12 Selected Art Department Lectures And Presentations
Ed Hamilton, sculptor, Louisville, KY, lecture on recent projects
Gino Miles, Presentation, large-scale sculpture installation on the campus mall
Walter Schatz, noted art collector, Leadership Program initiative, Student Engagement Funding
Carol Ann Carter Centennial Visiting Artist
Brad Schwieger, Artist Lecture/Demo Professor of Art/ Chairperson, Ohio University, Athens, Oh.
Antje Scharfe, Professor, University of art and Design, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany.
Martin Mohwald, Artist Lecture/Demo, Studio Potter, Halle, Germany.
Michael Baggarly, Gallery Lecture on recent sculpture
Graphic Design Guest Speakers, Portfolios and Careers, WKU alum, practicing professionals
Daniel Lansom from US Army, Fort Knox
Ben Nunery from Powerhouse Factories/Jim Amann Gallery, Covington
Brad Vetter from Hatch Show Print, Nashville
Geri Keams, Navajo storyteller, actor, and educator, Native American history month.

12 Selected Off Campus Field Trips
Art education students attended (KAEA) annual conference in Owensboro, KY.
Potter College Student Conference Grant attended (NAEA) annual conference in New York.
The Western Kentucky University Ceramics Invitational Exhibition at NCECA in Louisville, KY
Potter College Student Travel Fund, attended NCECA Conference, Louisville, KY
Geralds Printing Field Trip, a professional press check.
Flatstock Field Trip, March 2007 national poster and design convention, Austin, Texas.
Frist Center for the Arts for the exhibitions, Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris
Mexico and Modern Printmaking and the lecture, Art and War: Surrealist Work after World War II
Mid-South Sculpture Conference, Chattanooga, TN
The WKU Art Guild field trip to “Body World II,” Chicago Art Institute, Millennium Park
Student Travel Funding, SOFA design exhibition trip, Chicago

Selected Student Exhibitions
37th WKU Student Research Conference Participants
Greg Roy, placed 1st in the Undergraduate Poster Presentation, series on WW2 Propaganda.
Aaron Hamilton received an honorable mention for his work on contemporary typographers.
Joanna Miller (art history major through the honors "design your major" program)
2nd place in the 37th WKU Student Research Conference and presented at Center College.
Alla Gilbert commissioned work, John Carpenter, filmmaker, WKU Honorary Doctorate
A screen print by Perry Hooks and a collagraph print by Laina Seay selected to
represent WKU art at the Council on Postsecondary Education in 2007.
Megan Kelley awarded an honorable mention for her paintings, "In/Dwelling",
presented body of work for the Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference
Scholarship Award Exhibition, Laura Adams, Margaret Bean, Jason Burnett, Larissa Chavarria-Smith, Bridget Danter, Ben Davis, Mike Davis, Nancy Heathman, Perry Hooks, Valerie Hovenden, Michelle Lewis, Libby Northern, and Amanda Tuscan
The Western Kentucky University Ceramics Invitational features works by Mike Davis, Tabitha Griffith, Emily Loehle, Kelly McKibben Margarette R. Bean, Nicole Shaver, Rachel Anderson, Sara Truman, Tina Plunkett, Rosemary Swain, Andrew Williams.
Jason Burnett awarded a summer scholarship at Penland School of Crafts.
Jacob Isenhour has been accepted to the MFA Painting Program at University of California at Davis and received a Merit Award at 'Nude International 2007' at the Lexington Art League
Jennifer Dianne Loftis was accepted to the MFA Painting Program at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro with a full tuition waiver and Graduate Assistantship.
Laina Seay (ceramics/Art Ed) selected for the Washington Internship Program
Bridget Danter is currently a resident at the Vermont Studio Center.
Joanna Miller was awarded an internship at the St. Louis Museum of Art.

Student Community Involvement Projects
Logo/illustration and slogan for the Big Brother's and Big Sister's of South Central Kentucky
430 Design class, logo, letterhead, business card design for the Baker Arboretum,
330 Design logo for the BG Green Partnership for a Sustainable Community
430 Design logo, letterhead, for the City of "Bowling Green's Tree Advisory Board"
Visual arts workshop for 75 5th grade students, Richardsville Elementary School, Warren County.
Richardsville Elementary School, two field trips part of the gifted and talented outreach program
Glasgow Middle School and Breckenridge Middle School visual arts workshops at WKU.
Public Theatre of Kentucky Poster Series, design of posters for Pride & Prejudice, Huck Finn,
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
Interdepartmental Student Design Service Projects
1. “Street Scene” poster for Department of Theatre & Dance, February 2007
2. Booklet Design for the Department of Modern Languages, February-April 2007
3. 13th Annual WKU Film Festival Campaign for Journalism & Broadcasting, April 2007
“Art in Motion” (a student showcase of experimental 2 and3 Dimensional Animation,
WKU student works submitted to National and International media competitions and festivals;
- “New Generation International Art Festival” Sang Myung University, Seoul, Korea.
- Budapest Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
- Cork Film Festival, Cork, Ireland
- Avanto Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
- 10th International Short film Festival Cologne, Germany
- AURORA, Norwich International Animation Festival, Norwich, UK
- Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, Tempe, Arizona
Student work auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Bowling Green.
Field placement for practicum and student teaching assignment for art education majors
Super Saturday Art Classes service approx. 100 children in Warren and surrounding Counties
Camps for AcademicallyTalented Middle School Students (SCATS)

In addition to the many student achievements and community activities noted above we are pleased to acknowledge the ongoing success demonstrated by our alumni. Many have started businesses independently (Powerhouse Factories and the Jim Amann Gallery) others have placed themselves in prestigious centers (National Freedom Center, Hatch Show Print) as outlined below. Still others are exhibiting their creative work broadly achieving recognition for their creative work (Guggenheim Fellowship). A steady stream of correspondence from alumni testify to energetic commitment and ongoing personal and professional growth coupled with an appreciation and loyalty to their experience at WKU.
Selected Alumni Reports
Frank Herrmann <fherrman@fuse.net received a Guggenheim Fellowship this year
Leslie Smith designer for the National Freedom Center in Cincinnati,
Brad Vetter lead designer at Hatch Show Print in Nashville.
Josh Edwards, Art preparator, NY, currently at the Guggenheim Museum
Powerhouse Factories and the Jim Amann Gallery in Covington Kentucky run by WKU
Alums again rated Best of Cincinnati, CityBeat COOL issue
Studio Technician, Art Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Emily Loehle: Winter Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, MN
Watershed Winter Residents Exhibition, Port Chester Clay Art Center, NY
Solo Exhibition, Stretch Gallery, Pineville, NC
8 Fluid Ounces, Louisiana State University School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
Skin Deep, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Funk-tion-National, Stretch Gallery, Pineville, NC
James Lee, graphic/web designer with Wesketch Architecture (wesketch.com).
Chris Blanz heads his own interactive design and digital branding company specializing
in interactive design and marketing strategy at cabedge.com
WKU Alums special lecturers, discuss design careers with Portfolio class.
Daniel and Amanda Pawley in Orlando, Florida. large format display design at Excel Displays.
Heather Keller is in London with Turnbul and Asser doing PR and graphic design work.
Rosemary Swain, BFA Ceramics 04, Solo exhibition, Capital Arts Alliance
Stephanie Bruser received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
received the prestigious Dana Pond Award for meritorious work.
Marie Emberton awarded her MFA in painting from Boston University
Naotaka Minami pursuing his MFA at Pratt Institute Graduate program in New Media Studies

PROJECTS 2006-2007, Classroom Development, Technology Enhancement
1. Light and sun shields installed in studios.
2. Fully refurbished ceramics studio.
3. New air conditioning units installed in classrooms.
4. New technology and class resources installed in the Art Education Classes.
5. New computer software for G5's Mac Systems Labs.
6. Improved Sculpture ventilation safety system installed.
7. Visual Resource and Digital Photography Studio established.
8. 3D Gallery, FAC, second floor- public access secure exhibition space for small sculpture pieces.

Art Department Research, Creative Activity And Scholarship 2005-2006
Faculty Community Involvement
SCAT (Summer Camp for Academically Talented middle school students) mural project
PIE Ceramics Invitational Gallery Exhibition, includes Dean’s Engagement Fund
PIE Grant for Corridor Gallery Programming
Six Ceramics visiting artists open workshops
Five Fall and Winter Super Saturday Art workshops
10 artistically gifted students to Fall/Spring Super Saturday Art Programs.
Juror: Bowling Green Philharmonic art auction
Juror for the Blooming Charity Affair sponsored by Hobson House
Juror: “2007 Scholastics Art Show”, Capital Arts Alliance,
Art department representative and presenter “Gear Up” Program.
Participated in the “Car Art” project, Constitution Week
Donated several artwork to the Public Theater of Kentucky's art auction
Corridor Exhibit of David Coffey’s Masks (79 masks)
Coordinated 33 graduating seniors for Sr. Exhibit in KY Museum
Directed “Art in Motion” (student showcase of experimental 2 and3 D Animation, Video)
WKU New Logo Committee
Christ Episcopal Church’s Hunger Project: Donation of three art pieces for auction,
Kentucky College and Career Day, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY, interviews.
EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
KRISTINA ARNOLD
Caseworks, The Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Unnatural Habitats, Memphis, TN
Twist Gallery, Twins, Nashville, TN
The Capitol Arts Gallery, All Kentucky Juried Show, Bowling Green, KY, Donna Stallard, juror
Slocumb Galleries, Positive/Negative 22, Honor. Mention, Johnson City, TN, juror, Toby Kamps,
The Kentucky Museum, US Bank Show, Juror’s Award, BG, KY, Adrienne Outlaw, Curator
The 60 Second Southern Video Festival, invited participant, Jack Ryan, curator, Pegram, TN
Visiting artist / visiting instructor courses, Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN
SECAC panel participant: “Artists and the Digital Dilemma”; Frist Art Museum
reviewer for Kentucky Foundation for Women Arts Meets Activism grant cycle
Professional Development Grant (SECAC panel participation / AMUM show)

TOM BARTEL
2006 Summer Faculty, Idyllwild Arts, The Ceramic Figure: Ceramics Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, CA
2007 Faculty Development Award ($ 200.00) / Instructional Development Award ($700.00) 2006 Artists’ Residency, 21st International Symposium of Ceramics, Bechyne, Czech Republic
Classroom Improvement Project, Updating ceramics area classrooms
2006 Regular Faculty Scholarship, $ 1,000.00 Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Visiting Artist, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Artist’s Lecture, FRIST Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
Visiting Artist, University of Alaska-Southeast, Juneau, AK
“Body Images,” Gallerie Hertz, Louisville, KY.
WKU Invitational Ceramics Exhibit, Western Kentucky University, Curator.
13 Regional University Programs, Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY. curator/juror
2007 “Body Images,” Gallerie Hertz, Louisville, KY (co-curator).
2006 Cera-MIX: Invitational Exhibition, Vanderbilt University, Ingram Studio Arts Center Gallery
2006 SOFA Exhibit, Represented by “Sherrie Gallerie,” SOFA Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2006 Sculpture Invitational, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2006 Group Figurative Exhibition, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2006 "Two Expressions/Two Mediums," Ceramics and Glass Invitational Exhibit,
The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield Ohio, Curator - Sherrie Hawk.
2006 Hot Clay: Faculty Exhibition, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2006 “The Edges Of Grace: Provocative, Uncommon Craft”, Fuller Craft Museum,
2007 2007 Clay National Biennial Exhibition, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
2006 “The View: 15th Anniversary of The Sculpture Center's Window to Sculpture Program”
Turner, H. Anderson, Ceramics Monthly: 07’ Ceramic Arts Studio Reference, Studio Recipes
2007 Western Kentucky University Ceramics Invitational Catalog, (Curator’s Statement)
2006 Schwartz. Judith, Confrontational Ceramics, A&C Black, London
2007 SOFA/NCECA, Louisville Convention Center, Exhibitor Hall, Louisville, KY
2007 NCECA-Kentucky Faculty Exhibition, Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY.
2007 “Agape”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Figurative Invitational Exhibit, University of Alaska, Anchorage
2006 Three Rivers Invitational Exhibition, The University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
2006 LIFE INSIGHT: The Human Experience, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY,
2006 Re-Fresh: Invitational Exhibition/Benefit Auction, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006 “Glass, Clay, Wood, Metals, Stone and Fiber: The Art of Contemporary Crafts”
Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

KIM CHALMERS
2006 “Tattoo.” Berea College Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea, KY
2006 Invitational, Flying Solo 10, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2006 Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council, The Lexington Art League,
Selected by Southern Arts Federation for the SouthernArtistry.org registry
Centennial Mosaic Project Completed

MIWON CHOE
Research presentation entitled Teaching Art as Metaphor: Cross-cultural lens and a tool at the International Society of Education through Art (InSEA) Asian Congress in Seoul, Korea,
Article published for USSEA (United States Society for Education through Art) Teaching Voices
Article published for on-line journal of Visual Culture and Gender in Art Education
Article accepted and to be published entitled If You Build it, They will Come: (NAEA), Fall 2007.
Article accepted and to be published in the International Journal of Arts Education, Fall 2007,
Invitational Team-teach the graduate course, Teaching Tolerance: Aesthetics of Understanding World, Indiana U.
Research paper presentation at the National Art Education Association(NAEA) annual
conference in New York entitled Arts Infused Curriculum: Fabrics, Arts, and Humanities,
Awarded a Faculty Development Grant, The Potter College of Arts and Letters, May 2007
Awarded a Faculty Development Grant, Potter College of Arts and Letters, December 2006
Awarded an Instructional Development Grant, Potter College of Arts and Letters, January 2007
Attend Kentucky smART Conference sponsored by the Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education
Article published in Spanish, El arte cubano, Gaceta Cultural de WKU, May 2007, 3(1)

JEFF JENSEN
Studio 27 Designed logo
Washington High School Baseball Poster,
All Kentucky, Juried Exhibition, Capital Arts Center, Participant
Featured Artist," The Galleries Downtown", January 2007, Iowa City Iowa
Creative Consultant, WKU Football program

MIKE NICHOLS
Awarded a Junior Faculty Grant, “Buon Fresco” Santa Fe NM
Second Place “National Drawing Annual” Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Merit Award “All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition” Capital Arts
Visiting Artist - Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN,
Catalog cover of the “Selections from the 2006 National Drawing Annual; It's In Your Head”, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati OH, 2007
“Michael Nichols and Jason Lascu” Capital Arts Alliance, Bowling
“Southern Realism” Lemuiex Galleries, New Orleans LA
“New Beginnings” Hentschel Art Gallery, Des Moines IA
“Mike Nichols; Selected Works” Thigpen Gallery, Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin TN, solo exhibition
"eme" Exposition Internationale," St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities Inc., Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative
Villeurbanne, Lyon, France, "International Art Exchange"

LAURIN NOTHEISEN
US Bank Celebration of the Art, open exhibition, The Kentucky Library and Museum,
Mid-States Art Exhibition, juried exhibition, merit award, Evansville Museum of Art

BRENT OBLESBEE
Mid-States Art Exhibit, (Juried) Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
US Bank Show, Kentucky Museum of Arts, Bowling Green, KY (2nd place award in sculpture)
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN

YVONNE PETKUS
US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2007 Open Art Exhbition Kentucky Library & Museum
Nude International 2007 Lexington Art League
22nd Anniversary Exhibition: Abstract generations Brad Cooper Gallery
Re: figure: Gods + Monsters University Gallery, Figure South Gallery
Re: figure: Gods + Monsters Cazenovia College Art Gallery
2006 Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition Capitol Arts Alliance Inc. Gallery
Annual Fine Art Auction Brad Cooper Gallery
Gestures Artspace, The Figure Considered... Main Gallery/Northern Kentucky University
Recent Work Capitol Arts Alliance Inc. Gallery
Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council Fellowships Lexington Art League
Invitational Group Exhibit sponsored jointly by the Lexington Art League and the Kentucky Arts Council with a grant from the NEA's American Masterpieces Program
AWARDS/HONORS:
Potter College of Arts and Letters Professional Development Awards
Potter College of Arts and Letters Instructional Development Award
First Place Award, Painting Professional, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2007 Open Art Exhbition
Edward Jones Honor Award, 2006 All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition
Capitol Arts Alliance Inc. Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
Portrait Drawing Workshop, during Women and Kids Learning Together Summer Camp
Artist Lecture, South Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, February 2007
Illustration Lecture and Workshop to children (K-3rd grade) in preparation for the Annual Reading RainbowYoung Writers and Illustrators Contest, Barnes and Noble, Bowling Green, KY
Artist Lecture, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY
Artist Lecture and Panel Discussion, Artspace, Raleigh, NC November

HEATHER PULLIAM
Publication " ‘Therefore do I speak to them in parables’: meaning in the margins of the Book of Kells" in Making and Meaning in Insular Art edited by Rachel Moss (Dublin 2007).

JOON SUNG
Gallery Aferro Short Film Program, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.
The Budapest Short International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary.
18th NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, Nap Space, Kutztown, PA.
“New Generation” The International Exhibition, College of Design, Sang Myung University, Korea. Open House Project, 1712 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, IL.
“Linear and More” Gallery Korea, New York, NY
PixelPops! Praha_06, C2C Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
New York Experimental Film and Video series, The Tank in Tribeca New York, NY.
"Second Skin" show, Harding Mott University Center Gallery, University of Michigan at Flint, Mobicapping; Mobile Image Capture in The New Century, International Juried Online Exhibition Hell on Reels
[Astoria Moving Picture Festival] Hell Gate Social, Astoria, NY.
LiveBox at Ravenwood, LiveBox Gallery, Crystal lake, IL.
Synthetic Zero- Performances, Experimental film, Visual Art, Synthetic Zero, Bronx, Tribeca, NY
Pixel Dance II – Video :: Art :: Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
3-d International video-art festival, Moscow, Russia.
00130 Video Gallery, 00130 Video Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
Little while online video gallery, Littlewhile.com.
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA.
WFVF (Western Film & Video Festival), Mass Media Theater, Bowling Green, KY.
Outpost Gallery: Brockton - Exhibition 2, Outpost Gallery: Brockton, Boston, MA.
Solo show “ Gazes” Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
2005 Open Art Juried Exhibition, The Kentucky Museum
“3rd Screening International 59 Seconds Video Festival” Project 59, New York, NY.
The first independent free internet art gallery, bestonweb.net/wett.htm,

MATT TULLIS
ASK Arts of Southern Kentucky Exhibition, Bowling Green, KY, Exhibited “Mortality”, sculpture 3
6th Annual UCDA Design Competition, Austin, Texas, “Award of Excellence,” Premiere Performances
Centennial Poster Design Applications, illustration for an Elizabethtown concert program and poster
E. “Shine” Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 2006 Premiere Performances poster; ”People’s Choice” award.
The International Exhibition of Graphic Design, Sangmyung University, Korea
Los Lobos Promotional Poster, WKU
Pop Rocked Two Exhibition, Jim Amann Gallery, Covington, KY
Ink Bleeds Exhibition, Pearlman Gallery, Art Institute of Cincinnati, Three posters were featured
US Bank “Celebration of the Arts” Open Art Exhibition, WKU