Courtnay Micots

Courtnay Micots has been studying the Akan Twi language for two years and has received a Summer FLAS Fellowship that will allow her to return to Ghana for a third summer in order to develop her skills in the use of a variant Akan dialect of Fante, which she will use in her dissertation research.

Micots presented at the 17th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference in African Studies at Boston University during Spring Break, March 13-14, 2009. Her paper was titled "Statements of Bravado: The Development of Fante Shrines into Architectural and Sculptural Works of Art."

Ligature 2009

Ligature 2009 is our annual graphic design event organized by the student group, voxGraphis. It consists of a juried exhibition of student work, a set of lectures by guest designers, special hands-on workshops and individual portfolio reviews. This year four nationally-recognized designers from New York and San Francisco visited our UF campus to inspire and educate students: Joshua Davis, Paul Sahre, Jim Datz and Stephanie Chen.

You can view the student design work in the Ligature show at: http://ufdesigners.com/ligature2009/THEWORK.html

Raymond Gonzalez Receives Award

Ceramics Teaching Lab Specialist Raymond Gonzalez was recently honored with the UF 2009 Superior Accomplishment Award. This award program recognizes faculty and staff members who contribute outstanding and meritorious service in their fields.

Congratulations Ray!

Charlie Cummings

Ceramics MFA student Charlie Cummings recently judged the 2009 Winter Fine Art Fair @ Tioga. Organized by The Gainesville Fine Arts Association; the fair featured over 70 regional artists and artisans. Charlie presented the following awards:

Best of Show - Dawn Miller
First Place - Angela Brown
Second Place - Bob Senesac
Award of Excellence - Steve Howell, Steve Auer, David Bellm, Mike Segal, Bob Karmarowskii
Award of Merit - Lyn White, Patsy Lindamood, Virginia Chen, Tim Harrison, Sharon Bartz

Chicken Day 2009

During a recent Sketchbook Development course taught by Lauren Lake, students spent the class studying and drawing two local hens (Goldie and Panther) thanks to University Gallery Coordinator and Registrar Carrie Westmark.