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Show Page 4 February Forum : 14, 1986 features Professor Exhibits Photography by a- - Bill Godwin t It isnt very often that you get to see what one of your instructors has been doing with his or her spare time. However, if you go to the current Recent Photography exhibit at the Phillips Gallery you can pretty well deduce what Kim Granger, the adjunct photography instructor here at Westminster, has been up to. Shes been out in her backyard at night with bright lights and her camera raising strange questions in the minds of her neighbors and creating images that are now on display at the Phillips Gallery. According to Granger preparing for an exhibition is a lot of work. The midnight pho- tographic forays into the backyard werent her only late night activities prior to the show. ' The week before the show I was up real late every single night hoping that I was cutting the mats right and that they werent off by half an inch or something, Granger said. She added that she likes having her photographs exhibited though, because after completing an entire body of work it is nice to see it all together. When Granger began her college career she r. didnt have any plans of becoming a She quit college after two years and went to live in North Carolina with friends. Some of these friends were artists and influenced her to begin drawing. During a stay in Europe she saw a lot of images that she wanted to record and decided to get a camera when she got home. She took a photography class in Madison, Wise, and liked it so much that she moved to New York to study photography seriously. In New York Granger studied with Lisette Model, best known as the teacher of photographer Diane Arbus, and at the School of Visual Arts. According to Granger the dynamic teachers and the intense environment in New York played an important part in her artistic development. New York is a place where you have your highest highs and your absolute lowest lows, Granger said. Its an amazing place. But it helps to have money there, and I had none. So it So, this is the 5th time ' 1 youve tried to register for 1 College Algebra and you didnt get it. Again. You can begin any of 17 5 classes at any time through Cor- respondence Study at the University of Utah, and take up to a full year to finish. photo-graphe- JSmnmm wmm mm www was a survival type of life style, plus studying art, which scared me. Granger said everything seemed to be happening very fast and that she was really young to be going at that pace. That, plus the fact her mother was in poor health, led her to decide to move back to the midwest and attend the University of Minnesota. In addition to photography she studied drawing, painting and sculpture. Granger received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1979 and went on to do graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. She received her Master of Art degree in 1981. In addition to teaching at Westminster Granger teaches as an adjunct at the Univer- - Alumni Services Set to Sponsor Fifth Annual Phone-O-Tho- n by Tammy the remaining funds in the intensive Armantrout week two- - effort Aloia said, The key to the success of the The Fifth Annual Westminster Alumni g effort will lie in the number of n will take place March to make the calls. who volunteer people at the First Interstate Bank on 200 South and We provide a training session every evenMain, according to Alumni Services Director Maggie Aloia. ing at 6:00 p.m. for those who will be making calls, said Aloia. We dont just send peon g The is a effort the in cold. ple sponsored by Alumni Services. Alumni of the A sack dinner and cold drinks will be procollege are contacted for donations. "We want to contact as many of the alumni as possible, vided for volunteers, said the director. Were said Aloia. hoping that a lot of students, alumni and friends will show up to help. This year, through the efforts of George Moosman, executive vice president and Aloia added that as an incentive to campus n senior trust officer at the bank, clubs and organizations, the alumni services volunteers will have access to about 40 council was going to offer some type of prize for the group who raises the most money. phones and a Watts line. Moosman is a member of the colleges Board of Trustees and sits on the Many prizes were being considered, but Foundation Board. Aloia thinks that perhaps a dinner for the n Aloia said the will take members who donated their time will be place Monday through Thursday nights from chosen. . 6:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. You dont have to make calls to volunteer, ' The Alumni Council has set a goal of said Aloia. If you think theres no way you could make the phone calls we can use run$75,000 which it hopes to raise for the school. of that amount has already ners to collect the pledges and help with the About one-habeen raised said Aloia. They hope to raise paperwork." fund-raisin- Phone-O-Tho- 10-2- 0, Phone-O-Tho- fund-raisin- Phone-O-Tho- Phone-O-Tho- , , sity of Utah and is a photography instructor at the Salt Lake Art Center School. She has also taught photography at Weber State. Grangers work has appeared in a number of regional and national exhibitions prior to her inclusion in the Recent Photography show. Granger said she is expecting her first child in May but Ive told everybody that I still plan to teach, she added. Since both Granger and her husband. Bob, are teachers they hope to have flexible enough schedules so one of them can always be with the baby. Bob Granger is also an artist. 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