Diggs to feature
Brazilian dance
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Winston-Salem State Uni
versity's Diggs Gallery grand
opening of an African hair exhi
bition on Friday. Sept. 28, at 6
p.m. will be followed by a
Brazilian dance performance by
Hluza Santos at 7 p.m. in the
Banquet Hall of the Albert H.
Anderson Conference Center.
The exhibition titled Hair in
African Art and Culture brings
together more than 170 objects
An exhibit on African hairstyles and Brazilian dances is slat
ed for the Diggs Gallery this month.
from I(X) ethnic groups spanning
25 African countries. It includes
masks, figures, combs, hairpins,
beads, headrests and an actual
Ghanaian barbershop to illus
trate the significance of hair
within African society.
Santos, an assistant professor
of modem dance at the Universi
ty of North Carolina at Greens
boro, is a native of Brazil, where
she received her undergraduate
degree in physical education.
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Delta Arts to feature pottery work
of S.C. couple starting Saturday
The Eugenes were once hog farmers
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When Winton Eugene was
having difficulty as a hog
farmer, his wife. Rosa, decided
to direct his energy toward art.
As a Christmas present, she
gave him several books on pot
tery, beginning a successful
artistic collaboration that has
led to membership in the
African American Design
Archive of the Smithsonian
Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum.
Since 1986 Winton and
Rosa Eugene, husband and
wife artisans, have successfully
developed a unique line of
functional and decorative
stoneware. Winton Eugene is a
self-taught potter with no for
mal education in art. In the
early '80s, he Watched as his
children worked with clay on
projects at school and thought
that this was something that he
would like to do. Rosa Eugene,
a nurse by trade, watched her
husband's pottery interest grow
and bought him some books on
the topic as a gift to occupy his
time and ease his hog-raising
troubles.
Soon thereafter, Winton
purchased a potter's wheel and
taught himself how to turn.
Within six months, the couple's
garage was filled with unglazed
pottery. When Winton experi
enced difficulty in making
glaze stick to the clay, he
enlisted his wife's help. Ever
since, the two have been col
laborating on the family busi
ness. Three years after Winton
started throwing clay, Rosa quit
her nursing job. Initially. Rosa
applied the glazes and organ
ized their business affairs, but
today she enjoys creating
Stoneware pottery along with
Winton in their studio in Cow
pens, S.C.
The Eugenes produce tradi
tional forms such as jars, pitch
ers, bowls and vases; however,
the designs that they carve into
and/or paint onto the surface of
the pots are the focal point of
their art. Each individual piece
carries a message about the
cherished heritage from which
these two artists have come.
Whether reflecting on the past
or explorihg a concept such as
dignity and pride, their works
cause the viewer to be captured
by the artists' remarkable abili
ty to speak through the clay
medium. Their works evoke
imagery and memories from a
past shared by African Ameri
cans and Caucasians alike.
Their messages reveal a
universal ancestry of man.
Their work has been fea
tured in museums and art gal
leries across the state and as far
away as China. Often art pro
fessors or trained artisans ask
from where they received their
art degrees or formal instruc
tion. Rosa tells them. "We got
our degrees from the Universi
ty of Jesus Christ. We really
don't fit into a category."
Everything they know about
pottery and their work, they
have learned through reading
and experience.
Winton says that pottery
came late in his life. "Art has
always been with me and influ
enced by my grade school and
high school teachers." He prac
ticed his art by decorating and
designing school billboards,
prom sets and anything else
that needed to be drawn. In
addition to their pots, the exhi
bition will include drawings,
paintings and some of Winton's
sketchbooks.
On display in the main
gallery of the Delta Arts Center
will be 17 show pieces as well
as functional and decorative
stoneware for sale.
The works of clay by ?
Rosa and Winton Eugene
will be on display from
Sept. 22 through Nov. 17.
The opening reception
will be Saturday. Sept.
22, from 3-5 p.m.
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