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PAGE 6 WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM Alumni artists return Tim Scales Staff Writer ££HP his was the best art JL conference that I have ever been to," said Adele Wayman, Art Department Chair. Wayman co-organized Guilford's second Alumni Art Exchange, which took place on April 2 and 3. The event was an opportunity for alumni who have established suc cessful careers in the arts to return to the college and share their experiences, and their artwork, with the Guilford community. Various panel discussions were given on Friday, opened by keynote speaker Elizabeth Burke ('9O) with "The Business of Art for Artists." Other panels included "Art Related Careers" and "Surviving and Thriving as Practicing Artists." All events were free and open to the public. The day's events concluded with a reception for the Alumni Art Exhibition in Hege Library. The collection, which includes a variety of media from painting to video animation, exhibits artwork by 44 Guilford alumni from 1948 to 2003 and will be on display until May 9. Ingeborg Longerich Snipes ('49) contributed "Becoming," a brilliant ly colored photograph of a mod ernistic arrangement of fruit. Abigail Blosser's ('97) piece was entitled "Something I Want To Tell You," and consisted of an over flowing bowl of potato chips, each colored with a digital transfer of a face. Philip Haralam's ('O2) piece was more traditional, but no less impressive: an elegantly con structed vase with dark glaze swirled over its textured surface. The returning artists had nothing but praise for the department and the college that started them on their artistic paths. "I learned to really see at Guilford," said Jennifer Coolidge ('B7), now the executive director of the DeLand Museum of Art. "I learned to look further." "It made me a more receptive person," said Kitty Hubbard ('B7), FEATURES currently an assistant professor at S.U.N.Y.-Brockport. "More open minded and open to opportunity." Alumni praised the art depart ment at Guilford for providing both a strong groundwork in the basics and also offering opportunities for students to pursue their own artis tic aspirations. "The discipline that the art department gave me provided a good foundation in art," Coolidge said. "The practical experience of being a student curator at Guilford planted the seeds for my current work as a museum director." Part of the Guilford philosophy includes educating students about social consciousness and finding one's place in the wider communi ty. This is not neglected in the art department, and much of the exhibited work showed elements of this philosophy. "As soon as I came back to Guilford this weekend I felt what I call the Guilford spirit, that whatev er you do here has a component of community," said Melissa Potter, who attended Guilford between 'BB and '9O. "That philosophy of your knowledge equaling power and responsibility." Triad Stage praductien af Proof fi Meredith Veto Staff Writer r he theme of "tortured genius" is often romanti cized. Masterminds in all fields, from musicians to scientists, are portrayed as eccentrics that push themselves to mental and physical extremes. Proof, a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play now running at Triad Stage, is no different. A brilliant mathematician dies, leaving behind hundreds of note books of mathematical scribblings. His two daughters, Catherine and Claire, and ex-student Hal deal with what remains of his legacy, Metamorphoses r Katie Elliott Features Editor Mary Zimmerman's Tony Award-winning Pi v \ ?, .. bre ■ 4ki into ■Fries last sior B. £ du( COURTESY OF THEATER STUDIES . Erin Greenway and Steffen Schollaert star in Guilford's Production of Mary Zimmerman's Tony Award-winning Metamorphoses th ' r through memories and the poten tially groundbreaking proofs lying undiscovered in his old house. A mathematician herself, Catherine struggles with the fear of inheriting the crippling psychosis that left her father mentally unable to function. The play takes place on the back porch of the mathematician's house, now occupied by Catherine. By far the most praise worthy feature of the production was the set, designed by Fred Kinney. It included an elaborate two-story Victorian-style house, complete with furnishings that could be seen through the kitchen window, and surrounded by natu ral elements such as trees and grass. GREENSBORO, NC G Metamorphoses is a beautifully wrought play, sometimes delicate and sometimes epic, and Guilford's production does it jus tice. The exasperated Catherine, played by Elizabeth Kaplow, lolls about on a wooden chair on the back patio for much of the play, spouting expletives and delivering every sentence with a dry punch. Kaplow's caustic expression, how ever, lacked variation; she resort ed to volume increase rather than change in tone to emphasize irony. In fact, the actors quickly exhausted the mannerisms of their characters, with the exception of Richard J. Canzano, who plays Hal. Claire, with her latt6s, hurried pace, and no-nonsense attitude, epitomized the insensitive New Yorker. As Claire, Kim Stauffer spoke in the clich6d, condescend ing tone of the cosmopolitan elite, APRIL 9, 2004 Al The play interprets eight Greek and Rc originally recorded in sic poetry. Loosely fra ries told by washerwo woi and every move she t^l made k-* J became A dictable. Martin Rader, playing the zeal o us mathe matical genius Robert, became the defi nition of
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