CULTURE
The Collegiate
Page 7 September lA, 1981
(Photo by Jeff MacLennanj
Arnold named Stage
and Script Costumer
By Debbie Jennings
Sculpture Exhibition
The new part-time Stage and
Script costumer at Atlantic
Christian College is Susan
Beaulieu Arnold of Wilson.
“I love designing,” says
Arnold. “1 started sewing and
making clothes at twelve and
from that time on 1 wanted to go
into something in fashion.”
Arnold was born in Holyoke,
Mass., in 1951. She is a
graduate of Framingham State
College, Framingham, Mass.,
and received her bachelor’s
degree in Home Economics and
Education in 1973.
She was the first recipient of
the Cross Textile Award, first
student in the textile area and
the first student to begin the
exchange program from Fram
ingham State to Fashion Insti
tute of Technology in New York,
N.Y.
In 1972 she received her
associate in Apparel Design
from the Fashion Institute of
Technology.
During the summer of 1972
she studied textile design at
Dubied Knitting Company in
Covet, Switz.
Arnold held various teaching
jobs and operated a retail
clothing store during the next
six years. In 1979 she moved to
Wilson and now works part-time
as an intermittent interviewer
with the Employment Security
Commission. Since this is her
first job working with theater
costumes, Arnold’s main objec
tive is to achieve the effects the
director wishes to convey to the
audience. “I’m excited to be
working with the college,” she
says. “1 think it is going to be a
fun challenge and will help me
get back into designing. It's
perfect for me because it is on a
part-time basis and I can still
stay at home and be with the
children too.”
Stage and Script has been
renting all its costumes, except
some that have been donated;
costumes rent from $27.50 to
$45 per outfit per week. Dr.
Paul H. Crouch, associate pro
fessor of English and director of
Drama, believes Arnold’s work
will be a great contribution to
the college for two main
reasons. One is the ultimate
savings in money and the other
is being able to get the desired
costumes. “When you rent, you
are at the mercy of the costume
house,” he says. “You can
request what you want, but they
may not have it and sometimes
they send whatever they think is
appropriate, which is not what
you want.”
Crouch hopes the costume
department will expand to the
extent of getting students in
volved in designing and making
the costumes.
Arnold also runs a business in
her home called D & S
Monograms for shops like Ann’s
Sewing Room and Leder
Brothers Department Store.
This fall she will be at several
craft shows where she will be
displaying monogrammed chef
aprons and children’s travel
bags.
Arnold has two children, Sean
Daniel, four years old, and Dana
Marie, 18 months, and attends
St. Therese Church.
Recent works by six area
sculptors, Richard Bechtel,
Steve Clapp, Duane Creech.
Frank Creech, Rosie Thompson
and Kevin Tuttle, begin the
exhibition schedule for the
1981-82 school year at Atlantic
Christian College’s Case Art
Gallery.
Twenty-five examples are in
cluded according to Edward
Brown of the Atlantic Christian
College art faculty. "The
exhibit reflects current trends in
contemporary sculpture as well
as a continuing interest in
traditional styles. Fine crafts
manship is apparent and, over
all. 1 think that viewers will find
this exhibition stimulating, per
haps provocative, and well-
worth seeing.”
Bechtel received his M.F.A.
degree from UNC-Greensboro
and resides there as a profes
sional sculptor. Represented by
four small bronze figures, his
work is traditional in style. “1
use art to search for a better
understanding of the world out
side of myself, as well as for a
vehicle to bring me closer to that
world,” Bechtel said.
Clapp, art lab manager with
the UNC-Chapel Hill Art De
partment, was awarded his
M.F.A. degree from the Univer
sity of Kentucky. His works,
contemporary in style, include
many non-traditional sculpture
materials; rubber tubes, neon
lights, liquids and bicycle parts.
Commenting on his work. Clapp
said, “My work is life toys
spatially related to life trips. I
am one of those folks who sees
life’s learning with the wisdom
of an elder and the eyes of a
child.
An ACC graduate with an
M.F.A. from UNC-Greensboro,
Duane Creech is represented by
four bronze works, traditional in
style. “My interest has been in
the sculptural forms found in
the human figure. With this
understanding, I can allow my
self to draw on my imagination
and use the model as a refer
ence,” Creech said.
Frank Creech received his
graduate degree from UNC-
Chapel Hill, and is chairman of
the art department at Johnston
Technical Institute. Six works,
including a life-size figure
group, comprise casting, his
works are primarily figurative.
Some reflect a humorous quality
while one is tragic in subject.
An M.F.A. graduate of East
Carolina University, Thompson
has exhibited widely and is
represented in many collections.
Her three suspended multi-
media fiber sculptures are part
of her “cocoon station” scries,
and, according to Thompson,
"arc works dealing with the
absence and/or presence of
nurturing in art and life pro
cesses. The constant in my
work has always been and is the
metaphorical use of imagery.”
Tuttle was awarded his grad
uate degree from UNC-Grcens-
boro and is represented by three
figures, traditional in style. He
has studied abroad and has
taught at the university level. At
the present, he is a professional
sculptor/painter and resides in
Greenboro.
Closing date for the exhibition
is Sept. 26. Individuals and
school groups are welcome.
There is no admission charge.
Gallery hours arc Monday
through Friday 10 a.m. to 4;30
p.m., and Saturday 1 to 3 p.m.
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