SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Robert V. Fullertons impact will go well beyond the museum that is named after him.
On Oct. 9 at 3 p.m., Cal State San Bernardino will say why when it hosts a memorial service in his honor. Fullerton passed away on June 17, 2009, at the age of 91.
The memorial service will take place at the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum. To RSVP, call (909) 537-3369 or e-mail museumRSVP@csusb.edu.
"Bob Fullerton is not only our art museums namesake, but his soul seems to reside here," says Eva Kirsch, director for the art museum.
An ardent supporter of education as well as a fan of baseball, Fullerton never knew exactly how the museum would be used to educate. But the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum has, in fact, become a regular part of the CSUSB curriculum. Courses in museum methods, exhibit design, and museum and archival management are among the ways the 13-year-old facility is being used by professors and students. Even theatre students use the museum exhibits as a regular part of their curriculum to find inspiration for interpretive dance.
Fullerton also wanted to see the museum used as a resource for the community. More than 75,000 people have seen the facilitys exhibits, including some 12,000 children. And every summer a group of about 25 elementary school children attend the museums annual Summer Egyptian Workshop.
The 7,500-square-foot art museum was built in 1996 and has almost 1,200 ceramic, ancient and contemporary art pieces in its permanent holdings, including a prestigious collection of Egyptian antiquities.
"Maybe he wasnt interested in art or successful in teaching me those complicated baseball rules," Kirsch adds, "but he understood very well the role and value of the arts for our community, and certainly lived by this. He was proud of our museum, which exists and flourishes today because of his and his wifes generosity the bright example that many others followed."
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Robert V. Fullerton
March 30, 1918-June 17, 2009
Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum at CSUSB |
