There is a telling parenthetical descriptionon Dr. Rosemary Stevens’ University letterhead. Right after her title—Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Professor in Arts and Sciences, Emeritus —is a single word: (Active).
Though it refers to her continued scholarly activity in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, the word also applies to her secret life as a painter. Having taken up painting in the early 1980s by taking courses at the Graduate School of Fine Arts—including one during her five-year tenure as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences (which ended in 1996)—she refers to it as her “parallel career.”
Some of Stevens’ work can be seen through March 28 at the Burrison Art Gallery at the Faculty Club. The exhibition—which features works in oil, emulsion, and aquarelle—is titled “Sunscapes and Landscapes: Essence and Mystery.”
“Life,” she says, “is fun—and hard work!”
