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ASU names Kwang-Wu Kim dean of Herberger College of Fine Arts
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April 4, 2006
ASU names Kim dean of
Herberger College of Fine Arts
Innovator in musical education brings new framework for
change to fine arts education
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Kim's rethinking of
purpose and models in fine arts education fits the mission of ASU
President Michael Crow, whose New American University vision is reshaping
the educational landscape at this Phoenix-based comprehensive university.
“Kwang-Wu Kim is a first rate intellect who will bring
tremendous energy and creativity to the already outstanding Herberger
College,” said ASU President Michael Crow. “In addition he is deeply
connected to the broader community and will provide leadership to our
social engagement objectives.”
In visits to ASU, Kim was intrigued by what he describes as an enormous
sense of possibility. He saw multiple examples of the exploration of
diverse solutions to difficult problems within a climate that is
supportive of creative thinking and commitment to society.
“Kwang-Wu Kim has the will and ability to take up an
idea with passion, reason and exacting critical skills,” said Duke Reiter,
dean of ASU's College of Design and chair of the search committee
responsible for Kim's selection. “Kim clearly intends to build upon the
substantial foundation that was laid by [current dean] Bob Wills while, at
the same time, taking on the complex questions that will impact the future
of the arts-performance, audience, digital media, research, community
engagement, and, of course, funding.”
“We had a diverse and talented pool of applicants and
believe that Kwang-Wu Kim will be an outstanding leader of this important
college,” said Milton Glick, ASU executive vice president and provost.
“Kim is able to clearly articulate the complex issues that will impact the
future of the arts. He is committed to traditional arts while, at the same
time, understands how the arts must change to serve future generations as
well as they have served our predecessors. He has a passion for excellence
as well as a passion for opening the arts to much broader segments of
society.Stacey Shaw,
stacey.shaw@asu.edu
(480) 727-7664
(abridged from ASU Insight, April 4,
2006) |
| Kwang-Wu Kim, an outspoken
advocate for the arts and proponent of the need to expand the role of the
arts in society and rethink the way that artists are educated, has been
named dean of the Herberger College of Fine Arts at ASU, one of the
nation's top-ranked fine arts programs. |
 "There
are two challenges before us. First, there is the challenge of continuing
to build traditionally defined excellence throughout the core of the fine
arts as we understand them,” Kim said. “But there is an equally exciting
challenge in addressing questions about the future of these art forms,
their interactions and their place in the larger world.” |
| Kim has served as president of
the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2001. The
Longy School of Music, unlike more traditional conservatories, commits
itself to preparing musicians to make a difference in the world. While it
offers the same level of rigorous training expected of all major
conservatories, it is unique in requiring all students to learn to utilize
their talents working with nontraditional audiences and in nontraditional
settings. This requirement is designed to connect students with the
outside world and to help them learn about themselves and their
relationship with society in the process. |
| “I am concerned because that
which gifted young artists have to offer is valuable and necessary, but
too often it is not being shared with the world. I tend to think that one
of the problems is that something is not right about the educational
model,” he says. |
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