ALUMNI. RE-ENGAGED. - Columbus College of Art and Design

oBert taVanI ‘85 participated in the group show entitled Fine Arts
Exhibition at the Cox fine arts Center, ohio state fair in Columbus
oh during august 2008. robert displayed the expressionistic still life
painting entitled Heat. Visit http://ohiostatefairfinearts.blogspot.com.
suzanne (Betz) gallagher associate ‘83-’86 participated in a
group show entitled The World As It Is: Getting Real at High Road at
high road gallery in the historic register Buttles/Brown house of worthington
oh from July – august 2008. Visit www.highroadgallery.org.
kIm lattImer associate ‘85-’86 with her husband dave lattimer
designed six statues for Brutus on Parade, an art installation at the Jerome
schottenstein Center, the ohio state university in Columbus oh.
the project was a fundraiser for the university’s william oxley thompson
memorial library. Visit www.brutusonparade.com/gallery.php.
CynthIa (sChnell) kaer ‘86 has been promoted to vice president
of graphica, which is headquartered in miamisburg oh. Visit www.
graphicadesign.com.
thomas markgraf ‘86 with his wife karen markgraf ‘88 participated
in a group show entitled Creative Impressions Art Exhibit at Bryn
du mansion in granville oh from september – october 2008. karen
and tim collaborated to create ceramic works and sculptures.
amy Butler ‘88 published the book Little Stitches for Little Ones in
July 2008 with keepsake sewing projects for baby. Visit
www.artofthemidwest.com and www.chroniclebooks.com.
karen (VendeVIlle) markgraf ‘88 with her husband thomas
markgraf ‘86, participated in a group show entitled Creative Impressions
Art Exhibit at Bryn du mansion in granville oh from september
– october 2008. karen and tim collaborated to create ceramic works
and sculptures.
laura (patterson) sanders ‘88 has a painting on the cover of Book
No. 77: The 2008 Midwestern edition of New American Paintings,
which includes forty distinguished artists from the midwest, selected
from over 1,000 entrants. also, laura participated in a group show
entitled Splash: A Summer Group Show at rebecca Ibel gallery in Columbus
oh from June – august 2008. Visit www.newamericanpaintings.com
and www.rebeccaibel.com.
roBert Comeans associate ‘78-’80 is an aircraft mechanic for delta
air lines. he is a freelance artist and draws caricatures at festivals,
weddings and other special events.
helma groot ‘89 participated in a group show entitled New Artists
at art access gallery in Bexley oh from august – september 2008.
Visit www.artaccessgallery.com/html/groot.html.
roBert lee ‘89 and mark mCdeVItt ‘89 own a business named
methane in dekalb ga creating collectible, limited edition rock music
posters for dave matthews Band, eric Clapton, wilco and others.
methane’s work has been featured in Spin and graphic design magazines.
the book The Art of Modern Rock features posters methane
designed for atlanta’s echo lounge. Visit www.methanestudios.com.
mIChelle (salrIn) stItzleIn ‘89 has a new book entitled Bottlecap
Little Bottlecap, a how-to art and craft booklet involving recycled plastic
bottle caps. also, michelle was awarded a 2008 Individual excellence
grant from the ohio arts Council. Visit www.artgrange.com.
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HELMA GROOT
danIel work ‘89 was included in the PDX Magazine article entitled
Market Share by tommy gaffney about his eight-year participation in
the portland saturday market. Visit www.danielwork.com.
ChrIstopher gaston ‘90 had a solo show of ceramic art and illuminated
totems entitled Alien Spirits at gallery sid in yokkaichi, mie-ken,
Japan from may – June 2008. Visit http://xenovision.japan.googlepages.
com/exhibitionsprojects.
fred harper ‘90 illustrated Sports Illustrated articles entitled The
Weight of the World on June 09, 2008, and High Wire Act on June 16,
2008. The Wall Street Journal and other notible publications have also
published fred’s illustrations. Visit www.fredharper.com.
mark peters ‘90 recently accepted a position as adjunct professor
in ceramics at appalachian state university in Boone nC. Visit www.
pinerootpottery.com.
peter waChtel ‘90 has been promoted to academic director of
graphic design & foundation at the art Institute of California-hollywood
Ca. Visit www.artinstitutes.edu/hollywood.
ellIot Bour ‘91 has accepted a position as animation director at kachew!.
Bour has directed a commercial for CareerBuilder.com thar aired
during the 2008 super Bowl, and a spot for Chef Boyardee. Visit www.
kachew.com and www.elliotbour.com.
Inka essenhIgh ‘91 had a solo show Inka Essenhigh at the Victoria
miro gallery in london during april – may 2008. essenhigh’s work
has been shown at galleries and museums around the world including
smak in Belgium, the san francisco museum of modern art, the Bienal
de são paulo, sIte santa fe, moma in new york, and the royal academy
in london. Visit www.inka-essenhigh.com and www.victoria-miro.
com.
krIsten harrIs ’91 has received a professional honor from Columbus
Business First as one of the 40 under 40 people to watch for 2008.
kristen is the co-founder of portfolio Creative staffing, a Central ohio
agency that specializes in connecting clients with creative talent in the
marketing, advertising, and creative industries. previously, she worked
twelve years for limited Brands marketing departments as a graphic
designer and art director. Visit www.portfoliostaffing.com.
kImBerly moreland-garnett ’91 was recently elected to the
florida art educators Board of directors. she will serve as the middle
school division director for two years. In addition to being a high
school arts educator she is working toward her master of arts in
education at the university of Central florida.
aaron szymanskI ‘91 was a CCad visiting artist on october 20,
2008 from evodesign group of watertown Ct. evodesign was a
2008 Idea award finalist for the mp3 player that they designed with
hasbro. Visit www.evodesign.com.
herB roe associate ‘92-’93 is restoring over 50 robert dafford murals
in paducah ky. herb painted the majority of the original images
as a dafford muralist. he has a studio named Chromesun productions
in lafayette la. Visit www.chromesun.com and www.paducahwall
towall.com.
ChrIstopher Casella ‘93 had a photo published with the Time
Magazine article The Buddy System by Barbara kiviat on august 21,
2008. Visit http://chriscasella.com/blog.
todd maell ‘93 has been approved as an officially licensed illustrator
for lucasfilm ltd. he worked on promotional artwork for the
movie Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Visit www.
aiekon.com/erikmaell.html.
CHRISTOPHER CASELLA
CandICe marzetz ’93 has opened and serves as as founder and
director of Candice & Co., a boutique design studio that offers creative
design services. Candice previously worked for fifteen years with limited
Brands under the divisions of Bath & Body works, the white Barn
Candle Company, and Victoria’s secret. Visit www.candicecompany.
com.
Chad hunt ‘94 has images on the cover of Time magazine issue
dated July 28, 2008 and in the Communication Arts Photo Annual 49
published in august 2008. the photo in the annual is from a story in
Gourmet magazine last year called Kabul Nights. Visit www.chadhunt
photography.com/blog. see article on page 14.
susan lehman ’94 recently accepted a position as production Consultant
at ohio education association located in Columbus oh. previously,
susan was employed as Creative services manager at The News-Press in
fort myers fl, and the Newark Advocate in newark oh.
andrew oswalt ‘94 and VIrgInIa (galea) oswalt ‘94 participated
in a group show entitled The Cultivating Growth Group Show at Clayspace
in Columbus oh in september 2008. Curated by deborah Correa
‘05, the show featured work by Columbus College of art & design
students and alumni. Visit http://clayspace831.com/gallery.php.
JamIe snell ‘94 has designed sketch cards for topps Company and
lucasarts. his work has included the animated movie Star Wars: The
Clone Wars and the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull. his first project was for the Lord of the Rings Masterpiece II series.
Visit http://ragelion.deviantart.com/gallery/#sketch-Cards.
BrIan york ‘94 was recently promoted to art department manager
from senior product designer at seasonal specialties, located in eden
prairie mn. Visit www.seasonalspecialties.com.
kelly (traVIs) demBICzak ’95 was accepted as an affiliated photographer
for the now I lay me down to sleep foundation. nIlmdts
is a non-profit that offers volunteer infant bereavement photography
services at no cost to families who are experiencing early infant loss.
services are available in the u.s., Canad, and internationally. Visit
www.nilmdts.org.
WINTER 2009 IMAGE MAGAZINE
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