Marian C. Donnelly Conference Travel Grant Money

Elizabeth volunteered to make thank-you cards, one for the Art History faculty and the other for Mr. Donnelly. There will be a typed or stamped message with signatures from all travel grant recipients.
The faculty will receive their card before the Gerlinger Hall meeting in June, and Mr. Donnelly will be presented with his thank-you card at the meeting.

Symposia

A vote was taken for the theme of next April’s symposia: cultural identity/conflict was chosen over limitations placed on art, nature and feminism. Elizabeth and Tina will meet to discuss working titles and will send them to the listserv at a later date.

Publicity

Gayle has the AHA website up and running and has placed an AHA ad in Siren Magazine. Gayle also gave an ad for the 2005 symposia to the museum, Professor Sundt, the Cultural Forum and to the UO Art History web master. (No posting is expected until summer though.)

Art Collecting

There was a discussion about the possibilities of an artwork-unveiling gala in fall. More investigating needs to be done about finding out about the artist’s website and the possibility of linking ours with his.

PAM Events

Elizabeth offered to organize the Pre-Raphaelites Exhibit group next spring.
Not much enthusiasm was shown for the current PAM exhibitions, but there were exciting rumors of a 2007 Egyptian show.

AAA Student Advisory Committee

· Everyone present agreed that a better use of our time would be to compose a letter addressing the recent office thefts and inquire about how to improve security. Elizabeth volunteered to write the letter and suggested that all GTF’s and possibly the architecture students who have offices in the vicinity sign it.

Faculty Report

· Dawn reported that the Certificate for Museum Studies has been approved; it will take up to an additional year and require a total of 28 credits.

· For the Master’s program for fall 2004 there are twelve who have accepted and one deferral thus far.

· Professor Harper may be gone for winter term, pending a grant decision.

· Professor Simmons’ sabbatical will be 2006-7.

· Dawn’s full faculty report is available upon request.

Garage Sale Fundraiser

This year’s garage sale has been postponed until next year. Save your good junk!

End of the Year Picnic

The date: May 22. The place: Gail’s house. Time to be decided by Gail? Dawn will send out an email survey of vegetarians and carnivores and everyone’s beverage preferences. Meat and meat-substitutes will be purchased with AHA funds. Side dishes and desserts will be potluck style. Karin will be responsible for the pony keg (pending Gail’s alcohol approval).
There was talk of including all art history students on the email invitation.

Donation

Elizabeth suggested that it would be a nice gesture for the AHA to contribute some needed item to the Art History department. Dawn suggested a new bench with back support for the outside of Room 241, perhaps with a small plaque. A rough figure of a couple hundred dollars was discussed.

Next Meeting, Final Thoughts

The next AHA meeting is tentatively scheduled for the second week in October.
A fall AHA social at McMenamin’s High Street Café is tentatively set for the evening prior to the department’s graduate orientation meeting in late September. It was agreed that High Street would be a more relaxed setting to get to know one another than the sometimes-stressful orientation.