WayneStateUniversityJamesPearsonDuffyDepartmentofArtandArtHistoryArtDepartmentGallery150ArtBuilding,5400ReutherMallDetroit,MI48202Telephone:(313)577-2980;Fax:(313)577-3491 FORIMMEDIATERELEASE Exhibition:Dates:OpeningReception:Hours:Contact: LetterpressNowJanuary10throughFebruary7,2020Friday,January10,5-8PMWednesdaysthroughFridays,1-5PMtpyrzewski@wayne.edu Detroit,MI,December29,2019–TheJamesPearsonDuffyDepartmentofArtandArtHistoryispleasedtopresentLetterpressNowattheArtDepartmentGallery,January10throughFebruary7,2020.TheopeningreceptionwillbeheldonFriday,January10,5-8PMwithannouncementsat5:30PM.Thiseventisfreeandopentothegeneralpublic. Art,Science,andLetterpressTypographyComeTogether Avisualinterpretationofsevenscientifictheoriesandoftheconvergenceofthearts,humanities,andsciencewillbeonexhibitatWayneStateUniversity.InLetterpressNow,ProfessorofArtJudithMoldenhauerbringstogetherherinterestinthevisualizationofscientificinformationandexpressivetypographytocreateasuiteoffoliosandposters.Moldenhauerusedhandsetmetaltype,puter-generatedtype,andwoodengravingstoproducethedesignsandprintedthemonanewlyrenovatedletterpressattheuniversity. LetterpressNowisacapstoneexhibitionofworksbyJudithMoldenhauer,2018-19recipientoftheannualMurrayE.JacksonCreativeScholarintheArtsaward,apresidentialinitiativethatprovidesafull-timeWSUfacultymemberwithtimeandsupporttoengageincreativeactivityandtoserveasanartisticandcreativeresourcetothecampus.Supportforherworkinthisexhibitionwasalsoprovidedbya2018-19WSUHumanitiesCenterFacultyFellowship. JudithA.Moldenhauer JudithA.MoldenhauerisProfessorofArt,GraphicDesign,intheJamesPearsonDuffyDepartmentofArtandArtHistoryatWayneStateUniversityinDetroit,Michigan,USA. ThecurrentWSUGraphicDesignprogramwasestablishedunderProf.Moldenhauer’sdirectionin1992andsheservedasitsAreaCoordinatorfor20years.AtWSU,shehasservedasbothGraduateOfficerandUndergraduateOfficerfortheDepartmentofArtandArtHistory.ShewasInterimAssociateDeanforStudentAffairsandResearchintheCollegeofFine,PerformingandCommunicationArtsin2011-15andservedasCFPCAAssessmentCoordinator2014-18and2019-present.Shehaschairedand/orbeenamemberofmanyUniversity,College,and mittees. Herresearchandworkfocusesonuser-centeredhealthcareinformationdesignandthevisualizationofscientificinformation.Shehasauthoredseveralpublicationsandmadepresentationsatmanynationalandinternationalconferences.HerprojectshaveincludedthedevelopmentofeducationalmaterialsforHealthyStart(aU.S.governmentprogramtoreducehighinfantmortality)andprint/digitalmaterialsfordoulastohelpwomenidentifyandseekhelpforpostpartumdepression.ShewastheWSUPIfortwoU.S.DepartmentofEducationFIPSEgrants(domesticandinternational)andwasco-investigatoronseveralgrantsincludingthe5-yearNIHgrantfortheWSUBEST(BroadeningExperiencesinScientificTraining)programandagranttoexamineasthmainDetroitteens.Herawardsincludebeingnameda2006/2007FulbrightscholartoSwedenandaLifeFellowoftheCommunicationResearchInstitute(Australia).Shealsohasabackgroundinletterpresstypographyandin2018-19receivedtheWSUMurrayJacksonCreativeScholarintheArtsAwardtorestorealetterpressandcreateaseriesoffolios,posters,andwoodengravingsinterpretingseveralscientifictheoriesandideas. Sheservedasco-chairofInformationDesignEducationfortheInternationalInstituteforInformationDesign,wasaboardmemberoftheMichiganchapteroftheFulbrightAssociation,andisamemberofseveralotheranizationsincludingAIGA,UniversityandCollegeDesignersAssociation,DesignResearchSociety,CollegeArtAssociation,WoodEngraversNetwork,andLadiesofLetterpress. Prof.MoldenhauerreceivedaMFAfromtheUniversityofWisconsin–Madison,aMAfromStanfordUniversityandaBFAwithhighesthonorsfromtheUniversityofIllinois–Urbana. TheJamesPearsonDuffyDepartmentofArtandArtHistoryisadivisionofWayneState’sCollegeofFine,PerformingandCommunicationArts,educatingthenextgenerationofvisualartists,designersandarthistorians.WayneStateUniversity,locatedintheheartofDetroit’smidtownculturalcenter,isapremierurbanresearchuniversityofferingmorethan350academicprogramsthrough13schoolsandcollegestomorethan28,000students.