We are pleased to announce the appointment of Kenneth Coulter as a full-time instructor in our program. Kenneth’s most recent position, before joining us, was with a legal support firm in Dallas where he served as an animator, illustrator, interactive designer and trial consultant. As an independent contractor, his clients have included Brainwashed Software, LLC, Cleveland, OH, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, and Liquid Images, LLC, Los Angeles, CA.
He received his MFA, in Medical Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art and his BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. His main academic responsibilities will be to coordinate and teach our 3D courses, Digital 3D Modeling, Digital Lighting and Texturing for Computer Animation, and Computer Animation. These courses are taught jointly through our program and the Art and Technology Program at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Kenneth’s interest in educational gaming led to his master’s thesis project, the production of the game, Sepsis ( www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/382253 )He will also lead our medical educational gaming initiative with UT Dallas.
2009 Graduate Student Show
The Class of 2009 will have their work on display in the UTSW South Campus Library. See more...
Medical Art Exhibit at the Texas Medical Association The Texas Medical Association just installed an exhibit, The Art of Observation From Cave Paintings to Computer Graphics, in the lobby of their headquarters in Austin. See more...
Collaboration with the Arts and Technology Program at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) The Biomedical Communications graduate students will be taking animation classes through the Arts and Technology Program at the University of Texas at Dallas. Read more...
We welcome our 2009 incoming class of students: Sang Eun Cha, Alexandra Gordon, Jennie Swensen, Amanda Tomasikiewicz, and Kristin Yang.
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of our wonderful student, Jessica Yeager. Jess was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome at age 15, and finally lost her battle with hemophilia on January 30 at age 27. Those of us whom she touched are infected forever with the inspiration of her optimism and spirit as she fought through so many operations and crises following her dream of becoming a medical illustrator. She found her passion in children with bleeding disorders. Her thesis project, an interactive program, "My Amazing Blood" was presented at the National Hemophilia Foundation Conference this past November in Denver, and will soon be on the Foundation's website. She had planned a series of the programs, and our department will see that they are done. In her graduate school application she wrote "I feel very lucky to have found my true calling as a Medical Illustrator, as it allows me to blend my passion for art with my fascination for medicine, and to make a contribution to the medical community that has given me so much." She has made that contribution, and much more.
Jess received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was chosen to give the Bachelor's Degree Candidate's Address at the commencement exercises. In that speech she mentioned two quotes that she had taped to her drafting table freshman year, the SVA motto, “To be good is not enough, when you dream of being great", and "Never, never, never give up." She was and she never did. Edward Albee gave the commencement address that day. He said that all his plays "confront being alive and how to behave with the awareness of death." Jess showed us how to be alive, and we will miss her.
She is survived by her mother Sally Yeager; her fathers Donald Yeager and Tom Sarosy; her nana Ann Cuevas; her fiancé, Thomas Marose; and her three dogs, Mona, Norman and Tito. The two organizations that she cared deeply for are Save One Life, www.saveonelife.net, and Make-A-Wish, www.wish.org.
Alumna, Karen Vanderpool- Haerle had her color pastel works on display in the ArtScape Fine Art Show and Sale at the the Dallas Arboretum the last week in March. The show was entirely about nature and featured works by 90 artists from around the country as part of the 25th anniversary of the arboretum's Dallas Blooms spring festival. To see more of Karen's work go to her website at www.kvanderpool.com.
The Texas Medical Association just installed an exhibit, The Art of Observation From Cave Paintings to Computer Graphics, in the lobby of their headquarters in Austin. http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=4
One case is devoted to Southwestern, showing among other things, the first director of medical illustration, Lewis Waters, and two of his drawings, A photo of Patricia N. ONeill receiving the worlds first degree of Master of Medical Art from Edward Henry Cary, M.D., LL.D., President, Southwestern Medical College, June3, 1947, and two pieces by Lew Calver. Two free standing cases contain four each of illustrations by Lew. The exhibit will be up for a year.
All enjoyed this year's Thanksgiving feast. From bottom center counterclockwise: Joey Werkmweister, Sonja Shryer, Genevra Garrett, Elizabeth Smith, Suzanne Ghuzzi, Kristin Bagnall, Ken Coulter, Derek Wu, Tony Frisbie, Roshni Nelson, Laura Sesto. Lew Calver, Corbyn Beach, Carlos Gonzalez, Richard Lankes, Susan Douglass, Kim Hoggatt Krumwiede. The prostate cake was made by Elizabeth Smith for Kristin Bagnall's birthday!
Alumni can attend lectures at UT Southwestern to acquire Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in the Biomedical category for CMI renewal. These lectures are educational experiences outside the AMI that meet the criteria for CEUs. Remember, You must submit information on a lecture to the AMI for approval to earn CEU credit. See lecture schedule...
Two students received scholarships awards from the Vesalius Trust for their thesis projects
Laura Sesto, A Patient Education Module for Transtibial Amputees Including and Interactive Video and Booklet
Derek Wu, Photosynthesis: A Science Suitcase for Ninth Graders
Congratulations to Richard Howdy. HIS WEB SITE HAS BEEN ADDED TO COOLHOMEPAGES.COM as an example of remarkable web site design.
Lew Calver was commissioned to do a drawing celebrating Dr. Kern Wildenthal's tenure as President of UT Southwestern, 1986-2008. The drawing was presented to him at a reception on Sept.9,2008. The drawing highlights, among other things, all of the buildings constructed during his tenure, the four Nobel laureates on campus, and Dr.Wildenthal's desire to leave the rat race.
Phoebe Gloeckner, alumna of the Biomedical Communications Graduate Program at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, was just awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Phoebe is an assistant professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. The piece shown is from graphic narrative for which she was awarded the fellowship. The story line of the narrative is about a Mexican girl murdered at the turn of this century in Ciudad Juarez, a major U.S.-Mexico border crossing adjacent to El Paso, Texas. http://www.art-design.umich.edu/news/?p=1027&aud=e&menucat=ne
The Biomedical Communications students will be taking animation classes through theArts and Technology Program (atec.utdallas.edu)at UTD. Students will learn basic 3D modeling, lighting and animation skills. They will be able to incorporate these skills into various assignments and thesis projects within the Biomedical Communications Program.
The Arts and Technology Program (ATEC) has many collaborative efforts that are designed to explore and foster the convergence of computer science and engineering with creative arts and the humanities. ATEC prepares students for a wide range of current and future, as yet uninvented, careers that demand the ability to fuse visual images, verbal communication, creative thinking, and technological expertise.
At first it seems an odd fit: an artist working alongside a gamer, performance artist, programmer, journalist, designer, sound engineer. But it’s this combination of students, faculty, and their ideas that allow ATEC students to intuitively solve the problems of today while creating tomorrow.
Beyond merely a “multidisciplinary” or “interdisciplinary” scope, ATEC encourages the productive convergence of disparate fields and modes of thinking. It joins science with the humanities, creativity with technology, theory with practice, and learning with research. There are no maps showing the way, just students with diverse interests, talents, and a skewed way of looking at the ever-changing world. Students master emerging tools, form unexpected relationships, collaborate, and create the future.
Biomedical Communications students and faculty celebrated the holidays together with their annual holiday party held at Kim Krumwiede's house. There was a Gingerbread building competition, white elephant gift exchange ("Anatomy Annie" model was a big hit) and a Biomedical Communications Rock Band jam session. Fun was had by all, before heading off for winter break. See slide show...
The Biomedical Communications site is best viewed with the Macromedia Flash plug-in and Apple QuickTime plug-in. To download the plug-ins go to www.macromedia.com and www.apple.com.
spirit as she fought through so many operations and crises following her dream of becoming a medical illustrator. She found her passion in children with bleeding disorders. Her thesis project, an interactive program, "My Amazing Blood" was presented at the National Hemophilia Foundation Conference this past November in Denver, and will soon be on the Foundation's website. She had planned a series of the programs, and our department will see that they are done. In her graduate school application she wrote "I feel very lucky to have found my true calling as a Medical Illustrator, as it allows me to blend my passion for art with my fascination for medicine, and to make a contribution to the medical community that has given me so much." She has made that contribution, and much more.
