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Welcome to the new website of Artsline, featuring the latest issues: Winter 2009 and Fall 2008! Take a look around, leave comments and check out the new design. If you have any questions, please contact the Artsline Editor at dj89@drexel.edu. Enjoy!

Winter 2009 Issue: In Memorium

 

Drexel University President Constantine Papadakis | 1946-2009

We are saddened to hear of the recent passing of Dr. Constantine Papadakis who served as President of Drexel University for 13 years with bold and innovative leadership that changed the face of the institution. Dr. Papadakis was committed to the highest level of excellence; he was a supporter of the Arts Administration program and an active member of several cultural institutions’ Boards of Directors. He will be missed by many. For more information, please visit the Drexel University page.

Winter 2009 Issue: Bidding High in Bossone

The AAGA’s 6th Annual Art Auction brings in record-breaking numbers
By Lisa Santoro

On March 6th, 2009, Drexel University’s Arts Administration Graduate Students Association (AAGA) hosted their biggest event to date. The 6th Annual Art Auction received more than a hundred donations from various regional artists as well as organizations in and around the Philadelphia area. The artistic pieces and raffle baskets brought over 250 people to the event. The AAGA Art Auction, formerly held at Drexel University’s Paul Peck Alumni Center, shifted base this year to the spacious and modern Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center.

Winter 2009 Issue: Better Life with Public Art

Experiencing Art Outside the Museum
By Sophia Shu-yi Kao

For a long while, art was generally associated with the beau monde, at least in terms of those who consumed it—the collectors and upper classes. Public art, as opposed to private art, crosses this hierarchy and plays a significant role in breaking boundaries.

An installation that comes up outside the museum wall enters the public space that is accessible by everyone. As public art is for and about the people, its essence ought to be socially referenced and reflect the tastes and preferences of society.

Winter 2009 Issue: Gimme Shelter

The Schuylkill Center brings Sustainable Public Art to Philadelphia
By Elizabeth Gault

It’s a beautiful evening in the Pennsylvania woods. The wind rustles through the trees, the creek sings its quiet lullaby, and a young child finds himself at peace underneath the sparkle of the night sky. It is in this moment that he begins to experience the fantastical and untouched landscape around him. There, in his imagination, appears an ephemeral image of a shelter resembling an illuminated firefly.

Winter 2009 Issue: Letter From the Director

By Cecelia Fitzgibbon

Dear Readers,
I thought you would like to hear some good news which is getting harder to come by these days. Our students had record attendance and generated an amount of income surpassing any other event in the history of the program at the 6th Annual Art Auction, held on March 6th, 2009. Despite tough economic times, over 250 alumni, faculty and friends attended the auction to support the students in their trip to National Arts Advocacy Day and to bid on the 100 plus items available for auction. The evening was lovely and I am grateful to the Arts Administration Graduate Students Association (AAGA) for working so hard to make the evening run seamlessly and memorably. A special thanks goes to Meg Mitchell and the AAGA Board for their tireless dedication and hard work.

Winter 2009 Issue: Letter from the Editor

Dear Readers,

The winter quarter is over and what a quarter it was! It was all hands on deck for the 6th Annual Art Auction. Our heartfelt thank you to the AAGA, all artists, donors, volunteers, faculty and students for making this event the phenomenal success that it was! This issue of Artsline focuses on the theme of art in the public sphere and opens with the cover story by Lisa Santoro on our very own Annual Art Auction. Elizabeth Gault takes this theme forward in her article on the Gimme Shelter sustainable art project organized by the Schuylkill Center and coordinated by Arts Administraton Program Alumna Mary Salvante. Sophia Shu-yi Kao sums up the theme of public art with a scholarly extract of her thesis on the same topic.

I hope you enjoy reading this issue of Artsline as much as we, the Artsline team, enjoyed putting it together!

Divya Janardhan

Winter 2009 Issue: Art Breaks the Sound Barrier

NEXUSradio transmits art over the sound waves
By Nick Cassway

NEXUSradio, transformed NEXUS/foundation for today’s art’s gallery space into a low powered radio station for two months in December 2008 and January 2009. The project presented an opportunity to experience the implications of radio’s legacy, witness the evolution of communication technology, and react to the current state of commercial media. The broadcast was carried live on 1650 AM and reintroduced a sense of urgency into the media landscape by intentionally not providing an Internet stream.

Winter 2009 Issue: New AAGA Board Members

Amanda Collett
Kimberly Hassmiller
Divya Janardhan
Amy Scheidegger
Jennifer Schick

Please click “Continue Reading” below to read the new AAGA Board Members’ bios.

Winter 2009 Issue: Student and Alumni News

Debbie Shapiro has recently received a new position as the Company Manager for Headlong Dance Theater.

Jessica Broderick married Matthew Lewis on October 18, 2008 in Lancaster, PA and has relocated from Philadelphia to Alexandria, VA.

Sophie Regnier moved late last year to Mildenhall, UK.

Please click “Continue Reading” below to read more Student and Alumni News.