Dr. Maness has several ties to Guilford: he and his wife, Caroline  (Class of '89) serve on the Board of Visitors, his son, Peter, graduated in 2000; and another son, Alex, attended in 1993. The Manesses have been ongoing supporters of the arts at Guilford, working to raise funds for the Ed Lowe Memorial Scholarship Fund, in addition to financially supporting several exhibitions and educational programs at the Gallery. During the 2001 Spring semester, Sara Miller, a junior art major, will intern with the Gallery and work with cataloguing this collection. We are very grateful to Dr. Maness for providing Guilford with this rich and meaningful group of sculptures.

Ed and Vivian Bauman are also long-time major supporters of Guilford College. The Bauman Telecommunications Building is named in their honor, and Ed currently serves on the Board of Trustees.  In May 2000, their gift of two million dollars to the Our Time in History Capital Campaign  was announced. Now, with their gift of an oil-on-canvas self-portrait by the contemporary West Virginia artist William Wolk, they have become generous donors to the Art Gallery as well. Their gift is considered by some to be among Wolk's most valuable works since it combines elements from his most popular genres: still life, the swans of the Greenbriar Resort, and the human figure.

The third gift is from Jennifer and Alan Pensler '74. Alan, who is director of Pensler Galleries (Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.) has provided the Gallery with many notable works of art since its inception. Their most recent donation includes a color woodblock print by the 19th century Japanese artist, Kunisada; a 14th century Italian illuminated manuscript; an unusual cliché verre by William Paxton MacGregor, and drawings by Abraham Walkowitz, Oscar Bluemner, Joseph Stella, and an unknown artist after Annibale Carraci.

Recent Guilford alumna, Abigail Blosser Harris '97 has donated her series of twenty-eight black and white photographs, which document her experiences volunteering at the Greensboro Pathways Shelter for Homeless Families while she was a student at Guilford. Abigail produced this outstanding body of work as a junior art major, and additionally prepared it as a nationally traveling exhibition.  The Art Gallery exhibited this series, titled, Kids are Kids, during the Photoblitz! symposium in 1999, and now will have them in an ongoing display in Founders Hall near the Experiential Learning Offices.

Nine works by Robert Broderson are being loaned for a retrospective exhibition of the artist's, organized by Andrew Liss, a graduate student in arts management at Virginia Technical University in Blacksburg, Virginia.  After opening at the Armory Art Gallery at VT, the show will travel to the William King Regional Arts Center in Abingdon, VA.  Broderson lived in Independence, Virginia prior to his death in 1992.  A color brochure, illustrating Guilford's "New Myth Mine Disaster," is being produced in conjunction with this exhibition.

The scheduled exhibition of prints from the "Yale at Norfolk" portfolios was cancelled so that repairs to the ceiling, baseboards, and carpeting could be made.   The air handler has been repaired, and additional safety measures have been taken to prevent a similar accident from recurring.  The Gallery is grateful for the timely and generous assistance of Housekeeping, Business Office, and  Library staff during this difficult time.

Harnden, an author and former publisher of the Other Side (a radical Christian activist magazine), interviewed Fritz Eichenberg in 1985. Gallery Director Theresa Hammond read this interview, and contacted him via the internet.  Now living in the backwoods of northern New York state, he grows vegetables and works with the American Friends Service Committee on a variety of programs involving the Mohawk and Seneca Nations.

Although he had not kept a copy of the Eichenberg interview tapes, he agreed to prepare a talk based on his rememberances of the man.  All those in attendance at the lecture were impressed by Harnden's poetic speech and his thoughtful, scholarly, treatment of his subject. At the conclusion of the event, a suggestion was made by Ted Benfey (Dana Professor of Chemistry and History of Science Emeritus) to submit the manuscript to Pendle Hill. Guilford's new library director, Mary Ellen Chijioke, serves on Pendle Hill's Publications Committee and she encouraged the author as well.

Approximately one month later, approval by the Pendle Hill Publications Committee was secured, and the pamphlet was scheduled for printing in December 2000. Contact Pendle Hill  for purchase inquiries.

The first Alumni Art Exchange and Exhibition was held in March 1996, and featured a day-long symposium with a keynote presentation by Jack Lindsey '81, Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and alumni panel discussions concerning graduate schools and advanced education, professional opportunites in museums and galleries, art education, art businesses, and life as practicing fine artists.  The exhibition, which was juried by art faculty members and the gallery's curator, featured works by nearly fifty alumni artists in a wide range of media.  A special reception honoring the participants was held at the home of Kelly and Caroline Maness.