{"id":23546,"date":"2016-07-07T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23546"},"modified":"2016-07-07T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:59:01","slug":"galleries-of-contemporary-art-receives-1-million-naming-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23546","title":{"rendered":"Galleries of Contemporary Art receives $1 million naming gift"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rendering of the Gallery of Contemporary Art at the new Ent Center for the Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art (GOCA) will gain an endowment to support arts programming and educational initiatives and name its new space in the Ent Center for the Arts the \u201cMarie Walsh Sharpe Gallery of Contemporary Art” after receiving a gift of $1 million from the\u00a0Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation.<\/p>\n

The endowment will fund in perpetuity the programmatic support of visual arts initiatives, educational programs and artists-in-residence at the galleries. This is the first endowment for the galleries and GOCA\u2019s largest gift since a $400,000 gift that opened the gallery in 1981, said GOCA Director Daisy McGowan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gift from the Sharpe Art Foundation is emblematic of the thriving partnership between the university and the community,\u201d McGowan said. \u201cEducation is at the heart of everything we do at GOCA, and we are honored to continue the work of Marie Walsh Sharpe and this venerable foundation by supporting emerging artists and development of talent in young artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marie Walsh Sharpe, who grew up in Chicago as the youngest child of 14 from Irish immigrant family, was a lifelong patron of the arts and devoted her final years to setting up the foundation with a goal of providing assistance to emerging artists through workshops, seminars, resources and studio space.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarie Walsh Sharpe would be proud and honored to have her name associated with GOCA and the new Ent Center for the Arts,\u201d said Bill Corrigan, who served as Sharpe\u2019s attorney until her death in 1985 and spoke on behalf of the foundation\u2019s trustees. \u201cThis gift to UCCS will accomplish all that Mrs. Sharpe envisioned through her work with the Sharpe Art Foundation, which was to support artists, art scholars\u00a0and the residents of Colorado Springs and El Paso County long into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said the gift builds upon the momentum to create a vibrant destination in southern Colorado for the visual arts. The gift from the Sharpe Art Foundation, which was based in Colorado Springs and is scheduled to be dissolved in 2016, supports the new $60 million Ent Center for the Arts, a 92,000-square-foot arts complex anticipated to open on the UCCS campus in 2018. GOCA is one of the many university arts programs slated to move into the iconic arts building.<\/p>\n

\"Seated,<\/a>
Seated, from left: Priscilla Barsotti, foundation trustee; Pam Shockley-Zalabak, UCCS chancellor; Bill Corrigan, foundation trustee. Standing, from left: Jaime Garcia, executive director of development, UCCS; Jane Corrigan; Bruce Buell; Drew Martorella; executive director, UCCS Presents; Daisy McGowan, director, GOCA; Nicole Anthony, community cultivation director, GOCA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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