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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04b Consent Calendar CITY OF SAN BERN.i)INO - REQUEST ~ COUNCIL ACTION Fe W. R. "Bob" Holcomb, Dept: Mayor's Offi ce Date: Februa ry 13, 1991 Mayor Subject: Appoi ntment of Sa lly Kovach to the Fi'ne Arts Commission per Mayor W. R. "Bob" Holcomb's request. Synopsis of Previous Council action: NONE Recommended motion: ~ Adopt recommendation of appointment of Sally _ per Mayor W. R. "Bob" Holcomb's request. Kovach to the Fine Arts Commission //7/ ,; / Contact person: Mayor W. R. "Bob" Holcomb Phone: ext 5133 All Supporting data attached: Yes Ward: FUNDING REOUIREMENTS: Amount: -0- Source: (Acct. No,) (Acct. DescriPtion) Finance: _ncil Notes: Agenda Item No. tf 75.0262 . RES U M E . e Personal Data Name: Sally Kovach Home Address: 787 West Edgehi 11 Road, SB CA Zip 92405 Age: Telephone: 882-7043 Have resided in the City of San Bernardino since 1987 Marital Status: Education Doctor of Education, Columbia University Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Art Academy Master of Education. Wayne State University ~ Bachelor of Fine Arts. Michigan State University Past Employment . 1984 _ Artist. Blue Lake. Michigan, 1984/82 - Chair, Department of Art and Art History. Beloit College. Beloit. Wisconsin. Associate Professor Teaching sculpture and ceramics. (see resume attached) Current Employment Occupation: Chair, Department of !rt. California State University. San R~rnarn;nn CA--- Address: 5500 Parkway University Dr. Phone: 887-7459 Zip Code: 92411 Firm Name: SBCSU e Affiliations: National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Glass Ats Society (GAS). Michigan Glass Guild. College A ~ Association (CAA). Foundations in Art, Theory, and Education (FATE), National Art Education Association (NAEA). Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA). . . RESUME &u,y KOVACH ADDRESS: EDUCATION: ~ Doctor of Education. Columbia University Master of Fine Arts. Cranbrook Art Acadell1 Master of Education. Wayne state University Bachelor of Fine Arts. Michigan State University Sall~' Kovach 787 West Edgehill Road San Bernardino California 92405 f);'{:'" ~tj -~"(J '71'i -n7 -'J'{S'/ ~ otf(<.e. 1'l'i?'1- 1984- 1982- 1984 EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES eM..- tl~+V\1eM.tof Ad:, Wl'l~;>t,~ s:d..kD~<ve-SI'~ J S(b'l ~il\G / cA Artist: Blue Lake, Michigan (see note last page) Chair. Department of Art and Art Hi.storY. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin. Associate Prafessor teachin~ sculpture and ceramics. e Organized the art faculty to revise the entire departmental curriculum to strengthen it to meet the accrediting standards of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Course contents lIere revised, numerous nell courses added, and substantial financial support for individual faculty members lias obtained for nell curricular development. Received all-college approval of nell curriculum. e Initiated total facility renovation of the tllo-building art complex, raising the department from the 1011 est level to the top level of adlllinistrative priority for renovation expenditures. Created and stocked nell classroom/studios, galleries, a slide librar1, offices, 1I0rkrooms, and lounges, and renovated existing studios for design, art education, sculpture, and ceramics. Initiated renovation of surrounding grounds and landscaping. Initiated equipment repair, rebuilding and replacnent to bring all un! ts in studios up to OSHA standards. Enforced standards for organization and cleaning on maintenance sta1'f. SUbatan+.i a 11,. increased department budlzet allowing faculty nell equipllent purchases end greatly increased operating budgets. (For 8DIIple, the Art History badget IIIul tiplied by 4 and the d~artllent 1I0rk-e'tu~ budget IIIul tiplied by 6.) Subatantiall,. defended and raised art facult,. salaries. Encouraged art faculty to apply for academic research grants and sussessf'ull,. dei'ended these applications. Initiated l1UlIIeroUS nev recruitlDent activities. including o~-1"-1"g Art Scholarships, starting campus-llide Arts Reviev Da,.s for prospective students, establishing portfolio requirements, IIri ting departmental brochllres, and organizing an ef.f'icient contact system iii th prospective students. . . Sally Kovach . E>>I.OYMENT EXPERIENCES. CONTINUED Initiated interdepartmental promotion efforts with the Departments of Music, Dance, Theatre Arts, and English ( creative writing) to increase enrollments and internal and external college prestige. Served on ad-hoc committee to create new Division of Fine and Performing Arts. Substantially defended the Art Education pro~ and returned its administration from the Department of Education to the Art Department. Justified increased faculty and curricular needs to the higher administration. Received approval of new program from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Wri~ht Museum of Art. Curator of Decorative Arts. 1982-83 The Department of Art and Art History shares a portion of its facilities with the Wright Museum of Art, its several galleries, million-dollar permanent collection, and rotating contemporary exhibits. The museum has a representative historical collection and noted holdings in Far Eastern art and German Expressionist graphics. . Co-sponsored the initiation of the Mus8l1ll Studies PrOl!r8II with the Director of the Logan Museum of Anthropology, a new acadellic minor in IlIUseum studies jointly administered by the departllents of Art and Anthropology Member. Wright Art Museum Director Search C01ll1llittee. 1982-83 Chair. Art Historian Search Committee. 1982-83 Member. Campus Facilities Committee. 1982-84 The presidential-appointed Campus Facilities Committee consists of four top administrators and three faculty members and meets weekly to assess, evaluate, and resolve the long term needs of both academic and non-acadSlli.c programs. Creation and funding of a large Campus Center, numerous building renovations, space allocations, and major budget priorities are routine considerations of this committee. Member. Cultural and Collllllllllity AffAi..e Committee. 1982-83 The faculty Cultural and Collllllllllity Affairs Committee solicits ideas, plans, and funds most campus visiting lectures and performances. . Member~Cholo2Y Review Committee. 1983-84 A strative-appointed faculty review committees are established periodically to review and assess various departments I strengths and weaknesses and lIl8ke suggestions for improvements in curriculum, staffing, and other needed areas. Revised several courses in foundation, ceramics, and sculpture, intro- duced an industrial design course to supplement the design curriculum, and developed new inter-disciplinary senior seminar, Art in Context: Societal Uses of the Visual Lane:uAve. (2) . . Sally Kovach e EMPLOYMENT EXPmI!2fCES. CXlNTlNUED 1979- 1982 e 1978- 1979 1975- 1978 e Assistant Protessor heading the art education program and teaching design and draving at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Elected representative of the 3-D faculty to the Art Department Faculty Advisory Committee which participates in the evaluation of faculty candidates for tenure and recontract, 1980-82. Co-Chair, 1981-82. Ini tiated Ski dmore SaturdaY Art. an enrichment program in the visual arts for area students, aged 7-17, taught by college art students and faculty. Wrote the Competency Based Teacher Education proposal (CBTE) for the art teacher certification program approved by the New York State Department of Education. Developed three new courses: Art. Education. and Society. a seminar course for senior art majors, Art for the Classroom Teacher. a media/methods course for elementary education and child development majors, and a winter tera course, the Psycholol!Y of Visual Communications. Member of the all-college Teacher Education Co-ordinatin~ Committee. Awarded Faculty Research Grants for work in glass, 1980, 1981, 1982. Assistant Professor teaching art education, two, and three-dimensional design at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. ETSU is the accrediting institution of the Penland School of Crafts. (Occasional guest glass teacher at Penland School of Crafts.) Assistant Professor and Co-ordinator of ceramics and glass department at Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey, teaching beginning through graduate level students in clay and glass. Member of the Art Department Budget and Facilities Committee, 1976-77. Chair of the Art Detlartment Bucket and Facilities Committee, 1977-78. The Art Departaent vas organized by three major elected faculty committees: Budget/Facilities, Curriculum, and Personnel. The departaent chair and the chairpeople of these three committees toned the principal decision making board of the department. As chair of the Budget/Facilities Committee, I vas responsible for all budgetary organization, determining and justifying all budget request. submitted by the department chair to the college adminis- tration and allocating all department monies. Maintenance problems, studio renovations, expanding facilities, i.e., designing a faculty office-complex from previously poorly used space, were all routinely administered by the Budget/Facilities Committee. In addition, to alleviate ever present budget restrictions, I vas able to tap previously unused sources of money. By organizing several student art clubs, for example, the Ceramics/Glass Guild, the Exhibition Committee, Graphics, and so forth, we vere able to channel over $10,000 in student government funds to pay for such things,as (3) . . Sally Kovach .LOYMEm EXPERIENCl!S. OONTINUED guest artists, workshops, student publications, and permanent gallery installations. In addition, solicited donations in materials and supplies from area industries averaged over $10,000 annually. Member of the Art Department Portfolio Review Committee, 1975-76. Chair of the Art Department Admissions Committee. 1976-78. The voluntary faculty Portfolio Review Committee traditionally reviewed work of potential incoming students. Under my leadership, the committee expanded to become an Admissions Committee, under- taking the additional responsibility of active recruitment of new students through student/parent/faculty conferences and campus tours, workshops in high schools, a workshop/conference for high school art teachers, revised bookkeeping procedures to eliminate loss through red tape confusion, and vastly increased publicity. While enrollments declined college-wide, new enrollments in the Art Department increased over sixty percent in 1977. e Co-ordinator of the ceramics and dass Prol!r8Jn: Major improvements in the ceramics facilities were made: the kiln room was redesigned and rebuilt by students, the electric kilns were all rewired to be brought up to OSHA standards, the courtyard out- side the ceramics studio was enclosed, and a salt kiln and large stoneware kiln were built. My contacts with industries in the area brought major donations in materials (over $12,,000). and our Ililling- ness to construcu wbat vas-needed enabled us to get improvements done. Additional courses were added to the curriculum: Advanced Ceramics, Beeinnine Glass. and short term courses, Salt Glaze Processes. and How to Make it in the Crafts World. a business course for crafts students. Our glass program began spring semester, 1976, at Wheaton Village, Millvil1e, New Jersey, receiving major publicity in papers, locally, state;..w:Lde, and in Philadelphia. A major regional Glass Conference vas organized and held at Wheaton Village in April, 1977, with faculty, students, and professional production craftsmen attending from all over the east coast. e Several guest artist workshops \lere held featuring Philadelphia and east coast artists. Glassboro students also attended over twenty major workshops featuring internationally known artists at Tyler School of Art, Penn State University, Philadelphia College of Art, and Moore College of Art. My graduating studsnts specializing in ceramics or glass have been placed repeatedly in good graduate schools (Cranbrook, Tyler, Alfred, etc.), teaching positions, or jobs in the fisld, including. professional potters and glassblovers in industry and pro.duction craftsmen. (4) . . Sally Kovach ~LOYMENT EXPERIENCES. OONTINUED 1974- 1975 e 1971- 1972 1970- 1971 1969- 1970 1968- 1969 1965- 1967 1964- 1966 e Wrote and designed Art Department brochure, 1977. Member of the Graduate Committee, 1975-78. A faculty steering committee to direct the Master of Arts program in Art Education. Initiated and co-sponsored the annual student Print and Pot Sale. Faculty Advisor to the student Ceramics and Glass Guild. Organized national invitational exhibition of contemporary crafts at the Westby Gallery, March 1978. A~arded Faculty Research Grants 1977, 1978. Taught glass, art education and draving at Bo~ling Green State University, Bo~ling Green, Ohio, as Instructor on on~year contract. Appointed to Graduate Faculty, January 1975. Hosted the Glass Art Society, international organization of glass professionals, for an afternoon ~orkshop and tour during the 1975 national conference in Toledo, Ohio. Designed and rebuilt Bo~ling Green State University glass studio, building t~o ne~ furnaces and three ne~ lehrs (annealing ovens). Taught junior high school art, Lederle Junior High, Southfield, Michigan, Public Schools. On educational leave of absence from Southfield, Michigan, Public Schools. Did substitute teaching, K-12, art and mathematics, in the Dearborn, Michigan, Public Schools. Taught adult education ceramics for the Southfield, Michigan, Public Schools. Taught high school art and mathematics, Southfield High School, Southfi.eld, Michigan, Public Schools. Taught elementary and junior high school art, Birney Junior High and Elementary School, Southfield, Michigan, Public Schools. Worked as a Resident Assistant (dormitory counselor) for Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Worked summers as a production ~eaver and craftsman at Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. ( 5) e . . Sally Kovach MAJOR SOOWS AND AWARDS (For brevity's sake regular gallery representation and faculty sholls are omitted. Active participation in both are assumed to be part of the professional responsibility of a studio faculty member.) April-May 1986 July-September 1984 October 1983 February-March 1983 August 1982 July-September 1982 April 1982 e April 1982 April 1980, 1981, 1982 May-June 1981 June 1980 April 1980 February 1980 1979 January 1979 April 1978 1978 e July 1977 Glass Works-1986. Invitational, ArtSource, Flint, Michigan. Glass on HolidaY, International invitational, The Gazebo, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Solo Exhibition. University of Wisconsin/Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Solo Exhibition, Court Gallery, Wright Museum of Art Beloit, Wisconsin. Group Exhibition. National invitational, Great American Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. Glass on Holiday. International invitational, The Gazebo, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Solo Exhibition. Macy Gallery, ColUllbia University, New York, Nell York. Three-Person Sholl. Skidmore Gallery, Saratoga Springs Nell York. The Thirteen Collection. Previell Exhibit. Juried invitational, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Nell York, Nell York. American Glass '81. Invitational, Westlake Gallery, White Plains, Nell York. Nell American Glass. Focus West Virginia, Exhibition of the Glass Art Society, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia. 8th National Glass Exhibition. Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, Michigan. Women in Glass. National invitational, The Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, New York. Contemporary Glass Microfiche Exhibition-1978. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, Nell York. Clay. Glass. and Metal. Three Person ShOll, the Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Termessee. 6th National Glass Exhibition, Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Dearborn, Michigan. ContemporarY Glass Microfiche Exhibition-1977. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, Nell York. e Su eo' Fo Biennial International Crafts Exhi it. Tlleed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, Jurors: Ruth L. Kao and Ha:rvey 11 ttleton. (6) . March 1977 Jiovember 1976 Hovember 1976 !lovember 1976 December 1976 December 1976 October 1976 Hay 1976 . April 1976 1976 January 1976 :;ovember 1975 August 1975 Lay 1975 April 1975 Hay 1975 November 1074 . December 1974 (A) Denotes avard . . Sally Kovach MAJOR' .sHOWS AND AWARDS. CXlNTINUED National Glass Exhibition. 1977, Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Dearborn, Michigan. Eieht Craftsmen, Invitational, "Robert Kidd, Associates" Gallery, Bi1'llingham, Michigan. Contemporary Crafts Exhibition-1976, Delavare Art Museum, Wilmington, Delavare. Marietta Colleee Crafts National, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. Marietta Colleee Crafts Natio~.l To"~~~ Exhibition, Marietta, Ohio. Holiday Exhibition. Invitational, "Robert Kidd, Associates" Gallery, Birmingbu, Miehigan. Solo Exhibition, Gloucester County College, Sevell, Nev Jersey. (A) Objects '76. Crafts Exhibition. Best Glass In Shov, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan, sponsored"by the Michigan Craftsmen Council. Scarab Club National Glass Shov, The Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan. ContemPOrary Glass Exhibition, Wheaton Museum, Wheaton Village, Millville, Nell Jersey. ContemPOrary Glass. 1976, Conte1llpOrary Art Glass Group, Lever House, Nell York, Nell York. ContemPOrary Crafts Exbibition-1975, Delavare Art Museum, Wilmington, Dela'J&l'e, Jurors: Paul Smith, Helen Drutt, and Virginia West. (A) (A) Objects '75. Desie:ner-Craftsman Shov, Judges Choice Award, Purchase Avard, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado. Juror: Paul Soldner. NCECA-ACS Glass Show, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts presents to the American Ceramic Society national industry meeting, Washington, D~C. (A) Scarab Club National Glass Show, Honorable Mention, The Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan. Juror: Tom McGlauchlin. Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. (A) Marietta Colleee Crafts National, Judges Avard, Marietta Ohio, Jurors: Richard Stankiewicz, Charles Lakofsky, Astra Klienhoffs-Stroebel. . Glass Art ReeistrY, International competition for traveling slide exhibition, "Glass Art" magazine, Oaklana, California. (7) _ January 1974 January 1974 (A) December 1974 1974-1975 September 1973 Fall 1973 September 1973 November-December 1973 July 1973 _Harch 1973 November 1973 l1arch 1973 May 1971, 1972, 1973 February 1973 February 1973 December 1972 1971 1971 November-December 1971 _November 1971 (A) Denotes award . . sally Kovach NAJOR SHOWS AND AWARDS. CONTINUED T~o-Person Sho~, Left Bank Gallery, Flint, Michigan. Artist Craftsman-Michigan, Third Place A~ard, The Art Center, Ht. Clemens, Hichigan. Juror: Robert Kidd. Artist Craftsman Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan. Michigan Glass Guild State Traveling Exhibition, touring l1ichigan under the auspices of the Michigan Craftsman's Council during 1974 and 1975. Opening Exhibition, Juried invitational, Detroit Artists Harket, Detroit, Michigan. Hational Print Exhibition, American Embassy, Brussels, Belgium. Opening ~~bition, LeBeau Gallery, Invitational, Sagina~, Michigan. Artist-Craftsman Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan. Objects' 73. Designer-Craftsman Show, western Colorado Center of the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado. Graphics '73. Third Biennial National Print and Dra1<ing Exhibition, Frances McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, Ne~ Mexico. The Single Impression: International Exhibition of l1onotvoes and Monoprints, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia. Eighteen Printmakers, Zochipili Gallery, Rochester, l1ichigan. Annual Grosse Pointe Garden Sho~. Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan. 14th Annual Mid-Michigan Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Micland, Michigan. Art Center Michigan Annual, The Art Center, Mt. ClemeBs, Michigan. Artist-Craftsman Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan. 7th Biennial Michigana. Regional Art Exhibition, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, Indiana. Michigan/71 Comoeti ti ve, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan. Artist-Craftsman Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan. 22ndExhibition for Michigan Artist/Craftsmen, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan. Juror: Francis Merritt. (8 ) e 1964 1964- 1968 e 1969- 1972 1970 1971- 1972 1972- 1975 e 1980- 1986 -- ....... . esallY Kovach EDUCATIONAL EXPERIDiCES Graduated froll Fordson High School, Dearborn, Michigan, January 1964 as class valedictorian. Attended Henry Ford Commun1~y bollege, Dearborn, Michigan, during the spring semester. 4.0 average Attended Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, on a Merit Scholarship. Graduated in 1968 with highest honors. Received a BaChelor of Fine Arts degree and a Michigan teaching certificate, K-12. Major: Fine Arts, with emphasis in prin-mAldng; Minors: Crafts, Mathematics Officer or member of the following honorary societies: President, Kappa Delta Pi, education honorary Student Board Member of the Honors College Member, Phi Kappa Phi, all-university scholastic honorary Member, Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honorary Participated in the following major student government activities: Member of the Academic Co-ordinating Committee who initiated Student Advisory Committees in every departllent of the university to work 1lith chairs and deans to establish policies and procedures. Secretary of the Student Acadellic CotlJ1cil, the acadellic branch of student government, consisting of student representatives from each of the nUlllerous colleges on campus. Student mellber of the facul t7 Lecture-Concert Series vhich brought nationally know entertaimlent to ca:apus. Student member of the facul~1 University Grading CoDittee which initiated aajor changes in the university's grading policies. Chair of the Art Departllent's Student Advisor,' CoDi ttee Student Government Awards: SeIli.or of the Week One of "SO Outstanding WOllen" Member of the '68 Club, 68 outstanding graduates of 1968 Began Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan, as a graduate student in printrA~;ng. Transferred into the College of Education and received a Master of Education de~ee in Education'" Psvcholol!Y. 1lith primary research in the field of creativity. Began bloving glaBS at the Blooafield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan. Received a Graphics Assistantship to Havstack HotlJ1tA;n School of crafts. Deer Isle, Maine, for their sUllllller session. Continued blowing glass there. Blev glass at the Art School of the Society of Arts and CraftR (now Center for Creative Studies), Detroit, Michigan. Began cranbrook Art AcademY. Bloomfield HillS, Michigan as a graduate student in prin+"Alrlng. Elected departllental representative, then Vice- President of the student governillg board, the Studio Council. Transferred to the sculpture department as Glass Teac}lin.,. Assistant. Designed and rebuUt Cranbrook glass facilities. Received a Master of Fine Arts degree as first glass major from cranbrook. Minors: print-.."Irlng and fibers Doctoral candidate at Teachers Collel1e. Columbia University. New York. Doctor of Education degree avarded 1987. Dissertation topic: Professional Crafts Education: Historical/ Contellporary Alignments. (9) - .... - - . . Sally Kovach PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS aOrk acCeDted into the Portfolio Files of the American Craf'ts Council. Work is represented in private, museum, governmental, and corporate collections. Natit'n.l COUJ!....) on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). member of this national organization of ceramic and glass college teachers and professionals. One of 15 artists selected nationally by NCECA to represent the "best of contnpora17 vork being produced" in glass to the American Ceramic Society, national 1ndnstry meeting. 1975, Washington, D.C. One of four glass artists selected nationally to give slide presentation of work, wWhy Glass for the Creative statement", at the 1977 national conference, Greeley, Colorado. Glass Art Society (GAS). member of this international organization of glass professionals. Michil!:an Glass Guild. one of the original founders and first secretary to this state organization. Newsletter Editor for several years. Collel!:e Art Association (MA). member of this national organization of college art teachers and professionals. Foundations in Art. TheorY. and Education (FATEl. member of this affiliated organization of the College Art Association aimed at supporting studio and academic foundation education in the arts. One of six college administrators selected to give a presentation, "Learning .. How to Teach the Basics: The Education and Evolution of the Foundations ~ Professional", at the MiG-America College Art Association Conference. Iowa City, Iowa, 1982. National Art Education ssoci tion NAEA Michi an Education Association MAEA New York state Art Teachers Association NY TA former active member. Numberous presentations, workshops, and gallery talks have been given to college audiences and 10c:aJ. &lid state art organizations. WORK IS TT.T.USTRATED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS (For brevity's salte, newspaper reviews are omitted.) e Microfiche ContelllDOral'Y Glass ~ 1979, Microfiche review of contemporary international glass art, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Contelll'llOral'Y Glass ~ 1978, Microfiche review of contempora17 international glass art, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. . International MARazine Glass Art. December 1974, Competitive International Registry of Glass Artists, p. 9, Oakland, California. Glass ~, December 1973, Competitive International Registry of Glass Artists, p. 8, Oakland, California. Redonal Art Journals Riverrun. ! Journal ~ :!?!l! Arts, Vol. 1, No.3, 1973, Detroit, Michigan. Zietgiest. Vol. 1, No.3, April 1966, Lansing, Michigan. Red Cedar Review. Vol. 4, No.1, Spring 1966, Lansing, Michigen. Trade Journal Builil:ln"e. February 1964, cover photo, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (10) e e e - - --...... . . Sally Kovach Note: (from first page) In early 1984 I decided to begin looking for an administrative position in a larger or more professional art institution. Within a fev lIonths I was surprised and delighted to find my applications successful as I was being considered a final candidate in a number of administrative searches. In an interview for a Dean's position at a large midvestern university (a position I was given to understand would be offered) I asked the abou't-to-retire Dean about the possibility of a ten-month rather than twelve-month contract. When, surprised, he questioned t1rY request, I explained that rr.I ow professional work was significant to me. He chuckled conspiringly saying, "I thought, at our level, one was past all that silliness." I was struck by the thought that not only was I not past what I didn't consider silly but in my last ten years of university level teaching and administration t1rY commitment to t1rY ow studio work, vhile ilItense, had always, I believe rightly, been second to my commitment to a college. I reviewed t1rY finances and within days decided to resign t1rY current position and withdraw as a candidate vhere I was under consideration. I felt I deserved and needed time to reaffirm t1rY ow involvement ill my work and reestablish t1rY continuing reputation as an artist. An art administrator in an educational institution need not be an artist. But one must know, at a gut level, the degree of involvement necessary to makethat stuff we call art. (11)