College Record 2013

the Alfred Cohen Foundation through Max Saunders. The College is delighted
to accept these welcome additions to its collection, together with the loan of a
sculpture by Dominique Loussier which has been installed in the atrium of the
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium.
To complement the exhibitions programme, Jan Scriven has worked hard to ensure
that the display cabinets have been filled with objects that intrigue and divert
the eye. Sometimes they formed part of the main exhibition (Lizzie Burns), but
on the whole they held unrelated objects: Wendy Hughes showed textiles, Tam
Frishberg ceramics, and the Oxford Ceramics Gallery showcased works by some
of its exhibitors. The Loan Scheme continued to offer Wolfsonians the opportunity
to borrow works to hang in their rooms, and life-drawing classes were held
throughout the year.
Like other Oxford colleges, Wolfson has been working with the Public Catalogue
Foundation whose remit is to catalogue and photograph the nation’s entire oil
painting collection and make it accessible through the ‘Your Paintings’ website. A
number of Wolfson’s paintings are now accessible online. The College, represented
by Mark Norman and Jan Scriven, has also continued its active membership of the
‘Art in Colleges’ Group which meets socially each term to view and discuss college
collections across the University.
Membership of the Society was reviewed in February in response to a request
from the President and the Secretary to the Governing Body that all College
committees should review their membership regularly. This followed a meeting of
the Nominations Committee which noted that some sub-committees had become
unwieldy in terms of numbers, that membership did not rotate, and did not always
represent the make-up of the College. In consequence several members generously
agreed to stand down, and the ratio of students, Fellows and MCRs, was rebalanced
before the new committee cycle.
At the end of another busy year, my thanks as Chair, on behalf of the College, go
to Peter Bell, Sonia Boue, Lesley Cotton, Elena Draghici-Vasilescu, Igor Dyson,
Barbara Harriss-White, Irina Kukota, Diana Martin, Mark Rowan-Hull, Kat Witt,
David Zeitlyn and Jarad Zimbler. The Society has greatly benefited from their
enthusiasm and support over many years, and we remain in touch. At the same
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