Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 21 December 2000 — Page 17

The Muncie Times December 21, 2000, page 17

3 Muncie educators to take part in democracy discussion

Ball State museum features diversity of frames show

A national education group has invited two Ball State University educators and a local school superintendent to attend meetings focusing on “Education in a Democracy.” The Seattle-based National Network for Educational Renewal has formed a local leadership team with Ron Johnstone, dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities; Roy Weaver, dean of

INDIANAPOLIS—Butler University said the board of trustees had appointed Dr. Bobby Fong as the 20th president of the university. Fong is the first Asian American leader in the university’s 145-year history. “Dr. Fong brings a strong liberal arts educational background, as vyell as a lengthy tenure in academic administration to the university,” said Stephen Briganti, board chairman and chair of the presidential search committee. “Dr. Fong was the unanimous choice of the search committee, based on his academic leadership, his appreciation of the value of diversity and his proficiency in deploying and raising financial resources.”

Teachers College; and Marlin Creasy, superintendent of Muncie Community Schools. The trio will meet three times yeady at Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, N. J., and once a year in Seattle with other Kindergarten through grade 12 public school and higher education leaders to explore the four-part mission of the NNER. The organization’s mission is to educate

Fong, the Americanborn child of Chinese emigrants, is a magna cum iaude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard, He has a doctorate in English literature from UCLA. He is a specialist in the poetry of Oscar Wilde and is the editor of the newlyreleased Poems and Poems in Prose, volume one in the new variorum Complete Works of Oscar Wilde issued by Oxford University Press. Fong began his educational career in 1978 as a faculty member in English at Berea college in Berea, Ky. In 1989 he moved to Hope College in Holland, Mich., where he was a professor of English and dean of arts and humanities from 1989 to 1994. Most recently, Fong was the dean of the faculty of Hamilton College in

young people about social and political democracy, provide access to knowledge for children, practice nurturing teaching and ensure responsible stewardship of schools. Each team is expected to study readings in advance of meetings and develop a work plan for engaging colleagues in their local organization in discussions and activities related to the organization’s mission.

Clinton, N. Y, from 1995 to 2000. Fong’s professional service includes election as a member and chairperson of the Board of the Association of American Colleges & Universities, participation in accreditation reviews for numerous colleges, and service as a grant reviewer for NEH and FIPSE. He has evaluated programs at institutions including Swarthmore and the universities of Chicago and Michigan. Beyond his literary scholarship, he has written on higher education, religion, race, and baseball. He is married to Suzanne Dunham Fong, an attorney. They have two sons, Jonathan, 16, and Colin, 11. Fong becomes president on June 1,2001.

Diverse American frames from a prolific century of design are featured in a traveling exhibition at the Ball State University Museum of Art through Jan. 7. “The Frame in America: 1860-1960” is on view in the museum’s Francis F. Brown Study Room. It was organized by. the International Institute for Frame Study in Washington, D. C., and toured by ExhibitUSA of Kansas City, Mo., a national division of MidAmerica Arts Alliance. /Main Joyaux, director of the Ball State Museum of Art, said the show is timely for the museum, which will reframe some of its 11,000 works as the museum is renovated. Several works are in inappropriate frames. “The Frame in America: 1860-1960” chronicles one of the most prolific and creative periods of American frame design. It also focuses on the tools, materials and methods used in gilding and frame manufacturing. The exhibition features more than 100 American frames, plus working drawings, photographs and cross-sections of frames. Featured frames range from James McNeill Whistler’s reeded frames to Renaissance-inspired frames designed by Stanford White and painted frames created by American modernists John Marin and Lee Gatch. Other highlights include the contributions of late 1 9th-century establishments such as the

Newcomb-Macklin Co. of Chicago and the CarrigRohane Shop in Boston. Selected frames reflect cut leather, folk art, art nouveau,.tabernacles and American Indian styles made with various woods, gold leaf and other materials. The show also includes Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and fencing motif character frames. By removing the frames from their original context, the exhibition shows the diversity of design and technique in American frames. While many examples owe much to European precedents, others represent a departure in aesthetic conception and function, offering a distinctly American style. “The Frame in America: 1860-1960” is curated by William B. Adair, director of the. International Institute for Frame Study. ExhibitsUSA is a not-for-profit organization that strives to create access to an array of arts and humanities exhibitions, nurture the development and understanding of diverse art forms and cultures, and encourage the expanding depth and breadth of cultural life in local communities. The Ball State Museum of Art is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The museum is closed for holidays, Dec. 23 to 26 and Dec. 29 to Jan. 1. Admission is free. Phone: (765) 285-5242.

Bobby Fong becomes Butler University president June 1