The Village Players Theatre this month will present “Murder Among Friends,” which is written by Bob Barry and produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.

The show will run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 6-21, with curtain time at 8 p.m. There also will be a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 15. Performances will take place at the Village Players Theatre, 2740 Upton Ave.

“The play is a farce/mystery and full of humorous theatrical references,” said director Jennifer Rockwood. “This particular play’s cast is mostly UT theatre alums, and many were my students years ago.”

Rockwood, director of the UT First-Year Experience Program, was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Theatre and Film.

UT graduates James Norman plays Palmer, an aging, exceedingly vain actor, and Kate Abu-Absi, director of the UT Arts Living and Learning Community, plays Angela, his spoiled wife. UT alumnus Bill Lancz is Ted, a double-dealing, double-loving agent.

Angela and Ted are lovers and plan to murder Palmer during a contrived robbery on New Year’s Eve. But the actor and the agent also are lovers and have an identical plan to do in the wife.

Rounding out the cast are Matt Black, who plays Marshall, and UT alumni Jennifer Lake as Gert and John Meadows as Larry.

Kate Abu-Absi and James Norman rehearse a scene from “Murder Among Friends."

“I want the audience to have a great time and many belly laughs,” Rockwood said. “I also think they will see some superb acting nurtured long ago in UT theatre.”

The Village Players approached Rockwood about sitting in the director’s chair for “Murder Among Friends.”

“They asked me about a year ago if I wanted to direct again,” she said. “I did ‘True West’ there 20 years ago.”

Now in its 53rd season, the Village Players Theatre is a nonprofit community troupe run by volunteers.

Tickets —$14 for general admission and $12 for seniors and students — are available by calling 419.472.6817 or at the box office.

The University of Toledo Department of Theatre and Film will conclude its documentary film series this fall with two works that bring into question how corporate practices impact the moral and social responsibilities of higher education Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Law Center Auditorium.

Henry

Kyle Henry’s “University Inc.” and Laura Dunn’s “Subtext of a Yale Education” will be followed by a panel discussion that will address how UT’s idealistic and community-minded mission of improving the human condition both meshes and collides with its fiduciary duties and its societal responsibilities. Henry, a filmmaker in residence at UT this semester, will lead the panel discussion.

Henry, professor of editing at the University of Texas in Austin, will present his film. He and Dunn take an intimate look at how their educations were altered by today’s dominant financial ideology of intense competition and bottom line profits.

“University Inc.,” released in 1999, is an hourlong documentary that, according to The Austin Chronicle, “… uses the closing of the University of Texas’ Union Film Program as a paradigm for exposing the true corporate order. The film exposes the dominance of big business over education, student power and workers’ rights.”

Henry’s “University Inc.” and “American Cowboy,” a film about a gay rodeo champ, received worldwide festival play, with the former touring more than 50 colleges and universities throughout the United States as part of an initiative titled “The McCollege Tour,” funded in part by filmmakers Michael Moore and Richard Linklater. His feature narrative directing debut, “Room,” premiered at both the Sundance and Cannes film festivals in 2005, and was nominated for two Find Independent Spirit Awards. He is also the editor of the Sundance/Tribeca/SXSW award-winning feature narrative titled “Manito” and seven documentary features, including “Audience of One,” “Light From the East” and the PBS/ITVS-funded “Troop 1500, Letters From the Other Side,” and the soon-to-be-broadcast “Where Soldiers Come From.”

His in-progress feature film, “Fourplay,” is executive produced by Jim McKay and Michael Stipe via their C-Hundred Film Corp. production company and will premiere in 2010.

Dunn

“Subtext of a Yale Education,” a 31-minute short released in 1998, documents, from the filmmaker’s perspective, Locals 34 and 35 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union and their struggle from 1995 to 1997 to secure a new contract and defeat subcontracting within Yale University’s food services. According to Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, “In the film, an unidentified national union organizer states his disbelief that anyone would expect corporations to behave any differently than they do. ‘They are supposed to be greedy,’ he says. Corporations are legally bound to make a profit for their shareholders. The university must behave as it does not because it is immoral or unethical, but because it is an elite, private capitalist corporation.”

Dunn’s film won best documentary at the 1999 National Student Film Festival. She has numerous award-winning documentaries to her credit. Most recently, Dunn was awarded a Rockefeller Media Fellowship for “Mai Mayim,” a documentary that looks at the Middle East conflict from within the context of the ecological need for water in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.

Both the screenings and discussion are free; however, a $3 donation per person is requested to defray costs and help support future film screenings.

For more information, visit the UT Department of Theatre and Film online at www.utoledo.edu/as/theatrefilm.

Langham

“HAR HAR: An Evening With Harburg Harrisbrandt” will be presented by the Glacity Theatre Collective at its new home, the Valentine Theatre.

The one-act play will open Thursday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. in Studio A of the Valentine Theatre, 140 Adams St.

“HAR HAR” is written and performed by award-winning New York actor and playwright Joseph Langham. “Har Har” is a singer-songwriter who tries to perform his songs for a nightclub audience, but constant distractions, an odd sense of self, and a desire to please keep sending him off in other directions.

The show was first seen at the New York International Fringe Festival, where it won the 2001 Excellence Award for Solo Show. It subsequently was picked up for an extended run at the Under St. Marks Theatre in Manhattan, where it received rave reviews and sold out houses. The play later toured to Arizona, and Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music invited Langham to perform the piece for its annual Learning Through the Arts teachers’ convention in Niagara Falls.

“We wanted to bring something different to Toledo, and ‘HAR HAR’ is part of the vibrant downtown theater scene in New York,” said Holly Monsos, UT associate professor and chair of theatre and film, and executive director the Glacity Theatre Collective.

Additional performances of “HAR HAR: An Evening With Harburg Harrisbrandt” will take place at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24, and Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 29-31. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and are available at www.glacity.tix.com. Tickets at the door will be cash/check only.

The Glacity Theatre Collective is a company comprised of professional local theatre artists, including UT faculty, staff and students. Last month, it became a new resident company in the Valentine Theatre’s studio spaces.

“After two years as a traveling theatre company, we’re very excited to be able to settle down in one place.” Monsos said.

She added there are many advantages for the Glacity Theatre Collective as plans for renovation in Studio A will make the space even more attractive for performances, and joint promotional efforts will help get the word out about productions.

“We hope our residence in the historic Valentine building will grow to be equally beneficial to both the Valentine and to downtown Toledo,” Monsos said.

For more information, visit www.glacity.org.

Long before African Americans fought for the right to pursue formal medical educations in the United States, many practiced variations of medicine as physicians, healers, midwives and “root doctors.” Early African-American pioneer physicians not only became skilled practitioners, they became trailblazers and educators paving the way for future physicians, surgeons and nurses — and opening doors to better health care for the African-American community.

Dan Murtagh, a second-year medical student, checked out “Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons” in Mulford Library.

“Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons,” a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, is on display through Monday, Nov. 16, on the fourth floor of Mulford Library on The University of Toledo’s Health Science Campus.

Developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture, the exhibit is a celebration of the overall contribution of African-American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education.

There will be an opening reception Friday, Oct. 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the gallery. Dr. Reginald Baugh, UT professor and chief of surgery in the Division of Otolaryngology in the College of Medicine, will discuss what the exhibit means to him as an African-American surgeon in academic medicine.

“Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons” can be seen Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to midnight, Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

For more information on the free, public opening reception and exhibit, contact Jodi Jameson, UT instructor and librarian in the College of Nursing, at 419.383.5152 or visit www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aframsurgeons.

“Transitions & Journeys” is a two-person exhibition of artwork created by UT Art Department faculty members Arturo Rodriguez and Deborah Orloff while they were on sabbatical during the 2008-09 school year.

“Con Dos Manos,” styrene relief in ink, by Arturo Rodriguez

It is on display in the UT Center for the Visual Arts on the Toledo Museum of Art Campus through Sunday, Nov. 22.

An opening reception will be held Friday, Oct. 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Center for the Visual Arts.

Orloff is a professor of art and teaches and coordinates photography in the new media area. Rodriguez is an associate professor of art in printmaking and director of the printmaking area.

For this exhibition, the artists utilize the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery and extend the show into the public space of the first floor. The gallery is transformed into a dramatic darkened space to create a special visual experience in which the works themselves provide the only light in the gallery.

In the gallery, Rodriguez’s hand-cast shadow puppets are reminiscent of childhood games while his video installation evokes dream imagery projected in water. He said his work is rooted in himself and the fact that he is an uneven mixture of elements from Cuban and American cultures — not really a blend, but not fully one or the other, either.

“In my mixed-media prints, I like to take images that one might find on the walls of an average American home and combine them with some of my earliest visual memories about the United States: cartoons. For me, this way of working is akin to culture in Cuba itself and to a lesser degree, Cuban-American life in Miami,” he explained. “In working with this disparate visual imagery, I become aware of compositional problems that are inherent when working with two distinct visual realities. As a result, my aim is to morph the works into a symbiotic whole. Scarcity and imported imagery are part of the motivation in the work. For me, this way of working constitutes an accurate metaphor for Cuban aesthetics.”

“Holzwege 30,” chromogenic print (photographic print), by Deborah Orloff

Orloff’s life-size, scaled projection situates the viewer in her elusively shifting landscapes. In the auxiliary space adjacent to the gallery, viewers can see Orloff’s large-scale photomontages from her “Holzwege” series as well as recent mixed-media prints by Rodriguez.

“I create ambiguous landscapes through the layering of multiple photographs. I combine the images digitally to create surreal, new spaces where one photograph disappears into the next,” Orloff said. “These invented landscapes function as metaphors for the universal experience we all have inevitably, when our lives suddenly change; just when you think you know where you’re going, unexpected circumstances dictate a change of plans.

“Ultimately, the images are meant to be ethereal and optimistic, conveying the sense of wonder that exists when we open ourselves up to new possibilities and realize that change is often fortuitous.”

“Transitions & Journeys” can be viewed Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

For more information on the free, public exhibit, call the Department of Art at 419.530.8300 or go to www.utoledo.edu/as/art.

What does being a physician mean? The UT Department of Theatre and Film will explore that question posed by Molière in his play, “The Doctor in Spite of Himself,” Monday, Oct. 12, through Sunday, Oct. 18.

Sganarelle, played by Gordon James, “examines” the fair Lucinde, played by Chloe Obeid, in this scene from “The Doctor in Spite of Himself.”

All performances will take place in the Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre on Main Campus. Curtain time Monday through Saturday will be at 7:30 p.m. There also will be matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The play was written in 1666 when Western medical practice was more snake oil than science. Molière satirized not only the state of medicine during his time, but also the pretentious attitude of certain medical practitioners who were spoiled by the exalted — and often unearned — status given to them by common people. The French playwright also mocked patients’ absurd expectations for miraculous cures and how medical “professionals” took advantage of their hopes.

Cornel Gabara, UT assistant professor of theatre and director of the production, said that in spite of tremendous progress in medical knowledge and technology, many of the play’s issues are still relevant today.

“In Molière’s time, only people who could afford to pay could obtain what little medicine was available. Ironically, advanced technology has not made health care universal. It is still out of reach for many for financial reasons,” Gabara said. “The health-care system and pharmaceutical industries are driven by profit, as demonstrated by commercials touting miraculous cures and the fierce political debate about universal health care that is raging right now.”

The UT Department of Theatre and Film’s season is titled “Style & Substance.” The name refers to the fact that the season’s selections were chosen to provide audiences and cast members with a sampling of a number of playwriting styles and film genres. “The Doctor in Spite of Himself” kicks off the theatre offerings as an example of commedia dell’arte or farce.

Other plays in the season will be “Machinal,” which is expressionistic in style; “Bald Soprano” and “The Lesson,” two back-to-back short plays from Eugene Ionesco that embody the philosophy of absurdism; and “Creation/Doomsday: Selections From the Chester Mystery Cycle,” which are examples of medieval guild plays whose stories are drawn from the Bible.

Gabara said that he is very excited that the department gives its acting students the opportunity to perform in such a wide variety of roles.

“With these plays, students have the chance to try these roles, to stretch themselves, to make mistakes and to learn from their mistakes and develop their acting skills,” he said. “They have to do that here, because the professional world will not give them that chance.”

Referring to “The Doctor in Spite of Himself,” Gabara said, “This play is truly an actor’s play. It’s commedia, and commedia is a very physical form of acting. That puts a lot of pressure on the actor because it’s all in the body.”

Taking the stage in the production will be 2009 UT graduate Gordon James as Sganarelle and students Margaret Lute as Martine, Katie Rediger as Geronte, Sal Simione as Valere, DJ Helmkamp as Lucas, JoEllen Jacob as Jaquelin, Chloe Obeid as Lucinde, Brian Purdue as Leandre, Nick Torrance as Monsieur Robert, Jamie Wilson as Thibaut and Megan Smith as Perrin.

Tickets are $13 for general admission; $11 for faculty, staff, alumni and seniors; and $9 for students. Season tickets are available until Monday, Oct. 12, the opening night of “The Doctor in Spite of Himself.” A season ticket includes one ticket to the opening night performance of each of the four plays in the season. Patrons may exchange their opening night seat for another performance, but must contact the box office two business days in advance or the exchange will not be honored; this will give the box office time to resell the ticket.

The Theatre and Film Department Box Office, located in the Center for Performing Arts, will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. this semester. It also will be open on the weekends when there is a performance scheduled. Tickets also can be purchased online at www.utoledo.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 419.530.2375.

"This Little Piggy Went to Market" by Mary Gaynier

It’s been snowing in Grand Rapids, Mich. OK, maybe there were just a few flurries — 17 snowflakes to be exact.

The cool, comic creations by paper-cutting artist Mary Gaynier are on display in the Peaches Bed and Breakfast, 29 Gay Ave. SE, in Grand Rapids, where ArtPrize is taking place. The international competition kicked off Sept. 23 and features works throughout the city by more than 1,200 artists. The top prize: $250,000.

“Aliens, Dragons and Dinosaurs, Oh My!” is the title of Gaynier’s show.

“The story is aliens landed in Roswell, New Mexico, and I thought how funny it would be to have a Martian working on a farm, so I had a motif of an alien with a cow and a pig and the little spaceship in the barn,” said Gaynier, who graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree from UT in 1989.

In “There Goes the Neighborhood,” an alien and cow are seated at the Roswell Diner while some locals are shocked and others continue eating. In “This Little Piggy Went to Market,” an alien tries to push a swine into a spaceship.

"A Capitol Luncheon" by Mary Ganier

Gaynier added some dragons as she and the seven other artists with works at Peaches Bed and Breakfast wanted to have a theme that might entice families to visit. And since “Edgar,” a giant dragon sculpture by Anthony Jackson, is in front of the B&B …

“I threw the dinosaurs in because a lot of the dinosaurs are eating politicians. I just thought it was funny,” Gaynier said and laughed. “With the arguments going on now in Congress about the health-care situation and the stimulus bill, it seems people aren’t really happy with our politicians, so I thought it would be a popular theme.”

She uses an X-acto blade to craft the intricate paper cuttings, which range in size from three inches to 30 inches in diameter, which is the largest snowflake she’s made to date. “Breaking News II” was created for the competition and depicts a dinosaur plucking someone from the Capitol as people scurry and news crews cover the event. Gaynier estimated she put 1,000 hours into the big piece.

“People appreciate the skill and craftsmanship because the snowflakes are so detailed. And then they understand the humor and the surprise,” she said. “You can see them more than once and find something that you missed the last time.

“I think the pieces are engaging,” Gaynier continued. “Because I worked on them so long, I immediately see everything; it’s neat to see somebody else just sort of peruse the works and discover these things — the design, the images, the story.”

Mary Gaynier worked on a snowflake in her studio.

The Toledoan’s tale began to unfold eight years ago when she discovered Scherenschnitte — the art of paper cutting — while making snowflakes during the holidays.

“I just started cutting freehand and I had to cut a lot of snowflakes to decorate my house and the more I cut, I just got bored and started making little bunnies and reindeers and that sort of thing,” she recalled.

Since then, Gaynier’s paper precipitation has fallen in more than 70 juried exhibitions around the world. And she designed a kit, “The Art of Paper Cutting,” for the Toledo Museum of Art to sell in its gift shop.

In Grand Rapids, the UT alumna took her art to the street in an effort to win votes. In 10 minutes, she used scissors to snip a forest scene complete with a bunny and a deer. Another showed a cow breathing on a not-so-happy snowman.

“You try to hold the public’s attention; you don’t want to go much longer than 10 minutes, but I can do those fairly fast,” Gaynier said. “We had a lot of people stop and watch me do demonstrations in the street. In fact, I was out in front of a restaurant doing a demo and when I looked up, there was a TV camera on me.”

Even though she didn’t place, Gaynier said the ArtPrize competition and visiting Grand Rapids has been an amazing experience.

“I enjoy people, and I definitely met a lot of different people,” Gaynier said. “The people here are really receptive to what’s going on and discussing the works. I like that part, the communication about art.”

Visitors who registered and checked out the art in Grand Rapids voted on their favorites. The top 10 finalists were posted Oct. 1 at www.artprize.org. Winners will be announced Oct. 8. All works will remain on display through Oct. 10.

Pattin

Dr. Anthony Pattin will be the first performer for the 2009-10 Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series. He will conduct a master class Saturday, Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. and give a recital Sunday, Sept. 27, at 3 p.m.

Both free, public events will be held in the UT Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall on Main Campus.

Pattin is a native of Toledo and a graduate of Scott High School, where he was singled out to perform as a concerto soloist with The University of Toledo Orchestra, which then was conducted by Bernard Sanchez, professor emeritus of music.

He went on to receive a bachelor of music degree from UT, a master of music degree from the University of Michigan, and a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Alabama, all in piano performance.

During his student years, Pattin was very successful in national and international piano competitions. In 2001, he received the Artist for the New Millennium Award from the University of Alabama for outstanding achievement in performance.

As an orchestral soloist, Pattin has performed with several orchestras, including the Toledo Symphony and the Detroit Metropolitan Orchestra. His performance on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago was broadcast live on NPR’s “Performance Today.” In addition, he performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1998 and 2006.

A versatile musician, Pattin also is an accomplished organist, composer and arranger. He is professor of music at the University of Montevallo in Alabama, where he has taught since 1987. He received the 2001-02 Distinguished Teacher Award for the College of Fine Arts and also was named the University Scholar for 2002-03.

Prior to his position at Montevallo, he taught at The University of Toledo for five years.

For more information, contact the Department of Music at 419.530.2448.

Hendricks

Jazz legend and UT Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies Jon Hendricks will celebrate his 88th birthday with a bash, Monday, Sept. 14 at Murphy’s Place, located at 151 Water St. in Toledo.

There will be shows at 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

The concert is special for another reason: Hendricks recently was added to the Jazz Wall of Fame of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher (ASCAP).

This summer, he was among seven jazz greats to be recognized by ASCAP. Other living legends added were Annie Ross, Johnny Mandel and Randy Weston. Receiving the honor posthumously were John Coltrane, Tito Puente and Dave Lambert. Hendricks and Ross performed together at the event.

In 1957, the jazz vocal group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross was formed. The trio refined vocalese, whereby lyrics are set to recorded jazz instrumental standards and voices are arranged to sing the parts of instruments. Jazz vocalists Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin and the Manhattan Transfer all cite the group’s work as a major influence.

At Murphy’s Place, Hendricks will perform with the UT Faculty Jazz Group, which features Gunnar Mossblad, saxophone; Jay Weik, guitar; Tim Whalen, piano; Norm Damschroder, bass; and Jonathan Ovalle, drums.

Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, $10 for general public and $20 for preferred seating. Proceeds after expenses will benefit the UT Jazz Studies Program.

Visit the UT Department of Music here or call 419.530.2448.

Ceramics artist Laurie Spencer will be on UT’s Toledo Museum of Art Campus fall semester to work with art students to develop a coil-built clay structure called “Urban Cairn.”

"Toad Hall Habitat" by Laurie Spencer

On Thursday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m., she will discuss plans for the project in a free, public slideshow presentation in the Center for the Visual Arts Haigh Auditorium.

“Urban Cairn” will be built in the courtyard of the UT Center for Sculptural Studies building at 535 Oakwood Ave., across from the Center for the Visual Arts. The anticipated firing dates are Friday, Oct. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 21. Prior to that, Spencer and the students will construct a fiberglass kiln around the structure.

“Urban Cairn” derives its name from its form. Cairns are conical structures that often served as markers in a number of ancient cultures. They can vary greatly in size and style, depending on materials and purpose. “Urban Cairn” will be roughly 7 to 8 feet tall and, when complete, will allow visitors to stand within it and experience its unique acoustical features as well.

“Sounds resonate in a wonderful way inside the domes, and particular tones will vibrate within your body when you talk or hum. It is a warm feeling of being enveloped by the sounds,” Spencer said.

Spencer, of Tulsa, Okla., has exhibited throughout the world. She teaches ceramics at Holland Hall, a liberal arts and college preparatory school in Tulsa.

Tom Lingeman, UT professor of art and coordinator of the “Urban Cairn” project, said, “We invited Laurie Spencer because we felt her work would involve the greatest number of students and would enhance the beauty of the courtyard environment. At the same time, the work will contrast visually with the surrounding urban area.”

Some may remember that Spencer created a similar structure titled “Phoenix Cairn” on the grounds of the Toledo Botanical Gardens in 1989. It is still in the park and can be found near the entrance in the shade garden.

“I see the domes as a spiritual space. They create an atmosphere of quiet contemplation,” Spencer said.

The exact size and shape of the “Urban Cairn” dome ultimately takes will depend on a variety of factors. Spencer will provide the initial design and demonstrate construction techniques to the students. But it is the students who will build the structure, adding their own collective creative spark as they go.

The structure is built by stacking 3- to 4-foot sections of clay, rolled into rope-like shapes. After that, the clay is allowed to dry and then the structure will be fired in a kiln built onsite around the piece itself. Under the supervision of Spencer, the students also will build the fiberglass kiln.

UT Art Department Chair Debra Davis said the experience will be tremendous for the students.

“This is a unique opportunity for our students and the general public,” she said. “Working side by side with an artist of this caliber, the students will gain hands-on experience related to the construction of a monumental ceramic sculpture, as well as gain an understanding of the complexities of planning and creating a large public artwork.”

The public is invited to observe the construction process and the firing of the cairn.

In addition, there will be an exhibit of Spencer’s work in the Grey Gallery & Sculpture Garden at the Center for Sculptural Studies. The exhibit, “Laurie Spencer: The Urban Cairn Project,” will run from Friday, Sept. 4, through Sunday, Oct. 18. It will include photographs, designs and elements connected with the project.

Spencer will be on hand for a reception Friday, Oct. 16, from 7 to 10 p.m. The reception, also held at the Grey Gallery, will coincide with the conclusion of the project and the firing of the finished piece, as well as the autumn meet-and-greet event sponsored by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.

The “Urban Cairn” project was made possible by a grant from The University of Toledo Office of the Provost.

“We felt very fortunate to have funding from The University of Toledo in the form of a Strategic Enhancement Award. It allows us to greatly enrich our University curriculum,” said Lingeman, who received the grant.

Visitors can view the progress of “Urban Cairn” throughout the semester. There is no charge; however, those interested in seeing the exhibit or the construction of the sculpture should contact the Department of Art prior to coming by calling 419.530.8300.