Meseroll et al.: Short list 0 N 0 U R S H 0 R T L I S T s a junior at Sy racuse world-famous San Diego Zoo. Shaped University, Robin Brails­ like a lemon wedge, the six-acre area is Larger ford became frustrated called Bird Park. Brailsford created the A with the small size of the park's landscaping to resemble a bird Than Life jewelry she was design­ when seen from above. ing. A switch to sculpture gave her the "Public art is looking for the poten­ grander scale she craved. tial in people, places, and things a nd A pubLic artut '.:f She's been thinking big ever since. then realizing that potential," says Brailsford is a public artist in San Brailsford, who received a bachelor of creatio!UJ are grand in Diego. One of her latest works is the fine arts degree from SU in 1975 and both duign and deaLe. Martin Luther King Promenade bike was recently named a San Diegan of path, which is 27 feet wide, more than the Year by San Diego Home ano Garoen two miles long, and paved from end to Lifeoty!eo magazine. end with Brailsford's massive mosaics. Creating such art isn't easy. "Public She's currently designing the children's art is huge, it has to be permanent, a nd entrance to Balboa Park, site of the it has to discourage graffiti and vandal­ ism," says Brailsford. "Some of it has to take being driven over by cars. One piece of art I d id in Los Angeles was engineered to withstand an earthquake that registered an eight on the Richter scale, a hurricane, and a 250-pound person walking on it. And that was a canopy in the air." Brailsford has created her various works with materials ranging from con­ crete to neon lights, and has gained a large measure of satisfaction from all her enormous designs. "What I like about public art is that my politics match the art that I'm doing," she says. "If I say I'm con cerned about the underprivileged and I want to make the world a better place, then 1 go a nd make diamond jewelry for people w ith large houses who sell bad baby formula in South America, then my politics and art are in conflict. But when I do public art, I make things that belong to every­ body. I have a project over a freeway that 130,000 people see every day ." -PAULA M ESEROLL Works by public artist Robin Brailsford include a trolley canopy at the Los Angeles Conven­ tion Center (above) and a community fountain at Imperial Beach, California (right). 8 Published by SURFACE, 1995 SYRACUSE UNIV E R S ITY MAGAZ I NE 1 Syracuse University Magazine, Vol. 12, Iss. 1 [1995], Art. 6 Health Care Matters AngeLa Young G '79 he mission of the Syracuse T Community Health Center is simple-to guarantee medical, dental, and counseling treatment for all who need it. Angela Young, the center's vice president of operations, is responsible for making sure that mission is carried out. "Our main objective is to keep peo­ ple healthy and out of the hospital by offering good preventive services," says Young. "It is the poor people, t he unde r-ins ure d, and the uninsured who need our services most. But we are here to serve the health needs of As vice president of operations lor the Syracuse Community Health Center, Angela Young's task is to ensure that all members of the community." appropriate medical treatment is provided to all who need it. The center logs more than 175,000 visits each year. The demand for Medicaid-managed health services continues to grow in the Sy racuse a rea, which is why t he Sy r acuse Community H ealth C e nter h a s exp a nde d from one facility to three since ope ning in 1978. A team of nearly 300 phy sicians, nurses, den­ tis ts, counselors , s ocial workers, > Darrel Rippeteau is an architect with a novel a dministrators, and general support approach to making natty neckwear. His year-old sta ff now handle more than 175,000 line of ties is swathed with sketches of great a nnua l patient visits. American buildings, including the United States Supreme Y o ung, w ho received mas ter's Court in Washington, D.C., the John Hancock Tower in d egr ees in s o c ia l work a nd public Chicago, Faneuil Hall in Boston, and the Flatiron administration from SU in 1979, says Building in New York City. The collection, marketed the Syrac use Community H e a l th under the Archifetti label, is inspired by drawings from C enter is a lso sensitive to the ethnic Rippeteau's sketchbook, priced at $30 a silk crepe­ diversity of its p atients. That sensitiv­ de-chine pop, and, if plans pan out, soon to be mar­ ity is refl ect ed in the diversity of the ·keted nationally. s taff. "Six ty-thre e p e r cent of the "My hope" says Rippeteau, "is that every attor­ patients we see h er e r epresent some ney arguing a case before the Supreme Court will minority group, whether it be African American, Hispanic, or Asian," say s wear my Supreme Court tie, that every stockbroker on Young. "It's much easier, for example, Wall Street will wear my stock exchange tie, and that if a Hispa nic patient can walk in the everyone who visits Chicago will wear my John Hancock Tower tie." door and talk w it h some one w ho is Rippeteau is a 1973 graduate of the School of Architecture, the Spanish-sp eaking, r a ther than w alk in award-winning owner of Darrel Downing Rippeteau Architects in w orry ing that th ey're going to h ave to Washington, D.C., and the person responsible for the restoration of h ave someon e tra nsla te for th em." SU's home in the nation's capital, the Paul Greenberg House. He Young 's d esire to pursue a car eer in began his wardrobe-building business by chance, when a friend community ser vice w as instilled long suggested his sketches had far-reaching potential. "It started as a ago. " Whe n I was g row ing up, if lark, but now it's something I see as a possibility for success," says someone need ed 20 cakes mad e for a Rippeteau. "The more I got into this, the more I realized there's weddin g or othe r cele bration, my nothing else like this out there in neckwear." Next up for the gender­ family w ould b e up a ll nig ht h elp ing conscious Rippeteau are two lines of architecturally appointed out," she says. "It's not t he same kind scarves and, possibly, an SU tie highlighting Hendricks Chapel, o f wor k, but it's for t he same ca use ­ Maxwell Hall, and Crouse College. - Bob Hill to h elp others." - KRISTEN J ORDAN 9 FA L L 1995 https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol12/iss1/6 2 Meseroll et al.: Short list Rolling Reporter Peter Wilkin.Jon '82 rom the moment Peter Wilkinson F walked into his first newswriting class, professor emeritus John Keats knew this talented student would go far. "Even then," says Keats, "Peter looked like a reporter, he acted like a reporter, and, most importantly, he was as arrogant as I am." Wilkinson is a contributing editor to RoLLing Stone magazine. He credits his ambition, determination, and a healthy dose of self-assurance for much of his success. "More than anything else in this business," he says, "you have to keep your confidence up, maintain your self-discipline, and, above all, have faith in your ability." Wilkinson earned a dual bachelor's degree in English and magazine journalism from SU in 1982. Two days after gradua­ tion, he set off for New York City with little more than $100 in his pock­ et, determined to carve out a career in the competitive world of free-lance Jon Bard gave up the hectic pace of New York City to begin a simpler life in rural Colorado. Today, he is a self­ magazine writing. "I had pretty lousy employed newsletter publisher and also teaches a college course on how others can follow in his footsteps. luck," he says. "I interviewed every­ where and was hired nowhere. I the same thing." So Bard became an remember want-ing to work at &quire Slow Lane instructor at Denver's Colorado Free as an editorial assistant, but after my interview they told me, ' Sorry, but Jon Bard '84 University. He teaches a course call ed "Making a Living in the Boonies," we're looking for someone a little hen the public relations which explores the realities of rural liv­ more humble."' W agency Jon Bard ran began ing, picking the perfect town, becoming Undaunted, Wilkinson took a job to run him down, he got out. part of a new community, and choosing tending bar in Brooklyn while pursuing Fed up with the frenetic world of New a business. any journalistic opportunity that came York City, he and his wife set off for a "Most people who take my class are along-including writing about dairy gentler life. "We decided we could live successful in what they do, but are products and pantyhose.