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September 19,1997
Festival illustrates local artistic talent
Harvest of Arts enters sixth year as creative outlet
By Emily C. Forsyth
Kansan staff writer
It all started with a vision.
When Ardys Ramberg conceived the idea for Harvest of Arts more than eight years ago, she envisioned a free-formed outlet through which artists could express their creative energies, whether in the form of music, dance, painting or anything imaginable.
Harvest of Arts, now in its sixth year, continues this weekend with festivities celebrating all things artistic. The festival began last Sunday, but the majority of events take place this weekend.
"The dream is that every single person in this community who does creative work bring it forth during this week," Ramberg said. "If you play the violin, find a place where you can give a personal concert."
Harvest of Arts is a local organization that produces the event each year as a means to form a bridge between local artists and the Lawrence community. The event is financed entirely by fund raising.
Although Ramberg imagined the
Therefore, Harvest of Arts evolved into an eight-day celebration with many activities planned throughout each day.
Planning Harvest of Arts is a year-round process done solely by volunteers, said Lissa Probus, Lawrence senior and this year's Harvest of Arts president.
festival as a loosely defined, spontaneous outpouring of creativity, she said she had found that people were more comfortable sharing their art in an organized format.
This year's festival includes a total of 17 events. Probus said.
"We've basically doubled almost every year as far as audience participation goes." Probus said.
One aspect that separates Harvest of Arts from many art fairs is that it is unjuried, meaning that the participants' work is not judged for competition.
"As artists, the purpose of our event is really to bring the community of artists in Lawrence together and share all of our art with everybody." Probus said. "We don't judge each other's art. We don't say, 'That's not good enough to be here.'"
Probus said an unjuried art fair was much more accessible to new artists who did not have much experience showing their work.
Barry Barnes, Lawrence resident plays a drum while Siel Snowden, 15 months, joins in during a drum circle Wednesday night in Mural Alley near Bth and Massachusetts Streets. The drum circle was open to anyone wanting to bring an instrument. The circle kicked off this year's Harvest of Arts Festival. Photo by Steve Puppe/KANSAN
"The focus is on bringing out new creativity and new artists and not so much on the well-known," Probus said.
Police seminar aims to develop the executive side of crime fighting
Mary Corcoran
mcorcoran@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Seven years ago, when the University began holding the Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar, KU police chief Ralph Oliver was a student. Now, he helps run the program for other regional chiefs of police.
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"I've been with it since it originated and I'm always pleased to have the opportunity host FBI instructors and area police chiefs," Oliver said.
The seminar allows regional police chiefs be trained by FBI officials. Thirty-four chiefs of police and sheriffs from six regional states will attend the seminar. Classes began on Monday and will end at noon today.
Forrest C. Bright, a police chief from Evanston, Wy., said he had learned a lot from the seminar.
"This conference has quite a reputation through the FBI academy." Bright said. "It's been excellent. I haven't had a lot of exposure to media training and this gives us practical exercises and teaches us to deal with stressful situations."
Kansas blue grass festival opens 25th year with live music, arts
"It is supposed to show us how to deal with situations like that," he said. "It's a really prestigious thing. I'm glad to have it here."
KU police officer Burdel Welsh agreed.
By Jill Bradley Special to the Kansan
One of the nation's biggest acoustic music festivals opened yesterday in Winfield to the sound of mandolins, picking banjos and dancing feet.
The 26th annual Walnut Valley Festival is a four-day event showcasing well-known bluegrass, folk, Celtic and jazz artists from across the country. Amateur artists also compete in events such as the National Flatpicking Championship and the National Fingerpicking Championship.
The music begins on four dif ferent stages at 9 a.m. each day.
Campgrounds close to the site of the festival opened last week for the event but people began lining up for spots a week earlier, Williams said. Last year's festival brought in 15,000 people.
Some performers at this year's festival include Beppe Gambetta, Nickel Creek and John McCutcheon.
"The stages close down around midnight, but if you walk around the campgrounds, you'll hear that people play music all night long," said Nina Williams, a member of the Walnut Valley Association, which coordinates the event.
A pass for today and tomorrow's performances costs $25 and a ticket for Sunday costs $15.
"There's such a sense of community," said Lawrence junior Rachel Beckman, who attended last year's festival. "The different varieties of music and crafts that were sold are totally worth the money. They could charge more and I would still go."
Regents approve renovations
By Matthew Friedrichs Kanson staff writer
MANHATTAN — The Board of Regents approved several Lawrence campus improvements yesterday at their monthly meeting.
The Regents approved final plans for baseball stadium improvements and demolition of facilities housed beneath Memorial Stadium's bleachers.
The Memorial Stadium renovations, which are scheduled to begin Nov. 1, will eliminate storage space used by both the Kansas Unions and Facilities Operations.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the University of Kansas will lease storage space in a 40,000 square foot building to be constructed on West Campus by the Kansas University Endowment Association.
The Unions will locate other storage space.
For the Lawrence campus, the Regents approved financing improvements to Templin Hall/Visitor Center, Lewis Hall, Watkins Scholarship Hall, Jayhawker Towers and Summerfield Hall.
The Regents also approved the razing of Hinch and Taylor Annexes, as well as site preparation for the new nursing education building at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
The Students' Advisory Committee, made up of the student body presidents of the Regents Institutions, presented student concerns to the Regents.
Student access to information from faculty evaluations topped the advisory committee's list of concerns.
The controversial issue drew interest from Regent Tom Hammond of Wichita.
"There is some merit to what the students are requesting," Hammond said after the meeting. "They should be allowed to have some information on these classes."
Hammond said that the Regents turned down a student proposal to open evaluation information last year to let faculty and students compromise. But if the issue remains unresolved, then the Regents may work toward a solution.
The student committee also wants the Regents to involve students in the discussion about intellectual property; enhance cultural competency on campuses; support state scholarship grants; and develop a strategic plan regarding technology.
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