The architectural office of Frederick Fisher ('75) and Partners was recently named a historic cultural landmark by the City of Los Angeles. The firm restored the 1950's building, which was designed by A. Quincy Jones, and its courtyard gardens.
James Horner '76 was nominated for an Academy Award this year for his film score for "A Beautiful Mind."
 James Horner |
Last fall, "Painting and Photographs," a solo exhibition by Jo Ann Callis '77, was on view at Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
Cynthia
Winton-Henry '79 is
co-founder and co-director of Body Wisdom, Inc., Oakland, California,
a non-profit organization that encompasses Body Wisdom seminars and the
WING IT! Performance Ensemble.
Koning Eizenberg Architecture, the firm of Julie Eizenberg '81 and Hank Koning '81, did the redesign and expansion of the Plummer Park Community Center, West Hollywood, California. They are currently working on the restoration and expansion of the historic Farmers Market in Los Angeles.
Works
on paper by Yda Ziment '81 were on view at FIG Gallery in Bergamot
Station, Santa Monica, California, earlier this year.
James McNamara '82 is head of the branding strategy group at LaPlaca Cohen, a New York based advertising, branding, and marketing communications company specializing in reaching cultural audiences who visit museums and attend performances.
 James McNamara |
Janet Klein '83
and her band, Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys, have released two CDs of
songs from the 1910's, 1920's, and 1930's. The group performed at the
Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, last spring, opening for Robert Crumb and
his Cheap Suit Serenaders.
Lula Washington '84 received an American Choreography Award as
educator of the year last fall. Her dance companies, the Lula Washington
Dance Theater and the Youth Dance Ensemble, performed at the John Anson
Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood, in September.
 "Transit Series" (2001), mixed media on paper, 38 1/2" x 27 1/2", Yda Ziment |
Stephanie Henry '85 is the founder and artistic director of the Kansas City Women's Chorus. She teaches music at Notre Dame de Sion High School and is director of music for Southminster Presbyterian Church.
In May, maestro Raymond Torres-Santos '86 premieres his new work, "Millennium Symphony," with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in San Juan.
 Raymond Torres-Santos |
 Janet Klein, photo by Robert Loveless |
ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, exhibited a solo show of eight paintings by Monique Prieto '87 in December.