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| Issue 11: September 2004 |
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USI sweeps Arts Council Awards
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Waters |
Katie Waters, professor of art and
chair of the Department of Art, Music, and Theatre; Jane Case Vickers '89,
and Whitney Oliver, a USI freshman, have been honored by the
Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.
Waters won Artist of the Year.
According to the council, "Katie has been a treasure in our community, both
as a caring, talented art educator and an extraordinary professional
artist."
Waters joined the University in 1981. She teaches courses in drawing and
painting, and conducts USI's Senior Art Seminar. Her work appears in
numerous private and corporate collections, and her drawings and paintings
have been exhibited widely at the national and regional levels.
In 2000 she was the only artist from Southern Indiana selected for inclusion
in the State of Indiana exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the
Arts, and in 2002 the new Indiana State Museum purchased three of her works
for its Inaugural Exhibition and permanent collection.
Waters is the recipient of two Indiana Arts Commission Master fellowships as
well as a National Endowment for the Arts Midwest Fellowship. She holds an
M.F.A. in painting from Ohio University and a B.S. in art education from
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Oliver, who is enrolled in one of Waters' painting courses
this fall, is the 2004 Young Artist of the Year. A graduate of Evansville's Signature
School, she won "Best of Show" in the 2004 Annual High School Art Show at
the Evansville Museum of Art, History, and Science.
Vickers won the 2004 Arts Educator of the
Year. She holds a B.S. from USI and an M.F.A. from Southern Illinois
University. For the past nine years, she has served as director of Patchwork
Central's Arts and Smarts Programs for children from low-income families.
Waters, Oliver, and Vickers will be among the honorees at a recognition
banquet October 7 at The Centre. The other honorees include Alfred Savia,
Mayor's Arts Award; Kirsten Wagmeister, Arts Volunteer/Patron of the Year;
and Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Corporate Arts Award.
Tickets for the event are $50. For more information, call the arts council,
812/422-2111.
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