UNL chosen
for Soviet exhibit
By Deanne Nelson
Staff Reporter
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s College of Architecture
has been selected by U.S. Informa
tion Agency as one of two schools
to participate in a 1989 Soviet
Union design exhibit.
The traveling exhibit, expected
to reach six Soviet cities, will
contain several UNL student de
signs. These designs will be cho
sen Aug. 25-26 by US IA represen
tatives visiting UNL.
Materials describing UNL
architectural programs and facili
ties, along with the samples of
student work, will be included in
this cultural exchange, said Cecil
Steward, dean of the College of
Architecture.
Designs in the exhibit will be
shown through slides, photos,
models, drawings and computer
simulation, he said.
Along with Harvard, UNL was
chosen because of its “excellent
reputation for high quality and
good workmanship,” Steward
said.
Steward and a building model.
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“We think it’s a mark of achieve
ment for us to be recognized in that
category,” Steward said.
“This is a very high-class exhibit
which is a tremendous credit to the
university and Nebraska,” said Jo
seph Luther, associate dean of the
architecture college.
Sic ward said UN L was chosen also
because of its “diverse geographical
representation.” The USIA thought it
was important for different areas of
the country to be represented, he said.
A UNL faculty representative will
travel to one of the exhibition sites,
he said.
The main idea of “Design USA,”
Steward said, is to “bring an image of
daily life in the U S. to the Soviet
people to dispel stilted notions
they’ve been given over the past
many years.”
He said the exhibit is “an opportu
nity for the Soviets to sec the real
America”
“When they sec our way of life.
goals and values represented
through design,” he said, “it will
not only change the way they think
of us but also the way they think
about themselves.”
The US1A has sponsored 18 ex
hibits in 23 cities in an attempt to
inform Soviet citizens about
American society, values, institu
tions and processes.
“Communication cannot help
but improve because of efforts like
these,” Steward said.
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