University of Oklahoma regents this week will consider approving a $13 million budget for a proposed expansion of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. According to the agenda for Tuesday's meeting in Norman, posted on the university's Web site, OU President David Boren has recommended approval of the design development phase for a gallery addition to the museum, along with the budget for the project.
Regents approved the project during a meeting in May as part of the comprehensive master plan of capital projects for OU's main campus in Norman.
According to the agenda, as part of the project, space will created for what will be known as the Eugene B. Adkins Gallery, as well as an archive storage area to display, store and curate works of art included in the Adkins Collection.
The collection includes Southwest- and American Indian-themed items.
The museum's current rooftop sculpture garden will be enclosed to create a new third-floor gallery and a staircase from the lower galleries to the third-floor gallery will be built.
The agenda item notes the university also plans "to pursue the acquisition of another important collection of art works," so the new addition will be sized to include a new mezzanine level with 4,000 square feet of space "to display newly acquired art." The item does not mention what the potential art acquisition might be.
Of the project's $13 million budget, the agenda item notes that $6 million will come from the university's discretionary reserves and $7 million will come from private sources. Construction should begin early in 2009.
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