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Greetings from the DeanSubmitted by Dean Ron Jones
 These are not the best of times. We all know that. There is, therefore, a temptation to make that subject the focus of our spring newsletter. Recognizing that some might say we have our heads in the sand, this newsletter is about the many remarkable things that are and have been happening. For example, trying to ignore (or better yet, escape) the issue of budget cuts, our Director of the School of Music, Wade Weast, focuses his attention on some of the most positive happenings in the School during this academic year. The same can be said for the entire College. Make no mistake about it - budget cuts are real, challenging, and have brought a lot of anxiety to a College usually characterized by a positive and enthusiastic view of what is possible. But an exceptional faculty, increasingly extraordinary students, and our ambitions to be among the very best continue to serve us well and will get us through even these difficult times.
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Faculty FulbrightsSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
The College of Visual & Performing Arts is proud to announce that three faculty members have been awarded Fulbrights- Michael Foley, Kerry Glamsch, and Michael Timpson.
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Postdoctoral GettySubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
 Congratulations to Noel Schiller for her achievement in being awarded a Getty Postdoctoral fellowship. Schiller, Assistant Professor of Northern Renaissance and Baroque art history, has been awarded a Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project entitled, "Engaging Laughter: Representing Perception, Sensation, and the Passions in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art." During the next academic year, Schiller will be completing research for several articles as well as working on her book project at a variety on institutions including the National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Maryland) and the Koninklijk Bibliotheek, The Hague (Netherlands).
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Retiring FacultySubmitted by Brenda Woodard
It is with a touch of sadness that we announce the retirement of three of our Music faculty who have served as anchors in that area for decades and who have provided us with many evenings of delightful and rewarding music experiences. Please read below what are only much abbreviated highlights of their lengthy and illustrious careers.
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What Budget Cuts?Submitted by Wade Weast
 I don't know about you, but I have budget cut fatigue. After months and months of hearing about cuts, cuts, and more cuts, I have grown rather tired of reading, talking, and hearing about them. I suspect many of those reading this are in the same boat. At the risk of sounding like a Pollyanna, this Director's Perspective is offered as a celebration of a rather impressive list of things that have not been cut.
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A Man for All Seasons - and CostumesSubmitted by Brenda Woodard
 By anyone’s standards, Bill Brewer is one busy fellow. Anyone regularly attending our theatre and dance performances over the last few years could attest to that as his name appears as costume designer for myriad productions. Audiences have been delighted by so many of his remarkable designs - from The Tempest to Rashomon, from Cuban Bread to Romeo and Juliet. Plus, he stepped into the directing role for this past fall’s wildly successful The Rocky Horror Show. But these are only his front-of-stage activities. What our audiences don’t know are his many involvements behind the scenes. Last year and this have proven to be rich in recognition for the college’s 2006 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award winner. Early last year, the first-ever stage adaptation of a Carl Hiaasen novel, Lucky You (co-adapted and co-directed by colleague Denis Calandra), was performed at Key West’s Waterfront Playhouse. Brewer worked on the design for the play. Lucky You will open at the Edinburgh Festival in July. 638
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Cameron Gainer: Impact SightSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
 April 25 – May 24, 2008
USFCAM Hours: M-F 10am-5pm, Sat 1-4pm
Admission to the Museum is free; parking permit ($4.00) required.
May 4 – May 24, 2008
USF Botanical Gardens and USF Riverfront Park
Reception: Sunday, May 4, 4– 6pm
@ USF Botanical Gardens
Events are free and open to the public.
USFCAM is pleased to present an ambitious exhibition by New York based artist Cameron Gainer as the culmination of his residency at the Institute for Research in Art and the School of Art and Art History. Gainer’s work in photography, video, and sculpture explores the presence and power of photography in contemporary popular culture, particularly how a photograph can catalyze belief and disbelief. The exhibition brings together three large-scale sculptural works, including a new commission on view at CAM, and installations at the USF Botanical Gardens and USF Riverfront Park.
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Moving ThoughtSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
Exhibition: April 25 – May 24, 2008
USF Contemporary Art Museum
and USF Library Special Collections
USFCAM Hours: M-F 10am-5pm, Sat 1-4pm
Admission to the Museum is free; parking permit ($4.00) required.
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Continuing Collaboration with Tampa MuseumSubmitted by Brenda Woodard
For the third spring in a row, CVPA continues its Sunday series with the Tampa Museum of Art at the museum’s interim location on North Howard Avenue. Robert Lawrence was the first speaker this spring. John Robison engaged the audience on April 27 with a lute and vocal recital, and Vincent Ahern will round out the term on May 18 with a presentation on USF’s Public Art program.
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Trisha Brown Awarded an Honorary DoctorateSubmitted by Brenda Woodard
 Trisha Brown, an icon of contemporary dance, will receive an Honorary Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts at USF’s commencement ceremonies on May 3. Brown was previously linked to USF as the 2007 recipient of this college’s Distinguished Master Artist Award and through both her work at Graphicstudio and solo exhibition at the USF Contemporary Art Museum. Trisha Brown is perhaps the most widely acclaimed choreographer to emerge from the postmodern era. Her visionary work has bridged the gap between movement and postmodern visual art, and her collaborations with such luminaries in art and music as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Laurie Anderson are legend. We celebrate her living legacy as an international artist whose impact is unprecedented by bestowing upon her the university’s highest honor 652
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Faculty and Staff AwardsSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
The following faculty were recipients of the Provost Summer Grants, which were awarded in recognition of their creative/research activities: Bill Brewer (Theatre & Dance), Denis Calandra (Theatre & Dance), Michael Foley (Theatre & Dance), Elisabeth Fraser (Art & Art History), Victor Fung (Music), Gregory Green (Art & Art History), Svetozar Ivanov (Music), Riccardo Marchi (Art & Art History), Carolyn Stuart (Music), and Richard Zielinski (Music).
Recipients of CVPA Spring 2008 Research Grants were: Neil Bender (Art & Art History), Bill Brewer (Theatre & Dance), Denis Calandra (Theatre & Dance), Patrick Finelli (Theatre and Dance), Elisabeth Fraser (Art & Art History), Kim McCormick (Music), Anat Pollack (Art & Art History), John Robison (Music), and Michael Timpson (Music).
Carol Kerrigan, head of our Student Services and Advising Office, has received an Outstanding Staff Award and will be recognized in university-wide ceremony in Theatre I on May 13, 2:00 p.m.
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Student and Alumni RecognitionsSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
Roe Adams (Theatre Design) received the prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region IV Barbizon Award in Costume Design for her work on The Rocky Horror Show. Jeremy Chandler (current MFA student) was named Tampa’s Photographer Laureate for 2008.
 Big Guy (untitled), 15x20 Digital ink Jet Print, 2007
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CAM gets Andy Warhol PhotosSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
 The Contemporary Art Museum, Institute for Research in Art is pleased to announce that it will receive a significant gift of photographs by the internationally renowned pop artist Andy Warhol. The gift comes to USF CAM from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, under the auspices of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. This unprecedented program honors the 20th anniversary of the Warhol Foundation by making substantial gifts of Warhol’s photographic works to university and college museums and collections across the United States.
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Who's That Lady?Submitted by Brenda Woodard
 That’s no lady – that’s Picasso’s “Bust of a Woman” ….and she could have been ours, here, at USF. Chicago had a major Picasso sculpture; New York had one, as did a number of major European cities. We could have had a 100’ foot sculpture – the largest in the world by Picasso – but we don’t. Let’s take a short walk down history lane to learn why. 672
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Tampa Connection Visits USFSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
On March 4 the Tampa Connection, a leadership and service organization that helps emerging business professionals realize the full potential of Tampa Bay, visited CVPA. Members of the organization participate in monthly events. Last month the focus was on the arts. For years this organization took their classes to another arts venue and felt that the experience needed to be more interactive. With the help of CVPA faculty and staff, Tampa Connection was introduced to the arts in a fully interactive way. Lisa Lehmberg, Ph. D candidate in Music Education, taught the visitors how to play the African drums; Theatre and Dance professors Merry Lynn Morris and Kerry Glamsch taught the art of improvisation; and the staff at Graphicstudio showed each how to find their personal creativity. The response from the group members was exceptional.
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Look for the New Newsletter Next FallSubmitted by Ashleigh Gallant
Check your inboxes in August for the College of Visual & Performing Arts updated Arts Newsletter! Feel free to contact Ashleigh Gallant with suggestions of what you’d like to see in the newsletter. Would you like more event information? Would like to see more information about our Alumni? Let us know. 674
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Remembering Micheal Orin KobersteinSubmitted by Stephen Ringo
May 4, 1951 – February 18, 2008 Micheal Koberstein was our college’s webmaster and served in this role for almost six years. During his time here, Micheal worked with the staff and faculty to design and promote our college through our web presence to the greater university and to the world.
Not only was Micheal our webmaster, he was a student in the college and received a bachelor’s degree from the School of Art & Art History in 2002. He was creative with the use of technology and its application to the arts and was at the forefront of technology adaptation to the Internet 2 community around the world. Micheal gave keynote speeches to the Internet 2 consortium and led the way for USF’s major involvement in this new medium by designing and implementing an Internet 2 radio station and DVGuide system for Internet 2 video broadcasts used to this date to catalog current video streams available for viewing.
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