search articles:     from the issue of May 1, 2008         Veneciano to take Sheldon helm July 1  BY TOM WHITE, SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART Jorge Daniel Veneciano will become director of Sheldon Museum of Art on July 1, Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced April 23.   Veneciano   For the past three years, Veneciano has been director of Paul Robeson Galleries at the Rutgers University campus in Newark, N.J. He has 10 years arts administration and fund-raising experience, including five years as exhibitions curator at The Studio Museum in Harlem in the 1990s. Before moving to New York in 1994, he directed three community arts centers for the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. He has taught at Rhode Island School of Design and Columbia University. "Daniel Veneciano brings a solid background in arts administration and in developing community arts centers, and I am confident in perspective he brings to leading the Sheldon," Perlman said. "I am excited about his enthusiasm for developing outreach programs and look forward to his leadership role in the development of Lincoln's Arts and Humanities Corridor, with space for more of the Sheldon collection to be enjoyed by more people." Veneciano has a doctoral degree in English and comparative literature from Columbia University and a master of fine arts degree from the California Institute of Arts in Valencia, Calif. He also holds a master's of art and art history from California State University, Los Angeles, and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. During his tenure at the Paul Robeson Galleries, Veneciano has tripled the operating budget through multilevel fundraising, added three new exhibition spaces, and created new arts education programs serving schools, health and youth centers. Recently, he led a $5 million campaign for a consortium of university arts interests. He has also secured funds to publish several interdisciplinary catalogs accompanying recent exhibitions. Veneciano will lead Sheldon's artistic and strategic programs engaging both the university and Nebraska arts communities. Veneciano succeeds Janice Driesbach, who resigned in September. He will be the museum's fourth director since the Philip Johnson-designed building opened in 1963. Earlier directors were Norman Geske and George Neubert. For more information, go to www.sheldon.unl.edu. GO TO: ISSUE OF MAY 1 ARTS HEADLINES FOR MAY 1 Veneciano to take Sheldon helm July 1 American Life in Poetry Annual ceramics sale is May 2-3 May 8 'Free at 6' performance features Athenian Dancers 'Particles to Planets' exhibit opens May 2 Piano prof, mezzo-soprano offer May 3 performance Ross 'passport' tour opens May 9 Theatre and Film celebration is May 3 University Bookstore hosts May 9 signing 733163S38219X