Remember These Peay-ple?
8 06 2007Ken Mastri sent me this photo awhile back, taken in the “commercial art” room. I remember five names, and I can still picture the room layout twenty years later. Click the comments link below to guess people by number. I’ll post the results later…
Oh wow, I vaguely remember this photo. I don’t think it came from me. I could be wrong.
1. (don’t know)
2. Scott Combs
3. Ronnie Sweeney
4. (don’t know)
5. Mary Irwin
6. Visiting artist, can’t remember..
7. (don’t know)
8. Forgot her name!
9. me
10. Reggie Athnos
11. Robert Froege
12. Noppol Chantarakka
13. Forget his name
14. ditto
1. Can’t remember either but he liked to draw himself as a Ninja or Sameri warrior.
2. Yes that’s me.
3. The Sweetist guy we’ll ever know. Ron Sweeny.
4. Not enough info.
5. Mary Irwin
6. Dan Boyarski
7. Sandy/Sandra – Print making major.
8. Patty ? – Designs wallpaper or wrapping paper
9. Ken
10. Girl who was running for Ms. TN (Ken remembers)
11. Robert
12. Noppol
13. Never met him.
14. I knew this guy. Can’t remember now.
I miss these guys.
sc
I’ll come back to look again , but #6 is my friend of 60’s, Dan Boyarski, presently chair of the design module at Carnegie Mellon. I brought him in around ‘82? to give a workshop on corporate i.d. stuff, which I have little business involving myself, let alone art majors. Yikes, I was hired into the department to teach design curriculum, but really was a printmaker at heart with some hands-on experience in the design/print field. Thank god I took over the printmaking area when Larry Hortenbury left. He was and is a hero to many, including Tim Blake, and he knew more than me about serigraphy, among other things. I was very happy to move on to printmaking and drawing. One of the ironies of my career is that my colleagues (who are kind, or generous) refer to me as the “Renaissance Man” which tickles me. Trouble is, I got too many assignments due to that perception. Perhaps my most enjoyable years were making the transition from design and working with this particular group of people. I’m also grateful to those of you who, in spite of my incompetence in the philosophy and skill of graphic design, survived and went on to good jobs/careers.
I love this blog set up by Todd. It helps to keep past and present in perspective. I apologize for my website, which is incomplete and has some serious typos because I’ve not gotten around to making corrections since my student friend set it up for me. More to come on that. I’ve pasted in a link to Leaf Chronicle article which may or may not work. It’s about my move to NM in January ’08.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS17&profile=1024&Date=20070607
Bruce
Ahh ok – I thought #6 might’ve been Dan Boyarski, but I wasn’t certain. I think I still have one of his postcards. I believe Scott and I may have even visited him at Carnegie Mellon Univ. in PA, once he returned. Noppol would always do something to look goofy if you tried to photograph him, and I didn’t recognize Sandra Traughber until Scott said it.
Adding to the list o names Scott and Ken began:
13. Carl (or was it Karl) Ivey (or was it Ivy). Scott, you never met C/Karl?
14. Chris Ferrell
2.Todd
1. David Carradine? Do ninjas ever really tell us their REAL names anyway? I can’t remember his ‘name’ but I did bump into him a few years after school and he was working in Nashville doing some engraving stuff and maybe some freelance illustration or something. I think it was Robert actually. Is it possible you had two Roberts in that class?
So far we have identified all but 1 (although David Carradine is a worthy effort, Grasshopper) and 4. That’s pretty good for twenty years ago, I’d say. If you know how to reach any of these people, send me an email from the link on the nav bar.
23 October 2007
Hello! Every body, I am home. APSU!
Number 1 is Mr.Johnny Shumate.
Hi! Ken Infra (Ken Mastri), Todd Transformer (Todd Duren),
Mr.Coffe or Scott Cute (Scott Combs), Ronnie Sweeney,
Mary Irwin, my dear Uncle Bruce Childs, Charlotte Lindsley,
Reggie Athnos, Tammy and …… all of you.
I am Mr. Knuckle head (Ronnie calls me like that).
I am Mr. Sleepy Playboy (Scott calls me like that ).
I am Mr. Noppol Chantarakka. From the other side of the world.
Thanks a lot to open this blog. It reminds me of the old days very much.
Here is my email address … Takahashi@ego.co.th
Sorry that my english is still very poor.
Anyway, It may be poor forever,I quess
Jody Cates, I did not forget you.
I just forget to type your name.
OMG! I can’t believe that picture, it seems soooo long ago. I hope each and everyone of you are doing great. In case you don’t remember me, I was the secretary in the art department when most of you were there. Times have changed. Like Bruce, I’m really glad to see this blog since I am no longer in the art department after 23 years just to read how everyone is. I will be checking this often to see what is going on. Take care.
Hi Sherrie! I definitely remember you. How’s it going?