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V A A P P R O G R A M 2 0 0 9
It's that time of year again when scores of middle-school and high school art students/teachers converge in Troy to show their stuff. Get more exciting information about this year's VAAP by clicking the image below. Teachers/students, go there now as time is flying!
R E C E N T G R A D i n A T L A N T A !
2007 graduate of TROY, Lacey Bassett, is rapidly making her way into the world of influence through her exemplar design skills. Lacey landed a terrific position with Kate Aspen of Atlanta where she is a graphic and web designer. Kate Aspen is a unique design and manufacturing wholesale company that is a leader in online sales of wedding and party favors. You can see more of Lacey's designs at kateaspen.com.
A R T A L U M N U S H O N O R E D
Al Head, Troy art alumnus '71 and Executive Director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award, Troy University’s most prestigious award for a graduate. Seen below are Mr. Al Head receiving the award from Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr. For more information, go here.
A L A B A M A A R T S E D U C A T I O N
S U M M I T a t T R O Y
Last year, nearly 250 public arts educators, administrators and legislators converged on the campus of TROY to hold a much touted, three-day ALABAMA ARTS EDUCATION SUMMIT. The theme of the gathering was making essential links between public schools, higher education, communities and more as the significance of arts in education is recognized for the future of American success.
The event created so much energy and synergy that is now scheduled for the second year in a row at TROY. Dates of the event will be February 18–20, 2009. "Speaking With One Voice" is this year's theme. For registration, call (334) 269-1435 or e-mail aaae@bellsouth.net.
The Alabama Arts Education Summit is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Alabama Arts Alliance for Arts Education, the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Alabama Arts Education Association and Troy University.
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S T U D E N T S a t W I R E G R A S S
Ceramics students of instructor Larry Percy set up an exhibition of their work ranging from functional pottery to expressionistic sculptures. The exhibit—The Formative Years—is on display at the Wiregrass Museum of Art in Dothan, Alabama through April 11. For more details about the exhibit, click on the image below:
D E S I G N I N G i n S W E D E N
Four TROY students and four Halmstad students joined together in a design partnership to create a campaign called Set it Free, The purpose of Set it Free is to educate the Swedish and US public about the need to recycle, reuse or redistribute electronic display devices.
Beau Bishop, Perry Brown, Lesley Graham and Traci Rood took part in this design collaboration along with professors Dismukes, Skaggs and Johnson. This opportunity was sponsored by the Department of Art and Design along with the International Center for Collaboration and Creativity.
N A T I O N A L R E C O G N I T I O N !
The prestigious NYC magazine, Creative Quarterly, that recognizes the best art and design students throughout the United States and beyond, has awarded a GOLD AWARD in fine art to TROY's own Walter Black. Walter submitted entries from his Collaborative Studio class (a site-specific installation where he constructed a life-size restroom out of grass and other natural materials from the grounds of TROY). Walter also received a Merit Award for a piece of pottery that he created in an Independent Study course last term.
Walter's name along with other award winners from undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate university programs around the country can be found at this link.
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