Department of Art and Design dedication Dec. 11 to honor Ouachita alumna Rosemary Adams
December 08, 2014
- Trennis HendersonOuachita Baptist University alumna Rosemary (Gossett) Adams will be honored Thursday,
Dec. 11, as university officials dedicate the remodeled and expanded Rosemary Gossett
Adams Department of Art and Design. The dedication ceremony, which will be held at
9:30 a.m., is open to the university community and the public.
University officials announced plans last December to remodel the home of Ouachita’s
Art and Design program. The department, which features an updated exterior and renovated
interior space, is being named in honor of Mrs. Adams’ generous gift to fund the project.
“I have found Rosemary to be a delightful and devoted alumna of Ouachita,” said Ouachita
President Rex Horne. “Her great generosity has enabled us to take a huge step in Art
and Design and updating our current facilities.”
Primary renovation details include a new front façade and entrance to Moses-Provine
Hall which houses the Art and Design program; creating gallery spaces to display artists’
works; renovating classroom, studio and office space; and adding an elevator to the
facility. Mrs. Adams, who provided a major gift to fund the project, is a 1963 Ouachita
graduate with a major in art.
“Rosemary Adams’ gift to the Department of Art and Design provides a legacy that will
pay dividends to our art students for years to come,” said Dr. Scott Holsclaw, dean
of the School of Fine Arts. “The new gallery spaces will not only bring recognition
to our Art and Design program but will add to the education of Ouachita students and
to the larger university and regional community.”
The renovated gallery space already has featured two art exhibits this semester, one
by John Deering, chief editorial cartoonist and illustrator at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and the other featuring works donated by Dr. Loyde Hudson, a physician from Fayetteville.
Among the paintings and sculptures donated by Dr. Hudson are works by renowned 19th century American artist Thomas Moran and German-American artist Albert Bierstadt.
In addition to her Bachelor of Arts degree from Ouachita, Mrs. Adams holds a Master
of Arts degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an associate’s degree
in interior design from Louisville Tech. Noting that she has had four careers, “high
school art teacher, mommy, business owner and CFO and a commercial interior designer,”
Mrs. Adams said she is “currently retired and enjoy the time to do many arts projects.”
She and her husband, Glen, live in Louisville, Ky.
For more information about the Rosemary Adams Department of Art and Design, contact
Dr. Scott Holsclaw at [email protected] or 870-245-5561.
By Trennis Henderson, OBU Vice President for Communications
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