Art you going to read this book?
Penn State University professors collaborate on
“The Artworid and Its Audience: Art
as Kaleidoscopic” is the title of a new text
being used throughout Penn State and co
edited by Dr. Michael Santulli, associate pro
fessor of Philosophy, and Stuart J. Erwin,
instructor in French, both of the Penn State
Hazleton Campus.
The essays in “The Artworid and Its
Audience ’’ focus on both the visual arts (paint
ing, .sculpture, and architecture), and the per
forming arts (film, theater and music drama).
The essays convey the richness of the arts, and
demonstrate their historical dependence and
their unity. The editors' goal was to demon
strate that, in on age of specialization, the
book would draw together the various distinct
art forms to explore not only their uniqueness
but their interrationships.
Contributors to the book from the Penn
State Hazleton Campus include Dr. Thomas
Smialek, assistant professor oflntegrative Arts,
whose essay is entitled “Jazz as an Art Mu
sic,” and Dr. Patrick O’Neill, instructor in
Art History, who wrote on “Architecture as
Human Inspiration. ’ ’ Dr. Alan Price, associ
ate professor ofEnghsh at Penn State Hazleton
and an editor of a new book on Edith Wharton,
contributed a chapter to the book entitled
“Literature” that discussed literature as an
art form using written words.
In addition to co-editing the volume,
Dr. Santulli wrote introductions to many of
the chapters. As co-editor, Mr. Erwin was
also responsible for the book’s glossary.
Contributors also include faculty from
other Penn State campuses: Dr. Movlan C.
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Mills, head of the Penn State Department of
Integrative Arts and professor at the Penn
State Ogontz Campus; Dr. Donald Kunze,
associate professor of Architecture at Penn
State University Park; Dr. Patrick Trimble,
film instructor at Penn State University Park;
Dr. Emma Rocco, associate professor of Mu
sic at Penn State Beaver, and Dr. Lillian
Coury, instructor in Theater Arts at the Penn
State New Kensington Campus. Raphael
Stem, professor at Suffolk County Commu
nity College, was also a co-editor of the
volume.
Three years in the making, the book
was the result of a project imtated more than
25 years ago by Dr. Warren Smith, professor
of Theatre Arts at Penn State, who believed
that students at the University needed a thor
ough and broad grounding in the arts. He
believed that Penn State students brought a
variety of different experiences in their appre
ciation of the arts, and that their experiences
often differed from those of private school
students. He was in the process of writing an
integrative arts text when he died. The faculty
who were influenced by Dr. Smith have now
completed his task for him.
Dr. Santulli spoke with pride about the
book. Not only was it a collaborate effort
among professors from many campuses of
Penn State, it also represented many different
disciplines. The book is used by more than a
thousand students at campuses throughout
Penn State, and at other colleges and univer
sities as well. ‘ ‘ln working on this book, my
colleagues brought their individual expertise
to an enterprise that crosses boundaries in the
arts, and that can be shared among all of our
students. Our work on “The Artwork and Its
Audience’ ’ was a source of pleasure and pride
to all of us, ’ ’ he noted. Santulli also expressed
his appreciation to the Department of Integra
tive Arts at Penn State and its Dean, Dr.
Movlan Mills, whose support was vital to the
success of the project. ' 'The Artworld and Its
Audience: .An as Kaleidoscopic"’ is the first
in a three-pan project. Future works will
include development of visually-oriented
material and a variety of instructional guides.
Santulli has been an outstanding teacher
and author at Penn State since 1962, with a
short hiatusofteachingphilosophy at Bucknell
University from 1968-1971. He has taught
classes in philosophy, the humanities and the
arts to baccalaureate and associate degree
students.
He is an oft-honored teacher. He was
the recipients of the prestigious AMOCO
Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award in
1987. This award pays tribute to excellence in
teaching and was presented to Dr. Santulli by
the Vice Provost of Penn State. He has also
been elected twice as the "Teacher of the
Year’" at Penn State Hazleton Campus. This
award comes from students who recognize
and appreciate outstanding teaching. His
writings include books and arts on music and
jazz as well as works on teaching techniques.
Santulli holds degrees from St. Francis Col
lege, Fordham University, and a doctoral de
gree in Philosophy from Penn State.
The Highacres
Collegian Staff
Editor: Kelly Anne Walch
Assisant Editor: Janice D. Hayes
Secretary: Janel Murphy
Treasurer: Tonia Sulick
Advisor: Dr. Michael Santulli
Other staff members:
Kristen Beam, Dawn Daglian,
Kristen Fuddy, Sandy Heinz, Jovina
Johnson, Eric Krieger, Michele
Labour, Dori Petritch, R. Scott
Rappold, Virginia Rodino, Erik
Schaible, David Scopinich, Roger
Thrash, Phoenix Wissemann.
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