College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly MINUTES
Friday, January 5, 2007 - 3 p.m.
Johnson Theatre

I.  Remarks from Dean Libby Patenaude
a.  Thank you for a welcoming and productive first semester 

II.  Approval of Minutes from August 17, 2006 – approved 

III.  Department/Unit Reports
a.  ART & DESIGN
    i.  Advising 20 transfer students today
    ii.  2 new faculty members for Spring – Interior Design – Greg Schauble and Carrie Estock
    iii.  Shaun Cassidy – recipient of Kinard Award
   iv.  Sabbaticals for 07-08
        1.  Jim Connell (1 semester); and Shaun Cassidy (1 year)

b.  THEATRE & DANCE
i.  2 searches on-going
   1.  Dance Education
        a. assistant or associate professor
        b. have a short list – phone interviews next week
   2.  Acting
        a. working on short list – candidates later this semester
ii.  Full-slate of productions
    1.  Musical - Oklahoma
    2.  One-Act Festival
    3.  Student Choreography
    4.  Annie-Laurie Wheat is collaborating with Modern Languages Department and South Point
       High School on a project
iii.  Create Carolina project – Maymester 2007
iv. Collaboration with Charles Randolph-Wright
     1.  Theatre classwork
     2.  Students will have the opportunity to work with professional artists who Charles
          Randolph-Wright will bring in
     3.  stage production directed by Charles Randolph-Wright
     4.  staged reading

c.  MUSIC
i.  Musical in the Spring with Theatre & Dance
ii.  Spring enrollment larger than Fall
iii.  Search for music theory professor
iv. 113 applicants – short list in a few weeks
V.  SC Collegiate honor band
     1.  7 Winthrop students selected

d.  GALLERIES
i.  The website works
    1.  Jonathan Roberts contacted Tom Stanley after he received artwork by Georgina Wooten-Roberts
    2.  http://www.winthrop.edu/vpa/Galleries/GWR/default.html
    3.  Mr. Roberts is sending a picture of his piece to the Galleries
ii.  Current Exhbitions - If you haven’t had a chance, there is still time to view the Art & Design Faculty Show in Rutledge
     and Phil Moody’s exhibition entitled Carolina Madonnas (made possible through a Winthrop Foundation endowment,
    Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick)
iii.  4 significant public art projects underway

e.  OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ARTS
i.  CVPA Spring 2007 events calendar coming out next week
ii. Create Carolina – http://www.createcarolina.com/
   1.  Create Carolina launch event - Thurs. Jan. 25 – Johnson Lobby – 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
   2.  Visiting Artists will be there
   3.  Please let your students know
iii.  Community Arts director position is evolving and will be reviewed this semester - Libby Patenaude 

V.  NEW BUSINESS
a.  CVPA Assoc. Dean position – internal candidate about to interview
b.  Elections for CVPA representatives to university –wide committees (3 year terms)
     i.  University-wide Faculty Concerns - Marge Moody, Art & Design
    ii.  University-wide Library - J.  L. McDaniel, Music
   iii.  Undergraduate Petitions - Phil Moody, Art & Design
   iv.  Graduate Council - Don Rogers, Music
    v.  Teacher Education Committee (Teacher Education Program Representative) - Connie Hale,
         Music
c.  CVPA CURRICULUM
    i.  Approved 

VI.  Announcements
a.  CVPA Arts Ball – Seymour Simmons
     i.  Fri. Oct. 26, 2007
     ii. Theme - Day of the Dead
    iii. Arts Ball website is being developed
    iv. Please encourage students to attend; please attend yourselves
b.  Mentor Protιgι – Alice Burmeister
     i.  Fri. Jan. 12 – 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. – 116 McLaurin Hall                                                            
    ii.  Open House on how to write Annual Reports
c.  Faculty Annual Reports are due Feb. 1st
    i.  Discussion - Annual Reports are due in May for the College of Arts & Sciences - Mike Williams
       1.  Could CVPA consider an academic year rather than calendar year for the Annual Reports?
       2.  CVPA Chairs Council will discuss/review – for old business at next meeting in April - Dean
           Patenaude
d.  Scott McCloud Lecture - Dave Brown
     i.  Thurs. Jan. 11 – 7 p.m. – Tillman Hall
    ii.  Scott McCloud is an academic on comics
   iii.  Authority on the taxonomy of comics
   iv.  applicable to all visual arts and an enjoyable evening for Music and Theatre & Dance as well

VII.  Adjournment:  Reception in the lobby

Note:  There was a brief meeting of the CVPA Graduate Faculty immediately following the CVPA Faculty Assembly.

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All faculty members of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who hold membership in the Faculty Conference shall be members of the Faculty Assembly.  Membership in the Faculty Conference is extended to every person who holds rank as instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor at Winthrop University, with the following exceptions: lecturers, adjunct faculty, and visiting faculty are not members of Faculty Conference. The eligibility of an individual who does not hold membership in the Faculty Conference shall be determined by the Faculty Assembly.