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Faculty Successes

Spring 2008

Assistant Professor Christopher Ganz displayed his large-scale charcoal drawings shown at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington, Ky., in March 2007. These drawings were part of The Carnegie’s March Mixed-Media exhibition.

Assistant Professor Christopher Ganz introduced color woodcut printmaking to area art teachers and a student during an art teacher workshop on June 13, 2007, at IPFW. During morning and afternoon sessions, they created a color woodcut that involved multiple layers of colors on the same print.

Associate Professor Nancy McCroskey has been awarded an Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Program grant for creative work in the largetile format. Her work titled “Botanica,” was selected for inclusion in 500 Tiles by Lark Books.

Professor John Hrehov represented IPFW’s art department with the inclusion of his painting, “Friend,” at the Indiana University Museum of Art in October 2007. The exhibition was part of Celebrate IU Week and featured the arts within the entire Indiana University system.

Chair and Associate Professor Dana Goodman’s sculpture, “The Rambouilett That Discovered Tomatoes,” was featured in the Midwest Museum of American Art’s 29th Regional Art Exhibition in Elkhart, Ind., in October 2007, receiving the William Batten Award of Merit. The same work was presented at the Sculpture Center’s On A Pedestal and Off The Wall exhibition in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 2007. His work, “Isn’t That Crazy?,” was part of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts’ (NCECA) conference exhibition, Ohio University Ceramics: 1990 Until Now, at the Riverbend Winery in
Louisville, Ky., in March 2007.

Professor Audrey Ushenko captured history on canvas at the Indiana State Museum in late March and early April 2007. The painting is a narrative that included historical figures, building features, and visitors to the museum during the time she was painting the mural. Ushenko is currently working on a mural of IPFW Wednesday afternoons in Kettler Hall in front of the administrative offices. Students and the campus community are invited to stop by to observe and participate her work.

Professor Emeriti Norman Bradley, George McCullough, Russell L. Oettel, and Donald Kruse joined Rick Cartwright and Maurice Papier of the University of Saint Francis for an exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art titled “Fort Wayne Six.” The exhibition focused on how these six impacted the Fort Wayne community during a 45-year period, with a combined 206 years of teaching.