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Douglas Brewer F A L L 2 0 1 3 THE ANNUAL PUBLICatION OF THE WILLIAM R. AND CLARICE V. SPURLOCK MUSEUM at THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at URBANA-CHAMpaIGN SPURLOCK MUSEUM STAFF SPURLOCK MUSEUM MAGAZINE Wayne T. Pitard, Director PUBLISHER [email protected] University of Illinois Spurlock Museum, Tandy Lacy, Director of Education College of Liberal Arts and Sciences [email protected] Kim Sheahan, Assistant Director of Education EDITOR Beth Watkins [email protected] Beth Watkins, Education and Publications Coordinator EDITORIAL COMMITTEE [email protected] Norman E. Whitten (chair) Brook Taylor, Education Program Coordinator Sari Gilman Aronson [email protected] Allan Campbell Julia Robinson, Learning Center Coordinator Robin Fossum [email protected] Wayne T. Pitard Ian Wang Jack Thomas, Director of Information Technology Beth Watkins [email protected] Jennifer White, Registrar CONTRIBUTING WRITERS [email protected] Angelina Cotler Amy Heggemeyer, Assistant Registrar for Acquisitions Clark E. Cunningham [email protected] Robin Fossum Jessica Followell, Registration Assistant, Photographic Kelly Holem Collections Wayne T. Pitard [email protected] Dee Robbins Kim Sheahan Cipriano Martinez, Head of Security Claire Skaperdas [email protected] Beth Watkins Karen Flesher, Business/Administrative Associate and Norman E. Whitten Assistant to the Director [email protected] Brian Cudiamat, Special Events Coordinator [email protected] Christa Deacy-Quinn, Collections Manager [email protected] John Holton, Assistant Collections Manager Produced for the Spurlock Museum by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences [email protected] Office of Communications and Marketing. Melissa Sotelo, Collections Coordinator [email protected] Gavin Robinson, Storage Coordinator [email protected] Table of Contents 2 A Message from the Director 3 Board Update 4 Grants and Awards 4 Spurlock Museum Guild Report 5 50 Years of the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies By Angelina Cotler & Norman Whitten 6 Indonesia’s Batik Cloth: A National Heritage by Clark E. Cunningham 8 Collecting What We Must Not Forget by Kelly Holem 10 Inspired By...Works of the C-U Spinners & Weavers Guild by Beth Watkins and Kim Sheahan 13 Douglas Brewer: 30 Distinguished Years of Service by Dee Robbins and Norman Whitten 16 James the Eldest: The Spurlock Museum’s Most Extraordinary Biblical Treasure by Wayne T. Pitard 20 Calendar of Events Cover: Batik kain, sarong. Spurlock Museum collection. 2012.07.0076 22 Spurlock Museum Galleries Opposite page: Batik. From the collection of Clark E. Cunningham. 24 Friends of the Spurlock Museum Below: Batik. From the collection of Clark E. Cunningham. Back cover: Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, No. 1229. Page Γ (Gamma = page 3) of the James Papyrus, preserving James 1:15-18. The Γ is easily visible at the top center of the page. The text includes this famous passage (beginning on line 6): “Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights.” Early third century CE. 1914.21.0025 www.spurlock.illinois.edu 1 A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR write this as we are coming to the conclusion of another successful academic year at the Spurlock Museum. Once again the Spurlock has played a substantial role in supporting the education of thousands of school children from around the Istate of Illinois, as well as students at the University. Our newly renovated exhibit on ancient Mesopotamia has been a hit with visitors, and our temporary exhibits have drawn many new people through our doors. Behind the scenes, the Museum’s ex- panding collections have continued to benefit from exciting donations, and the work of registering, preserving, and studying our artifacts has continued to thrive. One of the most exciting developments over the past two years has been a major expan- sion in the usage of the A. R. (Buck) Knight Auditorium at the Museum. Led by our Special Events Coordinator, Brian Cudiamat, we have dramatically increased the num- ber of events that take place in the Auditorium—from 41 in 2010–2011 to over 350 in both 2011–2012 and 2012–2013! We are now the home of the Orientation Program for prospective and incoming students, presented by the Office of Undergraduate Ad- missions. We are honored to provide thousands of new students and their parents with their first impression of the University campus. In addition, the auditorium is the regu- lar home for the George A. Miller Committee Lecture Series and for the AsiaLENS film series. Its excellent projection and sound systems have also enabled us to hold our own film festivals, including the successful James Bond Festival in April. Brian works with a crack team of student staffers who keep things running smoothly, and they have helped the auditorium become a major element of the Museum’s community engagement. This fall, I will be taking a sabbatical leave to work on the publication of the Spurlock’s important collection of 93 ancient Mesopotamian cylinder and stamp seals. The book will include state-of-the-art photographs of the seals made in our Artifact Imaging Cen- ter with the Museum’s advanced 360-degree camera and its Polynomial Texture Map- ping Dome. These two photographic systems make uniquely useful images of artifacts that are of enormous value to scholars. You can see numerous examples of these photos on the labels and in the games and videos of the interactive kiosk in our “First Impres- sions” interactive exhibit in the Leavitt Gallery of Middle Eastern Cultures. While I am gone, Dr. Susan Frankenberg, Program Coordinator of the University of Illinois Museum Studies Program, will step in as Acting Director. We could not have a better replacement than Dr. Frankenberg. She came to Illinois in 2007 with con- siderable museum curatorial experience at the University of Tennessee to oversee the establishment of the Museum Studies Program here. That work has gone so well that the University now offers a graduate minor in Museum Studies, with an undergraduate minor on the horizon. She is also a member of the Spurlock Museum Board and has worked closely with us on several aspects of our operation. We are thrilled that she has agreed to come over and share her expertise with us full-time for the fall. I’ll see you in January. Wayne T. Pitard 2 SPURLOCK MUSEUM | FALL 2013 BOARD UPDATE MUSEUM BOARD Board Members Serving as a Board member at the Spurlock Museum adds a new dimension to *Peggy Anderson (Secretary) volunteerism and a lifetime of museum knowledge. My involvement began over 18 Sari G. Aronson years ago while attending an auction for the World Heritage Museum. Members of James Barham the Guild and Board soon became friends and trips to the Museum came more often, Harlan J. Berk Henry Blackwell for both general interest and attending events. With the opening of the new Spurlock Douglas Brewer building in 2002, the business of volunteering became more serious as the Museum *Allan C. Campbell (Past President) began the process for accreditation. Through all these changes, there has always been a Helen Cangellaris central core of dedicated volunteer Board members and a very active Guild. As a former *Clark E. Cunningham Joseph Czestochowski president of the Guild, I can attest to the outstanding work of members, putting together Robin Douglas auctions and events, all to raise funds for educational programs at the Museum. As a Elizabeth Felts long-time member of the Board and current president, I can also be proud of how our *Robin Fossum (President) members have not only donated their time but also personally invested in the future of *Susan Frankenberg (Treasurer) Gregory Freund the Museum. John Heiligenstein My term will be over at the end of the year, and I know that the Board is in good *Charles M. Hundley hands. We are always looking for new members to join us in helping to represent one *Antonios Michalos (President Elect) of the gems of culture and history on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana- *Richard M. Pyatt William Shilts Champaign. If interested, please feel free to contact any board member or the Museum James Sinclair for more information. We have a great Museum, a fabulous working staff, and a director *Michael VanBlaricum with knowledge to share. All of these elements make the Spurlock a wonderful place to Safwat Wahba visit. We hope to see you at the Museum soon! Joy Thornton-Walter *Yu (Ian) Wang *Wayne Weber Robin Fossum *Norman E. Whitten Spurlock Museum Board President Sean Williams Lisa Wilson Joyce Wright * designates Trustee Honorary Members Jill Knappenberger Betty Ann Knight Martha Landis Sara de Mundo Lo Anna J. Merritt Adlon Rector Grover L. Seitzinger Charles R. Shepardson “Sacha Runa” (forest person) trickster figure, Quiteño artist, 1985. From the collection of Norman E. Whitten. www.spurlock.illinois.edu 3 GRANTS AND SPURLOCK MUSEUM GUILD REPORT AwARDS When reviewing recent Guild activities we cannot help but be proud of our continuing Tandy Lacy, Director of Education, received a grant of $11,000 from the Ethnic and contributions to the growth and development of the Spurlock Museum. Folk Arts Program of the Illinois Arts This year, the Guild funded, either partially or wholly, several events that were held Council in support of performance events in the Museum. They included lectures on Bolivian Carnival and Andean knitting and special programs featuring guest artists and weaving, a concert by jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda that filled the auditorium to from around the world. capacity, the exhibit A World of Shoes, and the opening celebration for the exhibit From Kim Sheahan, Assistant Director of Educa- Protest to Peace. tion, is currently serving as a member of the In addition to providing support for Spurlock events and exhibits, the Guild hosted Illinois Association of Museums Board of Directors, representing Region 2.
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