University Daily Kansan
Page 8
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1958
He Chose Art Over
By Bob Harwi
Students of sculpture at KU are receiving part of their training from Bernard "Poco" Frazier, a 1929 KU graduate now KU sculptor-in-residence.
Mr. Frazier is a small, quiet, intense man who chose between becoming a professional athlete or a professional artist.
He has won a number of national prizes for his sculptures. And his work brought him back to his alma mater where, as a student some thirty years ago, he realized he was meant to create things.
After his graduation from KU,
Mr. Frazier was invited to join the
famous sculptor Lorado Taft in Chicago
as an apprentice. Since Mr.
Frazier had been active in track competition at KU, the Illinois Athletic Club asked him to represent it in track events.
During these three years, he also received further training in sculpture at the National Academy of Art and the Chicago School of Sculpture.
At this point he had to choose between art and athletics, for a combination of the two was too heavy a load to carry.
"I found that my creative power was being tapped in using up so much physical energy," said Mr. Frazier. "Devotion to athletics is completely absorbing. There just is no time for other things when one is wrapped up in track."
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Bernard "Poco" Frazier
voted his time to professional sculpture commissions, one of which was the bronze door panels for the KU War Memorial Campanile.
He was director of the Philbrook Art Museum in Tulsa, Okla., from 1944 to 1950. Since 1950 he has de-
Watson Library has joined the Kansas Union in a project to familiarize students with the library's rare books collections.
Mr. Frazier returned to KU in 1935 as an instructor of design and remained until 1944.
In the Browsing Room of the Union there is a display of books printed in the earliest days of printing.
in their use in research and in their role in the history of civilization.
Robert Vosper, director of libraries, said the value of these books lies
They are kept in an air-conditioned, humidity-controlled section of the library, but students have access to them by inquiring at the main circulation desk any day after 1:30 p.m.
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He returned to KU in the fall of 1956. His present tasks allow him to give students the benefits of more than 25 years of professional art work. His students watch him work out problems of the various commissions he is awarded.
Working with Eldon Tefft, associate professor of design, he assigns and evaluates the work of sculpture students.
Mr. Frazier first became interested in art when he was a small boy. Even then he liked to create things.
He has worked in all mediums of sculpturing: stone, wood, ceramics, bronze, iron, marble, and limestone.
"The artist who can work in all mediums is more prevalent today," said Mr. Frazier.
Mr. Frazier comes from a family of artists. His brother is a ceramist in Washington, D.C. His sister teaches art at Lawrence Junior High School.
"The tradition of the Greenwich Village artist is all wrong." Mr. Frazier said. "Creativity is a natural thing. It should take place in a person's native habitat. He should be surrounded by the things that shaped his urges and feelings. An artist's natural expressions are best when he is at home."
He does not fear running out of ideas. His main problem is to find time to develop all the inspirations that envelope him.
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