A solo exhibition of work by professor Lari Pittman was on view this fall at greengrassi, London. Pittman’s work will be exhibited at Galerie Daniel Buchholz in Cologne, Germany next year.
Last summer, professor Nancy Rubins was a resident artist on the faculty of The Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.
“Easy,” a film executive produced by professor James Welling, was shown in dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled for release this fall in New York and Los Angeles. “Agricultural Works/Insect Chorus,” an exhibition of photographic works by Welling done in collaboration with his musician brother, Will, opened in August at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York.
DESIGN | MEDIA ARTS
A study by associate professor Erkki Huhtamo entitled “The Pleasures of the Peephole: an Archaeology of Peep Media,” will be published in an anthology called The Book on Imaginary Media. Huhtamo gave a keynote address, “Pockets of Plenty: an Archaeology of Mobile Media,” at the International Symposium of Electronic Art in Helsinki, Finland in August.
Electroland, the multi-disciplinary design research company of adjunct associate professor Cameron McNall and interaction designer Damon Seeley ’99, is designing three pedestrian bridges in the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airpot in Florida. The bridges, extending over 370 feet with LED embedded floors and spatialized sound, are scheduled for completion in summer 2006. | | “Cell Ghosts,” a projection installation by chair Victoria Vesna, with cell sounds composed by James Gimzeswki, was part of the exhibition “Crash and Flow” at the Seoul Sinchan Art Festival in Korea in May. “Balkan Ghosts,” a variation of the piece, was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, in June.
Victoria Vesna, "Cell Ghosts," projection installation
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Professor Kenny Burrell, director of the Jazz Studies Program, has been named a 2005 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. This lifetime honor, the highest in its field, is bestowed to jazz musicians and promoters in recognition of their contributions to this musical art form. Burrell also received Down Beat magazine’s 2004 Educator of the Year Award for academic achievement and excellence in jazz education.
Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab by professor A.J. Racy was the winner of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies 2004 prize for best scholarly book on the Middle East. The prize, which came with a cash award of £8,000, was presented at a ceremony at the University of London. The book was published by Cambridge University Press.
“Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab” by A.J. Racy
| | John Vallier has been appointed
permanent librarian of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. He replaces Louise Spear, who retired in June 2003. A UCLA alumnus, he joined the Archive staff in fall 2000 as an archive assistant.
FOWLER MUSEUM
A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal, written by Allen F. Roberts, professor of World Arts and Cultures and chair of the African Studies Program, and Mary Nooter Roberts, deputy director and chief curator of the Fowler, won the Herskovits Award, presented annually by the African Studies Association for the most outstanding original scholarly work on Africa in any discipline. Earlier this year, the book was the recipient of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association.
“A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal” by Allen F. Roberts and Mary Nooter Roberts
The Fowler Museum exhibition “Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity” was one of four selected for the “NEH on the Road” program, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program offers communities of all sizes the opportunity to host outstanding exhibitions. |
