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Nov. 13, 2002
CONTACT: Gordon Ovenshine (724) 738-4854;
e-mail: gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
KALEIDOSCOPE TOP CHOICE OUT OF 112
PROPOSALS FOR ARTS FESTIVAL NAME
SLIPPERY ROCK,
Pa. -- With unanimous ayes, Kaleidoscope topped Bravo, Encore,
Tapestries and Collage to become the new name of the Slippery Rock
University Regional Arts Festival. A naming contest was open to the
public.
Dorothy Wallace
of Worth Township and Linda Breen of Robinson Township both entered
Kaleidoscope, which got the nod from the Slippery Rock Regional
Arts Alliance “because it best implies the spirit of the
spring festival and lends itself to logo design,” said Dr.
Diana Dreyer, assistant to the dean.
The College of
Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts, which sponsored the naming
competition, gave Wallace a woven Slippery Rock throw, a Java City
Mug and $5 in coupons. Breen said she wanted Wallace to receive the
gifts because Wallace has lived in the community 24 years. The
college received 112 proposals.
A kindergarten
teacher at Prospect Elementary School, Wallace submitted
Kaleidoscope because, like the arts festival, “Each person
who looks at it gets something different. It’s ever changing,
it’s colorful, it’s bright, it’s
exciting.”
Breen, a painter
herself, said, “I had this idea of a mosaic. I was trying to
think of a word that had to do with changing art patterns, color
and light.”
The Slippery Rock
Regional Arts Alliance -- composed of a student, Student Life
representatives, faculty, an Intermediate Unit IV representative,
Dean Dr. William McKinney and Dr. Diana Dreyer -- chose the name.
“Each of us submitted our top three favorites followed by a
discussion of those ranking highest,” Dreyer
said.
Other top choices
included Artstravaganza and Artsplosion.
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