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
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