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Alamance Arts August 2018 213 SOUTH MAIN STREET, GRAHAM, NC 27253 WWW.ALAMANCEARTS.ORG @alamancearts 336.226.4495
Office & Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. @alamancearts REFLECTIONS OF ELEGANCE:
STAFF: KENNETH PAUL BLOCK
Cary Worthy, Executive Director & THE MASTERS OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION Janet Andrews, Wooten Exhibition Coordinator
Karen Carrouth, Director of Volunteers
Teresa Chandler, Visual Arts Director On Exhibit At Alamance Arts Lindsey Mitchell, Business Administrator August 16- October 20, 2018
Reflections of Elegance: Kenneth Paul Block and the Hours for the exhibit are Monday through This project was supported by Masters of Fashion Illustration, a stunning exhibition of the N.C. Arts Council, a division Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more of the Department of Natural & original works by the most influential American fashion th information, call 336-226-4495 or visit Culture Resources. illustrator of the late 20 century, opens August 16 at www.alamancearts.org. Alamance Arts. Curated by the Kenneth Paul Block Community Savings Bank Fund | The Smith Family Foundation | Mrs. Robert Stout | Mr. and Mrs. Rick Barnes Foundation which holds the most extensive archive of Block’s artwork, the exhibition is free to the public and continues through October 20. Fashion “More than any single designer, Kenneth Block gave Curator New York fashion its sophistication,” according to designer Isaac Mizrahi. In a time when photography To Speak captured the art of fashion, Kenneth Paul Block opted instead to use pencils and paint to interpret its soul. The A Gallery Talk on exhibit presents Block as a renowned creator and Thursday, August 16 influencer to fashion illustrators, both old and new. at 7 p.m. will feature Connie Gray, fashion Kenneth Paul Block (1924 -2009) was born in Larchmont, curator for the British New York. He graduated from Parsons School of Design, gallery, GRAY M.C.A. and, he became chief features artist for Women’s Wear The talk is presented Daily in the mid-1950s. He would remain there for more in conjunction with than 40 years. In addition to that position, he held long- the current exhibit Connie Gray term commissions as an illustrator for Bonwit Teller, Reflections of Elegance. Bergdorf Goodman and Lord and Taylor. Each drawing he produced was incisive and daring. Gesture, posture GRAY M.C.A. is recognized as the international and elegance were his hallmark. At fashion shows, leader in the art of original fashion illustration. collection previews and Paris couture, Block sketched From original artworks by the masters of the works of designers like Norman Norell, Geoffrey fashion illustration to the contemporary Beene, Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta, Perry Ellis, Andre masters, GRAY M.C.A. represents artists whose Courreges, Pierre Cardin, Hubert de Givenchy, Alix Gres works have graced the front covers and inside and Coco Chanel. As fashion changed direction, Block pages of leading fashion journals worldwide. “Where Art Lives” is a monthly publication created by the staff and volunteers. Our deadline for submissions is the 10th day of the preceding month. kept abreast and to a large degree began to influence This publication is typed , copied, folded, labeled, stapled, distributed and mailed to you by volunteers. the very designers’ work that he sketched. Continued on Page 3
Try One Of Alamance Art’s Premier Trips What’s Up At Studio 1? Rome and Roads Of Tuscany
Studio 1 is celebrating the last few weeks of summer!! The final intensive camp performance of the summer will be WILLY WONKA KIDS! Performances are Friday March 26 – April 3, 2019 and Saturday, August 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, August 4th and $3,595 th 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at www.studio1online.org or at the box office Monday This nine-day trip features -Thursday 4-7 p.m. five nights in Tuscany and
Auditions for Studio 1's production of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND will be August 13 and 14 two nights in Rome. at 7 p.m. A multicultural cast is sought to embrace the beauty of telling this story. Auditions are open to ages 13 and up. Performance dates are October 5-7 and 12-14. The Artistic Director is Tami Kress, the music director Meredith Gornto and the Put August 22 on your calendar if a trip to Rome and Tuscany has been on your wish list. There will be a choreographer is Nicole "Shaliah" Haith. presentation about these trips at 5 p.m. at the Graham Public Library.
Hoping for Real: a songwriter’s retelling of “The Velveteen Rabbit” is a cd release/ preview theatrical showcase Alamance Arts partners with Premier World Discovery to offer three trips during our fiscal year. featuring the music of Hope Newman Kemp and her 6-piece acoustic band. The songs and performance explore Included in the cost of the trips is transportation to RDU, airfare, hotel, most meals, and tours. The only the grown-up ideas of longing and becoming contained within Margery Williams’ beloved children’s book. The costs not covered will be some dinners, lunches and tips for the guides and drivers. performances are Thursday and Friday, August 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.studio1online.org. In April, we sent 45 passengers to the Grand Canyon, and 16 returned in June from an Alaskan cruise.
STUDIO1STOCK is the kick-off party for the 2018-2019 season on Saturday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m. with music, To receive a brochure, contact email [email protected].. Also please call us at 336-226-4495 karaoke, food and fun and a surprise end to the evening! If you are planning on attending, please reply through email to [email protected] with your RSVP and the number of guests. if you plan to attend the August 22 meeting so we will have adequate seating.
The first official production of the 2018-2019 season will be the youth production of Twisted Tales—a collection of stories with twisted endings. Performances are August 23-26. A living corpse, a vanishing highway man, a room with living wallpaper and shadows with stories to tell. Tickets are available online or at the box office!! We Need Your Email!
To conserve resources, Alamance Arts would like to have your email so that we can send you Musical Chairs Concludes This Month! our monthly newsletter electronically. Please send your preferred email address to: kcar- [email protected]. We will still mail newsletters to those who do not have email, but we The 2018 Musical Chairs Concert Series on Fridays from 7-9 p.m. continues: want to cut down on paper, ink, and mailing costs.
August 3- The Jan Michael Field Band plays in downtown Elon
August 10- Aaron Burdett Band plays at Burlington City Park
August 17– Gipsy Danger plays in Mebane on Clay St. August 2018 Calendar of Events August 24– Sweet T and The Biscuits performs at The Historic Depot Date Event Location Time August 31– The Castaways play in downtown Graham
August 3 East to West Reception Fine + Folk Art Gallery 5:30-7:30 p.m. If there is inclement weather, concerts are cancelled. The series is sponsored by Alamance August 3-4 Willy Wonka Kids Studio 1 Times vary Arts, Graham Recreation, Burlington Recreation, City of Elon, Mebane Recreation and Mebane August 4 Craft Fair– artists needed First Reformed UCC 8 a.m. until Business Association. Call 336-226-4495 for more information. August 8 Artful Travelers– Faith to Fashion Charlotte 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. August 16 Reflections on Elegance Opens Captain White House 10 a.m.—5 p.m. Don’t Forget Graham’s Thursday at 7 Concerts! August 16 Gallery Talk– Fashion Design Captain White House 7 p.m. August 18 Family Fun Captain White House 10-11:30 a.m. Don’t forget the Thursday at 7 Concert Series this summer. It’s FREE and located at W. Elm Street in August 18 Film– Draggin’ Fairchild Paramount Theatre 2 and 7 p.m. downtown Graham. Playing August 23 will be Mason Lovette Band with Southern rock, country and August 18 Kick Off Party Studio 1 6:30 p.m. blues. The Lion’s Club will be collecting non-perishable food for Allied Churches’ Food Pantry — please August 20 Alamance Photo Club Meets Twin Lakes 7 p.m. bring a donation! For more information, please call 336-792-1188. To receive updates on the status of all August 22 Music Cities, Rome Presentations Graham Public Library 5 p.m. concerts due to the threat of weather, visit the Facebook page for Thursday at 7 Concert Series.
Join The Artful Travelers for their August trip Photographers Continued from Page 1 From Faith To Fashion Focus On Gallery Talk Join us for a trip Wednesday, August 8 to Charlotte to visit the Billy Two Icons Graham Library to learn more about one of the most In the Introduction to the “Drawing on Style 2017” influential voices of the 20th century. Tour the At the August 20th exhibition catalog, Ms. Gray writes: restored Graham family home, shop in Ruth’s Attic, meeting of the
and enjoy lunch in the Dairy Bar. Then we will visit Alamance Photography Kenneth Paul Block’s incisive yet graceful line the Mint Museum to see the Glamour and Romance Club, Phil Archer will influenced over half a century of style and made him of the Oscar de la Renta exhibit. As his career share his extensive Phil Archer an essential figure in the communication of American spanned more than five decades and two continents, Oscar de la Renta set out to knowledge of two th fashion in the latter half of the 20 century. His design beautiful clothes for every occasion in a woman’s life. photographic icons, Dorothea Lange and illustrations not only moved with the times but often
Ansel Adams. led the times. American designers were influenced by The cost including tickets, lunch, snacks and transportation is $70 for Alamance Block, vividly aware of his critical appraisal once his pen Arts’ supporters and $80 for others. We will leave at 8 a.m. and return by 6 p.m. Phil is the director of Program and and eye had interpreted their collections in the fashion Please call 336-226-4495 to sign up. Interpretation at Reynolda House bible, Women’s Wear Daily, for Museum of American Art in Winston whom Block was chief features Salem, where he has worked since 1997. artist. His power to influence was He oversees the museum’s curatorial, THANKS For Giving To Alamance Arts legendary. Each line he drew program, and education departments was swift to the point of hurried, and the estate archives. th Alamance Arts welcomes contributions in honor of those living and/or in memory of those departed. yet no other 20 century
Memorials are a fitting way of showing love and/or recognizing individuals for their community service illustrator could charge an or their good life in general. The following gifts were recently received: The exhibition, Dorothea Lange’s artwork with such dynamic America, opens at Reynolda House on energy as Block. He challenged Mrs. Sally McKibbin gave in memory of Mary Jane McKibbin. September 14. The collection presents perceptions of line and beauty in Lange’s haunting photographs of 1930s Mrs. Dixie Rogers gave in honor of Margo Crott’s birthday. the creation of his drawings, but and 1940s America and will survey 30 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carrouth, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Mitchell, this only made him more and Mr. and Mrs. William Pennington gave in memory of Willard Doxey’s mother, Clarine Doxey. original prints by Lange, including her desirable to the adoring fashion searing depictions of the distressed crowd that followed his every people and landscapes created by the stroke. Open NC Art Review Is August 25 2-4 p.m. Great Depression, Dust Bowl, and
westward migration. NC artists are invited to present 15 images of your artwork during a five-minute slideshow and get Admission to the exhibit and the Gallery Talk is free, but seating for the Gallery Talk will be limited. Please call to feedback from GreenHill Director of Curatorial & Artistic Programs Edie Carpenter and other arts One of the highlights of the exhibition is reserve your place, 336-226-4495. professionals. This call-for-artists is open to visual artists currently working in the state of NC, artists the most recognizable photograph of who have studied in a North Carolina degree program, taught professionally in NC, maintained ongoing Lange’s career- Migrant Mother, made in professional relationships in NC, or who have previously resided in the state. All works must have been 1936. The portrait of a woman with three Fashion Illustrations As Works Of Art made within the last five years. Deadline to apply is August 17. Limited spots available. of her young children became a visual shorthand for the Great Depression and Fashion illustrations are works of art expressly Relax With Family Fun humanized its consequences for the executed for publication. Sometimes drawn live in just East Meets West In Art Exhibit public at large. Upon original publication a few moments, instinctive in their portrayal of a look – It’s Summertime! in a San Francisco newspaper, the as it glides down a runway. At other times the artist is Join Fine + Folk Art Carolina in downtown image ignited a massive benevolent working to a brief with several studies before the final Wonder what story Fancy Mebane as they present a fascinating new response: 20,000 pounds of food were finished piece is submitted to the commissioning Nancy (Slott) will share at this collection called East Meets West delivered within days to the migrant editor. As works of art for publication they are month’s Family Fun? And featuring the work of Jude Lobe and Tekla camp where the photograph was made. captioned & marked up for printing. Alongside printing what kind of fun art projects Frey. Jude's Western style of art notes are often the artist’s own notes. In publication, will be tackled? Visit us at the complimenting Tekla's spontaneous Photographers of all skill levels are none of these elements are seen. If publishing or Captain White House on Eastern methods combine to form an invited to attend the monthly meeting of artistic notes are visible in the framed artwork this only Saturday, August 18 from 10 exciting exploration of nature and its the Alamance Photography Club at 7 adds historical importance and relevance. Original until 11:30 to find out. It’s $3 elements in multiple mediums. p.m. in the Gathering Place at Twin fashion illustrations are entirely unique, spontaneous per family. In addition to Lakes. and vibrant drawings of Fine Art. stories and crafts, there will The opening reception is Friday, August 3 For more information, email be face painting, door prizes and a visit by Arty the from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. with refreshments Mike King
Now On Exhibit In Mebane—Pat Scheible Save The Date– Oct. 27 Pat Scheible of Mebane will have her artwork on display and for sale at the Couture Fashion Show Mebane Arts & Community Center August 10 through October 8. The exhibit may be viewed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Reserve the date of Saturday, October 27 for Alamance County’s premier event of the year. Join us as we present Pat Scheible is an artist living and working in Mebane since 1976. With a Ph.D. in the artistic creations of New York fashion designer Beth Molecular Biology from the Johns Hopkins University, she was a research scientist Pilger in a couture- inspired fashion show. in biology for many years before she realized that her true calling was art.
Pilger Designs was launched in 2009. This avid collector of Driving The Arts Her current exhibit at the Mebane Arts & Community Center features Shadowboxes. Scheible says, “I vintage clothing from West Virginia began exploring fiber Forward have always had an attraction to the patinated and tattered. Several years ago, I had to clean out two and felting and produced pieces with contrasting materials relatives’ houses in a single summer, and encountered an abundance of “stuff”, worthless unless one and unique elements. happened to be an artist, but what to do with it? I needed to make something enduring out of these Wherever you go this summer, things that had meant something to them, but something that would have universal, not just personal, whatever you do…drive the arts Pilger studied fashion design at Parsons the New School value. Thus began my love affair with shadowboxes.” forward! The arts inspire us every day, for Design in New York. During her 15-year career as a so splash a little color on your license fashion and costume designer, she has exhibited widely Artist website: www.patscheible.com or www.alamanceartisans.com here and abroad, from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week plate to show you care. Every $30 Amsterdam to movie premiers and international music plate helps Arts NC advocate for stages. Her work has been featured on TV as well as policies and funding that bring arts international fashion sites such as Vogue Italia. programs into schools, to our veterans, And At The Paramount—Jerry Lawrence and your local community. Did you After a four-year hiatus, Pilger presents a new body of know the Blue Ridge Parkway pulls in Jerry Lawrence of Burlington will have his artwork on display and for sale at the couture knitwear this fall inspired by her memories of the approximately a $1 million every year Paramount Theater in downtown Burlington, August 17 through October 15. The South. With sustainability as a dominant force, this new with their license plates?! Right now, exhibit can be viewed from noon until 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday and prior to body of work seeks to blur the line between art and design Arts NC license plates bring in only a all Paramount Theater productions. and offers a truly conceptual experience. She is partnering fraction of that, but there's no reason with local farmers and businesses to showcase the beauty we can't aspire to that kind of success. Lawrence completed a degree in Fine Art and Photography from the University of of natural materials within her designs. Each piece is Get moving www.thecreativestate.org. Virginia Commonwealth and exhibited his works in several of the local galleries. handcrafted using hand spun or recycled yarns with hand Moving to Colorado after school, He met his wife and worked many odd jobs to make felted fabrics and reclaimed wool. Pilger taps into ends meet. He earned a degree in Information Technology where he worked for 20 years while still America’s rich fiber resources to create an amazing array of creating his art in spare time. He was inspired by just being in the beautiful elements of Colorado. Yet hand spun, hand knit and hand felted pieces using wool, after years of painting and selling his work in Colorado, the Lawrences decided it was time to move mohair, cotton and feathers. back home near family.
Alamance Arts is excited to bring a Southern girl back to Primarily working in oil and acrylic colors, the artist prefers to work with larger size canvas but has her Southern roots. Beth is the niece of Alamance Arts’ recently worked smaller so as to more easily transport them. Lawrence is creating a series of portraits docent and patron Jean Anderson, and we thank her for with only color, value and light. “I once thought to be a successful painter, I needed to be as realistic connecting us with this amazingly creative designer. You as possible,” he said. “Now I feel I can get more with less when painting and also with feeling, rather will not want to miss seeing Alamance Arts’ version of New than just technique.” York Fashion Week! For an exceptional evening of delectable cuisine, music and fashion, mark your calendars Visit Artisans Guild’s Art Extravaganza 2018 now for October 27 and we will fill in the details shortly.
Art lovers, indulge yourselves at the Alamance Artisans Guild’s Art Extravaganza 2018 the weekend of Artists Wanted For October 20–21 at the Vailtree Event Center in Haw River.
Meals On Wheels Benefit The free indoor event features 32 diverse artists showcasing and selling unique and wide-ranging works, including painting, pastels, pottery, jewelry, photography, sculpture, fabric, mixed media, and First Reformed United Church of Christ will host wood. Casual browsers, gift seekers, and avid art collectors have an opportunity to socialize with these a BASEMENT SALE, BAKE SALE and CRAFT FAIR on imaginative guild members and share their stories. While you browse the artwork, you’ll be treated to Saturday, August 4 from 8 a.m. to Noon. For the Craft Fair artist demonstrations, refreshments, and an art raffle. portion of this event, local artists and crafters are invited to set up a booth for a $20 charge. They may call 336-226- The Vailtree, located beside I-85/I-40 at exit #150, includes ample restrooms, plenty of parking and is 7346 to secure a site. Proceeds from this event will benefit wheelchair accessible. Hours are Saturday, October 20 from 10 am–5 pm and Sunday, October 21 Alamance County Meals on Wheels and other community from noon–5 pm. For more information, visit alamanceartisans.com/extravaganza-2018. projects.