By Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Kentuckiana, Susanna Crum, assistant professor of fine arts for printmaking, and her partner, artist and educator Rudy Salgado, were forced to close their Louisville printmaking studio, Calliope Arts. “We found ourselves alone with a fully-equipped studio for the first time,” Crum said. It didn’t …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Susanna Crum, assistant professor of fine arts and her partner, Rudy Salgado, are blending art, reminiscence and a sense of place to boost morale in Louisville, Kentucky. Crum and Salgado are reproducing and distributing a found artifact: pledge badges from the Great Flood of 1937. Printed on camvas and pinned …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–Susanna Crum, assistant professor of fine arts (printmaking), has been elected board president of the Mid-America Print Council (MAPC) for 2018-2020. Crum becomes the second IU Southeast printmaking faculty member to lead the organization. Brian Jones, emeritus professor of fine arts, was president in 2000-2002. “I’m excited to maintain the …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak The Mid-America Print Council conference delivered a blast of creativity on campus last week, filling studios, theaters and meeting rooms to capacity with demonstrations, panels, exhibitions and spontaneous gatherings of impassioned artists from around the nation and abroad. Impressions of the conference: a celebration of ideas, inspiration and fellowship. (Please click on …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)–“Print Matters, Printing Matters,” the 2016 conference of the Mid-America Print Council, will be hosted by IU Southeast and the University of Louisville from Wednesday, Oct. 5, to Saturday, Oct. 8, on the two campuses, with IU Southeast serving as the event’s home base. The conference, supported by Indiana University’s …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak (NEW ALBANY, Ind.)—This year’s Opening Night at Churchill Downs, a special event to launch a season of horse racing that includes the Kentucky Derby, will feature a provocative video projection by IU Southeast fine arts faculty Tiffany Carbonneau and Susanna Crum. The collaborative artwork, “A Running Loop,” will illuminate a facade of …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak Among many revered Louisville landmarks, Fontaine Ferry Park holds a special place in the local memory and imagination. Located on over 600 acres along the banks of the Ohio, on the big bend downstream from New Albany, the park included roller coasters, a huge swimming pool, an outdoor dance garden, a roller …
FULL STORYBy Steven Krolak NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Two outstanding IU Southeast printmaking students have been honored with opportunities to share their art and advance in their creative field. David Spencer-Pierce, a senior fine arts student from Salem, Ind., has been awarded an assistantship at the renowned Frogman’s Print Workshops in Omaha, Neb., where he will …
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