Art: A Sharing Experience Highlighting the exhibits in Stevens Art Gallery for 1980-81 was the IBM presentation on January 27 through February 13 of scale models of inventions of the great Leonardo da Vinci. Exhibit models included the military tank, paddle wheel ship. odometer, flying machine, parachute, helicopter, pile driver. clock mechanism, hydrometer, and scaling ladder. The number of students majoring in art showed an increase for the fifth consecutive year to a total of 86. During 1979-80, there were 20 students completing the baccalaureate degree with a major in art. Because of the increased number of graduating majors and the degree requirement that each must produce a one-man art exhibit, the Gallery was kept busy accomodating the senior art shows. In addition, an ex-student show was held in October. During the fall semester, the art faculty took interested art majors on a trip to Chicago to visit the ChiCago Art Museum, stopping by the St. Louis Art Museum. The significance of this trip encouraged the department to make participation in at least two of these offcampus tours a degree requirement. Visits were also made during 1980-81 to the regional Delta Art Show and the Arts and Craft Fair held in Little Rock in November. The department hosted the Central Arkansas Weaver's Guild in January and conducted a one-day workshop on Inkle Weaving, taught by Dr. Faye Doran, assistant professor of Art. Senior art major Doug Laman took second and third places in sculpture at the White County Arts Festival and the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company accepted his pen and ink drawing of the Searcy ''Black'' house for publication in their mail-out advertising. Department chairman Don Robinson attended the Southeastern College Art Conference in Birmingham in October. Dr. Doran attended the Arts Therapy Conference conducted by the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Paul 84 Arts and Sciences-Art Pitt was on the second year of a leave of absence to work toward the M.F.A. degree at Memphis State University. Elizabeth Mason, who retired from the chairmanship of the department at the beginning of the 1978 fall semester but who continues to teach a full load in the department, was presented a plaque 3.t the annual meeting of the National Art Education Association by the Arkansas Art Education Association for her 25 years of outstanding service to art eduction in the state of Arkansas. Mrs. Mason was the person largely responsible for building the art department at Harding into an outstanding undergraduate program with excellent facilities. Stan Green, teacher of advertising art along with his responsibilities as Director of the Public Relations Office and Sports Information Officer of the University, was installed as president of the Searcy Kiwanis Club in October. He received two All-American awards from the National AssociaFaye Doran, EdD ~ Assoc. Prof. Stanley B. Green, BSE - Instructor " John E. Keller. MA - Asst. Professor James A. LaRue, MEd • Instructor Elizabeth Mason, MA - Professor Don Robinson, MA - Chairman, Assoc. Prof. - Don HoIkmd KAPPA PI. Front Row: Vail. Davis. Schultz. Sink. Mason. sponsor. Second Row: Hughes, Rix, Phillips, Buchanan, Retchel. Green. Third Row: Clayton. Leonard, Grady.
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