{"id":154,"date":"2018-05-09T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/art\/?p=154"},"modified":"2018-05-09T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T21:12:36","slug":"celebration-and-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/art\/2018\/05\/09\/celebration-and-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration and Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebration and Commencement<\/strong><\/h1>\n

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his [her\/their] vision wherever it takes him [her\/them].\u00a0 We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 -John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n

These wise words were part of JFK\u2019s commencement speech at Amherst College in 1963.\u00a0 They were uttered in this season of transition, of closing one chapter and commencing the next. Members of the Department of Art and Art History would like to commend our senior art and art history graduates who are setting off to nourish the roots of our culture and society.<\/p>\n

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Above photos, Senior Show opening reception, receiving cords and awards. Photo Credit:\u00a0 Jessica Leech<\/p><\/div>\n

This year Department of Art and Art History graduates will sport 3-D prints of the Athena of Velletri bust pictured below.\u00a0 Athena, goddess of war, wisdom, and handicrafts serves as an icon of the vision, bravery, and imagination that our graduates bring to the wider world.\u00a0 It\u2019s also pretty cool to be able to take advantage of the new Makerspace in creating these additions to our graduates\u2019 regalia!<\/p>\n

Congratulations graduates!<\/p>\n

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The Lansdowne Bust of Athena of Velletri, 2nd-century copy after a Greek original of circa 430\u2013420 B.C. by Kresilas, Photo credit:\u00a0 Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Transition is perpetual!\u00a0 Please enjoy the impressive slate of recent student and alumni accomplishments that exemplify the unique visions that guide the members of our department\u2019s community.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2018 Student and Alumni News!<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Carolyn Corl \u201915<\/strong> completed a competitive internship at the Filoli Gardens in San Francisco and is entering the University of Oregon\u2019s Landscape Architecture MFA Program in the fall.<\/p>\n

Ayse Hunt ’19<\/strong>\u00a0(double major in Art History and Computer Science) has received the prestigious Lora Bryning Scholarship for 2018-2019.<\/p>\n

Mary Thompson ’19\u00a0<\/strong>(Art History) was awarded the Religious Leadership Award and the Cyrus Ames Wright Scholarship for the academic year 2018-2019.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Eldridge ’12<\/strong> has passed her General Exams and is now at the stage of ABD (all but dissertation) in the Ph.D. program of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.<\/p>\n

Haley Andres ’14<\/strong> is working as a Graduate and Fellowship Associate at the Posse Foundation.<\/p>\n

Erin Weary ’13 <\/strong>(Sculpture) received her MFA in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.<\/p>\n

Alison Grimm ’12 <\/strong>(Sculpture) received her MFA in Sculpture from Wayne State University in Detroit.<\/p>\n

Katharine Threat ’20<\/strong>\u00a0(Art History major) has been awarded a Summer Internship at the Smithsonian\u2019s Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art in Washington, D.C. as Gallery Guide for Summer 2018.<\/p>\n

Eight\u00a0Art and Art History majors<\/strong>\u00a0were awarded AHSS Summer Research Grants:
\nIan Chandler (Sculpture)
\nElayna Caron (Painting)
\nAlly Hembree (Printmaking)
\nWalker Hewitt (Painting)
\nAyse Hunt (Art History)
\nSophia Munic (Sculpture)
\nRonda Peck (Ceramics)
\nMary Thompson (Art History)<\/p>\n

Dina Mustakim<\/strong>\u00a0’16<\/strong> will be earning an MFA in Production Design at Chapman University in Southern California.<\/p>\n

Maia Raedar ’16<\/strong> will enter Western Washington University\u2019s Secondary Education Master\u2019s Program in the fall.<\/p>\n

Bryn Thomas ’14<\/strong> will be attending Tulane University in New Orleans, to begin her MSW (Master of Social Work).<\/p>\n

Aaron Badham ’11<\/strong> accepted a tenure-line position in the Department of Art at Hastings College in Nebraska where he will be the Sculpture Area Coordinator.<\/p>\n

Olivia Sherman ’17<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will attend Tyler School of Art\u2019s MFA program in the fall. She was awarded a full ride fellowship and a monthly stipend.<\/p>\n

Louisa Raitt ’15<\/strong> is completing her M.A. degree at NYU\u2019s Institute of Fine Arts this spring.\u00a0 She has been accepted by the same institution to continue her graduate studies as a Ph.D. candidate studying Spanish Art History from the 13-15th centuries with full tuition coverage and stipend for five years.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Steele ’14<\/strong> returned as a visiting ceramics faculty member during Chad Gunderson\u2019s junior sabbatical<\/p>\n

Lianna Hamby<\/strong>\u00a0’17<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was accepted into the University of Washington\u2019s Museology Graduate Program.\u00a0 She will begin her master’s degree in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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