Mirror - Vol. 19, No. 07 - November 03, 1994

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FairfieldMTRR®R Volume 19, No.7 Thursday,November 3, 1994 The Image of Fairfield
Met cast collection exhibited at Fairfield
Caitlin Whelan
News Editor
On November 4th,
thirty-seven plaster casts of
original Greek and Roman
Sculpture will be displayed in
the Walsh Gallery in the Quick
Center. The casts, on long-term
renewable loan from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
are copies of original sculpture
and have been in the process of
restoration by Fairfield students
and volunteers since the
University acquired the casts in
1991.
"Casting the Past" will
be on exhibit in the Walsh
Gallery from November 4th
through December 21st.
Dr. Katherine Schwab,
Chair of the Fine Arts
Department, is curator of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cast Collection at Fairfield. She
says that the entire Fine Arts
department is excited about the
collection being displayed.
"We are extremely
fortunate that the Met was
willing to loan them to us. The
display at the Walsh Gallery
will be the only one for a long
time, it is the only chance to see
them all in one room,"Schwab
said.
Dale Skaggs and Connie Hansen at work this summer,
restoring the casts of the Victorius Youth, from Sounion. The
cast, from the original in the Early Classical Greek Period, is
seen resotred at top right. Photo: K
(Casts on loan from Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.) Schwab
(On loan from Metropolitan
Museum of Art. New York.)
The casts are mainly
from the nineteenth century, and
depict the image of the original
works in great detail.
"The kinds of casts
represent famous works of.
sculpture and architectural
sculpture from Ancient Greece
and Rome. There is a select
group from the Medieval period
and from the Rennaissance,"
Schwab said.
Since the restoration of
the casts began in the fall of 1991,
according to Dr. Schwab, there
have been a total of62 participants
working toward bringing the casts
to the appearance of the original
stone.
Connie Hansen, from
Emory University and an expert
on the repair, restoration and
history of plaster casts , has
been working on the casts at
Fairfield along with Dale
Skaggs, project coordinator and
Assistant Gallery Director for
the Walsh Gallery, and Pamela
Brekka, Gallery Assistant and
Project Assistant, in preparation
for the exhibit.
"The assemblage of
casts is a powerful way to get a
sense of the history of the arts,"
Hansen said. "To be able to peer
around them in a way you never
could in a museum. It creates a
great opportunity for students as
well. The casts can be put to
original use for education."
"My interest is in
restoring them to the state that
makes them fit for their original
purpose, in a way that merely
evokes the original usage of
the piece," Hansen continued.
"The casts should be well cared
for, but they are primarily here
to educate us. Nothing educates
as well as being able to run our
hand down the lines and details
of a sculpture."
Much of the value of
the casts lies in the fact that
many show details not evident
in the original sculptures today,
as the casts were made before
pollution began to deteriorate
the stone of the originals.
"The casts preserve
the nineteenth century
condition of the originals, and
the twentieth century pollution
and its corrosive effects has
made these casts valuable,"
Schwab said.
The restoration
process itself is very time
consuming. It involves
students spending several hours
a day for months, removing
dirt and grime that has
deteriorated and taken away
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Olin Lecture looks at
environmental views of business
Megan Harvist
Staff Writer
Michael T. Tucker,
D.B.A., of the Department of
Finance and Robert Auer, an
energy consultant of Fairfield,
spoke on the economic
perspectives of the environment
in a lecture entitled "How
Businesses can Prosper by
Becoming Greener" on October
25th in the Oak Room. The lecture
was part of the Olin series of
lectures on the environment,
sponsored by the Applied Ethics
Department.
Dr. Lisa Newton, Ph.D.,
in the Department of Philosophy
and the Director of Programs in
Environmental Studies
introduced the lecture.
According to the
Statement of Purpose, these
lectures are "an attempt to bring
before the public the diversity of
perspectives on environmental
issues and to give a balanced
presentation on the issues by
recruiting an environmental
scientist, businessman or
government official, and a
leading scholar from philopsphy
or political science to discuss
the environmental problems as
they see them."
Tucker, the first
speaker, has written many papers
on environmental issues and also
works with Debt for Nature, an
organianzation concerned with
funding environmental
operations.
He spoke mainly on the
response of businesses to be
more environmentally
conscious.
"Proactive businesses
improve working conditions,
increase workplace morale, and
in the long run make more
money," Tucker said.
He gave an example of
two firms that saved $4 million
by being environmentally
conscious and also of General
Motors, who switched from
hardwood to cardboard materials
for their mile-high stacks of
shipping palettes. "That's a lot
of trees and money saved,"
Tucker said.
Tucker then discussed
Total Quality Environmental
Management (TQEM) which
stresses the slogan PPP—
Pollution Prevention Pays.
"To be competitive in
an environmentally conscious
environment, businesses must not
only be concerned with
themselves, but with their
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Election f94 right
around the corner
Chris Cipriano
Staff Writer
As Election Day 1994
comes around, millions ofvoters
across the country are faced with
the question of whom they want
to represent themselves in
Washington, on the local level,
and in Connecticut.
Locally, Campaign'94
pits several gubernatorial
candidates offagainst each other
in what has become, at times, a
heated race.
With the current
governor, Lowell Weiker(ACP)
not running for reelection, the
race opened right up, and four
predominant candidates have
surfaced.
The Republicans have
nominated John Rowland, who
lost to Weiker in 1990, and
William Curry represents the
^Democrats. Lt. Governor Eunice
Groark will be on the top of the
ballot representing A
ConnecticutParty, theparty that
Weiker formed shortly after his
1990 victory. Rounding out the
list is Tom Scott, a petitioning
Independent candidate.
In the latest polls,
Rowland stands in first place,
followed several percentage
points by Curry. Groark and
Scott hold the third and fourth
spots, respectively.
Issues taking the
forefront include the 3 year-old
stateincome tax, regional issues,
school desegregation, and
reform of the welfare system.
According to FUSA,
approximately 600 members of
the Fairfield community are
registered to vote. All students
will have the opportunity to turn
in their ballot on Tuesday,
November 8th.
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