Member News
07/03/08
William Cash (art, 2006) is featured in an article, "Men on Display in Duo's Solo Exhibition," in the New England Blade. He's also featured on BGAY.com.
06/30/08
Scott Autry (art, 2006) has had his sculpture, "Lost But Not Forgotten," installed in the Murray County Veterans Memorial Park in Dalton, Ga. Read more.
06/26/08
William Cash (art, 2006) will be featured in a two-man exhibition with Associate Professor of Art Robert Sherer at the Lyman-Eyer Gallery in Provincetown, Mass., Aug. 15-27.
06/10/08
Gale M. Connelly (art education, 2007) was named "Rookie of the Year" at Woodstock Middle School in Woodstock, Ga., where she has just completed her first year an an art teacher.
06/04/08
Matthew L. McCoy (art, 1993) has submitted a video for the "What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?" contest. Go to http://www.klondikecontest.com/videos.aspx and search for "VanHeis" to view. Matt is the pirate who sacrifices his freedom for ice cream.
06/02/08
Malikah Bakir Fardon Jones Finney (international affairs, 2004) is working on an MFA in photography art for commerce from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
02/03/08
Johnetta Tillman (music, 1996) was profiled in the Marietta Daily Journal article, “Melodic Roots,” on Feb. 3.
Kristy Larsen Alcala (art, 2001) has an online studio located at www.klastudios.com. Her pottery is currently available at Cobblestone Shoppe in Rome, Ga., and at Raiford Gallery and Sabra Gallery, both in Atlanta.
Kharis Belgrave (music education, 2004) performed “Una voce poco fa” from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on the KSU Opera Gala 2007 program on Nov. 17 in the Bailey Performance Center. Katherine Uhle (music performance, 2007) sang “Quando m’en vo” from “La Bohéme” on the same program.
Kharis Belgrave (music education, 2004), Courtney Loner (music, 1998), Erreka Reed (music performance, 2006) and Kim Rollbuhler (music performance, 2001) performed in the Capitol City Opera production of “Dido & Aeneas” at the Cognant Center at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Sept. 14-16. Jason White (theatre and performance studies, 2007) was the stage manager.
Cristina Castaldi (music performance, 1990) holds a master of music in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. She is active as operatic soprano. She performed an Italian classical music concert with the Yonkers Concert Band on Oct. 14 in Yonkers, N.Y.
David Chapman (music performance, 2001) and Loren Black Chapman (music, 2003) welcomed their first child, Anthony Douglas, on May 14, shortly before moving to St. Louis, Mo., where David has started doctoral studies in musicology and music theory at Washington University.
Virginia Dauth (art, 1994) presented a landscape painting demonstration for the Southern Arts Federation in Kings Mountain, N.C. on Sept. 4. She also offered a two-day pastel workshop at the Kings Mountain Art Center in Kings Mountain, N.C. She also taught a landscape painting class for the Southern Arts Society in Charlotte, N.C. in September.
Ben Goldman (art, 2006) and Samuel Parker (visual arts, 2004) participated in a two-person show, “Boardom: Exploring Modern Topics Through Objects of Play—An Exhibition of Paintings Done on Game Boards,” June 16-July 15 at Beep Beep Gallery in Atlanta. The show was reviewed by Jerry Cullum in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Goldman, Parker and Jessica Blinkhorn (visual arts, 2005) have all been accepted in the master of fine arts painting program at Georgia State University.
Ariel Gratch (theatre and performance studies, 2003) is working on a master of arts degree in communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Inspired by his work on the Bell Witch legends when he was at Kennesaw State, he created his own adaptation, “The Bell Witch: A Haunting Tale of Love and Abuse,” which was performed at Chapel Hill, Oct. 25-30. The show received a laudatory preview in the Oct. 24 issue of the Raleigh-Durham Independent Weekly.
C. Bailey Jackson (art) participated in the “Art ’Til Dark” exhibition at the Winder Binder Folk Art Gallery in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 7.
Ben Rice (music education, 2007) is the music teacher at Hasty Elementary School in Canton, Ga.
Lisa Mathis Reichman (art, 2004) completed a master of arts degree in advertising design from Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta. She is a freelance art director for the advertising agency, Grey Worldwide Atlanta, working on accounts such as Georgia Aquarium, Reliant Technologies and Cousins Properties. She also works on her own with Moms-for-Profit, Stone Mountain Park, PlaceTile Design, KellerLane Productions, Fontaine Maury and others.
Margot Potter (theatre, 1996) is working on two more books, including one sponsored by Swarovski crystals. She also teaches creativity seminars for Swarovski at the Tuscon Gem Show. This year, she was one of five American designers selected to create designs for their international do-it-yourself design book on Russia and Brazil. She recently filmed an infomercial for OttLite with Donna Dewberry which will air on women’s networks. She also appears regularly as an on-air product expert on QVC for a private label marcasite jewelry line and hosts videos for Memory Makers magazine from the Craft and Hobby Association trade show twice annually. Potter also hosts an international blog at margotpotter.blogspot.com.
