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Students can access Museum of Art’s exhibits ■ i ne museum isn i scneauiea to reopen until 2004, but staff members say the general public can still view the artwork By LaBree Shide Oregon Daily Emerald The campus Museum of Art building stands silent. Students, faculty and the public have not had access to the building for more than a year and won’t again until 2004, but the museum staff said they want students to know that though the building is closed, the museum is still open in other ways. Museum Director Del Hawkins said that with the help of University student volunteers, the staff contin ues to do presentations around the community in schools and retire ment homes. “All operations are continuing. We’re still teaching,” Hawkins said. The only thing that is not the same about the museum is the lack of a building. The museum closed to allow the $13 million remodeling process to begin. Construction bids have been made and construction is ex pected to start in the fall. Public Relations and Marketing Coordi nator Katie Sproles said the wait will be well worth it. “The museum’s exhibition space will nearly triple, allowing us to dis play more of our wonderful and di verse collection,” Sproles said. Since the museum closed the staff has been busy packing the art work, Hawkins said. There were 12,500 works of art at the museum, and some had multiple parts. Each piece had to be packed individual ly and inventoried. “There are about 20 steps for each piece of art—it was a year and a half of packing,” Hawkins said. The art is still available to a cer tain degree. Because of the storage technique, the art can be easih found and viewed. Hawkins callec it “semi-storage.” Some of the ar isn’t going into storage, but is be ing lent to other museums durinf construction. ‘The museum’s exhibition space will nearly triple, allowing us to display more of our wonderful and diverse collection. ” Katie Sproles public relations and marketing coordinator Associate Director Lawrenci Fong said the museum has beer lending art to other museum: throughout Oregon. “As we packec up our museum, including our ar collections, we engaged several re r gional art museums about lending l works that would support their pro t grams,” Fong said. University collections can be 5 viewed at several locations, includ ing the Portland Art Museum, the Hallie Ford Art Museum and the Boise Art Museum. “It was important for the public to view these artworks and support collaborating with re gional art museums,” Fong said. Packing is not the only thing that the museum staff has been involved with. The education department is active with the “Artreach” program, and courses are still being taught. “Our Artreach program, internships and course offerings in art history and in arts have helped us maintain contact with students and faculty,” . Fong said. i Students and faculty will have to ; get used to the way the museum is [ being operated because the opening of the museum has been pushed back to winter 2004. Hawkins said the original opening was scheduled for almost a year before then but cir cumstances slowed the process. “Be cause of the recession it took longer to raise funds,” Hawkins said. Hawkins said he realizes it’s detrimental to students when the museum is closed but hopes stu dents will make up for the loss once the museum reopens. “It is heart breaking to be closed. We realize we are missing almost a generation of students,” Hawkins said. “We hope when we reopen, students will visit more than once.” Sproles said the University can expect a top-of-the-line museum once construction is completed. “Students and faculty can look for ward to enjoying a major cultural re source that will serve the campus and the larger community for the rest of the century. ” E-mail reporter LaBree Shide at labreeshide@dailyemerald.com. News brief UO Ad Team places second The University Ad Team took sec ond place Thursday in a national student competition in Miami, Fla. The team took a risky approach in suggesting that Bank of America, the client for the contest, drop all brand equity to boost business in its investment services. Erin Marshall, a senior in public relations, said team members were ^disappointed. “But, we also are real ly proud that we went as far as we did,” Marshall said. “We got a lot of positive feedback from agencies and from the judges.” Southern Methodist University won the contest, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities got third and UCLA placed fourth. at 5 locations all summer long! I **** E** 1|:|I, t-||.n. ' - ' , ■ Thursdays Ladi«s freo all night! mu Eastside SE 145th & Division {503)760-1400 Downtown PDX SW 2nd & Ash {503)241-4343 Downtown PDX SW 3rd & Salmon (503)227-6185 Present valid UofO student ID and receive one free cover! Must present coupon at door. 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Sophomore Haben Woldu, a BbU graduation co-coordinator for the second year in a row, said she is proud to see the event extend to other organizations on campus. “What makes this celebration much more unique is the diversity of the participants this year,” she said. “We have tried to reach way beyond our union to other student union groups.” The difference in types of de grees, as well as the variety of participating student organiza tions, plays an important role in the ceremony. Graduate student Khaleelah Rahsaan graduated from the University in spring 1999. A native Oregonian, she will walk with the class of 2002 at the BSU graduation, and her hope for fellow graduates and other students of color is simple. “I hope that people will have the luxury of pursuing a career that makes them truly happy,” Rahsaan said. But contentment isn’t found in all the preparations for the ceremo ny. Because of the time of year and the BSU members’ busy sched ules, Woldu said it’s been hard get ting people to help with the event. She is one of three individuals “doing the work of 10,” she said. “I am really disappointed at the lack of volunteers this year,” she said. On the other hand, Woldu said she appreciates the help and sup port of her fellow co-coordinators, Dominique Beaumonte and Abo lade Majekobaje. Beaumonte, a junior, agreed that it’s hard to get volunteers at this time of year, but he said he is pleased to see the event change with each class. “Every year our ceremony gets better,” he said. “We are hoping to just add to all the great things that we did last year when we moved into the Willamette Atrium.” The keynote speaker will be Johnny Lake, an active member in the community and a national ly recognized speaker who the ceremony’s coordinators hope will inspire and motivate the graduating class. E-mail reporter Caron Alarab at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com. 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