Posted on Mar 30, 1999

“Stephen Pace Paintings: 1950-1998,” a collection of 26 oil and watercolor works by the American artist, will be on display in the Mandeville Gallery at Union College's Nott Memorial, March 30 through May 30.

An opening reception and gallery talk on Tuesday, March 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. will feature Pace discussing his body of works.

“Stephen Pace is a lesser-known figure from an important era in American art,” said Rachel Seligman, curator of the Mandeville Gallery. “He departed from an abstract style characteristic of New York school painters of the 1950's; Pace developed a distinctive style by reincorporating recognizable, intimate subject matter – his family, friends, homes he lived in – into his art.”

“Pace practices a kind of Zen acceptance of what happens when his brush hits the canvas or paper,” wrote Martica Sawin, in Arts. “The ability to take risks and to allow the paint to surprise him are fundamental to Pace's artistic gambit.”

Born in 1918 near Charleston, Mo., Pace studied at the Arts League from 1948-49, in Paris and Florence from 1950-51, and with Hans Hofman from 1951-52. He has had numerous solo exhibitions, most recently at the Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery in New York City in 1997, 1994, 1991, 1989 and 1987; the Courtyard Gallery in Washington in 1986; Bates College Museum of Art in 1994; and Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, in 1994.

Among the long list of public collections of his work are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Walker Art Center

Posted on Mar 12, 1999

March 1, 1999

1. The minutes of Feb. 22, 1999 were approved as corrected.

2. Steve Schmidt reported for the subcommittee working on the lunch hour problems. He
offered some suggestions made by Steve Pearse, director of Dining Services, on rearranging
the food centers and swipe lines.

— If a change is to be made in lunch scheduling, it must be decided by the end of
the 10th week of Winter Term in order to take
effect by Fall 1999.

— It was decided to send the various proposed schedules to chairs and to ask them
to indicate which options will not work and why, and to rank order all options.

— Steve Schmidt will create a memo to be distributed to chairs.

3. The contents and distribution of the report on the calendar were discussed. The
report received by the Board plus various appendices will be distributed in the following
manner: the full report and appendices will be on the Web. The full report with some
appendices will be sent to the faculty. Hard copies of the report will be available for
students in the Reamer Campus Center. Additional copies of the appendices will be sent to
department chairs and made available in the library.

Posted on Mar 12, 1999

Works by painter Stephen Pace will be featured in the next exhibit in the Nott
Memorial's Mandeville Gallery.

“Stephen Pace Paintings” runs from late March through May 30. The opening
reception and gallery talk is Tuesday, March 30, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Born in 1918 near Charleston, Mo., Pace studied at the Arts League from 1948-49, in
Paris and Florence from 1950-51, and with Hans Hofman from 1951-52. He has had numerous
solo exhibitions, most recently at the Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery in New York City in
1997, 1994, 1991, 1989 and 1987; the Courtyard Gallery in Washington in 1986; Bates
College Museum of Art in 1994; and Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, in 1994. Among
the long list of public collections of his work are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Walker Art
Center.

“Pace practices a kind of Zen acceptance of what happens when his brush hits the
canvas or paper,” wrote Martica Sawin, in Arts. “The ability to take
risks and to allow the paint to surprise him are fundamental to Pace's artistic
gambit.”

Posted on Mar 12, 1999

Pianist Anastasie Prokhorova '01 and the Union College Orchestra, Prof. Hilary
Tann conducting, will perform Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor and other
works on May 7 as part of the Steinmetz Symposium. Saturday's “Romantic
Favorites” concert, which was to have featured Prokhorova, was canceled due to
weather.

Posted on Mar 12, 1999

For sophomore Bill Servant, Schenectady is more than his home away from home. It's
his canvas.

Servant, a studio art major from North Attleboro, Mass., has created an 8- by 10-foot
mural that will hang over the midfield stripe at the Center City Sportsplex,
Schenectady's indoor soccer facility. On Saturday, Servant's work will be
unveiled during a half-time ceremony at the Schenectady Shockers professional soccer game
at Center City, 433 State St.

“When Center City officials approached me last year looking for a student to
create a mural for their facility, Bill was a natural choice for the project,” said
Walter Hatke, professor of fine arts/painting and drawing. “Center City received a
grant to beautify the complex, and they asked Union for suggestions. Bill was enthusiastic
right from the start; he has created a wonderful piece.”

“The piece had to be very bright and very large to fit the space over the field;
it also had to represent all the sports that go on at Center City,” Servant said.
“I decided to use a series a hands against a backdrop of lacrosse sticks, soccer
balls and footballs.”

Designing a sketch was not the only difficult part of the project, according to
Servant. “I had to use a surface that would last, so I went with acrylic on plywood.
It has to stand up to flying soccer balls.”

Servant's career as resident Schenectady artist may not be over too soon. The
Schenectady Police Department is talking with him about a work for their headquarters,
and, says Brian Merriam, president of Center City's board, “We're hoping to
commission a second work from him this year.”