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Museum earns grant, goes digital
BY AUSTIN CASTER
acaster@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the Spencer Museum of Art will soon be able to display its entire collection. The $149,061 grant will allow the gallery staff to take digital photos of and display more than 25,000 works of art in a new database.
The museum's gallery space can display only three to five percent of its total pieces at once.
By September 2006, students and faculty will find digital images of each work online, said Carolyn Chinn Lewis, assistant director for the museum.
"Only a small percentage of our holdings are on display at any given time." Lewis said. "We're really coming into the 21st century here."
The entire staff worked on the grant proposal and received approval in October.
"The people will be able to know what we have," Lewis said. "It's a very rich resource."
She said students, faculty and people all over the world will have an easier time researching projects because of the grant.
"The hope is that our collection will be used not just in the art and art history departments," said Sofia Galarza, collection manager and database project co-manager for the museum.
In addition to digital photos, viewers will find the artist, title, dimensions and medium of the works and the life dates and nationality of the artists. Galarza said.
The museum's current Web site, www.spencerart.ku.edu, can display only less than 50 works at a time because of copyright laws. Galarza
Now only the museum staff can search the database of art works, Galarza said. Any student or faculty member with a KU e-mail address will be able to access the new database once it's completed.
said.
The two-year process includes two major steps, Galarza said. She will be in charge of making accurate records and Robert Hickerson, museum photographer, will be in charge of taking the photos.
Hickerson said he would shut down parts of the gallery so he could shoot similar art works at the same time. Different art works include quilts, decorative art, 3-D objects and prints. He said the online database would include works of all media.
The accessibility of the museum's database will set it apart from databases at other universities, he said.
very comprehensive records," said Hickerson, photographer and database co-manager for the Spencer Museum of Art. "We're just a little farther down the road than most of our peer institutions."
The museum's new photography studio will aid in the process. He said the museum finished a new digital studio this week and shut down the darkroom after more than three years of renovations.
He called the new studio state of the art. The studio will hold an opening in the spring.
"The students will have complete access to the art works visually," Hickerson said.
The staff is excited to share everything the gallery has to offer with the KU community.
"We have a real hidden treasure here on campus," Galarza said.
— Edited by Janette Crawford
Lied Center to celebrate Christmas 'flavour'
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
After arriving in America, Isabel Walker had culture shock, she said. The Glasgow, Scotland, junior came to the University of Kansas through the study abroad program from her school, Stirling University.
Some differences she first noticed were what students wore to school.
"Wearing pajamas to class, we would never do that at home," Walker said.
She said that most students dressed up to go to class in Scotland.
With the holidays nearing, Walker is looking forward to going home.
"We don't have Thanksgiving, so Christmas is really important," she said. "I couldn't stand to spend Christmas without my family."
In Scotland, counting the days to Christmas is a tradition that lasts past childhood. Calendars that start with Dec. 1 and end on the 25th are in every home, Walker said. Christmas is celebrated just as much in Scotland as it is in America, but is not as commercial, she said.
"Stores do not carry as much Christmas merchandise compared to America," Walker said.
SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS WITH BONNIE RIDEOUT
In general, though, Christmas is celebrated the same in America as it is in Scotland, she said.
The performance will take place at 7:30 tomorrow night and will feature Scottish carols and traditional Highland music and dance.
To complement the Christmas spirit that exists in both Scotland and America, the Lied Center will present "A Scottish Christmas" with Bonnie Rideout as part of the center's Family Series.
When: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
Where: Lied Center
What: Features Scottish musicians and Scottish dance
Tickets are available at:
Hall,864-3982
- Lied Center Ticket Office, 864-ARTS
- University Theatre Ticket Office in Murphy
SUA Office in the Kansas Union, 864- SHOW
Ticketmaster outlets, or
ticketmaster.com
www.ticketmaster.com
Tickets are $14 for KU students,
$24 for KU faculty and staff, $28 for the public
"The performance is a perfect way for students to unwind before they jump into finals and to get into the holiday spirit," Karen Christilles, associate director for the Lied Center, said.
The center's world events are some of the most popular shows with students, Christilles said.
Hodgie Bricke, assistant dean for international programs, said she planned to go to the performance. Bricke lived in Edinburgh for many years while her husband was finishing his doctorate and she was researching for her dissertation. Bricke continues to return to Edinburgh, even if it is for just a two-week stay.
Christmas is celebrated differently between the southern part of Scotland and the Highlands, Bricke said.
The difference can be
traced to the 16th century, during the Protestant Reformation. Christmas was seen as a Roman Catholic holiday.
The southern part of Scotland became Protestant and the Highlands stayed Catholic.
Christmas was a celebrated holiday, but it was not as big of a deal in Edinburgh, Bricke said.
"Christmas trees were not that common place," she said.
Hogmanay is one holiday that is celebrated by both parts of Scotland, she said. Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year's, is celebrated from New Year's Eve through Jan. 2.
Bricke expects, based on her experiences, that the Scottish performance tomorrow will include Highland music and New Year's songs.
— Edited by Jon Ralston
The swing of things
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Lori Bowling, Lenexa freshman, swings a rocket yesterday in the Student Recreation Fitness Center. Bowling said she played racquetball weekly.
Delta Force publishes new local zine to be distributed at Veggie Lunch today
Delta Force will distribute copies of its new publication, Stance, at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries' weekly Veggie Lunch today.
The lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. at the ECM Building, 1204 Oread Ave.
Sam Birchfield, Lawrence sophomore and member of Delta Force, is one of the five students who put together the publication.
Distribution of the first issue has already begun, she said. The coalition plans to distribute copies to leaders of student groups and in student housing facilities.
“It's not just about Delta Force,” she said. "It's about a lot of different things people are interested in."
The first issue features an article about tumour increases and another about women in Delta Force, Birchfield said.
The publication features original articles and photography, she said.
Andy Hyland
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center Christmas Party
December 10,8pm St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center Social Hall Enjoy music,dancing food and drink and FUN!
DECEMBER 9,2004
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Meets every Tues. Night upstairs in the ECM. We offer free lessons, 9-9:30 and open social dancing 9:30 midnight. Dancing is only $1. Questions: call Misha Thompson at 785-393-2582. Even during Christmas Break.
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