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The Stamps SchoolMaking A Difference

On this cover of Emergence A New Look

OON SEPTEMBER 20, 2012, A&D BECAME THE

Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Naming is a moment of transition. Internally,

a new name is an occasion for us to revisit our

histories and anticipate our futures. For external audiences,

naming gives us new visibility, distinguishing us from other

schools of art and design. As we build our strengths as a

destination for the most creative thinkers and makers, being

a named school will help to keep us in the minds of the

national and international art and design community.

A new name also means a new logo mark. And we’re

pleased to present ours on the cover of this issue of

Emergence. Developed with input from faculty, staff,

and students, the Stamps word mark has been designed

to achieve a number of goals. With it, we declare our new

identity with a bold and declarative mark; we place ourselves

within the new logo system developed by the university as

a whole, while at the same time visually connecting to the

family of art/design schools with whom we compete.

Over the past decade the Stamps School has rebuilt itself

to rethink and restructure what we do as an institution.

As we move into the next phase of our growth and

development, we hope our new name and word mark will

help us to better broadcast our strengths to communities

across the globe.

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NNOW, MORE THAN EVER, THE WORLD’S PRESSING

issues call for creative solutions. As artists/

designers, we are being asked, not just to respond

to the issues of our time, but to act upon them,

“to do something.”

The Stamps community has always been committed to

creating work that is engaged with the world—awareness,

discovery and action are built into our creative culture.

There are many ways to make a difference—through teaching

and learning in the classroom, in the making of creative work,

through engagement with communities around the world, by

mentoring students, and through financial support.

This issue of Emergence offers a sampling of some of these

involvements by our Stamps community.

The Stamps School:

Making A Difference


Neil ZembaRecycling, Design, Detroit and Community Social Services

T“THIS IS ONLY A PROTOTYPE,” HE SAYS. “WE

have a ways to go before it’s complete. Now, we

have to create the manufacturing process.”

Mastering the relationship between creative

design and practical marketplace realities is what Zemba

refers to as the “push/pull challenge” of today’s designer.

“We live in a world where every product has to have a

‘design appeal,’ and it has to be cost-effective,” says Neil,

who graduated this May from Stamps.

D E T R O I T T R E A D S S A N D A LIn late fall 2013, Zemba’s collaboration with Cass

Community Social Services in Detroit, known as Detroit

Treads, is expected to yield a “saleable sandal” made by

those who seek shelter and assistance at the Detroit-

based agency. The sandal is currently undergoing “test

marketing.” (Translation: The sandals are on the feet of

Zemba’s friends.)

The project is in line with Zemba’s view that fashionable

design can be socially responsible and make a positive

difference. He learned first-hand the impact of design on

a person and community from participating in Professor

Nick Tobier’s class, Design for Change, where he and other

students taught the fundamentals of design to students at

Detroit Community High, a charter school.

Zemba and Stamps senior Daniel Gold have taught a

footwear design class at the school. He says the class is a way

to encourage students to learn about art, and inspire them to

see possibilities beyond their community.

“Everyone needs a mentor,” says Zemba, who points to the

influence of mentors like professor Nick Tobier and professors

Bill Lovejoy, John Marshall and Marianetta Porter during his

Standing in his crowded studio, Neil Zemba

explains the intricate details of his

collaborative venture to design a sandal

from recycled material. He runs his long

fingers over the rubber-sole work in

progress, which looks as if it could be

worn on beaches from Tahiti to Malibu

to the Hamptons.


“It starts with a dreamer, but it doesn’t stop with the dream.”

undergraduate years. Collectively, he credits them with shaping

his “design with a conscience” sensibility, and seeing connections

among disciplines.

Since winning the Nike-sponsored “Future Sole” national

competition as a sophomore, Zemba’s future has been on a

high-trajectory career path. His eclectic, thought-provoking

designs have attracted the attention of preeminent shoe

innovators such as Nike’s legendary Wilson W. Smith III.

After graduation, however, rather than seek a stable job

with an established shoe designer, Zemba plans to follow in

his father’s unconventional footsteps.

“My father’s my biggest role model,” he says, noting his

dad’s can-do entrepreneurial zeal. From success owning a sub

shop to his current business as a liaison between medical device

companies and the FDA, the elder Zemba is, according to his

son, the embodiment of living life by following your dream.

“It starts with a dreamer, but it doesn’t stop with the dream,”

says Zemba. “I have a pretty good role model who taught me

how to get things done, how to make ideas a reality.”

Growing up in Saline and Ann Arbor, MI, Neil Zemba

frequently attended the Ann Arbor Art Fair where he was first

inspired to be an artist. Neil has designed shoes for footwear

companies including Nike, Inov8 and Xtep, and studied under

former Design Director of Jordan Brand, D’Wayne Edwards,

and current Nike Design Director, Wilson W. Smith III, at the

Pensole Footwear Design Academy.


Anne MondroThe Role of Creative Work in Healthcare

IIN TALKING ABOUT HER WORK, ANNE EXPLAINS, “THIS

piece is very personal. I’ve been working with older

adults with memory loss and their caregivers. It’s so

intense to be a caregiver. When you care for a loved

one, the two of you become intertwined. You take on their

vulnerabilities but also their strengths. As I thought about

that relationship, it was important that these forms be tied

together somehow.”

In 2006, she developed a community engagement course

titled Retaining Identity: the role of creativity in the healthcare

setting, in which art and design students partner with persons

with dementia. The course works with the U-M Geriatric

Associate Professor Anne Mondro is not

your average crocheter. Instead of wool, she

carries a thin 26-gauge tinned copper wire.

In one of her recent projects, using the

wire and a pair of crochet needles, she built

sculptural forms in the shape of anatomical

hearts. Anne spent about a year researching

the anatomy of the heart, even spending time

in the U-M anatomy lab and using 3D modeling

software to figure out how to create the forms

with her crochet needles.

Center to explore the potential of art to lift the human

spirit in times of illness.

This past winter, students met weekly with the members

of Silver Club Mild Memory Loss Program and the

Elderberry (barely elder) group to do creative work together.

Anne says, “My studio work used to be separate from

my teaching. But, recently, the two types of work have

begun to inform one another. In fact, teaching social

engagement classes brought me in touch with older adults

with memory loss and their caregivers.”

The one-of-a-kind works created by Anne’s

students and the elders were recently exhibited at


“...at the end of our meeting, my Elderberry partner expressed to me her gratitude and love for the program we are a part of.”

Matthaei Botanical gardens. And, this past year, Anne

Mondro received a University of Michigan grant to pursue

interdisciplinary research studying creativity’s effects

on caregivers and care recipients. She was in Amherst

this summer pursuing research as the 2013 Scholar in

Amherst recipient, which is funded by the Emily Dickinson

International society: “I love Emily Dickinson’s work and the

way she used pain and grieving as inspiration.”

Stamps students have clearly found inspiration from Anne’s

course. One student, writing about the Retaining Identity

course on the class blog, discusses its impact:

“Today we worked on a piece of art, but spent most of the

time discussing our families, life experiences, and what comes

next for me after college. However, for the first time at the

end of our meeting, my Elderberry partner expressed to me

her gratitude and love for the program we are a part of. She

discussed how Tuesday afternoons have been the highlight of

her past few months, and how she was so upset that we don’t

meet more often and that our collaboration will soon be ending.

She expressed how being creative and talking with me kept her

mind off of the disease, and brought a lot of joy to her life. She

also expressed how earlier today the group listened to music

from her youth, and that it made her feel so calm, relaxed, and

happy for the first time in a while.

In class, we have done many readings about the positive

effects the arts have on patients with dementia, but to hear it

firsthand was a remarkable and enlightening experience. It also

inspired me to continue this kind of work in the future.”


NNOW A SPRING 2013 GRADUATE OF U-M WITH

a dual degree from LSA and Stamps, the

22-year-old credits her college experiences

with helping her discover a passion for

international development. “My design philosophy is that

a product needs to be developed around the community and

for the community,” McCabe says.

She describes her dream job as working for an

international nonprofit agency, creating products for

developing countries that are designed considering the

area’s tools, resources and lifestyles. It is a position for

which her studies — in international development and social

change paired with the skills learned at Stamps in industrial

product design — have prepared her. McCabe has visited

more than a dozen countries — including Turkey, Egypt,

Chile and Bolivia — through study-abroad opportunities,

enabling her to build a strong sense of global awareness and

the issues facing developing countries.

She recalls her first experience abroad in northern

India in the village of Sotla as “mind blowing.” “I ended

up in this rural village six hours away from the nearest

city and nobody spoke English or even Hindi. We didn’t

have electricity for most of the day. Everything was so

drastically different,” she says.

It was during her three-month stay there that she became

exposed to the concept of social change through her work

teaching young Indian girls English, computer skills and

offering HIV education.

McCabe’s senior project this summer was her sixth

time studying abroad as she continues her focus on

international development. She traveled to two countries

to work with local residents to build devices to improve

public health, including bio-sand water filters in

Brazil and safer, more efficient home cooking stoves in

Tanzania. (see story on page 11)

The globetrotter says she’s also enjoyed the cultural

diversity on campus.

“I realized that diversity is here, and there are so many

cool people from different walks of life on campus. You just

have to go out there and find it.”

Like her great-grandmother, a member of the U-M class

of 1913, and her grandmother who graduated with a degree in

art and design in 1941, McCabe will continue the century-old

family history with the university as a proud U-M alum.

“There’s no way, growing up in middle-class rural

Michigan, that I could ever understand the different

lifestyles that exist. I’m so happy I ended up coming here.”

Micaela McCabeProduct Design For International CommunitiesBy Dana Budzaj Elger, Public AffairsReprinted from the University Record

Even with a family connection

dating back 100 years, Micaela

McCabe doubted U-M was the right

place for her to study art and design.

A resident of Hamburg Township

near Brighton, U-M didn’t feel

different or far enough from home.


“My design philosophy is that a product needs to be developed around the community and for the community.”

Elizabeth RedmondFrom Thesis Project to Global Company

Elizabeth Redmond (BFA ‘06) started

what would become POWERleap during

her fourth-year thesis project where she

set out to design systems and devices that

harvest energy from the human body.

Since graduation, Elizabeth has grown her

small BFA project into a global company

with product demand from over 50

countries. Her company has been featured

on the Discovery Channel, on Forbes.com,

in The New York Times, Fast Company,

Metropolis Magazine and more.

Her co-founder and partner, Keenan May, is also a U-M graduate with a Masters of Architecture from the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

“I never imagined that my senior thesis project would become my career.”


POWERleap

“Hello World”“Hello World”

2017 IoT Market $250b

2012 IoT Market $40b

II T A L L S T A R T E D W I T H T H E L E S S O N S M Y P A R E N T S

taught me. I was raised on 20 acres around a lake in

a home that ran on passive solar energy. We grew

our own food and used only a wood stove to heat the

house in the winter. So I grew up with an awareness of just

how many resources were needed to support our lifestyle.

And, throughout school, my interest was in designing multi-

functional devices that were sustainable and required some

level of conscious interaction by users.

This interest was definitely supported at Stamps. My

mentor was Professor Jan Henrik Anderson, a proponent and

supporter of sustainable design.

For my senior Integrative Project I was looking for a

way to create and harvest energy through the simple act

of people walking around. Using the principles of piezo

energy, (transducers that produce an electrical charge in

response to kinetic pressure) I designed an interactive

floor surface that could produce electricity when someone

stepped on it. Rather than having a traditional exhibition

of my work at the end of my senior year, I installed it on a

street corner in Ann Arbor.

I never imagined that my senior thesis project would

become my career. But, standing on the corner of Liberty and

Main where people were actually using a product I’d created,

I knew it wasn’t ending there. I could tell that I had struck

on one of those ideas that could be built into an inspiring

product with a viable market. So, I used the money I received

from a Stamps undergraduate Arthur C. Tagge Award to fund

the project further.

After graduation, I submitted my project to the Metropolis

Magazine Next Generation Design competition and I was

awarded runner-up. When I went out to San Francisco to

accept the prize, I met people from a flooring company called

Mohawk. They were very interested in my idea and agreed

to give me $10,000 to develop a prototype for a spot on the

Discovery Channel that I’d been offered.

The project has definitely evolved since that initial stage.

The piezo technology is not really capable of generating

enough power for lighting systems yet, but it can power

wireless sensors and transmit data to the cloud. We’re

still harvesting energy, but on a smaller scale. Now we’re

developing what we have branded as SPOT = self powered

occupancy tags. We embed our technology in floors, seating,

hospital beds, shoes, and more to allow them to be “smart”

without batteries or wires. It’s a more sustainable approach

to the Internet of Things (a market sized at $250 billion by

2017) because it takes all of these systems that are usually

on the grid or run on batteries and makes them powered by

people’s interaction with them. We’re currently working with

clients across multiple fields: healthcare, athletic apparel,

corporate office, elder care, automotive, and more.

I really love being an entrepreneur. It’s a logical outcome

from a degree in art and design, particularly the multi-

disciplinary program at Stamps. I’d definitely encourage

current students to go for it and take as many risks as

possible to develop their ideas, especially while they have the

majority of their 20s ahead of them to make mistakes and

start over. Believe me, I feel like I’ve started over 10 million

times. But now I have a company of my own that is solving

real world problems!


TTHE LEADER OF A MAASAI VILLAGE IN TANZANIA

dreams of a day when young women from his

village become teachers or doctors. Now that

dream is often put on hold because girls have

little time for even basic education, spending most of each

day collecting and cutting firewood for the village cook stoves.

These interior cooking fires also pollute the air inside Masai

homes, creating ongoing community health hazards.

To help improve cook stove design and, as a consequence,

the lives of the Maasai, fifteen Stamps undergraduates

began an odyssey of design and travel under the guidance

of Professor Joe Trumpey that began in the winter semester

and culminated in summer travel to Tanzania.

As posted on their student blog, students describe their

winter semester’s worth of preparation:

“Little did we know that in January 2013 Professor Joe

Trumpey would be giving us one of our toughest challenges:

designing highly efficient rocket stoves for people halfway

across the planet.

The entire Winter semester was dedicated to that very

thing: design. We have been designing communication

through a fully comprehensive design guide. We have been

prototyping three different types of cook stoves. We have

been quizzing each other to speak Maa and Swahili. We are

trying to anticipate every material, every tool, every local

resource they have to make this project as successful as

possible.

All of this work is only part of our goal. We are trying to do

the best we can to help these hard-working, pastoral people

deeply rooted in their own culture, while at the same time

Keeping Home Fires Burning: Stamps Students in Tanzania


asking them to shift from a three-stone fire (a cultural

heritage of hundreds of years), to new technology that

will remove the smoke from their homes, lengthen their

lives, and make more time for their girls and women to

go to school.”

By the end of the winter semester – success! The student-

designed stove used 50% less fuel and smaller diameter

wood, enhancing regional forest health and reducing the

chore of gathering wood. Less fuel would also improve

indoor air quality, reducing respiratory illness, eye irritation

and the need to launder clothing more often. Ideally, these

gains would allow for girls to spend more time in school.

With a design solution in hand, travel to Tanzania

began in June 2013. Once in country, the course had a full

itinerary. The group began their journey in the park district

for some spectacular wildlife observations and drawing of

thousands of animals in one of the world’s largest intact

ecosystems. Next, the class spent a few days living in the

village of Peace Corps volunteer and Stamps alum, Rachel

Boswell, learning what life is like in a Tanzanian village

practicing sustenance agriculture.

For the majority of the trip, Lesoit community members

and Stamps students worked together to build eight stoves.

Students also attended traditional Masai ceremonies, sang,

danced, feasted and lived with families while they built

their stoves in the homes. Joe Trumpey confirms, “The

Masai were grateful for our work in helping them adopt a

new technology and our students were proud of their design

success. A follow up course is in the works for next year.”

“The leader of a Maasai village in Tanzania dreams

of a day when young women from his village become

teachers or doctors.”


I I C A M E I N T O U - M A S A M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R .

I knew I liked art—I was always building things

and taking photographs, but I only thought of

it as a hobby. I never thought it could be a job.

The Mechanical Engineering program at U-M is a great

program—one of the best in the country— but there weren’t

too many opportunities for hands-on work or learning. I

soon realized that if I really wanted to be building things

then I needed to be doing it. A friend of mine took me to the

studios at A&D a couple times. I popped in on some lectures

with her, and finally decided to take one of the foundation

classes to feel out the program. It was in that lecture course

that I saw the possibilities of a creative degree. It was much

bigger than I had imagined. So I transferred into the school.

I was a dual degree candidate at first. But, after awhile,

I convinced myself (and my parents) that I didn’t need

mechanical engineering “as a back-up.” I was learning the

skills I needed for what I wanted to do.

I think I was always civically minded to a certain extent,

but things really changed for me when I took the Design for

Social Change class—a gap was bridged between socially-

conscious work and the traditional design process. I really

saw how the design process could, and should, be applied

to create things other than consumer goods and lifestyle

products.

After my senior thesis project in Detroit and after seeing

the amazing work being done all over the city, I knew it was

somewhere I wanted to be. There were a number of us at

U -M who were also interested in Detroit, like Ellen Rutt,

another Art & Design student, but also Laura Willming from

engineering, and Ajooni Seth in public policy, who I met

while working at TEDX UofM.

One day the light bulb went off for the group of us, and

we realized the need for our skills here in the city. There are

plenty of communities, businesses, and start-ups that are

constantly looking for designers and creative thinkers to

Dylan BoxDesigning with Detroit Community Organizations

Dylan Box (BFA ‘12) is Director of Wedge Detroit, a design firm

that works with community organizations and non-profits through

the use of design thinking and the creative process. Wedge uses

design to bring people together, help organizations better serve

their members, and improve the world with extraordinary ideas

and quality work. Dylan describes how a course in Design for Social

Change and experiences in Detroit altered his professional goals.

“One day the light bulb went off for the group of us and we realized the need for our skills here in the city.”


work with. And so Wedge was formed.

We wanted Wedge’s first project to be something that

stretched the bounds of what a typical design solution

would be. We took on an underused part of the city,

the sidewalk, and imagined a solution that would build

community through play. So, we set out to build the world’s

longest hopscotch course, a four-mile long playground

along the streets of Detroit. About 100 volunteers came out

over four days to build it. It was an amazing community-

building experience for us and the people who came

together to help make it happen. It really solidified one

of the parts of our vision – that not all of design or, even

community activism, has to be serious. So much can

happen simply by joining communities together, creating

conversations, and playing together.

We’re still doing big things in Detroit, and have focused

our efforts on working on a direct level with neighborhood

organizations like the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance, or

community arts organizations like the Untitled Bottega.

We’re using Wedge as a product design firm, where the

products we’re building are solutions to problems around

the city, given freely to those who want to make them

happen. We want good design solutions to be readily

available and accessible at all times so people can feel

empowered to make change happen.


It’s About Community

Part of the curriculum here at Stamps

is engaging with communities, whether it be

high school students in Detroit, Alzheimer's

patients, or a village in Tanzania. Students

go into these classes thinking they’re

going to make a difference and they do. But

another profound change is what happens

inside, when their worlds expand.

CHARLIE MICHAELSCoordinator, Detroit Connections


Led by socially engaged and committed faculty, Stamps students also...

Lead ceramic workshops with visually impaired kids

Conduct art workshops with Michigan prisoners

Visit Michigan farms to learn how to design sustainable food solutions

Work with students in Flint on short videos about their lives

Travel to Madagascar to design and build water pumps

Create sustainable designs for an off-the-grid artist house in Detroit

Build a screenprinting business with Detroit high school students

Build outdoor mini-libraries in communities where libraries have closed

Work on public sculptures for the Michigan metropark system

Collaborate with school children on a mural promoting good eating habits

Design portable tents for a homeless community in Ann Arbor

Work with Iraq veterans to tell stories through video

Travel to Ghana to teach locals how to make charcoal from industrial waste

Create a community billboard out of an abandoned building

And more…


PennyW. StampsSchool of Art & Design

The U-M Fanfare Band, banners,

giant puppet heads, a jazz quartet,

cookies and a 5-tiered “art” cake –

it was all part of the uniquely creative

celebration this April, when the University’s art

and design community celebrated

the naming of the Penny W. Stamps

School of Art & Design in honor of

Penny and Roe Stamps’

transformative gift.

CelebratingThe School’s New Identity


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President Mary Sue Coleman called Penny’s philanthropy

“creativity personified,” stating that “the vision of Penny

Stamps to transform the experience of art and design

students and faculty has been unique among Michigan

alumni. Together with Roe, she has made a powerful, lasting

statement about the indispensible role of creativity and the

arts at a research university.” CONTINUED →

BB A N N E R S A C R O S S T H E U N I V E R S I T Y

announced the naming celebration,

which began with an April 4th kick

off at MoMA curator Paola Antonelli’s

Penny Stamps Speaker presentation at the Michigan

Theater. Before the lecture began, the U-M Fanfare

Band filed onto the Michigan Theater stage playing Hail

to the Victors for Penny Stamps, as her family, friends

and an audience of over 700 clapped in unison.

The festivities continued on April 5th at a 2pm tented

celebration in the Art and Architecture Building Courtyard,

where over 400 members of the art and design community

heard remarks by students, faculty, the community, and

U-M administration. University Regent Julia Darlow received

a round of applause when she stated that the School was

the first at the University to be named for a woman. “So

many of us here at the University care so deeply about

women’s opportunities and attainments, and this is a

wonderful milestone.” Regent Darlow also commended

Penny Stamps for her “support of scholarships… (that)

will mean enduring, invaluable opportunities for creative

students… (and)…address the urgent need to make

college affordable and accessible for all students.”


RO U N D I N G O U T T H E R E M A R K S ,

previous Penny Stamps Series

speakers including Oliver Stone,

Ken Burns, Bill T. Jones, Marina

Abromovic, Robert Wilson and Paula Scher sent

videotaped thank yous and congratulations.

The celebration culminated with a jazz band led

parade of huge puppet heads created by Stamps

students for the upcoming Festifools celebration

– including two heads created to look like Penny

and Roe Stamps. And, while the jazz band played,

the crowd munched on a huge “art” cake and

artfully decorated cookies created by Stamps alum,

Heather Anne Leavitt.

The Stamps’ philanthropy provides long term

support for the Penny Stamps Speakers Series,

the Work • Ann Arbor exhibition space, Roman

J. Witt Visitors program and Stamps Creative

Work Scholarships.

Marina AbromovicPerformance Artist

“It was not just about students, but the entire community. The enthusiasm, the warmth of the people I met there. It was really touching to my heart. This kind of lecture series, it’s important for culture in general.” Paola

AntonelliMoMA, Senior Curator of Architecture & Design

“It is moving to see so much passion for design. It is not only moving, it’s important.”

Paula ScherPentagram, Partner

“Your event is spectacular, and the Penny Stamps lectures are going to become a permanent fixture of the University of Michigan. And that is wonderful.”

A sketch made by Jordan Chao, one of five Stamps students asked to commemorate the naming event. Other Stamps sketchers included: Elise Beckman, Lila Title, Ellen Nelson and Emma Berger


byclass year

By Class Year

1942Dorothy W. BauerMary Lou WelzPhoebe Wyland

1943David W. Osler

1944Gloria J. Olson

1946Virginia F. BaileyEvelyn L. MontgomeryJean W. Thompson

1947Joan R. Christensen

1948Maria H. CarterClara B. GreenwoodJudy T. KawabataWilliam A. LewisNancy R. MarshAnne N. Wood

1950Phyllis J. EdbergAnn T. Woodruff

1951Charles H. ClarkePaul A. HoogestegerDavid L. Smith

1952Carol BernsteinRuth G. FarnhamDavid A. LauerJeanne M. Tennent

1953Donna M. Clark

1954W. Sue AuchSarah A. ParsonsRoddie M. PistilliSally S. RuarkMargaret M. Turnbull

1955Rosemarie S. BarrowBarbara B. PattersonEdward S. Patterson

1956Carol DeBolt EikenberyCarl B. HinrichsHarold M. KieferJudythe R. Maugh

1957Nancy L. Whitman

1958Belle A. BanksMerl J. GrossmeyerDavid M. JohnstonPaulette W. MuirCarolyn F. RosenLois A. SolomonMary K. WhiteWilliam C. Zandi

1959Triantafilos ArgyropoulosCarole H. BaileyGail B. OdgersJoachim O. PetzoldtRobert A. SedestromMargaret F. Wolverton

1960Joan M. BeesleyEllen C. ChildsRobert W. CurtisEdith D. GoldsteinSuzanne SugarMatthew Zivich

1961Mary S. BrunsvoldAmy S. CarlsonPatricia C. CrosbyWilliam M. CrosbyNancy S. HoffmanArline B. JohnstoneJoseph B. Poodry

1962Carol H. EpkinsMarie S. EzellJack O. KelleySamuel E. MorelloElisse Pogofsky-HarrisHeidi Salvesen

1963Janet H. GwinnellMargaret A. HamilConnie C. NorsworthyJudith C. SchwarzerSusan S. WagstaffRuth E. WeisbergJanet W. WinstonMichael B. Zelek

1964Nancy K. ComerConrad M. HafnerAshley M. MaentzWilliam D. MandtStevan MelzianSylvia K. PixleyMaxine J. SniderDonella R. VogelSandra R. Zisman

1965Richard M. BurdJane E. FinkJudith A. MathieuDaleene Y. MenningDavid R. NelsonSheila K. PartingtonPaul R. ShorttLyn H. Silberman

Terry A. ThallGloria J. WalterSuzanne L. Wolfe

1966Harlan H. BloomerElaine S. CummingsCarol J. Haliday-McQueenChristine S. KennedyMelita L. MiculsPriscilla S. MooreJoan E. RosensteinPenny W. StampsNancy L. TaylorJan G. VonkSteven A. Zapton

1967Joan K. AmbergEmmy L. BelcherDonna J. BrownJames R. JonesJohn L. MurrelIda L. PutansuMeredith Shore

1968Virginia W. GustafsonSylvia J. Nelson

1969Lula M. BloctonSusan I. BrownSteven R. ColeDeborah Rogers HamiltonLinda K. HinkleCarol J. StevensJoyce B. Tinkham

1970Jan M. BoyntonDiane E. LinnStephen S. McMathAmelia J. Wilks

1971Mary E. Bloom

Donor Honor Roll

Donors make a world of good things happen at the

Stamps School. Our thanks to all the Stamps alumni,

parents and friends listed in this honor roll.

July 1st 2012 - June 30th 2013


Gayl C. CasgrainOlaf HaakonstadMichael E. HoeftSusan LymanSharron PollackGail RutgersMaryanne E. Simmons

1972Robert D. AhronheimMary H. BandykeMarilyn E. BennettKathleen L. KloskePhillip A. KloskePaul D. MindellLucinda G. PolandNancy C. TaylorChristopher Van AllsburgLisa M. Van Allsburg

1973Patricia S. GrimesEileen P. MillardElaine H. MouradianJanet L. RadakBob L. RiddleCynthia T. Yates

1974Gloria GardinerHelen D. GeglioLouis H. LozonJane M. SiegelScott M. SiegelGeorge SurgentBeverly M. Walker

1975Deborah R. ArbogastWalter GriggsDana W. LarsenM. A. Medlar WahrTherese R. SmithMartha M. Zimmermann

1976Nancy B. CampbellKaren R. Copeland-WeinsteinJudith A. DeanJeanet E. Dreskin-HaigCathy J. MuhaKatherine L. PhilipLeslie G. RousseauDorothy M. Schmidt

1977Scott MinickSusan F. SempereMarcy TuckerCarlotta Wilson

1978James V. BennerKathryn L. DarnellShelley D. HoltzmanKevin S. SmithCheryl S. StewartMonica A. Wellington

1979Martha P. BeffelLinda M. HollidayEllen M. KennedyJames J. LewisonJames E. MarshallMichele M. ScharaCary M. SheremetRobert S. Ziebell

1980Christine A. GolusJohn J. GuthrieMartha S. GuthrieKay M. KnightCynthia L. WilhelmKathleen E. Wills

1981Pamela E. BeckerDaniel G. BowenJulie A. Christian-BenderRandi L. Gerber-KatzLouis E. KingJames P. LeacockCatherine S. MillerKristen R. ScottPaul Willeto

1982Mary C. HafeliFrances J. HesterCristina M. LorenzettiJanet L. LoveSherri L. Moore-RatcliffeTherese D. PanfilMichelle Y. SiderElise M. SloanMary Lou D. Waller

1983Amy Peck AbrahamNancy G. BernsteinLaurie G. BlumeGabriella T. BorosCarol H. Imes-LuscombeAndrew J. KeenanKaren H. SpauldingDeborah A. TrentMary B. Trombley

1984Paula BassChristine A. DeCorteBrian J. HelderKatherine H. LorenzettiJeffrey J. MackinLisa J. SevcikJoan E. SusieChristopher Weil

1985Sandra A. BergstenMichael G. CollinsRuth B. GreenChristine M. KiersteadMartin A. KlonerMarco E. LorenzettiSarah A. Newhouse

Deborah A. SchreierMichelle T. ShainNancy M. Veit

1986Jennifer A. DoolasLynn L. HayesJacqueline K. HoatsJanice L. LevyKathleen P. Thorrez

1987Linda C. BanksAnne M. BedrickGretchen J. ComaiLisa K. GaudiePortia M. HamptonVincent M. HronLaurel J. PrafkeJulie A. RennerDeborah A. Vliet

1988Elizabeth A. AlbertCarol A. ChaneyJanet C. ClarkThomas R. DevaneyRobin M. Landow LevitinMarcia L. Polenberg-RamsayAndi F. Schreiber

1989Kelly L. RindfuszCurtis C. Wallin

1990Lisa J. AllswedeSophia C. BrownSteve F. BuschMori H. InsingerJames W. Merz

1991Cindy C. AndressKrista R. BermanWendy S. KirschKaren M. KrausTanya M. MathisJulie H. RobertsAlessandra L. White

1992Robyn D. Burger-SchwartzTricia H. KoningMichele L. TrombleyBeverly Weitzner Bartfeld

1993Julie G. CohenTheresa L. Kreske

1994Rachel M. PiersonTimothy G. Wager

1995Stephanie L. MilanowskiAmanda C. MillerSandra L. Steed

Susan I. Wahl

1996Amanda D. DavisChristian R. Trifilio

1997David A. DennisRyan C. LaLondeAngela D. LenhardtJennifer A. ParadiseEmily N. Taub Webb

1998Robert M. BertolinaNoriko Hashimoto

1999Choua M. Thao

2000Michael K. DeMent

2002Ann S. AikensKristen G. RayDavid J. Yu

2003Ryan A. BurkhalterDaniel M. O’ReillyRebecca A. Zemans

2004Bridget A. RaffertyAlayne J. SpeltzJessica L. Stilger

2006Jennifer R. BuckleyJack R. DoehringDanielle A. Scarpulla

2007Michael J. LongAdam T. MorathSean M. Watts

2008Wesley M. EllisonJue LiAndrew J. SellLara R. Slotnick

2009Margaret L. ChenJeremiah C. Jaroch

2011Sean B. Darby


by gift level

By Gift Level

Naming GiftPenny W. and E. Roe Stamps

$50,000+Ann S. and Robert B. AikensRalph CohenAnthony A. and Sandra J. TamerChristopher and Lisa M. Van AllsburgSusan S. and Reid WagstaffSusan I. and Eric M. Wahl

$20,000+Beverly S. Gillette Stephen E. and Debra S. GormanMichele M. and Randall E. Mehrberg

$10,000+Jan M. BoyntonMarc H. and Ilene SteglitzJing Wang

$5,000+Linda M. Holliday and Ali NaqviJames R. and Linda Y. JonesDavid R. and Sylvia J. NelsonElise M. and Timothy J. Sloan

$2,000+Deborah R. and Stephen V. ArbogastSusan I. and John M. BrownDavid A. LauerSarah A. ParsonsMark W. and Melanie N. PearlsteinLyn H. SilbermanMyron and Lenore Sopher

$1,000+Triantafilos Argyropoulos

and Beth SchroederLinda C. BanksSuzanne A. and Frederick J. BeutlerGeorge E. and Deborah S. GreerShelley D. and Jeffrey H. HoltzmanRobert B. and Viviana E. HolzerDavid J. Horning

Timothy R. and Jo W. JohnsonSusan B. MarkerGail B. and Richard W. OdgersMarvin A. and Joyce Oleshansky Joachim O. PetzoldtFrancis O. and Karen M. ScarpullaCynthia L. Wilhelm

$500+Rosemarie S. BarrowPaula BassHarlan H. BloomerRichard M. and Virginia B. BurdMyra A. LarsonNorman S. MillerScott and Ping MinickRoddie M. and Frederick M. PistilliClarence L. and Carrie PozzaJudith C. SchwarzerEric J. Smith and Adrienne DarceyMaxine J. and Larry K. SniderLois A. and William R. SolomonDeborah A. and Steven J. TrentWilliam C. and Geraldine M. Zandi

$100+Amy Peck and Jesse M. AbrahamAndrew AbramsonElizabeth A. AlbertLisa J. and Michael P. AllswedeDavid G. and Joan M. AndersonW. Sue and George W. AuchCarole H. Bailey and Calvin G. WilcoxBelle A. and Walter S. BanksPamela E. BeckerAnne M. and Scott J. BedrickMartha P. and Michael J. BeffelEmmy L. and Harold C. BelcherMarilyn E. BennettCarol and Jay BernsteinNancy G. and Avi J. Bernstein Lula M. BloctonMary E. BloomPaula and Doug BousleyDaniel G. BowenMary S. and Brian G. BrunsvoldRobyn D. Burger-Schwartz

Ian E. Butterworth and Sharon K. WillettNancy B. Campbell and Carl J. CaivanoMaria H. and William T. CarterGayl C. CasgrainZhong S. Chen and Fang LinEllen C. and David L. ChildsJulie A. Christian-BenderDonna M. ClarkJanet C. ClarkGretchen J. and Andrew J. ComaiNancy K. ComerFrank W. and Margaret C. CookWilliam M. and Cynthia G. CrawfordWilliam M. and Patricia C. CrosbyRobert W. CurtisJudith A. DeanChristine A. DeCorteRobert and Doreen DentonThomas R. DevaneyWendy J. DignanStephen W. and Lori S. DirectorDeborah DoppeltPhyllis J. EdbergCarol H. and Joseph W. EpkinsMarie S. and Evan T. Ezell Ruth G. FarnhamChristopher and Robin FineMary FordHelen D. and Michael J. Geglio Jeffrey R. and Melissa E. GembisJonathan J. GentileChristine A. Golus and G. Keith TaylorDick and Anne GouldRuth B. and Thomas A. GreenClara B. GreenwoodMerl J. GrossmeyerVirginia W. and Peter L. GustafsonMary C. HafeliConrad M. HafnerNoriko and Ken HashimotoFrances J. and Timothy C. HesterLinda K. and James E. HinkleJacqueline K. HoatsPatricia L. HodgesMichael E. and Barbara E. HoeftPaul A. and Joan W. HoogestegerThomas K. and Ann E. Hunt

Donor Honor Roll


Carol H. Imes-Luscombe and John H. Luscombe

Frank W. and Janet S. Jeffries Judy T. KawabataAndrew J. KeenanJack O. and Joanne M. KelleyChad G. and Michelle KelmanChristine S. KennedyEllen M. and Leonard KennedyOtto and Anne KernChristine M. and Steven L. KiersteadTricia H. KoningDouglas W. and Laureen KononenTheresa L. and David J. KreskeFrederick C. LahserRyan C. LaLonde and

Christopher L. MoodyRobin M. Landow LevitinJames P. LeacockWilliam A. and Garland A. LewisDiane E. and Thomas W. LinnRita M. LoeschMarco E. and Katherine H. LorenzettiJanet L. and William D. LoveAshley M. and D. Scott Maentz Nancy R. MarshJudith A. MathieuTanya M. MathisJudythe R. and Roger E. Maugh Joann McDanielMelita L. and Vladislavs MiculsAmanda C. and Bradley MillerCatherine S. MillerSherri L. Moore-Ratcliffe

and Blake E. RatcliffeSamuel E. MorelloCathy J. and Michael R. Muha Paulette W. and William K. MuirJohn J. and Michele O. MulhollandJohn L. and Mary M. MurrelSarah A. and Timothy R. NewhouseTherese D. PanfilSandy PerkinsKatherine L. Philip and Robert R. ShultsLucinda G. Poland and Philip D. CampbellMarcia L. Polenberg-Ramsay

and Theodore K. RamsaySharron Pollack and Joseph

N. WeixlmannBridget A. RaffertyBetty A. RahmJulie A. Renner and Gregory R. CowlesBob L. and Margaret H. RiddleJoseph L. and Janet RobertsCarolyn F. and Joseph H. RosenSally S. and Eugene H. RuarkGary D. and Patrice SamuelsBrent ScullyRobert A. SedestromRichard S. and Susan SeilerLisa J. and Matthew F. SevcikMichelle T. and Randy ShainCary M. and Sharon M. SheremetPaul R. and Marcia M. ShorttMaryanne E. and Ted L. SimmonsDavid L. and Alyce L. SmithKevin S. Smith and Nancy P. GaniardMuriel L. SteinbrueckH. Howard Stephenson

Joan E. Susie and Stephen A. BergmanTakeshi TakaharaJeanne M. and David L. TennentChoua M. ThaoJean W. ThompsonKathleen P. and Joseph ThorrezChristian R. TrifilioMary B. TrombleyMarcy TuckerNancy M. VeitJan G. and Katherine A. VonkCurtis C. and Julie WallinRuth E. WeisbergBeverly Weitzner Bartfield

and Daniel D. BartfieldMonica A. WellingtonMary Lou and Robert H. WelzMary K. WhiteSuzanne L. WolfeMargaret F. and Franklin B. WolvertonSui Kuen WongAnne N. WoodAnn T. and James F. WoodruffCynthia T. and Thomas V. YatesRussell and Nancy ZelenetzRebecca A. ZemansRobert S. Ziebell and Elizabeth WardMatthew Zivich

Up to $99Robert D. and Judith R. AhronheimAndrea and Allen AlgazeMary AllorJoan K. AmbergCindy C. AndressAnonymousVirginia F. BaileyMilt and Ruthanne BakerMary H. BandykeNancy BartaLinda R. BashawDorothy W. BauerJoan M. BeesleyJames V. BennerSandra A. BergstenKrista R. and Reid BermanWilliam C. and Joan G. BerndtRobert M. and Deena G. BertolinaLaurie G. and David BlumeGabriella T. BorosDonna J. and Franklin D. BrownSophia C. BrownGlenda E. BrownsonJennifer R. BuckleyRyan A. and Amy L. BurkhalterSteve F. BuschAmy S. CarlsonCarol A. ChaneyMargaret L. ChenJoan R. ChristensenCharles H. ClarkeJulie G. and Benjamin R. CohenSteven R. ColeMichael G. Collins and Alison

B. Griffith-CollinsKaren R. Copeland-WeinsteinElaine S. CummingsSean B. DarbyKathryn L. Darnell and Robert O. Mitts

Amanda D. DavisClara L. DavisCarol DeBolt Eikenbery and

Terry L. EikenberyMichael K. DeMentDavid A. DennisJack R. DoehringJennifer A. DoolasJeanet E. Dreskin-Haig and

Donald D. HaigWilliam H. and Gayle R. EdwardsWesley M. EllisonJane E. and Karl V. FinkGloria GardinerLisa K. and Bret GaudieRichard L. GeorgeRandi L. Gerber-Katz and Randall A. KatzRoberta K. GilletteFrederick H. GillmoreEdith D. GoldsteinKaren GreenbergSylvia E. GreenbergNancy E. GriffisWalter GriggsPatricia S. and Eugene GrimesJohn J. and Martha S. GuthrieJanet H. and David R. GwinnellOlaf HaakonstadCarol J. Haliday-McQueenMargaret A. HamilDeborah Rogers HamiltonPortia M. HamptonLynn L. HayesBrian J. HelderMichael J. HenrichC. Bruce and Barbara A. HinrichsNancy S. HoffmanVincent M. and Cindi HronFrancis and Donna L ImbresciaMori H. and Angela InsingerMarion E. JacksonJeremiah C. JarochDavid M. and Mary L. JohnstonArline B. JohnstoneHarold M. and Rachel M. KieferLouis E. King and Margaret BrittWendy S. KirschGeorge S. and Oksana I. KlapischakMartin A. KlonerPhillip A. and Kathleen L. KloskeKenneth and Lynn W. KneiselKay M. Knight and Ronnie L. ParkerMarilyn M. KoganKaren M. KrausDana W. and Rodney C. Larsen Angela D. and Phillip M. LenhardtJanice L. LevyJames J. LewisonJue LiLois A. LombardoGregory J. and Susan A. LongMichael J. LongCristina M. LorenzettiLouis H. LozonSusan LymanJeffrey J. and Maura MackinWilliam D. MandtNorman V. and Jone ManoogianJames E. Marshall Continued →


Emily M. McCallStephen S. McMathM. A. Medlar and Donald J. WahrStevan and Joy MelzianDaleene Y. and Curtis B. MenningJames W. MerzTimothy M. MeyersStephanie L. MilanowskiEileen P. and Ronald D. MillardPaul D. Mindell and Deborah K. OdellEvelyn L. MontgomeryPolly V. MoorePriscilla S. MooreSusan M. and Thomas W. MooreAdam T. MorathMichael and Elaine H. MouradianJeff Nixon and Kathy Hettlinger NixonConnie C. and Robert J. NorsworthyDaniel M. O’ReillyGloria J. OlsonDavid W. and Constance L. OslerJennifer A. ParadiseSheila K. and Alan L. PartingtonEdward S. and Barbara B. PattersonMary E. PattersonDouglas H. and Laurie A. PhelpsRachel M. PiersonSylvia K. PixleyElisse Pogofsky-HarrisJoseph B. and Doris C. PoodryLaurel J. PrafkeJanet U. ProteIda L. PutansuJanet L. and Keith D. RadakKristen G. RayRobert L. and Jean C. RichardsonKelly L. RindfuszJulie H. and Alex RobertsG. Bruce and Sally K. RobertsonJoan E. Rosenstein and Kenneth RobertsLeslie G. RousseauKenneth M. and Janet M. RuszkowskiGail RutgersJames H. and Kristine A. RutkowskiJean SagerHeidi and Nils SalvesenDanielle A. ScarpullaGreg S. and Barbara B. SchindlerDorothy M. and William SchmidtAndi F. and Kenneth B. SchreiberDeborah A. SchreierPaul S. and Shirley J. SchrinerBrad and Tammy M. SchwalmKristen R. ScottAndrew J. SellSusan F. and Thomas P. Sempere

Benton and Elizabeth A. SergiMeredith ShoreMichelle Y. and William E. SiderScott M. and Jane M. SiegelLara R. SlotnickBetty M. and Douglas B. SmithJoan D. SmithTherese R. SmithMichael SnugWilliam I. and Linda J. SohlKaren H. and Rick S. SpauldingAlayne J. SpeltzSandra L. and James J. SteedCarol J. and Joseph S. StevensCheryl S. and Gordon J. StewartJessica L. and Jason StilgerRichard O. and Pamela H. StraubSuzanne SugarGeorge and Marla S. SurgentEmily N. Taub WebbEmily TaylorNancy L. and John R. TaylorNancy C. TaylorTerry A. Thall and Jon W. SeamanPhilip H. and Diane M. ThomasJoyce B. TinkhamMichele L. TrombleyMargaret M. and John B. TurnbullArlinda E. Valite-AndersenW. Steven Van DerenDeborah A. VlietDonella R. and Anthony L. VogelTimothy G. WagerBeverly M. and Jack L. WalkerMary Lou D. and Bret WallerGloria J. WalterEva M. WarnerSean M. WattsPeter M. WegeChristopher WeilAlessandra L. and Bryan WhiteEllen R. WhiteNancy L. WhitmanAmelia J. WilksPaul and Karen Willeto Kathleen E. Wills and Robert B. BegleyCarlotta WilsonJanet W. and Robert M. WinstonPaul A. and Amy B. WolbertPhoebe WylandDavid J. YuSteven A. ZaptonMichael B. ZelekKarl F. and Karen S. ZiegenmeyerMartha M. ZimmermannSandra R. Zisman

Foundation Family Funds

CDW CorporationDavid Robert and Sylvia Jean NelsonH.I.G. Capital LLCJoseph L. Roberts, Rev. Liv. TrustJudy T. Kawabata, TTEELyn H. Silberman Revocable TrustMary Louise Welz TrustMehrberg-Schara Family FoundationNancy S. Hoffman Liv Tr Rstd 8/9/04Paulette and William Muir FundPolly V. Moore TrustRichard Gillette TrustRudolf E. Wilhelm FundSand Hill Studio LLCStamps Family Charitable

Foundation, Inc.Stamps Family Fund of the Chicago

Community FoundationStephen & Debbie Arbogast

Charitable AccountStephen Russell JewelersSuzanne Armstrong Beutler TTEEThe Deborah S. Greer Living TrustThe Fridolin Charitable TrustThe Scarabocchio Art Foundation, INC.The Westfield Investment TrustWeinDesignWillard E. Smucker FoundationWolverton Family Investment Trust


A listing of donor-supported funds at

the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps School Funds

Aikens International Travel InitiativeAnne Reek Amendt Scholarship Endowment FundMarjorie A. Bacon International Travel FundLinda Banks Scholarship FundIrene Bychinsky Bendler Award in DesignAnn Farmer Buhr ScholarshipWilliam Carter Award FundMartha Chandler Endowed Scholarship FundMilton J. Cohen Endowment FundJean M. Dunlap Memorial Scholarship Endowment FundNed Dybvig Memorial AwardArden Fate Memorial AwardDavid Gach Memorial AwardKristoffer M. and Richard Gillette Memorial

Scholarship EndowmentGorman IP Studios and Professional Development Award FundVivian Sosna Gottlieb School of Art & Design EndowmentBarbara and Dorothy Heers Memorial EndowmentRiggs Hoenecke Dean’s Discretionary FundAlice Elizabeth Kalom FundLeRoy H. and Helen L. Kiefer Fellowship FundWilliam A. Lewis Prize FundJohn H. McCluney Memorial FundAnne McGrew Scholarship FundKelly McKinnell Memorial Scholarship FundThe David Robert and Sylvia Jean Nelson Foundation

for Arts and Letters Scholarship Guy Palazzola Memorial FundLouis G. Redstone FundRobert D. Richards Memorial Student Support FundRobert D. Richards Memorial Faculty Support FundBarbara and Dean Richardson Exhibition FundRogers Edge Award FundEllen and Eugene Rontal Scholarship FundAllen Samuels Student Award Endowment FundJean Paul Slusser Fellowship in Art FundStamps Creative Work Award FundStamps Art & Design Scholarships and ProgramsArthur C. Tagge Scholarship FundTamer Travel Grants FundVan Allsburg Scholarship FundVan Pelt ScholarshipSmucker-Wagstaff Undergraduate Scholarship Susan Smucker Wagstaff and Reid Wagstaff

Graduate Fellowship FundEmil Weddige Scholarship/Fellowship FundCandy Wei International Travel Memorial FundWheeler Family Memorial ArtRichard Wilt Memorial Fund

For information on how you can set up a named fund at

the Penny W. Stamps School please contact Mary Alice

Bankert at [email protected] or call 734-478-5770.

Planned Gifts and Bequests

Rosemarie S. BarrowSusan I. Brown and John M. BrownBette Klegon Halby and Gary HalbyLaura Whitesides HostRichard and Odette MaskellGail B. Odgers and Richard W. OdgersHiroko Sato PijanowskiFred and Cindy Reinhart Lyn H. SilbermanIlene and Marc SteglitzElaine Alpert SternSara Little TurnbullJing WangJanet Weber Watkins and James K. Watkins

Thank You!Every effort has been made to carefully review our donor

lists and provide credit to those who support the Stamps

School of Art & Design. If you find an error, however, please

contact us at 734-764-0586 or at [email protected]


There are many ways to support Stamps. Each year for the past seven,

a group of dedicated alumni have contributed months of time, years of

learning, and decades of talent to staging the Annual Alumni Exhibition.

The 7th Annual Alumni Show: A Gift of Time and Creative Work

O U R C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S T O :

II T ’ S A N O P P O R T U N I T Y T O S H O W C A S E T H E W O R K

of our creative graduates and to bring together,

through their work, alumni from across the country

and the globe. Since its inception, the exhibition

has featured close to 700 art and design alumni.

“Transitions” was the theme of the 2013 exhibition, and

over 165 graduates contributed work interpreting this theme.

This year’s show also included three awards juried by the

Director of the Cranbrook Art Museum, Gregory Wittkopp.

Casey Brooks (BFA ‘06) 1st prize, Unmade Bed (7 days)

Ryan Hoover (BFA ‘04) 2nd prize, Simplicity/Complexity

Elizabeth Hazle (BFA ‘08)3rd prize, Chips and His Bunny

1 Susan Oehme

2 Mara Millich

3 Casey Brooks

4 Gretchen Comai

5 Dale Bogaski

6 Ryan Hoover

7 Malcolm Powers

8 Susan Elizalde

9 Stephanie Stein

10 Zera Anderson

11 Elizabeth Hazle

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Our thanks to the exhibition co-chairs and the exhibition committee: Co-Chairs:

Janet McClintock, BSDes ‘69

Kathleen Messner, BSDes ‘65

Thomas Messner

Kristine Peterson, BFA ‘87

Matthew Zivich, BSDes ‘60

Committee:

Marjorie Marshall, BFA ‘00

Malcolm Powers, BSDes ‘59

Antonietta Leeds, BSDes ‘42

Phyllis Swonk, BSDes ‘62

Debra Golden, BFA ‘79, BA ‘79

DuWaine Hoy, BSDes ‘66

Martha Sullivan, BFA ‘64

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Melis AgabigumDaryl AlexsyLisa Jean AllswedeZera AndersonDianne AustinJane BassukLin BaumLaura BaurLisa BermanBetsy BeslSuzanne BeutlerJeffrey BlackwellSusan BloyeDale BogaskiMark BonnetteMichael BoonstraCasey BrooksSheryl BudnikStacie BumgarnerSteve BurdickPatricia Calabro-JohnsonCarrie CarlsonOphelia ClarkHoward CohenGretchen ComaiJesse ConnorJanna CoumoundourosErika CrossPeter CrowPaul CzubayBridget DalySean DarbyKathryn DarnellAdrianne DavisJ. Michael DavisonCheryl DawdyRita DibertRobb DiMariaBarbara DinnewethPat DuffDavid DumoSusan ElizaldeJudy EnrightRyan FoxSarah FoxThomas FrankLaura GillmoreDebra GoldenWalter GriggsBarbara GrundemanLisa HainesCarol Haliday-McQueenHelga HallerKatie HaltonJaclyn HamiltonSamuel Harper

Brein HarpsterAmber HarrisonJames HartElizabeth HazleKristin HermansonFrancie HesterMegan HildebrandtSuzanne HodgesRyan HooverRuth HowellDuWaine Hoy JrDmytri HryciwJudith JacobsMark KiddDeanna KruegerKristen KubackiJeffrey KurlandSuzanne LalondeJoyce LaVasseurAntonietta LeedsAngela LenhardtWilliam LewisDavid LittellSusan LonginiLeigh LorangerWalter Lowe IIIKaitlind MarekJane MariouwLeslie MastersJanet McClintockKathryn McDonough-LemenyTaylor McKenzie-VealKathleen McNutt-HartRobin MendenhallKathleen MessnerMelita MiculsErika MilkoMara MillichIan MooreJohn MurrelMichael NagaraJane NamenyeThomas NewhouseDale NewmanLeila NooraniSusan NordmanAndrew OchsSusan OehmeEmily OrzechSheila PartingtonSonya PersiaMonique PiegdonChristoher PlumbElisse Pogofsky-HarrisMarcia PolenbergSharron Pollack

Susan PollinsMalcolm PowersLaurel PrafkeIdaliise PutansuMichael RadoErnest RanspachLeslie RaymondSuzanne RockindJoan Rosenberg-DentDavid RubelloCynthia RusnakVirginia Russell-SheldonPenelope SaharaKelly SapmazAnne SchaafJennifer SchuJ. Amadeus ScottWilliam SeabrightMark SedgemanCamille SerreMike SevickKathleen ShanahanKelsey ShultisMark SissonRuth SmithSandra SteedJodie SteinStephanie SteinShari StoddardJulie StrabelMartha SullivanPhyllis SwonkSibyl TeagueRussell ThayerMary TobinBarbara TruppMargaret TurnbullOliver UbertiDavid VailCathy VanVoorhisNora VenturelliCurtis WallinStephanie WarburgAlessandra WhiteDenise Willing-BooherElizabeth WillisFranklin WillisEllen WiltJean WolffBruce WordenCynthia YatesJacek ZalogaRebecca ZeissPaul ZenianMatthew Zivich

And, finally, our thanks to all the alumni who generously shared their work for this exhibition.


1 Sheila Partington

2 Stacie Bumgarner

3 Deanna Krueger

4 Marcia Polenberg

5 Ryan Fox

6 Leslie Masters

7 Jesse Connor

8 Erika Cross

9 Barbara Grundeman

10 Kathleen McNutt-Hart

11 Kelsey Shultis

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National Engagement

Since 2011 Nick Tobier has served as Director of

Engagement for Stamps. Over this time he’s been

travelling across the country to connect the school with

alums, and link alums with one another through events,

exhibitions, potlucks and projects. Nick has visited the

places where art and design graduates live and work in

communities from Asheville, Chicago, Grand Rapids and

Trout Lake, to New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles.

Here Nick reports on his travels.

For more information about Stamps National Engagement contact [email protected]

“Connecting our Stamps communities across the nation is essential to an engaged and creative future.”


Stamps: New YorkI WAS SITTING the other night at the Grey Dog’s Coffee

with Brenda Natoli (BFA ‘98) and Sara Radin (BA ‘11), in

a spirited inquiry that ranged from visual storytelling to

anarchist urban planning, street life and need for creative

community. We brainstormed a slew of things to hatch in

NYC at the perennially hip café on 12th and University Place

(owned by Stamps alum Peter Adrian BFA ‘93) that lists on

its chalkboard menu “Michigan sandwiches.”

Stamps: New York kicked off its presence in February

with a great gathering at the College Art Association

conference. It was a terrific opportunity for alums from

the class of 1954 to the class of 2012 to reconnect with

some and to meet others for the first time. In May 2013

we hosted a reception following a performance by current

Stamps InterArts students and alum Erin Markey (BA ‘03),

Joseph Keckler (BFA ‘04) and past Witt Fellow Pat Olescko

at the notorious performance space, Dixon Place.

Our NYC group is charged up and ready to go—so watch for

an East Village outdoor mixer/friend raiser/idea generator.

Other NYC projects in the mix: sketchbook tours of the city,

mentorship and networking, seminars and discusions in

aesthetic theory and web design, a Stamps version of Airbnb,

potlucks and exhibits.

Stamps: Chicago STAMPS: CHICAGO has connected alums, recent grads

and fellow Chicago artists. Alum Tori Terzakis (BFA ‘08)

confirms, “We have become a beautiful system that

engages, motivates and supports each other’s projects and

shows, while growing great relationships. Whether meeting

for delicious dinners across the city, grabbing a drink or

attending an opening, Stamps: Chicago is an integral part

of Chicago’s art network and social scene.”

The year started with “Paper Legends”, an exhibition

at North Branch Projects, including Stamps alums Toby

Millman (MFA ‘07), Abby Bennett (BFA ‘13), Ashley Elander

(BFA ‘10) and curated by Tori Terzakis. Brent Fogt (MFA ‘07),

another Stamps alum who worked on the show, was drawn

to the uniqueness of the North Branch space: “What I loved

was the gallery’s position within a working studio, next to a

workshop where people from the community learn how to

make books. In addition to seeing finished work, visitors to

the exhibition got a glimpse of how that work was made.”

In April, Stamps: Chicago designed, built and raised a

flag outside of the University of Illinois’ Gallery 400 as part

of Temporary Allegiance, an ongoing project by Philip von

Zweck to promote freedom of expression on public land.

The Stamps flag was inspired by the White Pine tree, the

state tree of Michigan.

In September 2013, Stamps: Chicago sponsored a tour of

“Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity” at the Art Institute

of Chicago. After the tour, the group walked up Michigan

Avenue to see a series of storefront windows created by

artists and designers in response to the exhibition.

The College Art Association is coming to Chicago this

February 12-15, 2014, and in tandem with the exhibits, and

performances at Links Hall organized by Stamps professor

Holly Hughes, Stamps: Chicago will host an event for

alums who are attending the conference or who live in

Chicago. The event, tentatively scheduled at City Tavern in

the South Loop, will include live performances by alums,

and food and beverages.

Stamps: Los AngelesWE’VE BEEN WORKING with our alums Chelsea Neman

(BFA ‘10) of the Tappan Collective and Maura McLaughlin

(BFA ‘85) of Off the Wall Graffiti to envison projects,

events and collaborations on the West Coast.

Stamps: Grand RapidsCLOSER TO HOME BASE in Michigan, we’re looking

forward to illustration parties and furniture building workshops

in Grand Rapids with Betsey Cordes (BFA ‘11), Katie Eberts

(BFA ‘11), Lucy Engelman (BFA ‘11) and Pete Hall (BFA ‘11).

From Connecticutto HaitiLOOKING AHEAD, we will be working with alum Jack

Lardis’ (BSDes ‘54) Oil Drum/ Catamaran Project, as

they sail a catamaran built from repurposed oil drums

from Connecticut to Haiti in May-June of 2014 via the

Intracoastal Waterway, and then through the Bahamas

to Haiti where they will donate the catamaran to a needy

fishing community. The project’s mission is to generate

extensive media coverage along the way, promoting the

concept as a worldwide hunger relief effort. We will be

organizing Stamps events and gatherings along the route

to support the project.


In Memory of Milton Cohen

II F Y O U W E N T T O U - M I N T H E 1 9 6 0 S Y O U P R O B A B L Y

knew, or knew of, Milton Cohen. A founding force

behind the famous 1960s group, ONCE, Milton was a

professor at Stamps (1959-1970), a gifted teacher, and

pioneer of new genres.

To help keep his name and his memory alive for future

generations his brother, Ralph Cohen, established a

scholarship fund for Stamps students in Milton’s name.

“My brother had a lot to offer, to his students, his colleagues

and his friends,” says Ralph. I know he was happy teaching

at U-M. I want other people to know who he was and to

remember him. Although we went our separate ways at an

early age, I felt this was something I could do for him.”

Milton Cohen’s early work was as a painter. But soon after

arriving at U-M he became interested in the use of light as

a medium and art as performance. “I have urgently felt the

need for stretching imagery into a format of presentation

in real time, real motion, real space,” Milton stated. His

early experiments in multimedia started in 1961 and were

known as “the Space Theater,” a twenty-sided hemisphere,

equipped to manipulate light in an interactive setting.

Located in a loft in Ann Arbor, it was there that U-M

students and the Ann Arbor community gathered for their

first experiences of multimedia performance art.

Cohen’s goals were expansive. He wanted to employ

contemporary technologies to create a “living museum of

spontaneous action” with music, light, poetry and dance.

In creating his light shows, Cohen used a variety of devices

including slide and movie projectors, prisms, filters, a color

wheel, lenses, and mirrors. He felt that electronic music

would best compliment the visuals he was creating, so he

began working with two composers who would later become

founders of ONCE, Robert Ashley and Gordon Mumma. Using

amplifiers, oscillators, filters, and four-track tape recorders,

they began composing electro-acoustic music for the over

100 Space Theater performances presented between 1958

and 1965. In 1964 the ONCE artists recreated Milton Cohen’s

Space Theater at the Venice Biennale.

Doug Hollis (BFA 1970) was a student and life-long

friend of Milton Cohen. He shares his memories here:

“ONE EVENING IN 1965 my high school sweetheart and I went

up to Liberty Street to see a performance work we’d heard about

by an artist named Milton Cohen. We climbed the creaking stair-

way to a studio above Leo Ping’s Chinese Restaurant, hearing

what sounded like the soft purr of crickets coming from above. As

we reached the open door we were met by a small sparkling man

dressed in a black turtleneck and a goatee who said in a stun-

ningly articulate voice, “Welcome to Space Theater.”

A group of twenty people were there in the high, dimly lit

space, sitting on small floor cushions looking towards an array of

screen-like panels mounted on masts. As the performance began

the panels were illuminated by a film and slides, as a dancer

dressed in white moved around them, sending them into rotation

which abstracted and reflected the projected images. Milton sat in

our midst among various turntables filled with lenses and prisms

that caught the light and scattered it across other triangular

screens suspended from the walls and ceiling. The recorded sound

was a sonic collage with Milton’s voice periodically pronouncing

phrases like “BLUE TIDE...GOING OUT...GOING OUT” and “RED

TIDE...COMING IN...COMING IN!” It was an experience unlike any

other I had had before.

Thus began a long and cherished friendship, first as his student,

then as an assistant in Space Theater performances, and later as

a fortunate guest at his home in Crete, Italy, and, finally, Wellfleet,

Massachusetts. Always the great host, Milton took such real

pleasure in sharing his discoveries of a good tavern or cafe, or an

old Italian stone carver, or his garden. You see, to me, Milton has

always been my teacher, not simply in art making (which would

be enough of a gift) but more importantly, in how to live a life.

For him life was not a problem to be solved, but a journey to be

experienced and celebrated.”

The Milton Cohen Fund supports international travel for

Stamps students. “After leaving Michigan,” Ralph states,

“Milton moved to Italy to become a stage designer. He loved

his work there and he had a real impact on the students

who worked with him. I thought supporting students travel

opportunities would be a good way to remember his legacy.”


JJAMES POPPY MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, MARTHA CHANDLER,

in 1949 under the Magnolia tree outside of Martha Cook

dormitory, when both of them were taking a break from

studying for exams. He was finishing a B.A. in history

and preparing to enter medical school. She was a young art

and design student.

Over the next 65 years, they married and raised four

children (Martha wanted and had all four before she was

30) and moved from Ann Arbor to California and finally to

Sun Valley. He became a successful obstetrician, and she a

highly competitive athlete—the winner of the Pike’s Peak

Marathon, a ski instructor in Squaw Valley, a windsurfer, and

a tennis enthusiast.

Martha was also a highly accomplished mountain climber,

reaching the summits of the tallest mountains in California,

Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, New Hampshire and

Maine. She crossed the Sierras and the European Alps Haute

Route on standard nordic skiis with pin bindings. In the

Himalayas she completed the Annapurna Circle and hiked

to the base camp of Everest with a side trip to the summit of

Island Peak. In Pakistan she climbed above the base camp of

K2 and to the bases of Gasherbrum 1 and 2 and to the base of

Broad peak in the Baltoro Karakoram.

In 2004 Jim and Martha created the Martha Chandler Endowed

Scholarship Fund at the Stamps School of Art & Design. The

scholarships assist with financial aid for qualified students

entering the Stamps School.

The Poppys saw their endowed gift as “part of our

comprehensive University of Michigan plan. We were a

fortunate generation,” Dr. Poppy acknowledges. “After

World War II we had job opportunities and advancement

opportunities. It was a wonderful time. So when I retired in

1987, we decided it was time for payback. Our U-M giving

included establishing the F. Jan Behrman Professorship

in Reproductive Medicine—Dr. Behrman was one of my

mentors. We also funded a scholarship for graduates of my

high school who come to Michigan. And Martha loved her

time at the art school, so it seemed only natural to create an

annuity scholarship fund to help art and design students.”

“Martha and I believed an annuity was a good way for a retiree

to gift,” Dr. Poppy confirms. “As you know, planning for the

future includes securing income. So this type of gift was a win/

win. We could help art and design students and we benefited

from a guaranteed fixed income that could be calculated to last

a lifetime. Finally, there was the warm and fuzzy feeling of

being a part of the Michigan heritage. I would recommend an

annuity for alumni requiring retirement planning.”

In early 2013, Martha Chandler Poppy passed away. Dr.

Poppy chose to establish the Martha Chandler Endowed

Scholarship Fund with the residuum of their gift. The

scholarships provide financial aid for qualified students

entering the Stamps School, with preference given to

students from the New Hampshire county where Martha

grew up. Once established, additional gifts to the fund were

received in Martha’s memory from family and friends.

The first recipient of the Martha Chandler Poppy Endowed

Scholarship has been selected. Dr. Poppy says he is looking

forward to meeting the student when he returns to campus

this fall, and to an opportunity to tell her all about the

woman for whom her scholarship is named.

The Martha Chandler Endowed Scholarship Fund

Charitable gift annuities are a great way

to support the Stamps School, while also

providing an alternate source of income for the

donor’s or a loved one’s lifetime. The annuity

works as follows: A donor makes a minimum

contribution of $10,000 to U-M; the gift may

be designated to support the Stamps School.

Immediately, the donor receives a charitable

deduction for the gift, and the University

invests his/her contribution. Thereafter, the

invested gift annuity provides quarterly

payments for life to the donor*. A portion of

the quarterly payments may also be tax-

free. The donor may even defer the quarterly

disbursements until a point in his/her life when

he/she wants the payments to start. When

the charitable gift annuity ends, the remaining

principal of the charitable gift annuity is

transferred directly to the Stamps School to be

used as the donor designated. The designation

could be for scholarships, internship stipends,

program support, or another area of interest.

*The donor can also designate another person

to receive income when the charitable gift

annuity is created.

For more information or a personalized

illustration, please contact Eric Schramm at

[email protected] or 734 647 0650.

The Gift that Pays for Giving: Charitable Gift Annuities

WW H E N S H E W A S N ’ T P A I N T I N G O R

taking classes in art history, ceramics,

photography and anthropology, Sylvia

worked at the university’s Radio Isotope

Lab, earning roughly $1.75 an hour. David did a little bit of

everything—from managing rock bands to illustrating books

and magazine articles. Later, while attending Wayne State

University Law School, he provided market research and

advertising services for builders.

Eventually, that part-time job expanded into a full-

time career in real estate development. In the late 1960s,

David founded The Nelson Companies, an organization

that develops and manages office buildings, retail centers,

hotels, industrial properties and multi-family developments

throughout the Midwest and beyond.

Strong advocates of community service, over the years

since college, David has sat on a number of non-profit

Boards, most recently the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Sylvia, in addition to serving on a number of non-profit

boards, spent 12 years as a docent at the Detroit Institute of

Arts before accepting a full-time position with the Charach

Gallery in West Bloomfield. (She retired in 2006.)

Over time, the Nelsons have cherished their memories of

the University of Michigan. “We’re both proud of attending

the U-M and proud of our ties to the School of Art & Design,”

David says. “We continue to believe that the arts are an

essential part of human life. Without the creativity found in

the arts and other disciplines, society will eventually fail.”

In 2005, the couple established the David Robert and

Sylvia Jean Nelson Foundation for Arts and Letters. Since

then, the foundation has engaged in a wide array of arts

philanthropy: sponsoring art programs at Detroit Children’s

Hospital, providing art supplies for the children who attend

daycare at Detroit’s Coalition for Temporary Shelter, and

funding children’s educational programs of the Detroit

Symphony Orchestra.

Through their foundation, the Nelsons and their three

children also provide annual scholarships for continuing

Stamps students at U-M, as well as students at other

colleges and universities. As Sylvia explains, “We know

how expensive art school can be and how few scholarships

are available beyond the freshman year. It feels good to

give back this way, to help educate the next generation of

artists, creators and builders who will contribute so much

to our world.”

The Sylvia and David Nelson Scholarships

Fifty years ago, there were few

scholarships and no loans available

to U-M students. So Sylvia (BFA ’68)

and David Nelson (BSD ’65) both

worked their way through school.



BB U T A F T E R G R A D U A T I O N A J O B A S A

production artist turned into a position as an

apparel graphic designer, which led to managing

the retail department within the company.

He credits the Stamps School’s focus on critical thinking

with helping him transition from a design position into a

career that integrates design elements into all aspects of his

work “From the styles we carry in the store, to the signage

and display, I rely on skills that I learned at Stamps.”

This direct connection between his college experience

and his career was one of the reasons that Mike decided to

start giving to the School in 2009, and it’s one of the main

reasons that he continues to give each year. “I feel it’s

important to continue to give because I can trace a direct

line from my enrollment to my current career. If I had not

attended the Stamps School, I would not be in the position

I’m in today.” Feeling part of a community also plays a

role. “After graduation I continued to work in Ann Arbor

with fellow graduates. This helped me remain aware of the

activities on campus. And, I still enjoy attending Penny

W. Stamps lectures when possible! I feel connected to the

school, which encourages me to donate.”

Mike directs his support to the school’s general fund

because his goals are expansive. “I would like the Stamps

School to continue to encourage the creative process

while emphasizing the development of technical skills

that are essential for success. I would advise other alumni

to consider the impact their gift has on future school

improvements. Many of the changes over the past few

years may not have been possible otherwise.”

New Donor Mike Long

When Mike Long (BFA 2007)

came to the Stamps School, he

already knew that he wanted

to work in a design field. And

throughout school he envisioned

his future as a product designer.

DD W A Y N E O V E R M Y E R H A S B E E N A P A R T O F

the U-M art and design community since

his days as a student in the College of

Architecture and Art in the late 1960s. After

graduating in 1971, he enjoyed a highly successful career

as a senior graphic designer at firms in Detroit, New

Haven, Toronto and Boston, returning in 1977, following

the completion of his MFA at Yale, to join the Stamps

School faculty.

It is impossible to overstate Dwayne’s contributions

over the ensuing 30+ years and his profound influence on

generations of designers. His creative work and scholarship

have been recognized internationally and continue to

influence designers around the world. His students praise

him for his “no-nonsense approach to teaching,” and being

“intellectually rigorous.” One recent student commented

“If your looking to learn design in the classic sense, he’s

the guy. Blunt in the best way. Will guide you through your

mental blocks to produce good design.” Another said, “He

made you think, but did not make you feel stupid.”

In additon to his teaching at Stamps, he has also been a

regular visitor at the University of Reading (UK) Department

of Typography & Graphic Communication for close to two

decades including extended periods as a visiting scholar.

Throughout his career, Overmyer has maintained an

independent design practice. Clients of his current Ann

Arbor-based practice have included the Detroit Institute of

Arts, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Ann Arbor Transportation

Authority, the Toledo Regional Transportation Authority,

the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities, and

various units of the University of Michigan.

Overmyer’s work has been recognized by the American

Institute of Graphic Arts, the University and College

Designers Association, the Art Museum Association

of America, the Society of Typographic Arts, and the

New York Art Directors Club and has appeared in Print

casebooks and Industrial Design’s Annual Review. He

served on the editorial advisory board of Information

Design Journal and as editorial consultant to Monotype

Typography (UK) and the Danish Design Centre.

Dwayne plans to celebrate his retirement quietly and,

as he has often said to his students, “to search for all the

simplicity that the moment will allow.”

ProfessorDwayne Overmyer

Retirement


Retirement

II N JANUARY OF 2013, DOUG HESSELTINE, GRAPHIC

designer, fine artist and teacher, retired, following

nearly 40 years of service to the School, the

university, and generations of art and design

students. Students have called him “my absolute favorite

professor.” They praise him for his dedication.“He stayed

after class on a weekly basis to help me with projects from

classes other than his” and his commitment to excellence.

“He is very good at what he does and I learned the absolute

most from him. He wants his students to succeed which

makes him brutally honest.” “You have to earn your grade in

this class. But if you actually care about graphic design, you

would go to every class and put effort into your work.”

Hesseltine began his academic career at U-M with his 1970

BFA from the then School of Art & Architecture. He joined

the school’s faculty in 1977, holding a joint appointment as

assistant professor and director of design for what is now

the Office of University Development. From 1978 to 1979,

he was the de facto director of design for the whole of the

University of Michigan.

In addition to his academic role, Hesseltine maintained

an active career as a designer. He co-founded Quorum

Communications and later Hesseltine & Demason Design

Inc., both firms focusing on the design and planning of

communications and the development of identity systems

for health care and technology-based organizations and

companies. His client list included Herman Miller Inc.,

ACM Siggraph, Schlumberger Technologies, Libbey Glass,

General Motors, Henry Ford Health System, University of

Michigan Health System and numerous other units of the

University of Michigan.

In 1985 Hesseltine left the University to pursue these

professional commitments, but he also continued to teach at

the school, sharing his many gifts with generations of artists

and designers. Most recently he served as Lecturer III in the

Stamps School.

Along with his teaching and commercial work,

Hesseltine maintains an active fine art practice, which

often encompasses painting and collage. His work has

been represented by several of Michigan’s premier

galleries and is included in the collections of the Detroit

Institute of Art, the University of Michigan Medical Center

and the Detroit Medical Center.

Hesseltine is the recipient of dozens of design awards

and has been awarded exceptional achievement and grand

awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support

of Education. He has juried many exhibitions and shows,

most recently as a juror for the International Theater Poster

Art exhibition in Canada. He has also been an external

reviewer for the University of Wisconsin Graphic Design

Program and panel chair for the Siggraph Conference

session, Graphic Design in the Nineties: New Roles, Options,

and Definitions.

ProfessorDoug Hesseltine


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Anneli ArmsBSDes 1958My work was accepted into a print exhibit

in September and my “eagle” (see image)

was a part of the Prague show juried via

Manhattan Graphics Center. I am also

in the “Prints for Peace” show in Mexico

with my “ripped off” portfolio print.

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Matthew Zivich BSDES 1960I am a Professor of Art at Saginaw Valley

State University. This year I served as the

Co-chair person for the Stamps School

“Transition 2013” Annual Art Alumni

Show committee. I have been a member

of the committee for the past six years

and won the Peers Award twice, most

recently in 2012 for my painting “Helter

Skelter” that can be seen in the online

gallery of the 2012 show on the Stamps

School of Art & Design website. My

painting, “Icarus,” was also included in

the “Road Trip” exhibition at the Stamps

School sponsored gallery, Work•Detroit.

Chica Brunsvold (Mary Sue Willey) BSDes 1961,

MA in Art 1962My painting, “Gossip,” was included

in the American Watercolor Society

Exhibit in NYC this April. “Gossip”

was also included in my solo show of

42 watercolors and acrylics at Green

Spring Gardens Horticulture Center in

Alexandria, VA. through August 25. Much

of the work is done on Yupo, a plastic

surface that is magical (or frustrating,

depending on your attitude). Very

bright colors and surprising textures are

possible with Yupo as the paint does not

sink in. I taught a watercolor workshop

using it on July 22 in Newport News, VA.

I went through the art school in

the early sixties when everything was

abstract expressionism. Being a realist

at heart, I struggled, but all that flinging

paint around certainly did free me up to

“go with the flow” now while I work with

watercolor on Yupo!

If I hadn’t had the early U-M art

school training, I would probably be the

portrait painter my mother wanted me

to be! Instead, the U-M Employment

Bureau got me a job illustrating for the

CIA (which I did for 5 years) and now

I’m playing/painting, which is great

fun. I know art school broadened my

appreciation for all the fields of art and

for all the magnificence and wonder of

life in general. I’ll always be grateful,

as I didn’t really want to be a portrait

painter anyway!

Jack KelleyBS 1962On May 23, 2013 I was inducted into the

Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federationʼs

(LMSRF) Hall Of Fame for outstanding

past performance in racing sailboats

across Lake Michigan and a wide variety

of shoreline races in addition to GRSC

Club races held in the big lake. For 20

years, I was chairman of the GRSC team

that ran the Hospice Rubber Duck race

named the “Grand Quacker” that raised

thousands of dollars for the local Hospice

organization.

After graduation from art and design,

I was hired by Herman Miller, Inc. where

I was the lead designer on Action Office,

the worldʼs first modular panel office

system. I applied the characteristics of

sailboat design and performance on the

water as a parallel effort that influenced

my award winning design solutions. At

80, although retired, I still, with vigor,

sail a boat on Lake Michigan

Alumni Updates



Barbara ZuckerBFA 1962I graduated in 1962, and I had some

amazing professors: Irving Kaufman, Al

Mullen, Joe Goto, Milton Cohen, John

Stevenson, and Gerome Kamrowski. It

wasn’t so much what they said or did,

it was the way they were: their passion

and commitment to their work was

transmitted to me via art osmosis of a

kind—they made it possible for me to

see what the life of an artist was, made

it possible for me to picture it for my

life or some version of it, too. And I am

forever grateful.

Recently I’ve been in two shows:

PPOW, “Skin Trade” June 27 - July 27

in New York City, and “Artpark 40,” in

Lewiston, New York, a retrospective of all

the artists who showed there in the 40

years of the park’s existence.

Bill CrosbyBSDes 1961, MFA 1963In addition to over twenty years at the

Harbor Square Gallery in Rockland,

Maine, I have been with the Martin

Gallery of Charleston, South Carolina

for over ten years. This year, 2013, I

have affiliated with two other Maine

galleries: Art Collector Maine and their

new Gallery at the Grand in Kennebunk,

Maine; and with The Gallery at Somes

Sound in Somesville, Maine. My

paintings are at all these galleries on a

continuing year around basis.

After receiving my BS in Design from

Michigan in 1961 and my MFA from

Michigan in 1963. I taught at the State

University of New York, Plattsburgh

campus for over 35 years. Although I

taught some painting and other courses,

my primary responsibility was starting

and developing the photography

program at Plattsburgh. I retired in 1998

as a full Professor.

More information may be found on my

website: www.wmc-art.com including

links to the several galleries.

Ruth WeisbergBFA 1963, MFA 1965I was in the exhibition “I, You, We” at the

Whitney Museum of American Art. It was

up until the end of August.

Buster SimpsonBSDes 1966Exerpted from the Frye Art Museum

announcement of Buster Simpson’s mid-

career retrospective. “From June 15 –

October 13 The Frye Art Museum presents

BUSTER SIMPSON / / SURVEYOR, the first

retrospective survey of work by Seattle

artist Buster Simpson, a pioneer in the

field of urban environmentalism and

art in public spaces. For more than four

decades, Simpson has been the ecological

and social conscience for neighborhoods

and cities in constant states of transition

and renewal. His site-specific, agit prop,

and process-driven art has surveyed

the problems, scrutinized the context,

and presented new frames of reference

to provide local solutions for global

issues. The exhibition presents his

groundbreaking contribution to dialogues

about the health of communities and

the societal obligations of the artist

striving to affect real change in public

life. BUSTER SIMPSON / / SURVEYOR

includes more than 50 artworks spanning

40 years of practice as well as photo-

documentation and restored historical

video footage of under-recognized

ephemeral and performance works which

have not been seen in decades.

Norm Stewart BFA 1969

&Susan StewartBSDes 1970Stewart & Stewart, the printing/

publishing house owned by alums Norm

Stewart and his wife Susan, has a busy

exhibition schedule:

• Impressions: Selections from

Stewart & Stewart, Printer/Publisher

of Fine Prints, 1980-Present, Gallery

72, Omaha, NE, 12 July – 17 August

2013. A selection of 50 fine prints by

30 artists created at Stewart & Stewart

from 1980 to the present.

• International Fine Print Dealers

Association Print Fair, Park Avenue

Armory, New York, NY, 6-10

November 2013

• Flint Institute of Arts Print Fair, Flint

Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, 22–24

November 2013

• Impressions: Selections from Stewart &

Stewart, Printer/Publisher of Fine Prints,

1980-Present, Kalamazoo Institute of

Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, 21 December 2013 –

23 February 2014.

Stewart & Stewart is a member of

the International Fine Print Dealers

Association and has been printing and

publishing fine prints in their Bloomfield

Hills, MI studio since 1980. Norman

Stewart earned BFA and MA degrees

from the University of Michigan School

of Art & Design and an MFA degree from

Cranbrook Academy of Art. Susan earned

a BSD degree from the University of

Michigan School of Art & Design and an

MA degree in education from University

of Michigan Dearborn.

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Barbara CervenkaMFA 1971“Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints”

is being organized in Detroit by Con/

Vida — Popular Arts of the Americas in

partnership with the Charles H. Wright

Museum of African American History.

The exhibition curators — Marion

(Mame) Jackson, Distinguished Professor

Emerita of Art History, Wayne State

University; and Barbara Cervenka, O.P.,

Professor Emerita of Art, Siena Heights

University — have traveled extensively

in Brazil’s Northeast during the past 20

years, and worked directly with popular

artists and scholars in this poorest region

of Brazil to organize this exhibition.

Walt GriggsBFA 1975I participated in the 2013 Art and

Design Alumni exhibition, Transition,

contributing an animated watercolor

video. The work is painted in the

Impressionist/Pointillism style with pen

and ink under painting and layered with

opaque water colors on acid-free archival

illustration board,

www.facebook.com/walter.griggs.12

Schroeder CherryBFA 1976“Tevin” talks about Tuskegee Airmen at

Smithsonian Institution’s National Air

and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

The museum exhibition program was

designed for family audiences.

Susan Ruth CohenBFA 1977

I have created a book, entitled

Colorsong, which features a whimsical

poem and artworks that correspond to

each line of the poem. Colorsong was

first featured in an interactive exhibit of

my work at the Long Island Children’s

Museum in Garden City, New York. As

a Teaching Artist, I conduct classroom

workshops based on my Colorsong book.

Students create their own poetry and

visual interpretations of the themes

explored in Colorsong: the motion,

sounds, shapes, lines and colors of

music. View the Colorsong book and other

artwork at www.susanruthcohen.com

Laura Militzer BryantBFA 1978I have a newly published book (my

6th) that is doing gang-busters in the

knitting world. The book is about hand-

dyed yarns.

Interestingly, Vincent Castagnacci’s

color class rocked my world and sent me

on a journey of color exploration that

has engaged me for the last 35 years.

Both my artwork and my commercial

design work have been steered by what

I learned in that class. I have gone on

to teach hundreds of knitters every

year about color and how to make

successful selections for their projects,

and my color classes at consumer shows

regularly sell out.

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Leslie Noblerf/k/a Leslie Farber BFA 1980This year I was awarded a Puffin

Foundation Grant to study and create

work related to (extreme) societal

ills, such as genocide. (I will also run

workshops for education students and

community workers/volunteers on

teaching this topic through the visual

arts). For next year I was granted a

sabbatical to study ritual textiles in



connection to the Holocaust and issues

of tolerance, and reinterpret them in

mixed/digital media. Much of this will

be done at the Textile Research Center

of Leiden University in the Netherlands.

My ongoing work exploring these ideas

has been included in many international

shows, and was featured in a solo

exhibition at the Fairleigh Dickinson

University Metro Campus Gallery (NYC/

NJ area) in August and September.

www.leslienobler.com

Leisa RichBFA 1982I have written a feature article Plastics

in Fiber: Creative Friend or Environmental

Foe published in Fiber Art Now magazine,

volume 2, Issue 4 (Summer 2013) pages

20-23. I recently exhibited in the

Atlanta Institute of Architects’ public

art project “Urbanfronts” in Atlanta,

Georgia; in “Georgia Artists”, Sandy

Springs, Georgia where I received the

Honorable Mention award; in “Fantastic

Fibers” at the Yeiser Art Center in

Kentucky; Fabricate- the Surface Design

Association, winning the Award of

Excellence and in “teapots!” at the

Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery

in Pittsburgh, where one of my works

was again purchased by the Kamm

Foundation for its permanent collection.

I also had work in “Georgia Artists

Selecting Georgia Artists” at the Museum

of Contemporary Art, up through August.

I have also just completed a children’s

book comprised of 26 dioramas. I was

also featured in the recently released

book, Mastering the Art of Embroidery,

Chronicle Books, p. 249-250. I teach at

The Galloway School, Atlanta, Georgia.

See more at www.monaleisa.com.

Leslie SobelBFA 1983I have an upcoming residency at

Canyons of the Ancients, sponsored

by the Colorado Art Ranch partnered

with the U.S. Forest Service’s Aldo

Leopold Wilderness Research

Institute (ALWRI) as one of their six

Aldo & Leonardo Wilderness Science and

Art Collaboration projects. I spent the

month of September at Canyons of the

Ancients working with archeologists

and two other artists—composer/cellist

Esther Rogers and sculptor Benjamin

McCarthy. My work has long been

environment focused, working with

scientific data and imaging to explore

human impact on the natural world.

Canyon of the Ancients, in southwest

Colorado, is a national monument with

more than 6000 known archeological

sites mainly of the Ancestral Puebloan

peoples but also hunter gatherers dating

back to 8000 BC. Our work during

this residency will result in an e-book,

multiple videos and exhibitions.

Michelle (Gurfein) ShainBFA 1985The one thing I remember most about

The School of Art at U-M was Professor

Bruce Ian Meader for graphic design. His

classes were fun and full of great lessons.

I learned dozens of typographic skills

that I still use to this day, professionally,

almost 30 years later.

www.headlightscreative.com

Laurel PrafkeBFA 1987My life changed in June of 2000 when

a falling object knocked me out. Ten

years of doctors, ER, testing etc. finally

determined that I had a closed head

injury. Unable to draw or paint, the use

of my hands was limited to the lack of

thinking, processing thoughts and the

transfer of action from my brain to my

fingertips was impossible. Even today,

writing is difficult. This has been an

uphill, slide back system of growth.

Strokes inhibited me from tying my shoes

last February, today it is such a relief!

My point here is that in search of

advancement through education and

travel did expose me to my deficits.

Travel especially taught me about living

with less and led me to paint en plein air.

Painting helps me through pain, to relax

the brain and then being able to think!

My painting is improving. Now, I’m

trying to tackle sculpture. Considering

many times that time in Prof. Marinaro’s

studio would sure help. It is a struggle,

one that I will enjoy wrestling with. I

would like to add that my mother made

it possible for my daughter, who was

ten when the injury occurred, to attend

school, sports and music lessons.

In July, I begin the MAAT program

at St. Mary of the Woods. Keeping my

fingers crossed that for that no seizures

of strokes would stop or inhibit me.

The risk is financial with loans and

transportation, my drive is here. Therapy

in the arts is essential! A graduate

certificate in arts psychotherapy

from Queen Margaret’s University in

Edinburgh, along with dance movement

therapy have me convinced, it does work.

My art, as an artist is separate. It is

important to be recognized as an artist!

My appreciation goes out to all those who

have helped me along this path and the

solid education received at the School of

Art, now Penny Stamps. God Bless you all

and keep active!

Shari SteinBFA 1987As part of the Team-4-Community,

formed in 2012 by professionals in

architecture, interior design, landscape

architecture and interior design, I am

spearheading the ALOeTERRA project,

that will move an entirely solar powered

home from the City of Troy to the Warm

Training Center on the grounds of Focus

Hope, in downtown Detroit. The 800

square-foot solar house will be utilized as

a hands-on training resource to educate

the next generation of workers in the

renewable energy field. Constructed of

sustainable materials, the house uses no

gas or grid-tied electricity, and adheres

to the standards of universal design.

Once the move is complete the house will

open to the public for tours, education,

and workshops on renewable materials,

consumer education, and as a tool for

green consulting for businesses and

municipalities.

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Michael SevickBFA 1980, MFA 1990U-M Flint Associate Professor of Art

Michael Sevick and his nine students

in the 2013 spring mural painting class

recently finished an 8’ x 12’ aquatic-

themed mural for the Genesee County

Health Department’s waiting room lobby.

The mural is expected to be installed in

the Saginaw St. location in mid-July.

Kevin DerasBFA 1993I received my MBA this spring from

Oakland University in Rochester, MI. In

addition I was promoted recently to the

position of Global Technical Manager

at my company, Inalfa Roof Systems of

Auburn Hills, MI.

Marc SirinskyBFA 1997In June and July I was in an exhibition,

“Photography: Process and Perspective,”

at Gallery Plan B here in Washington, DC.

Katherine SullivanBFA 1997I have been awarded a 2013-14

Fulbright-Nehru grant to research and

teach at Jamia Millia Islamia in New

Delhi. My research there will explore

nagi iconography, painting pedagogy,

and the use of color in historical and

contemporary Indian art. This June,

I participated in a seminar in South

Africa that convened a select group of

North American and Southern African

artists to consider the critical role of

the visual arts in society. I also recently

received two Mellon grants, in 2012 and

2013 respectively, to pursue research

related to image-text explorations in

lithography and to study interdisciplinary

approaches to color theory. Last fall I

delivered lectures on my studio practice

at conferences at the School of Visual

Arts and the Mid-America College Art

Association. I am currently an Associate

Professor of Art in Holland, Michigan.

www.katherineasullivan.com/

Andrea Urbiel GoldnerBFA 1998I recently completed a 2012-2013 US

Department of State Fulbright project in

Morocco: Community Appliances: Resilient

Places in the City Landscape. Under the

name Peregrine Workshop, Gary Urbiel

Goldner (my husband) and I have been

awarded a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship

which began this July.

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Deanna KruegerBFA 2002I have been awarded a four-week artist

residency by Brush Creek Foundation

for the Arts. The residency is located

on Brush Creek Ranch, a luxury guest

ranch located on 15,000 acres of scenic

splendor at the base of the Medicine

Bow National Forest outside of Saratoga,

Wyoming. I will use the time to continue

my “Shards” and “Liminal” series. In

November my work will be included in

“Meditative Surfaces,” a three-person

exhibition at Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

www.deannakrueger.com

www.brushcreekarts.org



H. Adam DoughertyBFA 2005I was recently promoted to On-Field

Graphic Designer at Under Armour in

Baltimore, Maryland. I am currently

designing special event and team uniform

graphics for all of our college sports

accounts and European soccer teams.

I’ve been working at Under Armour

for 3 years as a men’s apparel graphic

designer, where I have designed graphics

for football, baseball, lacrosse, Run and

Tough Mudder.

My current transition to the On-

Field team allows me to work on team

uniforms, which has been a passion of

mine since I was a student at Michigan.

Toby MillmanMFA 2007I was recently awarded a grant from the

Pollock-Krasner Foundation to support

my studio practice in printmaking and

works on paper.

Allison (Ally) Apprill BFA 2009I just finished my dual Master’s

Degree for Art Therapy and Counseling

at Southern Illinois University at

Edwardsville and just started a job as

an Art Therapist at an all-women’s

residential retreat in Tennessee! I’ll be

working towards my certification both as

a licensed therapist and art therapist. I’m

very grateful for my Michigan education!

Catherine MeierMFA 2009I have been awarded a 2013/14 McKnight

Visual Artist Fellowship. Designed to

identify and support outstanding mid-

career Minnesota artists, the McKnight

Artist Fellowships for Visual Artists

provide recipients with a $25,000

stipend, public recognition, professional

encouragement from national visiting

critics, an artist book, and exhibition at

the MCAD Gallery. The 2013/14 McKnight

fellows were selected from a group of 190

applicants by a panel of arts professionals.

Lindsey SternMFA 2009In April of this year I celebrated

three years as Education Coordinator

at the Center for Photography at

Woodstock, where I continue to

manage all educational and interpretive

programming, including the Woodstock

Photography Workshop & Lecture Series.

(Still waiting for a U-M intern to come

my way...) I was recently curated into

an exhibition at the Islip Art Museum

where I have three collages. I have been

awarded the Ora Schneider Residency at

Womens Studio Workshop in Rosendale,

NY. I will spend my month there this fall

printing a new silkscreen series and I am

expecting my first child any day now!

In Memoriam

Following a lengthy illness, former Stamps School Dean Bryan Rogers passed away at his home on May 28, 2013 in the care of his wife Cynthi and son Kyle.

B O R N I N 1 9 4 1 I N T E X A S , B R Y A N G R A D U A T E D I N 1 9 6 3 W I T H

a BE in Chemical Engineering from Yale. He received an

MS in Chemical Engineering in 1966 from the University of

California, Berkeley, where he also went on to receive an MA

in sculpture in 1969, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering in

1971. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Bryan

held teaching positions at the University of California,

Berkeley, San Francisco State University and Carnegie

Mellon. Both a practicing artist and a writer, Bryan published

and exhibited his work nationally and internationally.

Bryan was appointed dean of the Stamps School in 2000,

following a successful tenure as head of the School of Art

at Carnegie Mellon University. As soon as he arrived on

campus, Bryan set about to transform the school and the

arts at Michigan. His vision for the Stamps School was

three-fold: (1) to make the arts part of the intellectual DNA

of the wide-ranging domains that compose the University

of Michigan; (2) to connect A&D students and faculty with

Bryan Rogers1941 - 2013

their creative pursuits and with the wider world through

interdisciplinary collaborations, regional outreach programs

and global learning exchanges; and (3) to send into the world

well-rounded individuals with a strong set of technical

and conceptual skills, a deep well of creative confidence,

a capacity for continuing self-education, an appreciation

for other cultures and perspectives, a well-honed critical

intelligence, and an abiding passion for engagement with

their communities and their world.

Bryan’s successes in achieving his vision are everywhere—

an endowment for the school that ensures a bright future

for the visual arts on campus; a curriculum that encourages

thoughtful, creative, interdisciplinary problem-making

and problem-solving; a tenured/tenure-track faculty that

doubled in size during his tenure and reflects the range of

contemporary creative practice; expanded and improved

facilities including private studio space for faculty, graduate

students, and seniors; thriving national and international

engagement programs that move art-design out of the

classroom and into local and global communities; a

dedicated and professional staff capable of supporting

ambitious programs and services; and a hard-won

recognition of the importance of art and design on campus,

including the founding of ArtsEngine.

At his retirement party in March 2011, Dean Rogers was launched into retirement with a jetpack designed by Stamps School faculty.



Professor Shaun Jackson passed away on January 15, 2013 as a result of injuries sustained in the crash of a small airplane.

F O R M O R E T H A N T W O D E C A D E S ,

Shaun had been a dedicated and

respected member of our community,

mentoring generations of designers

and sharing his optimism and love of

life with all of us. He was the model of

the interdisciplinary design educator,

teaching across units and holding

faculty appointments in art and design,

architecture, and business.

A native of Ontario, Canada,

Shaun first came to the University of

Michigan as an undergraduate on a

gymnastics and diving scholarship.

But it was industrial design that

captured his focus at U-M, and he

Shaun Jackson1949 - 2013

In Memoriam

founded his first company, Eclipse

Inc., while still a student. Soon after

this, he started two more successful

business ventures, Higher Ground, Inc

and Shaun Jackson Design.

In 1993 he returned to the University

of Michigan as an adjunct faculty

member and rose to the rank of

Professor at three schools, while

continuing an active professional

practice. His honors included the

prestigious IDEA award from Business

Week, and a nomination by the Cooper

Hewitt National Design Museum for

a National Design Award. He also

served as a trustee of the Worldesign

Foundation, and chaired the 2001

IDEA Awards jury; the inaugural

Business Week Catalyst Awards jury;

and the National Design Conference.

His designs have been featured in

numerous publications including Time

Magazine, The New York Times, The Los

Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

Even with these professional

accomplishments, Shaun considered

teaching to be his highest calling.

He was passionate about instilling a

love of design and a drive for design

excellence and cross-disciplinary

teaching and learning in students

and colleagues. In 2009, Shaun, along

with Professor William Lovejoy,

was honored by the University of

Michigan as the inaugural recipient

of the Provost’s Teaching Innovation

Prize. He believed that we all should

work hard, exercise our craft, try to

find a moment of perfection, love

it, and share it with others. Shaun’s

positive energy, generosity, high

standards, and his challenge to live

every day to the fullest, will continue

to inspire his many students,

colleagues, and friends.

Photo: Shaun Jackson center top row surrounded by students from his course Designing A Brand.

On May 25, 2013, Professor Emeritus

Richard Sears passed away. Dick was a

beloved faculty member and colleague,

and a dedicated artist who continued to

create and exhibit new work long after

his retirement from the University in 1989.

Dick’s wife, Robin A. S. Haynes, shared

the following announcement about this

remarkable individual:

R I C H A R D L . S E A R S , A B E L O V E D , K I N D , A N D G E N T L E M A N ,

died on May 25, 2013. Born and raised in the small towns of

the high desert of southern rural California, “Dick” grew

up expecting life to be framed by mountains. The only

child of Mildred and Harold Sears, the dreamy boy drew

sailing ships and World War I-era airplanes, far beyond his

experience, but not his imagination. After service in Africa

and Europe during World War II, Dick received an education

he never thought possible, thanks to the GI Bill. After

graduate work at the University of Iowa and a MFA from

University of California, Berkeley, he came to the Midwest

as an instructor in drawing and painting at the University of

Michigan in 1953. He retired in 1989 as a full professor in the

Department of Art and Design from the same institution.

Ignoring the administration as best he could, Dick focused

on what mattered most to him – teaching students to

see better, while trying to increase his own ability to

perceive the spatial compositions of his environment in

paint, pencil, sculpture, and photography. Thousands of

students benefited from his encouragement, corrections,

and reminders to measure, all delivered in a sneakily

relaxed manner. Upon retirement, Dick moved to Maine

and returned to his real work of full-time seeing, painting,

and drawing, particularly enjoying the trees and rocks of

Maine. Richard Sears exhibited from Maine to California,

often more appreciated by the eyes of other artists than by

the public at large. His last show, which was in Bath, Maine

during the fall of 2012, contained numerous examples of

his joyous and colorful works, particularly watercolors of

recent years. Richard Sears is survived by his wife Robin A.

S. Haynes of Bath, his daughters Anne L. Sears and Alison

de los Santos, both of Kalamazoo, Michigan, son-in-law

Robert Mata de los Santos, and the family of close friends

and former students who treasured him. His memory is best

honored by remembering the ideas he taught and looking

daily at the beauty of a loved one’s face, the fascinating and

shifting movements of the open sky, and the simple lines

and intricacies of all landscapes – none of which, like Dick,

is ever only ordinary.

In Memoriam

Richard Sears1924 - 2013

Photo of Richard Sears from the A&D faculty exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art in 1971.



In Memoriam

Professor Emeritus

Ken Baird passed away

on March 22, 2013. A

distinguished photographer,

instructor, and researcher,

Professor Baird joined the

Stamps School faculty in

1982 following a lengthy

teaching career in the

United Kingdom. At U-M,

Professor Baird taught

a range of courses in

photography, including

history and criticism,

aerial photography,

and lens-derived digital

imaging. He retired from

teaching in 1996.

H I S S T U D E N T S R E M E M B E R H I M A S

“a professor, mentor, and friend”

and a guiding force as photography

was moving toward digital. “Ken took

a keen interest in my exploration of

the new digital media. He could see the

amazing potential of the technology.

He simply understood how it would

impact the arts and his encouragement

fueled my curiosity.” His friends

and colleagues recall his insightful

eloquence.“The last time I spoke with

him he talked about the effect of wind

and water on the landscape, rocks and

people. His words were the distillation

of his long exploration of those effects

through his art.”

Ken’s creative work has been

exhibited extensively around the

world and honored with numerous

prestigious awards, including a John

Simon Guggenheim Foundation

Fellowship. His was the first

fellowship awarded to a British

photographer. His work is included in

museum collections in New Mexico,

Hawaii, Sweden and Great Britain.

Ken was particularly known for his

aerial photography, with documentary

projects focusing on navigation of

the Pacific Ocean and the North Sea,

navigation of the Marshall Islands,

the impact of the Channel Tunnel on

the English landscape, and a study

of the American Southwest provided

contradictory but compelling

landscapes for Ken’s creative

work. Ken shared his unique and

remarkable vision through his photos

and, after his retirement, through

his drawings and paintings. Ken’s

students and colleagues and family

remember him as a mentor and a

kind and gentle man.

Ken Baird1930 - 2013

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