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FUN FACTS
FAVORITE BOOK:
"The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture" by Frank R. Wilson
FAVORITE PLAY:
"There are so many,
but I'm a big fan of
Shakespeare."
This sculpture at the Kansas City International Airport was installed in 2007. It is made out of aluminum, neon lighting and stainless steel. Lawrence's new director of arts and culture, Porter Arneill, helped with the project.
SOMETHING HE'S MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: "Perhaps one of the big things [my family] loves to do is bike, and I know you have a wonderful biking trail. We want to be connected with nature, and that's hard in Kansas City. We can't wait to bike and hike."
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ARTS FROM PAGE 1
and, in Kansas City, that was getting increasingly difficult."
getting increasingly difficult.
After Anneil applied, a panel of community members narrowed down the applicants. On April 1, the final four candidates were hosted at a reception open to the public. Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard said the public offered opinions of the applicants, and eventually all roads led to Arneil.
"We got a lot of great comments about his experience in Kansas City, and people thought he'd bring
a great amount of energy and be a great fit for Lawrence," Stoddard said.
Citing some of the projects he has seen in Kansas City, Mo., Stoddard said she looks forward to the experience he'll bring.
"Being in Kansas City, he's seen all these types of projects happen," she said. "He's seen the Crossroads District and all the other things in the Kansas City arts scene, and he'll bring with him the experience of managing these projects and working collaboratively with their arts organizations."
In addition to moving jobs, Armeill, his wife and their 8-year-old daughter are moving to Lawrence with their two chickens.
The Ninth Street Corridor project is just one of the projects Arneill
LAWRENCE with their two chickens:
"I'm also a part-time chicken parent," he said. "Let me just say, if you were to be a chicken, you'd want to be one of our chickens as there is no fear of death by unnatural means. I would dare say we'll get more chickens."
a family with an architect father and an artist mother. I have the opportunity to engage with people from both the left and right brain backgrounds."
"I think it's exciting — a revival opportunity for the city." Arnell said. "It's a model for other opportunities. I think there's a few things I want to do: benefit the local community, really gain insight as to what the economic and social and community development opportunities are, stuff like that. I just love Lawrence."
Moving forward, Stoddard said as the arts grow in Lawrence, one
said he looks forward to.
Arneill has a Master of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and attributes his artistic drive to his parents.
of the city's challenges is measuring the economic impact of events like Final Fridays or events at the Lied Center.
"I have to go way back," Arnell said. "It all started some 50 years ago when I was born into
"The people that live here love the arts for its intrinsic value and we have a wealth of art organizations here and artists and all the opportunity that we have," Stoddard said. "What we've lacked is a person to connect the dots in a position like this. This will enable us to connect the dots better so we can help all the different parties do what they do, but do it better."
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abilities as other examples of groups that were targeted.
groups that were important.
Durham said the group was unable to host a whole week of events last year, but this year it has coordinated efforts with several other organizations. These include KU Hillel, KU Chabad, the Department of Jewish Studies, Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Epsilon Pi and lavakhows for Israel.
The highlight of the events, she said, is the Israel Independence Day party 8 p.m. Thursday at the Nest of the Oread. It commemorates Yom Haatzmaut, the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.
"I know in Israel on this day, [there are] parties everywhere," Durham said. "Everyone's having fun, everyone's
celebrating."
kabbi Zalman Tiechtel, director of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, said the week is about celebrating the gifts, beauty and contributions Israel gives to the world at large.
"We just wanted to show Israel in a different light. Especially in the news, it's not always positive when Israel is being talked about."
REBEKAH DURHAM
Vice president of Students
Supporting Israel
"Sadly, many times the conversation gets sidetracked with politics and the like," he said.
Durham agreed.
"We just wanted to show Israel in a different light," she said. "Especially in the news, it's not always positive when Israel is being talked about."
"That's the beauty and the depth of this relationship," he said. "We believe that it's a gift that God gave to the Jewish people through our father Abraham, and that connection that we have to the land of Israel is a bond that can never go away."
Tiechtel said over thousands of years, Jews have been dispersed all over the world. Regardless, he said the connection to Israel is strong, like a child to a parent.
Durham said she didn't really feel that connection strongly until she visited Israel. During her senior year of high school, she visited Poland and Israel as part of a
"When I got to Israel, I really understood what it felt like to be in a place that you can be who you are and no one can judge you," she said.
youth organization's trip.
"There were 6 million Jews who never got to experience a place where they could be who they are," she said. "They could be free; they could be Jewish in their own way in Israel.
"I think for every person it's kind of different — some people have a very religious connection, some have a culture connection," she said. "You can have all kinds, but I think most Jews have a connection in different ways."
Durham said in Israel she could see specific places mentioned in the Torah, and every day she is reminded of the land.
She said with Israel Week, members of the SSI hope to share some of their knowledge with anyone on campus who wants to learn more. "[Israel is] a very special place for all people, not just jews, so we wanted to make sure everyone knew that," Durham said.
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