INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 19, 1991

 

 

President’s Commission Hearings Continue

ee President’s Commission
heard presentations from the
Douglas College Faculty Associa-
tion, Alumni Association, and Stu-

dents Society last Tuesday night in
the Douglas Room.

The hearing was the third in a
series designed to receive input

 

Art Exhibition Committee
Seeks New Members

ou like it...but is it art? The

Douglas College Art Exhibition
Committee wants your opinion.

The Committee, made up of
faculty and local members of the
artistic community, selects and
helps stage art exhibits at the col-
lege. Now the group is welcoming
new members, and Committee
chairperson Helen Rowan says the
experience is ideal for anyone who
thinks they might have an interest
in art.

“It’s an opportunity to become
familiar with artists in the com-
munity, to have input in the selec-
tion of artists to be exhibited and
to sit in a committee that actually
achieves something fairly quick-
ly,” says Rowan.

The committee was formed in
1985 with a mandate to provide a
showcase within the college for
new and local artists. It stages ap-
proximately four shows annually,
presenting the widest variety of
available art. There is a mixture of
one-person exhibits, juried shows
with specific themes, and explora-
tions into the avant-garde, which
usually stimulate some welcome
art debate. Rowan adds that a new
secure display area now being con-
structed near the Theatre Foyer
will facilitate the exhibition of
more fragile or expensive art.

The committee meets only

 

 

 

 

Helen Rowan

three times a year, although mem-
bers are also required to assist in
setting up shows and to judge the
juried shows. Then there are all
those openings they get to attend.

“T’ve learned a lot about art
since I joined the committee,” says
Rowan. “I wandered through art
galleries before but now I look at
exhibits more closely. It’s a great
learning experience.”

For more information about
the Douglas College Art Exhibi-
tion Committee, contact Helen
Rowan at 527-5189.

from the public and associations
as to what programs, services, and
facilities should be part of the Co-
quitlam campus, scheduled to
open in 1993.

DCFA President Pam Burry
identified safety, among other
things, as a concern. “It’s impor-
tant to remember that faculty and
staff will be daily users of the
facility,” she said.

Alumni Association President
Heather Campbell said they hope
to establish their involvement in
the community by volunteering in
the 1991 B.C. Summer Games, to
be held in Coquitlam this year. Fur-
ther plans include working with
Community Programs and Ser-
vices to develop courses for alum-
ni, and the Alumni Association
would like to be a part of a
proposed central information area
at the new campus. “We want an
accessible, visible area in the Co-
quitlam campus,” she said.

Student Society Vice President
External Andrew Burton identified
a number of items lacking at the
New Westminster campus that stu-
dents need in Coquitlam, such as a
bank machine, a stamp dispenser,
a FAX machine, a student activity
area, smoking area, and condom

ispensers in the washrooms. Ad-
ditional study space was also iden-
tified as a major concern. “The
Student Society recognizes that
meeting all of these needs is not
within our control, and we are will-
ing to work with administration to
provide them,” he said.

Student Society Repre-
sentative for Disabled Students
Richard Marion said that Douglas
College must maintain its reputa-
tion as accessible by making dis-
abled student services even better
at the Coquitlam campus. He aired
concerns that the new campus
would be contained in a number
of different buildings. “It it’s a
UBC-style campus, it will be a
problem for students with
mobility and visual impairments,”
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