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Art On
Campus
Dave Hansen/Daily Nebraskan
ftebraskan*
By Trevor McArthur
Stiff Reporter
Odd parcels of time. Too little time
to go to the union to eat or sleep, but
loo much time to go sit outside the
class door. What to do with extra lime
between classes?
Well, if you’re interested in art or
even just curious, there arc several
places to quickly scan or, when time
allows, slowly peruse some of the art
produced by the students and faculty
of the University of Nebraska-Lin
coin.
Richards Hall, pext door to the
practical Ferguson, Brace and Bchlen
halls and in the shadow of the athletic
state capitol (Memorial Stadium), is
home to two galleries. The building
lends an artistic ambiance of its own
with its rough, somewhat bohemian
look of unfinished walls and bare
concrete floors in many of the class
studios. Studio projects in progress
and other displayed artworks from
classes may distract visitors looking
for the galleries, but they arc rccog
nizablc as a bit more polished than
the rcstof the hall: The brick walls are
mostly covered and the concrete
floor has a layer of clear sealant, but
a bit of the roughness remains.
The Art Department Gallery on the
first floor is nearing the end of its third
year. It is used for shows of art by both
faculty and undergraduates and
serves as an exhibition space for the
sis work by all candidates for master ’ s
degrees and for various o^asional
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