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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives wish to congratulate the staff, faculty, and |
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| students of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston as they |
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| celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Tarble Arts Center; and
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| WHEREAS, The Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois |
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| University opened in 1982 with the founding purpose "to take |
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| the arts to the people"; and
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| WHEREAS, The dream of creating an arts center on Eastern |
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| Illinois University's campus began with an initial gift of one |
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| million dollars from the late Newton E. Tarble (1888 - 1976); |
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| the Tarble became the only facility on Eastern's campus built |
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| entirely through donated funding; the center absorbed the |
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| functions of the Paul T. Sargent Gallery, Eastern's first art |
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| gallery, including much of the art that is now the Tarble Arts |
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| Center's permanent collection; and
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| WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Dean James K. Johnson, the |
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| center became a division of the College of Arts & Humanities |
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| when the colleges were reconfigured in 1993; the Tarble Arts |
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| Center has become recognized for its unique service to the |
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| university and the region through the presentation of high |
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| quality, innovative visual arts exhibitions and related |
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| programming; the excellence of programming is manifest in the |
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| variety of styles, periods, cultures, and media represented in |
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| the exhibitions, visiting artists, and speakers programs, |
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| publications, and special events presented; and
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| WHEREAS, The Tarble Arts Center was accredited by the |
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| American Association of Museums in 2000; the success of the |
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| Tarble Arts Center and its programs would not have been |
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| possible without the continued support of the Tarble family, |
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| the Tarble Arts Center membership and other patrons, and |
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| program co-sponsors; the Newton E. Tarble family has continued |
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| to serve as the major benefactor of the Center; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to art exhibits and programs, the |
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| Center also has an annual chamber music series, poetry and |
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| fiction readings, recitals, an annual theatre series, and many |
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| other items of local interest; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| wish to congratulate the staff, faculty, and students of |
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| Eastern Illinois University in Charleston as they celebrate |
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| this anniversary; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the William Perry, President of Eastern Illinois |