UP CLOSE -- Donna Sandrock

-- Compiled by Torus Tammer; photo by XXXXX

* FAMILY STATUS: Married, one child

* EDUCATION: Degrees in art and museum studies from Cal State Long

Beach; finishing a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies

* PAST OFFICES HELD: Curatorial assistant, University Art Museum, Cal

State Long Beach; curator of collections and registrar, Long Beach Art

Museum; National Endowment for the Arts documentation grant collection

management, Laguna Art Museum

* EXPLAIN YOUR JOB: I conceptualize the exhibitions, find the artists

and artworks, curate and prepare the gallery for the exhibition in a

public educational setting.

* YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: My daughter

* PERSONAL MOTTO: To be nice to others

* YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE: Taking a holiday with a big, fat book

* MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK YOU’VE READ: Homer’s “Iliad”

* WHAT CASSETTE OR COMPACT DISC IS IN YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW: Vivaldi, The

Four Seasons and “Greatest Hits” by Patsy Cline * YOUR MOST TREASURED

POSSESSION: My family and friends

* WHICH WORDS OR PHRASE DO YOU OVERUSE: Lately it has been the word

“cool”

* WHAT CAN YOU COOK? I can cook French, Italian, Chinese and Japanese

cuisine.

* THE COLLEGE MAJOR YOU ALMOST CHOSE: Literature

* YOUR LAST CHARITABLE ACT: Delivering toys and clothing to Orangewood

Home for Abused Children in Orange

* AS A CHILD, WHAT DID SCHOOLMATES TEASE YOU ABOUT? Being a good

speller

* WHAT IS IN YOUR TRUNK RIGHT NOW? A blanket, a can of motor oil,

Windex, drinking water, maps, small tools, two old Easter egg baskets and

a spare tire

* WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN VOTED IN HIGH SCHOOL? Possibly the “most

quiet”

* WHO ARE YOUR HEROES? My parents, Forrest and Eleanor Sandrock

* FAVORITE ESCAPE FROM REALITY: Besides daydreaming, I like to escape

in a book.

* ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT HE WORLD IF YOU COULD: I wish we

could stop the violence toward all children in the world.

* YOUR IDEA OF EXERCISE: Walking three or four miles a day or jogging

* WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE? It has always been my

legs.

* PHONE OR ADDRESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN REACH YOU: (714) 895-8356 or Fine

Arts Gallery, Golden West College, 15744 Golden West St., Huntington

Beach