Fullbright Scholar at Kyushu

Dr. Desireé Rowe, assistant professor of Communication Studies, will soon be off to serve as a Fulbright Scholar at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. The Fulbright Scholar program is a prestigious fellowship program established in 1946 through the State Department and is open to all scholars within the United States. Photo courtesy of the City of …

Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

Neighborhood Watch (installation detail) Acrylic, flashe, paper, cardboard, and LEDs | 5 vignettes, each approx. 10 x 10 x 5', 2016 The semifinalists for the 14th Annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize has been announced and the list includes TU's very own faculty from the Department of Art + Design, Amanda Burnham!!! Congratulations Amanda! …

EMPTY BOWLS

Rich Holt has participated in the “Empty Bowls” event at St. Vincent de Paul for a decade or so as a bowl maker. However, it wasn’t until about 4 years ago that colleague and adjunct professor, Mary Cloonan suggested they host the bowl making workshops at Towson University. It has been a fantastic way to …

Everything Is Wonderful

Everything Is Wonderful, by Chelsea Marcantel and directed by Noah Himmelstein is now open at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, MD. This production features three of TU's very own Department of Theatre Arts faculty; scenic design by Professor Daniel Ettinger, dialect coaching by Professor Steven Satta, and dramaturgy by Professor and Chairperson, Robyn Quick. Read more …

“Underwater Library”

Mosaic muralSize: 8'4"x16', or 2.54m x 4.88mDesigned and created by Yulia Hanansen for Elkridge Public Library, Howard County Library System, MD About Yulia Hanansen:Yulia Hanansen is an adjunct faculty in the College of Fine Arts and Communication, teaching printmaking classes. She has been teaching a variety of courses at Towson University since 2010. In addition …

Chat Rats: Oronogo

Professor David White was the director of a January workshop of Emmy-Award winning playwright Mary Sue Price’s Chat Rats: Oronogo at the William Inge Center for the Performing Arts in Independence, Kansas.  The workshop was part of the Inge Center’s Play Development Series, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.   The workshop brought Price …

Nautilus Spirals and the Meta-Golden Ratio Chi

ig. 5 Crusty Nautilus in measuring easel with Photoshop overlay From Chris Bartlett (Professor Emeritus of Art): Dear friends and colleagues, As many of you know, I retired in late summer 2015. Since then, my apotheosis, after over two years of intensive research and reviews, my paper, Nautilus Spirals and the Meta-Golden Ratio Chi was just published.  What’s that …

“What Were You Wearing?” Weaving a New Narrative

(left) Julie Potter, Assistant Professor, dept of Theatre, & (right) Molly Cohen '18 Julie Potter, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, has been awarded one of the largest MD Humanities Grants for her upcoming exhibition, What Were You Wearing?  This exhibition aims to dismantle the toxic ideology behind the question asked of many …

Giving her heart and soul to TU

Susan Isaacs has been awarded the 2018 TU Distinguished Faculty Service Award For the past 25 years, Susan Isaacs, Ph.D., has dedicated her considerable talents to art history at Towson University. Because of her tireless work and commitment to the university, Isaacs has been selected to receive the 2018 TU Distinguished Faculty Service Award. Isaacs …

AQUADOME

Hello Aqua Dome participants, friends, and supporters! I just wanted to write and sum up our Aqua Dome premiere last night. We hosted a great event, with five successful screenings of Aqua Dome. The event was sold out on Eventbrite – and despite the rainy weather, people still turned out. Students (one dressed as a fish!) guided people to …