Issue 12
Winter/Spring
Deborah Teller Scott shares, “In the past few years I have been doing more writing than drawing or painting, having discovered, as I suspected decades ago, that words are my first love. Besides my cozy mysteries for Kindle—DOWNFALL and its sequel BREAKDOWN—and the short pieces I’ve had published in magazines and anthologies, I have found…
Lenny Horowitz notes, “Gee whiz, had a wonderful year after two filled with pain and suffering. I used all my talents to bring feelings of joy and peace to my clients. Wish all of CalArtians the same. Remember the basic and simple things in life are the source of great art.”…
Llois Jeanne Miller moved, studio now @ Wailea, Maui….
Allan Graubard says, “A pretty good year, 2022, highlighted by several events. First, there was the publication of a new international literary and art annual, of which I’m an editor and contributing author: Nigredo. With each new issue the title changes to suit the moment, and in 2023 it will appear as Aerial Archipelago. Then…
Edward Rollin wrote, directed, and acted in a movie short called “Summer Of ‘70 Chapter 2.” Filmed last summer….
Daniel Samakow checks in: “After 27 years, my partner James Evans and I have sold our last restaurant, James’ Beach in Venice, California. I met James in the location of James’ Beach when it was the West Beach Cafe on his birthday in 1982. We opened James Beach in 1996. We had four restaurants over…
Janet Lott writes, “My love of dance continues. I am an Argentine tango addict (there is only one kind) and am in Buenos Aires, again, for three months of immersion. Thank you SO much to my mentors Mia Slavenska, Bella Lewitzky, and Donald McKayle, and to Linda Davis who pointed out to me that I…
Bob Bassett’s compositions continue to come to life! The latest is a work for chorus, piano, cello, and violin that was performed by the Washington (DC) Master Chorale in October. The work, Chinook, is based on a poem about the warm winds that descend the Rocky Mountains in the middle of winter. Hear it at…
Roger Holzberg notes, “Teaching Healthcare by Design at CalArts in the School of Theater’s Experience Design Program has given me the opportunity to work with amazing multidisciplinary students on projects that deliver healthcare solutions nationwide. Led by Lauren Gonzales (Dance 21) and Natalie Ferguson (Theater 21), we are currently launching an “immersive healing” project for…
David Scott says, “I retired last summer from my day gig after 28 years—working as a music editor and sometimes composer for Hollywood films and TV. My most memorable jobs were for Moulin Rouge!, The Thin Red Line, There’s Something About Mary, Drumline, and Me, Myself and Irene. My wife and I moved to the…
Emily Hay reports, “Recently relocated to the Blue Ridge Mountains! Have been meeting new and old friends in and around Asheville, North Carolina, hiking, playing music, and enjoying life! Check out this link to an improv performance with guitarist Kris Gruda at NoiseFest_333! https://grudahayduo.bandcamp.com/album/noise-fest-333.”…
Gary Schwartz shares, “Performed a Cantastoria ‘Cranky’ at the Detroit Cantastoria Fest 2022. CRANKY PROPAGANDA FAILURE CONTRAPTION: A Phantasmagoria of Failure A to Z.”…
Gail Rebhan notes, “I am thrilled to announce my retrospective exhibition Gail Rebhan: About Time, curated by prominent photo historian Sally Stein opens Feb. 4 at the American University Museum – Katzen Arts Center and runs through May 21, 2023. In conjunction with the exhibition, MACK Books is publishing Gail Rebhan: About Time with running…
David A. Bossert recently hit a professional milestone with his 10th book being published. 3D National Parks: Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before (The Old Mill Press, Dec. 2022) showcases a stunning collection of stereo photographs of selected National Parks and monuments. The parks and monuments are captured in “time and space” through the lens…
Cynthia Pepper says, “Loving the art making! I’ve been teaching world dance forms and choreographing all over the Bay Area with some amazing percussionists! Happily enjoying painting with oil paints, having a blast doing dances on canvas!”…
Curtis Macdonald writes, “School of Music BFA 1986, released the contemporary New Age instrumental single ‘Hold onto Hope’ to commemorate the emotional effects of the state of the world. The composition is a somber story of the heart. The world is going through a moment that deserves a bit of hope. From the climate’s relentless…
Eric Adkins checks in: “Worked to supervise the live action plate photography for animation and then as stop motion director of photography on the Academy Award-nominated feature Marcel the Shell with Shoes On with Kirsten Lepore direction animation for A24 in Los Angeles. Then had the pleasure to go up to my hometown Portland to…
Lynn Becker’s picture book, Monsters in the Briny, illustrated by Scott Brundage, was named a School Library Journal Picture Book Read-Aloud for 2022….
John Dubiel notes, “On Nov. 13, 2022, the Company of Angels (CoA) theater in Los Angeles presented a reading of John Dubiel’s full length play, A Drink and a Story. The play, which started out as a short play, was produced by CoA in their 2019 Short Play Festival, themed “tomorrowLAnd.” It has been expanded…
Alyse Korn shares, “New duo album of all original compositions. Alyse Korn, piano, vocals, composerRobert Kyle, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, percussion, composer, producer Special guest musicians, including CalArts alum Leonice Shinneman (tabla), Alyse, and her husband Robert Kyle perform together in Ojai at the Underground Exchange, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, The Grape &…
Jeudi Cornejo Brealey says, “The past few years have been a great ride. I healed from cancer and came through with good health, renewed vigor, and enthusiasm. I had a body of work, 32 rarely heard 1920s and 1930s Tin Pan Alley tunes, featuring the talents of alums Yvette Holzwarth and Dan González (both Music…
Dennis Willis shares, “I’ve just released my first ambient CD, sunhalo, available on Bandcamp.”…
Teena Apeles checks in: “My new book, 52 Things to do in Los Angeles, was just released by Moon Guides and is my love letter to my hometown. Since graduating from CalArts I’ve covered activism and arts and culture happenings in the city and beyond, writing for the LA Times, KCET’s Artbound, and other outlets,…
Jerome Dunn reports, “Following my triumphant graduation speech as our class representative, I warped into radical bipolar symptoms, and all the highlarious, abject international chaos that ensued. It took several decades for me to find the right medication and, having accomplished that heroic feat, I am poised to release three LPs with my six-piece band,…
Paul Wehby is working on graphics for the Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Plan in San Pedro, helping with outreach and promotional materials to get community involvement….
Amanda Jones Kik is co-founder and co-director of Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology, an organization dedicated to building strong communities through the intersections of art, farming, ecology, and economy. Her latest project is The Alluvion—a performing and visual arts center in Traverse City, Michigan, housed in a real estate cooperative development. More about these…
Jessica Diaz writes, “Due to the pandemic, our portrait business that our family ran for more than a decade came to a swift end. Requiring a creative transformation, I choose a new career path, completing a secondary education credential in the arts at CSUN this past fall. In my year only five students remained in…
Michael Koetters writes, “I was kicked out in 2002? It was after we all went into the kitchen after hours but I went out the wrong door and was caught; took the rap for everyone else’s gig. Kicked out on the street with a check for 13 grand or something. I bought a VW van…
Kris Tiner is finishing a two year term as chair of the Department of Performing Arts at Bakersfield College, where he also serves as professor of music and director of Jazz Studies. He was recently announced as the 2023 Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Kern County Music Educators Association, and he is the…
Jared Olmstead says, “My musical duo Courtship Ritual performed in the 36-hour improvisational jam called Smhoakstock earlier on Dec. 10, 2022. This version, the 12th edition, was the final. Here’s a write-up featuring a photo of the front woman of Courtship Ritual, Monica Salazar – https://hellgatenyc.com/the-final-smhoakstock.”…
Susan E. Kim was recently an editor on critically-acclaimed series including Pachinko and Little America for AppleTV+ and the forthcoming Disney+ limited series called A Small Light, inspired by the true story of Miep Gies. Previously, she co-edited on Blood, an independent feature (dir. Bradley Rust Gray) that won a US Dramatic Special Jury Award…
Mar Bethlehem checks in: “I continue along on a nomadic spiral path, and will be traveling to Central America, Japan, and Portugal in 2023 to perform my latest oracular interactive piece, The Grass Opera. A potent aspect of this work is engaging local communities to participate with an open call, as participants do not have…
Andrew Hall says, “I founded a nonprofit that commissions gig poster, comic book, and fine art illustrators to create limited-edition screen prints inspired by solutions to climate change. All proceeds from donations received for the prints go to a climate charity. Our first set of four prints raised $25K for The Coalition for Rainforest Nations…
Alex Lewin notes, “After receiving my master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, I am now living in Ypsilanti, Michigan with my partner and our 6-year old son. I am the associate director of student conduct and community standards at the University of Toledo. I am also currently pursuing a doctorate…
Paul Turbiak (A/08) stars in True West, directed by Rachel Park (D/15), and produced by Miranda Wright (Pro/09). At Center for the Arts at Kayenta (Utah) Jan. 26–Feb. 4, 2023….
Megan Broughton writes, “I’m excited to share my participation in the MaréMotrice artist residency in July/August 2023. Four artists and two crew members will sail a 50-foot boat from the west coast of Iceland to the eastern coast of Greenland. This path includes crossing the Denmark Strait and sailing along the Greenland coast for about…
Asta Hostetter says, “Me and my theater company put on a show this past fall that got great reviews and involved several CalArtians: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/theater/marie-its time-review.html I directed, Jeff Aaron Bryant (Music 13) did the music, Caitlin Adams (Dance) produced it, and Elliot Yokum (Theater) was a co-sound designer. NY Times called it ‘sexy, girlish, perilous…
Markeith Chavous checks in: “I’ve just finished up my first major video installation project, the waves and the mantram, part 1, which will debut at the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Scotland this April, as well as the CICA Museum in South Korea in July. Also will be attending the Wassaic Residency program…
Sara Martin shares, “I am currently working at Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) as a post production coordinator on multiple features and shows such as Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse, Young Love, and other productions. I have also been accepted into two film festivals (Yucca Valley Film Festival and San Diego Movie Festival) for my short script…
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Fiona Dorn writes, “Trying to figure out my place in the LA acting scene since graduating and then COVID has definitely been a journey, but I finally think I’ve found my niche. This past year, I was awarded an incredible scholarship to study motion capture performance and action acting at a school called Mind’s Eye…
