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Student & Alumni News
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative Awards Student Krystle Lemonias for Spurring Social
Awareness
Congratulations to USF MFA student Krystle Lemonias who received a First Place Award
from the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative, in cooperation with the Art Center Sarasota.
The exhibition competition and event attracted applications from throughout the state
of Florida.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The Urban Conga Architecture Firm Recognized as an Architizer A+ Firm of the Year
Congratulations to USF School of Architecture and Community Design alum, Ryan Swanson
(M.Arch 2013) and his all-SACD team, for their selection as the Architizer A+ Firm
of the Year Award for Small Projects.
Monday, April 12, 2021
Congratulations to 2010 USF School of Music Alum, Igor Santos, Winner of 2021 Guggenheim
Fellowship
Described as “otherworldly and mysteriously familiar” (Chicago Classical Review), and as “exciting and clear... with a striking boldness" (Luigi Nono Competition Prize), Igor Santos’ music has been performed internationally, by leading musicians such
as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ensemble Modern, Alarm Will Sound,
eighth blackbird, POING, the American Composers Orchestra, and The Florida Orchestra.
College of The Arts News
Friday, April 9, 2021
The Conversation: Doctoral Student Shares 3 Ways Music Educators Can Help Students
with Autism Develop Their Emotions
Many children with autism struggle to find the words to express how they feel. But
when it comes to music, it’s an entirely different situation.
Evidence suggests children with autism may enjoy music and show an early desire for
music education.
Monday, March 29, 2021
83 Degrees Media: USF Dance Instructor Paula Nuñez guides dancers safely through the
pandemic with Tampa City Ballet
Remember when you could easily spend a day wandering an art museum or an evening at
a local theater -- a time when you were physically present with the art and the artists
in your community?
A year after COVID interrupted our lives and made going out and about with friends
and family anything but routine, Tampa Bay Area arts institutions persevere. As they
always do. But when a deadly virus forces performance spaces and gallery doors to
close altogether or limit attendance -- how do artists go on creating, performing,
and reaching their communities? How do arts institutions survive? How has the interaction
and relationship among art, artists, and appreciative audiences changed, in some cases
forever?
Monday, March 1, 2021
Professor Michael Halflants Elevated to the American Institute of Architects'
College of Fellows
Congratulations Michael Halflants, tenured professor at the University of South Florida,
for being the first FAIA member on the USF School of Architecture and Community Design’s
(SACD) faculty. At the USF, he teaches graduate design studios, urban design, tropical
design, and modern housing as well as cofounding his own architecture and design firm
Halflants + Pichette. Robert M. MacLeod, AIA, and SACD Director & Professor notes
this significant honor in that “only 3% of architects have this designation and he
is also quite young to be made a fellow.”