A design by Mike Stofiel, an M.F.A. candidate in Wood Turning and Furniture Design, was selected as runner-up in a 2009 national competition sponsored by the Cleveland Public Library in partnership with Cleveland Public Art.

An M.F.A. candidate in Metals and Jewelry, Bifei Cao is exhibiting at the Luke and Eloy Gallery in Pittsburgh.

A 2007 M.F.A. graduate in Sculpture, Yan Xiaojing is exhibiting in a solo show at the Phoenix Art Gallery in Nanjing, China.

Professors Nayda Collazo-Llorens and Patricia Villalobos Echeverría of the IUP Department of Art are exhibiting in Transfer Lounge, an exhibition at Forja ArteContemporáneo in Valencia, Spain, and Space Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pa., in the fall of 2009.

Professor Patricia Villalobos Echeverría and Ms. Nayda Collazo-Llorens, faculty members of the Department of Art, have works currently showing for 2009–2010 at the Mattress Factory in the thirteenth installment of GESTURES: An Exhibition of Small Site-Specific Works.

Prof. Villalobos-Echeverría, of the IUP Department of Art, is exhibiting in the group exhibition Estrago Ecológico, showing June–July 2009 at the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua, Nicaragua.

Ceramics professor Kevin Turner is the recipient of an Honorable Mention for his ceramic work submitted to the Kerameikon International Competition in Croatia.