The 9/11 web storytelling project, "Dichotomy: It Was a Matter of Time and Place," by Jeff Gates ’75, was a finalist in the SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, Texas. It can be viewed online at http://outtacontext.com/dichotomy.
Architect Philip L. Hawkins ’76 was recently awarded Entrepreneur of the Year and Home-based Business of the Year awards by the River City Small Business Consortium, a division of the Sacramento (California) Metro Chamber of Commerce.
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| Castillian residence, Hollywood, California, Philip L. Hawkins, A.I.A. |
The music scores for this year’s films "Windtalkers" and "The Four Feathers" were composed by James Horner ’76.
May Sun ’76 designed a new public plaza for the Central Area Corridor, Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston, Massachusetts. She is on the design team to renovate the San Antonio (Texas) International Airport.
"A Trip in the Dark," choreographed by Paula Schomburg Donahoe ’77, earned a 2002 Eastern Regional Artist Project Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council and the Edgecombe (North Carolina) Arts Council. The project also received the Dare To Be Different award from the International Dance Challenge for unique and innovative choreography.
Werner K. Ruegger
’77 is co-founder of the architectural firm Zoelly Ruegger
Holenstein Architekten AG. The firm received a special achievement award
from the city of Zurich, Switzerland, where it is based, for "Unterwerk
Kohlendreieck," a power transformation plant at Zurich’s main
station for the rail 2000 system.
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| Swiss Railways power transformation plant cable bridge, ZRH Zoelly Ruegger Holenstein Architekten AG, photo by FBM Bodmer/Mancia, Switzerland |
Sarah A. Spitz ’78 has been with public radio station KCRW, Santa Monica, California, since 1983. She was the founding producer of "Which Way, L.A.? with Warren Olney" and produces "Left, Right & Center" and "The Politics of Culture."
"Fetish: Art/Word, " an exhibition at the UCLA Fowler Museum earlier this year, included artwork by Renée Petropoulos ’79 and Monica Majoli ’92.
Alan Black ’80 has been principal cellist of the Charlotte (North Carolina) Symphony since 1986, and is the founder and artistic director of Chamber Music at St. Peter’s, a lunchtime concert series begun in 1996.
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| Alan Black |
"Screen Memories," an exhibition of art by Gregg Chadwick ’81, was held last summer at Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, California.
Burton Goldstein ’81 won a 2002 Aaron Copland Award and a 2002 Lee Ettelson Award for new chamber works. His composition "Aspen Quartet" was performed in San Francisco, California last October as part of the Composers, Inc. season. He also produces and licenses commercial music for movie trailers.
Ann Gray ’81 is founder and publisher of Balcony Press, Glendale, California, which publishes LA Architect magazine and specializes in arts and architecture books on Southern California. In May, she was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Bruce W. Wickersheim ’81 was recently appointed associate pastor of worship at Good Shepherd Community Church, Boring, Oregon.