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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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October 21, 1997
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Vol. 108 - No.44
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(USPS 630-640)
Facilities and Operations Construction Department employees Larry Rawlings, Scott Smith and Don Miley position the University of Kansas seal in front of Budig Hall. The seal was a gift from the class of 1997 and was placed yesterday in preparation for the Budig Hall dedication scheduled for October 31. Overall, the gift cost $10,000. Photo by Pam Dishman/KANSAN
Sketching nude models is focus of Locust group
Joanie Whitenight recently joined the art group that meets every Saturday morning to sketch nude models. They meet at 10 at the 500 Locust Gallery. Photo by Eric B. Howell/KANSAN
Group shares art and coffee on Saturdays
By Laura Roddy Special to the Kansan
For 17 years, Hobart Jackson and Ted Johnson, two University of Kansas professors, have devoted their Saturday mornings to drinking coffee, listening to classical music, discussing ideas and sketching a few nudes.
Jackson and Johnson are founding members of a group that gathers at the 500 Locust Gallery, named for its address on Locust Street, each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to participate in lifedrawing sessions along with a few friends. The group began with a core of five or six regular members and has had as many as 10 members over the years.
The group pays male and female nude models $8 per hour, which amounts to $20 per session.
Johnson, professor of French and Italian, said, "It is like a salon, in a sense."
Jackson, associate professor of architecture, said that most of the models were the same ones who modeled for fine arts classes at the University.
"The model exhibits his or her body in a gazillion poses," said Johnson. "The trick is to capture it on a two-dimensional surface."
"Each model brings a different personality," he said.
Jackson estimated that two thirds of the 500 Locust Gallery's models were students. He said they tended to be students involved in art in some capacity.
Jackson and Johnson have been part of the 500 Locust Gallery since the beginning. However, all of the other core members have since dispersed throughout the country.
The group first got together in 1980 when they were all taking the same life-drawing class at the Lawrence Arts Center. They all had some connection to the University, whether as faculty members or as spouses of faculty members.
Johnson said the arts center's class originally met on Monday evenings, but there were always conflicts with University events and lectures. They decided to meet on Saturday mornings because they would not have any University obligations.
"None of us were officially 'artists,' but we all had an interest in the figure as a subject matter," Jackson said.
Jackson said that a woman named Lynn Green got the group to think about getting their own work space. She owned a gallery called Artists en Masse, located at Eighth and Massachusetts streets and
The founding members got permission from the art department at the University and met in the Art and Design building from 1980 to 1988.
The 500 Locust Gallery will again be part of Art Walk this year, with an exhibit featuring two artists not in the group. Art Walk, which will take place Oct. 25-26, is a city-wide self-guided tour of art galleries. The group will hold a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on the 26th.
Each Saturday morning session consists of a series of two- to three-minute short poses called gesture drawings. Generally, the model then holds several 10-minute poses. The session ends with at least one longer pose of about 20 minutes.
The group also puts on two or three open house receptions and exhibits each year. The members primarily exhibit their own work, although they have branched out to include the work of other artists, poetry readings and student plays.
The space turned out to be too small and costly, but it prompted the members of the group to look into finding their own studio.
In August 1988, they moved to 500 Locust St. and have been there since.
rented out space for study to working artists.
Campus Bytes!
Like computer gadgets and techno gizmos? Check out Info '97 tomorrow at the Kansas Union Ballroom. See all the cool new stuff and door prizes will be given away. See page 6A
Blake lots closed by chancellor
Hemenway and wife grab some spots for their guests
by Tim Harrington tharrington@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
with campus parking already scarce, closings of blue-permit lots near the chancellor's residence are testing the patience of Blake Hall faculty and staff.
A meeting last Friday at Chancellor Robert Hemenway's residence kept the lot between the house and Blake Hall closed until 2:30 p.m.
"It's been happening more often this year. I don't know why," said Elaine Sharp, professor of political science. "All these people work here, and we have to park somewhere."
Sharp said Lot 15, which has 25 spaces, was the most frequently closed lot, although occasionally all parking lots behind Fraser Hall—lots 12.14 and 15—were off-limits.
Leah Hemenway, the chancellor's wife, said the meeting Friday was for a women's service organization called PEO. She said 150 people attended and they were told to carpool.
Lot 15 was closed until 2:30 for the meeting.
"I recognize that there are certain functions which must be performed," said Frances Ingemann, professor of linguistics. "It does create a problem, though."
Leah Hemenway said she empathized with the faculty members but also said daytime lot closings were rare occurrences.
"It's very rare that we close off parking during the day," she said.
"There probably won't be any more this year."
She said that almost all closings occured in the evening. The only time that all of the lots are closed is during football games, when parking is needed for pregame brunches at the chancellor's residence, she said.
Steven Maynard-Moody, professor of public administration and government, said that evening closings were problematic because he often taught late classes.
Other professors find the lot closings for football brunches inconvenient because they work in their offices during the weekend.
"I realize how inconvenient it can be," Leah Hemenway said. "But sometimes it's just not our fault."
She said the other times Blake Hall parking was commandeered were for meetings or events not held at the chancellor's residence, such as the School of Social Welfare's 50th anniversary celebration, which was held earlier this semester.
Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor, coordinates with the parking department on requests to reserve lots for special events.
"There's every attempt to hold those requests down to a minimum," Weinberg said. "We understand that it can be an inconvenience to the students, faculty and staff."
Weinberg said parking lots could be reserved anywhere on campus, but because of the chancellor's official need to entertain, the lots near his residence were reserved more often than others.
Streets beckon service volunteers
Center seeks to involve students
By Gwen Olson golson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Volunteers are taking their message to the streets to get more students involved in service.
The Center for Community Outreach is taking part in a nationwide community service project this week called "Into the Streets."
"The goal is to get college students to volunteer once because we believe that once they volunteer once they will do it throughout their lives," said Emily Heath, Oskaloosa senior and co-director of the center.
Heath said that colleges and universities all over the country put on "Into the Streets" at different times during the school year.
Information tables from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Monday through Thursday.
"We think that community service is an important part of the college experience and we want to encourage more student involvement in volunteering." Heath said.
The group will have activities during the week to help students become aware of the services available in the community and what kind of help they need.
"Into the Streets" Community Service Awareness Week:
The first event is the Americorps Information Night. Heath said the group was trying to show students that there were service opportunities beyond graduation.
Jamie Najim, Wichita senior and
"One group helps out at schools, while another group helps to rebuild trails at Rocky Mountain National Park," Najim said. "It gives people a lot of different choices."
o-director of the Center for Community Outreach, said that Americorps had a variety of programs that would fit any area that a student was interested in.
Najim said that Americorps was a yearlong commitment and that students were paid a monthly living allowance and given an educational stipend once they had completed their year of service.
Students are allowed to use this money to go back to school or to pay off their student loans.
In addition to the information night, the week will include a volunteer fair in the lobby of the Kansas Union on tomorrow. Information tables will showcase the community service organizations at the University of Kansas and in the city of Lawrence.
"It's sort of like a division of the Peace Corps, except that you don't have to go to another country," Najim said. "There's places all over the United States that you can go to, and people can usually find something close to where they live."
The Social Service League collects donated items and gives them away or sells them at a low price. The
K. T. Walsh, manager of the Social Service League store, 905 Rhode Island St., said the store would have a table at the fair to get more students involved.
Service week
day in the Kansas Union laby.
Americorps Information Night.
Americorps Information Night,
7:30 p.m. tonight in the English
Room in the Kansas Union.
Center for Community Outreach Information Night, 7 p.m. Thursday in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union.
Volunteer Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
tomorrow in the Kansas Union
lobby.
For more information, contact Jamie Najim or Emily Heath at the Center for Community Outreach, 864-4073.
money that the league gets from the items is used for shoes and eye exams for children whose families cannot afford them.
The Volunteer Fair will also have tables for other organizations, including Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Douglas County AIDS Project.
Najim said she hoped that "Into the Streets" would show students the many opportunities for volunteering.
"It's really about getting people aware of what's out there and showcase our programs," she said. "What we really hope is that people become aware of what volunteering can mean for them."
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