ries has been well-trav-
eled since appearing in
"Will You Be There," a series of
art works by Constance Pierce,
associate professor of painting
and drawing, was originally dis-
played in the international exhibi-
tion "Art on Paper 2010" at the
Museum of Art in Aichi, Japan.
in three solo exhibitions by the
artist. The exhibitions were
hosted by the Harlan Gallery of
Seton Hill University of Pennsyl-
vania, the Clara Fritzsche Gallery
of Notre Dame College in Ohio,
and the Front Gallery of the
Quick Center for the Arts at St.
Bonaventure.
were inspired by the spoken epilogue
of a musical composition (of the same
title) by the late performer and com-
poser Michael Joseph Jackson.
ence presentation regarding the ways
Jackson's art and humanitarian mes-
sage have informed and inspired her
own visual imaging making and her
life. Pierce's paper titled "Lacrymae
Rerum: Gestures of Transcendence"
was presented at the 16th Annual
Fine Arts and Aesthetics Conference
hosted by the International Institute
of Phenomenology and held on the
campus of Harvard University in
Boston. Her drawing series was fea-
tured in the conference presentation.
scient lyrics of this piece call to mind
the essence of several Old Testament
psalms, because they depict the soul
crying out to the Divine for interces-
sion. The lamentations in Jackson's
composition express a deep longing
for rescue from the tribulations of a
world savaged by war, poverty and
sociate professor of art history
and studio art, was inducted into
the Art Students League of New
York on May 2, 2011, in New
York City. Br. David studied with
master painters Joseph Peller (fig-
ure studies) and Tom Torak (por-
trait studies) at the league from
September 2010 through April
2011. Both master painters nom-
inated him to become a member
of the league after a review of
his work produced at the league.
fessor of English, and Megan
Hartline and Megan Szymkow-
icz, graduate students in the MA
English program, presented pa-
pers at the College English Asso-
ciation's 43rd annual conference
in Richmond, Va., March 29-31.
Hartline presented on "Under-
standing the Correlation of Lan-
guage and Identity among
Latino Americans and Northern
Irish," a topic linked to her stud-
ies in rhetoric and composition.
Szymkowicz presented on
"Wilkie Collins' The Woman in
White Serialized in All the Year
Round as a Pedagogical Tool," a
topic related to her MA thesis.
Matz presented her research on
Charles Dickens' awareness of
English Catholic history in his
1841 novel "Barnaby Rudge."
Matz also represented New York
State's CEA affiliate organiza-
tion at an officers' meeting.
fessor of philosophy, published a
March essay titled "In the Full-
ness of Time: Gadamer on the
Temporal Dimension of the
Work of Art" in the philosophy
journal Research in Phenome-
nology 42/1 (2012): 92-113.
philosophy, was an invited pre-
senter at the 13th Annual White
Privilege Conference in Albu-
querque, N.M., March 29-31.
my series to embody the emotional tenor of
Jackson's extraordinary piece. His words give
voice to the voiceless and the marginalized in
our global culture, and prompt questions on
issues of faith, tolerance, and the atrocities of
war."
ence paper regarding Jackson were included
in a book by writer Joseph Vogel titled
"Earth Song: Inside Michael Jackson's Mag-
num Opus," which she described as "an exe-
gesis on the artistry and humanitarian
message inherent in Jackson's iconic work."
Rochester centers on 18th century artist
William Blake, but he is also an expert on
music and popular culture and writes for
the Huffington Post.
piece," said Pierce.