COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL AND ARCHIVAL RESOURCES (CAR)
Meeting Minutes: Friday, April 25 th, 2014
Attendees:
Rosemary Zins Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Isabella Lizzul Assistant Professor of Massage Therapy (Chair of CAR
Committee)
Susan Agin Executive & Artistic Director, Queensborough Performing Arts
Center (QPAC)
Jodie Childers Assistant Professor of English
John Gilleaudeau Instructor of Social Sciences
Sebastian Murolo Instructor of Business
Faustino Quintanilla Executive Director, QCC Art Gallery
Absentees:
Marisa L. Berman Assistant Director, KHRCA
Arthur Flug Executive Director, Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center
and Archives (KHRCA)
Jenny (Maan) Lin Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and
Literatures
Lisa Scandaliato Assistant Director, QCC Art Gallery
Meg Tarafdar Associate Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CETL)
Eileen White Associate Professor of Speech, Communication, and
Theatre Arts
The meeting began at 2:06 PM.
The minutes from the December 13th 2013 meeting were approved.
NEH GRANT
Vice President for Institutional Advancement Rosemary Zins announced that Dr.
Steven Dahlke and Professor Cary Lane received the 2014-15 NEH Challenge
Grant for their proposal “Testimony Across the Disciplines: Cultural and Artistic
Responses to Genocide.” The success of Dr. Susan Jacobowitz’s event series
for her 2013-14 grant, “The Holocaust in a Global Context: Connections Across
the Community College,” was also noted.
CETL
Chair of the committee Isabella Lizzul provided an update on the Global and
Diversity Learning initiative. Several faculty members across the departments
are currently implementing their Global and Diversity Learning units into their
classrooms. An approval checklist was created, and the mentors and mentees
will be meeting to finalize the approval process.
QPAC
Executive Director Susan Agin noted that QPAC is continuing to build
relationships with departments, including business, math, and English through
service learning projects that make connections between disciplinary goals and
the work at the performing arts centers. Some of these projects have led to
internships, which give students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of
business entertainment and the arts. Fourteen students participated in the
enrichment program for 8-13 year olds. A QPAC fundraiser, New York City’s
Rising Stars, is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th.
QCC ART GALLERY
Faustino Quintanilla, Executive Director of the art gallery, observed that there
has been an increase in class visits across many disciplines. Faculty members
from Academic Literacy have been particularly active, incorporating gallery
exhibits into coursework under a grant by Professor Kitty Batemen. A
collaboration with Venture House, a nonprofit organization that provides services
for the mentally ill, is on its second year, and the art created by the clients will be
featured at the gallery from May 1st to June 30th. The Juried Student Art Exhibit
will also open in May, and a photographic essay, “Afghanistan: A Distant War” by
Robert Nickelsberg,is scheduled for the summer.
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
The blogs created by Professor John Gilleaudeau have continued to be
incredibly successful, attracting almost 30,000 page views, and the work from the
gallery displayed on Deviant Art has received over 2500 hits. Professor
Gilleaudeau contacted Stephen Di Dio, the Executive Director for
Communications and Marketing, and Dr. Elizabeth Toohey, the faculty advisor for
Communique, to discuss other avenues for promoting the gallery’s work. He has
also established cultural liaisons in nine departments and has been working with
them regularly over the course of the semester and plans to reach even more
departments in the fall.
NEW BUSINESS
Professor Jodie Childers noted that Baruch and Ahead21 host an annual Arts
and Higher Education Conference that might align with the interests of members
of the committee. The next conference will be scheduled for the spring of 2015.
A gathering will be scheduled in May for all current and new committee
members. Cultural liaisons will be invited as well.
Dr. Lizzul moved to adjourn the meeting. Several attendees seconded this
motion.
Minutes recorded by Jodie Childers