CONWAY, Ark. (August 13, 2014) – Artist Dan Rizzie
will present his painting “Trieschmann Revisited” to the Hendrix College
Permanent Collection, Friday, Aug. 29, at 10:30 a.m. in Bailey Library at the
corner of Washington Avenue and Winfield Street. The public is invited to
attend. A reception will follow the presentation.
Rizzie, a 1973 Hendrix
graduate and Distinguished Alumnus, will donate the painting in memory of
Hendrix art professor Don H. Marr and his wife Camilla Raymond Marr. The
painting will be displayed on the Bailey Library stairway above the circulation
desk.
Professor Marr, who died in spring 2013, joined the Hendrix
faculty in 1959. As well as lecturing on art history,
Marr taught free-hand drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and calligraphy
to generations of students. In 1991, Marr was named the Louis and Charlotte
Cabe Distinguished Professor of Art.
Rizzie has donated a limited edition of 25 prints of the
painting to the Marr family to present to donors of $500 or more to the Don and
Camilla Marr Endowed Art Scholarship. Eighty-two donors have contributed so far
to the Scholarship that was established in 2013. Income from the endowment will
provide aid to junior and senior art students at the College. For information
on making a gift, contact the Hendrix Office of Development at (501) 450-4593.
“In making this gift, I am celebrating the significant
impact of Hendrix College and Professor Don Marr on my life,” Rizzie said. “I
came to Hendrix in fall 1969 after having lived around the world. At the time,
most Hendrix students were from Arkansas, but I found an open, progressive
environment and felt at home. I remember two African-American speakers, Julian
Bond and Dick Gregory, whose comments relative to the struggles of the day
epitomized the hope that Hendrix and other forward-thinking institutions
offered to American culture and society.”
“I felt I was on my own when I arrived at Hendrix. My
parents were stationed in India on the other side of the world, and the Art
Department gave me a place to belong,” he said. “At that time, Don Marr and
Professor Bill Hawes were the Art Department at Hendrix. I lived in the Art
Department. It was my salvation. It was a life-changing event for me. I felt
like I had found my niche. I remember professor Marr as a wonderful teacher and
mentor.”
Rizzie was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Hendrix in
2005. He lives and works in Sag Harbor, New York, and has paintings in museums
and galleries throughout the United States, including: Dallas Museum of Art; El
Paso Museum of Art; Mayo Clinic; Mesa Arts Center; Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Fine Art; New York Public Library; San Antonio
Museum of Art; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Southern Methodist
University; and the Witte Museum. For
more information, go to www.danrizziestudio.com.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the sixth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges,
as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, and
the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.