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.
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BSU intends graduation to be better than ever
■ i ne BiacK btuaent union s
annual graduation ceremony,
said to be improving year after
year, will be held June 14
By Caron Alarab
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Black Student Union will
host its annual graduation cere
mony at 7 p.m. June 14 in the
Willamette Atrium. Coordinators
of the event say this year will be
better than last year because
more than just BSU students will
participate.
This year, 30 graduates will
walk in the ceremony, but not all
are members of the BSU or are
undergraduates.
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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