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December 6,1995 Campus News 7 Good idea turns into a major art show By Betsy Stewart One day in the spring of 1993 fresh man Collyn Evans had an idea. She thought it was such a good idea that she decided to put it in writing. So she wrote a proposal and submitted to Dr. Rebecca Bailey, head of the Meredith art department. The proposal: that Meredith should sponsor a student art exhibition and invite other women’s colleges in the Southeast to partici pate. Bailey presented Evans’ idea to a faculty council and got their approval, and Evans went to work. In January, 1996, Evans, now a junior majoring in art history, will see her idea become reality. The First Annual Women’s Colleges of the Southeast Art Exhibition will be held in the Rotunda Art Gallery in Johnson Hall. Participating schools in clude nine women’s colleges in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. The exhibit will run from Jan. 21 through Feb. 11, and it is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. “I never thought it would be so much work,” Evans admitted, “and I never could have done it alone. ” At the beginning of the fall ’94 semester Bail ey suggested to Evans that she might want some help on her project, and Bailey had just the right person in mind. Re entry student Regina Reid, now a se nior majoring in studio art, had just finished an internship at a local art gallery and expressed interest in the Meredith exhibit. Reid and Evans got together, did some brainstorming and formed a partnership. Evans’ idea be came a student-initiated independent study for which the two students will earn three credit hours. Reid says their primary goal is to highlight the artistic talents of students and present their work to a broad audience. “We also hope that this ef fort will expand recognition for both the artists and their colleges, and pro mote network connections in art-re lated fields,” she added. When Evans and Reid laid out their work plan, they agreed that deciding which colleges to invite would be the first step. “We researched all of the women’s colleges in the area and de cided we would invite only those that offer a four-year art degree,” Evans said. They invited ten schools and eight accepted the invitation. They then had to decided what type of art they wanted for the show. The list includes acrylics, oils, draw ings, prints, mixed media and fibers. Although the participating colleges were allowed to chose' the works they would submit, they had to meet the criteria set by Evans and Reid. Only work from undergraduates currently enrolled in the submitting college would be accepted, but spring ’95 graduates could also participate. The work must be two-dimensional, no larger than 60" by 6O" and weigh no more than 200 pounds. Each college could submit as many as ten pietres for display. Fromthe beginning Evans and Reid knew they wanted this show to be as professional as they could make it. They decided to publish a catalog. They decided to have an opening re ception and invite a speaker. To cover costs, they decided to offer an exhibi tion poster for sale. Coordinating all the details for any one of these items requires a tremen dous amount time, and Evans says it will probably end up being 300 hours of work for three hours of academic credit. “Regina and I have spent a lot of weekends together,” Evans said, “and Regina especially has made a lot of sacrifices because she has a hus band and children to take care of” Evans and Reid had down on all the resources they could find to help them in the planning of the show. They enlisted the help of art professor Frank Armstrong’s professional design studio class to design the catalog, the invitations to the opening reception and the exhibition poster. “The Meredith art department has been so wonderful in supporting us,” Evans said, “they’ve turned over the See Art page 9 CAREER CONNECTIONS • Smithsonian Internships in the Environmental Sciences Ft)r more information on the 1996 Work/ Learn Program for undergraduate atid graduate students come by the ('-arecr Center. 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