Winter 2006 - Sacred Heart Schools

Class Notes
FAMILY SHOT (left): Kelly Stokes Allegretti (SHP’82),
left, with her husband and children GATOR VS. GATOR
(below): At a varsity water polo game, Princeton’s #12,
Douglas Wigley (SHP‘05), plays against UCLA’s #24, Carter
Brutschy (SHP‘04). The final score: UCLA 14, Princeton 6
at Dartmouth, helped the Big Green rugby
team reach the Northeast RFU finals by scoring
a try in a 17-10 victory over Buffalo in
the semifinals in Amherst, MA. That put No.
8 Dartmouth in the finals against No. 3 Army.
Despite a 60-yard by Sayigh for his teamʼs
only try, the Big Green fell in the finals, 37
to 7.
The Andersons’ Legacy of Giving
he Art Corridor was a
“Treal gift to me as an
art teacher,” recalls former
Sacred Heart art teacher
Janet Whitchurch. “Walking
by the paintings and prints
every day was an ideal way
for my students to learn
about and appreciate what
the artists were trying to do.
We had repeated trips to
the corridor and I was able
to talk with my students
about the art. This was all
vastly superior to a onetime
trip to an art gallery
show or museum!”
During the 1970s, Mary
Margaret (“Moo”) and Harry
(“Hunk”) Anderson, parents
of Mary Patricia (“Putter”)
Anderson Pence (SJSH‘73,
SHP‘77), provided a rotating display of important works of art from
their collection. As Sacred Heart students walked down the hall
of the Main Building, they passed pieces by such pivotal American
artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline,
Clifford Still and Mark Rothko.
“As a student keenly interested and aware of contemporary art,
I thought it was a huge privilege to have that art available to me at
any time,” recalls Julene Hunter (SHP‘78). The Andersons were
right on the cutting edge of art, collecting works of abstract expressionism,
color-fi eld painting, pop art, minimalism, photo-realism
and geometric abstraction at a time when most people had
Taress Reyering (SHPʻ99) is currently
pursuing a Masters degree from Sciences-
Politiques in Paris, France where she is
studying Trans-Atlantic Relations. She plans
to conduct a cross-cultural study of Language
no idea what these styles
were.
The Anderson Collection
is one of the most outstanding
private collections of
20th Century Art, numbering
over 800 pieces. In 2000,
the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art presented
Celebrating Modern Art:
The Anderson Collection, a
comprehensive retrospective
exhibition that occupied
the entire museum.
Educating and exposing
the public to contemporary
art has long been a passion
for the couple, and their
commitment to educating
Sacred Heart students has
continued long after the
graduation of their daughter
Putter. For the grand opening of the Campbell Center for the Performing
Arts in January 2005, the Andersons loaned SHS Larry
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with Elie Nadelman’s sculpture entitled Man in the Open Air
at the Andersons’ private home in Atherton
Politics and Identity between the US and several
European countries. Before heading to
Paris, Taress had been studying at the University
of North Carolina.
Lauren Mang (SHPʻ99) is working for
Poons’ #15. In September, #15 was replaced by Tom Holland’s
Berkeley Series #104. In addition to these generous loans on
campus, the Andersons continue to invite groups of Sacred Heart
art students into their private home to view works of art.
This article was written by Sheryl Nonnenberg, Library Assistant
in the SHS Lucas Family Library. Ms. Nonnenberg was the curatorial
associate and collection manager for the Anderson Collection
from 1994 to 1999.
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