The art of Aaron Douglas comes to Winston-Salem
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Winston-Salem Delta Fine
Arts Inc. presents The Art of
Aaron Douglas: The Harlem
Renaissance and Beyond. This 24
piece collection will exhibit at the
Milton Rhodes Gallery in the
Sawtooth Building, 226 N. Mar
shall Street in downtown Winston
Salem, from Jan. 12 until March
17.
Four of Douglas' works, two
oil paintings and two etchings,
were included in the organization's
first exhibition in 1972. The pieces
are assembled from university and
private collections across the
country.
Douglas, the most prominent
artist of the Harlem Renaissance,
is known as the Father of Black
Art in America. This is the first
solo exhibition of his work in this
area. This project received support
from the N.C. Arts Council, an
agency funded by the state of
North Carolina and the National
Endowment for the Arts
Douglas was born in Topeka,
Kan., in 1899. His formal educa
tion includes graduation from the
University of Nebraska Fine'Arts
Department and an MFA degree
from Columbia University in New
York. Douglas' first mural was
completed in 1927 at Club Ebony.
The commission was followed by
others, for the Fisk University
library murals in 1930, the Sher
man Hotel in Chicago, the College
Inn, Bennett College (Greens
boro), the Countee Cullen Branch
of the New York Public Library
and the 135th Street YMCA. He
received a scholarship to study for
two years with artist Winold Reiss,
a fellowship for a year's study at
the Barnes Foundation, a Rosen
wald Foundation travel fellowship
to the American South and Haiti.
He studied for a year in Paris,
where he met the famed artist
Henry O. Tanner.
In 1925, after graduation from
Columbia, Douglas left his teach
ing job in New York and became
involved in the "New Negro"
movement, the precursor of the
Harlem Renaissance. At the end of
World War I and the mass migra
tion of Negroes from the agricul
tural South to the industrial
North, this movement developed
in the mid-1920s among Negro
writers, artists and intellectuals.
As Mr. Douglas described it:
"There arose a vast self-conscious
ness which eventually became a
new voice extending through and
beyond the Negroes' plea for
rights and privileges to a recogni
tion of his deep need for creation
and. finally, a right to freely par
ticipate in our national task of cre
ating an art truly representative of
and spiritually worthy of the
struggles, the triumphs and the
defeats of all American people
regardless of faith, race or
region."
Douglas created images for
many books, including Claude
McKay's "Banana Bottom."
"Banjo" and "Home to Harlem";
and Alain Locke's "The New
Negro." Other magazines illustrat
ed were Fire! and Theater Arts
Monthly.
In 1940. Fisk University asked
Douglas to organize art classes
and create a major in art for the
university. From 1944 until his
retirement in 1966, he was a full
time faculty member at Fisk as an
artist, educator and chairman of
the art department. He also exhib
Ifed in solo and group shows.
Douglas died in Nashville in 1979.
Events for this exhibition
include an opening reception on
Friday, Jan. 12, from 5:30 to 7,
with a video, "A Thing of Beauty."
This video is about Douglas'
restoration of the murals he paint
ed at Fisk University in 1930-31
and will be shown at 6 p.m. Other
related programs include Dr.
Gladys Forde, professor emerita
of English, speech and theater,
Fisk University, with readings
from the work of writers active in
the Harlem Renaissance with
Aaron Douglas, and presenting a
film in which she interviewed him.
This program will be on Saturday.
Feb. 10, at 3 p.m.
On Saturday. March 3, at 3
p.m.. there will be a theatrical pre
sentation of narration, mime and
movement. "Back to Creation"
was created by Flonnie Anderson,
retired English and drama teacher
with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools. She also directs
the presentation, based on James
Weldon Johnson's "God's Trom
bones: Seven Negro Sermons in
Verse." which Douglas illustrated.
All programs will be at the
Milton Rhodes Gallery in the
Sawtooth Building. Exhibition
hours will be from 9 a.m. until 6
p.m.. Monday through Saturday.
All events are open to the publie
with no admission. For more
information, call the Delta Arts
Center, 1511 E. Third Street, at
722-2625. The center is open from
noon until 5 p.m.. Monday
through Friday.
Aaron Douglas, woodcut, "The Emperor Jones Series": "Bravado," "Defiance," "Flight," "Surrender
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The campaign will also be aimed
at knocking down some of the
myths that DSS believes keeps
many people from pursuing adop
tion.
"You can be single....You do not
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ent... You do not have to own a
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of the most common myths.
A family also does not have be
rich either. A steady source of
income is the only thing that is
required. Prospective adoptive par
ents are required to go through a 30
hour training.
Brenda Ball said she and her
husband are proof that adoptive
parents do not have to have a whole
lot of money to adopt. The couple
have adopted seven children over
the last 14 years, after raising their
own children. The Balls have also
served as foster parents to several
children.
Ball says adoption not only ben
efits children, but also the families
that take them in.
"I could not imagine my life and
what I would have missed in the last
13 to 14 years if I had not had all
these kids come into my life. 1 am
glad to play a small role in helping
them be what they are going to be in
this world," said Ball.
Eugene, the Balls' oldest adopt
ed son, will be featured in the ad
campaign. He said he wants to
show people the effect loving adop
tive parents can have on children
"My life before 1 was adopted
was a bad time. 1 had to learn how
to cope with moving around a
whole lot," Eugene said.
Eugene and Letrice, another
adopted child that will be featured
in the campaign, are teen-agers.
DSS says older kids have the hard
est time being adopted.
Letrice has been with her family
for more than a decade. She hopes
her story will help others find the
happiness she has experienced with
her family.
"1 think everyone needs to find a
place where they belong and where
they are loved," she said.
Both Eugene and Letrice say
they want to adopt children of their
own one day.
Delafield wants the ad cam
paign to also show that kids waiting
to be adopted are just like any other
kids. Often, she said, there is a neg
ative perception of kids waiting to
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added, did nothing themselves to be
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"These are good kids. They have
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as all kids," she said.
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improve the car safety awareness
of families across America,',' said
UAW Vice President Richard
Shoemaker. "Helping high risk
families to better protect their chil
dren, in partnership with GM,
NCLR and the NAACP, is a won
derful way to demonstrate our
concern for the community."
Jim Hall, chairman of the
NTSB, presented the award to
Harry Pearce, vice chairman of
General Motors, to commemorate
the 100,000th car seat safety check
under the SKBU program. The
program includes the use of 51
specially equipped Chevrolet Ven
ture vans, which bring the lifesav
ing message directly to families in
their communities, along with
information about properly
restraining children in child safety
seats. The program also provides
hands-on assistance to families
and free car seats to families in
need.
"As the first automaker to get
involved in car seat check-ups on a
national basis. General Motors is
proud of its partnership with the
NAACP, the UAW, and SAFE
KIDS and our contribution to
child passenger safety," said
Pearce. "One hundred thousand
seats checked is an impressive
number, but it's just the beginning
and I'll only be satisfied when
every seat has been checked. This
is an extremely important venture
and it takes all of the partners to
ensure that we reach every com
munity."
If you would like to learn more
about General Motors' safety ini
tiatives visit www.gm.com. To find
a check-up event near you or to
obtain a free copy of a car seat
safety brochure, call the National
SAFE KIDS Campaign at 800
441-1888 or visit
www.safekids.org.
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suit of the so-called hard sciences.
"Bill and Melinda Gates both
believe that higher education opens
doors to opportunities," said foun
dation spokeswoman Carol Rava.
They, and their company, feel
ttytfr programs for women and
minorities will help expand the pool
of qualified prospective employees.
Microsoft spokesman Matt Pilla
characterized the programs as an
investment.
"We are partnering with the
right organizations and the right
schools to ensure there is an interest
and ability to join the work force."
he said.
Corporations have money and
access to the media, which gives
them a responsibility to help non
profit organizations, said Ayoka
Blandford, a spokeswoman for the
National Society of Black Engi
neers, which Microsoft supports.
But children need education to
use, understand and benefit from
equipment and cash donated to low
income schools, said Anita Brown,
founder and CEO of the nonprofit
Black Geeks Online, based in Wash
ington. DC.
Brown is not impressed by every
corporate donation.
"Some of it was true social phil
anthropy." she said. "A lot of it was
upgrading and dumping their old
stuff in the schools to make them
selves feel good."
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gy." Bass said. "Those programs
are currently in business. I'm
thinking now of establishing
another one (at Winston-Salem
State)...."
"I'm chairman of the board of
directors at Voorhees College in
Denmark, S.C. I have endowed
some scholarship programs at
Voorhees College," Bass said.
' He has been involved in a long
list of other civic activities, includ
ing serving on numerous boards,
commissions and organizations at
the local, state and national levels.
He is the president of Marshall
B. Bass & Associates, a manage
ment consultant firm.
Bass retired as an elected
senior vice president from RJR
Nabisco in 1991. A retired U.S.
Army officer, Bass served 23 years
in the military before joining RJR
Nabisco. He is a veteran of World
War II, the Korean and Vietnam
wars; commanded the northern
most battalion combat team in the
demilitarized zone in Korea during
1966 and 1967; and completed
tours of service on four continents.
His last military post in the service
was at the Pentagon as chief of
worldwide army promotions. He
received a number of decorations
and awards, including the Purple
Heart and Legion of Merit.
N.C. Association of Senior Citizens
Clubs District V elects officers
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Members of District V of
Winston
Salem, ol
the N.C.
Association
of Senior
Citizens
Clubs, met
at the
Rupert Bell
Center and
elected offi
cers for Long
2001,
The officers are: Robert W.
Long, chairman; Ruth F. Brock,
vice chairman; Mary Pearson,
recording secretary; Georgia
Davis, assistant secretary!
Tommy Wright, treasurer:
Belma Dobson, assistant trea
surer.
Mary Britt. director of
Rupert Bell Center, is adviser.
District V meets the fourth
Thursday each month at Rupert
Bell Center at 2:30 p.m. unless
otherwise stated.
There are 13 clubs in District
V. All are invited to attend the
meeting. Your input is needed.
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