Announcements
(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Ed Perry)
Robb reminded everyone that the Fruit Sales are now up and running and everyone should be thinking Fruit! All orders need to be in by November 20th. That’s only two weeks away! Deliveries of the Fruit are set for the week of December 8th. Let’s see if we can meet our club goal of 20 cases a fruit or a $200 tax deductible contribution per member.
Rod announced two upcoming volunteer activities: First, Eastern Illinois Food bank Re-Pack will take place this Thursday Nov. 13th. Let Phillip know if you plan to attend. Second, we will ring bells for the Salvation Army Dec. 13th and Rod passed around the sign-up sheet.
Tom Hodson thanked everyone for contributing to Champaign West’s Poinsettia sales and noted that there is still plenty of time to make a purchase.
Program
Mary introduced Anne Sautman of the Krannert Art Museum. Anne received her BS in Civil Engineering from the U of I and her Masters in Modern Art, Theory and Criticism from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. She worked four years at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2006 after winning the Illinois Art Education Association’s Museum of Art History Educator of the Year Award, she became the Director of Education at the Krannert Art Museum. Her program this morning focused mainly on the current KAM exhibition of the etchings created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya between 1810 and 1814. Goya made these etchings during the Napoleonic invasion of Spain.
Anne began her program with a description of the actual etching process using copper plates and also provided information on the historic background of Spain and France leading up to the war. Goya made the etchings during the course of the war. After Napoleon was defeated in 1814 and the Spanish War of Independence had ended, only working proofs of the etchings had been run. It wasn’t until 1863 that the first editions of the etchings were published. 500 impressions were run for the first edition and Krannert Art Museum has a full set of the first editions on display. These 80 etchings comprise the series known as The Disasters of War and each etching was titled by Goya and grouped into five themes: Carnage, Atrocity, Martyrdom, Famine and the Emphatic Caprices.
Anne described another exhibit currently running in the Museum. It is a presentation of French World War I posters and photographs dealing with France’s national feelings of pride and were used as propaganda in support of the French War effort. The posters and photographs depict a sharp contrast to the Goya’s etching dealing with the disaster of war. Both exhibits run through the 23rd of December.
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| Nov 13th | Nov 20th | Nov 27th | Dec 4th | |
| Introductions | Scott Paceley | Robb Patton | No | Allan Penwell |
| Invocation | Laura Auteberry | Oktay Baran | Meeting | Bryan Bradshaw |
| Greeters | Scott Paceley | Robb Patton | due | Allan Penwell |
| Harold Adams | Curt Anderson | to | Laura Auteberry | |
| Song Leader | Lou Simpson | Jeff Van Buren | surplus | Cary Woolard |
| Notetaker | Conforti | Chamberlain | of | Perry |
| Rotary Minute | Robb Patton | Allan Penwell | Turkeys | Ed Perry |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE
November 13th – Carl Burkybile, Champaign Rotary World Community Service Co-chair, Caring for Kenya Director, Healing Hands International Director of Agriculture
November 20th – Terry McLennand, Director, External Affairs, Prairie Research Institute (PRI), will discuss the breadth and depth of the organization he works for. The Prairie Research Institute is home to more than 1,000 researchers and staff and $80+ million in external research funding; the Institute provides objective research, expertise, and data on the state’s natural and cultural resources. The units of the PRI are the Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Archaeological Survey, Illinois Geological Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.
November 27th – Thanksgiving, no meeting
December 4th – Dr. Patricia Barrett Malik, Interim Director, Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, will discus the facilities and support that are available for students with disabilities at UIUC
December 11th – Sam Reese will discuss the history of Jazz and Chicago
December 18th – C-U Sunrise Rotary Holiday Party – don’t forget your fancy clothes!
December 25th – TBD
January 1st – TBD
January 8th – TBD
January 15th – Karen Pickard will speak about The Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
