STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Birdhouse Assignment for 3-D class. Sculptures built auctioned to benefit Habitat for Humanity
• US Humane Society “Design Against Fur” National Student Design Competition,Special Judges Recognition   

 AWARD

• WKU Centennial Committee, senior design students designed the 2006 WKU Centennial Logo
• The Print Club, cooperative screenprinting activity with the Kelly Autism Program.
• Design class designed a logo for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Kentucky
• Student Art Exhibition and Auction to support WC/BG Humane Society

• Mike Davis and Emily Loehle exhibited their Ceramic works in “Taking Measure” an NCECA   invitational in Jingdezhen, China. Website-http://nceca.net/exhibitions/chinacatalog/index.html

• Global Connection-Exchanging Art,Korean Student work exhibited at The Cube Gallery, WKU.
  
  WKU student work exhibited at Young San University Yangsan, Korea, In Je University, Korea,   
  Kaywon School of Art and Design, Korea, Asan Information & Technology Polytechnic College,  Korea,
  National Kaohsiung Normal University, Ho-Ping, Taiwan

• "International Art Exchange Exhibition," St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., World Trade Center,  
  Saint Louis, Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne, Lyon, France,

• Naotaka Minami accepted, Pratt Institute, Computer Graphics and Interactive Media, Grad Program, NY
• Martin Hofmann, art director at Quantum, head of multimedia department.
• Matt Hernandez, in-house graphic designer Kidmo in Nashville
• Hal Shunk full professor at Wilmington College in Ohio.
• Kathleen Hancock, director, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College,
• Kelly McKibben  (BFA, 12/04), MFA Graduate Assistantship, University of Illinois, Carbondale
• Emily Loehle, (BFA, 12/04), Residency, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME. NCECA Clay National, International, Juried Exhibition (over1600 entries, 88 works selected) “Artist’s of the 21st Century: Collegiate Art Exhibition,” University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, TN
• Rosemary Swain, (BFA, 5/04), Internship, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
• Mike Baggarly, Visiting Artist Lecture, exhibition Frist Museum, Nashville, TN.

FACULTY

TOM BARTEL:

• Junior Faculty Research Grant, (Barcelona Spain, Rome Italy).
• Solo Show, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI
• NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition, Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Jurors–Linda Arbuckle, Andrea Gill, and Ron Nagle.
• NCECA, Invitational Exhibition, Taipei County YingKo Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. Curator- Michel L. Conroy, NCECA Exhibitions Director
• “International Emerging Ceramic Artists Invitational Exhibition,” The FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums,  Fuping, China
• Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship Exhibit, Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY

KIM CHALMERS:

• “Owls” Solo Exhibition, Works on paper, Youngsan University, Busan Korea

MIWON CHOE:

• Presentation, Cuban Culture and Art with African Roots, Morehead State Cultural Symposium.
• Research Presentations, Cross Cultural Inquiry of Cuban Folk Art: Implications on Art Education, National Art Education (NAEA) Association Annual conference, Boston, MA

JEFF JENSEN:

• Owensboro Art Guild 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Botanical Gardens, Owensboro KY.
• Represented by, The Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA, on going showing
• Guthrie Bell Tower, Completed designs for an additional three (3) 4'x5' granite panels, Western Kentucky University

MIKE NICHOLS:

• Exposition Internationale," Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
• "International Art Exchange Exhibition," St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., World Trade Center Saint Louis, Clayton MO, 2004
• Invitational exhibition "Contemporary Realism," Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile AL

LAURIN NOTHEISEN:

• Friends of Western Award recipient 2004, The Kelly Autism Program, Clinical Education Complex, WKU
• Border to Border, national drawing competition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, Purchase award
• 30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
• Auburn Works on Paper, National Juried Exhibition, Dempsey Arts Center, Auburn, AL

JOHN OAKES:

• Exhibited woodcuts in the fifth edition of "The International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2004” Florean Museum in Romania
• Received sabbatical during fall semester to research the role of gender in art production and criticism.

BRENT OGLESBEE:

• Solo Exhibit, "Encounters", Huntsville Museum
• Solo Exhibit, The Carnegie Art Center, Covington, KY
• Solo Exhibit, Indianapolis Art Center

YVONNE PETKUS:

• Sixteenth National Juried Exhibition Viridian Artists Inc. @ Chelsea, Juried Group Exhibition, NY, Robert Rosenblum, Juror, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, Contributing Editor Art Forum)
• SouthernArtistry.org, Invitational online showcase, Southern Arts Federation
• Purchase Award, Small Works – 20th Annual Harper College National Exhibition and chosen to be a part of the Harper College Foundation Art Collection
• Juror's Award, Nude International 2005, Juried Group Exhibition, Lexington Art League, KY

HEATHER PULLIAM:

• Completed book, Word and Image in the Book of Kells, published with Four Courts Press
• Presented paper at Harvard University at the 10th International Society of Phenomenology, Fine Arts and Aesthetics “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the Book of Kells.”
• Presented paper, ”Meaning in the Margins,” at Trinity College, Dublin at the 5th International Conference on Insular Art.

JOON SUNG:

• "Uncensored Gifts #2." An exhibition of short films.
  Mt. San Jacinto College's Fine Art Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
• Janice Mason Art Museum Biannual Juried Exhibition,
  Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
• “Reel Shorts” film and video juried exhibition,
  The Saratoga County Arts Council & The Saratoga Film Forum, Saratoga Springs, NY
• Slack Video Presents : A Selection of Short Films for your Viewing Pleasure.
  Manchester's Castlefield Gallery, The Lamp, Norfolk Street, Hull, UK
• International Media Art Festival Armenian Centre for Contemporary Experimental Art - NPAK – Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia, New York, NY
• Pendu Gallery, Sound/Text/Image/Intermedia
  Pendu Gallery, Brooklyn. NY
• The Sculpture Salmagundi IX: Indoor/ Outdoor Juried Exhibition
  Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
• NET.ART Open Juried online exhibition,
  Stunned.org, Republic of Ireland.

MATT TULLIS:

• Solo Exhibition, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX, “Alternative Typestyles” exhibition of photos, prints, drawings, sculpture; lecture, sponsored, American Institute of Graphic Design/Houston Chapter.
• Solo Exhibition, Dunn Gallery, Oakland City University, Oakland City, IN
• Solo Exhibition, Corner Gallery, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, ID
• “New Generation” International Exhibition of Graphic Design Sang Myung University, Korea,
• My “X, Y, Zealous,” wrote the “Greeting” for the exhibition catalog on behalf of the United States’ entries.
• University & College Designers Assoc’n, 34th Annual Design Competition, Vail, CO
• 2004-05 Premiere Performances poster “Award of Excellence.”