CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, March 20, 1985
Festivities planned
Page 9
Arts Center marks birthday
By JEANINE HOWE Staff Reporter
A huge red bow, a giant birthday card, cake, an auction and a proclamation by the Lawrence City Commission are only a few of the plays planned for the Lawrence Arts Center's 10th birthday celebration.
The celebration began Monday, when the front of the center, Ninth and Vermont streets, was wrapped with a bright red ribbon and bow. The birthday festivities will continue through March 30.
The center is a place for the community to participate in the arts, Ann Evans, director of the center for 10 years, said yesterday.
The center provides a variety of activities for the Lawrence community. Classes ranging from dancing and music to drawing, painting and sculpting are offered to adults, students and children. Special workshops for children and families are offered Saturday.
MARCH 26 THROUGH April 11, a gallery exhibit of more than 70 art pieces will be displayed at the center. The art work will be auctioned Saturday, and proceeds will go to the center.
Evans said the community was invited to attend a birthday party from 1 to 3 p.m. March 30 on the front lawn at the center. An 8-by-4 feet birthday card will be displayed. People can sign the giant card, eat cake and make party hats.
"We are a people building," Evans said.
At last night's City Commission meeting,玛尔恩 Ernest Angino made a proclamation declaring this week Lawrence Arts Center Week.
At the meeting, a clay mural titled "People" was presented to the city in appreciation of its support of the center. The sculpture, which features 15 faces, will be hung at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
EVANS SAID MICHAEL Bradley, an artist-in-residence at the center, worked with nine high school students to create the mural. The students participated in classes at the center and were asked by Bradley to help on the project.
The founders of the Lawrence Arts Center — the 1974 City Commission and Lawrence arts commissioners — will be honored at a party tonight at
Marylyn F. Brown, a 1974 arts commissioner, said, "It was very exciting to have a dream of having a career in the arts and to see it completed."
Brown said the building was unique because it was the site of the former Carnegie Library building, a former landmark in Lawrence. The Carnegie Library opened Dec. 26, 1904. It closed Aug. 13, 1972, and a new library at 707 Vermont St. opened Aug. 23, 1972. The old Carnegie Library was vacant for almost two years.
BROWN SAID several bids were made on the property from people who wanted to tear down the building
to make way for a parking lot, but the bids were too low. The arts commission then asked the City Commission to consider its proposal to preserve the historic building and renovate it as an arts center.
"The Arts Commission thought it would be neat to have the building act as a hub for artists," Brown said.
renovations for the center were financed by the Kansas Arts Commission. Brown said the community contributed donations to the center because additional money was needed.
Renovations began in October 1974. One-fourth of the renovations were completed when the center opened in the spring of 1975.
JED DAVIS, professor of theatre and a member of the Lawrence Art Commission in 1974, said many people supported the center's activi-
Evans said the center had grown since it opened 10 years ago. In 1974-75, 237 people participated in 20 classes. In 1983-84, 233 classes and workshops were offered, and 2,378 people participated.
Davis said, "Without the art center, it would put our city back in the Dark Ages."
Evans said the building was being evens to its fullest capacity. She said several rooms were occupied with students and others after afternoon, after school and at night.
Brown said, "I foresee that they will outgrow that building. It will be interesting to see what direction it will take in the next 10 years."
The 10th anniversary of the Lawrence Arts Center, located at Ninth and Vermont streets, is marked by a giant bow and ribbon wrapped around the building's front. This week was declared Lawrence Arts Center Week by Mayor Ernest Angino at last night's City Commission meeting.
Army private shoots himself in Kansas City
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 24-year-old private station at Fort Leavenworth Army Post fatally shot himself in the chest while sitting in a car with friends in a downtown parking lot, police said yesterday.
The man was a native of Massachusetts, police said. Authorities, who withheld the man's name until his family could be notified, said he was sitting in a car with another 18-year-old private from Fort Leavenworth and a 17-year-old civilian from Leavenworth when he shot himself with a handgun about 11:20 p.m. Monday.
The shooting was classified as a suicide.
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