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A Philadelphia native, Stephen Talasnik developed an early interest in engineering and architecture. Intrigued with everything from exposed infrastructures of bridges to transportation systems and transmission towers, Talasnik’s early stylistic mentor was Frank Lloyd Wright, whose drawings he meticulously copied as part of the process of learning his craft.
Talasnik earned his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and MFA at Tyler School of Art. At RISD, he was introduced to photographers Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, whose lectures on the nature of the black and white image influenced his investigation of drawing. While a graduate student at Tyler’s Rome…
For Immediate Release
February 8, 2010
(Philadelphia, PA) Lynne Horoschak ’66, graduate program director for the MA in Art Education with an emphasis in special populations, has been honored with the Kassandara Madison Arts Education Leadership Award at the 2010 Picasso Project Grant Awards.
The Picasso Project, an arts advocacy program of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, presented Horoschak with the award on February 3 at World Café Live, acknowledging her longstanding service as an art teacher in the public schools, her dedication as an educator of art teachers, as well as her advocacy and support of teaching art…
WHAT EVERY TEACHER AND SPECIAL EDUCATOR NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT ART AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
The Art Education Graduate Program with an Emphasis in Special Populations at Moore College of Art & Design will sponsor a day-long symposium, with Keynote Speaker Dr. Beverly Gerber, exploring the best teaching and learning practices for children with special needs. Dr. Gerber begins the day with her personal story as a passionate arts advocate for special needs children. Her presentation, entitled Special Needs and Art: Lessons Learned Along the Way, will both inspire and inform the audience. There is a…
Artist Chakaia Booker's installed three sculptures in The Sculpture Park at Moore. The Sculpture Park is located in front of Moore in Aviator Park.
What's Not - rubber tires, stainless steel
The Latter Approach - rubber tires, stainless steel
Tailgating - rubber tires, stainless steel
These works are lent courtesy of Booker and Marlborough Fine Art New York in conjunction with Moore College of Art & Design and will be on display until fall 2010
Contact:
Michele Cohen
Assistant Director of Communications
Moore College of Art & Design
mcohen@moore.edu
The Interior Design Graduate Program at Moore College of Art & Design will sponsor a day-long symposium on the concepts and practicalities of cohousing in the United States. Charles Durrett, architect and author of the seminal text on cohousing, will deliver the keynote presentation. Several shorter presentations by leaders in the field will follow, each of which will briefly cover specific components and aspects of cohousing communities. The afternoon will consist of two sessions of workshops expanding upon the morning presentations.
Cohousing communities can best be described as neighborhoods created with the future residents to best represent their needs, wants and…
For Immediate Release
September 18, 2009
(Philadelphia, PA) Moore is pleased to host its inaugural Graduate Symposia: Cohousing: Building Sustainable and Intentional Communities, a free day-long program on October 10, 2009. The symposia, sponsored by the Interior Design Graduate Program at Moore, includes discussion and discovery about the history, theories and practice of creating and living in cohousing.
The Cohousing Symposia will cover the concepts and practicalities of cohousing in the United States and features Charles Durrett, architect and author of the seminal text on cohousing, as the keynote speaker. Other leaders in the field Tom Bath, Laura Fitch, Scott…
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May 17, 2009
(Philadelphia, PA) Building on its historic legacy as the nation’s first and only women’s college for the visual arts, Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce the launch of three graduate programs for men and women in summer 2009. These new and unique graduate programs are: master of fine arts in studio art, master of fine arts in interior design and master of arts in art education with an emphasis in special populations.
“The launch of the graduate programs rounds out our yearlong 160th Anniversary celebration,” says Dr. Happy Craven Fernandez, president…
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April 1, 2009
(Philadelphia, PA) Moe A. Brooker will be awarded the Medal of Achievement by the Philadelphia Art Alliance at the 29th Annual Wetherill Ball, one of the oldest and most prestigious award ceremonies and galas in Philadelphia.
Brooker, professor and chair of the Basics Department at Moore College of Art & Design, will receive the award on Thursday, April 16 at the Rittenhouse Hotel, the art alliance announced today.
We are delighted that Moe Brooker has been recognized by the Philadelphia Art Alliance for its Medal of Achievement,” said Dona Lantz, Academic Dean at Moore. “As…
For Immediate Release
October 31, 2009
(Philadelphia, PA) Dona Lantz, Dean of Academic Affairs at Moore College of Art & Design, is
pleased to announce several recent appointments to Moore’s new coed Graduate
Programs: Elaine Crivelli has been appointed as Director of Graduate
Studies; Mark Karlen, PhD, has been appointed the Interior Design Graduate
Program Manager; Lynne Horoschak, professor and BFA Art Education chair, has been
named as the Art Education Graduate Program Manager; and Paul Hubbard,
professor and BFA Fine Arts chair, has been named as the Studio Art Graduate
Program Manager. Professor Hubbard and Professor Horoschak’s new
appointments will…
For Immediate Release
October 31, 2008
(Philadelphia, PA) Building on its historic legacy as the nation’s first and only women’s college for the visual arts, Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce the launch of three graduate programs for men and women in summer 2009. These new and unique graduate programs are: master of fine arts in studio art, master of fine arts in interior design and master of arts in art education with an emphasis in special populations.
“The launch next May will round out our yearlong 160th Anniversary celebration,” says Dr. Happy Craven Fernandez, president of…
