Department of Art

Faculty Service

All full-time Art faculty serve on one or two departmental standing committees that meet throughout the academic year, and also are involved with at least one ad hoc committee that may meet for a more limited period (see Chart below). We have five standing committees: Budget, Curriculum, Gallery, Graduate, and Safety (the chairs of these five committees, and the Department chair, comprise the Executive Committee). Minutes of the committees are kept in a notebook in the Art office. Effective this Fall, we also plan to maintain a separate notebook for each of the standing committees. This will make it easier for a committee to build upon the work of past semesters. We are continuing to struggle with one basic problem: finding times that are convenient for all committee members to meet. We have very diverse teaching schedules, and recently there has been no two-hour period on any weekday when someone is not in a classroom. Various solutions have been considered for this problem, which also affects the scheduling of our
general faculty meetings, but none seems to be fully satisfactory. For the past two years, we have held our general faculty meetings at the same time, but on a different day, each month (i.e., at 6:00 p.m. on a Wednesday in March, 6:00 on a Thursday in April, etc.). We also have started holding annual, full-day retreats (2002, 2003, 2004).

Recent and/or continuing ad hoc committees within the Department include the ARTP committee (responsible for evaluating the probationary tenure-track faculty and for evaluating, selecting, and ranking all part-time faculty), Faculty Hiring Committees (we have conducted one or more faculty searches each academic year since 1999), Assessment Committee, General Education Review Committee, Strategic Action Committee, Art Building/Complex Committee, FMI Review Committee, PSSI Review Committee, Visiting Artists Committee, and Student Recruitment/Retention Committee. Some of these ad hoc committees are formed each academic year; others were created for specific purposes and are now suspended (e.g., the FMI and PSSI Review Committees).

Many Art faculty also serve (or have served) on College and/or University committees, including the Arts and Letters Budget and Curriculum Committee, Arts and Letters ARTP Committee, School of the Arts Advisory Committee for the MA in Arts in Education, Single Subject Advisory Committee, Photography Major Committee (involving faculty from the Departments of Art and Design), Fulbright Review Committee, International Programs Review Committee, CSUS Student Research Competition Committee (judge, 2004), CSUS Research and Creative Activity Award Program Committee (application reviewer, 2004), Woman’s Study Program Review Committee, CSUS Committee on Diversity and Equity, Serna Center Advisory Committee, and the CSUS Service Learning Scholars Group. Members of the Art faculty also have represented the Department, College or University at meetings and conferences off campus. We have represented CSUS on the Academic Council on International Programs (on-going: Catherine Turrill has just been reappointed for a second term as the CSUS representative), on the CSU Summer Arts Planning Committee, and at NCATE and other education-related conferences or committees (such as the State’s Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Framework and Criteria Committee, in 2001; the K-16 Partnership and Student Success Conference and the Campus Compact Intermediate Institute, both also in 2001; and the CSU Assessment in Art and Design Conference, in 2000). Art faculty also participate regularly in special meetings and conferences at CSUS, such as the annual LEAP conference, sponsored by the Sacramento Consortium of Art and Design Educators (for information, see the website: http://www.csus.edu/design/leap/about/default.html), the Arts Articulation Conference
(sponsored by the School of the Arts in March 2001), and two Art Educators’ Retreats (hosted by SOTA in March and April 2002).

The members of the Art faculty have a significant record of community service of all types, much of it related to our professional expertise as artists, scholars, and educators. We contribute works of art to local fund-raising auctions, serve as jurors for local art competitions; serve as panelists for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission; give public lectures and/or workshops at local schools, libraries, and other
institutions (including the Crocker Art Museum); and are active members of local arts organizations and institutions. Some of the lectures and workshops conducted by members of our faculty also have contributed to the fund-raising efforts of the sponsoring agency. Probably our most active participant in community activities is Ricardo Favela, whose teaching and service are closely interrelated, given his responsibility for the Barrio Arts Program at CSUS. In addition, as a founding member of the RCAF, he is involved in many art exhibits and collateral activities that serve the local community. In her role as Coordinator of the Single Subject Program in Art, Anna Wagner-Ott attends meetings of local school boards and other community organizations concerned with primary and secondary education. In addition, she is an advisory member for the Sacramento County Arts Espirit de Corps, a “team of educational leaders committed to supporting Arts Education for all students.” Finally, as mentioned earlier, both she and Dan Frye incorporate significant service learning components into their Art Education classes. Effective in 2003, probationary tenure-track faculty can serve on hiring committees, but a simple majority of the committee must be tenured (i.e., on a 3-person committee, only one member can be untenured). This policy was set by the Art Department.

Faculty Membership on Departmental Committees (1999-2004)

• Budget: Riegel, Turrill, Whitesel, Winkler
• Curriculum: Favela, Hitchcock, O’Brien, Turrill, Vail
• Gallery: Brady, Favela, Hitchcock, O’Brien, Riegel
• Graduate: Allan, O’Brien, Riegel
• Safety: Jackson, Kaltenbach, Moment, Ogden, Suzuki, VandenBerge
• ARTP: Hitchcock, Moment, Turrill (alternates: Riegel, Vail, Winkler)
• Art Education Search Committee: Turrill, Whitesel, Winkler
• Painting Search Committee: Allan, Moment, Riegel
• FMI/FAR Committee: Turrill, Vail, Whitetsel, Hitchcock (alternate); Louie (for part-time faculty)
• Graduate Coordinator: Riegel
• Art Senator: Turrill

AY 2000-2001:

• Standing committees:
• Budget: Brady, Day, Moment, Riegel, Walburg (Spring), Whitesel, Winkler
• Curriculum: Favela, Turrill, Vail, Whitesel, Winkler
• Gallery: Brady, Favela, O’Brien, Riegel
• Graduate: Day, Moment, Wagner-Ott, Walburg (Spring)
• Safety: Day, Frye, Jackson, Kaltenbach, Ogden, Suzuki, VandenBerge
• Ad hoc committees/other:
• ARTP: Riegel, Vail, Winkler (alternates: Brady, Whitesel)
• Computer Art Search Committee: Hitchcock, Moment, Vail
• Student Recruitment and Retention Committee: Driesbach, Frye, Hitchcock, O’Brien, Wagner-Ott
• FMI Committee: Moment, Riegel, Turrill, Day (Alternate); Louie (part-time)
• Difference in Pay Committee: Moment, Riegel, Turrill, Vail
• Search Committee for new ASC I: O’Brien, Wagner-Ott, Winkler
• Graduate Coordinator: Moment
• Single-Subject Program Coordinator: Wagner-Ott
• Affirmative action officer: Hitchcock
• Art Senator: Day
• Senate Subcommittee on Curriculum: Frye

AY 2001-2002:

• Standing committees:
• Budget: Day, Driesbach (Fall), Moment (Fall), O’Brien, Riegel, Walburg (Spring), Whitesel, Winkler
• Curriculum: Favela, Frye, Vail, Wagner-Ott, Walburg (Spring), Winkler
• Gallery: Brady, Clarke, Day, Favela, O’Brien, Riegel, Wagner-Ott
• Graduate: Clarke, Day, Jackson (Fall), Moment (Fall), O’Brien
• Safety: Driesbach (Fall), Favela, Frye, Jackson (Fall)
• Ad hoc committees/other:
• ARTP: Brady, Hitchcock, Vail
• Art History Search Committee: Hitchcock, Vail, Von Meier
• Painting/Drawing Search Committee: Brady, Hitchcock, Riegel
• Search Committee for new ASA I: Clarke, Turrill, Wagner-Ott
• Search Committee for new ASC I: Frye, Turrill, Whitesel
• Visiting Artist Com.: Clarke, Day, Driesbach, Hitchcock, O’Brien, Wagner-Ott
• Graduate Coordinator: Moment
• Single-Subject Program Coordinator: Wagner-Ott
• Affirmative action officer: Turrill
• Art Senator: Day

AY 2002-2003:

• Standing committees:
• Budget: Chirapravati, Driesbach, Moment, O’Brien, Walburg (Spring), Whitesel, Winkler
• Curriculum: Chirapravati, Driesbach, Favela, Frye, O’Brien, Wagner-Ott, Winkler
• Gallery: Brady, Clarke, Favela, Flohr, Hitchcock, O’Brien, Wagner-Ott
• Graduate: Brady, Clarke, Flohr, Moment, Monteith, Riegel
• Safety: Frye, Kaltenbach (Spring), Monteith, vandenBerge (Fall)
• Ad hoc committees/other:
• ARTP: Driesbach, Riegel, Vail
• Ceramics Search Committee: Brady, Favela, Hitchcock
• Sculpture Search Committee: Driesbach, Riegel, Walburg
• Search Committee for new ASC I: Clarke, Turrill, Wagner-Ott, Whitesel
• Art Building Committee: Clarke, Driesbach, Favela, Flohr, Frye, Hitchcock, Monteith, O’Brien, Walburg, Winkler
• Graduate Coordinator: shared (Brady, Riegel, Monteith)
• Single-Subject Program Coordinator: Wagner-Ott
• Affirmative action officer: Turrill
• Art Senator: Clarke

AY 2003-2004:

• Standing committees:
• Budget: Chirapravati, Clarke, Driesbach, Moment (Fall), O’Brien, Parady, Whitesel (Fall)
• Curriculum: Chirapravati, Connelly, Driesbach, O’Brien, Wagner-Ott
• Gallery: Clarke, Favela, Flohr, Hitchcock, Wagner-Ott, Winkler
• Graduate: Brady, Clarke, Connelly, Driesbach, Flohr, Moment (Fall), Monteith, Parady, Riegel
• Safety: Favela, Flohr, Frye, Hitchcock, Kaltenbach (Spring), Monteith
• Ad hoc committees/other:
• ARTP: Brady, Hitchcock, Winkler
• Painting/Drawing Search Committee: Brady, Flohr, Riegel
• Drawing/Painting Search Committee: Driesbach, Monteith, Walburg
(the two hiring committees merged when one search was cancelled)
• Strategic Planning: Clarke, Connelly, Driesbach, Frye, O’Brien, Monteith, Turrill
• Graduate coordinator: Monteith
• Single-Subject Program Coordinator: Wagner-Ott
• Affirmative action officer: Turrill
• Chair of art assessment project/committee: Driesbach
• Art Senator: Clarke