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M A G A Z I N E F A L L 2 0 0 4 DearLe Frtteriends, from the Dean When I began my tenure as Dean in July of 2001, one of my goals was to establish a new publication that would feature not only news and features about the work and activities of our faculty, students and alumni, but special articles with relevance to the Arts and Arts Education along with tributes to the many individuals who have provided special support for the College over the years as well. I am delighted therefore to bring you this first edi- tion of our College’s Alumni Magazine as a sequel to the College’s 10th Anniversary activi- ties that have been taking place over the past year. The Magazine, which will be pub- lished periodically, is being produced by the College in collaboration with the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, whose students have authored several of the feature articles and have assisted with the layout and design. Our special thanks to Dean Will Norton and Professors Charlyne Berens, Susan Gage and Gerald Sass for working with us on this project. Our 10th Anniversary Celebration officially began last August, with a presentation at our Annual Fall College Convocation by Ben Cameron, who is currently the Executive Director of the Theatre Communications Group, and culminated this past April with our Second Annual Alumni Awards Dinner and student performances in the Lied Center for Performing Arts of Frank Loesser’s Guys and Dolls and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Anniversary events throughout the year included an interesting array of more than 40 pre- sentations and performances by such noted artists and scholars as Elliot Eisner, Mary Zimmerman, William Bolcom, and others. Stories about these events, along with a feature article by Robert O’Neil, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and the Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, can be found in the pages that follow. Robert O’Neil presented the keynote address at our Fall Convocation on August 17th. This past year also witnessed the production of the College’s first promotional DVD, which has garnered national attention by winning more than a dozen regional and national awards since this past January. Authored and produced entirely by our faculty and stu- dents, the DVD was a shared effort that was coordinated by College Publications Coordinator Kathe Andersen and Associate Dean Robert Fought, and involved our Film and New Media, Graphics Design and Music Technology programs. A copy of the DVD can be obtained by contacting Kathe Andersen in the Dean’s Office. The past three years have been a continuing challenge in light of the budgetary shortfalls that the University has had to endure, and yet, the College and its programs have contin- ued to grow, due largely to the perseverance and commitment of our faculty and students, a most supportive and encouraging administration, and a “can do” spirit that has prevailed campus-wide. We have also been able to maintain a sharp focus on excellence as a result of continuing support from the Hixson-Lied Endowment and the generosity of our donors, who, of course include many of our College’s alumni. Looking ahead, we now turn our attention to the completion of our strategic plan, which reflects a continuing focus on the development and expansion of our programs and the resources to support them, along with increasing efforts to strengthen our activities in the area of outreach, which I believe to be essential in the preparation of tomorrow’s artists and artist-teachers. Collaborations and expanding interactions with those outside the arts disciplines must be part of our agendas for teaching, creative activity and research if our R i chard McDermott Miller, College is to have any significant impact on life beyond the boundaries of our campus. " S A N DY: in Defined Space, " (detail), 1967, bronze, 2/5, As always, I want to thank you all for your continuing support. We continue to seek ways Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in which to keep our alumni involved in the life of the College, so please do keep us and Sculpture Garden, informed about the things you are doing and let us know if we can assist you with your University of Nebraska- Lincoln, UNL-Funding provid- work. ed by the F.M. Hall Bequest, the Cooper Foundation, UNL With warm regards, students and patrons of the Sheldon. Photo by Quentin Giacomo M. Oliva L u e n i n g h o e n e r. twoDean Table of ConteON THEn tCOs VER This year marks the 200th Anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s famed expedition. Our College has two faculty members involved with the Nebraska Bicentennial Commemoration: Pianist Paul Barnes, who will perform a commissioned piece by Philip Glass, and Theatre Arts Chairman Jeffery Elwell, who produced and directed the signature theatrical event. 14 Journeys: Paul Barnes Performs Philip Glass Piano Concerto by Erica Rogers 17 ‘Ink and Elkskin’ Showcases Spirit of the Expedition fall 2004 by Erica Rogers HOW TO REACH US: For Alumni and Friends of the Letters to the editor, alumni Hixson-Lied College of Fine news, story ideas or address and Performing Arts, FEATURES changes may be sent in any of University of the following ways. Via mail: Nebraska–Lincoln Kathe Andersen, Fine and 4 Edward Forde named new Art and Art History Chairman Performing Arts Magazine, 102 DEAN 5 College Welcomes 5 New Faculty Nelle Cochrane Woods, Lincoln, Giacomo M. Oliva NE 68588-0144. Via e-mail: 7 Graphic Design Student Wins ISME 50th Anniversary Poster Contest [email protected]. Via fax: (402) 472-9353. We reserve the ASSOCIATE DEAN by Kathe Andersen right to edit letters for length, Robert A. Fought style or clarity. 8 Artistic Freedom Prevails in Troubled Times EDITOR http://www.unl.edu/finearts Kathe C. Andersen by Robert M. O’Neil COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 11 10 Years Ago: College Founding Brings Focus to the Arts Jeffery S. Elwell, Chair, Aaron Bals by Erika Schmidt Department of Theatre Arts Robert O’Neil Edward Forde, Chair, Erica Rogers 13 College Celebrates 10th Anniversary Department of Art and Art Erika Schmidt History Crystal K. Wiebe 35 Art History Major Studies in Turkey John W. Richmond, Director, School of Music ART DIRECTOR by Crystal K. Wiebe Quentin Lueninghoener HIXSON-LIED ADVISORY 38 Alumni Weekend Wrap-Up: College Celebrates Achievements BOARD CONTRIBUTING GRAPHIC John C. Angle DESIGNERS Achievement Award Winners Ann Blomquist-Poll Amy Hensley College Honors Three Alumni Terry L. Fairfield Sarah Webber 39 Christina M. Hixson Ian Whitmore by Erica Rogers Heather Jones Kevin Wright Giacomo M. Oliva 46 Arts Entrepreneurs Turn Potential into Profit Chancellor Harvey S. Perlman COVER DESIGN James W. Strand Associate Professor Ron Bartels by Crystal K. Wiebe Sandy Veneziano Susan Varner Wilkins COVER PHOTO 48 Visual Literacy Receives ‘Program of Excellence’ Standing Paul Barnes (left) and Philip Glass by Kathe Andersen COLLEGE ALUMNI BOARD by Don Hunstein Lucy Buntain Comine, University of Nebraska PHOTOGRAPHY Foundation All photographs by Kathe C. DEVELOPMENT Adrienne Dickson Andersen except as noted IV Dickson Letter from the Dean and our Development Officer Jeff Fisher 20 John Heineman SPECIAL THANKS Richard Moses UNL College of Journalism and 22 Private Philanthropy—Playing an Important Supporting Role Lance Nielsen Mass Communications Thank you to our Donors Leta Powell Drake Dean H. Will Norton, Jr. 24 and Professors Charlyne 25 Hixson-Lied Endowment Report We do not discriminate on the Berens, Susan Gage and Gerald basis of gender, age, disability, Sass for their guidance and col- 29 Lee and Betty Kjelson Visiting Choral Scholars Residency Program race, color, religion, marital sta- laboration on this project. tus, veteran’s status, national or 31 F. Pace Woods II Awards Given ethnic origin, or sexual Hixson-Lied Endowment for orientation. assistance with the funding. DEPARTMENTS 2 Dean’s Letter 43 Call for Nominations 51 News and Notes 62 Alumni Notes 65 Faculty Notes three California State University’s Edward Forde new chair of Art and Art History Edward Forde, Chairman of the Art Department at California State University, Los Angeles, New leader has been named the new Chairman of the Department of Art and Art History at the b rings in 30 University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Forde began his tenure at UNL on July 1. “I am very excited to join the faculty at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and look for- years of ward to working with the faculty and staff, the students and the university community,” e x p e rience Forde said. and numerous Forde received both his M.F.A. in Art and his B.A. in English Literature from the a c c o l a d e s. University of California, Santa Barbara. He began teaching art at California State University, Los Angeles, in 1971 and has taught there from 1971 to 1985 and 1988 to the present. His primary teaching areas are ceramics, writing and contemporary art. He has served as Chairman of the Art Department from “I AM VERY 1981-86 and again from 2002 to 2004. EXCITED TO JOIN THE He served as Chairman of the Art Department at Illinois State University from 1986-1988 FACULTY AT and was a visiting professor of art at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1993. THE UNIVERSITY He has also served as project director and editor of a two-year grant program called LINK- OF NEBRASKA– ING funded by the J. Paul Getty Trust to develop community service courses and pro- LINCOLN AND grams in art and design on six California State University campuses in Southern California LOOK FORWARD in 2000-2002.

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