Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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I ART 11 inonilily. liki- art. consists in drawing tho line somc-wlH-rc-. as Chc-stc-rton oliscMvc-d, tlu-n tlu ideal fusion of tin- two is to be found in tlie priest-artist, Vr. Edward P. Snllivan. eliairnian of the Loras College art department. The deparlinc-nt. according to Fr. Snllivan. has Ind a vigorous vear with instrnetors Jamc ' s MeDer- mott ' ancl James Lvness attending •arions art-orientated meetings aronncl the nation while also concentrating i‘ntc-,-clcL ».hn.nt;.l The. latter i,.- •1 le for e.xample. the addition to the enrnenlum of a ' ' . • the history of aneienl art to complement a coinse m .ipd post-Renaissanec art, pins the com St on of some eight to ten thousand impt ' ' ' ' - ' joiwrtment’s collection. Cne of the fondest slides to It 1,0 oon actuali ed with the dreams o gallerc ' to he located in St. completion o gallerc would allow for controlled Joseph s a • clistingnished collections around oxhihits aiic p o.xhihitc ' cl as well as high school ex¬ ilic nation basis. Up to this time such a gallc ' iy liihits on a impo.ssihle hy the inability to meet has been it ' recpiirements demanded by c. - the The gallery will undoubtedly prove peiisis e ai . set to the college, drawing visitors to be a ticm ,„oimd the area. IT. Snllican, feeling and „owlcclge of art is imperative to a fnlly- that arts education, also hopes to eventually louiidet cooise in art history or art appreciation T ■iVlo ' ' ' ' students. for JAMES M. MeDKHNK TT. M S. Assisiditl Professor REV. EDWARD P. SULLD’AX, .M.A. Associate Professor Cliainnan JAMES F. LYXESS, M.F.. . A-V.s istant Professor 17