At the University of Utah College of Fine Arts, students learn from some of the top faculty in the country. But that is not all; each semester, each academic unit brings to campus world-renowned artists who offer master classes, give public lectures, screen films, host discussions, and ultimately broaden the breadth and depth of exploration into all areas of study. During the past year alone, these artists were brought to campus to share their knowledge and expertise with us.
Art & Art History
Julien Bismuth • Michelle Bowers • Jeannette Ehlers • FutureFarmers (Amy Franceschini & Lode Vranken) • Dushan Milic • Jennifer Printz • Paul Mpagi Sepuya • Brad Taylor • Reinaldo Gil Zambrano •
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Michelle Bowers specializes in lettering and collage work that blends handmade and digital processes. She studied design at Cranbrook Academy of Art and The University of Arizona. She currently teaches at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and has taught graphic design, typography, and printmaking at workshops and college programs throughout the US. Her work has been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions and has been recognized by the TDC, STA, PRINT, Adobe, AIGA, SOTA, and the UCDA. Most notably her work is published in “Typism Book 3, Typo/graphic Posters, Lettering Beyond Computer Graphics and Graphic Design: The New Basics.”
Dance
Katlyn Addison • Charles Anderson • Jennifer Archibald • Melanie George • Shannon Gillen
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Jennifer Archibald is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Company and Program Director of ArchCore40 Dance Intensives. She is a graduate of The Alvin Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory where she studied the Meisner Technique. Archibald has choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey II, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Ballet Nashville, Grand Rapids Ballet, and worked commercially for Tommy Hilfiger, NIKE and MAC Cosmetics as well as chart-listed singers and actors. She was recently appointed the first female Resident Choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet’s 40-year history. For the 20/21 season, new works for Cincinnati Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Sacramento Ballet, Ballet Nashville, Axis Dance Company, Richmond Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Ballet West will be commissioned. Archibald’s works have been performed at venues including New York’s City Center, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Aaron Davis Hall, Jacob’s Pillow, Inside|Out Stage, and Central Park’s Summerstage Mainstage. She was awarded a Choreographic Fellow for Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab under the direction of Robert Battle. She was a Choreographic Winnings recipient by the Joffrey Ballet.
Film & Media Arts
Steven Banks • Curtiss Clayton • Yasmin Elayat • Brent Geisler • Heidi Heller-Banks • Jeff Johnson • Patrick Kennelly • Carolyn Leone • Maddy Mauer • Zeltia Montes • Eduardo Naranjo • Tivon Rice • Daniel Timmons
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Curtiss Clayton is an award-winning film editor. He began an early collaboration with writer/director Gus Van Sant and edited some of his most significant films, including “Drugstore Cowboy,” “My Own Private Idaho,” and “To Die For.” He has edited six features to debut at the Sundance Film Festival, including “Buffalo 66,” “Sherrybaby,” “Polish Wedding,” “Female Perversions,” “Committed,” and “A Matter of Degrees.” He also co-edited “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.”
Music
John Luther Adams • Brian Alhadeff • Carl Allen • Aubrey Allicock • Marc Bamuthi • Joseph Michael Ballam • Ryan Beach • Xavier Beteta • Christopher Chafe • Raymond Bisha • Michael Bishop • Anthony Buck • Matthew Burtner • Kerstin Caldwell • Tanya Darby • Brian Deedrick • Frank Diaz • Cori Ellison • Lindsey Goodman • Brian Herrera • Donald A. Hodges • John Holiday • Duane Lee Holland, Jr. • Yvette Janine Jackson • Bill T. Jones • Niels Krabbe • Jacalyn Kreitzer • Tendayi Kuumba • Claus Skjold Larsen • Adam Larson • Christopher McBeth • Brett McDonald • Fernando Mendendez • Robert and Jane Mirshak • Naomi Oreskes • Caci Cole Pritchett • Erika Qureshi • Lisa Reed • Adam Richardson • Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) • Daniel Shirley • Andrew Staupe • Viswa Subbaraman • Roy and Carolina Stevens • Louise Toppin, Darryl Taylor, Marquese Carter, and Naomi Andre • Judy Twedt • Pam Uschuk • Luc Vanier • Lauren Whitehead
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Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. “About as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (New York Times), DBR has worked with artists from Philip Glass to Bill T. Jones to Lady Gaga; appeared on NPR, “American Idol,” and ESPN; and has collaborated with the Sydney Opera House and the City of Burlington, Vermont. Acclaimed as a violinist and activist, DBR’s career spans more than two decades, earning commissions by venerable artists and institutions worldwide.
Theatre
All My Relations Collective (Ty Defoe, Kate Freer, Lux Haac, Marika Kent) • Kristen Blodgette • Sierra Boggess • Miles Borrero • Jessi Cotter • Ali Ewoldt • Emma Fox • Shelby Noelle Gist • Timothy Huang • J. Quinton Johnson • Lorin Latarro • Camille Litalien • Kathleen Marshall • Tracie Merrill • Hassiem Muhammad • Hugh Panaro • Jim Parsons • T. Oliver Reid • Kate Reinders • Tara Rubin • David Spencer • Yolanda Stange • Brian Vaughn • Katie Wallack • Alicia Washington • Stephanie Weeks • Laura Zingle
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All My Relations Collective is an art, theater, film, and design collective committed to making new work that uplifts the interconnectedness of all living things past, present, and future. They shed the idea of prescriptive process. They weave together all parts of their artistic practices they’ve developed in the concentric circles they work in; social justice, community organizing, reservations, Broadway theaters, universities, and museums. All the story elements are interdependent. As a collective, they are caretakers of each story, invested in its life and health. They show that same commitment to each other, personally and artistically. As an ensemble, they find their artistic home in each other. ■
