School of FIne Arts

Design students research infant ICU facility

KU industrial and interior design students in early February presented research on the design of a hospital's intensive care nursing area.

The students presented at the "The Physical and Developmental Environment of the High Risk Infant" conference after 15 months of intensive planning and design research done in conjunction with Stormont Vail HealthCare in Topeka and the Harrell Group, a Cincinnati architectural firm.

The project demonstrated a design plan for 27 private rooms in a circular pattern around a central medical and nursing core, with a perimeter access corridor for family entry to the infant rooms. The primary concept is to enable medical and nursing staffs and families to approach the infant from different perspectives and to give each a sense of control and personal territory.

Students were involved throughout the design process of the proposed neonatal care unit. They presented interior space design ideas to the Harrell Group and spent the first six months sketching, making site visits, evaluating interior design spacing and doing equipment research. They then put together and facilitated a life-size mock-up area of two rooms from the Harrell architectural design. Read more

Art and design students featured in KC exhibition

KU art and design students will show a crop of new works with a special exhibition, "Fresh Produce," March 5 to March 26 at the Farm Gallery, 500 E. 18th St. in Kansas City, Mo.

The show will feature work by first- and second-year art and design graduate students at KU, and will cover a variety of media: metals; sculpture; clay; fiber; painting; mixed media; printmaking; and photography.

Mary Anne Jordan, associate professor of textiles, organized the exhibition with Mindy Goodman, the gallery's director. Read more

Art Faculty Exhibit in March

The March 7 to March 12 exhibition at the KU Art and Design Gallery features a diverse range of works by various members of the art faculty.

Many professors in art department have shown in national and international exhibitions, and are represented in galleries nationwide. This exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to the talent they bring to KU; it will include works in painting, sculpture, drawing, video installation and printmaking.

Pieces by Professor Emeritus Robert Sudlow, f'42, a noted painter who taught at KU from 1946 to 1988, will be shown in the exhibition, as well as work by Roger Shimomura, Distinguished Professor of Performance and Painting, who retires this spring. Read more

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