Art & Design Congratulations for February 2023

Emily Legleitner

The Department of Art & Design is pleased to announce that MFA Printmaking student Emily Legleitner has received the prestigious Frogman's Graduate Student Scholarship from the University of Iowa. Emily's prints will be featured in a solo exhibition, and she will have the fee waived for her to attend one of Frogman’s 2023 Print Workshops.

About Emily | Emily Legleitner is an MFA candidate in printmaking at the University of Alberta. Originating from Flint, Michigan in the United States, Legleitner works within the expanded fields of print media, fiber arts, ceramics, and metals. Her printed imagery is informed by lens-based inquiry, performance, and the body. Legleitner uses portraiture to share auto-biographical narratives and self-reflections. She received a BFA in Studio Art from Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan in 2019. Her work has garnered critical acclaim throughout the United States, with notable solo exhibitions in Brooklyn, New York; Flint and Traverse City, Michigan; and Columbia, Missouri. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2022) and has been published in the London-based print journal Printmaking Today (2018). Legleitner was an artist in residence at the Icelandic Textile Center (Blönduós, Iceland) in 2019. 

Her research at the University of Alberta is focused on surrealistic imagery that reflects on anxiety associated with mortality, choice making, and the human condition
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Justin Pritchard

Congratulations to Academic Teaching Staff Justin Pritchard on receiving a 2023 Faculty of Arts Academic Teaching Staff Award! This annual award is presented to three recipients within the Faculty of Arts based on a demonstration of "excellence in teaching" over the previous 5 years. The award is determined by the Arts Undergraduate Teaching Awards Committee, which is made up of both faculty members and undergraduate students.

About Justin | Justin is a Sessional Faculty Member at the University of Alberta (U of A), with a wealth of experience and knowledge in various areas including design fundamentals, visual communication design, design research, as well as curriculum and instructional design. He obtained his Master of Design (MDes) terminal degree from the U of A, where he conducted research on design education, focusing on teaching design and contemplative practices for improved ideation and creativity. Additionally, he completed two further graduate degrees in Education, with research that centred on design thinking for career and academic development.

Within the university community, Justin is known for his design thinking workshop series, which he has designed and delivered to all U of A graduate students. As a Career Coach with over 10 years of experience, he has specialized in coaching on "career design". Justin now runs his own coaching, consultancy, and design business, where he has earned a reputation as a creative "Career Portfolioist" because of his unique skill set and expertise. Justin also provides career coaching services to U of A MBA students on a contractual basis.

Past and current courses taught by Justin: Design Fundamentals, Foundations of Visual Communications Design I and II, Introduction to Theory and Research in Design
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