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With budget cuts in the offing, director of UM School of Art says program rises above national trends
['Keila Szpaller', 'Tom Bauer', 'For The Independent Record']
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MISSOULA -- President Royce Engstrom's announcement that art was on the chopping block lit a fire under the director of the School of Art at the University of Montana.
Allen and School of Art program assistant Edward Morrissey also have identified areas where the School of Art can grow on its own and in collaboration with other programs on campus.
For instance, data arts is a new field, and the School of Art could offer a data arts certificate that could complement any major.
Allen said arts faculty members are collaborative, and he is looking forward to developing ideas with the whole group once other instructors return to campus.
Allen, though, said the School of Art received none of the additional 400 faculty jobs the president pointed to as unsustainable growth.
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