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Suzie Johannes looks at an untitled sculpture made of copper wire by Lynn Tatum, Lawrence graduate student, at the graduate students' art and design exhibit at the Art and Design Gallery. Johannes, design student and Hiawatha junior, said she enjoyed looking at the variety of artwork Thursday.
Art show unveils graduate works to public,critics
By Kevin Wiggs
kwiggs@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Graduate students in the art and design department will display their work until Friday at the Art and Design Gallery.
The exhibit will display the most recent work of first-, second- and third-year graduate students. Featured work includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, textiles, ceramics, printmaking, metals and new genres.
For some of the about 20 graduate students featured in the show, this will be their first experience displaying their artwork.
Callie Parrott Bower, first-year graduate student from Lawrence, has displayed her work in other venues before but never in a gallery.
"It can be nerve-racking," she said. "Someone might put a different meaning on it than you intended."
Bower said most negative reactions came because the viewer misunderstood the piece, but an artist couldn't worry about that while creating it.
"It's kind of like having a child that you must let go for the first time," she said. "You have to trust that it can exist on its own."
Bower has received negative criticism before and said the worst critique was when a professor had told her "that is one hell of an ugly painting."
Anthony Pontius, Indianapolis second-year graduate student,
"It's kind of like having a child that you must let go for the first time. You have to trust that it can exist on its own."
Callie Parrott Bower Lawrence graduate student
said criticism was something an artist needed in order to learn.
"You don't grow from being comfortable," he said. "Criticism just makes you raise the bar."
Pontius said his worst critique was when someone said they had looked at his artwork for 15 seconds and had forgotten it for the rest of their life.
"It's actually encouraging." he said. "It makes me want to prove them wrong."
Bower said part of being an artist was learning how to deal with criticism.
"It so subjective," she said. "What one person loves, the next person hates. It's a kind of no-win situation."
The gallery is on the third floor of the Art and Design Building, at the northeast corner of 15th Street and Naismith Drive. The gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Wednesday; 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The show is free and open to the public.
Jazz musicians show skill at festival
Edited by Michelle Burhenn
By Lauren Bristow
lbristow@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Quiet, smooth melodies mixed with loud, vibrant notes entertained crowds of almost 300 people at the Lied Center as part of the 26th annual KU Jazz Festival.
The two-day event on Friday and Saturday was composed of two different elements. During the day, jazz clinicians listened to jazz combos and ensembles from more than 20 elementary schools, high schools and colleges. After each group's performance, a clinician worked with the students on areas that needed improvement.
Scott Reynolds/Kansan
Each night, a formal concert was held featuring KU students and internationally known jazz musicians.
Friday evening's performance included music by the KU Jazz Combo I and the Greg Osby Four. A jazz combo features between four and eight musicians centered around a piano, bass, drums and a horn, Gailey said. KU Jazz Combo I is one of eight small ensembles at the University.
"The festival is mainly about educational outreach," said Dan Gailey, director of jazz studies at the University. "For students to be able to perform with well-known artists and get the pro's perspective, it's invaluable."
"For students to be able to perform with well-known artists and get the pro's perspective, it's invaluable."
Dan Gailey KU director of jazz studies
Dr. Darryl White, assistant professor of trumpet at the University of Nebraska School of Music, performs at the Lied Center on Saturday evening. White was a guest soloist at the 26th annual KU Jazz Festival.
Saturday evening's performance featured the University of Nebraska Jazz Ensemble I as well as Conrad Herwig with the KU Jazz Ensemble I. Herwig is internationally known and arguably the greatest living jazz trombonist, Gailey said.
"Conrad was absolutely amazing," said Josh Ney, Bonner Springs freshman. "Listening to his music is not only breathtaking because of his mastery of the instrument, but it also makes me feel good."
During Saturday night's performance, the Dick Wright Jazz Award was presented to Josh Adams, the KU Jazz Ensemble I's drummer.
"I had no idea I was going to get the award," said Adams, Prairie Village junior. "I am extremely honored to win this."
The $450 award is presented each year to an outstanding KU student participating in jazz studies and jazz courses at the University. Wright was an associate professor in music history at KU
between 1977 and 1999 and the host of KANU-FM's The Jazz Scene for 42 years.
Each semester, the department of music and dance holds auditions for the jazz combos and ensembles.
"Students are placed where they fit best," Gailey said. "The level I ensembles and combos have the top level players."
Students try out each semester, practice three days a week with the group and can earn up to one
credit hour for their participation.
Because of scheduling con flicts with the Lied Center, the festival was earlier in the semester than normal this year, Gailey said.
This weekend's performance was the first for the KU musicians. The groups had less than a month to prepare for the performances, said Lindsey Burch, Overland Park senior and member of KU's Jazz Ensemble II.
Edited by Ryan Wood
Students to uphold America's Promise
By Erin Ohm
A speech Friday challenged campus groups to tailor their community service programs to serve youth.
About 20 students listened to Harris Wofford speak Friday about ways the University of Kansas community can create opportunities for youth and provide them with resources to be successful in today's society.
Wofford, the co-chairman of America's Promise, challenged the University and Lawrence to pledge to help youth build character and competence. America's Promise is an organization that works to make youth a national priority.
"We want to focus on service as a way of learning citizenship and a way of solving some of our problems," Wofford said.
Wofford
"Part of coming of age should be working on the hardest problems of our society or of the world. So many things can be
learned by serving and doing."
The America's Promise initiative is founded on five objectives: to provide children throughout the United States with marketable skills, health care, a safe environment, caring adults and opportunities for community service.
Four members of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, a KU student organization focused on community service, heard Wofford speak.
The society is trying to structure one of its existing programs
to meet the five promises. The program, called Planning for College Success, provides mentors for students at West Junior High School, 2700 Harvard Road.
Jeff Simpson, secretary of the society and Leavenworth junior, said the program paired members with at-risk children to help with homework and give them someone to talk to.
"It's all about the kids," Simpson said. "They're our future, so we should invest time in them. If we don't take the time to work with them and teach them, they may not be ready for our future."
Monaica Vineyard, Wichita junior, works as a project assistant and youth adviser for Lawrence-Douglas County Promise.
The program is one of more than 600 Communities of Promise in the nation founded since
Secretary of State Colin Powell launched the movement in 1997.
Vineyard said students should take on the America's Promise challenge of providing for youth.
"I think it's our duty for us to take responsibility for that as students, to make sure these kids are getting what they need," she said.
The Friday discussion complemented a summit meeting with Wofford held at Lawrence High School Saturday. The meeting was held to mobilize the community to provide resources to all youth in Douglas County.
The summit included an onsite volunteer project and featured Wofford as the keynote speaker. An afternoon of programming led by youth featured former Kansas basketball player Jerod Haase.
— Edited by Lindsay Hanson
February Sisters Association
Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at 7:00 p.m.
February Sisters Forum addressing "Women and Poverty"
Presenters: Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, Study director of the Institute for women's Policy Research in Washington, D.C., and Professor Venida Chenault, Haskell Indian Nations University.
Location: Big 12 Room, Kansas Union, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Thursday, February 27, Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Presentations of Eve Ensler's "Vagina Monologues"
Friday, February 21 and Saturday, February 22 Presentations of Eve Enslers's "Vagina Monologues" Location: Washburn University Tickets: $6.00 available at the door
Location: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, University of Kansas
Tickets: $6.00 on sale now through SUA box office, Kansas Union
Proceeds benefit Douglas County rape crisis centers and women's organizations.
Sign Language Interpreters: Thursday, February 27th performance
Informational fair and V-Day festival begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
Event sponsors include Coca-Cola, SUA, University of Kansas Student Senate, KU Libraries, Womyn's Empowerment Action Coalition, Women's Transitional Care Services, University of Kansas Departments of Women's Studies, Economics, Philosophy, Theater and Film, and the School of Social Welfare, and private individuals.
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