Thank you to our 2007 Parents for the Arts!
Mr. C. Richard Adham & Mrs. Kay Adham
Ms. Tamara Budnick
Ms. Karen Butts
Dr. Joseph R. Champagne & Ms. Betty Yuk Man Chan-Champagne
Ms. Alicia Chodera
Mrs. Sheri Dowling & Mr. Larry Dowling
Mrs. Cheryl L. Gordon & Mr. Scott E. Gordon
Mr. Robert J. Hoffman & Mrs. Marla L. Hoffman
Mrs. Vicki L. Knauff & Mr. Jeffrey J. Knauff
Mrs. Mary Grace Murphy & Mr. Pat Murphy
Mr. Michael E. Neukamm & Mrs. Karen M. Neukamm
Mrs. Donna M. Omer
Ms. Holly S. Resnick
Mrs. Roseann P. Schonfeld & Mr. Leonard A. Schonfeld II
Mr. David P. Sims
Mrs. Pamela A. Wyatt & Mr. Michael A. Wyatt
Dear Parents,
Just over a year ago I joined the College of Fine Arts. I was drawn to this College by the amazing vitality of the students and the high caliber and creativity of the faculty, identifying it as one of the nation’s premier College of Fine Arts. Awards, scholarships, and fellowships received by both our faculty and students all attest to the excellence of the College. I am sure this excellence drew your attention to the College and the School of Music, and ultimately brought your child here too.
Recently, Dr. Madelyn Lockhart, former UF Dean of the Graduate School and Professor Emeritus of Economics, visited and toured the College. During her visit, she remarked upon how an arts education is very equipment-intensive. It requires instruments for our musicians in the School of Music; kilns, photographic equipment, pottery wheels, and more for students in our School of Art and Art History; and lighting, set designs, and sewing machines for the School of Theater and Dance students. In all of these disciplines, computer applications are being used increasingly in every aspect of the arts, from music composition to digital graphics, from set design to dance, as well as in a host of interdisciplinary initiatives.
Moved by the dedication of the students she saw and the quality of instruction they were receiving, Dr. Lockhart has generously offered her assistance in maintaining the College’s equipment. She wants to make sure that the environment for our students will allow them to take full advantage of the incredible education offered by the College of Fine Arts.
Mrs. Lockhart has offered to match donations we receive from parents by January 1st for the renewal and upgrading of equipment in the College of Fine Arts. I am asking you to join Dr. Lockhart in her commitment to continuing the excellence of the education offered by the College by making a gift along with her.
Another option for giving to the College of Fine Arts is establishing a scholarship or endowment in your family’s name to be used for the specific purpose you desire. Of course, gifts of any size will contribute toward these goals, and all gifts will help us to maintain the highest quality of education for which the College has come to be known. For more information regarding these and other possibilities, please contact Maria Gutierrez-Martin, Director of Development for the College of Fine Arts, at
mmartin@arts.ufl.edu or 352-846-1211.
Names of donors will receive special recognition in the annual College publication Muse and at the College website on the Parents for the Arts webpage. Donations to the College are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, and may be made online at
http://www.uff.ufl.edu/OnlineGiving/FineArts/
Thank you for joining us in this campaign. Below is a listing by school of their needs that your contribution could help towards.
Sincerely,
Lucinda Lavelli
Dean, College of Fine Arts
Needs within the School of Art and Art History
Upgrade WARP’s printing system, internet access for WARP, supplies for printmaking contract shop, electric kiln for ceramics, fund an internship in Museum Studies, large format camera for photography, digital projector for Art History, scanner and computer for the Visual Resource Center, dust collector for sculpture, replace old easels in painting/drawing, software licenses for graphics labs, 3D rapid prototype machine for 3D areas, update computers in Graphics Lab.
Needs within the School of Music
Purchase new music for a large ensemble, new musician chairs, professional-grade woodwind instruments, professional-grade brass instruments, professional-grade concert percussion instruments, professional-grade marching percussion instruments, marching auxiliaries for flags & twirlers, instruments for use in skills courses (such as training music educators on instruments other than their major instrument), a G5 Macintosh Computer for the composition technology lab, upright pianos for practice rooms, a Steinway piano for the Choral Rehearsal room, and new choral risers.
Needs within the School of Theatre and Dance
Scholarships for International theatre production programs, foam rollers/ice machine, additional washing machines, set classical Greek mask, washer/dryer for craft room, hand tools/power tools, set of Italian comedy masks for Period Styles class, student lockers (fire proof for hallway installations), video equipment, cabinetry for design studios, stage combat weapons for performers, track and drape for calipers, sound enhancement equipment, Pilates equipment, updated
computer software, aerial apparatus. Showcase support, ACDF travel support, scissor lift, camera equipment, wireless body microphone system, loft production booth for dance studio, theatrical drapery for sound acoustical purposes, dance studio/theatre drapes on a track, creation of “super floor” system on stage for motorization, turntable and illumination.
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