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6-THE CAROLINA TIMES—SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1999 Take More Than Memories from Asheville ASHEVILLE — Why mu make your own souvenir during your next vacaluMi getaway .’ You can in Asheville during the third annual Hands On Asheville, a unique getaway experience where the region’s renowned artisan community encourage., visitors to try their hand at making their own keepsake. Kroin l•chruat•y through March 2S. some o[ the regioti'-' I'incst crallspeopic w ill ho.si weekend workshops in a vari ety of mediums including potier\. glass blowing. I'iber arts, nature crafts, and jewelry design during the third annual Hands On Asheville. "This is an I'pporiuniiy t'or people to gel ;owi> iiiKl ha\c a relaxing weekend while iinineising themselves in a new experience. Not onl> do visitors get to Irv their IuukI at a ci'aft. lhe> get to lake their an home with them." explained (iail McC'anhv. a partner in Highwater Llavs and Odvssev. Center ri>r the Ceramie Alls. Southern Living Travel Service is teaming up with Asheville to offer the unique travel packages which include special raie.s at participating hotels, inns and bevl A: hreakfasL, Most of the workshops arc conduclcii in two lo four hours and include all materials and a finished object created bv the parlicipani. Cost for the sessions “70,000 + 1 reasons why Tm speaking up , about Sickle Cell Disease.” There are thousands of people like myself living non al lives until the pain of sickle cell disease pays an unp notable visit. The cycle will continue until a cure Is four k th'c ir' r' red blood cell disorder, which too fcf/' -j •‘ro\'- ~ ''z'jt. I didn't know I had it until I was , ■ lovt.- nherrted by children from parer •'h' Aporoximately 70,000 An'&ic'^ There Is a simple test that can detect sickle cell trait, which Is prevalent among people of African, Southern European, Asian and Middle Eastern ancestry. Do the proper thing, get tested and make informed decisions about parenthood. Please support the Sickle Cell E)isease Association of America and rts Member Organizations. Help them, help us "Break the Sickle Cycle. " ® -SQO-421-8453 ^ MTS BREAK THE SICKLE CYCLE. Util 1 in n. "Sfeak Ttu.SifiU.i’ifele'ji r.ingu lioni si. lo iipwaivK ol S7s. .lcpcndmg on- the vvorkNh»»p ciiosen. Manv ol the workshops arc geared toward children, making the event a per- leci aeliv itv for families. During HuikI.s ()/i .Asheville. Billmore l-.staie will oiler dailv guided art lours each weekend as part ol its ci'ia- pIcmeniaiA event — Wiiifer l^nsiiiues. The .\ri.s ill Aiiieriea'.s /.(//'gcv/ Home. During this lime, the I'slale will akso fea ture a special exhibit on .lames Whistler portraits, some of which w ill be on loan from the National Caller), ,\ vaneiv id theater, dance, musical performances, and gallerv strolls will .ilso be available m Asheville during the event. lo hook a Hands On .A.'she\ille pack age. call .Southern Living Travel Service toll-free at I-KSS-S7-i-7799. Smithsonian Gets Gift of 14 African Art Works Washington, d.c. — An impor tant donation of 14 traditional sculptures from central and easi Africa was recently made by New York businessman Lawrence Gussman to the Smithsonian's National Museum id' African Art. 9.S() Independence Ave.. S.W. An exhibition ol the works, titled "New Acquisitions' Gifts from the I awrence Gussman Odicclion." opened at the museum December IK and will continue through .spring 1999. 'I'he cid- leelion (d' wood sculptures — installed on the museum's first level - includes masks, figures, ve.s.sels. a divination im plement. a bell and a gong. Gussman's inieresi in African an grew out (d' his personal involvement with the people of Africa and Nobel Peace Pri/c winner \lberi Schwcit/er's hospital in Gabon. Gu^sman began collecting ^erious!) m 19o5 anl amassed a premier cidleelion id art from Gabon with siiong rejircsentaiion from the Congo region. The National Museum of .African Art has had a long relationship with Ciussman. who was president and chairman of the chemical company Stein Hall e'e Co. In 1976. Kosalyn Walker — now director of the museum — borrowed a lovely carved cup in the form ol a fe male figure l\)r an exhibition on .African women. More than 20 years later, the cup Is among the objects Gussman donated lo the museum. "Some ol the sculptures — such as the cup — are familiar to us. while others Mr. Gussman suggested because he fell they made sense for our mu.seum." said Walker. "Manx of the works fill gaps in our collection and some pose interesting art historical questions." In adtiilion to his donation to the Na tional .Museum of .African .Art. Gussman IS giving -African artworks to the Neuberger Museum. Purchase College .State University ol New York, and the Israel Museum in .lerusalcm. Admission lo the National Museum of Airican Art is fre* The mu-st-'iim's TTY IS (2-P2i .TS7-4KI4: Visit-the-museunT's •;Honve .Pagq. i dh'd.’ the’, 'web; ww-'W:st.edu/nn>ala.-. •,
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