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(Crown, continued from Page 1) art circles. He had remained on the art faculty at the University of Southern California, where he had been since 1946, then followed Pat to Columbia in 1983 when he retired from USC. Pat herself is a painter as well, and some department members remember seeing her work in a dual exhibition with Keith in the Davis Gallery at Stephens College. In addition to her many other qualities, Pat Crown is known for a wonderful wit. “In recommending Crown to us in 1977, a colleague of hers wrote about her collegiality, how great she is to talk with, how ‘her conversation falls naturally in academic cadences.’ What a line, and how appropriate!” Overby says. Gifts from Alumni, Friends Aid Students and Faculty The enduring contributions of former students, faculty and friends live on through the department’s student fellowships. Awards vary each year depending on available resources and student needs. Your donation to any of the fellowship funds makes a real difference in department programs. Please make checks in any amount payable to the MU Department of Art History and Archaeology, and specify the fund you wish to support. • William R. Biers Fund helps undergraduate and graduate archaeology students attend the summer program of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. • Development Fund, a general, unrestricted gift fund, helps meet the many pressing needs of the department. • Edzard Baumann Fellowship supports travel abroad by graduate art history students. • Osmund Overby Fund is a resource for faculty and students whose research and professional interests focus on American Art, architecture and historic preservation. The fund supports projects pertaining to the study and interpretation of art and architecture of cultural and historic sites in "Near Williamstown," a watercolor painting by Patricia Crown, features an autumn landscape in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Most of her works are in watercolor, and often the subject is landscape, in California, New Mexico, the Midwest and England. Missouri and the American Midwest. • John Pickard Fellowship provides annual support for one or more outstanding full-time graduate students enrolled in the department. • Herbert W. Schooling Fellowship provides annual support to advanced graduate students in the department in honor of MU’s former chancellor. • Saul and Gladys Weinberg Traveling Fellowship supports overseas research by graduate students in classical archaeology. Communiqué is published by the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Editorial Office Department of Art History and Archaeology 109 Pickard Hall Columbia, MO 65211 Phone: (573) 882-6711 Fax: [573] 884=5269 E-mail: aha@missouri.edu Website: www.missouri.edu/~ahawww/ Editorial Board Norman Land Nancy Moen Dan Glover The department appreciates hearing from alumni and friends. Send announcements or milestones to the address listed above. 2
From left, Stephanie Pryor, Megan Thomsen, Robert Darby, Mark Hammond and Professor Kathleen Slane following the AHA 401 presentations in fall 2003. 401 Presentations Are a Ritual First-year graduate students were subjected in November to the ritual rite of passage commonly known as the 401 Papers. The semester-long 401 course culminated in the public presentation of papers based on research conducted on objects from the Museum of Art and Archaeology. This year’s program focused on a host of ancient artifacts. • “The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars: Who’s Who on a Roman Bronze Military Medal” by Stephanie Pryor (BA, Minnesota State University–Moorhead; MA, Tufts University) • “What Goes Around Comes Around: Mirror Plaques and the Evil Eye in Late Antiquity” by Mark D. Hammond (BA, Brock University) • “A Roman Portrait of a Youth” by Robert N. Darby (BA, Minnesota State University–Moorhead; MA, Tufts University) • “Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire?” by Megan L. Thomsen (BA, Indiana University) MU/KU Symposium The Art History and Archaeology Graduate Student Association hosted its 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium at MU in March, in conjunction with the graduate students of the University of Kansas. This year’s theme of “Exploring Boundaries: Concepts of the Liminal in Art History and Archaeology” brought a wide range of topics from graduate students at the University of Kansas, Florida State University, Boston University, Emory University and University of Texas-Austin, as well as from MU. Alumna Nancy Locke presented the keynote speech, “Lost in (Liminal) Space?” Those presenting from MU’s department included Julia C. Menes with her paper, “The Tazza Farnese: Hellenistic or Roman?” and Abigail R. Haworth with “Sculpturae Vitam Insufflat Pictura: Pygmalion, Gerome and Tinted Sculpture.” Nearly all MU graduate students from the department were involved with the event: Haworth, as symposium coordinator, Menes and Rebecca Roe, as co-presidents of AHAGSA, and Robert Darby, Megan Thomsen, Stephanie Pryor, Nathan Elkins, Mark Hammond, Ethan Gannaway and Amy Benedict. The graduate students thanked the department faculty and staff, especially Daffany Hood and Beth Kopine, for their support. Degrees Awarded December 2003 Ben Briggs, BA Kelli Bruce Hansen, MA Kimberly Herr, BA Tara Kempen, BA Benton Kidd, PhD Hajime Kuroda, BA Naomi Myers, BA Randy Temple, BA Devon Wilson, BA May 2004 Shannon Bartel, BA Lisa Moore Hunt, PhD Kay Hunvald, PhD Aimee Leonhard, MA Julia Menes, MA Leslie Tilly, BA Yang Wang, BA 3
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