The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 12, 1986 -Page 3
Art museum observes
By LAURA COUGHLIN
A history of art display and the
University's first international art
exhibit will help commemorate the
40th anniversary of the University's
Museum of Art.
The museum, which was officially
created by the Board of Regents in
1946, originally began as a small
collection of European art objects
which were displayed at the Univer-
sity's Library Art Gallery before they
were put into storage. Those first
collectibles were donated by former
University President Henry Frieze.
IN 1910, the University's collection
grew and was given limited exhibition
r space on the second floor of the Alum-
ni Memorial Hall. The Hall, which
was considered a new building at the
time, is now the current home of the
art museum. Thirty-six years later
the regents created the Museum of
Art as a separate unit within the
University.
Art Professor Jean Paul Slusser
was appointed as the museum's first
director, and despite limited resour-
ces, he began a dynamic program of
expanding the museum's collection.
One of Slusser's first duties was to
auction off some of the University's
poorer quality paintings. In the same
year that the museum was created,
Randolph Adams, then director of the
Clements Library wrote to Slusser
that "Among the other things that
deface the walls of the Michigan
Union is a series of portraits of the
presidents of the University. Some of
the early ones make our visitors say
'ohmigawd' - just like that - all in
one word." With these words of
wisdom to back him up, Slusser had
several of the paintings analyzed and
then :sold.
He then searched for art work of
finer quality.
IN 1966, the museum gained oc-
cupation of the entire building when
40th year
the Kelsey Museum of Archaeoogy
moved across the street into the old
Helen Newberry Hall building.
Space problems still plague the
museum today, however. Exhibition
and storage space are the two main
problems with the building, but the
receiving area, climate control, and
lack of office space are also problems.
IN the 40 years between the creation
of the museum and its anniversary
this year, the museum has been
renovated and modernized. The staff
has started a vigorous tour program,
and acquired many new and innovative
works of art.
TO CELEBRATE its 40th birthday,
the museum is showing its first inter-
national exhibit - "The Rising of a
New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art."
The exhibition will display over 100
African art objects of the Tabwa
people living in southeastern Zaire.
Another exhibit depicting the
history of the University's art
colleciton will be on display until
March 29. The exhibit covers
everything from century-old exhibit
programs to the construction of the
modern art sculpture Daedalus,
which graces the museum's front
lawn.
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Daily Photo by PETE ROSS
The University Museum of Art as seen through the 'Daedalus' sculpture on its front lawn. The museum is
celebrating its 40'th anniversary this year.
What's happening
around Ann Arbor
Students want to honor Savimbi
Campus Cinema
Cries and Whispers - (Ingmar
Bergman, 1972) CG, 9:30 p.m., MLB
3.
A young woman slowly dying from
cancer is haunted by memories of
her past and with the help of her
devoted maid and two sisters tries to
hide herself from the harsh realities
of the outside world. Starring Liv
Ullman. Won best film award from
New York critics. Swedish with sub-
titles.
Bonnie and Clyde - (Arthur Penn,
1967) Hill St., 8 p.m.
Warren Beatty and Faye
Dunaway star in this film about the
relationship of four bank robbers
who achieve fortune, fame, and
ultimate doom. Received
nomination for Oscar.
Performances
University Concert Band and
Chamber Winds - University
School of Music, 8 p.m., Hill
Auditorium (763-4726).
Larry Rachleff conducts these two
University music student ensem-
bles.
Bars and Clubs
The Ark (761-1451) - Open Mike
Night.
Bird of Paradise (662-8310) - Ron
Brooks Trio, jazz.
The Blind Pig (996-8555) -
Imaginary Friend, high-energy new
music.
The Earle (994-0211) - Larry
Manderville, solo piano.
Mr. Flood's Party (995-2132) -
Falcons, early rock 'n' roll.
Mountain Jack's (665-1133) -
Billy Alberts, easy listening.
The Nectarine Ballroom (994-5436)
- Dolloar Night Dance Party, DJ
Bubba T.
Rick's American Cafe (996-2747)
- Something American, modern
rock 'n' roll.
U-Club (763-2236) - Laugh Track.
Speakers
Tatyana Momovna - "Our Gran-
dmothers: Maria Konstantinovna
Tsebrikova," Russian and East
European Studies, noon, Lane Hall
Commons.
Jeffrey Long - "Diastereoselec-
tive Electrophilic Additions to
Alkenes," Chemistry, 4 p.m., room
1300, Chemistry Bldg.
Jean Otto - Media Monopolies
Communications, noon, room 2035,
Frieze Bldg.
Burton Barnes - "China 1984:
Forest Research in a Deforested
Land," Botany, noon, room 1139,
Natural Science Bldg.
Kesar Singh - "Asymptotics for
the Bootstrap," Statistics, 4 p.m.,
room 451, Mason Hall.
Don Clewell - "Sex Peromones
and Plasmid Transfer in Strep-
tococci," 4 p.m., room 7745, Med.
Sci. II Bldg.
Kenton Miller - "Emerging
Issues and Conflicts Within the In-
ternational Conservation
Establishment," noon, room 1520
Dana Bldg.
Wesley Brown - "Another View
of Phylogeny: Mitochondrial DNA &
Evolutionary Biology," Biology,
12:05 p.m., room 5732, Med. Sci. II
Bldg.
Meetings
Undergraduate Political
Association - 7 p.m., room D,
Michigan League.
Latin American Solidarity Com-
mittee - 8 p.m., Anderson Room,
Union.
Archery Club - 8p.m., Coliseum.
Baha'i Club - 5:30 p.m., Union.
WJJX - 7 p.m., Ostafin Room,
West Quad.
Tae Kwon Do Club - Practice, 6
p.m., room 2275, CCRB.
Dissertation Support Group - 8:30
a.m., room 3100, Union.
Ensian Yearbook - 7 p.m.,
Student Publications Bldg.
Science Fiction Club - Stilyagi
Air Corps, 8:15 p.m., League.
Michigan Gay Union - 9 p.m., 802
Monroe.
Furthermore
From Craftsman or Salesman to
Professional Manager: The
Changing Role of the Entrepreneur
in a Growing Company - En-
trepreneur Club forum, 4:15 p.m.,
Wolverine Room, Assembly Hall.
Time and Stress Management -
SODC workshop, 6:30 p.m.
The Medical School Personal
Essay - Career Planning -&
Placement program, 4:10 p.m.
Resume Writing Lecture -
Career Planning & Placement
program, 6:10 p.m., room 35, Angell
Hall.
Preparing for the Second Inter-
view - Career Planning &
Placement program, 4:10 p.m.
On-Campus Recruiting Discussion
- Career Planning & Placement
program, 12:10 p.m.
Personal Stress Management
session - Catherine McAuley
Health Center, 7:30 p.m., Reichert
Health Bldg.
Beans and rice dinner - Guild
House, 6p.m., 802 Monroe.
Personal Line seminar -
Telecommunications, 12:15 p.m.,
Art & Architecture Bldg.; noon, 140
Business Administration Bldg.
Tutoring in science, math, and
engineering - Tau Beta Pi, 8 p.m.,
room 307, UGLI.
Safety class - Student Wood and
Craft shop, 3 p.m.
By SUSANNE SKUBIK
University College Republicans and
the Michigan Review newspaper plan
to co-sponsor a petition drive to
nominate Angolan rebel leader Jonas
Savimbi for an honorary degree at
May commencement ceremonies.
Members of both groups are com-
piling a packet of articles to inform
students about Savimbi's work and
garner signatures for their petition
drive next month. They hope to
demonstrate student support of
Savimbi for the Honorary Degree
Committee, which decides who will
receive the degrees at commen-
cement.
THE committee, a group of ad-
ministrators, faculty, and one
student, may also consider a proposal
by the Free South Africa Coordinating
Committee and the Michigan Student
Assembly to grant jailed dissident
Nelson Mandela an honorary degree.
Savimbi leads the United Front for
the Total Liberation of Angola
(UNITA), a guerrilla group working
to overthrow the government of
angola. Savimbi currently controls
about a third of Angola, which he won
from the Soviet-backed government
with considerable military aid from
South Africa. The U.S. government
recently announced its decision to
covertly aid Savimbi's group. Some
members of congress are now
debating whether to make that sup-
port open.
Members of both groups say
Savimbi deserves an honorary degree
because he is a noble freedom fighter
dedicated to restoring democratic
ideals in Angola.
"HE'S FIGHTING for democracy
in Angola against a puppet gover-
nment," said Seth Klukoff, editor of
the Michigan Review.
Savimbi's acceptance of aid from
the government of South Africa has
caused civil rights activists to
question his motives. "He's no friend
of South African President Botha. He
just took his aid. Savimbi is very
pragmatic. Botha's the only one who
offered him aid," Klukoff added.
Barbara Ransby, head of the Free
South Africa Coordinating Commit-
tee, disagrees.
"Savimbi is open'ly collaborating
with South Africa. The South Africans
want to destabilize the entire region,
and Savimbi's ten year campaign has
perpetuated the-war there. It justifies
South Africa's invasion," she said.
She cited Lesotho and Namibia as
examples of South African
"destabilization" efforts.
Ransby said awarding an honorary
degree to Savimbi would be incon-
sistent with the views of some memo
bers in the University community.
She pointed to past demonstrations of
opposition to apartheid and student
pressure to divest from South Africa.
ISRAEL INFORMATION
Thursday, Feb. 13,
10:00 - 5:00p.m.
Thinking about summer in Israel, a year of study, Kibbutz,
aliya? Benny Schwartz, the representative of the Jewish Agen-
cy's kibbutz-aliya desk, will be at Hillel to answer questions and
provide information about a whole variety of programs in Israel.
Call for appointment: 663-3336
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