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alumni spotlight A Creativity Midwife Tyler Gestures is truly a means of bringing alumni together and, in some cases, actually facilitating the artistic process, as exemplified by a collaborative project between ARLA PATCH, BFA ’72 and Kelli Cavanaugh, BFA ’94. Arla first learned about Tyler’s award-winning catalog through Tyler Gestures. As a result, she contacted Tyler in search of a student to assist in her latest project. Cavanaugh spoke with Arla about her ideas, liked the concept of Arla’s book, A Body Story, and offered to assist Arla on the design concept for the book. The book itself is a photographic exploration that combines imagery, body movement, and language to tell a passionate story of awakening and transformation. Arla first photographed slides of nature, which she took into the studio and projected A Body Story is a collection of images and truths that capture the spirit of a woman in her most fertile period of creativity. - S. EPATHA MERKERSON, ACTRESS onto black velvet to help absorb the image. She then stood in front of the image with a full-length mirror next to the camera and moved with the images. It was the physical “dance” that enabled her to interact, embrace, and connect with the images. A Body Story was published in 2005. The book went on to be nominated for Outstanding Book of the Year by the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2006, receiving Honorable Mention in the category of Most Life-Changing. Please help support the TYLER BUILDING FUND Purchase Arla Patch’s Award-Winning book A BODY STORY Purchase for $30. 17% will go to the building fund and Arla will inscribe the book personally. ($4 shipping) = $34 total A Body Story, nominated for Outstanding Book of the Year by Independent Publishers. Awarded Honorable Mention for Most Life-Changing 2006. Forward by S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt.Van Buren on Law and Order, Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award winner). Send $34 to Arla Patch PO Box 232, Bryant Pond, ME 04219 Visit: www.arlapatch.com. 06 TYLER GESTURES WINTER 2006 Arla studied at the Tyler School of Art where she earned a BFA in 1972, majoring in sculpture and gaining teacher certification. In 1974, she completed her MFA in sculpture at Indiana University. For over thirty years, she has been teaching in both the public and private sectors, including instructing students in her home in Western Maine where she leads retreats and workshops using art as a tool for self-discovery and healing. A Body Story is Arla’s first book and she has generously offered to use it as a fundraising piece for the new Tyler building on main campus. For every book sold to an alumnus, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the building fund and, in return, the buyer will receive a personally inscribed copy of A Body Story. Please refer to Arla’s Web site www.arlapatch.com or contact her directly for a copy. Arla’s next book will be entitled Second Skin. It is about the transformational power of body casting sculpture inspired by her own healing experiences, her work with breast cancer patients, as well as her work with formerly incarcerated women. ABOVE: ARLA PATCH, BFA ’72, “SKY BODY,” 5 X 7 INCHES, FROM HER BOOK A BODY STORY.
donor spotlight A Tyler Pioneer JANE BONELLI, MEd ’65 received her BFA from the University of the Arts where she was a parttime lecturer for five years. She began teaching at Tyler in the late 1950s while at the same time pursuing her masters in art education. In 1960, Bonelli was hired as the first female tenure-track professor in Tyler’s history. Though Bonelli retired from teaching in 1992, she has remained active with Tyler. She served on the Tyler School of Art Alumni Association Board for many years. She was a recipient of the 1994 Temple University Alumni Association Certificate of Honor Award for the distinguished work she accomplished in her field. In 1997, an endowed fund was established in her honor to provide for an award to an outstanding student in art education studies or student teaching performance. Bonelli has also been recognized as a member of Temple’s Acres of Diamonds Circle. Rochelle Toner, dean emeritus of Tyler, worked closely with Jane during her tenure. “For many years, Jane Bonelli was art education at Tyler School of Art. As the founding director of Tyler’s art education program, Jane had an enormous impact on the teaching of art in the Philadelphia region. A significant ABOVE: JANE BONELLI MED ’65, “THE KITE,” ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 40 X 40 INCHES, 1980. A R T C R A F T S H O W AWA R D This past fall marked the 30th Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, which debuted in November 1977 to great acclaim and has gone on to become one of the most highly anticipated art events of the season. number of the students she taught went on to head up the most important K-12 art education programs in the region. All of us who love Tyler appreciate Jane Bonelli’s contribution to this very real chain of arts education.” Jane’s late husband, Harry Bonelli, was the Director of Art Education for the School District of Philadelphia. In 1974, when Bonelli became chair of the art education department, she used her public school experience to create a requirement that her students take a practicum in both the private and public realms. This duality enabled the students to obtain a well-rounded education of many classroom scenarios and to be better prepared for teaching upon graduation. Bonelli explains, “The inner city was where the jobs were available and where good students were needed and getting hired. Despite this reality, the students were only being trained in private, suburban classrooms.” The energy and enthusiasm that springs from young art students are the main reasons Bonelli stays dedicated to Tyler. Her own experience as both an art educator and a painter simultaneously has allowed Bonelli the opportunity to empathize with students struggling to pursue their art while at the same time making ends meet. As a donor, Bonelli hopes to make the financial struggle less strenuous for students. Two of Tyler’s own were honored. The country’s leading figures in the field of contemporary crafts, metal sculptor Albert Paley, and Helen Williams Drutt English, formerly executive director of the Philadelphia Council of Professional Craftsmen, were recognized with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Award for Distinguished Achievement in American Craft. RIGHT: ALBERT PALEY, BFA ’66, MFA ’69, “CLEAR CUT,” FABRICATED CARBON STEEL AND GLASS, 48 X 27 X 18 INCHES, 2001.
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