Check out these stories on our alumni:
• James Cantrell (BFA 1958) has en exhibition titled "44 Years & Counting!" at the Bardstown Art Gallery in Bardstown, Kentucky. There will be new and older works in oils, watercolors, drawings, and prints. Subject matter over the years include figures, urban architecture, barns, landscapes, and the bourbon industry. Cantrell’s newest theme in painting involves the genre known as Steampunk. He has also taken up the art of building historic ship models from scratch.
• Sarah (Pearl) Detweiler (BFA 2000) has been elected the new chair of Art & Design at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Additionally, over the past year, she has been on a panel discussion at the Sacramento Center for Contemporary Art, a solo show at Westminster College, in a group show at Wayfarers in Brooklyn, New York, and the Sluice Art Fair in London.
• Jess Hutchinson (BA 2003) completed her MFA in directing from the University of Texas at Austin this past May and just started as the National New Play Network Producer in Residence at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas.
• A. Kevin Kaisershot (BME 1980) recently retired from teaching after 33 years in the Illinois Public School systems as well as several years as an adjunct faculty member in a local college. He was Principal Trumpet in the Fox Valley Symphony (IL) for more than 10 years all the while maintaining a busy teaching schedule. He has been a composer/arranger for several publishers (more than 100 titles in print worldwide) specializing in educational materials and intends to continue this activity in retirement. He also figures to maintain a trumpet performance schedule as time and schedule permits.
• Scott Raymond (BFA 2003) contributed animation to DreamWorks Animation's recent hit "Home" and the upcoming "Kung Fu Panda 3" that is being released in January 2016. Recently Raymond accepted a position as assistant professor of animation at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He is creating a brand new BFA animation program within the Department of Art and Design.
• Sirui Wang (BFA 2012) is now the production coordinator for "All Hail King Julien" at Bardel Entertainment, where she oversees the lighting and compositing and the special effects department's daily workload.
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