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j NCSA stude
More than 100 returning,
: graduating and entering students
j at the North Carolina School of
the Arts received scholarships
' and/or commendations at the anl
nual Awards Day Convocation
; held Wednesday, May 14, in the
* school's Crawford Hall.
Endowed scholarships totaling
\ approximately $96,000 were
; awarded on the basis of merit
: during the ceremony. Additional
! Local women at
tocai women recently
' attended the Leadership Develop?
ment .Seminar for Minority
I Women held at North Carolina
I State University.
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the school's division of lifelong
education. The statewide adult
education service links the
# university, its scholars, research
I and resources with the people and
: ijte immunities of th? nat?
Short courses were offered to
> help each woman pursue her in>
tellectual and cultural interests,
? her career advancement, unders>
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background plays a big part in
; the targeting of her work.
I "I create my work especially
; for black people and Mexican
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* citizen in 1963. She made her first
trip to the country in 1946, when
> she received a Rosenwald
: Fellowship. She says she fell in
: love with the country and a Mex1
ican artist and decided to stay.
"1 went tci Mexico and worked
: with the print makers, fell in
love, got married and stayed,"
; says Miss Catlett, pausing to note
: a point in Spanish to her husI
band, Francisco Mora, also an
' > internationally known artist. "I
* went to Mexico because I was in,
> terested in the Public Art Move\
ment, which included printmak>
ing and mural painting.
"Mural painting is public
: because it's in a public building.
I Printmaking is public because it
;?can be exhibited in a lot of places.
;^The movement grew out of the
Mexican Revolution."
> In a 1975 interview with Ra
;quel Tibol titled "The Work of
Elizabeth Catlett," the artist fur
;? ther explained her association
\\ with Mexico and the Mexican
> people:
> "I feel closely identified with
j;the black liberation movement.
?... I want to let the Mexican peo;Iple
know how the blacks seek to
establish their dignity, their self-respect.
I feel that it is right for
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^" pcricnce in Mexico in the same
v way that I relate my Mexican exexperience
in the United States."
I; Miss Catlett's fellowship pro :
ject was a 1946 series on black
< women. She designed the exhibit
I jto be shown in the South, where,
I-she says, "there weren't any
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; party game? Can any black
t^potidcal leaders hold their heads
*:up without shame when nothing
significant has been done to in
jure the black citizens participate
;in the apparatus of both parties,
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, xnc nununHung primaries 01 uuin
'parties and the candidacies of
I jboth parties' candidates?
I* I say their shame should be
;unending.
Z* Several steps must be taken if
Zyft are to maximize our comCmunity's
political influence.
> First, black political leaders must
: decide that leverage can be gained
*lo influencing both parties in>
stead of being ignored by both.
^Second, a third of those leaders
>?hottld twitch parties and become
> active in the Repubtican Party
t; leadership through the vacant
!*Jtats on the party's executive
\icommittee reserved for black
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scholarships and student aid will
be awarded this summer at
NCSA based on merit and financial
need.
Among the scholarships
presented were four Terry Sanford
scholarships. Given annually
to entering students at NCSA,
the scholarships pay the full cost
of college or high school for one
year and are awarded on the basis
of talent, skill and potential for
tend leadership <
tand her public responsibility and
learn about educational services
for government and voluntary
agencies.
The keynote speaker at the luncheon
was Dr. Beverly W. Jones,
associate professor in the department
- of history at North
Carolina Central University. Her
topic was "Empower Yourself
and Others." '
Group sessions on managing
family and work were presented
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uy oyivm ^oie. uuier speakers
included Dr. Carolyn Love, Dr.
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black cultural centers, and black
people couldn't go into the
museums."
Having finished the first set of
repairs^on the King bust, Miss
Catlett trades the glasses she uses
while sculpting for another pair
and settles in to discuss conditions*
facing black artists today.
In the 1960s, during a speech at
Howard University, Miss Catlett
encouraged black .artists to "take
our paintings and prints and
sculptures not only to Atlanta
University, to the art galleries
and to the patrons of the arts who
buy them; let us exhibit where
Negro people meet ~ in the churches,
in the schools and universities,
in the associations and
clubs and trade uaions."
Asked if opportunities for
black artists to exhibit their
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two decades, Miss Catlett
acknowledges that conditions
have improved but says they are
still less than ideal.
"It's not ^.difficult now as it
used to be for black artists to get
their works to their people," she
says, pausing to think her
thoughts through. "Now, there
are black cultural centers that exhibit
black art, but it is still difficult
for black artists to get into
the 'mainstream.' In New York
they have their own quota of
black artistsT They're concerned
with what is going to be profitable."
Her own works, she says, have
been influenced by African art,
particularly her sculptures. It is
the form in African art that she
most admires, and she says that
African "woodcarving is the best
in the world."
She says her works also reveal
her fondness for pre-Colombian
art and pre-Hispanic sculpture.
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Next, 4,000 black voters .in
Forsyth County need to~be put on
the Republican voting rolls.
Finally, these new Republicans
need to get behind the candidacies
of those who address the
concerns of our community.
Frankly, I am not going to
hold my breath. However, should
the above scenario ever come to
pass, our community would
greatly increase the dialogue
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professional success.
The recipients were chosen
after taking part in auditions for
admission to the School of the
Arts.
Chancellor Jane E. Millcy led
the convocation, which was attended
by the student body,
faculty and staff.
She praised the students and
urged them to keep the ent
development sem
Bertron D. Haywood, KalpS and
LaMonica Mitchell and Dr.
Theresa Hayes.
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profession, fostering a spirit of
sisterhood among teachers and
encouraging youth to attain
higher levels of education and
character.
The organization continues to
be dedicated to the task of training
youth to cope with oroblems
Both, she notes, show "very
strong emotions through form instead
of through details.'*
Her expressive pieces on black
women are inspired from deep
within, and Miss Catlett freely
admits her enthusiasm for
creating tangible expressions of
the qualities she has found in
black women.
"Many of my works illustrate
black women," she says. 4<The
qualities 1 try to show are dignity,
beauty and strength."
These qualities, as well as Miss
Catlett's apparent admiration of
black women, are evident in
many of her works.
"Glory," a bronze portrait
head, is reminiscent of ancient
Egyptian queens. "Mfcfeeifitey" is
an abstract black marble piece
that depicts a child, carved
separately, encompassed in his
mother's body.
Although she has no favorite
work of her own, except "always
the next niece-*' Mk?
museums seem to have chosen
her "Sharecropper" piece as a
favorite.
Following a trip to New York,
Miss Catlett and her husband will
return to Mexico, where she will I
begin work on several commissioned
pieces.
The Detroit chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority has commissioned
Miss Catlett to sculpt a
10-foot image of Soujourner
Truth, a project she says she is
"very excited about."
She has also been commissioned
to do a piece for Spelman College.
Miss Catlett and her husband
have three sons and five granddaughters.
While she enjoys time
spent with her family, "retirement"
is a word she scoffs at.
"No, I'll never stop working,"
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necessary for political influence,
both parties would scramble for
black support and that scramble
will result in substantial political
influence in both parties.
If we allow others to choose
candidates and policies for either
party, then we deserve only what
we have received thus far.
Nothing more. Political irrelevance
is only one step removed
from political extinction.
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thusiasm they have shown in their
studies and in their perforFollowing
the convocation,
students, faculty and staff
members attended an all-school
cookout, of which Dr. Milley was
the hostess. The day's activities
culminated with a softball game
which pitted faculty/staff
members against students.
inarin Raleigh
Martha Jones and Marilyn Springs.
Dr. Brenda Allen presided at
the luncheon.
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in today's world.
The president of the local
chapter is Beatrice Watts.
TTie Founders' Day chairman
was Mattie Mae Alexander, and
the co-chairman was Ann Motz,
who is also the chapter's vice
president.
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idea of putting away her art
tools. "When you stop working,
you die. Artists, particularly
sculptors, live a long time
because we just keep working.''
Note: Miss Cat left's exhibition is
supported by grants from the
North Carolina Arts Council and
the National Endowment for the
Arts in Washington, a federal
agency,?the North?Carolina General
Assembly, the WinstonSalem
Arts Council Inc. and the
Grassroots Arts Bill.
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