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Joy Garnett is a painter based in New York. She appropriates news images from the Internet and re-invents them as paintings. Her subject is the apocalyptic-sublime landscape, as well as the digital image itself as cultural artifact in an increasingly technologized world. Her image research has resulted in online documentation projects, most notably The Bomb Project.

Notable past exhibitions include her recent solo shows at Winkleman Gallery, New York and at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; group exhibitions organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, Artists Space, White Columns (New York), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK), and De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium). She shows with aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum


Hi -- I posted Debbie's message (with her kind permission) on NEWSgrist
just now. I have also posted an addendum written by an Israeli frind of
mine who I work with -- here's the link and here are her thoughts:

Art Intolerance, Part 2: Emily Jacir/Ulrich
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2004/12/_forwarded_mess.html

[...debbie's post...]

ADDENDUM (an anonymous Israeli art professional's response):
a few thoughts off the top of my head:

- how is the donor affiliated with the Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation?
- when and where did the transition occur from Emily Jacir and the
Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? As far
as I can tell there is not one Israeli involved in this situation. The
MKJF certainly DOES NOT represent Israel or Israelis or any point of view
that is affiliated with Israel, and that assumption is offensive and
outright WRONG.
- again, the fact that the donor can have such influence over an
organization is a particularly AMERICAN phenomenon - this situation would
not occur anywhere else - not in Israel, where Palestinian artists are
shown regularly, and not in Europe. I think this is a particularly
American problem, that has to do with the country allowing people with
money to have power over everything.

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Re: Re: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita


wow. you rock; remind me nevver to get on your bad side joseph!

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, joseph mcelroy wrote:

> So we have those who want to be practical and live with the world as it
> exists, and those who want to scream and protest, scolding those of practical
> interests, yet providing no actual avenues of useful proaction. The
> fanatical right live with their ideals and take practical actions, with long
> term strategy and effective tactics, to acheive them. To throw up our hands
> and live in the world being built for us but not by us (us being the term for
> the progressive minded) is stupido. To scream and whine, tactics without
> strategy, is stupido. So let us form effective strategies - how can we
> affect the bottom line of the musuem and university? How can we cause more
> financial damage than $1.5 million a donor is threatening to withdraw? Is
> there other donors we can influence? Are their government or non-profit
> financial interests being affected? Could a campaign illustrating the
> backwardness of the university influence students to go to competing
> institutions? Can the donor threatening to withhold funds be hurt
> financially by some efforts on our part? Let us go about practically
> acheiving our ideals.
>
> "If they pull a knife, you pull a gun. If they put one of ours in the
> hospital, we put one of theirs in the morgue" Sean Connery in the
> Untouchables.
>
> Metaphorically speaking of course.
> Is there anybody out there actually taking this further than a scream and
> whine campaign? Outrage needs to be funneled into an appropriate tool for
> combatting the forces of idiocy.
>
> joseph mcelroy
>
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum


hi Deborah,

Thanks for posting this, from the inside as it were. We all blow off so
much personal steam on this list, going off on crazy tangents at times.
Your info is very useful and puts things right in perspective.

- Joy

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Deborah Gordon wrote:

> I have been reading this conversation about Emily Jacir's exhibit at the Ulrich Museum, because I am here at the university but am not an artist. The person who said this has been handled in a very underhanded way is correct, but this is largely a result of the university "foundation," another term for the fund-raising body that oversees the art museum. The museum runs on private donations, rather than gets state funds. It is not housed under "Academic Affairs," which is where the faculty are located. What has happened here is that a major donor to the university threatened to withdraw a donation she pledged. She is the lead donor in a major building project, having pledged $1.5 million to the university. Keeping this donor from withdrawing funds, not any educational interests in representing multiple viewpoints is where all of the "pressure" from the Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation came from. I think the university "consulted" with them as a way of placating the donor.
>
> What has happened is that the head of the university fund-raising body has imposed this on the Museum Director and curator. They are furious, but the foundation controls the purse strings of the Museum and the idiot who runs it has made this decision.
>
> Emily is understandably concerned; those of us who know about it are as well. I can see why she would not want to show when outside the gallery will be "literature," that does interfere with the exhibit.
>
> On the other hand, there is nothing to stop those of us who go to the Museum from writing across any "sign" or "poster" this group wants to put up.
>
> I see this very much from an educator's point of view in that I think if one group gets to put out some materials, other groups should be able to do the same. I tend to have subversive ideas about space, so I would want to fill the space outside the gallery with all kinds of speech, including speech that talks about attacks on art museums, censorship, etc. and not just different views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
>
> I know this places a special burden on her exhibit that does not happen to other artists, and it is discriminatory. I just want the exhibit to be here so others can see it. These people in the Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation have acted like assholes from start to finish.
>
> Emily sees it differently, which no doubt reflects notions of artistic expression and exhibit conventions that do not touch me, since I'm not an artist. The exhibit space for her, including outside the gallery where her exhibit will be shown, should be kept pure. She told me she didn't want it to turn into a "Middle East info. center," and I don't blame her. I just hope the exhibit comes and that she comes and talks about her work. It will be a great opportunity for many people to see her work who would not have the opportunity otherwise.
>
>
>
> judsoN wrote:
>
>> from rob
>>> As for keeping quiet if you get ripped off, I doubt you'd do that if
>>> your new PC died two weeks after buying it. ;-)
>>
>> hahaha. i would never buy a pc because getting ripped off is just
>> what i'd be asking for. who cares what's morally right about it, you
>> deal with the situation you're in. but this example is really
>> doesn't apply since they aren't doing any physical damage to the
>> work. some galleries are going to get pressure differently.
>>
>>>> you've been handed pamphlets from protesters. do you read them?
>>>> you just think "look a bunch of protesters in the lobby. i came to
>>>> look at the pretty colors. am i going to be able to get through
>>>> without being hassled?"
>>>
>>> It's the artistic equivalent of push polling:
>>>
>>> "Would it affect your view of this art if you knew that the artist
>>> was supporting terrorists and murderers?
>>
>> she can take it as getting more attention, more press. (perhaps
>> that's all this really is)
>>
>> the folks who shlep to the gallery want to see the art, not the
>> pamphleteers. everything they do in life will effect how they see
>> the work.
>>
>>> Protest is very important. Obviously it's a matter of freedom of
>>> expression. But so is the show. And the show does not get to answer
>>> this pre-emptive strike on its integrity.
>>
>> freedom of expression. so, who cares what the protesters say? let
>> em scream. the artist found a forum and nobody's keeping it from
>> her. if she doesn't like it, she can try another.
>>
>> it's a totally non-issue. it's really only an issue that anyone
>> could possibly construe this as an issue.
>>
>> from joy
>>> In any case, the artist was kept out of the process.
>>
>> that's life! at least the person who decided, must have felt the
>> artists opinion is of no relevance in this situation. which is
>> perfectly valid. in fact, what they do with their lobby is their
>> business, not hers. they don't have to approve every work a visitor
>> may see on the way to hers. why should the artists have the
>> slightest feeling their opinion about what happens in galleries has
>> any importance whatsoever.
>>
>> it's just a deal, they borrow the piece for a particular duration and
>> give it back unharmed. it'd be totally prima donna obnoxious to
>> insist on any aspect of how to present it, though out of convenience
>> often curators will try to make accommodations. Artists often seem
>> to think just cause they can talk, people automatically listen.
>>
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita


Michael et al.,
This is all I have from Emily's letter (see orig. post):

"This show has been planned for over a year, much to my horror two days
ago I was told that the The Jewish Federation of Kansas has put pressure
on the University and the Museum so that they have been granted permission=

to place brochures and a sign in the gallery expressing their views
concerning the politics of the Middle East. Actually, the University and
Museum have no idea what text is contained in the brochures and what the
posters are but have given them permission nonetheless."

Interesting, if what she says is accurate then no one involved has enough=

information--and yet such decisions are being made? In any case, the
artist was kept out of the process. That alone seems underhanded. We don't=

even know how long ago the group and the university came to this
arrangement, how long it took for the artist to find out, etc. And one
only has to visit the JFOK website to understand their position
concerning the politics of the Middle East.

In any case, if the press picks it up and does their job we'll have more
info soon...

Best,
Joy

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Matthew Mascotte wrote:

>
> ok-
>
> first, i think its important to understand EXACTLY
> what materials the jewish league are posting...does
> anyone know what the brochure contains...what the
> poster looks like? not to defend the motion at all
> but it seems like we don't have enough information
> to be acting out like i've seen.
>
> second, i'd be interested if anyone sees a correlation
> with the museum's action and the recent postings on
> RAW about exhibitions that enable cell phone users to post
> text,images and voice messages about specific works on display.
> how do people feel about that in terms of unfairly treating
> artists?
>
> happy holidays to you all,
>
> matthew
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 12:44PM, t.whid <twhid@twhid.com> wro=
te:
>
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Cinque Hicks wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone actually READ the First Amendment lately? It says, in whole:
>>>
>>> "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
>>> or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
>>> speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
>>> assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
>>>
>>> This means that the US Congress can't pass any law telling you what to
>>> say or what not to say. It says nothing about what Wichita State U
>>> chooses to do with regard to its own internal policies.
>>
>> I'm no lawyer but..
>>
>> and I've done no research but...
>>
>> I'm sure it is very probable that Wichita STATE U gets STATE money and
>> also probably FEDERAL money. Your reading of the 1st amendment is
>> extremely narrow. Whatever the institution is, I'm sure it's not
>> completely private.
>>
>>>
>>> This decision on the university’s part is annoying, inconvenien=
t and
>>> a little bit tacky, but it comes nowhere near being a first amendment
>>> issue.
>>
>> The decision is also extremely unethical.
>>
>> I'm unsure if this is a constitutional issue as well, but the artist
>> has every reasonable expectation that her work be viewed in the gallery
>> in a neutral context. This is a very dangerous precedent for many
>> reasons we've gone into already and that you didn't address like,
>>
>> Should neo-nazis be allowed to post their opinions in the foyers of
>> holocaust museums? Would you support that action?
>>
>> Whatever the Kansas jewish org espouses, I'm sure it's not as
>> disgusting as neo-nazi propaganda so I'm not trying to create an
>> equivalence btw the two groups. I bring it up to show where this sort
>> of precedent can lead logically.
>>
>>>
>>> Furthermore, did I read correctly that the University wishes to put
>>> the offending material just outside the gallery? I’ve never been
>>> there, but I’m imaging some sort of foyer or entry hall that wo=
uld
>>> house the material? Does anybody know if this is the case? If it is,
>>> then I especially have no problem with this. Again, it’s sort of
>>> tacky, but I also don’t have such a sanctimonious, pious view o=
f art
>>> as some quasi-religious object that I don’t think it should risk
>>> coming into contact with the messy real world.
>>
>> You don't need to have pious or quasi-religious views of art to clearly
>> see the dangerous precedent being set in this case.
>>
>>>
>>> If I were the artist, I would seize on this opportunity to have an
>>> actual dialog with the public for once.
>>
>> I would seize the opportunity to protest this ridiculous and outrageous
>> action by canceling my show.
>>
>>> Imagine: an actual dialog instead of being sequestered off in some
>>> artsy-fartsy gallery preaching to people who basically already think
>>> the way you do anyway.
>>
>> That is a very large leap. I don't see the Palestinian or Arab POV
>> being expressed in galleries very often. And seriously, don't we get
>> the other side 24/7 in the major media?
>>
>>> I say go for it, let the recriminations begin! Finally! This is free
>>> speech in action, not an abridging of speech.
>>
>> Free speech doesn't mean everyone should be allowed to talk over
>> everyone else. This is an attempt to frame and contextualize a person's
>> speech in a half-assed attempt to neutralize or quell it. It may not be
>> a constitutional free speech issue but it's hard to see how this
>> bullying tactic is a celebration of free speech.
>>
>>>
>>> There is a solution to this problem short of canceling the show: let
>>> the show go forward and trust that people can actually make up their
>>> own minds about what they think, even when you don’t have a mon=
opoly
>>> on all the speech.
>>>
>>>>
>>
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DISCUSSION

Re: Re: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita


Cinque et al.,

I think it is more complex and a lot less trivial than "tackyness." Leave=

the 1st amendment aside for a second: this is about qualifying and
contextualizing an artist's work without their consent, WITHOUT DISCUSSION=

and in a way that they find offensive, in a way they feel would interfere=

with the viewers' engagement of their work. The Jewish Federation of
Kansass's attempt to "balance" is a joke: it's an attempt to SKEW. This
is a very Fox News m.o., as someone here observed. Also: this is not a
news program, where balance is at issue; this is a solo show where
IMbalance in the direction of the artist should be protected.
Forchrissake, since when do we want art to be about "balance."

Museum shows, art venues, ARE elitest spaces, not democratic forums. They=

offer a departure from the mainstream, from mass culture, a place where
individuals--artists--may give voice to perhaps unpopular views in a
way that is relatively unencumbered. This is not the "norm" in our culture=

-- this is why most of us are in the arts to begin with, because the mass=

culture does not support small unpopular voices. Please see this
conservative line, this notion that the People must be protected from the=

Elitest Art World and the Evil Artists, for what it is: utterly and
completely twisted.

Perhaps the operative principal here is not freedom of speech, the first
amendment or the constitution; perhaps it's simple respect. The Jewish Fed=

of Kansas (and smaller Zionist groups, apparently) is behaving in an
aggressive, inappropriate and politically opportunistic manner. What
business do they have interfering with an artist's exhibition in this
manner, without first entering into discussion? What do you think they
intend really? The show hasn't even opened yet, it's not even hung,
therefore there has been no public outcry. This is a pre-emptive attack.
(It is slated to open Jan. 26th; it was scheduled a year ago...)

If I were the artist I would certainly pull my work if the posters and
brochures were to stay against my wishes. Their presence anywhere inside
the museum is not acceptable on any grounds. I would agree to debate and
discussion in public programs ONLY, which is where all that belongs. My
sense is the JFOF is not interested in discussion but in UNDERMINING the
show and hence this individual's opportunity to have her say in a way
that is commensurate with the normal standards of museum exhibitions; this=

sets a reallly bad precedent. Where is your respect for the artist? Is
she chopped liver or what?

(This work, btw, is really not polemical and consists of portraying
various Palestinian individuals in light of their humanity. Apparently
this is a problem that needs to be balanced?)

*fumes*
Joy

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Cinque Hicks wrote:

> Has anyone actually READ the First Amendment lately? It says, in whole:
>
> "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or p=
rohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, o=
r of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to pe=
tition the Government for a redress of grievances."
>
> This means that the US Congress can't pass any law telling you what to sa=
y or what not to say. It says nothing about what Wichita State U chooses to=
do with regard to its own internal policies.
>
> This decision on the university’s part is annoying, inconvenient =
and a little bit tacky, but it comes nowhere near being a first amendment i=
ssue.
>
> Furthermore, did I read correctly that the University wishes to put the o=
ffending material just *outside* the gallery? I’ve never been there=
, but I’m imaging some sort of foyer or entry hall that would house=
the material? Does anybody know if this is the case? If it is, then I espe=
cially have no problem with this. Again, it’s sort of tacky, but I =
also don’t have such a sanctimonious, pious view of art as some qua=
si-religious object that I don’t think it should risk coming into c=
ontact with the messy real world.
>
> If I were the artist, I would seize on this opportunity to have an actual=
dialog with the public for once. Imagine: an actual dialog instead of bein=
g sequestered off in some artsy-fartsy gallery preaching to people who basi=
cally already think the way you do anyway. I say go for it, let the recrimi=
nations begin! Finally! This is free speech in action, not an abridging of =
speech.
>
> There is a solution to this problem short of canceling the show: let the =
show go forward and trust that people can actually make up their own minds =
about what they think, even when you don’t have a monopoly on all t=
he speech.
>
>
>
>
> joy garnett wrote:
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:17:40 -0500
>> From: Barbara Hunt <bhunt@artistsspace.org>
>> To: Joy Episalla <jepisalla@nyc.rr.com>, Joy Garnett
>> <joyeria@walrus.com>,
>> Christian Rattemeyer <crattemeyer@artistsspace.org>
>> Subject: Fwd: [undercurrents] Fwd: Arts Intolerance: Emily
>> Jacir/Ulrich Museum
>> Wichita
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: martha rosler <navva@earthlink.net>
>> Date: December 11, 2004 10:35:59 PM EST
>> To: undercurrents@bbs.thing.net
>> Subject: [undercurrents] Fwd: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich
>> Museum Wichita
>> Reply-To: undercurrents@bbs.thing.net
>>
>>>> From: Emna Zghal <emna@earthlink.net>
>>>> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:07:37 -0500
>>>> Subject: [aaw] Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> The following messages are from my friends Kamran Rastagar
>> (visiting
>>>> professor at Brown University) and Emily Jacir (artist).
>>>> Emily's work at the a Museum in Kansas is being attacked by some
>>>> religious
>>>> group and the museum in authorizing this group to invade the space
>> of
>>>> her
>>>> installation by materials this group is choosing.
>>>> I think this sets a dangerous precedent, all artists should be
>>>> allowed to
>>>> express themselves and have their work be received on its own
>> terms.
>>>> The
>>>> fact that a Palestinian, and in this case a Palestinian American,
>> is
>>>> only
>>>> allowed to express her view with some sort of a disclaimer
>> shouldn't
>>>> be
>>>> acceptable. That this "disclaimer" or "balancing material" is not
>>>> authored
>>>> by the Museum and is without the agreement of the artist is
>>>> outrageous.
>>>>
>>>> I guess the first step is to write to the museum director and
>> curator.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Emna Zghal
>>>> http://www.nathirat.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------ Forwarded Message
>>>>
>>>> Dear Friends,
>>>>
>>>> The following is a call for assistance by the Palestinian-American
>>>> artist Emily Jacir, whose work has been showing to critical acclaim
>>>> internationally. An exhibition of her work "Where We Come From" was
>>>> to go up at a museum in Wichita, Kansas affiliated with Wichita
>>>> State University. The administration of the museum has now
>>>> unilaterally decided to allow an outside religious group to have
>>>> access to the museum in order to place a poster, and political
>>>> materials 'balancing' Emily's work in the museum just outside her
>>>> gallery for the duration of her show.
>>>>
>>>> This is a major deviation from any norms of conduct in the arts
>>>> and academic community - the precedent this sets is clear and
>>>> disturbing; anti-gay groups can place materials at a show by a gay
>>>> artist,anti-semites at a show by a Jewish artist, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Please forward this widely, and write a note to the director of the
>>>> museum (info below) - if anyone has connections with free-speech
>>>> academic arts groups that are concerned about these kinds of
>> issues,
>>>> please involve them.
>>>>
>>>> Reviews of Emily's work:
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_6_42/ai_113389509
>>>> (ArtForum)
>>>> http://adbusters.org/magazine/art_activism/exile.php
>>>> http://www.contemporary-magazine.com/reviews59_1.htm
>>>> http://www.newyorkmetro.com/arts/articles/04/whitney/3.htm
>>>>
>>>> - K. Rastegar
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------
>>>> Visiting Assistant Professor
>>>> Department of Comparative Literature
>>>> Marston Hall, Box E
>>>> Brown University
>>>> Providence, RI 02912
>>>> email: kamran_rastegar@brown.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Forwarded message from emily jacir -----
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I was slated to have a one person show at the Ulrich Museum in
>>>> Wichita, Kansas in January 26th. The piece was Where We Come From
>>>> which was included by Dan Cameron on the 8th Istanbul Biennale
>>>> "Poetic Justice", and a small excerpt of it was also included in
>>>> this years Whitney Bienniel.
>>>>
>>>> This show has been planned for over a year, much to my horror two
>>>> days ago I was told that the The Jewish Federation of Kansas has
>>>> put pressure on the University and the Museum so that they have
>> been
>>>> granted permission to place brochures and a sign in the gallery
>>>> expressing their views concerning the politics of the Middle East.
>>>> Actually, the University and Museum have no idea what text is
>>>> contained in the brochures and what the posters are but have given
>>>> them permission nonetheless.
>>>>
>>>> This is a complete infringement on my right to free speech, not to
>>>> mention an insult to me as an artist. It is intolerable that I have
>>>> to go through this just because of my background. I am sure no
>>>> other artist would accept to work under such conditions. They are
>>>> placing a huge unnecessary burden on my exhibit with the presence
>> of
>>>> the brochures which are intended to silence or censor my work. I am
>>>> shocked that they would place such conditions in a the space of a
>>>> museum.
>>>>
>>>> On the one hand they are allowing me to speak but on another they
>>>> are trying to control my work by placing brochures, thereby
>>>> contextualizing and framing my work in ways I have no control over.
>>>> Not only is this an infringement to free speech but it also
>> disturbs
>>>> the integrity of my work.
>>>>
>>>> This also sets a bad precedent for them - the next time the
>>>> University has a show that some group wants to object to they will
>>>> have to put that group's sign up in the gallery.
>>>>
>>>> I feel violated as an artist by their decision to put a sign in the
>>>> exhibition with my pictures. This modifies my installation and the
>>>> work is no longer what it was intended to be.
>>>>
>>>> I think people should be able to see my work on its own terms and
>> be
>>>> able to form their own opinion. I am not against having a
>>>> conversation, or organizing panels where a variety of views can be
>>>> expressed if necessary.
>>>>
>>>> If this group is allowed to do this then perhaps other groups
>> should
>>>> also demand that their own signs and brochures be placed in the
>>>> gallery as well. How could they be refused? The Museum has now
>>>> opened up my exhibition space as space for comments from one
>>>> political group so why deny others?
>>>>
>>>> I am very upset and people are telling me I should cancel the
>>>> exhibition. I am not sure what to do....I don't want to cancel
>>>> because it is not fair that the people in Wichita are unable to see
>>>> my work because of this fiasco but on the other hand these terms
>> are
>>>> unacceptable....
>>>>
>>>> Please help me. Does anyone have contacts with the ACLU or ideas?
>>>>
>>>> The Director of the Museum is David Butler.
>>>>
>>>> Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
>>>> Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas 67260
>>>> contact: Dr. David Butler, Director
>>>> telephone: 316-978-3664, fax: 316-978-3898
>>>> e-mail: david.butler@wichita.edu
>>>>
>>>> Kevin Mullins is the Curator who invited me to Wichita.
>>>> Kevin.Mullins@wichita.edu
>>>> 316 978-5851
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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