Buchanan honored with UCI Joseph D. Pigott Award
For his work with the John and Mildred Putnam
Sculpture Collection
November 30, 2005
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Buchanan stepped out of the shadows of Philip Johnson’s Turning Point,
David Black’s Euclid Circles and other sculptures that grace Case’s
campus to receive accolades as one of the winners of the Joseph D. Pigott Leadership
Award from University Circle Incorporated.
Buchanan was recognized for his 53 years of leadership as an art historian
on the faculty of Case’s department of art history and art and as former
provost of humanities and art. He is currently the curator of the Mildred Putnam
Sculpture Collection - unique compilation of 35 purchased or commissioned works,
many which are outside and readily accessible for public view.
Buchanan shared this year’s leadership award with Sylvia Easley, director
of Early Childhood Education at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. The
award, which honors the late former president of UCI for his dedication to
and inspired vision of University Circle, is presented annually to individuals
who have made significant contributions to the Circle and increased its influence
outside the Circle’s boundaries.
Each award honoree received a Hoya crystal award and a $2,000 prize made possible
through an endowment of Forest City Enterprises and True-Mart Fund. UCI presented
the awards on November 14
The Putnam Collection’s first acquisition was Gene Kangas’ Snow
Fences, commissioned as a gift from the Mildred Andrews Fund. In 1981, Andrews
established a permanent endowment to acquire more works, with stipulations
that the works be three-dimensional and by regional artists. Buchanan has overseen
and cared for the collection that reflects diverse styles, materials and creative
directions by the artists.
Also honored, Easley has overseen the introduction of more than 20,000 young
students to the rich cultural resources in University Circle through the Music
Settlement’s Early Childhood Education program. She was an integral part
of the program’s development from its inception in 1965 with two classes,
to 700 students in 21 classes currently that come to the Circle for dance,
music, drama, art and other activities.
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