Thursday, August 27, 2009
While money is tight at arts programs around the country, the textiles program at the University of Kansas is now one of the wealthiest of its kind in the nation. Textiles majors received approximately $75,000 in scholarships this semester. The money came from a fund that was established 25 years ago and previously was used to fund various arts scholarships. But this semester, the scholarships are exclusively for textiles majors.
The Doris Fair Carey Scholarship Fund was originally given to the University in 1984 to benefit students pursuing degrees in textiles. However, at the time of the donation, there was no specific textiles department, so the money was distributed among all craft design majors, including ceramics, metals and textiles, Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said.
More funding has been allocated for the textile department in the art and design school. The extra funding will help make it possible for students to tools like looms and screen printers.
When the School of Fine Arts was reorganized this spring, textiles was moved to the visual art department and out of the design department. Now the fund can be used exclusively for students pursuing degrees in textiles.
Dawn Guernsey, professor and chair of the department of visual arts, said the money would give professors the opportunity to recruit students from all across the country.
According to the 2008 U.S. News and World Report rankings, the University’s textiles program is ranked seventh, but Guernsey said she hoped the money would give the department an even greater competitive edge.
“I am really excited about it,” Guernsey said. “It means the program can be on a national level.”
Lauren Fallis, Plano, Tex., senior, is one of 12 students who received a Doris Fair Carey scholarship this year. She said she was thankful for the money and thought it was a step in the right direction for the department.
“Our professors are more able now to go and promote the department,” Fallis said. “They will be able to look for people who are really going to improve the department. It will encourage better work.”
Guernsey said the scholarship would be used to help bring in more student recruits. She said it would also be used to provide travel opportunities for current students to allow them to get more experience and build their portfolios.
“Because there is so little money and support for the arts, it was easy to want to spread the wealth,” Guernsey said. “But we want to honor the gift. It’s a kind gift and at last it’s doing what the donor wanted.”
— -Edited by Sarah Kelly
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