Art must add to collection
Quality, historic and academic significance, and the amount of money to be spent, are the three most important factors that Marilyn Stokstad, director of KU's Art Museum, considers in selecting a work of art.
"The most important of these factors is quality," she explained. "Is the work authentic?"
In buying art for the museum, Miss Stokstad looks for something that will add to the importance of the existing collections and the teaching program of the museum.
"OUR COLLECTIONS at KU are used daily for teaching. The museum is, and as it should be, a research institution." Miss Stokstad said. "We want our collections to relate to a variety of subjects and to provide the faculty and students with the opportunity to sharpen their research skills."
How are specific art pieces selected, and how do art directors know what is available on the market?
There are several ways, "but the best way to see and find out what is available is to go from gallery to gallery and hunt. To go from New York to London, to Spain, to France, etc., and personally evaluate the piece," according to Miss Stokstad.
MARILYN STOKSTAD
Radio needs more people
It is hard to get enough people to work in radio and television because manpower needs are increasing while broadcasting "is not the glamour business that it once was."
This is what Bruce Linton, radio-TV-film department director, and Roy E. Morgan, president of the Association for Professional Broadcasting Education, told the National Association of Broadcasters at their third fall conference in Denver.
Broadcasters and educators need to work together to create industry advisory committees and in-service training, said Morgan.
He believes such co-operation plus systematic recruitment of better high school students for college broadcasting majors could fill the worker void.
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"One must be constantly in search of art pieces," she said. "Often a good and beautiful work of art is in the back of some shop."
When Miss Stokstad runs across an art object on which she would like to do library research, she photographs the object.
THE PRICE OF ART depends upon the market and often times "you have to bargain for the right price," she said. "It's wise to be a little conservative in expressing interest because often the dealer raises the price if he knows you would like to have a particular art object.
Art dealers and their advertising in trade magazine, is a good way of finding out what the world art market has to offer.
"Many dealers like the idea of working with a university museum and can be very helpful." Miss Stokstad said.
The impetus to acquire a particular piece often comes from
art historians who are doing a study on a particular topic. "They run across something in their studies and tell me about it, and suggest I take a look at it," she explained.
Very often a lead comes from a friend who works in another museum. "If they are interested in 17th century work primarily, and your interests are in 18th century art, they are only too happy to tell you about something they have seen," she said. "Of course, if you are both interested in the same period of art, you can't expect this cooperation."
Although the museum is state supported, private contributions have been the primary means by which KU has developed its collection of art.
A university museum differs from a public museum in that the primary interest of the former is education, and the objective of the public museum is to collect and preserve main works of art.
AWS to expand orientation plans
An expanded orientation program for high school students concerning extracurricular and academic activities at KU will be initiated by the Associated Women Students (AWS) high school relations committee.
ALSO IN THE planning stages is a newsletter or equivalent publication that would bridge the gap between the time students apply for admission and previews are held.
High School Leadership Day will be continued but other programs will be included. A visitation program in which KU students return to their respective high schools to answer questions is under consideration.
The High School Leadership Day committee has been redefined to encompass a broader program, according to Sharon Anderson, Kansas City junior and chairman of the committee. The original committee was aimed at top-notch high school seniors.
Visitations are not a new idea, according to Miss Anderson, but the committee hopes to schedule them earlier than in the past. If they are held over Christmas vacation, the committee feels they will be reaching students before they have made up their minds about where to attend college.
A similar program aimed at sophomores and juniors is being considered.
Daily Kansan Tuesday, October 25, 1966
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At Ford Motor Company we're always breaking molds . . . when we find a better way to accomplish our objectives. If you like the idea of finding better ways, want to apply your imagination to the sort of problems that haven't even been faced till now-you might be our kind of man!
You know, of course, we build cars and trucks and tractors. But did you know we're also the nation's third largest producer of glass, a leading manufacturer of steel and paint? We not only use computers, we design new ones. We're involved with space problems, ways of improving TV sets, and even a special electric car project.
Whatever your interests or background, make a
date to see our representative. He'll be on campus soon looking for better people with better ideas.