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Arts Advocacy Day

Paul Kreider, Dean, attended the 22nd Annual Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC on March 21, 2009. As a board member of the Illinois Arts Alliance, Kreider attended and advocated for K-16 arts education. Read more.

The Illinois delegation met with Congresswoman Hallvorson.

Left to right-Dale Lonis, Elgin Symphony; Scarlet Svedlow, IL Art Alliance; Congresswoman Halvorson; Doug Johnson, McLean County Arts Center; Nancy Stemper, Carbondale Center for the Arts; and Paul Kreider, Dean, COFAC

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Bruce Bobick and Students Reunite

Bobick and many of his former students reunited for the opening of two Art Gallery shows: Bruce Bobick: A Retrospective and Watercolors by "Purple Max Award" Alumni et al. Bobick did a Gallery Walk at the opening reception for a rapt audience of students, faculty, alumni, and community members.

Over and over again, many of Bobick's former students praised Bobick as one of the best teachers they ever had. It was clear that Bobick's teaching and art completely engaged his students and the audience at the Gallery Walk as well.

Left to Right: Greg Freres, (BA 1976) (worked as artist/designer for the pinball industry, Bally, etc. retired, still working as artist.); Dr. William H. (Bill) Sanders, professor emeritus; Marlene Jungmann (BA 1976) (has donated to gallery in past); Terri (Johnson) Moisan, (BA, 1976) a major doll artist in addition to teaching 7th Grade Special Education, lives in Tinley Park, IL; Ed Herbeck (BA, 1976) free-lance artist, Downers Grove, IL; Carolyn Cook-Fauble (BA 1968, MA, 1972) retired teacher, Ravenna, Texas; Thomas C. Jackson (BA, 1972) retired Stamats, full-time artist Cedar Rapids, Iowa; John R. Graham (BA, 1973, MA, 1984) Curator of Exhibits, WIU, Macomb, IL; Bruce Bobick Former Department of Art Faculty, 1968-1976, since 2005, professor emeritus, The State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA; Jo Ann Sanders, professor emeritus, WIU; Dan Gillogly (BA, 1972) owner of the Craft Studio Christmas Shoppe, Carthage, IL; Bill Sanner, Macomb (father of Alumnae Luanne Sanner); Ken Clubb (BA, 1973) free-lance artist, Peoria, IL; Rick Clubb (BA, 1975?) North Aurora, IL; Carla (Carson) Yager (BA, 1975?) guidance counselor at Nauvoo-Caloosa H.S., Carthage, IL; Luanne Sanner, (BA, 1976?) Macomb, IL; Brian McCormick (BA, 1974) Historic Preservation Architect, Madison, Wisconsin)

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Alum Thomas Jackson has Solo Show

Alum Thomas Jackson has a Solo Show at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. American Narratives: Photographs by Thomas C. Jackson from March 14 - May 31, 2009.

From the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art website

Cedar Rapids artist Tom Jackson is perhaps best known for his paintings, both his older, more abstract compositions and his more recent painterly versions of photographically-inspired compositions. American Narratives: Photographs by Thomas C. Jackson will focus on a different medium altogether, photography, which Jackson came to only recently. The splicing together of his separate, seemingly-unrelated photographs creates fascinating and intriguing new narratives.

These images are all pulled from the American scene and the exhibition will make an interesting counter-point to the exhibition Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran, on view at approximately the same time.

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Broadcasting Students visit New York and Win at NBS

The National Broadcasting Society held its annual national convention on March 25-28 in New York City. Western students attended and some of them were winners.

Left to right: Julio Rausseo, Melissa Maddoz, Ebony Washington, Lisa Glaub, Dana Fishman, Hanna Logan, Carly Babington

Grand Prize Winner : Nick Wilkens: Audio News Segment Category, "Grape Festival"

Grand Prize Winner: Liz Bales and Nick Moron: Video News Package Category, "Avoiding Tragedy"

Honorable Mention: Nick Wilkens: Audio Feature Segment Category, "Food Services"

Honorable Mention: Nick Wilkens: Audio Sports Segment Category, "Marching Necks"

Honorable Mention: Beth Terpening: Audio Commercials Category, "Brighter Light Bookshop"

Honorable Mention: Kyle Dierking: Video Sports Program Category, "Pigskin Preview"

Honorable Mention: Julio Rausseo: Sports Play-By-Play Programming Category, "Macomb High vs. Illini West"

Nick Wilkens, Nick Moron, Liz Bales and Kyle Dierking are broadcasting alums and they are all employed! Nick Wilkens (BA 2008) is the News Director at KCII in Washington, IA. Nick Moron (BA 2008) is a videographer for KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, IA. Liz Bales (BA 2008) is a news reporter for WHBF-TV in Rock Island, IL. And Kyle Dierking (BA 2007) is a video journalist at Newson6.com, KOTV-TV in Tulsa, OK.

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Music Therapy Students Lobby for Licensure

Allison Marcum, Senior Music Therapy student, met with her Senator A. J. Wilhelmi at the Illinois Association for Music Therapy Lobby Day, March 31st in Springfield. Marcum along with 4 other students and Dr. Jennifer Jones participated in the first ever Lobby Day in Illinois seeking sponsorship of legislation to license music therapists in the state.

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