Rose family condemns University

by Alana Abramson and Hannah Kirsch | 03/17/2009

The Rose family presented a statement condemning the proposed changes to the Rose Art Museum at an interdisciplinary symposium titled "Preserving Trust: Art and the Art Museum" Amidst Financial Crisis at the Rose last night.The statement, according to copies provided at the symposium, was written on "behalf of over 50 members of the Rose Family" and urges "the current university president and the trustees to restore the use, budget, staffing and activities of the Rose Art Museum until a final decision is issued by a court." Meryl Rose, a spokeswoman for the Rose family, a Rose Museum Board member and an art collector, read the statement to assembled Brandeis faculty and students, about 20 members of the Rose family, Rose museum staff and members of the intellectual community at the symposium.The statement also says that "repurposing the museum is closing by another name.