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Despite the chicken-in-every-pot hype over consumer-level 3-D printers, the technology still has a long way to go to be usable, or useful, for the average Joe. Designing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional computer screen is no simple task, especially for those unskilled in computer-assisted design or software. And for most people, there's no compelling reason to make a unique object from scratch when mass-produced equivalents are cheaper and simpler. But for some artists, 3-D printing has been a revelation.

Despite the chicken-in-every-pot hype over consumer-level 3-D printers, the technology still has a long way to go to be usable, or useful, for the average Joe. Designing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional computer screen is no simple task, especially for those unskilled in computer-assisted design or software. And for most people, there's no compelling reason to make a unique object from scratch when mass-produced equivalents are cheaper and simpler. But for some artists, 3-D printing has been a revelation.

Artist Richard D. Bunkall, who painted brooding urban landscapes and whose struggle with a debilitating illness inspired an episode of a popular television show, died Wednesday at his studio in Pasadena. He was 45 and died after a five-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Bunkall won two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, exhibited in New York and Los Angeles and taught painting for two decades at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, his alma mater.

The old master spent his winter months at the Chateau Marmont, sitting beneath the palms, the white canopies and its distinctively European tower on the Sunset Strip. Photographer Helmut Newton was as recognizable there as his famous subjects, dining on the patio between sessions for Vanity Fair or Vogue as he shattered taboos through his pictures of startling sexuality. He'd first earned fame as a fashion photographer, shooting long-legged models in high heels in erotic layouts for publications such as Vogue and later added sadomasochistic nudes and celebrities in provocative poses to his portfolio.

The old master spent his winter months at the Chateau Marmont, sitting beneath the palms, the white canopies and its distinctively European tower on the Sunset Strip. Photographer Helmut Newton was as recognizable there as his famous subjects, dining on the patio between sessions for Vanity Fair or Vogue as he shattered taboos through his pictures of startling sexuality. He'd first earned fame as a fashion photographer, shooting long-legged models in high heels in erotic layouts for publications such as Vogue and later added sadomasochistic nudes and celebrities in provocative poses to his portfolio.

In 1992, the acerbic polymath Mike Kelley took a teaching position at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design. With his midcareer retrospective, "Catholic Tastes," set to show at the Whitney the next year, Kelley was a freshly minted art star, embarking on a decade that would see him accomplish some of his most high-profile work, including collaborations with Paul McCarthy, his brethren in the grotesque, and the Educational Complex (1995), a haunting fusion of every school he attended, as well as his childhood home, chillingly rendered as an architectural model.

Ousted last year as president of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, Richard Koshalek will return to the museum world in the nation's capital as director of the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Wayne Clough, the Smithsonian's new secretary, announced the appointment, effective April 13, in a statement Thursday, citing Koshalek's "vast experience in both the education and museum worlds." Before taking over Art Center's top spot in 1999 with a mandate to raise money and expand the campus, Koshalek, 67, was an institution-building director of L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art in the 1980s and '90s.

Art Center College of Design: In Friday's Calendar, an article about the new president of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design referred to the interim president, Frank Ellsworth, as "a former president of Pritzker College." It should have said Pitzer College.

About a year ago, Richard Koshalek was pushed from the presidency of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design after an eruption of resentment among students and alumni who said that he'd become too focused on building the small, elite institution's future -- and too removed from students' immediate needs. Lorne M. Buchman, announced Wednesday as Art Center's next president, will take charge in October, bringing experience during the 1990s running a rival art and design school in the Bay Area -- and in raising money to build bigger and better facilities.

The board of trustees at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design on Wednesday named Frank L. Ellsworth as interim president. Ellsworth, who has served as president of Pitzer College, president of the Independent Colleges of Southern California and most recently president of the Japan Society in New York City, will take over immediately and continue through the ongoing search for a permanent president, anticipated by the end of 2009. Last month, Richard Koshalek -- former director of L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art -- abruptly stepped down from the Art Center presidency after school trustees refused his request for a four-year contract extension.

In 1992, the acerbic polymath Mike Kelley took a teaching position at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design. With his midcareer retrospective, "Catholic Tastes," set to show at the Whitney the next year, Kelley was a freshly minted art star, embarking on a decade that would see him accomplish some of his most high-profile work, including collaborations with Paul McCarthy, his brethren in the grotesque, and the Educational Complex (1995), a haunting fusion of every school he attended, as well as his childhood home, chillingly rendered as an architectural model.

Art Center College of Design: In Friday's Calendar, an article about the new president of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design referred to the interim president, Frank Ellsworth, as "a former president of Pritzker College." It should have said Pitzer College.

About a year ago, Richard Koshalek was pushed from the presidency of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design after an eruption of resentment among students and alumni who said that he'd become too focused on building the small, elite institution's future -- and too removed from students' immediate needs. Lorne M. Buchman, announced Wednesday as Art Center's next president, will take charge in October, bringing experience during the 1990s running a rival art and design school in the Bay Area -- and in raising money to build bigger and better facilities.

Richard Koshalek says that it still smarts that he got dumped as president of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design and that he intends to remain a networker par excellence in his new job as director of the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Koshalek's penchant for forging national and global connections was used against him during the campus coup that led to his ouster last year at Art Center. "I believe isolation breeds irrelevance. You have to be engaged in the larger context," Koshalek, 67, said after Thursday's announcement of his new job. In his old job, that philosophy led Koshalek to host international design conferences on campus and to conceive a series of "global dialogues" that Art Center would coordinate overseas, addressing the role of design in society.

Ousted last year as president of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, Richard Koshalek will return to the museum world in the nation's capital as director of the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Wayne Clough, the Smithsonian's new secretary, announced the appointment, effective April 13, in a statement Thursday, citing Koshalek's "vast experience in both the education and museum worlds." Before taking over Art Center's top spot in 1999 with a mandate to raise money and expand the campus, Koshalek, 67, was an institution-building director of L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art in the 1980s and '90s.

The board of trustees at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design on Wednesday named Frank L. Ellsworth as interim president. Ellsworth, who has served as president of Pitzer College, president of the Independent Colleges of Southern California and most recently president of the Japan Society in New York City, will take over immediately and continue through the ongoing search for a permanent president, anticipated by the end of 2009. Last month, Richard Koshalek -- former director of L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art -- abruptly stepped down from the Art Center presidency after school trustees refused his request for a four-year contract extension.

Richard Koshalek says that it still smarts that he got dumped as president of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design and that he intends to remain a networker par excellence in his new job as director of the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Koshalek's penchant for forging national and global connections was used against him during the campus coup that led to his ouster last year at Art Center. "I believe isolation breeds irrelevance. You have to be engaged in the larger context," Koshalek, 67, said after Thursday's announcement of his new job. In his old job, that philosophy led Koshalek to host international design conferences on campus and to conceive a series of "global dialogues" that Art Center would coordinate overseas, addressing the role of design in society.

Ever since the Petersen Automotive Museum opened the doors to its downstairs vault to the public, the institution has had a steady line of people trying to get in. For that reason, the museum said it will keep the vault open indefinitely. Petersen officials had previously planned to shut down the hourlong tours Jan. 6. Taking up a city block on Wilshire Boulevard's Museum Row, the Petersen has drawn visitors since 1994. Its collection is considered one of the finest in the country, with detailed dioramas and presentations that provide historic and cultural context.

Artist Richard D. Bunkall, who painted brooding urban landscapes and whose struggle with a debilitating illness inspired an episode of a popular television show, died Wednesday at his studio in Pasadena. He was 45 and died after a five-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Bunkall won two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, exhibited in New York and Los Angeles and taught painting for two decades at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design, his alma mater.