1985_09 The Daily Collegian September 1985

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FEATURE
Sept. 11,1985
Sept. 11, 1985
FEATURE
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Fresno Met hires new educator
Ralph Gomas' delight in c
"I get as much pleasure with watching a Fresno Metropolitan Museum three weeks
child create something as I do when I ago.
make something myself,"said Gomas. Ross McGuire, director of the museum,
g art         His love for art and commitment to hired Gomasforwhat hecalls hisMunique
8            named as Education Coordinator for the "I was looking for a capable and tal-
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education practices to the museum,"said
McGuire. "And I feel confident that Ralph
was the right choice."
Gomas's position of Education Coor¬
dinator is made possible through funding
for the Junior League of Fresno.
will be working to make the art world a
"more personal experience" with the
community's young people. His first task
is to create a hands-on experience center
to help children become more comforta¬
ble with art and make field trips to the
"I'm going to try to make it a more
meaningful experience than just walking
through a room with stuff," said Gomas
"It (the museum) won't be a foreign thing
Gomas will also visit schools to acquaint
students with what Fresno Metropolitan
has to offer. A style of painting most
children enjoy, said Gomes, is the trompe-
I'eil, which is French for "fool the eye."
::ii;dic
ntings
_.. jften grabbed
n, said Gomas.
re being put on teachers
s and less is being offered
Gomas. a native Fresnan. attended
Roosevelt High School and received a
bachelor's degree and teaching credential
from the then-called Fresno State College
in 1958. He taught art at Longfellow and
Irwin junior high school and at McLane
High School. In 1962, he received his mas¬
ter's degree in art education from Califor¬
nia State University, Fresno.
With a master's degree Gomas was able
to take the job of
Fresno Unified School Dist
held for 12 years. In the
taught art education at CSUF and at
Fresno Pacific College.
■ Gomas remembered Earl Lucas, Ella
Odorfer, and Jane Gaylc as the instruct on
who helped him greatly while attending
FSC. Gomas said his last years of college
wereat thecndofanarterabeforethefSO's
»nd anyone could splattet
id-60's he
pain
and call it
"Yet,
people (his teachers) felt strongly
about the basics,"he said. "When I look
back. 1 think I was given a real solid foun¬
dation. I was always anxious to learn."
While teaching in the 60's, Gomas was
famous for the men's clothing he designed.
"I wore outlandish clothes for the era,"
said Gomas. A 1966 Fresno Bee article
called Gomas's clothing designs "male
plumage." It tells how Gomas used to
enhance satin shirts with Lace collars
s.Hei
beach clothes out of leather and sail cloth.
Gomas eventually left working in the
school district and three years ago, he and
his wife, Barbara, opened the Gomas Art
4 Em shop to sell art supplies and hold
workshops for children.
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Mudd came to CSUF after research
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■elying on  information
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The list of the fraternity's most famous
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and astronaut James van Hoften.
"Ideally we like to have all campus
leaders." Mudd said. "We're looking for
everyone to contribute instead of just
having a few pull the ship."
Plansfcr a permanent house for the
CSUF colony wont be made until it
survives the one-year probationary
colonization period. Until then Pi Kappa
Alpha plans to conduct meetings and
interviews in classrooms and at the homes
of alumni. If a house is eventually built
near the other CSUF social fraternity
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"So far everything's been real positive.
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