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Mar. 27: Clark School of Engineering Alumni Reception April 6: Start Your Engines–Colonnade Society and the A. James Clark School of Engineering Event
April 12: Alumni Association Awards Gala April 23: Celebration of Scholarships
April 26: Maryland Day May 8: 5th Annual Clark School Baltimore Networking Event May 15: Terps Take Los Angeles SAVE THE DATE |
West Coast region engineering alumni will join Interim Dean Herbert Rabin for a networking reception and program featuring a presentation by the McKinsey Global Institute on its groundbreaking study, “Curbing Global Energy Demand Growth: The Energy Productivity Opportunity.”
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 Helping Students Reach for the StarsArt Professor’s Legacy Comes Full Circle
As a professor of art at the university for 30 years, he had an instinctive sense about helping students discover their artistic path. He told an interviewer in 1977, the year he retired from teaching, “Sometimes students are too cerebral; sometimes they are totally intuitive and undisciplined. I insist that students visit museums frequently and see exhibitions they don’t think they would like. Sometimes enough exposure to other works helps in clarifying these ideas. But certainly the student who hopes to mature as a painter has to come to grips with this issue before he can find his own specific direction, before he can explore his newness.” Maril died in 1986, but left a wonderful body of work and an endearing legacy of teaching. After recently reconnecting with the university, the Maril family generously donated $50,000 to the student gallery in the Department of Art, and contributed some of Maril’s paintings to the university’s permanent collection. Maril’s widow Esta says, “My husband believed there were some very fine artists who would never get recognized because they had no opportunity to exhibit their work.”
Jeremy Flick, a graduate art student, is director of the newly named gallery. He has a plethora of ideas for the gallery space. “We’d like to figure out how we can incorporate all of the arts; visual, musical and literary. We’re actually planning a film night where we show artist films.” The gallery has a digital exhibition space. “We’re constructing a blog-type of forum to encourage students to participate on multiple levels in the space.” Ruppert says the university is looking into design, acoustics, rebuilding the walls, updated lighting and floor quality. Scott Habes, director of the university’s Art Gallery says, “When you take art and put it in a gallery, it helps students visualize their careers in the art world. It allows for dialogue and critique, which is very important.”
Although David and his sister Nadja were always surrounded by art, both went on to become journalists. Nadja’s two sons are both Maryland graduates. Once Maril had gained major recognition for his work, Esta, who is a retired clinical social worker, remembers the family lived a more comfortable life, financially. “Teaching allowed him to put the bread and butter on the table without painting,” she says. “When he sold his work, that was the dessert.” To learn more about Maril’s life and work, visit Maryland Art Source. Learn how you can help make Great Expectations, The Campaign for the College of Arts and Humanities a success. Contact Laura Brown, 301-405-6339.  | ||||||||||
