Extending Tradition, Embracing Innovation

SPRING
2009

Miami University
School of Fine Arts
E x t e n d i n g Tr a d i t i o n , E m b r a c i n g I n n o v a t i o n
 WELCOME
Welcome to our new publication for the School of Fine Arts at Miami University! As you
will note from the cover and within the magazine, there is a focus on the phrase “Extend-
ing Tradition and Embracing Innovation,” which serves as the underlying structure of
the SFA’s newly formed strategic plan. It is our goal to provide students with the best education and
training available in the arts, while building on the long-established traditions embedded in both
Miami’s School of Fine Arts and in the arts disciplines themselves. To do this, we must prepare our
students for an ever-changing world by introducing them to new pedagogies, techniques, and tech-
nologies in tandem with time-tested educational approaches. Based on the incredible successes of
our students, alumni, faculty, and staff, it is obvious that the departments in the School of Fine Arts
have a committment to the highest caliber of teaching, scholarship, and creative achievement, and
that we are poised to expand our quest for excellence in the arts.

While we are deeply indebted to the talents of our faculty and staff in delivering a first-rate curricu-
lum, we are also most appreciative of the essential support provided by our alumni and friends. As
Miami continues the $500 million campaign For Love and Honor, I am proud to say that our school
has achieved great success in moving toward our development and fundraising goals for the depart-
ments and programs of the School of Fine Arts. As the campaign extends into 2010, we will count on
the continuing support of our alumni base to maintain and to further our ability to provide the finest
educational experience possible. I extend my personal thanks to all who have generously contributed
to our mission!

As we pursue our efforts in Extending Tradition and Embracing Innovation, you will note the world-
wide reach of our departments and programs, from architecture workshops in Ghana to Glee Club
performances in China. In addition to extending ourselves into the world, we have brought to Miami
some of the leading artists and scholars of our time, including an upcoming visit by preeminent
composer Philip Glass in Spring of 2009. Glass’s visit and other special events highlight the School of
Fine Arts as a central player in helping Miami University celebrate its Bicentennial beginning in 2009
and into 2010. I hope that you will enjoy reading the information included in this publication about
the phenomenal achievements and stories from all parts of the SFA. I look forward to seeing you
soon at one of our performances, exhibitions, and scholarly events, and I thank you, once again, for
your continuing support!

Best wishes,
Dr. James Lentini
Dean and Professor of Music
School of Fine Arts

Front Cover (Clockwise from left) Andrew Dailey’s Pinsel, 2008

Students Lys Olsen and Jason Howard, lead roles in Department of Architecture and Interior Design’s
The Taming of the Shrew international summer workshop in Ghana

Miami President Hodge, Provost Herbst, Music Chair Green, Professor Joomi Chung in Pilsen, Czech Republic
Dean Lentini Phillip Glass
Eugene Brown at the Miami University Art Museum Presser Hall, May 2008

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 Introducing
James Lentini,
DMA
DEA N and PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
S C HO OL of FI N E A RT S

C OMPOSER , PERFORMER ,
A DM I N I ST R ATOR

Before coming to Miami University, Dr. Lentini

“Fantasy for Flute and Guitar… definitely warrants more
exposure on the concert platform and I sincerely hope
it gets the attention it deserves…”
Steve Marsh, Classical Guitar Magazine
was the founding dean of the School of Art,
Media and Music at The College of New Jersey.
His strategic vision included efforts to move
the arts to the center of the campus’ academic
and cultural life and to cultivate cross-disciplin-
ary programs that emphasize new technologies
in the arts. His efforts in fundraising and
new building construction for music and the arts resulted in endowments and gifts in excess of
one million dollars and approval of a $30 million project for a new building to house the art depart-
ment and multimedia areas.

“[‘Westward Voyage’]: the composer clearly knows
the fingerboard very well indeed and is expert at
finding scintillating resonant mixtures of open and
stopped strings.”
Stephen Kenyon, Classical Guitar Magazine
“…Music for Brass is a well-constructed piece (with big
wobbling, arching tones) that features plenty of strik-
ingly original brass writing in an intelligent package.”
Bryce Rankin, 21st-Century Music
‘Dreamscape,’ by James Lentini, is a brief fantasy for
orchestra that achieves its considerable effect from an
interplay of chamber-like textures and explosive full
orchestra passages. This is the best disc in the series.”
Stephen D. Hicken, American Record Guide
Jim and Dana Lentini attending the Grammy Awards
An accomplished composer and classical guitarist, his compositions have won national and interna-
tional awards and have been performed and recorded in international venues by leading solo artists
and ensembles including the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland) and the Bohuslav Martinü
Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic). In addition to many commissions, his honors include first
prize in the 2004 Choral Composition Contest at Bluffton
College, the 2002 Andrés Segovia International Composition
Prize (Granada, Spain) for his guitar composition “Westward
Voyage,” the Atwater-Kent Composition Award (first prize),
the McHugh Composition Prize, a grant from “Meet the
Composer,” and as well as awards from ASCAP.
A native Detroiter, Dr. Lentini received a bachelor of music
in composition from Wayne State University, a master of
music in composition from Michigan State University and a
doctor of musical arts in composition from the University of
> Southern California.

ROSTER & CR EDITS

Editor: Contributing Writer and Copy Editor: SFA Executive Committee:

Susan Ewing, Interim Associate Dean
Associate Editors:
Susan Thomas, Director of Integrated
Programs and Arts Management
Jeanne Harmeyer, Marketing Manager for
departments of Music and Theatre
Sophie Alyssa Williams
Graphic Design:
Scott Bruno, b graphic design
Primary Photography:
Miami University IT Photo Services
James Lentini, Dean John Weigand, Chair, Architecture
Susan Ewing, Interim Associate Dean and Interior Design
Connie Asher, Assistant to the Dean for Patti Hannan Liberatore, Director,
Operations and Finance Performing Arts Series
Rosalyn Erat Benson, Assistant Dean for Robert Wicks, Director, Miami University
Student Affairs Art Museum
Richard Green, Chair, Music Clifton McNish, Director of Diversity
dele jegede, Chair, Art and Outreach
Elizabeth Mullenix, Chair, Theatre Heather Kogge, Director of Development
Miami University: Equal opportunity in education and employment

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 ALUMNI NEWS

A LUM N I F O C U S :
Bill Brzeski
A highly regarded production designer, Bill
Brzeski has worked in feature films, television,
interior design, and theatre for over twenty
years. He began his career in television and
has designed over 800 episodes and over thirty
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pilots. As a production designer in feature
films, he has lent his design talents to the
Oscar-winning As Good As It Gets, as well
as The Bucket List, Blue Streak, and Matilda.
He also designed the ground breaking CGI
movie Stuart Little and its
sequel Stuart Little 2 for
Sony Pictures.

Brzeski, a theatre major, and

his wife Kym, an English
major, both graduated from
Miami in 1975. Brzeski later
received an MFA in Design
from New York University’s
Tisch School of the Arts.
Originally interested in de-
signing for the ballet and op-
era, he began his career in the
theatre before moving to Los
Angeles. The Brzeskis’ tie to
Miami is still strong—Miami
recently hosted one of Bill’s
design seminars, and their
daughter Jamie is currently
a history
of art and
architec-
ture major
Jamie, Bill and Kym Brezski
at Miami.
How did Miami’s liberal education prepare you and your wife Kym for your lives
and careers?
It taught us how to think in a more general way, seeing all sides of a prob-
lem, and not look at the world through the filter of a specific discipline.
We both think of ourselves as problem solvers, open to lots of different ideas.
What do you want to say to current students about technology and arts?
Technology describes the tools we use to help create art. On its own, technology can’t
create an original idea or see the world in a unique way. We tend to fall in love with our
technology because it helps us take short cuts and save time. Don’t be fooled—a machine
can enhance our work, even show us new ways of creating art and describing our reality,
but it’s still the original idea people pay for. On a positive note, we live in an exciting time
because new technology lets us express ourselves and our ideas to the public without
relying on old institutions. Virtually anybody can produce music, art, or films and get it
out to the public.
Lindsay Hollister
Hollywood actress Lindsay Hollister, best
known for her role on Boston Public, began her
acting career at Miami. Hollister, who received
her B.F.A. in theatre performance in 1999, ap-
peared in Miami productions of Gertrude Stein
and A Companion, Machinal, and The Real
Inspector Hound, earning a nomination for the
prestigious Irene Ryan National Acting Award.
Hollister also studied at the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts in New York City and at
Barter, the State Theatre of Virginia. Aside
from her role as Christine Banks on Boston
Public, her acting credits include
appearances on shows such
as ER, Cold Case, My Name Is
Earl, Nip/Tuck, Law and Order:
Special Victims Unit, and Days
of Our Lives. She most recently
appeared on NBC’s Scrubs and
as Steve Carrel’s dance partner
in Get Smart. “I would say one
experience at Miami always
stuck in my head and definitely
inspired me to follow my dream out to Los
Angeles. Our department brought in a theatre
alumnus to speak to our acting class. [He] said,
‘Right now, this minute, if you can imagine
doing anything else with your life that would
make you happy other than acting, get out.
Because it’s too hard to attempt unless there’s
nothing else you can imagine doing.’ And at
that moment I knew there was nothing else for
me… that’s what gave me the strength to pursue
the impossibly difficult business of Hollywood.”

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Benton receives Lifetime
Achievement Award
The School of Fine Arts congratulates alum-
nus Fletcher Benton, who was named the
2008 International Sculpture Center’s Lifetime
Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
award winner. The distinction, one of the
most prestigious in the field of sculpture,
was awarded in April 2008 at The 17th
Annual Lifetime Achievement Award Gala
that gathered art patrons and professionals at
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Benton received his B.F.A. from Miami
University in 1956. He began as a painter, but
switched to sculpture when he felt he could no
longer carry out his ideas in paint, and is best
known for his kinetic metal sculptures. One of
these sculptures, Folded Circle, Two Squares, can
be seen in the reflecting pool near the entrance
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of the Miami University Art Museum, and was
donated by the artist in 1980. This sculpture
demonstrates the artist’s belief that basic geo-
metric forms can be used to create fresh, new
art without merely revisiting exhausted ideas
and motifs. Benton’s work is abstract in nature
and reflects the raw industrial origin of its
metallic materials.
Benton’s work can be seen in the collections
of major museums as well as private and
corporate collections worldwide, including
the Whitney Museum of American Art, the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
and the Kroller-Muller State Museum in the
Netherlands. He has participated in numerous
solo and group exhibitions, and has taught at
Fletcher Benton’s bronze Folded Circle Two Squares, 1980
Gift of the Class of 1955 and the Artist
the California College of Arts and Crafts,
San Francisco Art Institute, and California
State University.
The International Sculpture Center’s Board of
Directors established the Lifetime Achievement
Award in 1991 to recognize individual sculptors
who have made exemplary contributions to the
field of sculpture. Candidates for the award are
masters of sculptural processes and techniques
who have devoted their careers to the develop-
ment of a laudable body of work, as well as
International Sculpture Center 2008 Lifetime Achievement
awards banquet with 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
recipient, Fletcher Benton, B.F.A.,’56; Hiestand Galleries
Director, Ann Taulbee, B.F.A., ’81 and John (Jeb) Bystrom,
B.E.D., ’77 and M. Arch., ’81. The gala dinner was held the
evening of April 25, 2008, at the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art.
to the advancement of the sculpture field as a
whole. Benton is among such celebrated sculp-
tors as Louise Bourgeois, Christo and Jeanne-
Claude, Robert Rauschenberg, and Nam June
Paik, all past recipients of this award.
Fletcher Benton’s tie to Miami continued well
after he graduated. He was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate degree in the Fine Arts in 1993, and
exhibited work in solo exhibitions at the Miami
University Art Museum in both 1980 and 1993.
Miami is proud to recognize our own Fletcher
Benton on his outstanding accomplishments.

Left to right: Architects Yan Meng, Xiadou Liu, and Hui Wang
Miami
Architecture
Graduates: Rising Stars of
Contemporary Urban China
Urbanus is a critically acclaimed contemporary
architecture firm founded in 1999 by a dynamic
trio of Miami alumni: Xiaodu Liu, Yan Meng,
and Hui Wang. All three received Masters of
Architecture degrees from Miami and now
spend their time in Beijing and Shenzhen,
China. Their firm has been described as one
of “China’s most talented young architecture
firms” by Nicolai Ouroussoff of the New York
Times. Urbanus strives to respond to the
conditions imposed by rapidly emerging urban
development in China with humanistic and
community building solutions, resulting in
lively urban landscapes.
Urbanus’s design scope includes urban, archi-
tectural, landscape, interior, and exhibition de-
sign. It is recognized as one of the leading forces
among China’s young design firms, and its work
has been widely exhibited in prestigious domes-
tic and international shows, including the 2005
San Paulo Biennial in Brazil, the 2006 China
Contemporary exhibition by the Netherlands
Architecture Institute, and the 2007 Lisbon
Architecture Triennale in Portugal. In 2005, the
firm was featured by Architectural Record as one
of ten global “vanguard architectural firms.”
Currently on exhibit at Smithsonian’s Cooper-
Hewitt National Design Museum is a design
solution developed by Urbanus to address
growing global concerns and the need for
affordable housing. “Solos: Tulou/Affordable
Housing in China,” on view October 3, 2008–
May 8, 2009, presents the Tulou housing pro-
totype, based on a traditional Chinese circular,
clay-constructed dwelling type. Currently
under construction in China, the distinctive
form provides an alternative to the typical slab
housing ubiquitous around the globe and offers
a remedy for urban sprawl.
On the heels of the Smithsonian exhibit’s
inauguration, the three partners visited Miami
as part of the Department of Architecture and
Interior Design’s 2008–09 lecture series. In an-
other collaborative project, Wenyi Wu, adjunct
professor of architecture, works with Urbanus
yearly to conduct summer studio workshops in
China. Urbanus is eager to support this effort
and to enrich students’ learning experiences.
Visit Urbanus’s official web site, www.urbanus.
com.cn, for more information on the firm.
ALUMNI NEWS
Steven Reineke named to
conduct N.Y. Pops Orchestra
Miami alumnus Steven Reineke has been named
the new Music Director of the New York Pops and
will begin his tenure
in October 2009. As
such, Reineke will
conduct the orches-
tra’s annual concert
series at Carnegie
Hall as well as tours,
recordings, and
nationwide telecasts.
The announcement
follows an extensive
three-year search to find a successor to founder
Skitch Henderson, who died in 2005. Earlier
this year, Reineke conducted the New York Pops’
25th Birthday Gala in Carnegie Hall. A protégé
of Erich Kunzel, Reineke is currently associate
conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. As
the creator of more than one hundred orchestral
arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops over the
past 13 years, Reineke’s arrangements have been
performed worldwide and have been described
as “melodious and joyous.” His numerous wind
ensemble compositions are published by the
C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by
concert bands around the world.
Reineke will return to Miami during homecom-
ing 2009. He is writing a fanfare for Miami’s
combined choirs to be performed at a gala
Bicentennial concert in Millett Hall on Friday night
of homecoming weekend. The piece, Reineke’s
first strictly choral piece, will be “short, fun, and
festive,” and will be accompanied by pieces from
resident Miami composers James Sheppard, G.
Roger Davis, David Shaffer, and SFA Dean James
Lentini, as well as another surprise “big name.”
The homecoming concert will feature Miami’s
combined choirs, including Men’s Glee Club,
Collegiate Chorale, Chamber Singers, and the
Choraliers, as well as the Miami University
Marching Band.
Reineke graduated from Miami with a Bachelor
of Music degree with honors in both trumpet
performance and music composition.
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The New Presser
Renovation of Presser Hall has been
completed and the majority of the
programs of the department of music have
now moved to their official home. Erected
in 1931, Presser was originally a gift of the
Presser Foundation, supplemented by
generous contributions of alumnae and
friends of Western College.
The original building was inaugurated on
September 18, 1931 and was used jointly by the
music departments at Miami University and
Western College. In recent years, Presser has
been home to various musical and theatri-
cal groups. Beginning in December 2006, the
building underwent extensive renovation to
improve and modernize the facility. Significant
mechanical upgrades were made, along with
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Hall
“The new building is a
wonderful asset to the
program.” Music Chair Richard Green
exterior restoration and a large addition for
storage of musical instruments.
The May 2008 move from CPA to Presser Hall
took place with fifteen truckloads of instruments,
music, documents, and office items. “A great
deal of work was done to find the right places
for everything as well as tweaking the building
to accommodate some acoustical surprises,”
said music chair Richard Green. “The new
building is a wonderful asset to the program.”
Clockwise from left:
Presser Hall, May 2008
Left to right: Miami University President David Hodge, Provost
Jeffrey Herbst, Department of Music Chair Richard Green,
and SFA Dean Jim Lentini cut the ribbon at the Presser Hall
re-opening ceremony
MU Trumpet Ensemble, under the direction of graduate
student David Hartkopf signals the opening of the Presser
Hall celebration
The Department of Music celebrated Presser’s
re-opening on October 23, 2008 with “Presser
Palooza.” Officiating at the 3:00 pm ribbon-cut-
ting ceremony at the building’s front entrance
were Miami President David Hodge, Provost
Jeffrey Herbst, SFA Dean James Lentini, and
Music Chair Richard Green.
Hodge, Herbst, and Lentini were in high praise
of the department, with the president saying
that “you now have a building that reflects the
honor and respect with which the department
is held on campus.”
Following the ceremony, a reception was given
along with tours of the building, in addition
to performances by students and faculty of the
department.
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Tanner Recipient of Curry Award

Associate professor of music Chris Tanner is the recipient of the
2008 Crossan Hays Curry Distinguished Educator Award pre-
sented by Miami’s School of Fine Arts. James Lentini, SFA dean,
presented the award at a recent ceremony. Tanner was nomi-
nated by James Sheppard, professor of music, who praised
Tanner’s teaching skills, positivity, and ability to connect
with his students on a personal and professional level.
Sheppard wrote that Tanner’s mix of art and teaching
Music Professor
suggests “personal integrity and creative talent.”

Tanner’s accomplishments include founding the Miami

Designs Reed
University Steel Band in 1994, and earning a Master of Music
degree from Miami in 1996, followed by a doctorate from West
Virginia University in 2000. Tanner is a performer, composer,
Gouging Machine
and arranger in addition to teaching and directing the Steel Professor Andrea Ridilla, in collaboration with
Band. The band performs widely throughout the region and Udo Heng, designer and music store owner, has
during spring of 2008 toured with noted pan artist Andy Narell. designed an oboe gouging machine. The ma-
The band was also fea- chine is meant to reduce the time spent gouging
tured in the PANorama reeds, the first step in the complex process of
Caribbean Music Fest reed making. “Sculpturing the inside curvature
at Virginia Beach of the oboe reed in exactly the right manner is
in May. essential for the kind of oboe tone the oboist is
looking for,” says Ridilla. Oboists must make
The Curry award is their own reeds to satisfy personal tastes in
made possible by an sound, feel, and style.
endowment from Miami
alumnae John Hill Ervasti Ridilla is especially interested in reed-making
and Jean Truitt Ervasti. First due to her association with international play-
given in 1996, ers, “whose concepts of sound are very different
five other from the American approach,” she says.
Department “The demands of matching
of Music faculty playing styles presented
members have received challenges in tone
the award, including production, projec-
Sandra Seefeld in 2007, tion, and flexibility of
Brenda Mitchell in 2005, pitch, and forced me to think outside the box.”
Mary E. M. Harris in
2003, Michèle Gingras With grants from Miami University and
in 2002, and Steven help from Barry Landrum of the Hughes
Shumway in 2001. Instrumentation Laboratory, Ridilla spent
a great deal of time researching and refining
the gouging process. Her invention, which is
U.S. patent pending, caught the eye of Heng,
and together they developed the Ridilla-Heng
machine. The machine is sold on the interna-
tional market through Heng’s business, Reeds
n’ Stuff in Germany, and at Forrest’s Music in
Berkeley, California.

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Miami Design Collaborative pairs with IDEO for “Deep Dive”
John Foster
The newly inaugurated Miami Design
Collaborative (MDC), led by the School of
Fine Arts, is a multi-disciplinary design initia-
tive at Miami University that brings together
students and faculty from across campus in
an interdisciplinary approach to team-based
design solutions. MDC focuses on hands-on
experience with design projects, engagement
with industry and organizations outside of Mi-
ami, and multi-disciplinary theory and practice.
MDC combines existing Miami design projects
and courses with events and outside visitors like
1985 Miami alumnus John Foster at IDEO, an
innovation and design firm.
One of the first MDC events this fall was a
collaboration between the Armstrong Insti-
tute for Interactive Media Studies and IDEO.
A group of faculty and students from across
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campus worked with Foster, head of Talent and
Organizational Development, to participate in
IDEO’s signature “deep dive” brainstorming
process, a creative think tank in which partici-
pants are fully immersed in one specific idea
or project. Participants worked to gain a better
understanding of student learning and engage-
ment, develop a structure for the Miami Design
Collaborative, and create new concepts for
future MDC initiatives. Three other industry
experts, Challis Hodge of Bridge Worldwide,
Mark Eckman of Rosetta, and Elizabeth Bartley,
designer and design educator also participated
in the event, offering their outside perspectives
and insights. This event was made possible by
a combination of Foster’s expertise and the
dedication, energy, and talents of Miami faculty
and students.

Student Designs
Bicentennial Logo
Senior Erin Kana’s design was chosen as the
official logo for Miami’s Bicentennial celebra-
tion. The graphic design major from Bay
Village, Ohio, competed with fellow graphic
g students enlisted byy the university’s
design y and yyoungerg
Bicentennial Committee to create the logo for
Miami’s 2009 celebration. Six students work-
ing under the guidance of Tom Effler, associate
professor of art, and Peg Faimon, professor of
art, were selected as finalists: Jason Andrews,
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Jessica Boonstra, Erin Kana, Jennifer Pace,
Colleen Reid, and Stephanie Rotar, all senior
graphic design majors. Kana’s design is inspired
by the towers of Harrison Hall and ripe with
historical significance. Named for Benja-
min Harrison, Miami class of 1852 and later
president of the United States, Harrison Hall
is located on the site of Miami’s first classroom
building, “Old Main.” Its towers were designed
by Miami’s most prominent architect, Charles
Cellarius, who was responsible for many
Georgian-style buildings on campus. “The site
of Harrison Hall is an especially historical spot
on campus that adds a lot of meaning behind
her logo and can be shared across generations
easily,” Faimon
said. “Older
generations
can associate
with the towers
generations can
identify with
the design’s
balance of con-
temporary feel.”
Faimon Receives Naus Award
Congratulations to Professor of Art Peg Faimon,
Miami Design Collaborative director, who
was one of two recipients of an endowed Naus
Family Scholar award. The program, funded by
a $250,000 gift to Miami’s For Love and Honor
Campaign by James and Susan Naus, both class
of 1967, supports faculty who exemplify the
very best of Miami’s traditions.
Philip Glass:
Embracing Innovation
In the spring, Miami Design Collaborative,
the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media
Studies, and the Performing Arts Series will
co-sponsor a two-day symposium on collabora-
tion featuring a performance by multi-faceted
artist and composer Philip Glass. Through his
operas, symphonies, compositions for his own
ensemble, and collaborations with artists from
Twyla Tharp to David Bowie, Glass has had an
extraordinary impact upon the musical and
intellectual ideas of his time. His residency at
Miami begins with an evening of solo piano
providing a rare opportunity to experi-
ence this influential composer’s work
firsthand. An intimate and unique look
at a visionary at work, Glass personally
introduces the program. As the capstone
event of the MDC’s design thinking
symposium, Glass will present “Creativity
and Collaboration,” focusing on the idea of
creativity and how disparate artists, educators,
and students can inspire each other and create
collaborative work that can be even more satis-
fying than individual work.
Performance Information
Etudes and Other Works for Solo Piano
7:30 pm • Wednesday, April 15 • Hall Auditorium
Tickets
$18 students/youth • $35 senior citizens • $36 adults
Visit www.muohio.edu/PerformingArtsSeries for
more information.
9 / SPRING 2009
 myaamiaki iiši meehtohseeniwiciki,
How the Miami People Live
MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

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 possible through the combined efforts of guest
curators Julie Olds, former cultural preserva-
tion officer of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma,
and Daryl Baldwin, director of the Myaamia
Language project at Miami University, and
the staff of the Miami University Art Museum.
The exhibition, co-sponsored by the National
Museum of the American Indian (part of the

Museum attendance exceeded

7,200 visitors for the exhibition.

Smithsonian Institution), and the Cranbrook

Institute of Science, was unique in that mem-
bers of the Miami tribe were involved from
the very beginning. Over one hundred tribe Susan Ewing’s Dinner Ring for a Last Supper II,
members attended the exhibition opening on sterling silver and magnetic steel

September 18. The opening featured welcoming

In 2004, Miami Art Museum director Robert
Wicks first celebrated the Miami tribe and its
connections to the university with an exhibition
of art by current tribal members. The present-
ing of a native birch tree to Chief Leonard and
its planting on the museum grounds marked
the symbolic return of the tribe to their home-
land. The Miami tribe returned to Oxford in a
groundbreaking new exhibit, Myaammiaki iiši
meehtohessniwiciicki How the Miami People
Live, in Fall 2008. The exhibition celebrated the
vibrant heritage of the Miami tribe, currently
undergoing a language and culture revitaliza-
tion effort, and featured both historical and
contemporary artifacts and objects.
Serving as a kickoff to the university’s Bicen-
tennial celebration, the exhibition was made
Opposite page, clockwise from top:
remarks by Miami University President David
Hodge and the dedication of the site for Miami
tribe elder Eugene Brown’s bronze sculpture,
“A Tribe named Miami, A Surveyor’s Stake, a
Town named Oxford,” representing the unity
of the Miami tribe, Oxford, Ohio, and Miami
University.
The Myaammiaki iiši meehtohessniwiciicki
How the Miami People Live exhibition was
a great success. More than 900 area school
children from 17 different schools had been
through the museum, and 34 Miami courses
integrated the exhibition into the semester’s
curriculum. Over the course of the exhibition
museum attendance exceeded 7,200 visitors.
For more information about the Miami
Nation visit their official website at
http://www.miamination.com/.
Miami Artists part of Ohio
Craftsmen’s Best of 2008
Miami University Distinguished Professor of
Art Susan Ewing received the Pamela Morris
Thomford Award for Excellence in Metals at the
Ohio Designer Craftsmen’s 25th annual juried
members’ competition, “The Best of 2008.”
Tadashi Koizumi, M.F.A. ’08 (metals), received the
Emerging Craftsman Award for his body of work.
Other Miami artists recognized were: graduate
students Josh Foy (ceramics), Geoff Riggle
(metals), and Lisa M. Wilson (metals); M.F.A.
alumnae Sandra Gross, ’91 (glass), and Stephen
Wolochowicz, ’05 (ceramics); and B.F.A. alumnae
Lisa Johnson, ’04, and Christina Brandewie, ’80,
both metals.
More than 325 entries from 140 artists were
submitted; 130 works in glass, metal, fiber, clay,
wood, and mixed media by nearly 90 artists were
selected and are on display at the Ohio Craft
Museum in Columbus during summer 2008.

Deerskin Map Showing Wea Territory under Negotiation with
the Wabash Land Company, c. 1774 – 1775; by permission of
the British Museum, Department of Ethnography, Mullanphy
Collection, London, England
James Otto Lewis, Portrait of Brewett — A Celebrated Miami
Chief, 1835–36, hand-colored lithograph from the portfolio,
The Aboriginal Port-Folio, or A Collection of Portraits of the Most
Celebrated Chiefs of the North American Indians
Detail of Eugene Brown’s wood-burned engraving from Drum
Flute Stand, 2008
Eugene Brown playing one of his original flutes during the
dedication of his sculpture at the MUAM closing reception,
December 18, 2008.
This page:
Eugene Brown, A Tribe Named Miami, A Surveyor’s Stake, A
Town Named Oxford, 2003; carved and painted wood in eight
pieces; lent by Dr. Joseph W. Leonard
Ewing’s award winning piece Dinner Ring for a Last
Supper II is part of a series of small objects based
on the weaponry of Leonardo da Vinci. “This one
piece was enough to make the trip worthwhile,”
said juror Brion Clinkingbeard, deputy director and
chief curator of the Kentucky Museum of Art and
Craft. “It stands alongside the other works in this
show as representing the ‘best of’ traditions of
this powerhouse organization.”

11 / SPRING 2009
 Brent Payne, M.F.A. in painting, 2008 instructs
students in the visual arts component

Sixteen high school students participate in

the fine arts component of Miami’s MLPSLI
C L I F TON MC N I SH , D i re c tor of D ivers it y and O ut re a ch

This past summer, 16 high school students
from throughout the nation participated in the
Multicultural Leader-
ship Program Summer
Leadership Institute
(MLPSLI) sponsored by
Miami’s Office of Ad-
mission. This one-week
institute is designed
for African-American,
Hispanic/Latino, Native
American, or Pacific Islander students that have
completed their sophomore or junior year in
high school, or for students who are not multi-
cultural but have demonstrated a commitment
toward making their school and community
more accepting of cultural diversity. Partici-
pants who successfully complete the institute
and are admitted to Miami receive a renewable
$5,000 merit scholarship award.
During the one-week program, MLPSLI par-
ticipants have the opportunity to interact with
current Miami students, faculty and staff in aca-
demic, leadership and career choice activities.
A variety of academic and co-
curricular activities including a
writing workshop, computer skills
lab, and business, education, engi-
neering, and fine arts programs are
offered to better prepare partici-
pants for college.
The 16 students who participated
in the fine arts component took
courses taught by members of the
School of Fine Arts faculty. In the
Art of Collage, instructor Brent
Payne’s goal for his students was to
help them understand the process
of making art and how to em-
brace and enjoy the process. John
Humphries taught a design draw-
ing course, in which beginning design drawing The SFA’s goal is to motivate students to pursue
ideas are introduced, and students learn to look degrees and careers in the arts as well as increase
at things on a simple yet detailed level. Each the number of students in pre-college initiatives
of these courses is designed to help students similar to MLPSLI. In summer 2007, eight stu-
understand the basic process of developing a dents participated in the fine arts component of
good portfolio, whether for visual art, architec- MLPSLI; in summer 2008 that number doubled.
ture, or interior design. That alone is a great success!

E X T E N D I N G T R A D I T I O N

Interior Design Program

Ranked 9th Nationally
Design Intelligence, who produces the
principal annual ranking of architecture and
design-based academic programs, has ranked
Miami’s Interior Design program in a tie for
ninth nationally for 2009. This is a consider-
able achievement given that there are 300–400
programs and about 160 CIDA accredited pro-
grams reviewed for the ranking. The impressive
ranking is based on a comprehensive survey
of professional design firms. This biases older
programs with established reputations, larger
programs that simply place more graduates, and
programs with established co-ops.

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 E M B R A C I N G I N N O V A T I O N

Grad Student Wins

AIAS Honor Award
Taryn Nye, who graduated from Miami in May
2008 with a Master of Architecture degree,
received an honor award from the American
Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) at
their annual conference in December. Nye’s
design for an accessible home for seven year-
old Lianna Bryant, who has quadriplegic mixed
type cerebral palsy, was nominated for a
Community Service Honor Award through
AIAS. Nye designed and constructed the space
with the Miami University AIAS Freedom by
Design team, working closely with Lianna’s
mother, Utawna Leap, ’93. The house was spe-
cially designed to accommodate the needs of
Lianna, who cannot walk, crawl, or talk.
Leap envisioned a house that would meet the
immediate and long-term needs of her daugh-
ter. She could not afford to hire an architecture
firm so she contacted Miami’s architecture pro-
fessors asking for students’ assistance, knowing
Taryn Nye (left) with Lianna Leap
someone could learn from the experience.
She was put in contact with Nye who was
willing to take on the project. “Tawna came
up with a list of things she wanted in the
design,” Nye explains. “The idea was that
Lianna would be able to go everywhere in
the house, with no restrictions.”
The one-level home is configured to fit Leap’s
long, narrow lot. Visitors walk through an
extra-wide front door into an open-plan living
space that makes it easy for Lianna to move
from kitchen to dining area to living room to
bedroom in her wheelchair. Special features
“[The experience] changed the
way I look at architecture and
the power we have to affect
people’s lives.” Taryn Nye
include a large roll-in bathroom, sink with
motion-activated faucet, and a sprinkler system.
A ceiling-mounted personal lift system runs
through Bryant’s bedroom and bathroom,
down a hallway, and into the living room,
allowing her full access to major
areas of the house.
“I never anticipated the time and
effort and research that not just
Taryn did, but other people in the
department,” Leap said. “Until you
have someone close with a disabil-
ity, you cannot compre-
hend what life is like
with a disability.”
Nye said the process
meant more to her
than the job or award.
“I think I made a
friendship and I found
a family who needed help,” Nye
said. “It changed the way I look at architecture
and the power we have to affect people’s lives.”
Nye now works at Duncan Wisniewski, an ar-
chitecture firm dedicated to helping non-profit
clients and specializing in designing affordable
housing for veterans and the elderly.
Dutton named Professor of
Community Engagement
Through generous alumni support, Thomas
A. Dutton, professor of architecture, has been
named the Cincinnati Professor of Commu-
nity Engagement. Dutton is the director of
Miami University’s Center for Community
Engagement
in Over-
the-Rhine,
which offers
opportunities
for faculty,
student, and
community
learning in
inner-city
Cincinnati.
He and his
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students design and rehabilitate housing for
low- and moderate-income people. He has
been active in the Over-the-Rhine People’s
Movement for twenty-four years. The
Neighborhood Design Corporation of
Cincinnati recognized Dutton for the
accomplishments of the Over-the-Rhine
Design/Build Studio in 1999 and 2005.

13 / SPRING 2009
Extending Tradition—Going Global
Students and faculty spent the past year participating in activi-
ties on a global scale, engaging in study, service, and cultures
that help develop aptitude in a diverse world. The SFA is com-
mitted to making meaningful international experiences available
to all fine arts majors. Here is
a snapshot of their activities:

WHO: Miami University Men’s Glee Club, under the

direction of Ethan Sperry, associate professor of music
WH ER E & W H E N : China, June 2008
W HAT:Sang as part of the 2008 Summer
O
Olympic pre-game events.

WHO: Ghana Design/Build Studio, the Department of Architecture and Interior

Design’s longest running summer workshop
WHE RE & WHE N: Abrafo Odumase, Ghana, summer 2008
WHAT: Designed and built a computer skills classroom for local students and
adults. In previous years, students have designed and built a library, outdoor read-
ing room, permanent market shelters, community center, and guesthouse.

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WHO: The Choraliers, under the direction of
William Bausano, professor of music
W H ER E & W H E N : Italy and Greece,
summer 2008
W HAT: Toured from Venice to Athens, singing
early European music. Were described as
“wonderful musical ambassadors from the
United States.”
Jingju Comes to MU
Tracy Chung has played an important role in
making Jingju come alive in Taiwan, where
she is an Associate Professor at the National
Taiwan University and Taiwan Junior College of
Performing Arts. During fall 2008, Chung was
in residence in the Department of Theatre
to teach traditional Jingju opera style and
direct a Jingju version of Shakespeare’s
The Taming of the Shrew. Theatre
Professor Howard Blanning took
Ms. Chung’s place in Taiwan
for the semester, where he
taught theatre history and
directed Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
“This is only the second time
that such an international
exchange has been done at
Miami,” said Liz Mullenix,
students at Yeditepe University in Istanbul and visited criti-
cally acclaimed design firms Koleksiyon and Autoban.
More Destinations
W HO: Highwire Brand Studio, a capstone
course comprised of students majoring in
marketing, art/graphic design, and other
supporting disciplines
W H E RE & WHE N: London, summer 2008
W HAT: Students worked in competing teams in
collaboration with marketing research affili-
ate dunhumby on a project for Tesco, the third
largest retailer in the world.
Chair of the Department of
Theatre. “Hopefully this ex-
change will blaze a trail for more
faculty to engage in like activity
in the future.” Chung described
her experience, saying, “The
students have been wonder-
ful. We have had a lot of
fun learning about each
other! They taught me how
to express myself better in
English and I taught them
about the traditional Jingju
theatre’s singing, acting, and
dancing, as well as Chinese culture, history,
and language. Their Jingju performance may
not be perfect, but they have developed a great
appreciation for the art and that is beautiful!”
A graduate of the National Fu-hsing Dramatic
Arts Academy and Oklahoma City Univer-
sity, Chung has appeared in more than
WHO: Architecture
and interior design students, with Gulen
Cevik, assistant professor
WHE RE & WHE N: Turkey, summer 2008
WHAT: Toured Roman and Greek
cities, museums, mosques and churches,
and world heritage sites, studying both
ancient and modern Turkey. Participated
in a weeklong project with other design
WHO: Miami University students
WHE RE & WHE N: Florence, Italy, spring 2008
WHAT: Attended Kent State’s architecture
and environmental design school in historic
Florence and participated in semester-long
design studios, traveled with professors to four
major Italian cities as part of an urban analysis
course, and took courses in Italian language, art
history, urban development, drawing, and
European theater.
Scene from Theatre’s recent production of Taming of the Shrew
thirty Jingju productions and has books as well
as DVDs to her credit. She has adapted seven
non-Chinese works for Jingju as well as two
well-known Chinese novels, A Woman and
Four Men and The Life of Ah-Q. In 2003, Tracy
served as a J. W. Fulbright Visiting Scholar-
in-Residence and Vail Artist-in-Residence at
Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
15 / SPRING 2009

Miami Art Faculty Featured in International Exhibition
Thirty-nine works by Miami University artists
were recently included in Connections, an exhi-
bition at the Institute of Art and Design (IAD)
at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen,
Czech Republic. The exhibition, open May
6–24, 2008, featured work by 19 Miami art
faculty and graduate students. IAD, established
in 2004, is one of the most progressive univer-
sity institutions in the Czech Republic focusing
on art and design. The exhibition was part of
the Pilsen Liberation Festival, founded in 2005
to commemorate the anniversary of the libera-
tion of the city of Pilsen by American troops at
the end of World War II.
“The Connections exhibit serves as an oppor-
tunity to showcase the great art of our faculty
and to further bridge the connection between
Miami and the IAD,” says Dean James Lentini,
who traveled to Pilsen with three of the exhibit-
ing artists, along with Dean of the Graduate
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Art Students’ Work Selected
for International Exhibition
Five Miami University artists were part of
“Magnitude Seven,” an exhibition by 34 artists
at the Manifest Creative Research Gallery and
Drawing Center during summer 2008. The
show featured work by: graduate students
Charlie Buckley (painting) and Lisa M. Wilson
International collaborations (metals); Brent Payne, M.F.A. ’08; David
Dotson, M.F.A. ’06; and Josh Willis, B.F.A. ’03.
help connect our students Manifest received more than 550 submissions
and faculty to an increasingly from 254 artists from across 38 states for the
exhibition of work no larger than seven inch-
global world of education es in any dimension. It was the fourth year for
and the arts. the theme, the most popular at Manifest.
School Dr. Bruce Cochrane. “International
collaborations like this help to further our
mission by connecting our students and faculty
to an increasingly global world of education
and the arts.” Future plans for collaboration
with the IAD include developing a partnership
for a joint international master’s degree pro-
gram and student and faculty exchanges.
Participating Miami faculty were: Andrew
Au, Joomi Chung, Larry Collins, Thomas
Effler, Susan Ewing, Margaret “Peg” Faimon,
Tracy Featherstone, Ira Greenberg, dele jegede,
E. James Killy, Matthew Litteken, Edward
Montgomery, Ellen Price, Ralph Raunft, Dana
Saulnier, Dennis Tobin, Roscoe Wilson, Jon
Yamashiro, and Sara Young. Graduating M.F.A.
students Alyssa Feather, Tadashi Koizumi,
Brent Payne, Alan Pocaro, and Kelly Severtson
also exhibited work in the show.
 Extending Tradition, Embracing Innovation

Alumni Create Two principals with Toledo architecture firm, The Collabora-
tive Inc., Mike DiNardo (left) and Paul Hollenbeck (right)

Architecture Scholarship
came together with at least 3 other firms and numerous
alumni donors to create the Northwest Ohio Scholarship in
Architecture and Interior Design.

A group of Miami alumni have come together
to create the Northwest Ohio Scholarship in
Architecture and Interior Design. The scholar-
ship, which will be awarded for the first time
in spring 2009, was conceived by a group
of alumni from Miami’s Department of
Architecture and Interior Design. The group,
including many architects and designers from
several area firms, gathered for a presentation
discussing the department’s achievements and
challenges and began discussing the idea for
the scholarship.
“We felt it was unlikely that any one firm could
generate enough support to fund a scholarship
at a high enough level, but we thought, if we
all got together, we might be able to make it
happen,” said Paul Hollenbeck ’70 of The
Collaborative Inc.
That idea became a reality in November 2008,
when the donors came together to celebrate
their scholarship’s endowment reaching $50,000
during the summer. Beginning in the spring,
it will be awarded each year to one or more
northwestern Ohio students in the Department
of Architecture and Interior Design.
According to Hollenbeck, who transferred to Hollenbeck, who recalls a highly competitive
Miami in 1965 specifically to study architec- program in which an initial class of fifty archi-
ture, the scholarship serves the dual role of tecture students was pared down to his graduat-
supporting Miami students and promoting the ing class of a dozen, remains in close contact
architecture and interior design professions in with former classmates and faculty members.
Northwest Ohio. “Northwest Ohio is no differ- He sees the collective effort behind the scholar-
ent than many other parts of the country in that ship as capturing that spirit of camaraderie that
recruitment is one of our biggest challenges. As defined his time in the program.
the baby boomers retire, we’re going to need
more architects than universities are produc-
ing. Northwest Ohio doesn’t have a school
of architecture, so this was a good way to get
students at Miami to notice us and recognize
the opportunities in this region.”
Alumni, graduating in classes from 1959 to
1991, and parents of current and former Miami
students were among those contributing to the
scholarship fund. “People have great feelings
about their experience at Miami in general, but
the architecture program, because of the rela- “This is not about our firms, though at least four
tionships you form with students and faculty, are represented; it’s about us as a group of archi-
is a little different,” said Michael DiNardo ’84, tects and related professionals. It is a divergent
who earned his Master of Architecture degree group, with more than three decades between
while on a similar scholarship. “It’s almost like some of us, and we gave in varying amounts to
being in a fraternity or sorority because you’re make this possible. Hopefully this isn’t the end,
together so much of the time.” and people will continue to see this as a great
philanthropic outlet.”

(Opposite page left, clockwise from top)
Assistant Professor Joomi Chung
installs her 3-dimensional drawings in
the Connections exhibition on-site at the
Institute of Art and Design’s University
Gallery in the city center of Pilsen,
Czech Republic
Professor Ellen Price’s Tournament
Helmet, 2008
Assistant Professor Roscoe Wilson’s
Deer, Ducks and Cows—Oh My, 2008
Dignitaries ranging from the American
and Belgian ambassadors to the Czech
Republic and the Mayor of Pilsen spoke,
along with Dean Lentini, at the exhibi-
tion’s opening reception May 6
(Opposite page right, clockwise from top)
Artworks by:
Charlie Buckley, MFA candidate,
painting, Study – Keys, 2008
Lisa Wilson, MFA candidate, metals,
Untitled, 2008
Andrew Dailey, MFA candidate
painting, Pinsel, 2008
Donors to the Northwest Ohio Scholarship
in Architecture and Interior Design are: Allan
Brown ’91; Michael DiNardo ’84; Mike Duket
’70; Bert Elliott ’81; Edward ’80 and Mary
Glowacki ’79; Joseph Kunkle; Paul and Pamela
Hollenbeck ’70; Robert Seyfang ’59; and Robert
Siebenaller ’82.

17 / SPRING 2009
 Department of Theatre makes Miami’s TOP25
Last fall, the
Department of
Theatre premiered an innovative new course
as part of President Hodge’s new initiative—
The TOP25 Project: Engaging Students in their
Learning. Faculty were invited to redesign the
25 largest courses at Miami in order to move
learning away from, as the President says, “too
much time telling students what we think they
need to know, and not enough time using their
curiosity to drive their learning.” Teams of
faculty were invited to submit a proposal, and if
chosen, would receive funding for implementa-
tion of their newly designed class.
The Department of Theatre’s proposal for
THE 191 was one of seven classes chosen to
receive funding in the first round of TOP25
and was the first to pilot its course. Theatre
Appreciation, an introductory class in which
200 students previously received information
An interactive, hands-on laboratory for theatre creation
passively through lecture, was transformed into
an interactive, hands-on laboratory for theatre
creation. Students of the redesigned course
were given the opportunity to interact with
multiple guest artists, shadow a working artist
in a backstage experience, and create their own
ten-minute play.
By directly interacting with working artists,
witnessing Miami theatre productions from an
insider’s perspective, and applying their knowl-
edge to their own artistic creation, non-majors
become critically engaged and actively involved
in theatre in an exciting and innovative way.

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New SFA Director
of Development
A seven-year veteran of
Miami University’s Office
of Development, Heather
Kogge was named Direc-
tor of Development for
the School of Fine Arts last April. In this role,
she works directly with alumni and friends of
the SFA to build support toward a $15 million
goal, as a part of the overall $500 million Miami
University Campaign For Love and Honor. Priori-
ties within the SFA campaign include endowed
scholarships, fellowships, and chairs; student
enrichment and programs, including technology,
as well as production, exhibit, and visiting
artists endowments; and a Miami University
Performance and Concert Hall.
Heather enjoys the reward of helping to
strengthen the relationship of Miami’s loyal
supporters with the School of Fine Arts, and
is honored to be a part of the philanthropic
process of “giving back.” A 1990 graduate of
Ball State University and a former high school
English teacher, Heather lives in Oxford with her
husband John Kogge ’72 and children Malory
and Jesse.
For information on making a commitment in
support of the School of Fine Arts, please
contact Heather at 513-529-5217 or
koggeha@muohio.edu .
Earl Reeder Visiting Critics Fund
Like his grandmother Thelma Flanery Reeder,
who attended Miami University in the 1920’s,
alumnus Earl Reeder believes in the importance
of giving back, that his contributions might
shape and guide future generations of Miamians
by providing students with experiences that go
beyond the curriculum. It is in this spirit that he
presented the Earl Reeder Visiting Critics Fund
in support of the Department of Architecture
and Interior Design, in the fall of 2008.
The available annual distribution generated from
the fund will support participation of an annual
“Reeder Visiting Critic” in the activities of the
Department of Architecture and Interior Design.
This position shall be held by a nationally or
internationally recognized architect, interior
designer, or related professional. The intent is
that the Reeder Visiting Critic would participate
directly with students in classroom-based activi-
ties, over an extended period of time as available
funds permit, and deliver an annual Reeder Lec-
ture as part of the departmental lecture series.
The School of Fine Arts is extremely grateful to
Earl for his generosity and vision.
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 The Miami University School of Fine Arts gratefully acknowledges the following donors who made gifts totaling $1000
or more in support of the SFA during 2008.
Gifts greater than $500,000
Ruder-Bever Family
$50,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
* Ms. Mary L. Charles
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Quain
$10,000 – $49,999
American Greetings Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Cocks
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Gross III
Mrs. Barbara Hatch Lore
The Miami University School of Fine Arts gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have made commitments
totaling $1000 or more in support of the SFA, as part of the Miami University Campaign For Love and Honor, 2002 – 2010.
Gifts greater than $1,000,000
* Mrs. Edna Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith
$100,000 – $999,000
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Allen
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Armstrong * Dr. Lewis F. Roth
* Mrs. Frances Hanson Christian
* Ms. Marjorie J. Evans
* Mrs. Virginia Pearce Glick
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey P. Hall
* Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Hermann
Ms. Mary Heston Holtz
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Huston
Mr. Lloyd D. Ittel
Ms. Marilyn S. Miller
Dr. and Mrs. L. Michael Moskovis
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Pfanner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Quain
Mr. James E. Miles and
Mrs. Claudia C. Ramsay
Ruder-Bever Family
* Mr. John A. Schaal
* Mr. Karl J. Schlachter
Mrs. Roberta Schlachter
* Mr. Norman A. Schoelles
$50,000 – $99,000
American Greetings Corporation
* Ms. Mary L. Charles
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Cocks
Mr. Donald R. Edmundson
Walter L Gross, Jr.,
Family Foundation
Dr. Frank Jordan, Jr.
* Mrs. Frances Zurbrick Mason
$10,000 – $49,000
AIA Ohio Foundation
Anonymous
Mr. Gordon D. Arnold
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Benson
Bever Trust
Ms. Eleanor M. Brown
Mr. Wendall Cady
Mr. Michael J. DiNardo
Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Elliott
Ernst & Young Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Goshorn
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Gross III
Heartland Arts Fund
Elizabeth Wakeman Henderson
Charitable Foundation
Ms. Lynne M. Higgs
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hollenbeck
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Hurst
Mr. Vincent J. Inconiglios
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Knowlton
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Leak
The Knolls of Oxford
Mrs. Barbara Hatch Lore
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
Mrs. Betty Michael
* Dr. John A. Michael
* Mr. Ronald E. Moehle
Mrs. Dawn Netsch
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
* Mr. Ronald E. Moehle
Proctor and Gamble Company
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Quinby
Ms. Jessica Waldmann
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Waldmann
$5,000 – $9, 999
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Farmer
Mr. Keith L. Bremer and
Mrs. Barbara A. Paprocki
Mrs. Judy L. Stark
Triplo Press
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Wood
* Mr. Walter A. Netsch
Pennsylvania Performing Arts
on Tour
Mr. Michael L. Pittman
Presser Foundation
Procter & Gamble Company
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Quinby
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Seaman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Siegel
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Smith
Mrs. Judy L. Stark
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Steuk
Ms. Elizabeth Mayer Swailes
* Mr. Joseph P. Veasey
Ms. Jessica Waldmann
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Waldmann
Mr. Robert E. White
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Wood
$5,000 – $9,999
American Institute of Architects
Mr. Larry W. Anderson
Mrs. Colleen Ward Atwood
Mr. and Mrs. Allan N. Brown
Cincinnati Parks Foundation
Cunningham Group
Architecture, P. A.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dahoda
DuBois Book Store
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Dunlap III Dr. and Mrs. James R. Hodgman
Echternach International
Music Festival
Fanning Howey Assoc Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Farmer
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gilmore
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Glowacki
Hamilton Community Foundation
Mr. Jeffrey L. Horrell
Mr. John F. Keegan
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Killen
Mr. Steven and
Mrs. Patti Hannon Liberatore
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. McKean
Newport Collaborative
Architects Inc.
Oxford Arts Club
Oxford Visitors &
Convention Bureau
Mr. Keith L. Bremer and
Mrs. Barbara A. Paprocki
Dr. Elizabeth Senicka Rogers
Miss Rebecca D. Schnelker
Mr. Douglas C. Schwing
Ms. Sandra L. Seefeld
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Seyfang
Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Shelton
* Mr. Bartley Skinner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Smith
Mr. Chris Stousland
The Collaborative Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Thrall, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tierney
Triplo Press
URS Corporation
Mr. Jason J. Weller
Mrs. Helen Sheets Winget
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Wood
20
$2,500 – $4,999
AIA Ohio Foundation
Anonymous
Mr. Michael J. DiNardo
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Gordon
Elizabeth Wakeman Henderson
Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Hollenbeck
Ms. Mary Heston Holtz
Oxford Arts Club
Presser Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Seaman, Jr.
$2,500 – $4,999
Accenture Foundation
Alexander House
Mr. Stephen Althouse
John W. Altman
Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Casey Stousland Audrain
Miss Elsa J. Baer
Mrs. Marjory Baer
Miss Joan A. Barenholtz
Mr. Jerome Conley
Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Crain
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Crutcher
Daimler Chrysler
Dr. Adeed Dawisha and
Dr. Karen L. Dawisha
Dr. Judith K. Delzell
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. De More
Mr. Lynton Dudley
Mr. Michael R. Duket
Dr. Steven R. Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. W. Hardy Eshbaugh
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. Kevin G. Fletcher
Mr. Gary Gaffney
Dr. James C. Garland and
Dr. Carole E. Garland
Mr. Dean R. Gladden
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Green
Dr. Melville D. Hayes III
Mrs. Berdene F. Hird
Mr. and Mrs. Clair E. Howey
Mrs. Eileen M. Jeck
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kern
Mr. Robert W. Krause
Ms. Lynne Latham
Mr. William D. Layman and
Dr. Pamela Fox
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mrs. Emily Mountz Ness
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Poccia
* Ms. Mary E. Porter
Prescott Ellen
Miss Janet K. Rinehart
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Sauder
Mr. David R. Scheer
Scioto County Area Foundation
Dr. James R. Showkeir
Ms. Eleanor B. Skyllingstad
Ms. Christine Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Southard
Southwest Florida
Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Stephens
Mr. Arthur R. Thieme
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Dr. and Mrs.
Randolph L. Wadsworth, Jr.
Mrs. Lydia Osborn Wiepking
Dr. Mary E. Woodworth
$1,000 – $2,499
American Electric Power Co. Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Paul V. Anderson
Mr. Stuart M. Anderson
Mrs. Judith Rogers Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. Tim W. Arnold
$1,000 – $2,499
Alexander House
Mr. Larry W. Anderson
Mrs. Colleen Ward Atwood
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Benson
Mr. and Mrs. Allan N. Brown
Daimler Chrysler
Ms. Patricia I. Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Crain
Dow Chemical
Company Foundation
Mr. Lynton Dudley
Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gilmore
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Glowacki
Rev. Michael D. Ausperk
Mr. Mark S. Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Balogh
Mrs. Christine Beatty Bartels
Mr. Ian C. Berry
Mrs. Priscilla Strand Berry
Mr. George T. Beverley
Mr. Jeffrey Bishop
Ms. Dorothy A. Blatt
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Bonaminio
Ms. Jeanie Bowers
Mrs. Anne Amos Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Bryan
Ms. Irene Bussing
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan K. Callender
Callison Architecture Inc.
Mrs. Sara Buchsbaum Campbell
Dr. Steven P. Carstens
Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Casner
Mr. Arthur B. Casper
Champlin-Haupt Architects, Inc.
Mr. Jimmy D. Chapman
Ms. Laura Chapman
Chevron Corporation
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
* Ms. Ann Cline
Dr. and Mrs. John N. Clover
Ms. Patricia I. Cooper
Mr. Jackie L. Cornett
Prof. and Mrs. Joseph L. Cox III
Mrs. Nancy Saylor Crell
Mr. Thomas E. Darby, Jr.
Miss Carla J. Davis
Mr. Charles L. Deitschel
Deloitte Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Demetrion
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Diamond
David B. Dillehunt
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Di Marinisi
Dr. Marek Dollar and
Dr. Anna Dollar
Dow Chemical
Company Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. W. Hardy Eshbaugh
Mr. Johnathan S. Evarts and
Dr. Katherine Evarts
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Fanning
Mr. Gregory H. Fess
Mr. and Mrs. Basil R. Fett
Ford Motor Company
Mr. Arthur H. Frederick
Mr. and Mrs. Guy J. Frederick
General Electric Company
Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Gillespie
Mr. and Mrs. Ted W. Goble
Mr. Fred Good
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grayson
Mr. Edwin K. Griest
Dr. and Mrs. David F. Griffing
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel H. Grothen
Mr. Blake F. Hankins
Dr. Robert J. Hasl
Mr. Jeffrey M. Hauk
Dr. Jeffrey I. Herbst and
Dr. Sharon Polansky
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Herche
* Ms. Genevieve E. Hilmer
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hodge
Mrs. Peggy Bausch Hofmann
Greater Cincinnati Foundation Mrs. Emily Mountz Ness
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hodge Owens Corning Foundation Inc.
Mr. Jeffrey L. Horrell Miss Janet K. Rinehart
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Hurst Dr. Elizabeth Senicka Rogers
Dr. dele jegede Ms. Ann M. Ruchhoft
Dr. Frank Jordan, Jr. Mr. Douglas C. Schwing
Mr. John F. Keegan Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Southard
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kern The Collaborative Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Killen Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Thrall, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Knowlton UBS Painewebber
Mr. Robert W. Krause UPS Foundation
Mr. William D. Layman and Mr. Christopher D. Vockell
Dr. Pamela Fox Dr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Ruth Yokel McDiffett Randolph L. Wadsworth, Jr.
Mr. Paul M. Mylod Mr. and Mrs. John F. Whelpton
Mr. Ryan W. Holloway Professional Bi-Cultural
Dr. Cynthia L. Howard Development Associates, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Hummel Mr. and Mrs. William W. Pulley
Mr. John R. Iorillo Mr. and Mrs. James J. Raaf
Mr. Kohei Ishikawa Mr. James W. Rauth
Dr. dele jegede Ms. Eleanor J. Read
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kane Dr. Thomas J. Redington, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Keller, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Whitesell Reinhart
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Kendra Mrs. Teddi G. Robeson
Mr. and Mrs. Karl G. Koehler Mr. Rodney F. Rose
Ms. Kim R. Kolb Mr. and Mrs. David A. Rossman
Mr. Stephen M. Krumm Mr. Jerome M. Rothenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kunkle Dr. James M. Rubenstein
Mrs. Virginia Lee and Ms. Bernadette L. Unger
* Mr. Wanchul Lee Ms. Ann M. Ruchhoft
* Ms. Lois D. Lehmkuhl Mr. Thomas R. Schiff
Mr. and Mrs. R. Conrad Leslie Mrs. Dorothy C. Schilling
Mr. Nicholas J. Licastro Mr. and Mrs. John C. Schilling
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Lindsay Mr. Clifford T. Sheffield
Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Lindsey Mr. Robert E. Shook III
Mr. and Mrs. Hallock Lucius Dr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Shriver
Mrs. Ellen O. Lutz Mr. Robert A. Siebenaller
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Cal Simmons
Rev. Stephen M. Madaris Mr. and Mrs. R. Janney Smith
and Rev. Carolyn Crawford Mr. Robert K. Smith
Dr. Paul J. Malott W.E. Smith Family Charitable Trust
Mr. Dennis A. Matejka Mrs. Helen Kuller Snider
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Mattox Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Snow
Mrs. Frances D. McClure Solera Imports
Mrs. Ruth Yokel McDiffett Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Sollmann
Dr. David C. McGrew Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sponseller, Jr.
and Dr. Kathryn B. McGrew SSOE, Inc.
Ms. Cathy McVey Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Steiner
Meijer Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Stephens
Mr. Thomas J. Mitchell Mr. John T. Stevens
Mr. E. Fuller Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Straus
Dr. Jane I. Moore Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Stuller
Mr. Robert A. Morgensen Mr. Kerry Sutton
Ms. Patricia Brueneman Morrison The Little Church of the West
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Myers Mr. Richard A. Thomas
Mr. Paul M. Mylod Mr. James R. Thomson
National Federation of Music Clubs Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Nationwide Foundation Tramonte & Sons
Mr. Roderick E. Nimtz Mr. Joseph D. True, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Noltemeyer Mr. Richard Trump
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Norman UPS Foundation
Mr. James Olcott Mr. Wayne E. Vincent
Oxford Limousine Service Mr. Christopher D. Vockell
Need-A-Ride, Inc. Mr. John B. Weigand
Mr. John C. Pascoe and Mr. Frank M. Wells, Esq.
Mrs. Dawn M. Wallace-Pascoe Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Wespiser III
Mrs. Yerevan Peterson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Whelpton
Mr. Bill Phelps Dr. Robert S. Wicks and
Dr. David B. Phillips and Dr. Ann B. Wicks
Dr. Alice C. Phillips Mr. Herbert B. Wiepking
Mr. Michael L. Phillips * Mrs. Lydia Wiepking
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley N. Pontius Mr. Cecil B. Wilson
Mr. Karl P. Power and Mr. Bradley L. Wyner
Ms. Georgana Taggart Mr. Scott Zanon
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Priest Mr. and Mrs. John W. Zimmerman
These lists represent gifts and pledges received by the Miami University Division of
University Advancement. All gifts and pledges listed count toward the overall Miami
University Campaign For Love and Honor.
The Miami University School of Fine Arts values all gifts in support of its academic pro-
grams, the Performing Arts Series, and the Miami University Art Museum. The complete
listing of all donors can be viewed at http://arts.muohio.edu.
*deceased
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