Claudia Grillo J. Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Barbara Havenick Lelia and Wayne Hilmer Michael Katz Janet and Gerald Kelfer Jonathan Kislak John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Richard Knight Cheryl and John Leonti Andrew Logan The Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust Erin Mahony and Mark Swarz The Mailman Foundation Martin J. and Tristin Mannion Charitable Trust of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Sally and William Martin Denise Morgan Patti Murphy Dominic Muzzin Judith Newman Ocean Reef Community Association Jane and Ronald Olson Arva Moore Parks Angela Parra and John Flickinger Robert Parrish Kathryn and Stuart Platt Bettyann Seltzer Pober and Richard Pober Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst Russell Post Richters of Palm Beach Kristen and Thomas Roberts David Rogers Joan Rosenberg-Dent and Thomas Dent William W. Rowley Donor Advised Fund of the Cleveland Foundation The Arthur I. Segel Trust Janice Sherman Laurie Silvers The Simons Foundation Anya Smith-Roman Smithgall Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Judy and David Spring Ilene and Marc Steglitz Laura Suh
Summit Partners Shelley and Joel Tauber Kristine Trustey Suzanne and Mark Turpin Chaffee Viets Susan Smucker Wagstaff and Reid Wagstaff Mary Wasson Dorcas and Spencer Wilkinson Robert Williams Barbara Winer and Joram Altman Sabrina Xiao Leslie Jones Zeller and Paul Zeller
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Creating a Legacy of culture-makers is paved by the wisdom and support of those who came before them. Planned or estate gifts to the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design are a meaningful way to create a legacy, helping Stamps plan for its future while planning your own. These are gifts that anyone can make. They cost nothing up front, but foster a true sense of purpose as you ensure that the initiatives you care about most are supported for the next generation of artists and designers. Bequests can be structured to provide support to specific programs that mean the most to you, or given without restriction to best meet the needs of the future. T H E R OA D F O R T H E N E X T G E N E R AT I O N
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