UC DAAP Alumni

04/09/2024

🎧 Alumni Podcast🎧

Passionate about cities, architecture, and history? Tune into the podcast Journey with a Purpose produced by DAAP alumnus Randy Plemel M.Arch '03. On a recent episode, catch his conversation with DAAP Assistant Professor Peter Yi about his work Courtyard Block.

Take a listen here:

A conversation about cities, architecture, history, and why these affect us today. Hosted by Randy Plemel and a weekly cast of characters. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Feed. Here …

03/08/2024

Exciting news from DAAP! Comment below if you are an alumni working in the field of Games & Animation, we'd love to connect with you.

03/07/2024

We love celebrating alumni success🎉🎉🎉

A 2013 DAAP grad and owner of MEAS Active, Erin Roddy is on a mission to encourage, empower and celebrate women through all avenues of their health and wellness journey.

Learn more: https://cincinnatirefined.com/lifestyle/female-founders-erin-roddy-meas-active

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02/26/2024

It's time to register for DAAP's annual alumni event DAAPX happening Friday, March 1 from 1 - 4 pm ET!

Join us on campus or online and be inspired by how the creative fields impact the human experience. For complete information and registration, visit:

DAAPX is a celebration of alumni accomplishments and a showcase of diverse projects and experiences across all majors and degrees. Quick 10-minute presentations will take place throughout the day both in-person and online so can you watch LIVE from anywhere in the world!

02/22/2024

Learn about an experimental creative living community with University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning alumnus Ron Paul Baum ’71 BSARC.

Ron Paul Baum explores the first two years of the design, development and implementation of an experimental project centered on creative community living. The Arts and Crafts Continuum community invites a diverse group of creatives to learn, create work and profit independently while living collaboratively in affordable residences on debt-free land. Baum questions how this type of community might be sustained and replicated creating a network of communities where creativity thrives.

Join Ron and the rest of the DAAPX speakers on Friday, March 1.

Register: https://www.alumni.uc.edu/campaigns/daapx.html

02/15/2024

Consider how gender bias affects the creative fields with University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning alumnus Hal Apple ’82 BSDE.

In his video presentation, Hal Apple draws connections between a 1990s medical school anatomy class, a Mantis shrimp, and art museums to explore gender bias and the role men have played in defining societal gender norms. How have artists, architects, designers and planners broken the boundaries for those who are not men? Or, have our professions simply not seen the boundaries? Please join Hal Apple in learning how to innovate our work by embracing new paradigms.

Join Hal and the rest of the DAAPX speakers on Friday, March 1.

Register: https://www.alumni.uc.edu/campaigns/daapx.html

02/13/2024

Join Valerie, Armin and many more alumni at DAAPX, March 1!

Register today: https://www.alumni.uc.edu/campaigns/daapx.html

Enjoy highlights from the Art Ladders’ podcast with University of Cincinnati alumna Valerie Allen ’75 BFA and Armin Mersman.

The podcast “Art Ladders: The Creative Climb” was founded in 2021 by artists Valerie Allen and Armin Mersmann. Art Ladders motivates and uplifts fellow artists through a mix of interviews and “coffee hour” conversations about issues such as artist’s block, marketing for creatives, and competing in juried exhibits. Allen and Mersman will share highlights from the most popular episodes in the Art Ladders’ library.

Join Valerie, Armin and the rest of the DAAPX speakers on Friday, March 1.

Register: https://www.alumni.uc.edu/campaigns/daapx.html

02/08/2024

Join University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning on March 1, 1-4 p.m. for DAAP’s signature alumni program DAAPX.

DAAPX is a celebration of alumni accomplishments and a showcase of diverse projects and experiences across all majors and degrees. Hear DAAPers share quick and compelling stories about their work on trending topics from using a podcast to elevate artists to recognizing gender bias in design. DAAPX is the perfect opportunity to connect with alumni, learn something new, and be inspired by DAAP's worldwide impact.

DAAPX is a hybrid event and all alumni and friends interested in the creative fields are encouraged to attend.

Register now: https://www.alumni.uc.edu/campaigns/daapx.html

10/11/2023

Lots of alumni opportunities coming up, join us!

💥All alumni are welcome back to campus for Homecoming Weekend

💥DAAP 40th Graphic Design Reunion is three days of events for classes '82, '83, and '84

💥Stop by the Reed Gallery to see the DAAPmade: The Exhibition open through 10/31

💥Submit a proposal for DAAPX, deadline 10/23

Learn more about our college network events:

The College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) Alumni Network provides alumni with ways to reconnect.

10/05/2023

Meet Annette Carothers '85. Her work World's First Perpetual Motion Machine #7 is featured in DAAPmade: The Exhibition.

Carothers graduated from Skidmore College in 1969 with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in 1969. She painted sporadically during her husband's training, military service and early family life raising three young children. She earned her MFA from DAAP shortly before the birth of her fourth child. She currently has a studio at the Essex Studios in Cincinnati.

10/04/2023

Meet Carmen Ostermann '15. Her work Piping Plover Charadrius melodus is featured in DAAPmade: The Exhibition.

Carmen Osterman is a fine artist who was raised in the United States, Canada, Japan, and the Philippines. In 2015, she received her BFA in ceramics and sculpture at the University of Cincinnati. Afterwards she taught at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, Stivers School for the Arts and A+ Children’s Academy.

Ostermann is the recipient of the Wolfstein Travel Fellowship (Frankfurt, Germany), the Margaret L. Gongaware Scholarship, and the Windgate Scholarship. She completed her MFA at the Columbus College of Art & Design in 2022. Her work has been featured in the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, the Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, and the Ohio Craft Museum.

She teaches ceramics at Capital University and is the Administrative and Project Coordinator at the Columbus Audubon, blending her love of art, education, and conservation.

To learn more about Carmen and her work visit www(dot)carmenostermann(dot)com

10/03/2023

Meet William Wesley Taylor '71 & '95. His work Alley Space in Winter is featured in DAAPmade: The Exhibition.

A design award-winning architect, William Wesley Taylor has over 50 years of practice experience including 30 years as a principal designer in regions as diverse as Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Washington, D.C. He holds a Bachelor of Science Professional Degree in Architecture and a Master of Science in Architectural Theory from The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

From 1994 to December 2000, Mr. Taylor was Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati where he taught advanced courses in design and architectural theory.

From 2001-2003 Mr. Taylor held the position of Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He is presently Associate Professor of Architecture Design and Theory at Howard.