Judy Collins May 9, 8Pm
APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2015 YOUR INSIDE LOOK AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE and THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ARTS CENTER
Judy Collins May 9, 8pm
LOVESICK BLUES | STEEP CANYON RANGERS | AHN TRIO | NAI-NI CHEN DANCE | ARTISTS WHO TEACH | SUMMER CAMPS | 2015-16 SNEAK PEEK | JOURNEY FROM REALISM TO ABSTRACT | LIGHTHOUSE SERIES 2 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2014 FROM THE DIRECTOR who helped him become the artist that he is today. Art Changes Lives Miss Libbie Wilson was Jim’s sixth grade teacher at John M. Most of you know James Warwick Jones either personally or Willis Elementary School in Hampton. She discovered Jim’s by reputation. For those of you who don’t, Jim is the Gallery love of art at an early age. When Jim had completed his school Manager at The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center. By day, he is assignments, she encouraged him to design, draw and paint. Jim responsible for programming the wonderful year-round art collaborated with fellow students to create murals of Homer’s exhibitions and the education programs at the Arts Center. By Iliad and Odyssey on large rolls of Kraft paper. night, he becomes James Warwick Jones, Super Artist. His resume Recognizing Jim’s raw talent and his unmistakable love of art, of numerous awards and accomplishments in art is incredible. Miss Wilson convinced Jim’s parents to enroll him in Saturday I saw him in the office recently all dressed up complete with morning painting classes taught by Hampton’s renowned artist, a fedora in tow, which is kind of out of character for him. We Jack Whitney Clifton. chatted briefly about the reason behind him dressing up that day. Admittedly, Jim’s life was changed for the better by Miss He shared that he was on his way to attend the funeral of a teacher Wilson through art education. Today, using his own award- winning artistry, his classroom art instruction and his personal interactions with artists of all ages, Jim shares the transformative power of art he discovered as a child — a tribute to Miss Wilson’s mentorship. On behalf of Hampton Arts, we thank you, Miss Wilson, for nurturing Jim’s commitment to continue your legacy of inspiring others to develop their own talent. We believe in the life changing power of art. I hope you’ll participate in our many upcoming camps and classes at the Theatre and the Arts Center. We can’t promise you’ll become an award-winning artist like Jim, but remember — Miss Wilson didn’t know that either — she just wanted him to have fun and explore his creativity. We want the same for you, too. BTW — Happy Spring!
James Warwick Jones with Miss Libbie Wilson
Joe Tsao, Director
OUR MISSION To advance the arts and enhance the quality of life for all Hampton Roads residents and visitors by: – Educating and inspiring teachers, students and life- long learners to embrace the arts through exhibition, workshop and educational study, volunteerism and community outreach. – Providing opportunities for Hampton Roads artists to showcase and develop performing, visual and educational arts in both traditional and non-traditional formats. Plein Air Painting – Presenting unique, world-class caliber arts that appeal to a at Fort Monroe by diverse citizenry, promoting a deeper cultural awareness. Jerry Gammon
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InAPRIL/MAY/JUNE This 2015 Issue
1 From the Director — Joe Tsao 13 Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company — dance integrating trance, rhythmic breathing and spiral motion 3 My View from the Wings — Artistic Director Jeff Stern 17 Judy Collins — imaginative interpretations of traditional IN THE GALLERIES and contemporary folk standards 10 Hampton Arts League Open Members Exhibition — Award winners 14 Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition 2015 — featuring artwork by art teachers from area schools 28 A Journey from Realism to Abstract and Non- Objective Art — take a journey from photo-realism to abstract 36 Poetry Inspired by Art PERFORMANCES 5 Lovesick Blues: The Life and Music of Hank Williams, Sr. — musical theatre chronicling the phases of America’s most influential singer-songwriter 7 The Steep Canyon Rangers — a sophisticated show of bluegrass music blended with humor Fairy Tale Dance Camp on page 19 9 The Ahn Trio — 21st century classical music with SUMMER AT THE THEATRE AND THE ARTS CENTER unique style 19 Camps at The American Theatre — a variety of camps and classes from dance to art to music 24 Summer Happenings at The American Theatre — some Motown music and the annual return of the Mystical Arts of Tibet 26 2015–16 Season Sneak Peek — a special preview of next season’s performances and exhibitions 40 Spring/Summer Classes — register for classes for adults and children
LIGHTHOUSE SERIES 30 The Venue on 35th Series (First Sunday Evenings) 31 Phoebus Film Club Series OUR REGULAR 34 Encore — A look at the recent events at The American Theatre 35 Bravo — Images from the HAL Opening Reception
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company on page 13 37 Volunteer Spotlight — featuring intern Joe Reilly
2 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 THE HAMPTON ARTS FOUNDATION JOE TSAO, DIRECTOR NANCY LAWSON ALLEN, PRESIDENT Terri Vander Vennet Duncan Garnett, Vice President Assistant Director (Finance Kenneth M. Krakaur, Treasurer and Administration) Nancy Adams My View Kevin Spence Ann Marie Batten Assistant Director Margaret Blake (Operations and Events) Cindy Cutler Jeff Stern Dr. Charrita Danley from the Wings Artistic Director Nancy Eason James Warwick Jones Dr. Robert E. Howard BY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gallery Manager Steve Hussell Bessie Crotts Bud Longo Box Office Manager Roxanne Lopez-Brown Angela McPherson The Hon. John Miller “Hi. Do you work here?” Marketing Manager The Hon. Ross A. Mugler “Hi. Yes, I do.” Sandra Sanders Donna Palmer “This is my first time here.” Changeover & Debbie Scott Housekeeping Manager The Hon. Joseph H. Spencer, II That is the most frequent conversation I’ve had with patrons Matt Shufflebarger Ann Templeman at The American Theatre this season (followed closely by, Food and Beverage Manager Jim Thompson “where’s the bathroom?”). As the 14/15 season presents its final Rich Best Susan Van Sloten Production Manager Joe Tsao performances and exhibitions in the months ahead, I think those conversations will be the lasting memory I’ll take into the DIVERSIONS HAMPTON COMMISSION future. We’ve enjoyed numerous sell-out performances and truly A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION ON THE ARTS Enjoyed by more than 60,000 readers remarkable art exhibitions this season, but increasing the level of NANCY EASON, CHAIRPERSON per issue. community participation with Hampton Arts, while welcoming Patrice Billingsly DESIGNED BY Lynda Burke Mellen Street Creative so many new patrons, fills me with pride. I thank you for making The Hon. Linda Curtis PRINTED BY this season so spectacular. Now, let’s look at what’s to come in the Jim Dees Carter Printing next few months and the next full season. Joshua Head Our stage will welcome performances featuring a tribute The Hon. Billy Hobbs Gaylene Kanoyton ADVERTISING to Hank Williams, Sr., Nai-Ni Chen’s world renowned dance Jackie Merritt We offer many effective solutions company, and the virtuosity of the The Ahn Trio. I am particularly Buena Reese to promote your business or looking forward to welcoming the Steep Canyon Rangers and the Deborah Reese events. For information on Gail Rehmert sponsorship opportunities, incomparable Judy Collins to Hampton. At The Charles H. Olga Ruffin including advertising in our Taylor Arts Center, we’ll (once again) showcase our talented arts printed publications and online educators in our exhibition, Artists Who Teach. James Warwick THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR platforms, contact Stephanie ARTS CENTER Morris, [email protected], Jones has planned a fascinating exhibition to conclude our season, BOARD OF TRUSTEES 757-315-4019. A Journey through Realism to Abstract and Non-Objective Art; this DEBBIE SCOTT, PRESIDENT group exhibition will visually illustrate the many ways artists Richard M. Bagley, Jr. Pearl Braxton express their personal vision, feelings, ideas and sensibilities. The Hon. Douglas E. Miller On the horizon? Summer, and the 15/16 season. You’ll Dr. Linda Shifflette find a full list of our summer camps in this issue along with a The Hon. Christopher W. Hutton registration form. Camp registration is already underway, so make sure to reserve your choices today, from drama to drawing, there is something for everyone. We’ve also included a sneak-peek at the Hampton Arts 15/16 Season, listing just a few of the many artists, performances and exhibitions in the full season we’ll be unveiling this summer. So much to look back on, so much more to come, and it wouldn’t be possible without you. Whether you are new to us, or have been a supporter from the very beginning, I thank you for choosing Hampton Arts this season. See you soon!
ON THE COVER: Judy Collins See story p. 17 HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 3 4 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 The centerpiece performance of the production is the uncanny incarnation of Hank Williams by Robbie Limon. Limon has the wiry frame and onstage charisma that evokes the late singer. While not merely an impersonation, Limon sings with same soulful wail and is able to connect the words and music to the listener. — STAGE VIEW, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Lovesick Blues THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF HANK WILLIAMS, SR.
Lovesick Blues is a 90-minute musical theatre event which to record but missed the opportunity due to his untimely death. chronicles the significant phases of America’s most influential Costume changes illustrate the evolution of Williams’ career from singer-songwriter as he drives his promising career to an early end. road-side honky-tonks, AM radio’s ‘Louisiana Hayride’ and the A narrator begins with Williams’ teenage years in post-Depression ‘Old Dominion Barn Dance’, to his appearances on ‘The Grand Alabama and brings the tale to his quiet death in 1953. The Ol’ Opry’. The audience experience is intimate and personal. story is underscored by twenty hit songs wrapped tightly around Truly, there are moments when you will believe it is 1949 and Williams’ major biographical events. Robbie Limon gives an Hank is singing just for you. ‘Lovesick Blues’ has satisfied long term award-winning characterization of Williams’ life. fans of Hank Williams, Sr. and has certainly made new fans with Robbie is supported on stage by a classic country-string quartet. each performance. Robbie Limon’s physical appearance and vocal All songs are full length renditions using instrumentation and interpretations are simply uncanny. One reviewer has noted, “This arrangements as recorded throughout the 1940s. String bass and is as close anyone will ever get to seeing and hearing Hank again.” guitar are blended with the haunting sounds of pedal steel and Saturday, April 11, 8:00pm fiddle. The show also features a ‘long-lost’ song Williams planned $30 / $25
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 5 6 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 Dale’s Pale Ale and SevenBar Aviation Present
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True bluegrass, when done well, is a thing of art and the Steep Canyon Rangers are the genre’s current Rembrandt. —EXAMINER.COM
These days, it’s hard to talk about the Steep Canyon Rangers Rangers musically, and definitely broadened their horizons and without mentioning Steve Martin. After meeting at a party and experiences, including recent appearances on Austin City Limits, connecting immediately, Martin invited the band to tour and the Late Show with David Letterman, and the Today Show, and record with him. Their 2011 collaboration Rare Bird Alert was performances at Carnegie Hall, the Grand Ole Opry, MerleFest, nominated for a Grammy®, and later that year, they won IBMA’s Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit, as well as their own Mountain Entertainer of the Year Award. Song festival and Mountain Song at Sea cruise. What has emerged is a real collaboration of seven consummate Saturday, April 18, 8:00pm musicians creating music that they are passionate about, and $35 / $30 blending it with humor to form a sophisticated show. They are proud that it has exposed legions of new fans to the The Steep Canyon Rangers’ 2015 tour is presented by the bluegrass genre. Their partnership has stretched the Steep Canyon following great sponsors: Dale’s Pale Ale and SevenBar Aviation.
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8 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 The Ahn Trio
My all-time favorite piano trio with a rare passion for new music. —MICHAEL NYMAN
Hailed as “exacting and exciting musicians” by the LA Times, head of the String Department at the Harlem School of the Arts the three sisters of the Ahn Trio (Lucia on the piano, Angella on in NYC. Lucia has a growing private studio. In 2011, President the violin, and Maria on the cello) have earned a distinguished Obama invited the Ahn Trio to perform at the White House for reputation for embracing 21st century classical music with their a State Dinner honoring South Korea. unique style and innovative collaborations. The Ahn sisters were The trio’s latest CD, Lullaby for My Favorite Insomniac (released by born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at the Juilliard School in New Sony) is a showcase of their fearless creativity, and made No. 8 on the York City. Reflecting the two cultures they grew up in, the Trio Billboard Charts for 26 weeks in the Classical album category. brings a new energy and excitement to the chamber music world. Saturday, April 25, 8:00pm Such luminary composers as Michael Nyman, Maurice Jarre, $30 / $25 Pat Metheny, Paul Schoenfield, Mark O’ Connor, Kenji Bunch, Nikolai Kapustin, and Paul Chihara have written works for them. Sponsored by Dedicated to educating and inspiring the next generation of musicians, the Ahns are passionate about sharing their knowledge. Angella is a Professor of Violin and Viola at Montana State University, in Bozeman, MT. Maria teaches cello and is the
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 9 THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ARTS CENTER 757-727-1490 IN THE GALLERIES Gallery Hours Tue–Fri: 10am –6p m , Weekends: 1p m –5p m Hampton Arts League Open Members Exhibition Awards First Place $500 Karen Long Freidt, Ripe, mixed media Second Place $250 Margaret D. Morris, A Good Day, oil Third Place $100 Lyle Eesley, Marina Reflections, photograph Tuesday Painters Award $115 Louise Wylie, Tello, oil Award of Merit Allen Ayres, Fort Monroe Theatre, graphite Gordon Bray, Cornetty Arteries, photograph Susan Burgoyne, Beautiful Fantastic Energy, mixed media Sue Danehy, Bill in Handmade Attire, oil Jean Harrison, Into the Unknown, textile Jon Moneymaker, Don’t Tread On Me, watercolor and gouache Louise Wylie Amanda Parks, David, charcoal Tello oil Doris Roland, To Be, oil Judith Saunders, Transitioning, paper, linen, nylon Lynne Sward, Fetish, mixed media John Tobin, Untitled, clay and wire
Clayton Singleton, the juror for the Hampton Arts League Open Members Exhibition 2015 selected these awards from the 309 artworks in all media by many of the members of the Hampton Arts League. The 309 entries is a record number of artworks for our annual HAL Exhibition. The 434 artists, members and guests who attended the Opening Reception is also a record number for any Opening Reception held at CHTAC. Karen Long Freidt Ripe mixed media
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Margaret D. Morris A Good Day oil Doris S. Roland To Be oil
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12 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
…it’s the dancers who transform this history lesson/travel diary into an immediate and marvelous contemporary dance experience. — OBERON’S GROVE
A gorgeous dance work integrating trance, rhythmic breathing Nai-Ni Chen comes from a rich dance tradition. She was a and spiral motion, Whirlwind was inspired by Nai-Ni Chen’s renowned traditional dancer in the Republic of China and served personal journey along the Silk Road. Delving into the ancient on several ambassadorial culture missions to nineteen countries mysteries of the old Asiatic cultures, the dance will transport around the world. Since the inception of her Company in 1988, the audience out of the driven, jangling clamor of modern life Ms. Chen has created a wide-ranging repertory from dances that to ponder the simplicity and spiritual richness of another place originated thousands of years ago to highly abstract, modern and time. Four-time Grammy® award-winning composer Glen works. She has received a two-year Choreographer’s Fellowship Velez has created a magical tapestry of sound, evoking the Eastern from the National Endowment for the Arts, and is also a three realms with music that is at once seductive and soulful with time recipient of the Choreographer’s Fellowship from the New swaying rhythms, delicate dreamlike themes, mystic chanting and Jersey State Council on the Arts. bursts of dynamic — almost primitive — energy. This visual feast Saturday, May 2, 8:00pm is enhanced through the beautiful and exotic art work by award $30 / $25 winning artist Jayanthi Moorthy.
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 13 THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ARTS CENTER 757-727-1490 IN THE GALLERIES Gallery Hours Tue–Fri: 10am –6p m , Weekends: 1p m –5p m March 21-May 3, 2015 Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition 2015 Artists currently teaching art in the four peninsula colleges and universities, as well as its public, private, and parochial schools are featured in this juried exhibition of over 115 art works in drawing, watercolor, painting, printmaking, photography, crafts and sculpture. Cash awards totaling $850, including $500 First Place, $250 Second Place, and $100 Third Place, five Awards of Merit and five Honorable Mentions will be selected by the juror, well-known Tidewater painter, Jenny Windsor. Born in Roanoke, Windsor received her BA degree from the College of William and Mary. She has exhibited in many one person, group and juried exhibitions and has won numerous awards for her drawings and oil paintings. Her work is represented in numerous corporate and public collections, including The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center. In writing about jurying and her taste in art, Ms. Windsor writes, Carolyn Garrett Hardy, Chinese Garment, paper and mixed media “No two people will see art exactly the same way. Past experience and where you are in your life affects your vision. As an artist, I am always grateful to be selected for recognition. However, when not recognized I try to listen to the juror’s philosophy realizing that ultimately I am the only one who can really chart my course. I am drawn to work that engages me visually and elicits either an emotional or intellectual response. The craft of art is important to me, but I define craft broadly. Mark Rothko engages me visually by his sophisticated interaction of color, Jacob Lawrence appeals to my sense of design, Vermeer appeals to my interest in the play of light and design, and I love Bill Viola’s mastery of the art of video. Yet all of these artists have an additional layer to their work. Great art is never craft alone. I enjoy art that makes me feel the essence of something turning the ordinary into the universal or changes my perception of our world.” Greg Henry Ballerina wood
Linda Carey Robert Oppecker Richard Ward, Karma, concrete, tile, mirrors Rooftop Tondo Kiddush Cup pastel silver 14 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 IN THE GALLERIES March 21-May 3, 2015 Mary Lee Ruff: A Love of Drawing Mary Lee Ruff was awarded the First Place Award in the Artists Who Teach 2014 Juried Exhibition. Ms. Ruff has been creating art for the past twenty years, is an award winning artist who teaches drawing at CHTAC and has a drawing in the permanent collection of CHTAC. Combining precision and passion, observation and expression Ruff has Ballerina Series #2 created a body of work that relies on the graphite simplest of art techniques — a drawn mark on paper. She has pushed her craft through experimentation and fearlessness to elevate drawing to a fine art level. The most elusive quality that Ruff has is an inspired love of drawing. Her drawings capture the essence of her subjects as they are, truthfully with honest feeling. She believes drawing is an expression Open Door of the inner soul, revealing the soul of graphite the subject and reflecting the soul of the artist. She has a voice that wordlessly speaks volumes, giving the viewer a myriad of experiences with a single glance. “I love the feel of the pencil in my hand. I strive to create mood and feeling in my work. I want the spirit of the subject to be felt by the viewer. I want the viewer to be touched by the subject, much the same way that I am.”
Vacancy The Smith Home graphite graphite HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 15 16 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 Judy Collins
With her icy-sweet voice and classical approach to phrasing and intonation, Judy Collins occupies a stylistic middle ground between folk and so-called art song. Her nearly vibratoless singing is especially well suited to contemplative ballads that take a long view of life. —NY TIMES
The American Theatre is pleased to welcome Judy Collins. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” Esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has been entered into contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy’s dreamy and sweetly intimate original compositions, Judy has inspired audiences with sublime version of “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad written by Stephen vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960s, she evoked “Song of the Year” at the 1975 Grammy Awards. She’s garnered both the idealism and steely determination of a generation united several top-ten hits gold- and platinum-selling albums. Recently, against social and environmental injustices. Five decades later, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her bask in the glow of her iconic 50-album body of work, and take legacy with the album Born to the Breed. inspiration from her spiritual discipline that let her thrive in the Saturday, May 9, 8:00pm music industry for half a century. $45 / $40
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 17 18 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 Art Camps at The American Theatre Summer 2015
around The American Theatre and Fort Monroe will include a variety of subjects including people, architecture and landscapes. Instructor: JERRY GAMMON Monday–Friday, 10:00am–12:00pm, July 13–17 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $135
EAST MEETS WEST: ART FOR EVERYONE AGES 8+ We’ve moved this popular camp to The American Theatre this year to allow more interaction with the monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery. Students will learn about western and eastern art, drawing and painting and the Mystic Arts of Tibet, as they complete several unique, colorful, paintings and crafts. This class will include observing the Tibetan Monks creating their sand mandala and participating in creating the community mandala. All materials included. Instructor: LEE GERRY WERTHEIMER Monday–Friday, 10:00am–12:00pm, July 27–31 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $135
FAIRY TALE DANCE CAMP AGES 4–7 The talented staff of the renowned Todd Rosenlieb Dance School has a special week of fun planned for your little ballerina! Daily dance classes feature arts and crafts activities centered on the ballet classics as well as favorite storybook characters. Special activities include a mid-week pizza party, and there will be a fun ‘sharing’ performance for parents and guests on the final day of camp! Campers should bring their own bag lunch. Drinks provided. Monday–Friday, 9:00am–12:30pm, July 13–17 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $175 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG SNAPPERS AGES 9–14 This course will feature the basic principles of making photos with an emphasis on the fun of photography. Topics will include image selection, composition, and an introduction to the “Art of Seeing”. Students will learn the basic operation of their camera phone, Point and Shoot, DSLR or any other camera they wish to bring to class. Photo shoots in and
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 19 Art Camps at The American Theatre MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE CAMP: SLEEPING BEAUTY AGES 6–19 Audition on Monday, lights up on Friday night. In between is the whirlwind creation of Sleeping Beauty, the latest of internationally acclaimed touring company, Missoula Children’s Theatre’s adventures! Through rigorous rehearsals and zany acting games, Missoula’s professionals will impart useful acting lessons throughout the enriching, week-long theatre experience. A stress-reducing group audition, leading directly into a week of rehearsal, culminating in a performance onstage at The American Theatre in Hampton, VA. Monday–Friday, August 10–14 5 Sessions and Performance, $225 Auditions: Monday, August 10: 10:00am–12:00pm (Parents or legal guardians may be present for entire audition time.) Rehearsals: Monday–Thursday: 10:00am–2:30pm; Friday: 2:30– 7:00pm with final public performance to follow onstage. Rehearsal time for each student will vary within this timeframe based on role. Performance: Friday, August 14 at 7:00pm; Free PUSH COMEDY THEATER: JUNIOR IMPROV AGES 7–12 Ages: 6–19 (Must have completed Kindergarten) Students will explore the key elements of both long and short form Skill Level: All improvisation. The children will play numerous improv games which will serve to develop and enhance their public-speaking, social and team-building skills. This class will be conducted in a non-judgmental environment where the students will build confidence, make friends and most importantly ... have fun. The session concludes with the students performing in a graduation show on The American Theatre stage. The Pushers are Virginia’s premiere sketch and improv comedy group. For nearly ten years they have thrilled audiences with their high-octane, energetic shows and classes. This fall they opened their own theater, The Push Comedy Theater, located in Norfolk. Monday–Friday, 9:00–11:00am, August 3–7 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $200
PUSH COMEDY THEATER: SKETCH COMEDY CAMP AGES 13+ Jump head first into the wonderful worlds of sketch and improv comedy. This class is open to teens from the ages of 13 and up. Absolutely no experience is needed. Students will explore the key tools behind both long MAGIC CAMP: BEGINNING MAGICIANS AGES 6+ and short form improvisation. We will play numerous games to help you WANT TO LEARN THE SECRETS? Our popular annual ‘starter’ Magic Camp sharpen your mind. We will then use improv as a springboard for writing returns, taught by Master Illusionist, Kevin Spencer, from The Spencers: Theatre basic comedy sketches — like those seen on SNL. We strive to create a of Illusion. Learn magical creativity through the art of illusion, storytelling, music, safe, non-judgmental environment where teens can build confidence, make theatre and creative movement. Your budding magician will perform live on the friends and most importantly... have fun. At the end of the session, students stage of The American Theatre on the final day of camp. will take part in a graduation show on the Push Comedy Theater stage. Monday-Friday, 9:00am–12:00pm, August 17-21 Monday–Friday, 1:00–4:00pm, August 3–7 Campers’ Magic show: Friday, August 21, 7:00pm 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $250 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $225
MAGIC CAMP: BEYOND THE BASICS 8+ Must have completed the Beginning Magicians Camp YOU TOO CAN BE A MAGICIAN!! Yes, the ‘magic is back’; our popular annual summer Magic Camp returns taught by Master Illusionist, Kevin Spencer, from The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion. This camp is designed for those who have taken our beginners camp before. Enhance your magical skills through the art of illusion, storytelling, music, theatre and creative movement. Your new magician will perform live on the stage of The American Theatre on the final day of camp. Monday–Friday, 2:00–5:00pm, August 17–21 Campers’ Magic show: Friday, August 21, 7:00pm 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $225
20 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION FORM Summer 2015
Name______Address______City______State______Zip______Daytime Phone______Evening Phone______E-mail______1) SELECT YOUR CAMPS SUMMER CAMPS AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE Date # of Students x Price Amount Jul 13–17: Fairy Tale Dance Camp _____X $175 =$______Jul 13–17: Photography for Young Snappers _____X $135 =$______Jul 27–31: East Meets West: Art for Everyone _____X $135 =$______Aug 3–7: Push Comedy Theater: Junior Improv Camp _____X $200 =$______Aug 3–7: Push Comedy Theater: Sketch Comedy Camp _____X $250 =$______Aug 10–14: Children’s Theatre Camp: Sleeping Beauty _____X $225 =$______Aug 17–21: Magic Camp: Beginning Magicians _____X $225 =$______Aug 17–21: Magic Camp: Beyond the Basics _____X $225 =$______THE AMERICAN THEATRE SUMMER CAMP TOTAL =$______
CHILDREN’S ART CLASSES AT THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ARTS CENTER (information on pg. 43) Date # of Students x Price Amount Jul 6, 8, 9, 10: Painting for Kids* _____X $90 =$______Jul 20, 22, 23, 24: Drawing for Kids* _____X $90 =$______Aug 3, 5, 6, 7: Paper Mache Masks* _____X $90 =$______Aug 10, 12, 13, 14: Multi-Media Fun* _____X $90 =$______* Please Note: There are no Tuesday sessions for these camps. THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ARTS CENTER SUMMER CAMP TOTAL =$______Child’s Name______Age: ______Child’s Name______Age: ______Child’s Name______Age: ______2) GRAND TOTAL Please add your Summer Kids Camp total below. Add $5 for a processing fee. This will give you your Grand Total. Please check carefully to make sure you have included all of your performance totals, and added the $5 processing fee. Summer Camp registration will be processed upon receipt. Summer Camp Total =$ ______PROCESSING FEE = +$5 GRAND TOTAL =$______
ORDER ONLINE: All of our Summer Camps are available for purchase online. Simply visit www.hamptonarts.net. ORDER BY MAIL OR IN PERSON: It’s easy to submit your order! Mail completed order form with payment to The American Theatre Box Office, 125 E Mellen Street, Hampton VA 23663, or bring in person to The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, The American Theatre Box Office or the Hampton Coliseum Box Office. CREDIT CARD: o VISA o MASTERCARD Name on Card:______Account #______Exp. Date.______HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 21 22 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 23 at The American Summer Theatre Happenings Summer 2015 The Hurrah Players Present The Magic & Music of Motown The Hurrah Players promise to make The American Theatre stage sizzle this July with two special performances of The Magic and Music of Motown. Whether you The Mystical Arts of Tibet heard it live, on an 8 track July 28 through August 2 player, or through the grapevine — there is no Make time in your schedule for a week of reflection and inspiration. mistaking that soulfully The monks will once again create a sand-painted mandala: used as distinct 1960’s Motown a tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants. From all the sound. During an era artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored fraught with division sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. In Tibetan this and aggression, Motown art is called dul-tson-kyil-khor, which literally means “mandala of brought people together colored powders.” Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid through the magic of its into place on a flat platform over a period of days. The sand mandala music. The show will open will be deconstructed during the closing ceremony, half the sand will in Norfolk later in July, but be distributed to the audience, while the remainder is carried to a you can catch it here first in our intimate venue. Experience the nearby body of water. The waters then carry the healing blessing of magic with your entire family. the deposited sand to the ocean, and from there it spreads throughout Saturday, July 11, 3:00pm & 7:00pm the world for planetary healing. $10 Opening Ceremony — Tue. July 28, 7pm (Free) Creation Of Sand Mandala — Wed.–Fri. July 29–July 31, 10am–6pm Daily (Free) From Confusion To Enlightenment: Steps In Inner Evolution Lecture — Thur. July 30, 7pm (Free) Completion Of Sand Mandala — Sat. Aug 1, 10am–2pm (Free) View Completed Sand Mandala — Sat. Aug 1, 2–6pm; Sun. Aug 2, 10am–2pm (Free) Symbolism Of The Sand Mandala Lecture — Sun. Aug 2, 12pm (Free) Closing Ceremony — Sun. Aug 2, 1pm (Free)
24 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 BUS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Wednesday, May 13, 8:00am–10:00pm Join painters, photographers and art and museum lovers for this one day bus trip to Summer Washington, DC. Participants can visit the Smithsonian museums within walking distance surrounding the National Mall, or the many cosmopolitan shops and restaurants throughout the city. You and your friends are on your own to visit the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, American Art Museum, National Museum of Women Artists, African Art Museum, Asian Art Museum, Phillips Collection, Corcoran, Renwick or many more. Contact [email protected] or call 727-1490 for more information and a flyer with a Happenings list of museums, restaurants and itinerary. $65 ($60 HAL members)
DC Bus Trip 11-7-2013
PLEIN AIR PAINTING EVENT AT FORT MONROE Saturday, May 16, 9:00am–5:00pm A dozen or more plein air painters will converge on Fort Monroe to experience the joy of painting the landscape “in fresh air.” Beautiful and unusual architecture is one of the highlights with the 1834 stone fortress, including its moat, which is the largest in America. Subjects include historic Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Chapel of the Centurion with Tiffany windows, Hotel Chamberlin and numerous other structures. The varied landscape includes ancient windswept live oaks, beaches and marshes. Artists are invited to register for the event and a chance to win the $150 Prize for First Place. Contact jwjones@hampton. gov or call 727-1490 for a flyer with more information. Artist fee to participate is $25 ($20 HAL members). The event is free for art lovers who are welcome to visit and watch the artists at work or return to the Arts Center at the end of the day to view or purchase artworks and meet and talk with the artists.
Chris Rich Plein Air Painting at Fort Monroe
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 25 2015/16 Season Here’s a quick glimpse behind the curtain at KATIE DEAL the Hampton Arts 2015/2016 Season. Our IN TODAY, full schedule, filled with local, national, and TOMORROW international artists and performances will be announced soon. We’re excited about the & FOREVER: A season to come and we think you will be, too. TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE Peek at The American Theatre’s Events Having sold out two national tours as the late, great Ms. Patsy Cline, Katie MARY WILSON is thrilled to embark on her third national tour. With a new take on nostalgia, Katie’s one-woman show features a live band, tight & FREDA PAYNE harmonies and a powerhouse singer. SING THE November 2015 LEGENDS Mary Wilson of the Supremes is BEAUSOLEIL best known for being a founding AVEC member of the Motown Female Singing Trio. Freda Payne sold MICHAEL a million copies of her 1970 hit DOUCET “Band of Gold”. These two super- For the past 37 years, stars come together to do a tribute BeauSoleil avec Michael to two of the biggest legends in Doucet has been making American music, Lena Horne and some of the most potent and Ella Fitzgerald. Some of the songs popular Cajun music on the in this music concert include Mr. planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and Paganini, Mack the Knife, Someone created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding To Watch Over Me, Lady Is a Tramp, fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for They Can’t take that Away from bringing even the most staid audience to its feet. BeauSoleil’s Me, Stormy Weather, Honeysuckle distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans Rose, and more. jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass. October 2015 February 2016 ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE: SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND Prepare to re-imagine the Beatles’ groundbreaking album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Steven Page (founder and former lead of the iconic band Barenaked Ladies) joins an ensemble of singers including Andy Maize (Skydiggers), Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) and Craig Northey (The Odds), and Art of Time’s world class orchestra, for an incredible night of music — with a couple of surprises to round out this historic performance. November 2015
26 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 Sneak Peek THE AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE Peek at CENTER: JULIUS CAESAR The American Shakespeare Center specializes in riveting, The Charles H. Taylor heart-pounding performances of Shakespeare and other early modern works. Like early modern acting companies, actors play Arts Center’s Exhibitions multiple roles in a single show. The house lights remain on during As Gallery Manager, one of the things I especially enjoy about performances, and the actors surround themselves with audience my job is working with the artists and curating and installing members on three sides. This exhibitions. Several of our exhibitions are annual events which inclusive arrangement allows we have been presenting for more than a decade. These include the audience to enjoy the same our Hampton Arts League Open Members, Artists Who Teach, festive sense of community Virginia Artists Juried, and Peninsula Glass Guild exhibitions. experienced at Shakespeare’s This only leaves about three exhibition periods for me to original Blackfriars Playhouse exercise my curatorial muscles. in London. When Jeff Stern, our Artistic Director, asked me to do a brief March 2016 preview of one of next season’s exhibitions, it was easy to pick what I think will be a very interesting one. LATIN PASSION To quote Vincent Van Gogh, I often think that the night is Latin Passion — An explosive feast of Latin dance, bringing more alive and richly colored than the day. you the sultry sexiness of Tango, the passionate fire of Flamenco I had already been planning to curate an exhibition about and the exciting sizzle of Salsa. This journey into the soul of how artists use light, when I was approached by artist friend, Latin dance culture captivates audiences through the universal Barbara Hennig-Loomis asking if I would like to co-curate an language of dance and storytelling at its finest - winning smiles exhibition called Carpe Noctem, (Seize the Night). and warming hearts along the way. LATIN PASSION features In her words, the exhibition “will explore the many facets world class Latin dance entertainers in a spice filled show of of darkness, from the depths of the soul, to the mystical color, great music and consummate skill. LATIN PASSION realms that open when night falls. In this day and age, when is an unforgettable theatre experience from Jordi Caballero light is seemingly inescapable, it is easy to forget that for the (Choreographer for Cher, Madonna, Spice Girls and who’s seen majority of time, on Dancing with the Stars) and Miles Copeland (Manager of The from the earliest Police, Sting, and the founder of IRS Records). cave paintings until the mid-19th May 2016 century, artists often worked with the barest sliver of illumination. The dark was light enough, and color and form merged seamlessly with the night from which it emerged.” — James Warwick Jones
Tom Moore Pizza photograph
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 27 THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ARTS CENTER 757-727-1490 IN THE GALLERIES Gallery Hours Tue–Fri: 10am –6p m , Weekends: 1p m –5p m A Journey from Realism to Abstract and Non-Objective Art May 9 – June 21, 2015 This survey will lead the viewer on a journey from photo realism, painterly style, and expressionism to abstract and non- objective art. In all of these diverse approaches, artists use a visual language of form, color, line and the other elements and principles of design to create a composition. The content may be based on natural observation, realistic rendering and illusionism for a depiction of our surroundings. In Western art, from the renaissance to impressionism, this tradition of naturalistic rendering to depict our world was the dominant motif. At the beginning of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and others developed an abstract approach to create a new direction in art, partially influenced by those qualities in ethnocentric art. Soon after, Wassily Kandinsky and other artists began creating art without any reference to the reality of the world around them. Whatever the idiom, artists are expressing their personal vision, feelings, ideas and sensibilities. This group exhibition features artworks in all media by artists with a regional connection, working from realism to abstraction to non-objective traditions. Some works by the same artists will show a direct line as they have moved from one style to another, while other artists include characteristics of these three movements in all of their exhibited artworks. Betty Anglin One of the participants, David Dodge Lewis describes this work He Brought connection “So far as my relationship to realism, abstraction, and Me Roses watercolor non-objective art goes, I didn’t make a direct line evolution the collage way someone like Kandinsky did; growing up during modernism, I saw these three as esthetic options. While many artists choose one of these areas and largely stay within it, others feel free to move back and forth among them, or even to mix them in a single work (the last being more what I do).
LaRhue Mitchell Ken Wright Still Life with Knife Holiday Swing and Fork acrylic gouache
28 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 IN THE GALLERIES
Tim O’Kane, One Intention in a Troubled World, oil
Steve Griffin, Dog and Vase, oil
Sydney O. Jenkins, Cruise and All, acrylic Nancy Bruce, Undecided, mixed media HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 29 LIGHTHOUSE SERIES
A beacon of hope and safety, lighthouses have been providing a path to safe harbor for hundreds of years. Hampton’s own historic lighthouse, Old Point Comfort, has been guiding hearty souls safely home since 1803. New this season, The American Theatre offers its own beacon of hope to the arts community, providing local talent a path to a welcoming and safe creative home. In our new Lighthouse Series, you’ll find individual performances by talented community artists and ongoing events designed to welcome and grow new generations of talent, and provide our creative community the opportunity to share their unique interests and stories. The Venue on 35th Series FIRST SUNDAY EVENINGS GYPSY CHARM: A NEW FAMILY MUSICAL BY SHARI GRABER* Tapping into the current cultural hunger for the supernatural, this new musical is sure to delight young audiences and families as it follows a young girl who is in search of a way to remove an ancient Gypsy curse which threatens to end her life by a certain age. Sunday, April 5, 2015, 7:30pm *Rescheduled from its original February 2nd performance date. Free
RICHARD SUMERAK’S SUMMER VACATION: BY D.D. DELANEY Lammas, an ancient and medieval celebration, observes the beginning of fall and the harvest season. It was a time to tear down fences on private lands so the poor could share in the abundance produced by the fields. Delaney’s play celebrates these traditions as he weaves a late summer’s tale about Richard Sumerak, a beleaguered psychologist who is crazier than his patients. In this psycho-comedy, the fences that fall are in Richard’s mind, and the hero is the season — which is generous to all. Sunday, May 3, 2015, 7:30pm Free
30 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 FRIENDLY PERSUASION PFC celebrates the Phoebus birthday of screen legend Gary Cooper with this Academy Film Club Series Award winning classic. Jess and Eliza Birdwell THE HOUSE BEHIND THE WALL (Gary Cooper & Dorothy McGuire) are Virginia filmmakers, namely writer-director-producer Robert prosperous farmers of Stephens (2008’s House of Fallen) and writer-producer Jeff the Quaker faith in Carleton. The pair (both born and raised in Virginia and 1863 Indiana, Union currently call Hampton Roads home) endured nearly a two-year territory threatened by journey to bring their feature, The House Behind the Wall, to the Confederate raiders. big screen. This independent horror is an impressive throwback to Prim, devout, and a the old days of the genre. With many horror films now relying on bit blind to the worldly excessive violence, gore and special effects to manufacture scares, yearnings of her family, The House Behind the Wall uses subtlety, tension and creepiness to Eliza (an ordained make a lasting impression. Quaker minister The House Behind the Wall is based on a local urban legend herself) defends surrounding what many Hampton natives call “the woman in her family against white.” Five collegians move into a beautiful home for their outside temptations, senior year. Of course, the house is haunted since it’s the former as represented by the home of the woman in white. One student, Jess (Elyse DuFour), gambling, dancing, music and experiences weird occurrences and eventually sees the apparition. fighting of the county fair. Her Her roommates, meanwhile, witness nothing and thus have a resistance is mostly in vain. tough time believing her. Acrimony develops, especially between Jess has a passion for unseemly Jess and Catherine (Erinn O’Sullivan), since Jess is the black buggy-racing, daughter Mattie sheep (Catherine recognizes that and acts upon it). Looking for (Phyllis Love) is enraptured by a answers, Jess researches the history of her new digs and learns one non-Quaker Yankee soldier, and important thing Little Jess (Richard Eyer) has — she and her sadistic ideas about strangling roommates should her house pet, a Goose named leave now. But is it Samantha. When Jess brings a too late? forbidden musical instrument, Film Rating: R an organ, into the house, Eliza Thursday, April finds reconciling her beliefs with 16, 2015, 7:30pm reality all the more difficult. $8 Finally, the outside world erupts into the Birdwell’s peaceful existence in a way that cannot be ignored. Older son Josh (Anthony Perkins) takes up arms with the militia to oppose the Confederates, and the possibility of real war destroying the entire valley puts Eliza’s principles to the test. Film Rating: G Thursday, May 7, 2015, 7:30pm $8
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 31 LIGHTHOUSE SERIES
AMERICAN GRAFFITI PFC prepares to welcome summer with this classic film set on the last night of summer 1962. The teenagers of Modesto, California, want to have some fun before adult responsibilities close in. Among them are Steve (Ron Howard) and Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), college-bound with mixed feelings about leaving home; nerdy Terry “The Toad” (Charles Martin Smith), who scores a dream date with blonde Debbie (Candy Clark); and John (Paul Le Mat), a 22-year-old drag racer who wonders how much longer he can stay champion and how he got stuck with 13-year-old Carol (Mackenzie Phillips) in his deuce coupe. As D. J. Wolfman Jack spins 41 vintage tunes on the radio throughout the night, Steve ponders a future with girlfriend Laurie (Cindy Williams), Curt chases a mystery blonde, Terry tries to act cool, and Paul prepares for a race against Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford), but nothing can stop the next day from coming, and with it the vastly different future ushered in by the 1960s. American Graffiti became the third most popular movie of 1973 (after The Exorcist and The Sting), establishing the reputations of Lucas (whose next film would be Star Wars) and his young cast, and furthering the onset of soundtrack-driven, youth-oriented movies. Theatrical Rating: PG Thursday, May 21, 2015, 7:30pm $8
CHRISTINE AT THE CROSSROADS In recognition of June as LGBT Pride Month, PFC is pleased to screen this locally produced, Virginia Beach-born feature film that explores the difficult relationship expectations on women in our society. When a young married woman (Diane Sokolowich) begins to realize that true love and the relationship she wants isn’t what society would like her to think. Filmed in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, the Film has already been screened in California and Ohio and earned rave reviews at the Reel It Out Film Festival earlier this year. Director Ernie Smith will attend and offer closing remarks with a Q&A session. Film Rating: R Thursday, June 25, 2015, 7:30pm $8
32 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 YOGA THERAPY WITH DR. DILIP SARKAR AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE Dilip Sarkar is one of the foremost experts in Yoga Therapy who combines his 45-year experience in Conventional Medicine with his extensive knowledge of Integrative Medicine, including Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy. Students will enjoy Dr. Sarkar’s relaxing session of breath work and meditative motion. Classes take place in the Dance Studio of The American Theatre; no experience in yoga is required and students of all levels will be comfortable, as the poses are adaptable to provide the desired intensity. Students should provide their own yoga mats and wear comfortable clothing. Wednesdays, 6–8pm, unless a performance is scheduled at The American Theatre. Please call to confirm a class. $40 for 5 classes or $10 for a single session, collected at the beginning of each class.
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 33 ENCORE AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE
It’s A Wonderful Life performed as a radio The wildly entertaining musicians of The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra playing to drama in December. a full house.
A few of the talented and energetic The diverse and talented guitarists with The Performers read original monologues to members of The Vienna Boys Choir. Their International Guitar Night, in sound check before the an overflow crowd during our First Sunday backstage food request after the show? audience arrives. event held on Superbowl Sunday. Milk and cookies.
Volunteers help build the original egg sculptures used by Stefanie Batten Bland answers a question from the audience after her Company Stefanie Batten Bland during their dance performance. company’s dance performance.
Arlo Guthrie shared the 50th Anniversary of ‘Alice’s Restaurant Massacree’ with two sold- A few of the students in the Introduction to Sign Painting out audiences. Workshop held in our Dance Studio. The event was hosted by AIGA Hampton Roads. 34 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 BRAVO AT THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ART CENTER
Clayton Singleton, Juror, with Dr. Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Clayton Singleton, Juror, makes a point with Tom Cochrane Richard Ward and John Tobin
Doris Roland, Melody Avery, Sharon Felty Judkins Ethan, Jon and Sara Kelly, Gavin, Chaela and Darren Davis with Kelly’s painting and Yvonne Wilson Boone Moneymaker, Youngest HAL Member in the Exhibition HAL Award Winners Gordon Bray, Margaret Morris, Susan Burgoyne, Juror-Clayton Singleton, Karen Long Freidt, Doris Roland, Lynne Sward and Jon Moneymaker
HAL Reception Volunteers and Debbie Maida
Sandy Hussell, Jo Louise and Steve Hussell
HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 35 Poetry Inspired by Art AT THE CHARLES H. TAYLOR ART CENTER THE AMAZON Poem by Bob Kelly Inspired by Goblet #2 by Nate Avery Where is that Amazon roaming Hampton Rhodes CITY OF SAFFRON beguiling Nate Avery with her sky blue eyes © Dave Lego 2015-01-05 Inspired by Gayle Forman Gayle Forman flaxen hair, soft red lips City of Saffron to make her a proper goblet? Like Cathedral of the Annunciation blown and virginal white below golden domed tops silvered glass I want to see the joy in her Amazon eyes elegant in the Triumvirate as she lets the Champagne bubbles the three-tiered golden tree fill her Amazon mouth, roll down her the double-dropped gilt chocolate drop Amazon throat tickle her Amazon tummy. the single pressed dome with nippled cupola What a sight that would be. How mysterious the hidden inside Where is that Amazon? the scent, the colour, the bud in the mouth I must see her! what saffron smoke over a fire conjures rising to some ancient Asian sky as beggars and monks chant indiscernible tongues Nate Avery incense in brass cants and sways Goblet #2 and small brass bells ring back memories blown glass What does it mean? “ooooohmmmm” What does it care? “Ooooooohmmm” VICTORIA What will we become? “Mmmmmmmm” Poem by Jessica Wilde Inspired by Ronald Parson Sculpture
She emerges from the ground Heather Hartle like The Awakening— Focus Of a man from the earth fused, slumped and engraved glass made of metal, his skin a thin layer of oxide, his arm 17 feet in the air. FOCUS You could touch his beard, Poem by slide on his leg, Abigail Rathbone sit in his hand, and I did. Inspired by Heather Hartle’s Focus I used to think his limbs continued underneath the earth You’re given a test: and connected one to the other Which is better, Sterile Contained Perfection or like a real giant. Ron Parsons Messy Open-Ended Imperfection? But sometimes when we’d go to see him Victoria glass and metal No context is given to at the end of Hains Point, Help you decide and and watch planes land across the water, Still you must. parts of him would be missing. But Hartle’s glass immediately Cars would hit him, Dad said, Biases one in favor of perfection when they raced there at night, This is no sterility— removing a toe, puncturing an ear, It’s a shimmering fecundity of pattern and reminding you that he was only metal Whose movement takes place and his body was separate sculptures. Only in your brain which the Victoria’s body of glass stops at the surface, too, Artist has so successfully where silica at 1700 degrees Celsius makes a human form. Manipulated. “I’ve been had,” But she lets you wonder, in the corners of the days, Your reason protests. where she came from, “No matter,” your soul replies, and why she has that expression on her face. “Take me.”
36 DIVERSIONS April/May/June 2015 Volunteer Spotlight When longtime volunteers Paul and Karen Reilly suggested last summer that their son, Joe, might like to intern for us, we invited him to join the team. We were delighted to find out that Joe was a Joe and Sierra Noland onstage talented, hard-working, and creative artist in his own right. Things in Paul Ekert’s play, T42. went so well last summer that Joe has asked to return. We thought you’d like to get to know our new ‘Sr. Intern,’ in his own words: Theater has always been my passion. I suppose no one has been a greater influence on my love for theater than my parents. As far back as I can remember, my parents have been taking me to all sorts of live theater. My mom took me to performances of operas and Shakespeare. My dad took me to see Broadway plays and concerts. They provided me great exposure to the various types of theater. By the time I was ten, I had seen more theater than most people my age, and more than some people will see in their entire lives. At age 8, my love of theater drove me out of the audience seats and onstage as a performer. Joining up with a Williamsburg theater company called Backstage Productions; I found the perfect chance to perform dramas, comedies, and musicals onstage before a live audience. The theater company director, Naomi Morrow, always encouraged creativity and was a great source of inspiration for me. The greatest part of being able to perform in Backstage Productions was portraying crazy fun characters onstage such as Reverend Collins from Pride and Prejudice, Big Julie from Guys and Dolls, and Renfield from Dracula. Now as a sophomore at Washington and Lee University, I am working towards a business major and a theater minor. In the time I’ve been in college, I’ve been exposed to many elements of theater. I have performed onstage in the Paul Ekert play T42. I have worked in set design and helped construct the set for the W&L production of Night of the Iguana. This year I am excited to be working the soundboard for the Washington and Lee production of Spamalot. Every field of theater I explore has its own rewards and magic and I hope to be a part of all aspects of theater. Being able to intern at The American Theatre over the summer was a great exposure to the business side of theater. It’s been amazing working with knowledgeable people like Jeff Stern and Kevin Spence and getting to see the Joe, manning the check-in table during last work that goes into running the theater. Every day, they summer’s Hampton Arts Volunteer Reception. give me important assignments that I know contribute to The American Theatre and Hampton Arts. From collecting and interpreting data, working with theater marketing, and Hampton Arts welcomes intern requests. If you would like helping with the summer camps, interning at The American to learn more about internship opportunities at The Amer- Theatre has been an amazing experience. I am excited to ican Theatre and The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, please pick up working at The American Theatre again this summer. contact Jeff Stern at [email protected] or 757-896-1240. —Joe Reilly HamptonArts.net DIVERSIONS 37 The Hampton Arts Foundation expresses deep appreciation to the following for their generous support:
PATRON Hal & Marianne Prentiss Jai Rangappa Langley Federal Credit Union I. Earl Lawson James & Ann Tormey The Rouse-Bottom Foundation James Granger James Granger Virginia Natural Gas James Warwick Jones Jean B. Kelpin PARTNER Midge & Jimmy Eason John & Carolyn Witherspoon Ann Marie Batten Myron & Cynthia Bilyj Josephine & Michael Behan Bernice Schoenbaum Nancy & Steve Adams Josephine Behan Dominion Foundation Nancy Jane C. Bains Judith L. Carey Drs. Michael & Linda Kelley Stuart Davis, Jr. Kacey Sydnor Carneal Kent Lion The Hon. & Mrs. Louis R. Lerner Katharine Terrill Lewis & Minta Wood The Hon. Joseph H. Spencer, II Kathryn S. Allen Peninsula Community Foundation The Wythe Fund Kevin & Suzy Spence Raymond & Catherine Walsh Lara M. White FRIEND The Tang Fund Laura & Phil Worst Anonymous Linda & Ron Minetree Aileen Schweitzer CONTRIBUTOR Louise Coulson Marchello Don, Jr. & Nancy Allen Alys Fair Lynne Oglesby Dot Wright Beth Ewing Mary Dame Broad Doug & Molly Strup Charitable Fund Bettye Frye Michael & Andrea Berndt Doug Favre Bill Tennis Mrs. Peggy S. Hayes Dr. & Mrs. Ray C. Otte Caye Garrett Nancy M. Gray Jim Thompson & Jo Ann Draucker Col. & Mrs. Ben Hamilton Norman & Mary Saville Joe & Letia Drewry Col. & Mrs. I. N. McInnis Patricia Mill Les & Sue Davenport David L. Peebles Peter & Christine Brennan Mary Losik Deborah Morris Rick & Cindy Bagley Mary Neale Floyd J. Wilcox Robert & Bonnie Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Blake Frances L. Butler Robert & Carol Smith Mr. & Mrs. Pat Minetti Frank & Nancy Kearney Ron & Ruthann Kellum in honor of The Wythe Fund Frear & Carolyn Hawkins Madison Kellum Thomas & Catherine L. Wornom Fred Westphal & Mary Swift Sally A. Lazorchak George E. Wallace Susan Borland DONOR Gladys M. Clarke & Curtis J. Clarke Craig Haines & Cindy Cutler Sylvia & Bill Craft In Memory of Evelyn McDonald Debra T. Scott The Doctors Serwatka Jackie Hellman Dois Rosser Turner M. Spencer Jacqueline Schryer Dr. Robert Howard, Jr.
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FIGURE PAINTING ADULTS AGES 18+ The human form is the most imperfect, dynamic, and widely interpreted subject of artists, making it the perfect platform for self- expression. Polish your powers of observation, channel your perceptions, YOGA: IN THE GALLERIES AGES 18+ and enhance your painting skills. The model will do only one sustained Enjoy learning about and practicing Yoga surrounded by art in our pose. Students will work independently without instruction providing galleries. Students will enjoy a relaxing session of breath work and the painting media of their choice. meditative motion. No experience in yoga is required and students of all No Instructor levels will be comfortable, as the poses are adaptable to provide the desired Wednesday, 6:30–9:00 pm, May 27 intensity. Please provide your own mat and wear comfortable clothing. 1 Class, Class Limit: 12, $20 (HAL members $15) Instructor: JANET ABEL Session A: Monday Evenings, 6:00–7:00 pm March 30–June 22, No class May 4, 25, and another date TBD THE LANDSCAPE IN SOFT PASTEL AGES 18+ Session B: Wednesday Evenings, 6:30–7:30 pm Beginning students will learn basic soft pastel techniques while more April 1–June 24, No Class May 6, 27, and another date TBD advanced students will take their work to another level. Emphasis will 10 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $105 (HAL members $100) focus on color choices, composition and value. Learn how to simplify what you see; what to leave out and why. Working from your photo, students will delve deeper into color temperature changes, edge control DRAWING AGES 15+ and atmospheric perspective. Materials list will be emailed or mailed. This class is designed for students from beginning to more experienced. Instructor: MARY CHRISTIE Beginning students will learn basic drawing fundamentals, including Mondays, 6:30-9:00 pm, April 13, 20, 27 materials and techniques. Those more experienced students will work 3 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $50 (HAL members $45) more independently using the materials and subject of their personal choice. Materials list will be emailed or mailed. Instructor: MARY LEE RUFF PLEIN AIR PAINTING Session A: Thursdays, 1:00-3:30 pm WORKSHOP AGES 18+ Session B: Thursdays, 6:30-9:00 pm This painting workshop will cover April 9–May 28, 8 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $145 (HAL members $140) the basics of Plein Air with useful techniques and gear. Students will learn how to approach outdoor DRAWING FOR BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE AND painting in a manner to work fast ADVANCED AGES 18+ and have a fresh look in the Plein The class is for beginning to advanced students to develop skills in Air tradition. 9:00–9:30am — Meet graphite and Prismacolor pencil, Speedball pen and ink, Crayola crayon and discussion of techniques and or inked scratchboard. Emphasis on subject, depth and the principles of tips for beginner painters. Workshop design will be discussed and application demonstrated. Class will include rescheduled in event of rain. Request lectures, demonstrations, and critiques. Syllabus and material list will be a flyer with more details and given at the first class. material list. Instructor: JOAN RUSHIN FOLSOM Instructor: DOUG CLARKE Doug Clarke Plein Air Painting Saturdays, 11:00 am–3:00 pm, April 25–June 27, No Class May 9 Saturday, 10:30 am–4:30 pm, May 2 9 Classes, Class Limit: 10, $140 (HAL members $135) 1 Class, Class Limit: 12, $40 (HAL members $35)
FIGURE DRAWING ADULTS AGES 18+ PLEIN AIR PAINTING EVENT AT FORT MONROE The human form is the most imperfect, dynamic, and widely interpreted Beautiful and unusual architecture is one on the highlights with the 1834 subject of artists, making it the perfect platform for self-expression. Polish stone fortress, including moat, the largest in America. Subjects include your powers of observation, channel your perceptions, and enhance historic Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Chapel of the Centurion with your drawing skills. Model will do a variety of many short poses and a Tiffany windows, Hotel Chamberlin and numerous other structures. few longer poses. Students will work independently without instruction The varied landscape includes ancient windswept live oaks, beaches and providing the drawing media of their choice. marshes. There is a $150 Prize for first place. Contact jwjones@hampton. gov or call 727-1490 for more information. $25 ($20 HAL members). No Instructor Session A: Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 pm, May 6 Saturday, May 16, 9:00 am–5:00 pm Session B: Wednesday, 6:30-9:00 pm, May 20 2 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $20 (HAL members $15) PER CLASS
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Instructor: JAMES WARWICK JONES ART MUSEUM BUS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. ADULTS Session A: Tuesdays, 1:00–3:30 pm, March 31–June 16, No class May 5 Join painters, photographers and art lovers for this one day bus trip to Session B: Thursdays, 6:30–9:00 pm, April 2–June 18, No class May 7 Washington, DC to visit art museums, shops and restaurants. You may Session C: Saturdays, 10:00 am–12:30 pm, April 4–June 13 choose to visit the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, National 11 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $170 (HAL members $165) Museum of Women Artists, African Art Museum, the Phillips Collection or many more. Contact [email protected] or call 727-1490 for more information. $65 ($60 HAL members). DIGITAL CAMERA 101 AGES 18+ Wednesday, May 13, 8:00 am–10:00 pm New to digital photography, or want to learn about how to use your digital camera? This class for beginners will cover the advantages of digital photography; the required and optional gear needed, and introduce students ABSTRACT PAINTING IN ACRYLIC AGES 18+ to the importance of the “Digital Darkroom” for post-processing of images. Ken Wright has been an abstract painter for more than 30 years, and Class will also cover principles of composition and introduce students to the has won over 300 awards for his paintings. In this one day workshop, Exposure Triangle. There will be an optional shooting assignment for the students will work in acrylic painting media as they journey from realism second class. Bring your digital camera and instruction manual. to abstraction in the creative use of the design elements. Students provide Instructor: GARY HESS their own acrylic materials. Materials list will be emailed or mailed. Wednesdays, 6:30–9:00 pm, May 6 & 13 Instructor: KEN WRIGHT 2 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $40 (HAL members $35) Sunday, 2:00–5:00 pm, June 14 1 Class, Class Limit: 12, $40 (HAL members $35) INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY AGES 18+ Is it time to take your photography to the next level? Then this class is a WATERCOLOR PAINTING AGES 18+ must. We will review the basics and then go into greater depth on topics Beginning students will learn about the fundamental materials and including exposure, composition and perspective. Using the Exposure techniques of watercolor, while more experienced students will sharpen Triangle, we will examine the relationships between ISO, shutter speed their skills with individual instruction. Class will include lecture, and aperture settings, and will examine the various shooting modes demonstrations and critiques. Students may work from their own original (manual, shutter or aperture priority, or the program or auto settings) photographs, still life set ups, drawings or imagination. Materials list will and how to use them. Finally, this class will include a brief overview of be emailed or mailed. post processing workflow and some of the computer applications that are commonly used to manage our digital image files. Instructor: BETTY ANGLIN Wednesdays, 10:00 am–12:30 pm, March 25–May 27 Instructor: WAYNE BERRY 10 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $155 (HAL members $150) Wednesdays, 6:30–9:00 pm, May 20 & 27 2 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $40 (HAL members $35)
WATERCOLOR AGES 18+ Find your artistic voice as we explore watercolor considering the works of DRAWING FOR KIDS AGES 6–12 the masters and your own creative impulse. Basic watercolor techniques– Young artists will explore a variety of drawing media including, pencil, washes, glazing, wet-on-wet, dry brush, scraping, sanding and painting pen and ink, colored pencil, pastel and charcoal as they learn about without a brush– will all be covered. See how the right use of line, edges, drawing still life, portrait, landscape and other subjects. They will value, color, texture, and composition can strengthen your work. Whether discover line, shape, and design as they expand their drawing skills. All you’re a first time student or an experienced artist, you will find this materials included. course to be challenging and lots of fun. Instructor: JEFF BURNS Instructor: JIM DEES Saturdays, 1:30–3:30 pm, April 11–May 2 Thursdays, 10:30 am–12:30 pm, March 26–June 4 4 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $75 11 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $135 (HAL members $130) PAINTING FOR KIDS AGES 6–12 PAINTING IN OIL, ACRYLIC OR WATERCOLOR Young artists will explore a variety of painting media including watercolor, tempera and mixed media as they learn about painting still life, portrait, HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULTS landscape and other subjects. They will learn about materials, techniques, color Students with any level of experience from beginning to more advanced, mixing and design as they expand their painting skills. All materials included. may work with either oils, acrylics, and explore their own style and subject matter. Beginning students will learn fundamental materials and Instructor: AMANDA WALLACE techniques; while more experienced students will be challenged to reach Saturdays, 1:30–3:30 pm, May 16–June 13, No Class May 23 another level. The class will feature lecture, demonstration, individual 4 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $80 instruction, and critiques. Materials list will be emailed or mailed.
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Instructor: BETTY ANGLIN Wednesdays, 10:00 am–12:30 pm, July 1–August 26 9 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $140 (HAL ADULT CLASSES SUMMER 2015 members $135) YOGA IN THE GALLERIES AGES 18+ Enjoy learning about and practicing Yoga surrounded by art in our PAINTING galleries. Students will enjoy a relaxing session of breath work and meditative motion. No experience in yoga is required and students of all IN OILS, levels will be comfortable, as the poses are adaptable to provide the desired ACRYLICS OR intensity. Please provide your own mat and comfortable clothing. WATERCOLOR Pam Oden Saturday Painting Instructor: JANET ABEL Session A: Monday Evenings, 6:00–7:00 pm HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULTS July 6 – August 3, No class June 22 Students with any level of experience from beginning to more advanced, Session B: Wednesday Evenings, 6:30–7:30 pm may work with either oils, acrylics or watercolor, and explore their own style July 8 – August 5, No class, June 24 and subject matter. Beginning students will learn fundamental materials 5 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $55 (HAL members $50) and techniques; while more experienced students will be challenged to reach another level. The class will feature lecture, demonstration, individual instruction, and critiques. Materials list will be mailed. AGES 17+ DRAWING SATURDAYS Instructor: JAMES WARWICK JONES Beginning students will work in black and white using graphite pencil Session A: Tuesdays, 1:00–3:30 pm, July 7–September 1 to learn the basic fundamentals of drawing. Intermediate and advanced No class August 18 students will build on these skills as they expand their drawing abilities Session B: Thursdays, 6:30–9:00 pm, July 2–August 27 and techniques and work with color. Contour and perspective using No class August 20 Prismacolor colored pencil and Crayola crayon. Class will include lecture, Session C: Saturdays, 10:00 am–12:30 pm, July 1–August 29 demonstration and individual critiques. Class syllabus and materials list 8 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $125 (HAL members $120) will be given at first class. Instructor: JOAN RUSHIN FOLSOM Saturdays, 11:00 am–3:00 pm, July 18–August 22 FIGURE DRAWING ADULTS 6 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $95 (HAL members $90) The human form is the most imperfect, dynamic, and widely interpreted subject of artists, making it the perfect platform for self-expression. Polish your powers of observation, channel your perceptions, and enhance your DRAWING AGES 16+ drawing skills. Students will work independently without instruction using This class is designed for students from beginning to more experienced. the drawing media of their choice. Beginning students will learn basic drawing fundamentals, including No Instructor materials and techniques. Those more experienced students will work Wednesday, 6:30–9:00 pm, July 15 more independently using the materials and subject of their personal 1 Class, Class Limit: 12 choice. Materials list will be emailed or mailed. $20 (HAL members $15) Instructor: MARY LEE RUFF Session A: Thursdays, 1:00–3:30 pm, July 16–August 20 Session B: Thursdays, 6:30–9:00 pm, June 16–August 20 DIGITAL CAMERA 101 AGES 18 UP 6 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $110 (HAL members $105) New to digital photography, or want to learn about how to use your digital camera? This class for beginners will cover the advantages of digital photography; the required and optional gear needed, and introduce students WATERCOLOR PAINTING AGES 18+ to the importance of the “Digital Darkroom” for post-processing of images. Beginning students will learn about the fundamental materials and Class will also cover principles of composition and introduce students to the techniques of watercolor, while more experienced students will progress Exposure Triangle. There will be an optional shooting assignment for the to a new level with individual instruction. The focus of the class will be second class. Bring your digital camera and instruction manual. on materials, techniques, design, subject matter and personal expression. Instructor: WAYNE BERRY Students may work from their own original photographs, still life set ups, Wednesdays, 6:30–9:00 pm, July 22 & 29 drawings or imagination. Materials list will be mailed or emailed. 2 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $40 (HAL members $35)
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NOTES FOR ALL CLASSES: • Dress for Mess! INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY AGES 18 UP This class is for those who want to move beyond the “Easy Button” on their • All materials provided for student’s classes, unless digital camera. The class will explore seven steps that will help move the otherwise noted. auto button shooter to the next photography level. Includes understanding • Please register early to ensure you have a space the exposure triangle, the advantages of shooting in RAW and how a in class. tripod can improve your photography. There will be an optional shooting • Refunds will not be given for students withdrawing from assignment where photos will receive a “gentle critique” in session two. classes. Credits will be given for future classes. Instructor: GARY HESS • Please inform CHTAC of student’s special needs when Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm, August 5 & 12 registering; the studio is not wheelchair accessible. 2 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $40 (HAL members $35) • Students should not arrive more than 15 minutes early for a class and should be picked up promptly at the end of class. CHILDREN’S ART CLASSES ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTORS: PAINTING FOR KIDS AGES 6–12 JANET ABEL, an E.R.Y.T. — Experienced Registered Young artists will explore a variety of painting media, including Yoga Teacher, has been teaching yoga since 2001. watercolor, tempera and mixed media as they learn about painting still life, portrait, landscape and other subjects. They will learn about materials, BETTY ANGLIN graduated from W&M and taught techniques, color mixing and design as they expand their painting skills. watercolor at CNU for 40 years before retiring in 2011. All materials included. WAYNE BERRY is a working photographer and Instructor: AMANDA WALLACE photography instructor. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10:00 am–12:00 pm, July 6, 8, 9 and 10 JEFF BURNS received his BFA degree from CNU and 4 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $90 has taught art in Hampton City Schools for 13 years. DOUG CLARKE is a VCU honors graduate and an DRAWING FOR KIDS AGES 6–12 award winning plein air painter from Virginia Beach. Young artists will explore a variety of drawing media including, pencil, pen MARY CHRISTIE received her BA in Studio Art from and ink, colored pencil, pastel and charcoal as the learn about drawing still California State University and has taught art five years. life, portrait, landscape and other subjects. They will discover line, shape, and design as they expand their drawing skills. All materials included. JIM DEES is a watercolor painter, teacher and former Instructor: JEFF BURNS President of the Virginia Watercolor Society. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday JOAN RUSHIN FOLSOM received her MFA from 10:00 am–12:00 pm, July 20, 22, 23 and 24 NSU and ODU and has been teaching drawing for 4 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $90 over 30 years. GARY HESS is an award winning professional PAPER MACHE MASKS AGES 6–12 photographer with over 40 years experience. Young artists will use paper mache, paint, model magic and decorative elements to create masks of animals, characters, or whimsical creatures, JAMES WARWICK JONES received his BS in Art while learning about this fun media and sculpture. All materials included. Education from ODU and has 40 years of teaching experience. Instructor: NINNETTE SANTARONE Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday MARY LEE RUFF is a widely exhibited, award 10:00 am–12:00 pm, August 3, 5, 6 and 7 winning artist, whose work is in the permanent 4 Classes, Class Limit: 12, $90 collection of CHTAC. NINNETTE SANTARONE is an enthusiastic, MULTI-MEDIA FUN AGES 6–12 Hampton City Schools art instructor with a master’s Students will have fun while they explore a different art media each day. degree in art. Each day’s projects will offer a different media or subject in drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and more. All materials included. AMANDA WALLACE received her BFA degree from VCU and has been teaching since 2003. Instructor: AMANDA WALLACE Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday KEN WRIGHT has his BFA in Fine Arts and Graphics and 10:00 am–12:00 pm, August 10, 12, 13 and 14 has won over 300 awards for his painting over 30 years. 4 Classes, Class Limit: 18, $90
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