Faculty Research Reassignment Program
NOT AVAILABLE IN 2009-10
2008-2009
Bob Paris, Department of Kinetic Imaging
To produce “Cluster,” a multimedia web exhibition that surveys the physical, social, and historical anatomy of the cluster bomb. This reassignment will allow Professor Paris to make substantial progress on the project including completion of production shots in Minnesota and New York. “Cluster” is currently in the final review for a Creative Capital Foundation Award.
Rob Carter, Department of Graphic Design
To document and archive petroglyphs and pictographs of Anasazi and Freemont cultures in the Colorado Plateau and Southern Utah. Based on petroglyph specimens he will create and archive a collection of “fonts” consisting of individual glyphs from selected sites. A type specimen booklet and DVD will be produced and fonts distributed via dedicated website and selected type foundries.
Kendall Buster, Department of Sculpture + Extended Media
For release time dedicated to concept and design development for upcoming committed projects. These projects will be exhibited at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Fall 2009; Phoenix Arizona Branch Library, Fall 2008 or Spring 2009; Commission with Peli Clark Peli Architects, Tulsa Oklahoma Fall 2008; Suyama Space Exhibition and Residency, Seattle, Washington, April 2009; and an American Academy of Rome Affiliated Residency Fellowship, Spring 2009.
Stephen Vitiello, Department of Kinetic Imaging
For work on an invited curatorial project entitled “Hidden City,” a multi-site exhibition in Philadelphia with co-curators Kathleen Forde and Christian Marclay (Advisor). Sites throughout Philadelphia will be chosen from a short list of 30 potential locations and the exhibition will open in Spring of 2009 with a large format catalog, installations, performances, and lectures. He will also study new technologies for multi-channel 3D audio environments.
2007-2008
Dr. Dina Bangdel, Department of Art History
To complete a book on the iconography and symbolism found in the art and architecture of the Newar Buddhist monasteries in Nepal. This scholarly monograph has been a work-in-progress for twelve years and will be the first such work in its field. Two publishers have expressed interest: Serindia Publications, Chicago and E.J. Brille Academic Publishers, Leiden. She plans to select a publisher by January 2007 and deliver the completed manuscript in fall 2008.
Lucinda Havenhand, Department of Interior Design
To propose, market, and develop a book entitled Interiors as Ideology: Interior Design in the United States 1930s-1960s. This work will focus on theory in interior design specifically during the postwar period in the United States. She is one of the few scholars in the country writing about this issue.
Elizabeth King, Department of Sculpture & Extended Media
To accept an invitation from Dartmouth College to be an artist-in-residence during spring of 2008. This will include a solo exhibition running concurrently with the residency at the college’s Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries. She would like to name the VCU School of the Arts as a major enabling sponsor. The invitation coincides with a traveling retrospective exhibition of her work, now in the planning stages, to begin at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond next fall.
Donna Reamy, Department of Fashion
To complete the textbook, Fashion Economics, to be published by Fairchild Publishers in June 2008. This book brings the theory of economics and the understanding of how the fashion industry works into perspective for college students. This topic is sorely lacking in other textbooks. She plans to use the time to complete pedagogical features of the book such as learning objectives and research objectives for each chapter, internet activities, and three appendices. She is writing a teacher’s manual and creating PowerPoint presentations for ten chapters.
Janet Rogers, Department of Theatre
To collaborate with Frankie Armstrong in writing and publishing Archetypes and Performance, a groundbreaking work that will discuss using the voice, body, and imagination to explore specific archetypes. Since 2004 she has recorded over thirty hours of workshops in which students and colleagues in the Voice and Speech Trainers Association have explored twelve major archetypes. She needs time to complete transcriptions and add applications to performance she has been developing. Glenn Young, her former publisher, as well as Randy Gener, editor for American Theatre and TCG Publishing are both supportive of this endeavor.
Jack Wax, Department of Craft/Material Studies
To accept an invitation from the Osaka Art University in Japan to be an artist-in-residence working with Masahiro Sasaki, during spring of 2008. This will be followed by a solo exhibition showcasing the work produced during the residency. He has also applied for several other residencies from June 2007 to spring 2008 and is waiting for responses. He is waiting to hear from Mark Scala, curator of the Frist Center for Contemporary Art in Nashville regarding a solo show in 2009 at “Projects Space” and will be making this work simultaneously. He is in contact with Kinoshita Yumi in Tokyo about the possibility of also traveling the Osaka exhibition to that city.
