'New Generation,' a black showcase you don't want to miss
The Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art will celebrate the
grand opening of its new 20,000
square foot gallery wing with "Next
Generation," a comprehensive exhi
bition featuring the work of Southern
Afro-American artists.
"Next Generation" is one exhibi
tion that our community should not
miss. These artists are, for the most
part, not recognized outside of their
respective communities, and, until
now, few institutions have sought to
bring the work of these artists to
national attention.
=?In addition to the exhibition,
activities are planned from May 5
through July 12^40 showcase Afro*
American artists who are working in
other disciplines such as the per
forming and literary arts. These spe
cial programs include Jim Brock &
the Montuno Jazz Orchestra in
concert on May 5. His music is said
to make anyone want to rhumba,
samba, and mam bo, or at least find
someone to show you how. May 10 -
- Next Generation Panel and Olatunji
in Concert at 8 p.m. Bom and raised
in Nigeria, Olatunji was one of the
first musical ambassadors from
Africa. June 15 and 16 -- MAn
Evening With Ossie Davis" -- 'nuff
said. The celebration comes to a
close with the Chuck Davis Afro
American Dance Ensemble on July
12. An appropriate end with North
Carol ina grown company with inter.
national acclaim!
Lowery Stokes Sims, Associate every state in the South. She selected
Curator of the 20th Century Art at 21 artists for the exhibition which
Arts Reach
By REGGIE JOHNSON
the> Metropolitan Museum of Art in yill highlight five to eight works by
New York City, will be guest curator each artist. A 120-page catalogue
of the exhibition, will contain all the exhibited works,
Dr. Sims, -who is a leading along with an essay by DrTSims, and
authority In the^field of concernpo- interviews with participating artists.
-rary-Afro-American art, reviewed the? The Next (feneration panel Dis
work of almost 200 artists from cussion, scheduled for May 10,
should be of particular interest to
visual artists in and around the Triad
area. Some of the issues to be dis
cussed will be: the problems Afro
American artists face in dealing with
the gallery market and the non-profit
museum and art center system; influ
ences on the individual and collec
tive development of Afro-American
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The Wake Forest
University Dance Series
presents the
JAMISON
Scales Fine Arts Center
Admission: $8 and $10
Led by Judith Jamison
Director of Alvin Alley
American Dance
Theatre
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Remembering a local hero -- from bricks to fame
The Delta Arts Center proudly
presents the exhibit "The Bricks
Have Stood the Test of Time/ pho
tographs celebrating the life of
George Henry Black, Winston
Salem's master brickmaker. From
the private collection of Winston
~Salem State University, the exhibit
can be seen in the gallery of Associ
ated Artists-of Winston-Salem at the
Sawtooth Building, 226 Marshall
St. The gallery is open Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
George Henry Black was born
near Liberty, N.C., the son of
George Marian and Ann Chavis
Black. In 1889, Mr. Black and his
biother, Will, walked the fifty miles
from Liberty to Winston, with their
father, with the expectation of
working for R.W. Hedgecock, who
owned a brickyard here. When they
arrived they found that the brick
yard^ was closed for the winter, fore
ing them to look for other work, where they were laid out iodry. The
George Black found a job milking following fall their father died,
cows, cutting ice, and doing other leaving George, then about 12, and
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handyman chores for Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Mickey, who lived in Salem,
but owned a farm, butcher shop,
and feed mill out on Mickey Mill
wv _ m
Road.
When the brickyard opened in
the summerTihe three of them
began learning the craft of brick
making. George Black and his
brother started by carrying molded
bricks from the mud mill to pallets
Will, about 14, with the responsibil
ity of taking care of their mother
and their younger brothers and sis
ters who had moved here. They
continued working at the Hedge
and Hines brickyard, as well
as at other jobs. George Black soon
moved up to learning to feed the
mud mill and learning to mold the
clay into bricks as it poured from
the mud mill, to^building th<rkiln
and firing the bricks.
One day his employer gave him
an old mud mill to take home to
bum for firewood. Instead, he 1
rebuilt it* set it up, and started mak
ing brinks for himself in the after- ,
noons after he left the Hedgecock
and Mines brickyard. Two summers
later he stopped working at Hedge
cock and Hines and by the mid
1920s he was operating his own
brick-making business full time.
George Black continued to make
bricks by hand using these same
techniques until he was in his
nineties. He established such a rep
utation for quality and durability
that his bricks were bought not only
by Hedgecock and Hines, but by
others in Winston-Salem, including
R.J. Reynolds for his tobacco facto
ry at Fifth and Church streets and
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
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Local performers make their mark on TV
Special To The Chronicle
Several Twin City natives are
making their marks on television
and on the big screen.
Faye Hauser currently is play
ing a detective on the daytime
soap opera, "The Young and the
Restless."
Deirdre Anderson has a role
in the recently released movie,
"Loose Cannons." The movie
stars Gene Hackman, Dan Ack
royd and Dom Deluise and is
playing locally at the Marketplace
Cinema
Another native of the city,
Deborah Latham, was the
wardrobe supervisor for "Loose
Cannons."
Jihmi Kennedy, a graduate of
Parkland High School, plays the
role of "Sharts" in the critically
, acclaimed movie "Glory." Sharts
is a stuttering country boy who is
a sharp shooter in the movieV
54th Massachusetts Regiment.
"Glory" also is playing at the Mar
ketplace Cinema.
Each of the individuals stud-_
ied for two or more years with
Flonnie Anderson, founder of the
Flonnie Anderson Theatrical
Association.
Reg. E. Cathy, who has roots
in Winston-Salem, has a cameo
role in "Born on the Fourth of
July."
FATA plans to present a
raphy of Miss Jane Pittm3n" in
March.
Faye Hauser
Reed & Hall:
Columbia Vktaizsmmmmmmm
- TV threw a special luncheon in
honor of the on-screen marriage of
actress Alaina Reed and Kevin Peter
Hall, who play Rose Holloway and
Warren Merriwether on NBCs H227."
The luncheon was held at the exclu
sive Four Seasons Hotel. Those in
attendance included cast regulars
Maria Gibbs, Toukie Smith, Stoney
Jackson, Paul Winfield, and Helen
Martin, as well as Luther Van dross,
actor Stan Shaw and singer Cyndi
James Gossett (Lou's wife). The cou
ple was married in real life on May 7,
1989, by the Rev. Larry Keene, who
will also officiate the on-camera cere
mony. If you saw the show, you know
that Luther Vandross sang his current
smash single, "Here & Now" ... Mr.
Vandross says he's excited about the
suecess of his single, which is a per
sons! f; Mrftiv?:??'' ?;?' f
project team?him with Whitney
Houston. Said Mr. Vandross, 'It's hot,
hot, hot! It's called "Who Do You
Love," and it's slammin. I wrote it and
produced it We've just, as always, got
'Here comes the bride
ten along great She sang her can off
and we're thrilled."
Lover's Lane: "ItrnMWmmmm
was love at first sight for "227"'s
Alaina Reed and Kevin Peter Hall,
who met at the Burbank studios,
while doing a network promo. "I
opened the door (dressing room) and
there he was in this gorgeous tuxedo
with red-and-white boxer shorts on.
> (Hall had temporarily misplaced his
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n't take place until seven months later.
"I tried my old tricks, but that didn't
work, so I had to backtrack. We
became friends first, and we're like
old buddies now. It just sort of
bloomed from there. He would run
away a lot, and I would run after
him." Said Hall, "I think a lot of guys
go through that. When you start to
feel like you're really getting serious
and you're going to change your
whole life .... I had no idea it was'
going to be this good. Td have done it
the first day," says the 7'2" actor
whose credits include "Harry & the
Hendersons" and "The Predator."
Wnvcvnr ?? if if tmV fjvr
for Hall to pop the question. Said
Reed, "one moment we were talking
and the next thing I knew he was on
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Thursday 22
? *Th? Bricks Have Stood the Test of Time,*
photograph* axhfeft caletofiting Be of
Georga Back, through March 9, Delta Arts
Center, 1511 E Third St.
?VMurxa' 8 p.m., Performance Plica,
NCSA, Feb. 22,23,2f, 2 p.m. on Feb. 25.
? Tribute to Back Jazz Muaioen8# by
Graeraboro Co lege Jazz Band, 8 p.m, Odell
Auditorium, FREE.
Friday 23
? Performance* In Progress, entertain-,,
mant by NCSA, 12:15-1:15 pjn., Stevens
Canter, FREE. Monday-Friday.
? flowering Shrubs ,* noon to 1 p.m.,
RaynoWa Gardana. FREE.
? The P*ctura TaWn' Man ?* James Van Der
Zee,' photographic exhfcit through March
16, weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Data Arts
Center, 1511 E. Third Sf.
Saturday 24
? ?Bomrf for Kids' Sake,** a.m. to 5 p.m,,
Major League Lanes, sponsored by Big
Brothera/Big Sisters. 724-7903.
? "Huck Firm's Story," 2 p.m., NC Theatre
tor Ybung People, UNCG, Taylor Bldg. $3
334-5546
? Contemporary Ensemble, NCSA, Crawford
Hall, "Welcome to the '90s *
? Chidran's workshop with artist Van Hinnant,
10 am., Green Mil Center, 327 3. Elm Si
Sunday 25
? "Wrestle War *90,* 7 pm., Greensboro
Cofcaeum, 373-7430.
? Huck Finn's Story,* 2 p.m., NC The
atre for \bung People, UNCG, Tayky
BWg. 13.334-5546.
Monday 26
? "Images of Women in F9m" tectum by
Mo9y Haakelt, 750 p.m., Selem College
Rnt Am Canter, FREE
? The Picture Ttkkf Man - James Van
Oar Zee,' photographic exhfcxt of James
Van Der Zee works through March 16,
weekdays 10 a.m. 10 6 p.m., Dalta Art*
Carter, 1511 E. Third St.
Tuesday 27
? Coed Vofleybalf (aduls) Tuesday*, 7:30
9 30 p.m. MLK Rec. Center. FREE
? Performances in Progress, entertain
ment by NCSA, p.m.,
Stevens Center, FREE. Monday-Friday.
Wednesday 28
? ? Jamison Project* Oanca lad by Judith
Jamison, 8 p.m? Scales Pre Arts Canter,
WFU.II, $10,750-5393.
?"ffcyAyer** Concert, 3 p.m., K.R WiWams
Aud.,wssu, Free
? 'Chuck Davis Dance Troupe; 8:15 p.m.,
UNCG Dance Theatre, Greensboro, (919)
334-5371.
? Women's Basketball, 7:30-10 p.m., MLK
Rec. Center. FREE.
Vibraphoniat Roy Ayer? performs
Wednesday Feb. 28
8:00 p.m.
V Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium WSSU >
- FREE -
EVERYONE INVITED
WSSU
WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
CELEBRATING
BLACK HISTORY