Rob Alley, Music is a recipient of the Arkansas Arts Council's 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship. Alley was selected on the basis of his career commitment to his discipline and for his substantial body of work. Alley is a jazz soloist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Pops Concerts. A former member of the Tuscaloosa Horns, he has performed with the Temptations, the Four Tops, the O'Jays, and Frankie Valli.
Dr. Alyson Gill, Art History gave a paper entitled "Virtual Delphi: Two Case Studies" in a conference session on 3D rendering and virtual environments at the 21st International Committee for Architectural Photogrammetry (CIPA), in Athens, Greece. Gill's paper outlined the collaborative project, "Ashes2Art," between ASU and Coastal Carolina University. Gill presented two case studies from the Greek sanctuary at Delphi, the Tholos of Athena Pronaia, and ASU student Richard Taylor's rendering of the Greek bath. This spring, Gill will continue her Ashes2Art class at ASU, moving beyond the gymnasium and into the sanctuary proper. The ASU Ashes2Art website, "Digital Delphi," was launched on October 13, 2007: http://www.clt.astate.edu/digitaldelphi.
Bill Rowe, Art presented his film, "Why Only Killen?" at the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Symposium Lecture Series. This year's symposium theme is "The Current Status of Civil Rights Research and Pedagogy: A Gathering of Friends." The symposium lecture series was held Oct. 3-5 at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. A panel discussion was held after the showing featuring participants who have been involved in the civil rights movement and its video/oral documentation. The event also celebrated the founding of the Hamer Institute.
Dr. Alyson Gill, Art History was awarded a research fellowship through the J. Paul Getty Trust. She recently traveled to the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center in Los Angeles to use its Photo Study Collection of two million photos, as well as excavation reports housed in the Getty Villa. Gill sought unpublished photographs of excavation sites to incorporate into her study of ancient baths. Once completed, her book, "Balaneia," will serve as a sourcebook on ancient baths and bathing establishments from the Greek Archaic period through the Hellenistic period.
John Salvest, Art conceived and curated an exhibition; was on view at the Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary, beginning Thursday, Oct. 4-Sunday, Oct. 28. The exhibition, "Kim Levin: Notes and Itineraries 1976-2004," features working notes from the personal archive of prominent New York art critic Kim Levin. This exhibition has previously been shown in New York and Zurich and has been reviewed in the New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, and Neue Zurcher Zeitung. Salvest traveedl to Budapest to supervise the installation of the exhibition and to participate in a panel discussion about contemporary art criticism.
Dr. Ed Owen, Music, published a series of three articles on the Solo Tuba Compositions of Dutch composer Jan Koetsier in the Journal of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association. These articles presented a performance analysis of nine compositions. The primary focus of the analysis was to identify the challenges that the performer encounters when preparing these works for performance. These challenges include phrasing, style articulation, valve technique, intonation, ensemble coordination, range, tessitura, and endurance.
Piano professor emeritus, Dr. J.D. Kelly will be named an Music Teachers National Association Foundation Fellow at the national conference in Denver in March. This honor recognizes excellence in teaching and service to the organization.