Collection contains the records of the associate dean of the School of Fine Arts. Includes
subject files which document the associate dean's activities and responsibilities concerning
the school's Departments of Art, Dance, Film, Music, and Theatre regarding curriculum
development, faculty, class and teacher evaluations. The collection mainly consists of
correspondence, proposals, and working papers regarding curriculum development and the
associate dean's involvement with on-campus and off-campus special events and projects.
The collection includes working papers and proposals for the creation of the Master of Fine
Arts in Performing Arts program, including minutes and correspondence of the Master of Fine
Arts Coordinating Committee which spearheaded the creation of the masters program between
1977 and 1978.
Minutes and correspondence from various meeting and committee files document the associate
dean's participation in the Fine Arts Education Council, Fine Arts Gallery Committee, Inter
Arts Committee Meetings, and the University of Wisconsin System Arts Administrators
Meetings. These committees were concerned with curriculum development and exhibit
selection.
Collection also contains promotional brochures, press releases, flyers, public relations
material, and correspondence concerning the planning of events, performances and exhibits
on-campus and within the community. Included are files concerning the 20th Century Bassoon
Project, Asian Art, Religion and Culture Program, Carnicus, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Pabst
Theater and Vogel Hall Concert Series, Rondel Summer Street Studio Program, Summer Arts
Programs, Summer Evenings of Music, and the Wisconsin Indo-Chino Refugee Relief Benefit at
the Pabst.
Records of off-campus public relations matters which fell to the associate dean are also
contained in the collection. The associate dean participated in the International Education
Conference addressing outreach activities of international studies centers and citizenship
education, and the Urban Corridor Consortium, which facilitated communication and
cooperation between faculty members at four University of Wisconsin campuses: Green Bay,
Milwaukee, Oshkosh and Parkside. Community projects in which the associate dean participated
included the Lincoln High School Arts Center Project, Project TAFMIL, Summer Institute,
Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education, and the Work Tours Project. These community projects
focused on encouraging fine arts projects and education within the community.
