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6The Daily Tar HeelThursday! October 12, 1989 it Spotlight j Verwoerdt immerses himself in work By VICKI HYMAN Staff Writer Mark Verwoerdt shakes his head and laughs when asked how much time he spends on his art. ;. "Every minute I have, I'm drawing or painting or something. Every minute that I'm not doing something else, just so I won't be sitting still." ; It's that kind of dedication that makes Verwoerdt, a senior art major from t)urham, one of the most promising art students at UNC. ; Verwoerdt has been experimenting with many different genres of art, such as painting, printmaking and lithogra phy, but right now, his emphasis is on acrylic on paper. ; "My professor calls it neo-expres-sionism. It's collage orientation I take one piece of paper and paint on it, Informational Meeting UNC Year- At- MontPellier Wednesday, October 18 Video Presentation and Panel of LastYear's Participants 3:30 - 5:00 in Toy Lounge (4th Floor Dey HalD Speeding Ticket on I-4 Milk Crate Possession? B.W.I. On Franklin Street? HTabbed Using A Fake I.D.? Protect your legal rights &? insurance premiums Call Orrin Bobbins, Attorney at Law 968-1825 V Q. A. Ft M 'J Come ride with us. 4503 Chapel Hill Blvd.y JPMorgan then add to it or cut away from it, depending on what I need." His work relies on keen perception and planning. "I go out with a sketch board and start drawing things, certain shapes or circumstances repeating themselves. I see what images are behind it and transfer it into a series of drawings." But Verwoerdt also spends time with other forms of art. "You just go out there to do what you want to do. You see something, and you might want to do it as a print because there is a certain quality about it. Or you might see something and decide to paint it." He now is working on illustrations, such as hand-drawn cartoons and por traits. Verwoerdt has had showings of his work in Hillsborough, at the Campus Y (3(n)fiQi?2 on sale now with savings up to Durham 489-7470 Career Opportunities at Morgan for University ofXorth Carolina students interested in Corporate Finance Operations Management Research Trading Please plan to attend our information presentation on Tuesday, October 24 7:00-9:00 pin Carolina Inn U&X Ballroom Confirm I ho tim and lorulion w ilh your plucciiH-nl offiro and several at the Hanes Art Center. He said he enjoyed being a student artist. "It's a way to stand out ... I have this painting suit and when I walk down the street, people try not to look at me. They sort of stare at me out of the corner of their eye." Verwoerdt plans to attend graduate school in art, and said he would proba bly end up teaching. "What you do with art is fairly academic, unless somebody wants it for purely aesthetic reasons. I'll teach, because that's what it's all about." Verwoerdt has immersed himself in art since high school. After graduation, he studied in Italy and taught art history in Rome at age 19. "I knew about Ital ian art, which had a lot of influence on Western art. I studied the Renaissance influence. Then I came here, (where) the influence is on many different things." Art is not just something you appre ciate, but something you need in order to become well-rounded, according to Verwoerdt. "A painting is just for aes thetic reasons or for education. It's going to give you a little something to think about or to look at. You don't need that to survive, but you need that to have a full mind." People who are not involved in art don't always realize its importance, he said. "When people ask me what classes I'm taking, and I tell them painting, printmaking, (or) whatever, they say, 'So you're not taking any real classes.' They don't think it's important, but it is. It's necessary, unless you don't think ArtsCenter By WENDY GRADY Staff Writer The ArtsCenter in Carrboro will put Isn't That I D) on all new sets! You Bet That's Special! (offer good thru October 15) 942-2030 University Mall Assufflabt Payments as low as $58850 Special Financing: 8 12 fixed for three years with 10 down. From $76,0001 Limited number of rentals available Walking distance to UNC Two bedrooms , two baths AU appliances Pool & Tennis on site EE Mill Creek 700 Airport Road Sf--- Mark your mind is important." Abstract thinking is an intrinsic part of art appreciation, according to Ver- woerdt. "There are some people in child premiere its spotlight on community theater tonight with a premiere of Berthold Brecht's "Mother Courage and her Special? Chapel Hill Realty Mike Beam 942-4149 WmM$$m,,..,. if III ? , -"' " xIiv : :-:-3:::'::::v.':X-: "x-xr-:::::-:-:-:-:.;: e Loans! 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The play will mark the first step in the center's expansion of its drama programs. "As the ArtsCenter has grown progressively more ambitious in its concert bookings, theater has been upgraded with the rest of our offer ings," said Bett Wilson, communica tions director for the center. While the center prides itself on promoting alternative types of program ming, this season it is also seeking more intellectual plays, said Malcolm Wills, newly hired program director. "We're getting away from the war horses of typical community theater. Our season is more academic," he said. "Mother Courage," one of Brecht's more tragic plays, will be directed by Tom Marriott. According to Marriott, "Mother Courage is wonderful, and she is horrible. Here she is, pulling her canteen wagon and her family through the battlefields of the 30 Years War. She's trying to keep herself and her family alive and safe through a busi ness which not only depends on the war, but directly contributes to it." Brecht believed that war "makes human virtues fatal, even to their pos sessors," Marriott said. "We can learn much more about war and war makers from observing Mother Courage's mistakes than we can by watching the nightly news. UNC drama professor Pat Barnett, who is also an actor with PlayMakers' Repertory Company, has been cast as Mother Courage. Other actors in the production include: Coro Malaxechev erri as Katrin, Mark Miller as Swiss Cheese, Phillip Boehm as Elif, Joel Carter as the chaplain, Deborah Win-stead-Mann as Yvette and Richard Burg win as the cook. law. 0 ptions: New Career Paths in Law & Business 0 The Philadelphia Institute Send for a free booklet Or call 1-800-289-6321. .Zip. -College. (YrofCrad) Maw 4MM idMkMtHauv: ill miii m awidt... sir ;ms,. ' ft creation DTH Evan File' work things and join them together and make ; something. When you study art, you ; have a much wider angle of visual; perception," ; emphasis With cleared space and improved technical work, the center plans to focus more on the needs of community theater-goers. "The need for a community theater program has been growing for some time. The desire and talent are out there and, with the support of the commu nity, we will provide an outlet for it," Wills said. "This is the ArtsCenter's first-ever full season of community theater, and the only community thea ter program in the Chapel HillCarrboro area." In addition to continuing resident! companies such as Transactors Improy . Company and New Plays Rising (which has premiered nearly 30 plays), the ' ArtsCenter is beginning a youth theater-, company and a Families Night Out,, series. . .... ... -.m Executive Director Aubrey Bowie ;f said that he looked forward to a theater: : program with trained actors, risings community actors and children, whoM will all be challenged by working undef - j trained directors. Upcoming plays include Joe Orton'sv "Loot" and Moliere's "The Doctor in) Spite of Himself." Selected works by i local playwrights will be performed by-, New Plays Rising. d The ArtsCenter's community thea ter season is funded in part by a grant ' from the town of Chapel Hill. The N.CJ Arts Council and the Orange Countyf; Arts Commission, along with Glaxo,'.' also contributed to each company. For more information on perform ances, call 929-ARTS. The ArtsCenter. is a non-profit arts organization located, at 300-G East Main Street in Carrboro, N.C. 196 from page 1 rial Hall. John Sanders, director of the Insti tute of Government, said the convoca-" tion was traditionally held in Memorial Hall. "Last year it was held outdoors (Polk Place) because it was coupled with the inauguration of the chancel-' lor." ; Past University Days have dedicated ; buildings, installed chancellors and presented awards to artists, educators; and statesmen. Secretary of State Dean ' Rusk was the featured speaker in 1960. President John Kennedy spoke to a crowd of 32,000 and received an hon orary degree in 1961. In 1978, Andy'( Griffith received a Distinguished Alum- nus Award. Old East was designated a National; Historic Landmark in 1966, and the Student Stores, the Student Union and; the Undergraduate Library were dedi-, cated in 1969. "University Day is very important because it causes us to look at our past and celebrate the legacy," Boulton said. -"Those of us who are here should strive to keep up the University where it is." Sanders said University Day was a' time to renew commitment to educa tion. "It is a time to remember the reasons for the University, and the contribu tions and sacrifices made for it. It is one of the two ceremonial occasions that are symbolic because they bring the campus together for something other than athletics. The other time is com mencement." : Friday said University Day brought the students and community together. ' "It is a moment when we stop and pause to think of the long and proud history of this university and those whd" have come before us. It challenges us for the future."
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