Rose+Crisis


 * =Crisis at the Rose Art Museum=

Documenting a Moment in History
This archival space is devoted to the cultural documentation of responses by students, artists, scholars and others to the announced closing of the Rose Art Museum and the anticipated sale of some or all of its works. The Rose closing is a significant event in the history of art and museums, and we seek to develop a historical record of campus, regional and international responses to this developing story. Please feel free to post your own commentaries by clicking the "discussion" tab above. || ====== ||
 * Letters and Documents**
 * **See President Reinharz's letter: Feb 5, 2009**
 * [|Open Letter by President Reinharz by Brandeis Faculty], 2/4/09, requesting a moratorium on closing the Rose (PDF format, updated periodically)
 * Open letter to President Reinharz by Brandeis facultyrequesting a one year minimum moratorium on closing the Rose Art Museum. 4/10/09, updated periodically


 * Upcoming Live Events**


 * Town Meeting at the Rose Art Museum, on the proposed closing of the Museum. Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The proceedings are up on YouTube at: http://culturalproduction.wikispaces.com/RoseTownMeeting
 * Darwin Day at the Rose. Thursday, Feb. 12. 1:00-3:30 p.m. //Artist Steve Miller will present on "Art: An Endangered Species" showing his actual recent work, and discus the issue of the Rose. (The proceedings will go up on YouTube)//


 * Past Live Events (most recent first)**
 * //Funerary walk for the Rose.// Thursday, February 5. Art Attack march from Rabb steps to the Rose from 7-10pm. Described on facebook at: [|http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=64327470389]//Covered by// [|the Waltham Daily News Tribune>]
 * //ComeSeeArt.Student Art Action.// Friday, Jan. 30. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Shapiro campus center. A salon of solidarity, with low rez jpgs displayed of Rose collection works, to emphasize what is being lost.
 * //Cultural Production "Teach-in" on The Rose situatio//n. Thursday, Jan. 29 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Shiffman 122.
 * //Student "sit in" at the Rose.// Thursday, January 29. 1:00-3:00 p.m. Students and others made art in support of the Rose. Broadcast on YouTube. See [|Bryce Peake's slide show of this event].


 * On Line Creative Works/Activist Sites**
 * Facebook **Save the Rose site.** http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51104717530&ref=m
 * Mark Auslander. Video commentary on the "ATM:Art Trumps Money" project. 2/17/09. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ5w5Wenndc
 * [|Speak Clearly: A Rose is a Rose is a Rose]. Blogspot.
 * [|On line petition against the closing of the Rose]
 * [|YouTube: Brian Friedberg on the first Rose sit-in/student art action]
 * Will Burnet. YouTube video on the Rose Closing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxhv61K82M0&feature=related
 * Claire Mauro/Brian Friedberg [|YouTube response to the Rose closing] //(Claire's posting, in the discussion area above, with a sampled Reifenstahl-esque scene from The Lion King)//
 * Mark Auslander's [|video commentary on student responses]
 * Mark Auslander's [|blog posting on student responses]
 * Emily Leifer's [|YouTube commentary]
 * Sarah Stephenson's [|YouTube commentary]
 * Noam Gilboord's [|challenge for a YouTube memorial campaign]
 * http://www.savetheroseart.org/ (developed by Endri Tolka '03, Taher Baderkhan '03, Vidian Tolka BA'01 MA '02)


 * Artistic Responses to the Crisis:**
 * Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) auction "in support of Brandeis" PDF [|BrandeisAuction.pdf][[file:BrandeisAuction.pdf]]


 * The Rose as a Teaching and Learning Resource**
 * Emily Mello report on the Rose's educational programs
 * Mark Auslander, letter on Cultural Production and the Rose Art Museum (1/28/09)
 * Mark Auslander. V[|isual essay on Kiki Smith's Lucy's Daughters] (YouTube)


 * Press/Media coverage of interest** //(starting with most recent)//
 * Martha Buskirk.[|Op-ed: Brandeis Officials need a lesson in art appreciation.] The Salem News. 2/22/09/
 * [|Hundreds seeks way to keep museum open]. Boston Globe, 2/11/09
 * Editorial: [|PR Firm is a Waste of Resources]. 2/10/08
 * Charles Giuliano. [|Jehuda Reinharz Spins the Rose]. Berkshire Fine Arts. 02/08/09
 * [|Uprooting the Rose]. Editorial. The Jewish Daily Forward. 2/4/09
 * [|Letters to the Editor.] New York Times. 2/7/09
 * [|Brandeis 'screwed up' in handling art museum fate] (update 2) Bloomberg, 2/6/09
 * [|Editorial: Backpedaling doesn't get you anywhere]. The Hoot. 2/6/09
 * [|Brandeis University's Art Museum May Survive as Teaching Center]. Chronicle of Higher Education.2/6/09
 * [|This week in fallacies: a new more transparent Brandeis?] Art Fag Journal.
 * [|Brandeis President: I acted too hastily.] WBUR interview. 2/6/09. (Boston.com version)
 * [|Brandeis President: I acted too hastily.]WBUR interview. 2/6/09 (WBUR site--real audio)
 * Richard Lacayo. [|Brandeis' attempt to turn art into assets]. Time. 2/5/09
 * Jeff Gilbride. [|Funeral March Protests Closing of Rose Museum]. Daily News Tribune (Waltham) Feb. 5, 2009.
 * Felix Salmon. [|Good news; brandeis backpedals]. portfolio.com. 2/5/09
 * Ed Siegel, [|Why we should care about the arts]. Boston Globe. 2/5/2009
 * Felix Salmon.[|How Brandeis has changed the museum world forever.] portfolio.com. Feb 5, 2009
 * [|Susan Frudenheim. Brandeis: Selling Off or Selling Out?] The Jewish Journal. Feb. 4, 2009.
 * Judith Dobrzynski. [|Brandeis' Wretched Museum Closure]. Forbes. Feb. 4, 2009
 * [|Long Road for the Rose]. ArtInfo. Feb. 3, 2009
 * Karin Kloosterman. [|The Next Casualty of America's Financial Crisis: Art]. Huffington Post. Feb. 3, 2009.
 * [|University may not sell full Rose art collection]. Justice (Brandeis) Feb. 3, 2009
 * Daniel Grant,[|Is the University's Art Museum Just a Rose to be Plucked?] Wall Street Journal, Feb. 3, 2009.
 * Waltham News Watch (YouTube). Chris Wrangler. [|Rose Art closing.]
 * [|Museum Directs Assails.. Boston] Globe. Feb. 2, 2009
 * Tufts Daily. Editorial. [|Brandeis' cutbacks signal a larger problem.]Feb. 2, 2009
 * Shelly Esak Art History blog. [|Statement by Fine Arts Departmen]t. Feb. 2, 2009.
 * New York Times editorial. [|Art at Brandeis]. New York Times. Feb. 2, 2009
 * Jeff Gilbride. [|The Big Picture: Art students call museum closing a loss of identity]. Waltham Daily News Tribune. Feb. 2, 2009
 * Felix Salmon. [|Why Brandeis is Closing the Rose Art Museum], Conde Nast portfolio.com Feb. 1, 2009
 * Roberta Smith.[| A Stark Statement of Priorities]. New York Times. Feb, 1, 2009.
 * Boston Globe. Feb. 1, 2009. [|First Timers, Old Friends Visit Rose].
 * artdaily.org.[|Statement by Michael Rush], Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum.
 * Miles Unger, [|A Betrayal of Trust at Brandeis] (op-ed), Boston Globe, Feb. 1, 2009.
 * Jaclyn Safir. [|A Lesson for Brandeis: Include Your Students]. (op-ed), Boston Globe, January 31, 2009.
 * Lisa Koclan. [|Students Rally for Brandeis Museum]. Boston Globe. January 30, 2009
 * Ariel Wittenberg. [|A Crime Against the Arts.] Daily News Tribune. Jan. 30, 2009
 * Felix Salmon. [|How Deaccessioning Rules Doomed the Rose Art Museum]. portfolio.com Conde Nast. January 30, 2009
 * Boston Globe Editiorial: [|War of the Rose.] January 30, 2009.
 * Brandeis Hoot. [|Students ordered not to protest the Rose Decision]. Jan. 30, 2009.
 * New England Journal of Aesthetic Research. [|Brandeis' Liquidator in Chief.] Jan. 29, 2009
 * [|Q & A with Michael Rush]. Art Journal, Jan. 28, 2009
 * David Bonetti.[|The Rape of the Rose]. St. Louis Post Dispatch. Jan. 29, 2009
 * WBUR: [|Reaction to Brandeis' Proposal to Close Art Museum]. Jan. 28, 2009
 * artinfo.com: [|Mass. Atty Genl to review pla]n. January 28, 2009
 * Geoff Edgers. [|Museum Backers Seek Halt to Sell-off]. Boston Globe. Jan. 28, 2009
 * Sebastian Smee. Critic's Notebook: [|Hawk this Gem? Unconscionable.] Boston Globe. op ed. Jan. 28, 2009.
 * Boston.com. [|Rose Museum Gallery] (digital slide show). January 28, 2009 //[Comment: Note that this slide show pointedly starts with Adam McEwen's "Sorry We're Dead" painting.]//
 * Chronicle of Higher Education, News Blog: [|Upset Brandeis U Donors look for ways to keep art museum open]. January 28, 2009.
 * [|Ailing Brandeis will Shut Museum.] Boston Globe. Jan. 27, 2009.
 * Randy Kennedy. [|Outcry over a plan to sell museum's holdings]. Jan 27. 2007
 * Chris Bergeon. [|Brandeis to Close Rose Art Museum]. Daily News Tribune (Waltham) January 27, 2009
 * WGBH Greater Boston January 27 http://www.wgbh.org/gb/?item_id=3581635 see video excerpt: "//Bradeis (sic) University closes the Rose Art Museum"//
 * [|Brandeis to Sell School's Art Collectio]n. Boston Globe. Jan. 26, 2009
 * Earlier case (1991): [|Brandeis Plan to Sell Art is Criticized]. Oct. 19, 1991