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Out & About
YOUR
WEEKLY GUIDE TO ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Pulaski exhibit
highlights regional artists
Donna
Alvis Banks |
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Looking for something to do during the holidays?
How about just doing some looking?
New River Art ‘01 - a juried exhibit of works by
local artistsis on display at the Fine Arts Center for
the New River Valley in PuIaski. The show, which opened
earlier this month, includes works by 18 artists from
around the region. All media, except handicrafts, were
eligible.
Trudi Van Dyke, director and curator of the Ellipse Arts
Center in Arlington, was this year’s juror. She selected
24 of 138 submissions for inclusion in the show.
“Trudi has served as a panelist for the Virginia
Commission for the arts and has juried local, regional
and national shows,” noted Penelope Moseley, spokeswoman
for the Fine Arts Center. “We are fortunate to have
a juror of this caliber for New River Art ‘01.”
Moseley said that works submitted for the show ranged
from “encaustic, copper monotypes, screen prints
and the usual oils, watercolors and photography in two
and three-dimenonal expressions.”
“The variety, the character of the artists who have
submitted, as well as the caliber of the juror, will provide
one of most exciting exhibitions this year,” she
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Helen Castaneda of Christiansburg, one of the artists-whose
work was selected for the exhibition, said she was excited
to be a part of the show. The entries, she noted, were
exceptional.
Castaneda’s abstract in acrylic, entitled “That
They May All Be One,” is a piece she completed
last year. The story behind it is particularly poignant,
she said, following the events of Sept. 11. Castaneda,
who works with international students in the New River
Valley, said her work was kindled by a discussion with
an engineering student from Jordan.
He had a lot of anger about the Palestinian conflict,”
she recalled. In an effort to share her feelings with
the student about her religious beliefs, she shared
her artwork with him.
“Love is at the basis of all religion,” she
said, explaining that this was the message she hoped
to get across in “That They May All Be One.”
The painting depicts a mosque, a church and a synagogue
in close proximity. The student, she noted, wasn’t
persuaded by her discourse, but he was impressed with
her artistic statement. He didn’t seem to see it
until I did the painting” she said.
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In addition to Castaneda, artists accepted into the exhibition
include Leslye Bloom, Betty Moore, Harry Yeatts Jr., Janet
Spahr, Nadine Allen and Frances Frederick of Blacksburg.
Joyce Waller and Mei Shu of Radford, as well as Aileen
Fletcher of Christiansburg, have works on display. Newport
artists Judith Schwab and Ali Wieboldt, Miki Ballengee
of Roanoke, Susan Bidwell of Huddleston, Charlie Brouwer
of Willis, Marcus Alan Vincent of Lexington, Alvis Jackson
Jr. of Low Moor and Penelope Moseley of Hillsville also
had works accepted. New River Art ‘01 continues through
December at the Fine Arts Center, 21 West Main St., Pulaski.
The gallery will be closed today and Friday for the Thanksgiving
holiday but will be open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Weekday hours are from, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 980-7363
for more information.
Donna Alvis-Banks be reached at 381-1661 or donna@roanoke.com |
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November
22, 2001 |
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