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Student & Alumni News
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Alumnus Wins at GRAMMY® Awards as Associate Producer
Congrats to USF School of Music Alumnus Zachary Bornheimer, who is now officially
a GRAMMY® Award Winning Album Associate Producer for the album Data Lords by the Maria Schnei-der Orchestra. Bornheimer completed his Bachelor’s in Music Studies
and his Master’s in Jazz Composition from the USF School of Music, which is where
he began a relationship with Maria Schneider when she performed in our Concert Hall
in 2014 as a part of the Monday Night Jazz series with the Tampa Jazz Club.
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.
College of The Arts News
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Director Bob MacLeod, School of Architecture & Community Design, comments on Surfside
condo collapse
As the dust cleared on the rubble from Thursday’s partial collapse of a condo building
in Surfside, structural engineers and residents of high-rise towers both had a similar
question.
What happened? And could it happen to my building?
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
New Exhibition: Professor Ezra Johnson at the Mindy Solomon Gallery
The Mindy Solomon Gallery is pleased to present the 3rd solo exhibition of painter
Ezra Johnson, “Paintings from a Room.” Drawing from a long tradition of still life
painting, Johnson elevates the mundane to a subject worthy of contemplation. Utilizing
his well-honed painting skills and his sharp eye for identifying beauty, Johnson assembles
a body of work that gives voice to a year in repose.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
83 Degrees Media: Public Art on Display at Tampa's Newest Developments
Admission fees to museums and other arts organizations can be a barrier for some people
in Tampa and elsewhere. Add in a pandemic with its inequitable economic burden on
those living in poverty, and access to the arts becomes an even greater challenge.
But with new private developments coming to town -- Water Street Tampa and Midtown -- along with the City of Tampa’s public art initiative Lights on Tampa, more public art is trickling in.