Gestures W'06_07 FINAL 2.indd - Temple University
Gestures W'06_07 FINAL 2.indd - Temple University
Gestures W'06_07 FINAL 2.indd - Temple University
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dean’s message<br />
Appreciation to 1987 Design Workshop<br />
As promised, Tyler <strong>Gestures</strong> has undergone a<br />
major renovation, though the last design held<br />
up well for two decades.<br />
The 21st century required the addition of<br />
color photography throughout and a new<br />
editorial focus directed more towards alumni<br />
engagement. Tyler <strong>Gestures</strong> has taken on a<br />
new attitude while holding onto the most<br />
important qualities of an art school<br />
newsletter—the people and artwork.<br />
XX TYLER GESTURES WINTER 2006<br />
DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF TYLER,<br />
It has been my pleasure to complete my first<br />
year at the Tyler School of Art and I’m happy to<br />
report on some significant accomplishments and<br />
milestones. Though we continue to plan for the<br />
most advanced visual-arts facility in the region,<br />
there are more exciting developments at Tyler:<br />
• The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania decided to increase their<br />
commitment to our new building by an additional $6 million.<br />
• <strong>Temple</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s new President, Ann Weaver Hart, decided<br />
that Tyler will continue to offer both digital and wet-lab<br />
photography, reversing a decision by a previous administration.<br />
• Substantial improvements have been made to the Elkins Park<br />
campus including repairing three roofs on buildings, adding<br />
additional lighting around campus, and increasing security.<br />
• The Architecture program passed a rigorous review and<br />
received accreditation renewal for the next six years. Lindsay<br />
Bremner, newly appointed chair for the architecture program,<br />
comes to us from South Africa.<br />
• Tyler had its biggest fundraising year ever, with more than<br />
$1.5 million added to our scholarship endowment alone.<br />
Kelli Cavanaugh, director of publications<br />
at Tyler, and Jennifer Davison and Scotty<br />
Reifsnyder, MFA students in graphic and<br />
interactive design, have worked diligently<br />
over the past five months to provide Tyler’s<br />
alumni and friends with a format that is<br />
artistic and straightforward for the reader.<br />
The design and editorial staff involved with<br />
the new layout of Tyler <strong>Gestures</strong> want to<br />
sincerely thank Frank Baseman, MFA ’83 and<br />
his design workshop students, who were the<br />
masterminds behind the creative design and<br />
production of the first issue in 1987.<br />
• Professor Sharyn O’Mara was appointed Interim Associate<br />
Dean and Claire Tillman was appointed Assistant Dean of<br />
Finance and Human Resources.<br />
• Six new tenure faculty appointments were made after<br />
extensive international searches, significantly expanding the<br />
cultural and international scope of the faculty.<br />
• Current faculty accomplishments include Pepón Osorio<br />
serving as a sole representative of the United States at the<br />
São Paulo Biennial and Tracy Cooper, a professor in the<br />
art history department, having her book Palladio’s Venice:<br />
Architecture and Society in a Renaissance Republic published.<br />
• We have a new academic coordinator, an additional member<br />
of the fundraising staff, additional clerical and (for the first<br />
time ever) technical staff for each department and an Internet<br />
services coordinator.<br />
All of the above developments are part of a plan for the School<br />
as it moves to a new location and evolves to meet the dramatic<br />
changes in the ways we study and create art.<br />
I’m looking forward to breaking ground this spring at the<br />
newly prepared site for the Tyler School of Art at 12th and<br />
Norris Streets in Philadelphia. I’m eager to hear from all of<br />
you about the plans for the future.<br />
Best wishes,<br />
Keith Morrison<br />
Dean, Tyler School of Art<br />
Baseman was the director of the original<br />
Tyler Design Workshop, essentially a<br />
publications office for Tyler, working on<br />
real-world projects to promote the school.<br />
<strong>Gestures</strong> won a gold medal from the Art<br />
Directors Club of Philadelphia, 52nd Annual<br />
Competition. Students contributing to the<br />
project were: Carol Baxter, Kirsten Engstrom,<br />
Peggy Sue Musser, Gary Peterson, Joo Sue,<br />
and Sang Yoon.<br />
The intention is that this new design will do<br />
the same justice for another twenty years.<br />
Please send your comments on the design<br />
to tyleralumni@temple.edu.