inside cover

Pixs from last year in the new
Fine Arts Building:

AMBITIOUS DESIGNS

THINGS HAVE CERTAINLY COME FULL CIRCLE for Dan Younger. In 1967 he flunked out of UM-St. Louis, in part because the college didn't offer the kinds of courses that appealed to him. Now he's back at UM- St. Louis, as the director of the university's revamped fine-arts program.

Above: Ken Anderson teaches painting in the
Junior Painting Studio at UM-St. Louis'
Fine Arts Building

Below: Scene in Senior Painting Studio

I've been everywhere," says Younger, who calls himself "a mercenary art teacher." But when he learned that UM-St. Louis was looking for someone to run its new fine arts program, he realized his unique combination of skills

Younger's self portrait

---he has a B.F.A. in printmaking, an M.F.A. in photography and an interest in comics, computer art and graphic design--might make him an ideal department head. "I kind of cover all the bases, and in a lot of places that won't get you hired because you're not a main-line specialty person. But this job is perfect."

According to Younger, UM-St. Louis's new B.F.A. program was the brainchild of Tom Patton and Ken Anderson, who'd been teaching in UM-St. Louis' art department for 13 or 14 years. When their proposal for the degree--a collaborative effort with St. Louis Community College district ("They do the first two years, we do the last two, "Younger says)--was approved by a committee in Columbia, the university provided $1.2 million in funds and set to converting an old Logan Chiropractic building into the new art department. The building had also served as a Cardinal Newman facility and later, as a crack house. "When they were putting down a clear coat on concrete, "Younger says, "you could still see the places where there had been bonfire."

Now the renovated building at Florissant and Rosedale, near the UM-St. Louis main campus, features, top-notch computer facilities, a darkroom, a bright painting area, large classrooms and a hallway gallery.

The school, which has a concentration of graphic-design majors, just hired a second design instructor and is looking to hire three more faculty members in the next three years. "The next person we hire will be a printmaker, "Younger says.

In addition to managing the department, Younger will instruct in a variety of disciplines, including one of his favorites--cartooning.

----Alyssa Chase (sidebar to Funnies Business
Riverfront Times May 14-20 1997)

Above: One of Tom Patton's photo classes

Below: Working on a project

Above: Ken Anderson and Barbara Savan
in the SeniorPainting Studio

Pixs from last year in the new Fine Arts Building:	*AMBITIOUS DESIGNS* THINGS HAVE CERTAINLY COME FULL CIRCLE for Dan Younger. In 1967 he flunked out of UM-St. Louis, in part because the college didn't offer the kinds of courses that appealed to him. Now he's back at UM- St. Louis, as the director of the university's revamped fine-arts program.

*Above:* Ken Anderson teaches painting in the Junior Painting Studio at UM-St. Louis' Fine Arts Building *Below:* Scene in Senior Painting Studio	I've been everywhere," says Younger, who calls himself "a mercenary art teacher." But when he learned that UM-St. Louis was looking for someone to run its new fine arts program, he realized his unique combination of skills	Younger's self portrait
	---he has a B.F.A. in printmaking, an M.F.A. in photography and an interest in comics, computer art and graphic design--might make him an ideal department head. "I kind of cover all the bases, and in a lot of places that won't get you hired because you're not a main-line specialty person. But this job is perfect." According to Younger, UM-St. Louis's new B.F.A. program was the brainchild of Tom Patton and Ken Anderson, who'd been teaching in UM-St. Louis' art department for 13 or 14 years. When their proposal for the degree--a collaborative effort with St. Louis Community College district ("They do the first two years, we do the last two, "Younger says)--was approved by a committee in Columbia, the university provided $1.2 million in funds and set to converting an old Logan Chiropractic building into the new art department. The building had also served as a Cardinal Newman facility and later, as a crack house. "When they were putting down a clear coat on concrete, "Younger says, "you could still see the places where there had been bonfire." Now the renovated building at Florissant and Rosedale, near the UM-St. Louis main campus, features, top-notch computer facilities, a darkroom, a bright painting area, large classrooms and a hallway gallery. The school, which has a concentration of graphic-design majors, just hired a second design instructor and is looking to hire three more faculty members in the next three years. "The next person we hire will be a printmaker, "Younger says. In addition to managing the department, Younger will instruct in a variety of disciplines, including one of his favorites--cartooning. ----Alyssa Chase (sidebar to Funnies Business Riverfront Times May 14-20 1997)
*Above:* One of Tom Patton's photo classes *Below:* Working on a project	*Above:* Ken Anderson and Barbara Savan in the SeniorPainting Studio