Cornish News
New Works Series Play Presented
Told You Once (told you a hundred times) a new play by Juliet Waller Pruzan was presented at The Oddfellows Hall Chamber Theater in April. This play was developed as part of the Cornish Theater Department new works series last February, with a cast of Cornish students and faculty member Lisa Norman in the role of Mrs. Sparks, directed by guest artist Carys Kresny, and dramaturgy by faculty member Mame Hunt. Collaborating with local playwrights to polish their work for production is one way the Cornish Theater Department serves as a resource for Seattle’s creative community. In the production of Told You Once, Cornish Theater Department alumni Sarah Harlett and Opal Peachey served as costume designer and stage manager.
Art Faculty Member Selected as Glass School Fellow
Cornish Art Department Faculty Robert Campbell was recently selected as one of the Pilchuck Glass School Hauberg Fellows. Bob Campbell is part of a group comprised of Brian Boldon, Jim Butler, Rebecca Cummins, and Ben Wright, spearheaded by former Cornish Art Faculty member Mark Zirpel. The fellows will collaborate to explore the relationship between glass and imagery at Pilchuck’s Stanwood campus in May.
Cornish Composers Continuum
Cornish Music Department faculty composers have a reputation for being in the vanguard of the Seattle music world, both as teachers of today’s musicians as well as composers in their own right. On April 21 at 8pm in PONCHO Concert Hall, works by Cornish faculty composers will be heard in a benefit concert to raise funds for the Music Department Scholarship Fund.
Heather Dew Oaksen Wins Prestigious Grant
Longtime Art Department Faculty member Heather Dew Oaksen was awarded the prestigious Flintridge Foundation Grant for Visual Artists. The Flintridge Foundation Awards honor artists demonstrating exceptional artistic merit in Washington, Oregon and California who have been producing work with a distinctive voice for 20 years or more. Oaksen was one of five artists from Washington and Oregon to win the $25,000 grant. The other four winning artists from Washington State are Judy Cooke, Lauren Grossman, Michael Spafford, and Jamie Walker.
For more information on Oaksen’s work, visit the Flintridge Foundation website.
Margie Pos & Sean Osborn Win Jack Straw Productions Residencies
Music Faculty members Margie Pos and Sean Osborn were awarded Jack Straw Productions residencies for 2006. As part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program, these residencies provide artists with recording and production time with a sound engineer. Finished projects are presented to the public at the Jack Straw Meet the Artist and Composer Spotlight events.
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