Robin Kang standing in front of her textile commission at the TATA Innovation Center @ Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island, New York, NY.

[Posted 2020 September 15]

KELLY REYNA Teaching at Lubbock Christian University

This fall KELLY REYNA (2019 MFA Painting) joined the faculty of Lubbock Christian University.  She is Adjunct Instructor for Drawing and Art & Children. She is also an adjunct instructor at Texas Tech School of Art this fall.

Reyna also had a solo exhibition at LCU August 20 - October 14 to introduce her to her students and colleagues.

ALEXIS McGRIGG Included in SAY IT LOUD

ALEXIS McGRIGG (2017 MFA Painting) was included in a group exhibition organized by Christie's of New York in August (ending August 21st).  Entitled SAY IT LOUD (I'm Black and I'm Proud) this is Christie's first exhibition solely dedicated to the promotion and empowerment of Black art in partnership with acclaimed curator Destinee Ross-Sutton. McGrigg was selected as one of 22 international young, emerging and mid-career Black artists who explore the notion of self through different lenses.

A video of McGrigg's artwork process can be viewed at this link. The group exhibition can be viewed at this link.

In May the Mississippi Museum of Art introduced their newest Museum program, Makers in Their Spaces, by focusing on McGrigg as their first featured maker, and followed up with an Instagram Live conversation with McGrigg. View the conversation by clicking here. A follow-up video can be viewed by clicking here. Makers in Their Spaces is an online program of the Mississippi Museum of Art in which the Museum features a maker to learn more about their practice and how they are drawing inspiration from their space.

McGrigg currently serves as Manager of the Arts Center of Mississippi in Jackson.

JAMI WHITE Now Teaching at Lubbock Christian University

This fall JAMI WHITE (2020 MFA Ceramics) joined the faculty of Lubbock Christian University as an adjunct instructor.  She is teaching 2D Design and Sculpture. Next semester she will be teaching 3D Design and the following fall Ceramics.

White also has a solo exhibition at LCU August 20 - October 14 to introduce her to her students and colleagues.

RO SHAW: New Visual Arts Chair at Temple College

ROLANDO (RO) SHAW (2008 MFA Ceramics) has recently been selected to serve as Chair of the Visual Arts Department of Temple College in Temple Texas.  The Visual Arts Complex, whose operations Shaw will oversee, includes a 17,000 square-foot facility housing an art gallery, computer lab, photography lab, audio-visual lecture room, drawing-printmaking studio, ceramic-sculpture studio, painting studio, and outdoor kiln-foundry work area.

For several years Shaw has run the Ro Shaw Clay Studio in Salado, not far from Temple (about 17 miles). There he has taught classes on his own, especially classes in wheel throwing and hand building. He has also provided teacher development workshops for high school instructors, as well as in-service training and in-class demonstrations at local high schools and universities.

CAROLINA ALAMILLA to Teach at Washington & Jefferson College

CAROLINA ALAMILLA (2019 MFA in Ceramics) has recently relocated from her hometown of Miami, FL to Washington, PA where she will serve as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Washington & Jefferson College starting August 24th. At this time the university is planning to present a hybrid (some virtual; some face-to-face) program in ceramics.

Alamilla recently had artwork included in The Clay Studio National 2020, presented at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA. Earlier in the year she served as juror of the Carnaval on the Mile presented in Miami, FL in early March.

ZACH NADER Featured in Solo Exhibition