Alumni Achievement

News

Shannon Young (IMDA '08) Receives PhD Scholarship
PhD Research Scholarship at La Trobe University, Australia
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/

City Paper Top 10 Art Shows
Faculty and Grads in Top Ten Baltimore Art Shows of 2012
http://citypaper.com/news/2012-top-ten-art-shows-1.1414976?

New Video Channel on Vimeo
UMBC Visual Arts channel
https://vimeo.com/umbcvarts

Phil Davis IMDA '07 Music Video
Animated Music Video for The Spinto Band
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/05/15/152731324/spinto-band-the-living-things-adventures-in-the-primordial-ooze

Guenet Abraham and Kelley Bell win Publications Design Competition
2012 AAM Museum Publications Design Competition
http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/nominate/pubcomp.cfm

Monica Gallagher AIM '01
Monica Gallagher (AIM '01) in UMBC Magazine
http://www.umbc.edu/magazine/winter12/monicagallagher.html

MSAC Artist Awards
MSAC Individual Artist Awards given to Faculty and Alumni
http://www.msac.org/iaa2012

Rolando Vargas IMDA '11 at Documentary Festival
Kasseler Dokfest
Kasseler, Germany
http://www.filmladen.de/dokfest/program-2011/monitoring-4/exhibition/intro/?lang=en

Jaimes Mayhew IMDA '11 Receives Fulbright Award
9 Month Iceland Social Art Project
http://enginesofthefuture.com/

Feature Story About UMBC Gaming
Bmore online magazine interviews UMBC faculty
http://www.bmoremedia.com/features/umbcgamingprogram042611.aspx

Monica Gallagher Alumna Interview
Monica Gallagher Interviewed by thenoobnews.com
eatyourlipstick.com

Alumna Hadieh Shafie Wins Bader Award
http://www.baderfund.org/grantees_alpha/shafie_12005.htm

Alumnus Brian Dannelly Directs HBO Film
'97 Cinematic Arts Alumnus to direct a new HBO comedy
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030600

Carmelo Torres Receives Fellowship
Carmelo Torres, Visual Arts BA ('10) Receives WW-RBF Fellowship
http://www.woodrow.org/teaching%2Dfellowships/wwrbf/

Steven Fischer '98 VPAF
Steven Fischer, Filmmaker
http://www.prlog.org/10563507-daily-record-names-filmmaker-steven-fischer-among-list-of-influential-marylanders.html

Mina Cheon MFA '02 Publishes Book
Mina Cheon, IMDA Graduate Alumna (M.F.A. '02) earned her PhD and published a new book, SHAMANISM + CYBERSPACE (2009)
http://www.minacheon.com/book.html

Nathan Duncan FV/Photo '06
Alumnus edited award-winning film
http://www.fourbirdspictures.com/ocean/athingasbigastheocean.htm

Art History Alums
Art History Alums Accomplishments

Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo Honorable Mention
Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo and VA Alumna Emily Wilson Design
http://www.artbook.com/9781890761127.html

Andy Hsu & Sean Lake Win Tellys
Andy Hsu & Sean Lake Win Multiple Tellys
http://www.tellyawards.com/

Vincent Carney '08 Alum
Photography Alum Featured in CMYK Design Magazine
http://www.cmykmag.com/site.cfm?page_id=92§_id=22&entry=325&type=2&issue=43

Ivy Parsons IMDA '05, Baltimore Community Fellow
Baltimore Community Fellowship from Open Society Institute

Hadieh Shafie Wins Baker Award
Hadie Shafie, IMDA '04 Alumna
http://www.umbc.edu/research/photolink_Hadieh_Shafie.html

Diana Jeon, IMDA '03
Diana Jeon's (IMDA '03) prints and videos on exhibit
http://www.bonitamuseum.org/

Visual Arts Alumni & IRC Staff at ISEA2008 Singapore
This year the 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art was held in Singapore from July 15 - August 3, 2008. UMBC was well represented by Visual Arts alumni and a former IRC staff member.
http://www.isea2008singapore.org/

2008 Alums Produced
HD Videos For Our Website

The Visual Arts website has new video interviews of our faculty and staff, in order to provide viewers a more personal insight of the department. The videos are available by going to the Faculty/Staff section and clicking on each person's name to view their bio and video.

Thomas Desimon and Sam Janesko, both UMBC Visual Arts graduates of 2008 with a Film/Video concentration, produced the first 17 faculty video portraits in the Spring of 2008 under the supervision of Associate Professor Vin Grabill. Sam and Thomas were enrolled in the department's upper-level High Definition video course, and all portraits were shot and edited in HD video. This new technology produces digital videos which have superior visual clarity and resolution.

Thomas and Sam are continuing their interest in media production following graduation. Thomas reports, My interest in video is to treat it like a work of graphic design to yield non-narrative, abstract textures. The application of such works, I believe, is deeply embedded in pop culture and advertisements, and is now emerging in a new art form, VJing; the act of live video editing to the harmony and rhythm of music. My most immediate goals in this field are to build a repertoire of video textures and continue to learn the necessary software.

Sam states I am currently freelancing in the video field and as of right now, have the intention of strengthening and progressing my business shooting music videos, weddings, events, helping film crews, and editing. I try to stay open to all roads as I continue to expand the other side of my video experience, that being my personal time-based art projects to show at film festivals.

Grad and Undergrad Alums
Win Awards at Rosebud
2008 Rosebud Awards go to Renee Shaw (M.F.A. 2005)
and Scott Mueller (B.A. 1999) with Eric Cheevers .
Steven Fischer (B.A. 1998) won Best of Show.
http://www.rosebudact.org/rose4.html

'99 Alumna
Designed Our Website
Emily Wilson, Graphic Design '99 Designed the Visual Arts Website

'92 Alumnus
Programmed Our Website
Jason Rosenberg, Art History & Theory '92 Programmed the Visual Arts Website

'06 Alumnus
Awarded Scholarship
Hadi Gharabaghi Art History & Theory '06
Received Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship

'98 Alumnus Receives Ph.D.
Dr. Ugo Ubgor, Graphic Design '98 Received a PH.D. from the
Vienna University of Technology

'07 IMDA MFA Alumnus: Exceptional Graduate
Brendan Howell, IMDA '07

Events

Visual Arts Alumna Pilar Rau '96 At URCAD
Pilar Rau to give URCAD Keynote Address & Research Talk
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 // 12:00 PM
University Center Room 312

Film Alum Brian Dannely ('97) Feature Film
Teen Drama Struck By Lightning
Sunday, January 6th, 2013 //
Select Theaters
http://www.afi.com/silver/films/events.aspx#struc

Maryland Art Place LUX Exhibition Features Faculty & Alumna
MAP's Photography Exhibition, LUX
Friday, November 9th, 2012 // 7:00 PM Annual Fall Gala
Maryland Art Place 8 Market Place, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21202
http://mapauction.org/about-lux

Ding Ren '05, Solo Exhibitions in Rotterdam & Amsterdam
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 //
http://www.dingren.net

Visual Arts Faculty & Alumni in Group Exhibition
ENERGY AWARENESS MONTH: IN FOUR CHAPTERS
Saturday, October 6th, 2012 // 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Gallery CA 440 E. Oliver St. Baltimore, MD
http://www.enginesofthefuture.com/

Joseph Faura (IMDA '11) Solo Exhibition
Constellations: A Solo Exhibition by Joseph Faura
Saturday, September 15th, 2012 // Artist's Reception 4 - 6 PM
Gormley Gallery | Fourier Hall Notre Dame of Maryland University 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210
http://www.ndm.edu/gormleygallery

Gary Kachadourian in Young Blood Exhibition
Maryland Art Place MFA Exhibition
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 // 6 - 8 PM
Power Plant Live! 8 Market Place, Suite 100, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
http://www.mdartplace.org/exhibitions/upcoming.html

IMDA Alumna Mina Cheon Solo Exhibition
Mina Cheon Polipop and Paintings at Maryland Art Place
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 // 6 PM Artist Talk 7 - 9 Reception
8 Market Place, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21202
http://www.mdartplace.org/about/news/2012/minacheon.html

Lynn Cazabon Uncultivated Photos
Photo Project Featured In Upcoming Exhibitions, Digital Art Catalogue
Friday, February 24th, 2012 //
http://lynncazabon.com

Natalia Panfile Montpelier Exhibition
Body/Food at Montpelier Arts Center
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 // 7 - 9 PM
9652 Muirkirk Road | Laurel, MD 20708
http://www.mncppcapps.org/pgparks/art_events/exhibitions.aspx?q=montpelier

Kelley Bell Bromo Seltzer Tower Projections
Saturday, November 5th, 2011 // 6:30 - 9:30 PM
21 South Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD
http://vimeo.com/kelleybell/bromotower

Kathy Marmor IMDA '98 Exhibition
Kathy Marmor at Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia
Friday, October 21st, 2011 // 5 - 8 PM
3600 Market St., Philadelphia, PA
breadboardphilly.org

Alumni Filmmakers Panel at UMBC Homecoming
Saturday, October 15th, 2011 // 3 - 5 PM
The Skylight Room at the Commons
http://www.umbc.edu/magazine/fall11/filmmakers.html

IMDA Alumna Jill Fannon in Exhibitions
Masters of the Visual Universe MFA Biennial Exhibition
Thursday, October 6th, 2011 // Opening Reception: Friday, October 7, 5 - 11 PM
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
http://www.thedcca.org/exhibit/masters-visual-universe

IMDA Alumna Jill Fannon at MAP
Jill Fannon, IMDA ('11) will show her photos in Youngblood Exhibition at MAP
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 // 6 - 8 PM
Maryland Art Place, 8 Market Place, Suite 100, Baltimore
http://www.mdartplace.org/exhibitions/current.html

8th Annual Transmodern Festival
Four Days of Avant Performance, Installation, Sound, Film, Mayhem, Ecstasy, and Radical Culture!
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 //
Multiple locations
http://transmodernfestival.org

Daphne Gardner Film Premiere
Daphne Gardner, Cinematic Arts alumna film screening
Friday, April 22nd, 2011 // 1:30 PM
UMBC Fine Arts Room 221A

Cinematic Arts Alumni's Film at Sundance
Michael Tully's new film SEPTIEN featured at Sundance
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 //
http://www.sundanceselects.com/films/septien

VARTS Faculty and Grads at WPA Exhibition, Catalyst
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 // 6 - 9 PM Opening
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
http://wpadc.org/catalyst

Megapolis Audio Festival
Timothy Nohe, IMDA MFA students and Alumni At Audio Arts Fest
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 //
2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21228
http://megapolisfestival.org/

Ding Ren Photo Alum '05
Solo exhibition: Observations and Interventions
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 //
Montpelier Arts Center
http://www.pgparks.com/Things_To_Do/Arts/Montpelier_Arts_Center/Exhibitions.htm

Visiting Artist Spring '10 Lecture Series
Visiting Artists Lectures Announced
Friday, February 5th, 2010 //

Alumna Valerie Paulsgrove (PH '09)
Photography Alum in Photography Show
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 // 5 - 7 PM
Ann Marie Garden Art Center, Main Gallery 13480 Dowell Road Dowell, MD 20629
http://www.annmariegarden.org/ArtsBuilding/Exhibits/index.htm

Nick Prevas Poe Film
Film/Video Alum has film in Poe Project
Friday, December 4th, 2009 // 8 PM
Baltimore Museum of Art
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/poe/bal-ae.poe29nov29,0,4923439.story

Megan Willy Animation '07
Alumna Megan Willy Wins Best of Show at Rosebud Film & Video Fest
Monday, June 29th, 2009 //
http://www.rosebudact.org/

Alumnus Steven Fischer Film
Old School, New School Explores Creativity
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 // 7:30 PM
Lecture Hall 7, ITE Building
http://oldschooldoc.wordpress.com/

Ruth Bowler, IMDA Alumna
Letters, Words and Phrases exhibition at Goucher College
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 // Thursday, April 9, 6 pm
Goucher College, Rosenberg Gallery
http://www.goucher.edu/rosenberg

Lynn Cazabon and IMDA Alumna Hadieh Shafie
Women's Work: Exhibition in Washington, D.C.
Friday, March 20th, 2009 //
Civilian Art Projects, Washington, D.C.
http://www.civilianartprojects.com

Chad Eby Visiting Artist
IMDA Alum Receives Grant for 'formLab'
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 // 4 - 7 PM
ITE 110
http://www.fsu.edu/~cvatd/pages/features/formLab.shtml

Faculty & Student films
in Rosebud Festival
Vin Grabill, Cathy Cook and Renee Shaw films showing at Rosebud Film Festival.
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 //
Rosslyn Spectrum Theater
1611 N. Kent St.
Arlington, VA
http://www.rosebudact.org/rose4.html

'98 Alumna Kathy Marmor
Exhibition, Bird Watching
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 // 6pm to 8pm
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
http://art.umbc.edu/news/pdf/marmor_pressrelease.pdf

'03 Alumnus
Directed Documentary
Phil Knowlton, F/V '03 won People's Choice Award
Adventures for the Cure
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 // 7 pm
Lecture Hall 3 (Administration Building)