Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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The great American painter Isabel Bishop planned a visit to the WSU cam- pus during a February show of her art works. From WSU, the Bishop exhibi- tion moved to the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City. Other exhibitions include some of the great photographers in our time, as well as breathtaking color pictures depicting our environment. Alfred Eisen- staedt, a former Life photographer who is said to have photographed more people in high and low places than any other living photographer, vyill have 150 photographs on display beginning in May. Earlier, an exhibition of 113 color photographs from the United States Environmental Protection Agency called Our Only World focused attention on the effects of technology on our world. WSU has an obligation to give its students-all students-a sense of the major accomplishments in world art, Dr. Bush said of the art collection. Words and books are the principal tools of education. But visible, tangible, concrete objects often have more mean- ing for people than a written descrip- tion. . We are seeking to touch the lives of many who would never in their lives be exposed to great art. We must broaden ourselves with good expe- riences. Dr. Bush unabashedly stated that the new Ulrich Museum of Art will be as nice and dignified as any in the country. The museum's student staff is well dressed and professional down to the finest detail. Members of the student staff are: Pamela Bowman, sophomore, Sheryl Wolfe, sophomore, Cindy Shalker, junior, Cheri Powell, sophomore, Jim Johnson, graduate, and assistant curator Gary Hood. Besides manning the museum, the staff is responsible for cataloging the collection, preparing prints for exhibi- tion, shipping and receiving works of art la very fragile affairl, and even applying lemon oil to all the outdoor sculpture twice a year to prevent oxidation. For one of the student staff mem- bers, her job is exciting. lt is exciting because of some of the acquisitions, Pamela Bowman said. You meet people and you feel important. We have all gained a new appreciation for different styles of art, especially modern art. And there is an opportunity to deal with the artists personally, Pamela said. l remember the day the arms fell off the Rickey sculpture. l carried them up to the office and talked to him on the phone. lt was great. Some may think of a great artist as someone distant, basking in greatness, but really, they're just people, who are friendly and engaging. Looking toward the future, Dr. Bush continues to bubble with enthu- siasm. He confidently predicts between 75,000 and 100,000 people will visit the museum in its first year. Dr. Bush offers advance word that an American Bicentennial exhibition scheduled to come to Wichita in 1976, will be shown at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Chances are, Dr. Bush will also take a few moments to smile with hearty satisfaction at the physical realization of a goal which makes possible the opening of yet grander dreams.

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CENTER Academic Resource Development he .rn mediately sparked hopes that he would accomplish the same rnagrr' at WSU He did An accorirplrslred historian, writer and art collertor Bush has won the respect and friendship of stores of the great artists and toller tors rn the country The list of names rn the collection reads like the Index of an art history text There are works by Moses Soyer, Frank Stella, Max Weber Robert Good nough, Doris Caesar, Alexander Archipenko, Isabel Bishop and many more Bush speaks the languages of art Despite a rninuscule art acquisition bud get, he successfully coaxed scores of well known artists and collectors into contributing to the WSU collection Others were obtained for a fraction of their real value. The dimension of the WSU collet tion has swelled to 582 paintings 1408 oilsl, as well as 1,086 prints and 305 sculptures One of Bush's proudest accornplrsh ments was the donation of 47 individual art works of Ernest Trova, American sculptor made famous for his Falling Man series, giving WSU probably the largest collection of Trova art rn the United States. One example of Trova art stands outdoors east of the Life Science build ing as part of the now familiar unrver sity outdoor SCulpture collection. It is Profile Canto IV A, an immense Cor 'ten steel sculpture in the Falling Man series. The number of outdoor sculptures now numbers nine with the addition of Louise NeveIson's Night Tree, lotzaterl rn the center area of Fairinor.nt Dravr near McKnight Art Center Other acquisitions include Kenneth Arrrmagr- 1 Mouton Variation, Figure lArrhaearr lll by Danre Barbara Hepworth, Teddy Boy 81 Girl II, by Lynn Chadwick, Grand father's Horse, by Chicago artist John Kearney, Daedalus a 26 bronze head by Charles Grafly, lwo lines Oblique Down a kinetic sculpture by George Rickey and Happy Mother by Austrian hnrn Plugins flu...-f , ggi.-:annum - I Arr rirrprr-rrfrlerrterl srlir-rlnle ol 31 Kalhe Kollwilf, whose works portrayed rrlntrons rs plairrrerl lor the lrrsl year the plight of the poor and oppressed, of the rrrtrserrrri Already such painters and Wayne Thrcliarrd, one ol Amerrca's .is Frr-drrrk Waugh, the orilslarrdrrrg Inst pop all painters have been exhibit rerrr,an nrarrne artist, German painter rrrl

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