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Artist Jennie Shanker spent a year and a half on a project: experimenting with Marcellus Shale as a material for sculpting.
Marcellus Shale is a rock formation at the center of controversy over the extraction of its vast reserves of natural gas, called “fracking.”
By transforming this sedimentary rock into a usable clay and ceramic, Shanker looks to “unpack the social, economic and health concerns that have divided communities concerned about drilling for natural gas,” according to an artist statement from her current show, The Marcellus Clay Experiment, at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia.
The show, on view through April…
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January 8, 2013
(Philadelphia, PA) Lynne Horoschak, graduate program director for the MA in Art Education with an emphasis in special populations, has been invited by a Chicago-area school district to lead a staff development workshop focused on best practices for teaching art to students with special needs.
Horoschak will visit the Centennial Consolidated School District 64 Art Department on February 8, 2013. Staff will share current approaches used in the district and receive feedback for improvement, as well as engage in discussion of current trends and special education law as it applies to art education.
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July 10, 2012
(Philadelphia, PA) Lynne Horoschak, graduate program manager for the MA in Art Education with an Emphasis in Special Populations, has been invited to participate in The National Forum of Thought Leaders on the Intersection of Arts Education and Special Education, a forum addressing the need for a national agenda to deliver the arts to students with disabilities. The forum will take place July 26 – 27, 2012 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Horoschak, president-elect of the Special Needs Art Education (SNAE) issues group of the National…
MFA in Studio Art faculty member Jennie Shanker and the Center for Discovery, Inc., has been awarded a $70,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant supports CENTERpieces, a series of site-specific artworks created in abandoned buildings and empty lots throughout the Catskills region. Curators Julie Courtney and Shanker will work with artists Allan Wexler, Richard Torchia, Shay Church, and Ann Hamilton to develop each site. Artists will have the opportunity to work freely to create works that celebrate the history, community, and vitality of the area, and promote tourism within the region.
The Center for Discovery is an organization renowned for…
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October 12, 2010
(PHILADELPHIA PA) – Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce that Foundation Chair and Professor Moe Brooker has been named the Artist of the Year by Governor Edward G. Rendell of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Governor Rendell will present the awards to Brooker and four other awardees at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 30, at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater.
First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell made the announcement September 23, 2010. The honorees were selected from a field of more than 70 nominations submitted by arts organizations, artists, arts patrons, elected…
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June 25, 2010
(Philadelphia, PA) Architect and Adjunct Professor Cara Carroccia has received a 2010 Merit Design Award from the Delaware Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Carroccia, who teaches in both the BFA and MFA Interior Design programs, received the honor for design work on a private residential project for clients in Northern Delaware.
AIA Delaware celebrates the design accomplishments of architects in Delaware with a biennial Design Awards program dedicated to recognizing significant achievements by members in planning, design, and execution of architectural projects; establish a standard of excellence against which architects can measure…
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May 20, 2010
(Philadelphia, PA) Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity has recognized artist and educator Moe Brooker for his artistic and educational achievements. Brooker will receive the 2010 Artists Equity Award on Sunday, May 23 at the Artists Equity Annual Business Meeting & Brunch in Philadelphia.
Brooker, chair of the Foundation Department at Moore, has taught for the past 35 years both in the United States and abroad. He received his MFA from the Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University in 1972. He has taught at Tyler; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA); The University of…
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March 24, 2010
(Philadelphia, PA) Paul Hubbard, graduate program manager of the MFA in Studio Art, will travel to London April 7-9 with three BFA and two MFA students for the International Sculpture Center (ISC) Conference.
Hubbard is a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and serves on the executive board of ISC. He will present at the Conference on the topic of how contemporary sculpture has evolved.
Thanks to a special donor, Moore secured a gift for a scholarship for a BFA student to attend. Three BFA students were nominated by fine arts faculty: Laurel…
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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…
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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…
