{"id":552,"date":"2015-06-12T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/?p=552"},"modified":"2015-06-02T16:54:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T16:54:31","slug":"news-from-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/2015\/06\/12\/news-from-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We always love to hear from alums of the Art Department. \u00a0Here&#8217;s some of the great recent news we&#8217;ve received!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Leah Bowring<\/strong> received her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Missouri at Columbia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Mamie Cox<\/strong> writes: \u00a0&#8220;I will be studying at Newnham College at\u00a0Cambridge University [in the UK]. Continuing research I began in my undergraduate [Art History] thesis\u00a0on illustrations of anthropomorphic animals in children&#8217;s literature, I will complete a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Critical Approaches to Children&#8217;s Literature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Taylor (Wysocke) Henry<\/strong> and her husband had their home featured in the finale of\u00a0the DIY Network&#8217;s show\u00a0<em>Desperate Landscapes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Lori Nix<\/strong> had her work featured in the February 9, 2015 issue of\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2015\/02\/20\/post-mankind-vision-photographer-lori-nix-305531.html\">http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2015\/02\/20\/post-mankind-vision-photographer-lori-nix-305531.html\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Kelsey Wiskirchen<\/strong>\u00a0is currently doing a fibers residency at the Appalachian Center for Crafts &#8211; a part of Tennessee Tech University in Smithville, Tennessee. \u00a0She writes: \u00a0&#8220;It is a satellite campus of Tennessee Technological University, which offers a BFA program in fibers, metals, woods, clay, and glass. During the summer, the Craft Center offers a program of weeklong workshops in all of the studios. I help manage the fibers studio, teach classes in Foundations and Fibers, and teach in the high school outreach program.&#8221; \u00a0Kelsey shared some photographs with us which are included\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all! \u00a0Again, if you are an alum, we&#8217;d love to hear from you! \u00a0Please write to us at art@truman.edu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-553\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image1.jpg\" alt=\"Kelsey image1\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image1-900x672.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-554\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kelsey image 2\" width=\"680\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2-900x908.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/art\/files\/2015\/05\/Kelsey-image-2.jpg 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We always love to hear from alums of the Art Department. \u00a0Here&#8217;s some of the great recent news we&#8217;ve received! 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