Wednesday, March 7, 1979
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'Unsafe' studios, no funding plague jewelry, silversmithing department
By RHONDA HOLMAN
Members of the department of jewelry and silvermithing say they are plagued by unsafe studios and officials say they are exploited, not for profit, until 1981 or *92* because of a lack of funds.
BY RHONDA HOLMAN
Staff Renorter
The faculty and students in the department say the current studios in Broadcasting Hall have gas leaks, acid fumes and worn-out equipment.
Jewelry and silversmithing is the only department in the School of Fine Arts that has not moved into either the Visual Arts Building or renovated Fowler Shops, Broadcasting Hall is next to the Visual Arts Building.
Valenne said, "There is an exhaust problem here with fumes from the metals and the glass. We had to move the department moved in two years ago that we would move this spring. Now they're doing it."
Jon Harvey, assistant professor of design,
and Gary Nemchock and Olli Valaname,
associate professors of design, said conditions in the studios threatened the health of persons working there and the quality of their work.
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and president of Alba Rho Gamma, the jewelry and silversmithing club, said the department's conditions presented a health problem.
"There are more students than places to work. We have quite a few gas leaks during the year and our equipment is antiquated." McKinney said. "We work a lot with gas flames with no real safety features. There is nothing we can do, really help you if not acid in your eyes."
But James Moeser, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said he was unaware of any complaints.
"There is no safety problem as far as I know," he said. "And there's no way to project a moving date until we get additional funding."
IN 1975, the date for moving all the departments into the renovated Fowler Shops was postponed indefinitely because the lowest bid for the new Visual Arts
Building project was $1 million above available funds, according to Peter Thompson, associate dean of Fine Arts. The Fowler Shops renovation plan was then redesigned and each department was given a priority to move. Those departments that were closest to Fowler Shops and that had facilities were given the lowest priority.
HOWEVER, NEMCHOCK said that most of the furniture and equipment for the new studies in Powder Wash had already been used and was just waiting for installation.
Thompson said the jewelry and silver-smithing move was postponed the longest because the new studios would have been particularly expensive. He said the existing facilities were only a short distance from the center of the city, considered adequate by the administration.
"The construction is completed and the
furniture is just sitting there." Nemchock said. "We're just waiting for the electrical wiring, the ventilation system, the plumbing and safety features to be completed."
Thompson said an estimated $100,000 to fund moving the jewelry and silversmith department was included in the budget now that Thompson had been reimbursed. However, Thompson said he was not optimistic the department would be able to move after July 1, when funds would be available.
Havner said that the studios being used in Broadcasting Hall needed basic equipment such as lights, benches and chairs but that all hands were been spent on the new building.
"We have a budget that helps us to continue but not to progress," said Hayner. "And the budget items we have now are for the new studios, not the ones we're using."
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