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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1988)
Arts & Entertainment Sheldon director hopes gallery’s expansion takes off By John Heuertz Staff Reporter There’s a model on display in the Grand Hall of the Sheldon Art Gallery. It looks just like Sheldon at first, except there’s an underground wing off to the west. In it are sc aled down paintings and paper cutouts of human observers. This model is a plan for expand ing the Gallery. Although a time table for the new wing’s construction hasn’t been set, Sheldon Director George Ncubert said he hopes the project will become a “priority” for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. __J__ f__ 1 IIV UVA/U Oliu IUI Oil expansion has been around for at least a decade, Neubcrt said. Ac tual planning and designing goes back about six years. When Ncubert came to UNL in 1983, museum expansion was a priority, he said. But the Leid Center for Performing Arts put the Sheldon project on the back burner. In 1983, Neubert oversaw a new set of drawings, some alterations and the building of the model now on display. “There is a new awareness in education, in universities, in soci cty at large that art is more than just an activity,” Neubcrt said. “Art is more than just a product. In fact it is a tool for enlightenment and education. “In specialized fields, most of what you learn in the classroom is outdated by the time you get on the job... educators and higher learn ing is beginning to realize that it’s not so much what we teach stu dents but that we prepare them for life — not for a career. We in the community have experienced that the Sheldon’s collection provides that opportunity. “The role of the gallery ... I think, now is understood as some thing that is an important experi ence for students as they prepare for life.” The new space will provide more flexibility for the kinds of shows that the Sheldon attracts. Sheldon officials will use the origi nal building to display the gallery’s growing permanent collection. Behind the scenes of the new addition will be a research library and a new storage facility. Students will be able to check out paintings for studying within designated areas. The Sheldon Art Gallery oper ates on a budget set by UNL offi cials. But most of the money for the building and for the collection comes from private donations. Fund raising has been delayed since the Lied Center project be gan. Neubert said he hopes that the Sheldon expansion drive can get underway now that the Lied Center is almost complete Neubert said that there are al ways going to be people criticizing the way money is spent. But he added that opposition comes from a naivete about how the gallery acquires money. “I was not against the recent fund drive for the football club,” Neubert said. “A lot of my friends complained. There was just some opposition to the football team. “First of all, it’s their money. They raised it. Second of all, the money that people gave to football wasn’t going to come to me any . i . way. I know better than that. Any body who thinks that they would have gotten (the money) for some thing else is naive. They don’t know enough about donators and the way things are done in the real world of private dollars. “Someone who wants to give to football is going to give to football. If they want to give to football and science, and Sheldon, they will.” Courtesy of Sheldon Art Gallery Architects rendition of an underground wing to Sheldon Art Gallery. FOR SALE Hundreds of your favorite IBM PC softwares $1 50/disk Free catalog PO Box 30838. Lincoln. NE. 68503 Large couch, queen box spring & mattress. Will deliver. Evenings 796-2226 local. Lifetime private club Mademoiselle merrtoership. $500 negotiable. 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