[{"id":3326,"date":"2020-04-04T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:22:00","slug":"allegheny-college-partners-with-regional-manufacturers-to-produce-protective-face-shields-for-healthcare-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2020\/04\/04\/allegheny-college-partners-with-regional-manufacturers-to-produce-protective-face-shields-for-healthcare-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny College Partners With Regional Manufacturers to Produce Protective Face Shields for Healthcare Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200403_135816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18279\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200403_135816-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Face shields\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Allegheny College is partnering with regional manufacturers to produce protective face shields to help meet the needs of healthcare facilities responding to COVID-19, including Meadville Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Byron Rich is an assistant professor of art and director of the Allegheny Lab for Innovation &amp; Creativity. At the suggestion of Allegheny biology professor Catharina Coenen, Rich produced a prototype of a plastic face shield and headband using a 3D printer and laser cutter in the lab.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the northwestern Pennsylvania chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association, several area manufacturers have stepped forward to assist with production, packing and distribution of the face shields. All of the time and materials for the face shields are being donated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more in this Meadville Tribune article,\u00a0<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meadvilletribune.com\/coronavirus\/professor-area-manufacturers-collaborate-to-make-plastic-face-shields-with-3d-printers\/article_13251194-7606-11ea-832a-87d41699fca7.html\">Professor, area manufacturers collaborate to make plastic face shields with 3D printers.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/04\/allegheny-college-partners-with-regional-manufacturers-to-produce-protective-face-shields-for-healthcare-facilities\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Allegheny College Partners With Regional Manufacturers to Produce Protective Face Shields for Healthcare Facilities\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegheny College is partnering with regional manufacturers to produce protective face shields to help meet the needs of healthcare facilities responding to COVID-19, including Meadville Medical Center. Byron Rich is an assistant professor of art and director of the Allegheny Lab for Innovation &amp; Creativity. At the suggestion of Allegheny biology professor Catharina Coenen, Rich [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2020\/04\/04\/allegheny-college-partners-with-regional-manufacturers-to-produce-protective-face-shields-for-healthcare-facilities\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny College Partners With Regional Manufacturers to Produce Protective Face Shields for Healthcare Facilities&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3124,"date":"2019-08-26T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2019-08-26T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T17:10:00","slug":"allegheny-art-galleries-and-meadville-council-on-the-arts-to-co-host-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2019\/08\/26\/allegheny-art-galleries-and-meadville-council-on-the-arts-to-co-host-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Art Galleries and Meadville Council on the Arts to Co-Host Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition titled \u201cParallax\u201d will be co-hosted by the Allegheny Art Galleries and the Meadville Council on the Arts and will be on view from Sept. 5 to 26 at both venues.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Sept. 5, from 6 to 9 p.m., the Allegheny Art Galleries and the Meadville Council on the Arts will host concurrent receptions, including art, music and movement-based performances. Visitors are encouraged to attend both sites to experience the full scope of the event. The Allegheny Art Galleries are located on campus in the Doane Hall of Art next to the Henderson Campus Center. The Meadville Council on the Arts is located at 910 Market St.<\/p>\n<p>The opening reception schedule includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p>* 6 to 7:30 p.m.: Experimental music at the Allegheny Art Galleries, and movement at the Meadville Council on the Arts. Each performance is live-streamed to the other venue, so visitors may choose where to view. Performances include the complete sonatas and interludes of John Cage performed by Douglas Jurs, and movement by Eleanor Weisman and Jay Hanes, with contributions from Allegheny students.<\/p>\n<p> * 7:30 to 9 p.m.: Receptions at the Allegheny Art Galleries and Meadville Council on the Arts. Light fare and refreshments will be served at both locations.<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cParallax\u201d describes the apparent shift in an object\u2019s appearance when viewed from different locations. \u201cThis phenomenon aptly characterizes how an artwork\u2019s meaning shifts when it moves from one venue to another, or how an artwork can be understood in divergent ways by multiple viewers,\u201d says Paula Burleigh, director of the Allegheny Art Galleries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParallax\u201d invites visitors to explore two versions of a collaborative exhibition, installed at the Allegheny Art Galleries and the Meadville Council on the Arts, Burleigh says. It features artists on faculty at Allegheny College as well as artists from the greater Northwest Pennsylvania region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Parallax\u2019 presents an exciting snapshot of contemporary art in Meadville,\u201d says Shawn Washburn, director of the Meadville Council on the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Participating artists include Heather Brand, Margaret Brostrom, Bill Brunken, Eric Charlton, George Cooley, Heather Fish, Josh Gates, Amara Geffen, Jay Hanes, Dan Hunter, Douglas Jurs, John Mangine, Lawrence Graydon Minnis, Elyse Palmer, Byron Rich, George Roland, Richard Sayer, Richard Schindler, Gwen Singer, Ian F. Thomas and Eleanor Weisman.<\/p>\n<p>Parallax is organized and curated by Burleigh, Washburn, and Claire Klima, Allegheny gallery assistant and summer research fellow.<\/p>\n<p>Additional performances at the Allegheny Art Galleries will be held on Sept. 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m., featuring Douglas Jurs, and on Sept. 25, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., featuring Jurs, with \u201cDraw a Straight Line and Walk It,\u201d performed by Eleanor Weisman and Jay Hanes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Caption: Gwen Singer, U.S. Highway 41A, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/26\/allegheny-art-galleries-and-meadville-council-on-the-arts-to-co-host-exhibition\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Allegheny Art Galleries and Meadville Council on the Arts to Co-Host Exhibition\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition titled \u201cParallax\u201d will be co-hosted by the Allegheny Art Galleries and the Meadville Council on the Arts and will be on view from Sept. 5 to 26 at both venues. On Thursday, Sept. 5, from 6 to 9 p.m., the Allegheny Art Galleries and the Meadville Council on the Arts will host concurrent [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2019\/08\/26\/allegheny-art-galleries-and-meadville-council-on-the-arts-to-co-host-exhibition\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny Art Galleries and Meadville Council on the Arts to Co-Host Exhibition&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3060,"date":"2019-06-24T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2019-06-24T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:31:00","slug":"allegheny-graduate-tackles-marketing-medical-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2019\/06\/24\/allegheny-graduate-tackles-marketing-medical-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Graduate Tackles Marketing, Medical Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Allegheny College graduate Natalia Buczek finds herself taking her first career steps with one foot in the marketing world and the other foot in the medical field.<\/p>\n<p>Buczek, an Erie native who graduated in May 2019, has started her full-time job as a project coordinator handling client concerns and overseeing marketing tasks at the Pipitone Group in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16994\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16994\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/06\/Natalia-Buczek-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalia Buczek, a 2019 Allegheny graduate, is working in marketing and developing an app for patients with verbal and memory impairments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn my free time, however, I will be continuing with my research and development for my communications app called Aid Memoir with professionals from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,\u201d Buczek says. \u201cI cannot wait to be working with both teams to further my knowledge in marketing for my job as well as the medical world for my app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buczek was on the co-winning team in Allegheny\u2019s 2019 Zingale Big Idea Competition for her app, Aid Memoir, a communication app and website for patients with verbal and memory impairments and their caregivers. Her partner in the co-winning project, fellow graduate Christopher Miller, provided technical expertise for the application, she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting this project was difficult because it was inspired by my father\u2019s disease, Frontotemporal Degeneration (a form of dementia), but my passion to help him and millions of others with similar conditions is what made me strive to achieve it,\u201d says Buczek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNatalia\u2019s experiences epitomize the liberal arts experience when it works well, which it does so often at Allegheny,\u201d said Chris Allison, entrepreneur in residence in the College\u2019s Economics Department. \u201cHere you have a studio art major, who as a result of taking elective courses, created a software application that is close to marketability. She channeled the design sensibilities that she learned through her art major and commercialized them using what she learned in her entrepreneurship classes. Then she explained what she learned to a prospective employer and secured a job in one of the most creative marketing firms in the country. Pretty brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buczek, who also was a psychology minor, says she spent three valuable years as an art gallery assistant for the Art Department. \u201cI cannot express just how rewarding the experience was for me. From helping curate exhibitions to meeting the visiting artists, it helped shape me professionally as well as show me a passion for curating that I didn\u2019t know I had,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Buczek credits Ian F. Thomas, assistant professor of ceramics and sculpture, with helping her bridge the gap between her art and developing a computer application. \u201cHe opened my eyes to not only the technical possibilities in my work but also encouraged the confidence in myself as an artist,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Buczek also was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, spending some time as its director of standards and ethics and helping to raise awareness and support for Ronald McDonald House Charities. She also volunteered at the Meadville Soup Kitchen. \u201cI wanted to be able to use my time outside of academics to help others,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my experience at Allegheny, I learned to always follow your passions even if it means stepping out of your comfort zone,\u201d says Buczek. \u201cYou are not a number at this school, you are a member of the family. Embrace that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/24\/allegheny-graduate-tackles-marketing-medical-assignments\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Allegheny Graduate Tackles Marketing, Medical Assignments\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Allegheny College graduate Natalia Buczek finds herself taking her first career steps with one foot in the marketing world and the other foot in the medical field. Buczek, an Erie native who graduated in May 2019, has started her full-time job as a project coordinator handling client concerns and overseeing marketing tasks at the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2019\/06\/24\/allegheny-graduate-tackles-marketing-medical-assignments\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny Graduate Tackles Marketing, Medical Assignments&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2833,"date":"2018-09-07T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2018-09-07T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:18:00","slug":"allegheny-welcomes-new-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/09\/07\/allegheny-welcomes-new-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Welcomes New Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a former resident of nearby Townville to a fantasy football player to a dedicated amateur chef, Allegheny\u2019s new faculty members bring many unique backgrounds and qualities to the teaching table in the fall of 2018. Let\u2019s meet each of them briefly:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catherine Allgeier<br \/>\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15621\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/Catherine-Allgeier.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Allgeier\" width=\"140\" height=\"139\" \/>As a visiting assistant professor of economics, Catherine Allgeier comes to Allegheny with her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>After graduation, she taught at a business college and then worked in the corporate world as a chief financial officer and a human resources director. \u201cI realized that I missed the interaction with students and started teaching part-time in addition to my CFO role. I now have been teaching full-time for eight years (most recently at her alma mater) and use my corporate background to provide real-world accounting examples and experiences to my students,\u201d says Allgeier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am interested in information systems and communication, as they relate to costs and effectiveness in health-care diagnoses, such as using Watson as a diagnostic tool and the implications in not only a more timely diagnosis but also more cost effective,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>She also has a green thumb. \u201cMy \u2018other\u2019 career would be in landscape and interior design,\u201d says Allgeier. \u201cI quit counting at 40 houseplants.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Timothy Bianco<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15651\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/bianco-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Bianco\" width=\"250\" height=\"319\" \/>Timothy Bianco joins Allegheny as assistant professor of economics, having taught previously at Bowling Green State University, where he also earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees. He also obtained a master\u2019s degree and his doctorate from the University of Kentucky. He also has worked as an analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland for five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy teaching economics and researching cutting-edge financial and monetary economics, focusing on corporate credit,\u201d says Bianco.<\/p>\n<p>Bianco and his wife, Victoria, grew up in northeast Ohio \u201cso moving to northwest Pennsylvania has been a smooth transition. I am a Cleveland sports fanatic and I enjoy traveling to Cleveland to catch a game from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unusual combination is that I have been known to apply cutting-edge econometric techniques to playing fantasy football,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Paula Burleigh<br \/>\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Art History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15629\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/Paula-Burleigh-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Paula Burleigh\" width=\"280\" height=\"284\" \/>Paula Burleigh joins the Allegheny community as visiting assistant professor of art history and director of the Penelec, Bowman, Meghan Art Gallery. She earned her Ph.D. in art history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.<\/p>\n<p>She earlier earned a master\u2019s degree at Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor\u2019s degree at Emory University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve taught undergraduate courses at City University of New York Baruch College, Bard High School Early College, and at Bard College, and I\u2019ve taught adult education courses at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where I was a teaching fellow for several years before coming to Allegheny,\u201d says Burleigh.<\/p>\n<p>Burleigh specializes in art history and visual culture of Europe and the United States, from 1945 to the present. Her research interests include visionary architecture, feminism and gender as they relate to art, and utopian\/dystopian themes in art and popular visual culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love to cook, and I didn\u2019t let a decade of tiny New York City kitchen life stop me from elaborate culinary experiments \u2014 some failed, many succeeded, all were eaten at least an hour later than I intended,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Kimberly Caldwell<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15628\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/caldwell-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kimberly Caldwell\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" \/>Kimberly Caldwell joins the college as a visiting assistant professor of psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience at the University at Buffalo, \u201cso my background is a blend of psychology and neuroscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has taught introductory psychology and biopsychology, \u201cand I am excited to be teaching a new course this semester that I developed called \u2018Ingestive Behavior,\u2019 which will explore the neuroscience behind eating and drinking. My research interests are broadly focused on how the brain controls eating and drinking, thus the inspiration for my new class. I am particularly interested in a peptide system called ghrelin that is capable of influencing both behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with behavioral neuroscience, I have always enjoyed the arts and took several art classes through high school and even a couple here at Allegheny as a member of the Gifted Program \u2014 I don\u2019t know if they still call it that, it\u2019s been a while since I was in high school \u2014 at Maplewood,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis brings me to my fun fact, I grew up locally in nearby Townville and took classes at Allegheny in art and dance while in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Michael Michaelides<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15630\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/michaelides-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Michaelides\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" \/>Michael Michaelides joins the Economics Department as an assistant professor. He has a bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Essex, a master\u2019s degree in accounting and finance from the London School of Economics, a master\u2019s degree in economics from Virginia Tech, and a doctorate in economics from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to attending Allegheny, Michaelides spent one year as a visiting assistant professor at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. His research interests include: Financial econometrics, empirical asset pricing, time series econometrics, applied econometrics, behavioral finance, volatility modeling, and financial risk forecasting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy research has focused on exploring the behavioral biases of investing through the quantitative application of statistical and mathematical models. Yet, my research has been so strongly influenced by the philosophy of science literature,\u201d says Michaelides.<\/p>\n<p>When not in the classroom or on a research mission, Michaelides is a Liverpool Football Club supporter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Matthew Mitchell<br \/>\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15624\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/mitchell-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Mitchell\" width=\"300\" height=\"513\" \/>Right out of college, Matthew Mitchell traveled to Japan and taught English as a foreign language for six years. He had earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in religious studies, with a minor in chemistry, from Illinois Wesleyan University. As an undergraduate, he also found time to sing in the university choir and teach rock climbing.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell later completed an M.A. in Asian religions from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Ph.D. from Duke University\u2019s Graduate Program in Religion. \u201cI spent a lot more time in my office writing than on the beach,\u201d he said of his two years in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell\u2019s teaching experience includes posts at the University of Hawaii, Duke University, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Creighton University. And he worked at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, helping to bring Chinese students and scholars to the institution for short-term and degree programs.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell\u2019s research interests include Asian religions \u2014 especially Japanese Buddhism, social history, and women and gender in religion. This year in the Religious Studies Department, he will be teaching a number of courses across traditions from Asian religions to Islam. He is currently studying the social, financial and legal activities of a group of Buddhist nuns in Japan\u2019s 17th\u201320th centuries. \u201cOne of the biggest surprises people have is the diversity of the nuns\u2019 activities,\u201d he says. \u201cMost people tend to think of nuns as cloistered, not active, and certainly not involved in gambling or lawsuits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with Japan\u2019s importance to Mitchell\u2019s research, the nation holds other special meaning for him: it\u2019s where he met his wife and it\u2019s the birthplace of his oldest daughter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Pamela Runestad<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Global Health Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15632\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/pamelarunestad-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Pamela Runestad\" width=\"250\" height=\"225\" \/>Pamela Runestad likes to know how things work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found I could fold all of my interests \u2014 infectious disease, nutrition, culture, Japan, writing and narrative, and film \u2014 together through becoming a medical anthropologist,\u201d she says. \u201cThese combinations will be at the heart of my courses in global health studies here at Allegheny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Runestad holds a B.A. in biology and English \u2014 with a minor in psychology \u2014 from Augustana College (now University) in South Dakota and an M.A. in Japanese language and society from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. She also earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in medical anthropology with a focus on Japan at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p>Her doctoral research focused on socio-cultural responses to HIV\/AIDS in Japan and how those have an impact on health. Her current research project explores institutional food for pregnant and postpartum mothers in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Runestad\u2019s life and work experiences outside of the continental U.S. give her unique perspective. \u201cI grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and I lived in Nagano, Japan, for 10 years,\u201d she says. \u201cSo at this point, I\u2019ve only lived about one-quarter of my life in the \u2018lower 48\u2019 \u2014 Alaska-speak \u2014 or the \u2018mainland\u2019 \u2014 Hawaii-speak. That time was spent in South Dakota, Nebraska and North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Yee Mon Thu<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Biology<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15631\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/YeeMonThu-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Yee Mon Thu\" width=\"280\" height=\"349\" \/>Yee Mon Thu describes herself as \u201ca scientist who likes to learn how the natural world works \u2014 and an amateur artist who likes to use imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before arriving at Allegheny, Thu taught biology at her undergraduate alma mater, Grinnell College. She earned a B.A. in biology with a concentration in global development studies there before completing a Ph.D. in cancer biology at Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am interested in how cells maintain genome stability in the face of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that can cause DNA damage,\u201d Thu says of her research. \u201cI am also fascinated by the involvement of these pathways in cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When away from the classroom and laboratory, Thu enjoys visiting national parks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Birgit Weyhe<br \/>\nMax Kade Writer in Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15634\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/Birgit1-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"Birgit Wehye\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/>As a graphic novelist, Birgit Weyhe uses both her writing and drawing to explore historical and political incidents. She\u2019s primarily interested in migration and the definition of home and\u00a0identity. In addition to authoring several books, Weyhe has a monthly page in a Berlin newspaper where she draws the \u201clifeline\u201d of a person who has changed places of residence often.<\/p>\n<p>Weyhe was raised in Uganda and Kenya and came back to\u00a0Germany at the age of 19. \u201cI consider all three\u00a0countries as my home,\u201d she says. After returning to Germany, she earned a master\u2019s degree in German literature and history from the University of Hamburg and a Diplom in illustration from the University of Applied Sciences, also in Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, Weyhe has taught at the Universities of Hamburg, Kiel and\u00a0D\u00fcsseldorf in Germany\u00a0and at the National Art School in Maputo, Mozambique. She also has led workshops at the German Cultural Center (Goethe Institut) in Argentina,\u00a0Uruguay, Brazil, Finland, France and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Wehye said that she is a passionate reader. On a three-month trip to Patagonia last year, she and her husband read 15 novels to each other. \u201cWe praised the invention of eBooks,\u201d she says. \u201cOtherwise our backpacks would have been very heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tarah Williams<br \/>\nVisiting Assistant Professor of Political Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15638\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/tarah-williams-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"tarah williams\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" \/>Tarah Williams uses survey and experimental methods to understand how social identities \u2014partisan identities, racial identities and many more \u2014 shape individual political behavior, for better or worse. Her current research explores whether and when individuals will confront prejudice and discrimination in their daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a shy person, I often struggled to speak up as a student,\u201d she says. \u201cMy job now requires me to help students find ways to participate in class, and because I needed to work to find my voice, I have become committed to helping others find theirs. Similarly, my research is concerned with how we can encourage people to speak up to confront prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams earned her B.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois. Before pursuing graduate school, she worked in state government as a researcher for the Illinois Legislature. She has taught courses in politics and policy at Washington University in St. Louis, Miami University in Ohio and the University of Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Along with her teaching and research, Williams enjoys walking, cooking, musical theatre and \u2014 since arriving at Allegheny \u2014 exploring Meadville.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/07\/allegheny-welcomes-new-faculty\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Allegheny Welcomes New Faculty\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a former resident of nearby Townville to a fantasy football player to a dedicated amateur chef, Allegheny\u2019s new faculty members bring many unique backgrounds and qualities to the teaching table in the fall of 2018. Let\u2019s meet each of them briefly: Catherine Allgeier Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics As a visiting assistant professor of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/09\/07\/allegheny-welcomes-new-faculty\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny Welcomes New Faculty&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2680,"date":"2018-03-20T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/03\/20\/students-work-to-be-displayed-in-annual-art-show\/"},"modified":"2018-03-20T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:18:00","slug":"students-work-to-be-displayed-in-annual-art-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/03\/20\/students-work-to-be-displayed-in-annual-art-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Students\u2019 Work to Be Displayed in Annual Art Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 Student Art Show at Allegheny College will be held from April 3 to April 15.  Students who wish to participate can drop off  their work  on Monday and Tuesday, March 26 and 27, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The opening reception and awards ceremony will be Tuesday, April 3, from 6 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s juror is Susan Barnett, curator of the Erie Art Museum. Allegheny students submit their art to the gallery, and Barnett selects works to be displayed in the galleries. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Eisemann-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15086\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doane Prizes in Art are awarded for a work in the categories of painting or drawing, sculpture or ceramics, and graphics (which includes prints, photographs, video and computer art). The award winners, who are selected by the art department faculty along with the outside juror, receive a cash award and an inscribed book. The Doane Prizes are provided through the generosity of the late Foster B. Doane, a former Allegheny College trustee.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the art department faculty selects artwork to be purchased through the Doane Student Art Merit and Acquisitions Fund. These student works are acquired for public display at Allegheny or awarded a cash prize in cases where acquisition of the artwork would be impractical due to size or other constraints. The Doane Juror\u2019s Awards are selected by the outside juror for outstanding individual works of art in the show.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the juried exhibition, a selection of works will be on display in the areas adjoining the galleries. This exhibition is organized by the Student Art Society as a \u201cSalon des Refuses,\u201d which is an art tradition of displaying alternative works not chosen by the juror.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery hours are: Tuesday through Friday, 12:30 to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30 to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. The galleries are not open on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>The Art Galleries are located in the Doane Hall of Art on the Allegheny College campus, North Main Street, between College and John streets in Meadville. The art galleries are wheelchair accessible; gallery tours are available to groups by request. All events at the Allegheny College art galleries are free to the public. For more information, phone (814) 332-4365.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/20\/allegheny-students-work-to-be-displayed-in-annual-art-show\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Students\u2019 Work to Be Displayed in Annual Art Show\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 Student Art Show at Allegheny College will be held from April 3 to April 15. Students who wish to participate can drop off their work on Monday and Tuesday, March 26 and 27, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The opening reception and awards ceremony will be Tuesday, April 3, from 6 to 7 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/03\/20\/students-work-to-be-displayed-in-annual-art-show\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Students\u2019 Work to Be Displayed in Annual Art Show&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2586,"date":"2018-01-22T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/01\/22\/rough-trade-art-exhibit\/"},"modified":"2018-01-22T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:35:00","slug":"rough-trade-art-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/01\/22\/rough-trade-art-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRough Trade\u201d Art Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Allegheny College Art Galleries will present an exhibit titled \u201cRough Trade\u201d in Doane Hall from January 23  through March 4, with opening ceremonies on Tuesday, January 23, at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibition will revolve around the word \u201ctrade,\u201d exploring its meanings and preconceptions. The exhibit will explore male sexuality, queer art theory, non-normative identities, power play, desire, and the allure of risky assignations. <\/p>\n<p>The curator and head of the Art Department, Darren Miller, says, \u201cWith any furtive encounter, there is a danger of being taken advantage of, stereotyped, or outed, yet the potential rewards of trade seem to outweigh the risks. This exhibition challenges the notion that trade is necessarily a reductive power play.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Many of the artists\u2019 works were made using traditional methods, including ceramic sculptures. The artists include Mark Burns, Jeremy Brooks, Wesley Harvey, Ryan Wilson Kelly, Kathy King, Howard Kottler, Matt Nolen, Anne Drew Potter, Anthony Sonnenberg, Caitlin Rose Sweet, H.M. Thompson, and Triesch Volker. This exhibition is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.<\/p>\n<p>The reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 12:30 to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30 to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/event\/rough-trade-art-exhibit\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\u201cRough Trade\u201d Art Exhibit\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allegheny College Art Galleries will present an exhibit titled \u201cRough Trade\u201d in Doane Hall from January 23 through March 4, with opening ceremonies on Tuesday, January 23, at 7 p.m. This exhibition will revolve around the word \u201ctrade,\u201d exploring its meanings and preconceptions. The exhibit will explore male sexuality, queer art theory, non-normative identities, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2018\/01\/22\/rough-trade-art-exhibit\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;\u201cRough Trade\u201d Art Exhibit&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2492,"date":"2017-11-17T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-exhibit\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:52:00","slug":"allegheny-senior-art-projects-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Senior Art Projects Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/Doane-Exhibit-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Allegheny College Art Galleries will display the work of graduating seniors as well as art majors and minors from the Advanced Studio Projects seminar course in Doane Hall from Dec. 5-15, with the opening ceremonies on Tuesday, Dec. 5, starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Prince is this semester&#8217;s sole graduating Studio Art Major, and his specialty is portraits in a variety of drawing styles.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Erdman and Alyssa Lisle integrate their research interests in psychology with their work: Lisle challenges preconceptions of beauty with ceramic sculpture, and Erdman\u2019s installation uses fabric and patterning as analogies to the organization of biological structures.<\/p>\n<p>Other student artists\u2019 work to be displayed include Shelby Piper, Sarah Sherwood, Caleb Enis, Marilyn Boatwright, Morgan Davison, Lucas Thomas, Sandra Munguia, Karla Atcheson, Sarah Cole, and Cali Banks.<\/p>\n<p>The reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 12:30 to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30 to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>The Art Galleries, which are wheelchair accessible, are located in Doane Hall of Art, east of North Main Street between College and John streets in Meadville. For more information, call (814) 332-4365.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/event\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-exhibit\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Allegheny Senior Art Projects Exhibit\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allegheny College Art Galleries will display the work of graduating seniors as well as art majors and minors from the Advanced Studio Projects seminar course in Doane Hall from Dec. 5-15, with the opening ceremonies on Tuesday, Dec. 5, starting at 7 p.m. Elijah Prince is this semester&#8217;s sole graduating Studio Art Major, and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-exhibit\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny Senior Art Projects Exhibit&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2681,"date":"2017-11-17T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-to-be-presented-2\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:33:00","slug":"allegheny-senior-art-projects-to-be-presented-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-to-be-presented-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegheny Senior Art Projects to Be Presented"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Allegheny College Art Galleries will display the work of graduating seniors as well as art majors and minors from the Advanced Studio Projects seminar course in Doane Hall from Dec. 5-15, with the opening ceremonies on Tuesday, Dec. 5, starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Prince is this semester\u2019s sole graduating Studio Art Major, and his specialty is portraits in a variety of drawing styles.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Erdman and Alyssa Lisle integrate their research interests in psychology with their work: Lisle challenges preconceptions of beauty with ceramic sculpture, and Erdman\u2019s installation uses fabric and patterning as analogies to the organization of biological structures.<\/p>\n<p>Other student artists\u2019 work to be displayed include Shelby Piper, Sarah Sherwood, Caleb Enis, Marilyn Boatwright, Morgan Davison, Lucas Thomas, Sandra Munguia, Karla Atcheson, Sarah Cole, and Cali Banks.<\/p>\n<p>The reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 12:30 to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30 to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>The Art Galleries, which are wheelchair accessible, are located in Doane Hall of Art, east of North Main Street between College and John streets in Meadville. For more information, call (814) 332-4365.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-to-be-presented\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Allegheny Senior Art Projects to Be Presented\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allegheny College Art Galleries will display the work of graduating seniors as well as art majors and minors from the Advanced Studio Projects seminar course in Doane Hall from Dec. 5-15, with the opening ceremonies on Tuesday, Dec. 5, starting at 7 p.m. Elijah Prince is this semester\u2019s sole graduating Studio Art Major, and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/17\/allegheny-senior-art-projects-to-be-presented-2\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Allegheny Senior Art Projects to Be Presented&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2682,"date":"2017-11-03T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/03\/thomas-publishes-essay-as-artwork-tours-country-2\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T22:26:00","slug":"thomas-publishes-essay-as-artwork-tours-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/03\/thomas-publishes-essay-as-artwork-tours-country-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Publishes Essay as Artwork Tours Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An essay by Ian F. Thomas, a staff member in Allegheny\u2019s art department, has been published as an afterword in the Edward Ederle retrospective exhibition catalog.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019s art work has been continuing to tour the country in the exhibition titled \u201cMindfulness: Mental Heath and Art.\u201d This exhibition has been shown at The Virginia Museum of Art, Lynchburg College, and Ohio Craft Museum,\u00a0among other locations, and will finish its tour next month at The Fuller Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. Thomas also has had two solo exhibitions, one at BlueOrange Gallery in Houston, Texas, and the other at CASP in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>His\u00a0artwork was a finalist in the Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics in Janesville, Ohio, and one of\u00a060 artworks that were chosen from more than 1,100 entries internationally. Additionally Thomas was selected to be part in the \u201cContemporary Ceramics 2017\u201d exhibition in Athens, Ohio. He\u00a0had two exhibitions in association with National Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference in Portland. \u201cRecursive\u201d at Also Know As Gallery and \u201cPolitics of the Figure: Ideologies of Failure\u201d at the Archer Gallery at Clark College.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was a visiting artist at Texas Tech University and is currently currently working on a project with West Virginia University as a visiting artist.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/03\/thomas-publishes-essay-as-artwork-tours-country\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Thomas Publishes Essay as Artwork Tours Country\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An essay by Ian F. Thomas, a staff member in Allegheny\u2019s art department, has been published as an afterword in the Edward Ederle retrospective exhibition catalog. Thomas\u2019s art work has been continuing to tour the country in the exhibition titled \u201cMindfulness: Mental Heath and Art.\u201d This exhibition has been shown at The Virginia Museum of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/11\/03\/thomas-publishes-essay-as-artwork-tours-country-2\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Thomas Publishes Essay as Artwork Tours Country&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":2683,"date":"2017-10-05T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/10\/05\/works-by-allegheny-alumni-on-display-at-artprize-nine-2\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T17:01:00","slug":"works-by-allegheny-alumni-on-display-at-artprize-nine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/10\/05\/works-by-allegheny-alumni-on-display-at-artprize-nine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Works by Allegheny Alumni on Display at ArtPrize Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Allegheny College alumni are exhibiting their work in ArtPrize Nine, an international art competition that bills itself as the most attended annual public art event in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Zane Miller \u201909 is one of five artists on a juror\u2019s short list in the installation category for his work \u201cTwo-way Protocols\u201d and one of 25 artists leading a public vote in the same category, putting him in contention for prizes to be announced Friday, Oct. 6. The competition awards more than $500,000 in prizes each year, including a $200,000 Jurors\u2019 Grand Prize and a $200,000 Public Vote Grand Prize.<\/p>\n<p>Adrienne Vittorio \u201904 is displaying her work \u201cHorses Being Horses: Western Wild Herd\u201d in the three-dimensional category.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its ninth year, ArtPrize is art on a grand scale, attracting 500,000 visitors to downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. For 19 days\u00a0\u2014 this year, Sept. 20 through Oct. 8 \u2014 theaters, restaurants, museums, parks, hotels and other spaces are transformed into galleries showcasing all manner of art. The 2016 competition featured 1,453 works created by artists from 40 states and 44 countries, exhibited in 170 venues. This year\u2019s competition showcases 1,346 entries in 175 venues.<span id=\"more-13772\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Miller, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design in May with the ArtPrize entry as his master\u2019s thesis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo-way Protocols\u201d is an interactive installation of two large suspended cubes made with a two-way mirror. Participants who enter the cube see multiple reflections of themselves and participants in the adjacent cube; viewers on the outside can observe the participants within.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt creates a kaleidoscopic effect where you see yourself repeated around you in mirrors,\u201d Miller said. \u201c(The people outside) can see you inside the box but you can\u2019t see them. It\u2019s really about our participation with private and public spaces and contemporary communication in the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller\u2019s work is part of a larger six-artist show within the competition, \u201cSociety of Spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really an honor\u201d to participate, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vittorio\u2019s piece, \u201cHorses Being Horses: Western Wild Herd,\u201d is a three-dimensional sculpture of five horses made from copper, wood, jute twine, leather and metal. She made a similar sculpture for her senior comprehensive project at Allegheny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still surreal to me that I\u2019m doing this,\u201d said Vittorio, 35, of Saegertown, Pennsylvania. \u201cThis is way outside of my comfort zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13776\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/IMG_1804-e1507208360344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vittorio and her husband were vacationing at a dude ranch in Montana in 2016 when they met a couple from Grand Rapids. When the subject of art came up \u2014 Vittorio\u2019s degree is in studio art \u2014 the couple told her about the ArtPrize competition and suggested she enter.<\/p>\n<p>Vittorio, an inventory coordinator at Lord Corp. in Saegertown, hadn\u2019t practiced art since she graduated in 2004. But the thought of entering kept nagging at her and, finally, she did.<\/p>\n<p>Is art now again in her future?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see where this goes,\u201d she said. \u201cThis might open big opportunities and I might go in that direction. I\u2019ve always been a planner. Now that I\u2019m getting older, I\u2019m trying to get away from planning every aspect and enjoying life and seeing where it takes you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amara Geffen, the Eila V. Bush Professor of Art at Allegheny, has worked with both Miller and Vittorio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is exciting news for Adrienne and Zane, and for the College,\u201d Geffen said. \u201cIt clearly reflects their strength as artists, and the strength of our studio art major. To have two alumni involved\u00a0in one year, one in contention for prizes, is both serendipitous and significant. Having worked closely with both Adrienne and Zane, and knowing how profound this sort of experience can be for artists, I am thrilled for them, and I am proud of them and our program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo at top c<\/em><em>ourtesy Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University; photo: <\/em> <em>Matt Gubancsik.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of horses courtesy of\u00a0Adrienne Vittorio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/05\/works-by-allegheny-alumni-on-display-at-artprize-nine\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Works by Allegheny Alumni on Display at ArtPrize Nine\">Academics, Publications &amp; Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Allegheny College alumni are exhibiting their work in ArtPrize Nine, an international art competition that bills itself as the most attended annual public art event in the world. Zane Miller \u201909 is one of five artists on a juror\u2019s short list in the installation category for his work \u201cTwo-way Protocols\u201d and one of 25 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/2017\/10\/05\/works-by-allegheny-alumni-on-display-at-artprize-nine-2\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Works by Allegheny Alumni on Display at ArtPrize Nine&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics-publications-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]