Division of Communication, Fine, and Performing Arts 2003-04

COMMUNICATION ARTS

Varnell Lee

Member:

• Board of Trustees, John Will Scholarship Fund

Worked with Dr. Patricia Mark on fine-tuning the new Integrated Communications curriculum

Tom Loehr [Division Chair]

Awarded:

• Sabbatical for Fall 2003

• Teagle grant to prepare new course, CMM 260 Visual Communication, required of all communication arts majors 

Presentations/exhibitions:

• Mobile Museum of Art "Teachers" exhibition included two of my color digital prints

• Fairhope High School Job Fair: spoke to students about teaching and about professions in television and film production

• COOL (Celebration of Our Learning) Day: PowerPoint presentation on my new work in digital color imagery  

Attended:

• "DV Revolution" workshop, Manhattan, New York

• Covered the software program Final Cut Pro; I learned new techniques, especially in relation to digital editing procedures

• Advanced workshop in digital editing, Los Angeles, California

• Also covered the software program Final Cut Pro; helped consolidate and expand my knowledge of this complex program and helped tremendously when I edited the Foley Center video

Member:

• University Film and Video Association

Until April, continued to videotape on Mondays the Mass for Shut-Ins, aired every Sunday morning on WJTC Channel 44

Edited a 12-minute video that my students had shot and initially edited on SHC's Foley Center

Photographed the fall and spring plays produced by Fr. Stephen Campbell

Assisted students in videotaping Jamnesty '04, a Battle of the Bands for Amnesty International

Acted in a regional television commercial 

New course preparation: CMM 260 Visual Communication -- nearly all lectures are in PowerPoint with many visual examples

Works in progress:

• Continuing to work on my major screenplay:  Rewrote first draft completely during sabbatical, and it is now about two-thirds complete 

• Continuing to work on the digital color composite landscapes I started on sabbatical 

• Revising CMM 260 Visual Communication to eliminate the problems encountered when the class was taught for the first time in the spring:  change texts, compress amount of material covered at the beginning of the course, find instructional methods other than PowerPoint lecture and discussion so there will be more student interaction 

Patricia Mark

Presentations:

• American Jesuit Colleges and Universities Communication meeting, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington

• Presentation:  "Integrated Communication: A Total Communication Approach" 

Attended:

• Public Relations Council of Alabama State Conference, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Member:

• Mobile Chapter, Public Relations Council of Alabama

Judged a city-wide speech competition sponsored by Alabama Power's Leadership Program

Served a one of two judges from SHC to judge the Jesuit Advancement Awards Association in conjunction with Ron Ferreri and the Development Office

Worked with PRCA/Ad Fed and the Communication Arts Department to sponsor a lecture by Andrea Foster, the Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission

Worked with Dr. Martha Patterson to promote the Ntozake Shange lecture co-sponsored by SHC, the University of South Alabama, and the Alabama Humanities Foundation; worked with a graphic design senior to design a poster for the program 

As part of the course requirements for CMM 462 Integrated Communication Case Studies, students wrote public relations plans for the Senior Citizens Center, Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford, and the Family Counseling Center

FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS

Ruth Belasco

Presentations/Exhibits:

• Art Off Centre, "Botanical" exhibit, by invitation

• New large painting 

• Mobile Museum of Art, "The Art of Teaching" exhibit, by invitation

• New large painting and two smaller paintings from last year

• Work selected for "Southern Current," inaugural exhibit of the new Space 301supported by the Centre for the Living Arts, a contemporary art venue -- refereed

• Work selected for inclusion in the "Clay!" exhibit at Space 301 -- refereed

• LIS 503 Modernity class:  PowerPoint slide lecture about modern art

• Presentation for Development Office staff meeting

Member:

• College Art Association

• Mobile Art Association

• Mobile Arts Council

• Mobile Museum of Art

Reviewed and commented on work by sculptor Claire McArdle

Participated in Eichold gallery professional exhibit reviews

Developed new course for non-art majors that allows students who do not think of themselves as "artistic" to have viable studio experiences

Improved technology use in classes: developed collections of digital images, worked with librarian Nancy Bolton to improve research methods and technology for ARH 312 Modern Art History students, and developed projects for other art history students to learn about legal and ethical use of internet materials and about assessing web sites

Used new text editions in ARH 312 Modern Art History and ARH498/LIS 525 Women Artists

Revised ARH 499 The Great Artists to include reading two popular novels, The Da Vinci Code and The Girl with the Pearl Earring

Studio classes created unique glasses for auction at an alumni fund-raiser

Worked to have audiovisual services set up a projector/computer/screen system for the upstairs studio areas

Went with my son Nick to Washington (DC), Montgomery (AL), and Chicago (IL) to advocate for better health care for people with handicaps

Works in progress:

• Work on a piece tentatively planned for the 2005 exhibit "pink" by GULF ArtSpace

• Continuation of "Maps" and "Fifty Fragments" works

• Altered books, introduced to students in Mini 2004

• Three commissioned works

• Continuing to develop skills in technology

Steve Campbell, S.J.

Direction of two plays at SHC:

• The Dispute, by Pierre Marivaux

• The Visit, by Freidrich Durrenmatt

Member:

• SHC Board of Trustees

• Executive Committee, SHC Board of Trustees

Designed posters for exhibits in Eichold Gallery and for performances in Arlene Mitchell Theater and Stewartfield

Oversaw Eichold Gallery exhibit schedule; coordinated student and professional exhibits with Wanda Sullivan; coordinated one music performance (faculty concert) each semester

Director of SHC Honors Program

Facilitated one Heartland-Delta pre-conference meeting

Maintain close contact with theater professionals in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to exchange ideas and seek advice

Works in progress:

• Adaptations of A Wrinkle in Time

• Revision of dissertation for possible publication

• Translation of contemporary French performance texts

Barbara Starr

Presentations/Exhibits:

• My work was included in an invitational exhibit at the Mobile Museum of Art 

Attended:

• College Art Association annual conference, Seattle, Washington

Member:

• College Art Association