POSTCARD2008-09 News from Temple University Rome

POSTCARDDear Alumni/ae, Faculty and Friends:

Greetings from Rome and Philadelphia! We hope youenjoy getting caught up on the news from TempleUniversity Rome.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed last yearto our first major annual fund appeal. Your generosity isproviding much needed financial support for students andfor Rome faculty development.

Those of you who studied with Jan Gadeyne will enjoyreading about the funding he has received to support hisexcavations of an ancient Roman villa near Artena.

Also, we are excited to announce that last year weacquired prime space on the third floor of the VillaCaproni. Renovations began last summer and are almostcomplete. The third floor, which will open this spring,will house a new architecture studio, classrooms, andlounge/study areas with beautiful third floor viewsof Rome. Look for more details and photos in thenext Postcard.

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A Great Responsefrom Temple RomeAlumni to 40thAnniversary AppealSupport from alumni enabledTemple Rome ProfessorJan Gadeyne to continuehis archaeological excavationsof a Roman villa near Artena.

We love hearing from you, and especially enjoy seeing youwhen you return to Rome. We’re starting a new featureinviting updates from our alumni/ae that will be included infuture issues of Postcard. Be sure to send us your news atstudy.abroad@temple.edu.

Also, we want to know what you think about thenewsletter. What do you read? Are there new features you’dlike to see? Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Denise A. Connerty, Director of InternationalPrograms (connerty@temple.edu)

Kim Strommen, Dean, Temple University Rome(kim.strommen@templerome.it)

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POSTCARD is published by Temple University International Programs. Editors: Lisa Meritz and Kim Strommen200 Tuttleman Learning Center, 1809 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Tel: 215/204-0720 Fax: 215/204-0729 email: study.abroad@temple.eduWeb site: http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/

Temple Rome had a great response to the appealsent to alumni in late 2007 in honor of the

campus’ 40th anniversary.“Many new donors responded and made

contributions, along with long-time supportive alumni.We are very grateful and thank all who have contributedto the Anniversary Campaign,” said Michael Dever,director of Finance and Accounting for InternationalPrograms and a ’91-92 Temple Rome alumnus.

The money collected allows Temple to increasescholarship support to students via the Friends ofTemple Rome Scholarship Fund and enabled TempleRome Professor Jan Gadeyne to continue hisarchaeological excavations this past summer via theRome Development Fund.

Increased scholarship supportExplaining the importance of scholarships, Dever

said, “We cannot overemphasize, in these difficulttimes, how important it is for our students to haveaccess to scholarships. Whether or not there is fundingcan be the deciding factor on a student’s ability toattend the Temple Rome Program.”

Dever pointed to a letter from Rome scholarshipwinner and anthropology major, Lauren Bedell-Stiles(’07-08), as a good way to understand the impact ofthese scholarships. In his letter, Bedell-Stiles wrote,

“The two semesters abroad provided an opportunity tomature as an intellectual being outside the structuredrequirements of the academy. And so I studied hard andlearned—both in class and on my own by reading andtraveling—of topics in history, art, culture, geography,language, etc., topics that no single other undergraduateanthropology student at Temple in Philadelphia willexperience. I don’t imagine my parallel junior year atTemple Main Campus would have provided theopportunities afforded alternatively by studying in Rome.”

He went on to explain the “many intellectual joys”he experienced in Rome, including, “… the sculpturalmastery of Donatello; the biting wit of Juvenal’s satires;the variation of Mediterranean Christian architecturalchurch design through the fourth, fifth, and sixthcenturies C.E.; ancient Greek and Roman myths—theseduction of Leucothoë, the wrath of Leto, the fusing ofHermaphroditus and Salmacis; eating regional cuisine

A GREAT RESPONSE FROMTEMPLE ROME ALUMNI

to 40th Anniversary Appeal

Lauren Bedell-Stiles (Temple, TURome ’07-08)experienced “many intellectual joys” throughoutItaly, in Ostuni (left), Genoa (center) andVenice (right).

3from the stiletto heel of Puglia all the way up thepeninsula to Liguria; the sight of Rome from theJaniculum Hill at dusk.”

The letter concluded with an expression ofBedell-Stiles’ gratitude.

“And so I’d like to thank you [Temple Rome donors]again for assisting me in this intellectual adventure.As I’ve put more distance—temporally and spatially—between Rome and myself, so increases my appreciationof the whole experience. I’ve so many memories to nowreflect upon. With confidence I can say I’ve emerged fromtwo semesters studying abroad with a greater respect formyself as a thinking being and for those with whomI came into contact while outside the United States.”

Funding for Archeological ExcavationThanks to the research of Professor Jan Gadeyne, a

Roman villa is being uncovered near Artena, a small hilltown about 40 miles southeast of Rome. This pastsummer Gadeyne and his team completed excavation ofsmall private baths and other sections of the villa, andhe hopes to be able to publish the results of his work.The villa existed from the 1st century B.C. to the 5thcentury A.D., and was built on a site occupied since atleast the 6th Century B.C.

The importance of Gadeyne’s work in the field ofclassical art history and archaeology springs from theinsights his research provides on the rural economy inItaly during the 5th and 6th century A.D. His work alsoillustrates the transformation of the Roman villa from asimple farmhouse to a more sophisticated residence inthe Roman countryside.

“We at Temple Rome are excited that with alumnihelp we are able to support faculty research like Jan’s. Itincreases the prestige and presence of Temple Rome tothe academic community in Italy and beyond. It attractsgreat faculty to Temple Rome,” said Dever.

As a result of alumni support, Gadeyne is invitingstudents interested in the field to participate in hisfuture summer excavations and earn academic credit.Temple’s International Programs Office plans on asummer 2009 launch.

This initiative and student scholarships show clearlythe positive impact of alumni donations for TempleRome students and faculty.

If you would like to make a donation online, pleasevisit myowlspace.com/makeagift.

PETER HAHN, TOM PIETKA(pictured) and ALEXANDERMESSINGER, all Temple, TURome,Spring ’99, won an importantcompetition as part of SEPTA’s“Art-in-Transit, Percent for ArtProgram.” After six years, hundredsof meetings and boxes ofpaperwork, their creation, a kineticsculpture with 22 floating stainlesssteel panels, graces the SEPTAHuntingdon Station. All threebelieve that the semester they spentin Rome influenced their way ofthinking and designing and continuesto influence their professional lives.

We want to hear from you. Email usat study.abroad@temple.edu.Alumni, please bring us up to dateon what you have been doing.Students, do you have a blog? Pleaseshare the link with us.

Thanks.

“Stay inTouch!”

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4 THE YEAR IN PICTURES

History Professor Howard Spodekfrom main campus, who spent theyear teaching in Rome, is shown here,lecturing students on-site during anacademic excursion to Budapest,Hungary. The excursion was part ofhis course on “Europe Divided andUnited 1939-1995.” He also organizedan excursion to Tunisia for “TheMediterranean in Modern History,”a course that examines politics, religionand culture, focusing on food, art andarchitecture, clothing and lifestyles.A traveler himself, through hisresearch, Professor Spodek is well-traveled in India.

The Gianni Caproni Art Prize was presented tovisual art students Jessica Tyler, Brandon Baglivo,Harry Eichelberger III and Timothy Malone inApril ’08. The prize is co-sponsored by ContessaMaria Fede Caproni (center) and her sister PrincessLetizia Giovanelli Caproni. Their father, GianniCaproni, was an aviation pioneer and founder ofCaproni Airplanes in 1908. The Villa Caproni, onthe Tiber near Piazza del Popolo, has been the siteof Temple Rome since its founding in 1966.

Developed by Dr. Maria Ponce deLeon, a new course, “The Vaticanin the Modern World” introducesthe Holy See and the Vatican Statethrough a wide-ranged study of2000 years of history, governmentalstructure, art and communications.One of the highlights was a classmeeting with Cardinal John Foleyin his Renaissance-frescoed offices.Cardinal Foley, an Americanarchbishop from Philadelphia, iscurrently the grand master of theOrder of the Holy Sepulchre afterhaving previously served as thepresident of the Pontifical Councilfor Social Communications. Othersites visited by the class includedtours of the main basilicas of Rome;the Pope’s summer residence,Castel Gandolfo; the Vatican Radiostation; the Vatican newspaper,The Osservatore Romano; and Italiantelevision stations RAI2 and RaiSat.Guest speakers included officialsfrom the American Embassy to theHoly See.

Members of L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio performed atTemple Rome as part of the Art and Culture in ItalyLecture Series, organized by Pia Candinas. This multi-ethnic orchestra, formed by immigrant musicians frommore than thirty countries living in Rome, has becomean international phenomenon. The multiply awardeddocumentary film, “L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio(2006),” by AgostinoFerrente, wasscreened withlive commentaryby Ferrente andby the founderof the orchestra,Mario Tronco.

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A group of alumni and friends who participated in the 40th Anniverary Reunion in Rome in March ’07 reunited in the fallat Rembrandt’s, the well-known restaurant in the Philadelphia Art Museum area. The food—including the best pizza inPhiladelphia—was generously provided by owner Jan Zarkin. Included in the picture L-R: Mike Buczala, Bruce Rauffenbart,Joann Zarkin, Kim Strommen, Benjamin Roerich, Charles Ecrert, Deborah Glass, Heather Rosen, Tracey Batt, DeborahFowlkes, Stephen Fowlkes, Jan Zarkin, Ericka Green and Tascia Pregno.

Alumni will recognize the statueof Giordano Bruno, a maverickphilosopher, who was burnt at thestake as a heretic during theRoman Inquisition in Campo deiFiori on February 17, 1600. Eachyear, the Association of LiberoPensiero Giordano Brunoorganizes a February 17thdemonstration on the site, whichincludes speeches, poetry andmusic. Students enrolled in the“History of Modern Italy” course,taught by Dr. FederigoArgentieri, usually attend.

Through her many connections in Rome,Wasserman also involves students in avariety of interesting projects, such as theone introduced by Preece. Together withthe editor of Sculpture Magazine, Preeceinitiated a competition, “Just Get PublishedProject,” which invites students to submitreviews. Selected entries are published inthe magazine.

“When formulating the ‘Just GetPublished Project,’ I needed to find a placeto run the pilot. I immediately thought ofmy former teacher Shara Wasserman and ofTyler in Rome. I knew the project wouldwork in that environment,” said Preece.

The competition was successfully launched at TempleRome when Sculpture Magazine selected and published JoliReichel’s (Tyler, TURome ’07-08) review of the GiuseppePenone exhibition at the French Academy/Villa Medici inRome. Ultimately, Preece intends to expand hiscompetition to include other universities worldwide.

Meanwhile, Wasserman’s class includes other innovativeprojects. In spring ’08 she worked with Massimo Mininni, acurator at the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna—Rome’snational gallery of modern art—to engage her students ininstalling two environmental wall drawings that were

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“Looking back 19 years later, my time atTemple-Tyler Rome was the starting pointof my international career and life. Goinginto the program, I was looking to trysomething new and study abroad in Rome.It ended up being an important doorway forme into the outside world,“ said RobertPreece (Tyler, TURome, Spring ’89).

Preece explained that his experience atTemple Rome changed his life. After Rome,he formalized his major in art history, withan emphasis on contemporary art, and hedeveloped a passion for art writing, whichbecame the basis of his career.

Currently an independent writer andcommunications consultant, and a contributing editor forSculpture Magazine, Preece wanted to enrich the experience ofother Temple Rome students. He did just that by contributinga student project for the contemporary art history coursetaught by Shara Wasserman, who also directs the TempleRome Gallery of Art.

The course, which introduces students to Rome’s robustart scene, includes weekly site visits to studios, galleries andmuseums and talks by prominent artists, critics and curators.Students see works ranging from Cy Twombly at GagosianGallery—a major New York City gallery with a new branch inRome—to graffiti art.

ROME ALUM CONTRIBUTES PROJECTfor Contemporary Art Scene Class

Robert Preece (Tyler, TURome,Spring ’89)

designed by internationallyrenowned artist Sol LeWitt.Twelve students worked withthe Sol LeWitt Foundation(photo below). The resultingwall drawings were inauguratedin spring ’08 and are onpermanent display at themuseum.

Temple Rome students installan environmental wall drawingat the Galleria Nazionale diArte Moderna that was designedby internationally renownedartist Sol Lewitt.

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Joe Viesti (Temple,TURome, Fall ’70)

number of distinguished alumni returned toTemple Rome during the ’07-08 academic year to

present lectures and workshops. Along with sharing theirprofessional experiences, returning to Rome was anopportunity to reconnect with the program and to reminisceabout their student days.

Robert Flynt, (Tyler, TURome ’76-77), is a notedphotographer who focuses on collaborative dance andperformance art projects. His work is represented at theMuseum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum ofArt, among other collections. Robert presented a publiclecture and a workshop for the Advanced Photography classof Lucy Clink during the fall ’07 semester. He was in Romefor the premiere of “Body Scan,” a dance/image project at theAntipodes Festival in Brest, France, which will tour Europeand North America in 2009.

Ron Abram, (Central Florida, TURome ’84-85), is anassociate professor and chair of Studio Art at DenisonUniversity. Primarily an etcher, his work has been exhibitedinternationally, most recently at the Tokyo MetropolitanMuseum of Fine Art. In addition to presenting a lecture, Ronworked with the painting students of Susan Moore and theprintmaking students of Mario Teleri.

Joe Viesti, (Temple, TURome, Fall ’70), who was in Romeon assignment to take pictures for a restaurant and shoppingguide, met with Temple Rome students to discuss thecommercial side of photography. Back in 1970, Joe wasplanning to go into law when he read in Temple Timesabout the new Temple Rome Program, co-directed atthe time by Jake Gruber (CLA) and Neil Kosh(Tyler). Instead, after participating in the programand graduating from Temple, he joined the PeaceCorps, founded a camera club in the Philippines,and has since traveled to more than 120 countriesdocumenting festivals for a calendar series.Website: www.viestiphoto.com

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Ron Abram (CentralFlorida, TURome ’84-85)

Robert Flynt (Tyler, TURome ’76-77)

Sharon Walker (Temple, TURome,Spring ’94), who holds a degree inForeign Language Education fromTemple, is pictured front row rightwith her Italian language studentsfrom Central High School inPhiladelphia. The students were inRome for a study trip over springbreak. “I know the students

enjoyed seeing a realuniversity studyabroad program. Ithelped make theirtrip to Rome unique.I also enjoyedreturning to VillaCaproni, and I’mhappy to see theprogram doing sowell!” Sharon mether husband throughTemple connectionswhen she returned toRome to teachEnglish in 1996.Their two daughtersare being raisedbilingual, with theirfirst language asItalian.

Rachele Verdi (Temple,TURome, Fall ’00) returned toRome to study the art of pizzamaking at a professional school,Corso Professionale perPizzaiolo at La Tavola conLo Chef, where she was theonly female enrolled. In theseven-week Pizzaiolo courseRachele learned to makeseveral different kinds ofpizzas: pizza tonda, pizza teglia,pizza la pala and pizzaGenovese, with the goal ofopening her own pizzeria in

Philadelphia. “I returned to Rometo pursue my dream of learning howto make pizza. It was amazing.Being at the Rome campus broughtback so many memories. I can nowsee why so many alumni come backto visit.”

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROMEEach year former students and Temple faculty, staff and friends visitTemple Rome. Read about some recent visitors below.

Nina Weiss (Tyler, TURome ’77-78)reported that her year of studyabroad at Temple Rome sparkedher interest in travel and landscape.She returned to Italy for the 7thyear to teach her Italian LandscapeWorkshop, which is designed forartists and art lovers at all artisticlevels, and is centered in Todi andCasperia, in Umbria. Nina, who isbased in Chicago, has traveledextensively to document foreignlandscapes. For more information onNina’s European Landscape Work-shops, including a new program inIreland, visit www.ninaweiss.com.

Ken Wood (Tyler, TURome ’97-98)was in the graduate printmakingprogram. After he received hisM.F.A. degree, Ken taught RomeSketchbook classesat Temple Romefor one year. He iscurrently a visitingassistant professorat WashingtonUniversity inSt. Louis. In thisposition he hastaught at WU’sprogram inFlorence, Italy,which explainedhis visit to Rome.

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Andrew Vlady (Tyler,TURome ’67-69) wasa graduate assistant inRome for two years,just after the foundingof the program in 1966.Andrew is picturedwith the lithographypress that he helped totransport to Romefrom Northern Italywhen Temple Rome’sprintmaking studiowas being established.The press has been inuse ever since. He has had asuccessful career as a printer atGemini, GEL, Los Angeles;operating Chiron Press, NYC;and founding and directing KyronEdiciones Graficas Limitadas,Mexico City, for 32 years. Andrewwas in Rome visiting his daughter,who is an official with theMexican Embassy to Italy.

Jonathan C. Wahl (Tyler,TURome, Fall ’88) is the directorof the jewelry and metalsmithingprogram at The Jewelry Center,NY, NY. Named one of thetop-10 jewelers to watch byW Jewelry in 2006, he has beenawarded the Louis ComfortTiffany Emerging ArtistFellowship, and his work is inthe permanent collection of theAmerican Craft Museum.Jonathan’s jewelry pieces can beseen at De Vera in SOHO, NYCand San Francisco, and in thepublications, 1,000 Rings and500 Metal Vessels.

Robyn Forbes Drucker (Tyler,TURome, Summer ’70 & ’71)recalled that the program wasvery small, with everyone livingin the Villa Helene, travelingtogether, enjoying life in Rome,and working hard in the hotprintmaking studio. “It was awonderful experience withmemories to last a lifetime.”The Villa Helene, next door toTemple, is now the AndersonMuseum.

Natalie Novelli DeWeese(Penn State, TURome,Fall ’78), who lives in Tucson,was in Italy to visit herdaughter, Danielle, who wasstudying in Orvieto. Nataliealso visited the PensioneMondredi on Via Margutta,where she lived during herstudent days. She would loveto catch up with other alumnifrom ’78.

Jason Scuilla (Tyler,TURome ’04-05), an M.F.A.printmaking student in Rome,is now an assistant professor ofart at Kansas State University.Jason’s year in Rome, underthe direction of Mario Teleri,Temple Rome faculty memberand master printer (picturedbelow at right), has had amajor impact on his work,which is evident in his large-scale reinterpretation ofMichelangelo’s “Last Judgement”

at the ChapmanGallery at KansasState. Jasonreceived a Univer-sity Research Grantin 2007, whichenabled him toreturn to Romefor a residencyand a one-personexhibition at IlQuadrato di OmegaPrint Shop andGallery, directed byMario Teleri.

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FACULTYACTIVITIES

Roberto Mannino, Sculpture, participatedin group exhibitions: “Breaking the Mold,” apapermaking traveling show in 8 UK venues;International Papermaking Exhibition,Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring,MD; “10 + 1- Periferie Urbane - TenArchitects and One Artist,” House ofArchitecture at the Rome Aquarium; and“Support for Human Rights,” Rome. He alsoparticipated in workshops: Rhode IslandSchool of Design E.H.P., Rome; Gaesteatelierin Holluggard, Odense, Denmark; and thePaper Festival in Sarteano, Siena, Italy. Hiswork was published in Architecture and DesignMagazine, with an interview and photos on“PROGETTI no 7,” and in an article in thesummer issue of Hand PapermakingMagazine, “‘Beater finesse’ with a paperexchange between International papermakers.”His work was included in the 2008 COMIECO(no 1 Italian recycling company), and in theMasterCard Collection in Rome via theArt4business organization.

Shara Wasserman, Art History,exhibitions director, curated “Tryingtoland,”video works by fellows in media art, film andnew technologies at foreign academies inRome, for the German Academy Rome VillaMassimo. This show was held in collaborationwith MACRO Museo d’Arte ContemporaneaRoma. Wasserman also curated “CINEMART:Accademie all‚ Auditorium/Academies at theAuditorium,” a film festival of art films,documentaries and shorts, by residents infilmmaking at foreign academies in Rome for“Musica per Roma,” at the Auditorium Parcodella Musica. In addition, she curated“Academy Architects at the Acquario,” anexhibition of residents in architecture atforeign academies in Rome.

Anita Guerra, Painting and Drawing,curated the decoration of Palazzo Farnese inRome, Italy for Masquerade Ball at the FrenchEmbassy with her Temple students from“Painting on Paper.” She also curated groupexhibitions including “Café VII: The Journeysof Cuban Artists” Interdisciplinary Art andPerformance Gallery, Arizona State University,Phoenix, Arizona; “Art in the Tropics,”sponsored by the Cuban American Bar

DONNA (DIDOMENICIS)D’ANELLA (Temple, TURome,Spring ’79) returned to Romeafter 28 years to visit herdaughter, GINA DIDOMENICIS,who was studying at TempleRome. “The visit was longoverdue, but the timing wasperfect,” said Donna.

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A FAMILY TRADITIONBEN MANDEL (Wesleyan University,TURome ’94-95), a studio arts major as anundergraduate, completed medical school atJohns Hopkins, and is now in his final yearof general surgery residency in Madison,Wisconson. His sister, SARAH MANDEL(Bard College), was also in the program in2001-02.

EVAN REEHL RYER (Tyler,TURome ’03-04), who is an artistliving in Brooklyn, is pictured here,with his sister, GLENNA RYER (Tyler,TURome ’07-08). Evan is employedby the Rob Lichtenstein Foundationwhere his supervisor, CassandraLozano, is also a Temple Romealumnus.

JANE NEWMAN LUBART(Boston University, TURome ’74)has traveled extensively in Italyas a result of her Temple Romestudent days. “It was great to getback to Temple Rome especiallysince my daughter, ALEXANDRALUBART (U. Vermont), loves itas much as I did.”

11Association, Miami, Florida; and “StoriePersonali e di Memorie,” International ArtExhibition at the Palazzo Rospigliosi,Zagarolo, Italy.

Gregory Smith, Anthropology/Sociology,contributed to the realization of a documentaryfilm recounting the efforts of a small locallybased publishing firm in Abruzzo that createda series of broadsheets. These broadsheetsprovided local citizens with a voice. Hecontinued working with the European Manage-ment Institute, exploring training options infashion management and retail distributionsystems geared to the needs of Italian smalland medium enterprises. Smith also presenteda paper at a conference organized by theItalian Psychoanalytical Society on work andstress in the contemporary world.

Aldo Patania, International Business,participated in the FastTrac Certificationprogram run by the Ewing Marion KauffmanFoundation in Kansas City, MO. Hisparticipation, which was made possible byfunding from Temple Rome, was solicitedby the U.S. Embassy in Rome as part of itsPartnership for Growth Program. Thisprogram was launched to enhance bothentrepreneurship among Italian youth andthe flow of U.S. venture capital into Italy.Patania also interviewed Mario PolettiPolegato, president of the GEOX multi-national shoe company, as part of the“Face2Face – Capturing Creativity” seriesof interviews organized by the U.S. Embassyin Rome. In addition, Patania was appointedAcademy Fellow of the InternationalEntrepreneurship Academy (Intentac.org),which was created by the JonkopingUniversity of Sweden. As an expert on newtechnologies, he has also been invited to bepart of the Editorial Board of the EffElleEditori publishing house in Bologna, Italy.

Alessandro Zanazzo, Photography,exhibited his audiovisual artwork incollaboration with the Russian contemporarymusic composer, Angelina Yershova inMontreux, Switzerland. He also was invited bythe Ministry of Culture of Ethiopia to serve asa journalist and photographer for specialevents for Ethiopia Millennium. In addition,he was invited by the Zimbabwe TourismAuthority and by the Embassy of Zimbabwe inItaly, to participate in a media/press tour andto create documentation for communication,editorials and tourism development. He alsoserved as the official photographer for theEmbassy of Belgium during the visit of QueenPaola of Belgium in Rome, and as the officialphotographer/journalist representing Italy onthe jury for the event, “Top Model of theWorld” in Romania.

Lucy Clink, Photography, published a pin-hole photograph in the French Photo Pocheseries, “Le Sténopé.”

Liana Miuccio (www.lianaphoto.com),Photography, had her work featured inThe Globe and Mail, February 2008, in a storyon Naples. Miuccio was sent with a policeescort to photograph Scampia, one of the mostdangerous neighborhoods in Europe, heavilycontrolled by the Camorra, the NeapolitanMafia. The Scampia neighborhood wasfeatured in the internationally acclaimed film,“Gomorra,” based on the bestselling book byRoberto Saviano. Together with Saviano’s bookand movie, Miuccio’s photographs are bringinginternational attention to Italy’s corruption,forcing the nation to address its organizedcrime crisis.

Pin-hole photo by Lucy Clink

Mario Teleri, Printmaking/Drawing, hada one-person exhibition, “Venice,” of artistbooks and graphics, at BibliotecaCasanatense, Rome.

Margaret Brucia, Classics, delivered anillustrated lecture on “The Cult of Aesculapiusin Rome” at Winthrop University Hospital inMineola, New York, as part of the hospital’sArts & Humanities Lecture Series on“Antiquities.”

Cristiana Filippini, Art History, presented“Revival or Continuity? Modes of Producion inMedieval Roman Painting,” at the 43rdInternational Congress on Medieval Studies inKalamazoo, Michigan. Her presentation wasincluded in the sessions on “Transformationsin Italian Art: Re-use, Revival, Reform,”sponsored by the Italian Art Society. Shereceived funding from the Kress Foundationand Temple Rome.

Susan Moore, Painting and Drawing, hada solo exhibition: “Second Skin,” LocksGallery, Philadelphia, PA. She alsoparticipated in group exhibitions: “Finding aForm: Influences In Figurative Painting,”Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; “Skin City:Art of the Tattoo,” The Arts Center,St. Petersburg, Fl; “9 Contemporary FigurativePainters,” SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY;Faculty Show, Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy.Moore was also a visiting artist at theUniversity of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.Moore, who is a professor of Art at the TylerSchool of Art, Temple University, taught inRome during spring ’08.

Photo by Liana Miuccio

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The Villa Caproni, the site of Temple Rome, isdisplayed in an oil painting (2008) by facultymember LUCY CLINK. The painting, shown atleft, was presented to ROBERT REINSTEIN uponhis retirement as dean of the Beasley School ofLaw and vice president of International Programs,at a gala reception in Philadelphia in June ’08.“Bob’s impact on Temple has been felt globallythrough his work in developing and expandinginternational programs in China, at TempleUniversity Japan, at Temple Rome and aroundthe world,” said Temple President Ann WeaverHart. Reinstein returned full time to teaching andscholarship, and, hopefully sometime, will jointhe faculty of Temple Rome’s successful SummerLaw Program.

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