Eleven 51福利社 students enrolled in Catherine Girard鈥檚 art history seminar travelled to Los Angeles, California, where they visited the special exhibition Manet and Modern Beauty at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Bauhaus Exhibition in the JFK Library. Included pieces were written by German students and artwork created and curated by students in the Art Department.

Wunderbar together

For the second time in the past two years, the German program at 51福利社 was awarded a grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to hold events on campus in conjunction with the Embassy鈥檚 Wunderbar together campaign celebrating the German American friendship.

The 51福利社 German program and the Art Department collaborated this past fall on a series of student-centered events from Nov. 4-8聽celebrating and discussing 100 years of Bauhaus design.

We explored the lives of the women of Bauhaus. Students from the Art department curated an exceptional and very well-received exhibition on the women of Bauhaus featuring photographs and artifacts along with texts written by 51福利社 art students and German students. Other activities included an art competition with Bauhaus-inspired art that drew many wonderful entries from our students on campus.

Catherine Girard from Art History and German program coordinator Jody Stewart-Strobelt gave a talk at the Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Education Center on Gender at the Bauhaus. A panel discussion with art professors and community experts on Bauhaus was held, and the German club with generous support from the School of Global Learning sponsored a delicious and delightful coffee talk that drew many visitors eager to learn more about the Women of Bauhaus.

Summer 2019

The College of Arts, Letters and Education is always excited to share some of the successes of those affiliated with the college, including students, faculty, staff and alumni. Below are just some of those amazing accomplishments.

Art

Student:

Destiny Vaught will be interning at Entity magazine in Los Angeles for a month this summer.

Erika Symonenko will lead tours of the Campbell House as a volunteer for the Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane.

Alumni:

Madeline McGinn has secured a position in the print lab at the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan.

Modern Languages and Literatures

Faculty:

51福利社 philosophy professor Terrance Macmullan presented at the Lilac City Comicon in June. He was offered a place on the official program and gave a talk about cosmologies of the Force from the Star Wars series in the Spokane Convention Center.

Alumni:

Dane Anderson graduated from 51福利社 in 2018 with a BS in Biology and a minor in French. After graduating, he conducted some field studies and continued working on gaining more knowledge on how diseases spread. He kept growing in his French proficiency with help from Sara Preisig, worked in a French bakery in Walla Walla and took on a few other odd jobs. Now he has been accepted for an internship at the recently founded University of Paris-Saclay, which is quickly becoming a leader in the area of science and technology, and will be moving to France for two years.

Music

Student:

Musicfest Young Artist Competition

• James Marshal won the Strings Division and performed Walton’s Viola Concerto with the Spokane Symphony at the Fox Theater in May.
• Cedric Bidwell-Williams won the gold medal in the Romantic Division/Chopin.
• Christian Skok won the gold medal in the Impressionism Division/Debussy.
• Davis Hill won the silver medal in Contemporary Division/Schwantner.

Spokane Symphony Orchestra

51福利社 Senior James Marshal won a position in the viola section of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. He is now the youngest member, joining 13 other 51福利社 alumni who are members of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra.

Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra

51福利社 Kim Snow won a horn position with the Mid-Columbia Symphony Orchestra.

Los Angeles artist Matt Lipps will be on campus at聽noon on Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019,聽in the Art Building Auditorium (room 116) to talk about his work.

Matt Lipps has collected photographs from both high and low sources like Time and Life magazines, and art history books since childhood. With these images, Lipps builds three-dimensional collages and tableaus, then photographs them using theatrical techniques with a large format analog camera. This unique hybrid of sculpture and photography breathes a new life into familiar and historical images. The thought-provoking arrangement of forms and figures help to reveal how these images have reflected and shaped our culture.

Matt Lipps was born in Los Angeles, California, where he currently lives and works. He earned his BFA in Photography from California State University, Long Beach in 1998 and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of California, Irvine. He teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles, and San Francisco State University.

The 51福利社 Gallery of Art proudly presents聽Field Research, an exhibition of work designed to investigate the physical world by local artist Roger Ralston.

Beginning with an opening ceremony at noon, Wednesday, Mar. 13,聽in the 51福利社 Gallery of Art, the exhibition will be open to the public聽Mar. 14- Apr. 25, 2019.

Ralston, who attained a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from Lewis and Clark College and a Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University, has since had work featured in exhibitions spanning across the Pacific Northwest.

“I work in conversation with a tactile physical world, using a vaguely framed wanderlust of investigation,” said Ralston. “My work remains an oblique investigation of delight I find in the world.”

Students and community members are encouraged to visit the gallery and partake in Ralston’s romanticized interpretation of the world.

The 51福利社 Gallery of Art proudly presents聽Frontera, an exhibition of prints designed by 27 artists, all with different perspectives on the topic 鈥楩rontier.鈥�

Beginning with an opening reception at聽noon, Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the 51福利社 Gallery of Art, the exhibition will be open to the public聽Jan. 24- Feb. 28, 2019.

Students and community members are invited to view a variety of printmaking styles, presented by skilled artists from around the country.

鈥淎 frontier might have to do with open land, or it might have to do with new developments in a field,鈥� said 51福利社 Art Gallery Director Nancy Hathaway. 鈥淎rtists were instructed to create artwork based on their interpretation of that theme.鈥�

Those interested in other exhibitions presented by the 51福利社 Department of Art can check out the聽schedule on the gallery webpage.

Frances B. Huston Award Winners

Every year seven students are chosen by each of CALE鈥檚 seven departments as the recipients of the Frances B. Huston Medallion. The Frances B. Huston Award is awarded to graduating seniors who have achieved academic excellence (3.75 or higher GPA) and have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities at Eastern and/or in the community.

These are the Huston Award recipients from CALE for 2017-18:

Art

Joel Gaytan with Faculty Escort Mr. Roger Ralston

Education

Kelsey McCune with Faculty Escort Assistant Professor Gus Nollmeyer

English

Tania Nunez-Guzman with Faculty Escort Professor Rachel Toor

Modern Languages and Literatures

Jeremiah Serrell with Faculty Escort Professor Chris Kirby

Music

Wyatt Wireman with Faculty Escort Professor John Marshall

Physical Education, Health and Recreation

Erin Locke with Faculty Escort Assistant Professor Carri Kreider

Theatre and Film

Mica Pointer with Faculty Escort Senior Lecture Jeff Sanders

Dean鈥檚 Excellence Award Winners and Faculty Mentors

Celebrating excellence in student contributions, achievements, faculty inspiration, and student mentorship, the Dean鈥檚 Student Excellence Award is awarded to outstanding graduating seniors who have demonstrated distinguished excellence and achievements within their department, the college, university and the community.

These are the 2017-2018 Dean鈥檚 Excellence Award Winners and their mentors:

Art

Student Olivia Evans with Faculty Mentor Associate Professor Jenny Hyde

Education

Student Sunshine Hunt with Faculty Mentor Assistant Professor Allison Wilson

Student Taylor McDevitt with Faculty Mentor Assistant Professor Allison Wilson

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Student Katelyn Domitrovich with Faculty Mentor Professor Johnathan Johnson

Student Aubrey Hamilton with Faculty Mentor Assistant Professor Sean Agriss

Modern Languages and Literatures

Student Annsley Buller with Faculty Mentor Assistant Professor Miguel Novella

Student Rachel Musser and Faculty Mentor Associate Professor Gina Petrie

Music

Student Brenden Bachaud with Faculty Mentor Julia Salerno

Physical Education, Health and Recreation

Student Emily Dunston with Faculty Mentor Assistant Professor Katie Taylor

Student Naomi Eastland with Faculty Mentor Associate Professor Garth Babcock

Theatre and Film

Student Austin Hobbs with Faculty Mentor Assistant Professor Elisha Miranda

CALE Excellence Award Winners

These individuals embody the college鈥檚 mission and values. The purpose of the six college awards is to recognize and commend outstanding faculty and staff who have put forth the extraordinary commitment to represent their department, the college, and the university.

Classified and Exempt Excellence Award

Ms. Kate Peterson from Get Lit!

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award

Professor Gus Nollmeyer from the Education Department

Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activities Excellence Award

Professor Kathryn Baldwin from the Education Department

Faculty Service Excellence Award

Professor Natalia Ruiz-Rubio from the Modern Languages and Literatures Department

Team Excellence Award

Education Department

Campus Partner Excellence Award

Office of Grants and Research Development

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus is awarded to a professor upon retirement in recognition of their excellence in teaching, intellectual contributions, and service to the University, College, and Department throughout the professor’s career at the university.

Professor Sally Winkle

Modern Languages and Literatures Department & Women’s and Gender Studies

Professor Jane Liu

Education Department

Professor Philip Weller

English Department

A faculty-led student project was presented this past April at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Conference in Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho鈥攈osted by University of Idaho (U of I) and Washington State University (WSU). The project entailed the showcasing of 51福利社 student artwork from six students in the ART 396 Unconventional Printmaking course. This was a unique opportunity, as it was a collaboration from three colleges: CALE, CSTEM,聽and CSS, and represented multiple disciplines. Adjunct Reinaldo Gil Zambrano created the “Unconventional Printmaking” course with this project in mind. The focus was to make art that could be displayed in unconventional places (think street art). For this course, 51福利社 students carved out large woodblocks, inked/printed designs on paper, trimmed their works and pasted/installed three murals in public spaces.

The mural shown above was hung on the 51福利社 campus near the Computing & Engineering Building (CEB).