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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1994)
Jason Levkulich/DN • Top: The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, designed by Phillip Johnson in the Italian travertine style, was opened at UNL in 1963. The gallery is host to more than 12,000 art objects. Right: Barbara Harris of Lincoln views part of the Sheldon’s collection. The musuem was one of Lincoln’s many sights on her list to show one of her relatives. WOMEN'S CLINIC OF LINCOLN PC S.G. Swanson, MD J. Maly, MD YOUNG WOMEN’S CARE PROVIDED BY WOMEN SERVICES • physical exams provided by Certified Nurse Practitioners with physician consult available • suited to meet the needs of young women to age 25 • offered Mondays 4 to 7:30 pm EDUCATION • Healthy Lifestyles- including good nutri tion, menstruation, self breast exam, and hygeine • birth control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases GM Southwest/C CIS providers 220 Lyncrest 434-3370 j > Birkis: The rugged Birkenstock: Barbados. S-iS sues- rerail s 1 Waterproof polyurethane footbed. Durable, lightweight construction. $ Birkenstock orthopedic contours. I % BtofeAS1 I ^ Q BY BIRKENSTOCK’ J | You can find Birki's at: ? FOOTLOOSE & FANCY 1219 P Street 476-6119 Jason Levkulich/DN Collection highlights 20th century By Todd Ellington Staff Reporter__ The Sheldon Memorial Art Gal lery is the art museum at the Univer sity ofNebraska-Lincoln. The Sheldon Gallery’s comprehensive collection documents the development of Amer ican art from the eighteenth century to the present. The Sheldon has one of the most renowned collections of 20th century art, ranking among the top five university collections, and among the top 10 collections in the world. The collection ranges from the Realism of 19th century landscapes, to the geometric Cubism of the 1940’s and ‘50’s, and the Abstract Expres sionism of the past thirty years. In addition, Sheldon maintains extensive print and photography col lections as well as a sculpture garden containing thirty major examples of 20th century sculpture. The garden encompasses nearly fifteen acres of campus, extending the impact of con temporary works beyond the limits of the art museum and into the everyday lives of University students. “This was done,” according to Sheldon’s Curator and Assistant Di rector Daphne Deeds, “to allow stu dents to experience art on a day-to-day basis.” She believes that if the students have enough exposure to these sculp tures, they will become sympathetic toward them. The sculptures will have grown beyond the art world and will have become part of the students’ every day lives. Although some students have voiced concern over the merit of some of the sculpture found around campus, Mrs. Deeds said that was the purpose of placing the sculptures where they were. “The artist hopes they are worthy of questioning. The nature of reality is our encountering of light, shape and form. Art is about reality in all of its facets, and is equally as valid as any narrative. Many people choose to be oblivious to that.” The University of Nebraska funds Sheldon’s operating budget, but ac quisitions, publications, special exhi bitions and programming are sup ported by grants and private dona tions. No tuition or student funds are used. In selecting pieces for the Gallery, each work is judged by several crite ria. It must be American art of the highest quality and have some type of historical meaning, or fill a gap m an existing collection. Each of the Sheldon’s 13,000 objects not only has its own personal meaning, but also interacts with the whole collection. Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater thrives Also found within the walls of the Sheldon Art Gallery is the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater. The theater is actually a separate entity, belonging to the College of Fine and Performing Arts, rather than Sheldon. The Theater’s program is designed to play an important role in the education of the University’s academic community. It also reach es out to the Lincoln community, offering Nebraskans a stimulating alternative to commercial film and television. With the creation of the new College of Fine and Performing Arts, and the growing collection of the Sheldon Art Gallery, the The ater’s needs have outgrown the limit ed time and space of the present facil ity. However, a grant from Mrs. Ross will soon make possible a new facility, completely autonomous from the Sheldon (part of the terms of Mrs. Ross’ gift were the advent of the new college, and that the Theater would become autonomous). The proposed new theater should have two auditoriums equipped with the most up-to-date technology. Each one will be designed for distinct and separate uses as dictated by the pro gram. The auditoriums should be able to seat in the range of 300 to 400 people for the larger of the two, and 100 to 200 for the smaller. In addi tion, there should be office and work space as well as accommoda tion for a research library and spe cial storage for the Theater’s film and video archive. Provisions will also be made for an appropriate lobby and display area and for limited food service. As for when and where the new theater will be built, nothing has yet been confirmed. It has been suggested that it may be under ground, and Director Dan Ladley would like to see it open on April 29,1996, the centennial of the first showing of a public motion picture in the United States. Activities abound at Campus Rec By Jennifer Groen Staff Reporter Campus Recreation provides* wide variety of programs, services and fa cilities to the university community on both the city and east campuses. According to Director of Campus Recreation Stan Campbell, Campus Recreation offers informal recreation in the facilities for students, staff, faculty and their guests. Informal rec reation offers a weight training room, super circuit room, swimming pool, indoor running track, indoor practice field, ping pong tables and courts for racquetball,basketball, volleyball and badminton. Activities are available at several locations, including the Campus Rec reation Center, the East Campus Ac tivities Building, the Military and Naval Science Building and Mable Lee Hall. Fitness classes, outdoor ad ventures, programs for students with disabilities, sport clubs, intramural sports and family and youth programs are all offered through Campus Rec reation. Campbell said UNL’s Campus Recreation offers the widest variety of intramural sports in the Big Eight Conference. “Just about anything is offered — team sports to dual sports to individ ual sports,” he said. There are more than 160 intramural sports offered at UNL. Campbell said. There are also many Campus Rec reation services available. Campus Recreation offers equipment rental, injury prevention and care, child care, wellness services and leisure services. Students can get exercise prescrip tions through the wellness services, Campbell said. “They can set up programs that match up with student’s abilities and work with their schedule,” he said. Campbell said child care services are an inexpensi ve form ofbabysitting. The services are $ 1 an hour and there is a two-hour maximum time limit. Campus Recreation employed 503 students last year and is one of the largest on-campus student employers, he said.
