Lawrence University

The Wriston Art Center Newsletter

June 1996 Issue 2 Art Department, Appleton, Wisconsin 54911
Tel: 414/832-6621 FAX: 414/832-7362 e-mail: Carol.J.Davis@Lawrence.edu

We hope you enjoy the second issue of our annual newsletter. With this issue, I'm delighted to announce that the newsletter is now available on- line on the World Wide Web. You can access the newsletter through the Art Department's homepage (http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art) where you will also find a range of other information about the Art Department. We have only just begun to set up our website but already one of the most exciting aspects is the opportunity to display current work by our studio faculty. Take a look at the website and let us know what you think.

One of the most significant developments in the academic program of the Art Department for many years occurred at the end of last year when the Art Department received approval to offer a double major in art history and studio art. I am especially pleased to tell you that our first studio art and art history double major, Josh Barney '96, graduated this year--well done Josh!

The success of the newsletter depends to a large extent on your input and we thank all of you who sent news to us. CJ Davis, the editor of the newsletter, has done a wonderful job compiling the newsletter and she is always delighted to hear from any of you. Please keep us informed of your activities and accomplishments so that we can include them in next year's newsletter.

• Alice King Case, lecturer in studio art and supervisor of art education, won the Jurors' Award of Merit at the annual exhibition of the Wisconsin Art Educators, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, for the second consecutive year. In February, Alice was selected to exhibit in the 1996 Women in the Visual Arts Exhibition at the Erector Square Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. Ann Langdon, artist/writer, selected 82 artists from 2500 entries throughout the United States and abroad. Alice also recently exhibited at the Electronic Gallery, San Francisco, California in a juried exhibition of 70 national and international art educators. Alice attended the 35th Annual National Art Education Association Conference in San Francisco, where she visited museums and schools in the Bay area, attended technological workshops in computer-assisted art, and spent time at the California College of Art and Design in Oakland. This summer Alice will continue her studies in drawing and mixed media at Bennington College. During winter term 1997, Alice will teach drawing at the Instituto Allende of the Universidad de Guanajuato, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

• C.J. Davis, secretary of the Art Department and editor of this newsletter, participated in a panel sponsored by the Fox Cities Magazine to select local architectural sites worthy of being awarded the epithet "Lily" or "Lakefly." Ten awards in each category were given with the Wriston Art Center and the University Chapel being selected for two of the Lily Awards.

• Helen Klebesadel has presented slide lectures to Alumni Clubs in Seattle and Los Angeles, as well as groups around the state, on the United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing, China which she attended as a leader of arts professionals in 1995. In December, she had a solo exhibition entitled Domestic Fables, Legends and Myths at the Grace Chosy Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin and was featured in the Appleton Post- Crescent, along with William Sloane-Coffin, activist and LU visiting Scarff professor, and Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, "...as one of the top 10 interesting people of the year that leave a mark on our minds and in our hearts." Her work was recently featured on the cover of the winter 1996 edition of The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Magazine. Helen was on the advisory committee that wrote a successful $160,000 NEH/NSF grant proposal to revise Lawrence's Gender Studies core-course sequence. Helen completed her 2- year term as the 13th president of the national Women's Caucus for Art and will continue to serve this organization for the next two years as Immediate Past President. At the end of the year she was granted tenure, promoted to associate professor, and appointed chair of the Art Department for 1996-1997.

• Carol Lawton, associate professor of art history, has been on leave for the past academic year at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, where she is the NEH Senior Fellow in Classical and Byzantine Studies, preparing a volume on the votive reliefs from the excavations of the Athenian Agora. Her book, Attic Document Reliefs: Art and Politics in Ancient Athens, was published in September by Oxford University Press. She reports welcome visits from Lawrentians Alison Latimer, Arif Khan, Patrick Dougherty and Professor Emeritus of English and Mrs. Tom Dale.

• Todd McGrain, assistant professor of art, was one of 158 artists, scholars and scientists in the country to be awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. The Fellowship will enable Todd to spend next year on leave in order to devote himself full-time to his creative work. In addition to the Guggenheim, Todd also received the 1996 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award. Todd was the only sculptor so honored with this award. At Lawrence's 1995 Commencement, Todd received the Lawrence University Outstanding Young Teacher Award. In announcing the Award, President Warch noted that Todd's "greatest contribution has been in opening the minds of [his] students to the meaning of art and its place in all our lives." During the year, Todd had solo exhibitions of recent sculpture at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.

• Pamela O'Donnell, gallery /collection assistant and visual resources librarian, has spent the year working with Nadine Wasserman , curator of the Wriston Art Center Galleries, preparing a calendar of gallery exhibitions for the Sesquicentennial celebration next year. For one exhibition based on the University's permanent collection, Pamela will be curating the "19th Century Room." Pamela had the opportunity to attend the annual conference of the Visual Resources Association in Boston last February and came away very impressed with the new digital- imaging technology. With the acquisition of a Macintosh, the Visual Resources Library will expand into the new technologies of CD-ROM and the Internet in order to provide students and faculty access to the most advanced image resources.

• Michael T. Orr, associate professor of art history and chair of the art department, gave the Baccalaureate Address at Lawrence's 1995 Commencement. Michael received an NEH research grant to support his work cataloging the pictorial contents of late medieval English manuscripts and spent most of last summer working on the project in Oxford. During the year he published an article "Illustration as Preface and Postscript in the Hours of the Virgin of Trinity College MS.B.11.7" in the medieval art history journal Gesta and chaired a session on late medieval manuscripts and printed books at the New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Sarasota, Florida. He will be spending this summer and most of next year in London continuing his research on English manuscript illumination while also teaching at Lawrence's London Study Centre.

• Tim Rodgers, assistant professor of art history, presented a series of lectures at a variety of museums around the United States to Lawrence Alumni Clubs, beginning with the Milwaukee Public Museum in October, 1995. In March, 1996, Tim led a group through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and talked about the artwork created by the WPA program of the 1930s. April found him discussing the work of Winslow Homer at the Boston Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, followed by a talk at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Also in April, Tim was one of the speakers at the Bisexual Gay Lesbian and Straight Society (BGLASS) Conference held at Lawrence. Tim was also the featured speaker at the 1996 Senior Dinner in May.

• Charles Timm-Ballard, Frederick Layton Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, won the 1995/96 Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Artist Fellowship Award. Charles also won third prize in a major ceramics competition entitled Feats of Clay, held in Lincoln, California. On January 12th, the Wriston Art Center Galleries opened the new year with an exhibition of his ceramic work. In addition to his exhibition at the Wriston, Charles has exhibited his work nationally in a wide range of juried exhibitions including shows in Pennsylvania, Texas and California. In February, 1996, Charles gave a lecture on ceramics as a visiting artist at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. On August 20th, Charles, Dana, and Ada welcomed Emma Maxine to the family, all 7 lbs. 13 oz.

• Nadine Wasserman, became the first full-time curator of the Wriston Art Center Galleries in August, 1995. She has a bachelor's degree in art history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master's degree from UW in Afro-American studies. Formerly, she was curatorial assistant at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Her emphasis for the Wriston is to do more outreach to the general public as well as increase its visibility among university galleries all over the country in order to share exhibits and ideas. In keeping with this goal, Nadine has presented tours and informal talks at Wriston Art Center Galleries to groups of high school students and the Lawrence community at large. In addition to a busy first year, Nadine has written several essays: an essay on Marie Cochran for the Southern Arts Federation National Endowment for the Arts 1995 Sculpture Fellowships Supplement to Sculpture Magazine; two essays, one on Martin Puryear and one on Richard Hunt, for the catalogue to accompany the exhibition "Art in Chicago" due to open at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1996; and nineteen entries for the Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture volume on African American culture.

• The recent work of Professor Emeritus E. Dane Purdo is represented in the 80th anniversary exhibition of the Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council entitled Wisconsin Metalsmiths 1996, held at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, from June 25 to September 15, 1996. He was also selected as juror for the Appleton high school art competition, held in the Avenue Mall on March 23, 1996, by the Congressional Arts Competition, Washington, DC and the Appleton Art Center. Artwork by the winner will be exhibited in the halls of Congress for a full year.

• The work of Professor Emeritus Arthur Thrall was the feature of the Holiday season at the Charles Allis Art Museum in Milwaukee. Line, Texture and Color, Paintings and Hand-Colored Etchings, opened on December 11, 1995 and closed January 22, 1996.

• Jennifer Eberly, studio art '96, received an invitation from the Peace Corps to volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa. Jennifer will work as an agroforestry extension agent, helping to build woodlots and orchards, while generally teaching more effective farming techniques. Service is for two years. Jennifer worked throughout summer '95 as a gallery intern, guard, and visual resources assistant. For the past academic year, Jennifer has been a gallery intern.

• Deanna Jones, art history '96, has accepted a position with Young Life International Ministries in Geneva, Switzerland. Deanna has been a gallery intern since her sophomore year and the art department office assistant throughout her senior year.

• Carolyn Joslyn, studio art and physics '96, was awarded Honors in course cum laude.

• Bill Lee, art history '96, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with Honors in Course magna cum laude. At Lawrence's First Annual Symposium on the Humanities and Social Sciences, Bill delivered a paper on the architecture of Exeter Cathedral. He has been admitted to the MA program in medieval art history at the Courtauld Institute, London but has decided to defer entry for a year. He has accepted a one-year position as a research consultant at the J. Paul Getty Center, Santa Monica, CA. where he will be assisting Marilyn Low Schmitt, LU ' 60 and Lawrence trustee, at the Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP).

• Reed Haslach, studio art '98, has been accepted into the London Study Centre for Term I 1996.

• Gus Mergins, studio art/English '97, Andrea Morrill, art history '96, and Sam Welch, studio art '97, will be participating in the ACM Florence program, Term I 1996.

• Amy Mechowski, art history '96,was awarded Honors in Independent Study summa cum laude for her thesis "The Prostitution of the Female Nude: American Print Advertising and Fragrance Marketing." She also graduated with Honors in Course magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During the year she presented summaries of her thesis to the following groups: The First Annual Symposium on the Humanities and Social Sciences, BGLASS Conference, and the Downer Feminist Council. She has been accepted into the MA program in art history at University College London.

• Benjamin Palchick, studio art '96, plans to spend the summer working on his portfolio for application to graduate school in the fall of 1997. In the fall of 1996, he will travel to South America to "catch trout, to paint (insects primarily), and to study birds."

• Melissa Pohlman, studio art '98, will be participating in the Chicago Semester in the Arts program, Term I 1996.
• Rebecca Scott, studio art special student, has moved to Atlanta and will be attending the Atlanta College of Art this fall. Anyone wishing to contact Rebecca, feel free to call Ms. Case or the art department office.

• Erica Tryon, art history '96, 1995/96 gallery intern, graduated with Honors in Course magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She has also been awarded a Watson Fellowship which will enable her to spend 1996/97 abroad. She will spend six months on the Ivory Coast and six months in the Republic of Benim in Africa studying the effects the western art trade has had on traditional art forms. Erica also participated in the University/Residential Theatre Association auditions at Northwestern University in Chicago this past February and received offers of admission from twenty graduate schools. The Watson Fellowship will delay any theatre decisions for a year.

• Bradford Wendel, classics '96, conducted independent research on the ancient coin collection belonging to the Classics Department. Drawing on the example of the Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient Coins in Lawrence's permanent collection, Brad completed an Honors Thesis for which he was awarded Honors magna cum laude. In May, Brad gave a presentation in the Wriston Art Center auditorium on his honors project. Brad has been offered an opportunity to work with Harlan Berk of Chicago, a prominent dealer in ancient coins.

The 1996 Art Majors Picnic was held in Peabody Park, Appleton, on May 29th. Faculty provided barbeque expertise and specialties. Over 60 studio art and art history majors attended.

DEAN'S LIST

• Karen Gayle Adams
• Laura Marie Andrews
• Elizabeth Anne Athens
• Jessica Kay Athens
• Nathalie Carine Chatelain
• Dean Lawrence Dunakin
• Jennifer Andrea Eberly
• Carolyn Anne Joslyn
• Shirzad Homi Khusrokhan
• William Eugene Lee
• Dianne H. Ludwig
• Carolyn Mae Lussow
• Amy K. Mechowski
• Sarah Ann Merz
• Andrea Marie Morrill
• Nora Frances O'Shea
• Benjamin Larson Palchik
• Melissa Marie Pohlman
• Saul Deva Rapisardo
• Stephen Eugene Rodgers
• Heather L. Sigl
• Robert William Smart
• Elliot King Stith
• Erica C. Tryon

HONORS DAY AWARDS:

The Jessie Mae Pate McConagha Prize recognizing interdisciplinary scholarship in art history within the humanities:
Amy Mechowski, art history '96

The Estelle Ray Reid Scholarship in Art awarded to a graduate student excelling in the study of art:
Amy Mechowski, art history '96

The Elizabeth Richardson Award awarded to women excelling in studio art and art history:
Kerry McNaughton, studio art '96
Erica Tryon, art history '96

Senior Art Prize for Men awarded to men excelling in studio art and art history:
William Lee, art history '96
Benjamin Palchick, studio art '96

The Davenport-Gilloon Book Award
Ava Romanowska, art history '98

ART EDUCATION

Certification in Art Education:
January, 1996
Erik Eckblad, studio art '95
Jennifer Kosloski, studio art '95
Bridget Lamers-Van Zeeland, studio art '95

Student teachers in the Fox Valley Public Schools:
Fall, 1996
Heather Sigl, studio art '96
Natalie Denton, studio art '96

• Molly Arnason, art history/French '92, is moving to Phoenix, Arizona to take up a new teaching post at Phoenix Country Day School where she will teach 6-8 grade French and study skills.

• Morgan Baird, art history /history '93, graduated from Boston University with an M.A. in art history. Morgan is a member of Lawrence University's Alumni Board of Directors and visited the Art Center through the year.

• Dan Barry, studio art '94, is employed as creative consultant for Urban Outfitters. Dan initially started his position in Texas but has been relocated to Chicago.

• Kendra Boettcher, flute/art history '94, received a Master's in Music from the University of North Texas- Denton in May, 1996. After graduation, Kendra joined the U.S. Army Field Band . Upon completing basic training in Missouri, Kendra expects to be based in Washington, DC and travel on four overseas tours a year.

• Annie Brose, history '91, is currently working in the Rights and Reproductions Department of the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles, California.

• Megan Burdick-Grade, studio art '90, recently graduated from the College of Notre Dame, California, with an M.A. degree in psychology and art therapy. She and her husband live in Belmont, California.

• Amey Chapel, studio art '92, and her husband, Dominique Delugeau, are the proud parents of a boy, born in November, 1995. Amey and Dominique travel to France twice a year to visit family. Amey has taken an indefinite leave of absence from her teaching position in De Pere.

• Nelson "Ted" Chesky, studio art '83, is a graphic designer at Envision, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his pilot's license last year and reports that he will start a new airline as soon as he finishes building the plane.

• Jefferson Gardner Davis (Jeff), studio art '94, had his MFA Graduate Exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in April.

• Charlotte Darling-Diehl, studio art '56, has returned to the Appleton area after teaching art in the Pennsylvania school district until her recent retirement. In March, she had an exhibition of her sculptures at the Thomas E. Caestecker Art gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

• Liz Dvorak, studio art '88, and Laurie Wirtz, studio art '89, opened a store called "The Painted Daisy" in Glenview, Illinois, with Jennifer Downey. The store carries hand-crafted jewelry by Liz and Laurie and artisan gifts and fun clothing.

• Siri Engberg, art history '89, is a curatorial assistant at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis. For the past five years Siri has had the primary curatorial responsibility for the museum's collection of c. 6,000 works on paper. Siri was the Juror for the Americas 2000 Exhibition at Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota.

• John Garrett, studio art '94, has been accepted into graduate school at the University of Florida.

• Stephen Gratwick, art history '92, is currently working for American Express in San Francisco and is taking an acting class through City College of San Francisco.

• Judith Jourdan, studio art '94, and her husband, Richard Cornelius, held their 6th Annual Friendship Party at their home in Oconto, Wisconsin in July, 1995. Judi's work was featured at the Appleton Art Center fall 1995 Native American Exhibition.

• John Kokoszka, art history and biology '95, recently returned from a five-month stay in Florence, Italy. He is currently applying to law school.

• Jennifer Kosloski, studio art '95, is a substitute teacher in the Brillion schools.

• Andrew Kutchera, art history '94, is living on Ashbury Street in San Francisco. He will be taking an architectural design class at the University of California- Berkeley this summer and is considering applying for grad school in either architecture or urban planning next year. He is continuing with his ceramics and is currently looking for a new job.

• Jiayi Diana Ling, studio art /physics '94, received a Master's degree in Physics at the University of Kansas at Lawrence in June. She will be entering the MFA program in Art at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington this fall, with a teaching assistantship in Art. Jiayi participated in a panel discussion on Chinese women artists and acted as a translator/guide to the WCA delegation to Beijing, China last year. Professor Klebesadel visited with Jiayi's parents while in China for the International Women's Conference in Beijing.

• Kayan Marshall, art history '93, completed training in conservation and restoration at the Instituto per L'Arte e Il Restauro Palazzo Spinelli in Florence, Italy. She has begun her own restoration business in Bombay, India.

• Dawn Eden Martin, studio art '94, wed Richard Andrew Frontjes at her grandparents' home in Clintonville, August 1995. Richard is a graduate student at Princeton Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. The couple met while attending the ACM program in Chicago during Eden's senior year. Eden has been certified to teach art education in the New Jersey school, system and is substitute teaching art in the Princeton Public Schools. She will pursue graduate studies in Creativity and Art Therapy at Pratt Institute, New York City, summer 1996.

• Kate Metzger, classics '94, has been accepted into the graduate program in art history at the University of Oregon.

• Carrie Naumann, studio art '95, spent three and a half months in Honduras assisting Fulbright recipient William Swetcharnik, multi-media painter, with a Latin American art research project teaching artists, art educators and craftspeople how to make their own paints from locally- available, inexpensive materials. Carrie has announced her engagement to Ryan Korb, Percussion/Music Ed '95. She will remain in Appleton pursuing her long-time interest in community arts projects.

• Susan Holt Quentel, studio art '83, was represented by Stux Gallery, New York (1987-1991). She has shown extensively in the States, Europe, and the Far East.

• Jefferson Riley, LU '68, architect of the Wriston Art Center, gave a gallery talk in connection with the opening of the Centerbrook Exhibition in the Wriston Galleries on March 29th.

• Rebecca Sigler, art history '86, currently lives in Normal, Illinois and is working as an art consultant. Her husband, Nicolas Africano, a noted artist, and she travelled to Geneva, Switzerland for an exhibition last year.

• Eileen Sliwinski, studio art '87, a teacher in the Milwaukee Public Schools, is in the process of co-authoring a book entitled, Don't Drop the Baby, a Guide to Cookin' and Livin' by Two Liquorin' Women. She continues to work in metalsmithing, and plans to attend the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

• Sally Buss Newlin Steinke, studio art '87, married David Steinke on August 12, 1995 at the Mosquito Hill Nature Center, Appleton. Sally is an art teacher with the Appleton Public Schools and resides in Shiocton. Sally's daughter, Heather Newlin, is entering her sophomore year at Lawrence.

• Brady Nichols, studio art '92, completed his MFA at the University of Wisconsin- Madison in May, 1996.

• Judith Overcash, special student-art department '92, moved to Clearwater, Florida and was nominated to the 1995/96 CIGNA Outstanding Educators/Teacher of the Year competition. She was one of 136 educators in the county to be named to this group out of 7,000 teachers in the system. Judith wrote, "This is directly related to the fine art education I received at Lawrence University."

• Sujata (Suzie) Paul, studio art '95, has a piece entitled Head of Hilary in the collection of Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Brooks received an Honorary Degree at Commencement, June 1995. While on campus, Ms. Brooks visited the Senior Exhibition in the Wriston Art Center Galleries and selected the piece.

• Kelli Gustman Prast, studio art '87, and her husband, Jim, have moved to Green Bay with children, Nathanial and Anastasia. Jim has recently taken the position of sales manager of Gustman Motors in Green Bay.

• Jason Ramay, Philosophy '92, is enrolled at the University of Texas-Austin pursuing a Masters in Architecture.

• Renee Reimer, studio art '94, was hired by Kimberly High School to teach introductory studio art. Renee started the position in September, 1995. In February she participated in a local public schools art faculty exhibition.

• Timothy Riley, art history '92, will be entering the art history graduate program at Columbia University, New York City this fall. Tim will continue in his administrative/public lecturer position at The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval branch museum. Tim travelled to Vienna, Krakow, Budapest, and Prague with Appleton East High School (of which he is an alumnus) giving lectures on the art and architecture of each city visited. He says he saw LU's own Rick Bjella and his choir in Prague. Tim has been elected to the Board of Directors for Melodious Accord, an organization founded by American composer/arranger Alice Parker.

• Renee Rousseau, studio art '94, received a Rotary Grant to spend the year in Belgium teaching French. She writes that she "has been able to see some magnificent art exhibitions. In September, 1995, I saw the largest exhibition ever held on African Art. The exhibition was at the Museum of African Art in Brussels, and our guide was the curator of the museum. I was even more impressed by the Cezanne exhibition in Paris, which I attended with a Rotary Club group. I have always enjoyed Monet and his landscapes, but now I have a much better understanding and appreciation for Cezanne."

• Jami Severson, art history '95, has accepted a position in the Public Affairs Office of Lawrence as the Production Coordinator. Jami had previously served as a student intern in the Public Affairs office.

• Lisa Kratzer Steiner, anthropology '91, received a Master's in Museum Studies in November, 1995 from the John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California. She is currently the Project Manager at the Treasure Island Museum in San Francisco, CA.

• Lenore Thomas, studio art '93, recently held a one-person show of lithographs at the 651 Park Street Gallery in Madison. She will enter the University of Wisconsin- Madison Graduate School in Art Education this fall.

• Catherine Torresani, art history '82, and her husband, Jeffrey Geppert, LU '86, announce the birth of their daughter, Margaret Lucille, in July 1995.

• Mike Willis, English '91, is the Curator of Education at Exhibits USA in Kansas City, Missouri. Mike recently received his M.A. in art history from the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

1995-1996 Exhibition Schedule

Temple and Village: Patterns and Prints of India
22 September-29 October 1995
A comprehensive collection of textiles that documents the life and culture of the people of India. Elsa Sreenivasam, professor emerita, presented a gallery talk prior to the opening entitled, "Regional Diversity of Indian Textiles."

10 November-10 December 1995
Whirligigs and Weathervanes
An exhibition of fanciful whirligigs and weathervanes created by contemporary American artists.

12 January-10 March 1996
Frederick Layton Visiting Professor: Charles Timm-Ballard
A presentation of the recent work of Lawrence University's Frederick Layton Visiting Professor. Professor Timm-Ballard presented a gallery talk outlining the research and process involved in the creation of his ceramic pieces.

29 March-12 May 1996
Centerbrook
An exhibition of architectural projects, including the Wriston Art Center, produced by Centerbrook Architects. Jeff Riley, LU'68, architect of the Wriston Art Center, presented a gallery lecture prior to the opening of the show.

31 May, 1996-3 August, 1996
Senior Art Exhibition
Annual exhibition of work by Lawrence University's senior art majors.

1996-1997 Exhibition Schedule

In its 1996-97 season the Wriston Art Center Galleries will be celebrating Lawrence's sesquicentennial year with several exhibitions related to the college. Plans include two shows based on the permanent collection, an art department faculty exhibition, and highlights from alumni collections.

27 September-27 October 1996
Selections from the Permanent Collection: An Investigation into the Significance of Art and Display
Opening reception: Friday, September 27, 6-8pm

15 November-15 December 1996
Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Opening reception: Friday, November 15, 6-8pm

17 January-16 March 1997
Zapatista! Mexican and Mexican-American Printworks
Opening reception: Friday, January 17, 6-8pm

11 April-18 May 1997
Alumni Collect (*Working Title)
An exhibition of works from the collections of Lawrence University's alumni/ae.
Opening reception: Friday, April 11, 6-8pm

30 May-2 August, 1997
Senior Art Exhibition
Annual exhibition of work by Lawrence University's senior art majors.
Opening reception: Friday, May 30, 6-8pm

PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE WRISTON ART CENTER GALLERIES

Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at Lawrence University
Cost: $35.00

German Expressionism at Lawrence University: The La Vera Pohl Collection
Cost: $25.00

All catalogues are available from the Union Station Store or from C.J. Davis in the Wriston Art Center. Mail or credit card orders from the Union Station Store only (615 E. College Avenue, Appleton, WI 54912. Tel: 414/832-6832).

The Arts Association sponsored several exhibits at the "Gallery Untitled" student exhibition space in the Brokaw Hall Writing Lab. A lecture by visiting artist, Caroline Ottmers, assistant professor and sculptor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was sponsored in early fall. Ms. Ottmers presented a talk about the origins of her work. On May 1st, the annual fundraising art auction sponsored by the Arts Association was held in Riverview Lounge.

The Arts Umbrella, a campus- wide organization devoted to the fine arts, sponsored several field trips to museums in Chicago and Milwaukee.

B.G.L.A.S.S. (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, And Straight Society) sponsored a conference and film festival at Lawrence University on April 19-21, 1996. Harvey Fierstein, actor/gay activist, was the keynote speaker. Wisconsin State Assembly representative and gay rights activist, Tammy Baldwin, music director of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, Bridget- Michaele Reischl, assistant professor of art history, Tim Rodgers, and Lawrence senior and gay activist, Aaron Lindberg, were featured speakers.

Carol Butts, archivist/director of Hulbert House, LU '52, presented a series of talks entitled, "The History of Lawrence," unveiling bits of information concerning campus personalities and buildings gleaned from her archives.

Fine Arts Colloquium sponsored three lectures in the Wriston Art Center. The installation artist, Florence Oy Wong, gave a lecture entitled, "Creating Art from Life/Life from Art" in October, 1995. In November, Priscilla Manders presented "A Taste of Oneida Culture: Corn Husk Dolls" and demonstrated the making of corn husk dolls and their significance to the Oneida culture. In May, Marilyn Low Schmitt, LU'60 and Lawrence trustee, gave a lecture entitled, "Of Foliage and Saints, And Styles and Time..Reflections on the Study of Romanesque Sculpture." Ms. Schmitt is the program manager, Getty Art History Information Program, Santa Monica, California.

The Appleton chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America sponsored four lectures in 1995/1996. Murray McClellan, assistant professor of Archaeology, Boston University, delivered a lecture entitled, "Reflections on Classical Glass." This lecture focused on classical Greek glass of the 5th century B.C. James Russell, professor of Classics , University of British Columbia and past-president of the Archaeological Institute of America, presented a lecture on the various attempts of the Roman army to subdue the tribes of Northern Britain in the first and second centuries A.D. Rhys F. Townsend, associate professor of Art History, Clark University, presented a lecture on court procedure in Classical Athens with a focus on the specially-designed architecture of the Agora intended to house this procedure. Dan Taylor, Hiram A. Jones professor of Classics, Lawrence University, presented a lecture entitled, "Olympia and the Olympic Games: 776 B.C.-A.D. 1996.
Jere Wickens, president of the Appleton chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, spent this past year in Athens, Greece. In his absence, the torch was passed to Liz Cronmiller, who served as the 1995-1996 president. Jere will resume the presidency when he returns.

Groups sponsoring film festivals in the Worcester Auditorium, 1995-1996:

Aids Task Force sponsored six films; Chavurah presented "Europa, Europa" in February; Conservatory of Music, under the direction of Professor James De Corsey, presented a musical film series consisting of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Verdi's La Traviata; Downer Feminist Council presented five films; Greenfire (Environmental Society) sponsored 2 films, a lecture, and a concert in the amphitheatre; Image Film Series presented 17 films throughout the year; LIFS (Lawrence International Film Series) presented 14 films throughout the year in the Wriston Art Center Auditorium; LUCC Committee on Multi-Cultural Affairs sponsored two films; PSA (Psychology Students Association) sponsored a fund-raising film festival.

The Wriston Art Center hosted a number of other events during the year:.

C. Motts Thomas, dean of students, called a meeting consisting of Scarff Visiting Professor, William Sloane Coffin, and concerned students, faculty and staff to discuss the acquital verdict of O.J.Simpson.

Education Department students sponsored a panel discussion entitled, "Should English be the Official Language of the United States?"

Mortar Board Week International Panel Discussion presented a dialogue on the issue of children's concerns in various countries. This was followed by the sponsorship of a weeklong series of child-oriented video cartoons.

LUCC Committee on Multi- Cultural Affairs sponsored a lecture by Lecturer/Author Phoebe Eng entitled "Diversity Time Bomb? Working with the Chaos" in the Wriston Art Center Auditorium.

YUAI Community sponsored a lecture/slide presentation entitled "Covert Operations in America" with Bob Harris, political humorist, author, activist, and researcher, one of the nation's leading speakers on the abuse of power in American politics.

The Fox Valley Photographic Society held the Fifth Annual Wisconsin International Exhibition of Color Slide Photography in the Wriston Art Center Auditorium in July, 1995 and a color slide photography presentation by Bob Schaapf on nature photography in September 1995. The Sixth Annual Wisconsin International Exhibition of Color Slide Photography was held in the Wriston Art Center Auditorium on June 12, 1996.

Some building updates:

The campus security office is now located in the Wriston Art Center with Alan Bolyard as the lead security officer.

Don Martin enters his third year as senior custodian for the Wriston Art Center.

For the financial support given to the Art Center and Art Department, we thank:

• Mrs. Arthur C. Fallon, M-D '40
  
• Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Haroutunian, '67
  
• Lee Ann Kleeman, '64
  
• Judith Ballinger Montgomery, '70
  
• Michael P. Willis, '91
  
• Sarah Krueger, '70
  
• Richard A. Burkett, '73
  
• Daniel M. Miller, '64

• Dr. Richard O. Haight
  • Mauricio Lasansky, Self-Portrait

• Donald and Nancy Eiler
  • William Weege, Chapter II
  • Ed Zerne, Swing Meets Net
  • Ed Zerne, You can steal a man's bolts but you can't steal his thunder
  • Ed Zerne. Flotsam
  • James Pernotto, Untitled (Pinball)
  • James Pernotto, Bermuda Triangle Piece
  • Paul Reed, Untitled
  • Paul Reed, Untitled

• Herbert Moskowitz
  • Robert Cottingham, Don't Walk
  • Susan Crile, Shimmer
  • Anita Jung, Untitled
  • Philip Pearlstein, Models and Horses

• Robert French
  • Alexander Archipenko, Coquette
  • Kathe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait

• Harold Jordan, LU ' 73
  • Sam Gilliam, For Boomerangs

• Robert A. Dickens
  • Warrington Colescott, A History of Printmaking
  • series

To reach us by e-mail, start with the username listed below and then add @Lawrence.edu

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Carol.L.Lawton
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The Art Department homepage is now available on the World Wide Web:
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art