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Judith Russi Kirshner
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The transformations that characterize the artistic and instructional
missions of the College's four units--Architecture, Art and Design,
Art History and Performing Arts--have been more evident than ever
during the past year. Our annual task of teaching more than a thousand
undergraduate has been aided by the long-awaited major physical
improvements to several of our facilities. In February, hundreds attended
a celebration marking the opening of a temporary new Art
and Design facility in a renovated Jewel Grocery Store, which now
includes light, spacious new classrooms and a Gallery 400 exhibition site
designed by Associate Dean Bruno Ast. Long overdue renovations
are also dramatic improvements in the Art and Architecture Building
where new Architecture offices, designed by Professor Douglas Garofalo,
and a state of the art Electronic Visualization facility shared with Industrial
Design and Architecture are now in use. Designed by Joe Valerio
of Valerio Dewalt Train, this laboratory complex will enable the
experimentation and design central to interdisciplinary instruction
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More remarkable, however, is that while state budgets for higher education
have undergone their own transformation, shrinking in the face of a
contracting economy, our faculty, staff, and students have maintained
a standard of excellence for which we continuously earn national recognition as an
important arts educational program.
Recruited from the University of Cincinnati in a national search, Professor Daniel
S. Friedman, new Director of the School of Architecture, is a member of the editorial
board of the Journal of Architectural Education, and author of multiple critical
publications.
It is not, however, simply the professional practice and artistic achievements
of our faculty that ensure our continued success. An equally important element
of our national and international reputation is the spectrum of achievement of
College alumni, who continue to exemplify the outstanding arts education and
professional preparation that we provide.
Please join us at our lectures, exhibitions, and performances -- growing evidence
of our dedication to bringing diverse audiences to the arts and to the crucial
task of educating the next generation of cultural leadership.
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