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11*11 % Curator of African American Arts & Culture > elta Arts: Storehouse of heritage ANGELA WRIGHT |fomclc Managing Editor It us Alrican American [u vs am, you can I ind ? ^uv!h at ihc Delta Arh icthcr vou desire to sv. M'ul music of Africa' |isu ians or allow >i on colorful oil sh can he lulfillc< / \ / Hstablishcd in f)Urh \- Salem Delia African American traditional arts f's. And there arc special h demonstrate the ? improving ' 'V'ClS Ah 7" - ?3 'iff , U( 9/. r,(- Uf) . '">C A "Os r iin ii . out ..iierit a/MrtTrnm in I < ..cipale in a signal historic Salem Delui Fine Arts Cc" ishing touches on - . . oc^ number ol M'> /ii <Jr (>k . i i J I s .. i orsyili C* . -.iomc event . uts Center is sianmu put th ^ ncs on memorabilia and ;irt 1 1 - ..iier ol the 125 or more Alrican A n the county m preparation lor - the Alrican A A-c ,/") The Delta Arts t/)C : vera I exhibits ?' 'iii paintings from Hau., ^ shows and the works o. * '//. s> to ""nty "h Wlri > It, "v0 >'/) C'A >, V/,, rf>'s A. iJ<-t s /f 'lf> c /> ?// . ws tr hi <>0. Id famous artist John Biggcrs. enter sponsors programs for all groups m such crafts as photog [h>. calligraphy, drawing, painting sculpturing. F.very year hundreds of local Mentha" ,<>?> ?5 . k f)/T) .a za tated '*> ' **t ? Vf . mission is to 'lh ^ lunity interest in Amenc?. s an humanities with emphasis African American contribution -"?? increased awareness r African Arr contributions to the arts and human ities in America, to encourage irnli vidual creativity, and to build pride in African American contributions to arts and humanities in America." Delta Fine Arts' programs arc d free to the public and ide both locally curated and }?f\ onal traveling shows such as C?%^se circulated by the Smithsonian ititution. In 1972, Delta Fine Arts estab at Winston-Salem State Uni ty a permanent collection of ings and sculpture by national - nown, North Carolina-born .ican American artists. This flowing collection is on display in the university library. A collection of furniture by 19ih^entury cabinetmaker Thomas Day is now on permanent display at the North Carolina Museum of His to' :n Raleigh. The museum pur ~>ay collection after led a successful r>\ V* ugn among Delia ? ? throughout Vc^vcft "ribut Photo by Mike Cunningham John Blggers, whose work Annette Scippio displays above, was or* of the artists featured at the Delta Arts Center during 1989. ed to the fund drive. Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts Inc. is a tax-exempt, nonprofit- cul tural institution. Delta Fine Arts' pro grams and the Delta Arts Center are Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter supported partially through contribu- and through grants from foundations, tions of time, money, and supplies by government agencies, corporations members of Delta Sigma Theta'* ,va^?':v*'e contributors. ,niversit> , ne studied at u?r Museum of Fine \ lo* ?ere she was the iusan Minot Lane D.n?. " r-** A^*v YA|V ? ^ 1 ? ?l ? <:?*> ?'iVe^r Tuu.. r Ait* - f?-painlco d hospital camp' v;ist, rambiii-e, and indivia -a But V\\C co?v- tt >pT J *t*>v Winston-Said x0 ..ionicle Thursd ? * .Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts, Incorporated cordially invites you to attend a celebration marking our Twentieth Anniversary of service to the community. ' We will unveil the Biggers Mural Poster and open our Anniversary Exhibit "Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts: The First Twenty Years" Sunday, October 25, 1992 two until five o'clock her *rt e>/ Sa/( me Moo* utei of An* Years v Jones" \ artist. Satur ,6.3 <vri ??*?? **lihr *><>? :t^ '"I <w ? a" ' Z "h*c iu v- :,Z' "? Is ''<>nul 1 '*'/ i/ "Us'c lit ? ?' /Vfa?? """ Cf 'Hlf*/ "Ju // "r/? ""Ilk *lc o/ *4 ?,u"?cr 'or yo id V, ,.o when we (African-American) omposers. liui Moore was real ly in a class by herself. S*? com poser who * (Africa ?'ted She Cver \ <>n '"**1 n,Ze/K^~ a/ '? be w$cc/ Scip Delia -Salem of re Music elebraiioii -.c. She used oser . She even did a piece lurer. on ihe uprisings in Soweto," Super- says Styppio. sboro "li wasn'f difficult to find pro- t pictures, bui ihe iricky ** mihis project toooi *'9rt ?**?*> ?"umn> n?iur"*ri'ru<k "> he, ana . Var """<?> ?Jn*"k ih' ld : *s'er "u*/,. ,s a/# ' H>or -sfa" Part itig of the xJ?.'v?tal m?"?er wZyn""? C)r an? , a '"V?'V? 'gh *hhh ZV'C *erc r ' <noi^lo?u - /n Calendar of Eve July and August 1987 July Through July 25 'The Bricks Have Stood the Test pf Tlni An exhibition of photographs about George Hei July 7 - August 7, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p Creative Writing Class for rising 5th- and 6th iay, Wednesdays and Fridays for five weeks. Instruc! July 13, 7 p.m. Evenings in the Neighborhoods" program, sponsored Performance by the Jazz group r*u? ^ - 1 ? The Delta Arts Center 1511 East Third Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 The artists, John and James Biggers, will be present to autograph posters. The exhibition will be on view through December 15, 1992 io sr ?mediate! fking forw ?Hf . _ and Jones rooks 'We Three 1 August August 2, 5:"^ " ig Reception for 'The Long Ror 18 vhtbition from the Smithson' ' ' ( Road up the Hill* Biggers' mu V elrt ' ?ens See Arts, Page 28 j s By YVETTE N FREEMAN Community Newt Editor Nearly 100 people turned out for the Delta Fine Arts, Inc.'s pre sentation of two murals by promi nent African- American artist John Biggers to Winston-Salem State University. The cultural and educational organization presented the murals entitled, "Origins" and "Ascension," to the university during a ceremony he^?lV?,v^cll?? j? Jh? A* WSSU Will Get Three Art Wori 0. -w..ur? ot one of sesi housing developments for - Kast Salem Homes, now being v old City Hospital complex But the Wl" he a place of laughter, labor and -hut STTF" The compact, gree ,he side of the ol striking contrast w buildings where f); uaJs will be hvin Burke, a Moorcsville native, attended Winston-Salem State University and is now sculpture coordinator at the Carnegie Institute. Artis, a Washington " - 4 f ~ Biggers ir campus ot University. ? A Founders' Day program, ihankfu olebrating the ? Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer I'rize- Winning Poet and Poet Laureate of Illinois and Lois IMailou Jones, painter, teacher and promoter of visual arts will be in Winston-Salem, Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30, 1984 for poetry reading, painting exhibitions, film and a conversation between * -tists. ^ sponsored by the enter, and the jse Museum of in Winston-Salem, ia. s, Poet Laureate of Pulitzer Prize win ? in Chicago. She cur -rther of the Na J t Ot. w Center has _ Western Illinois The Gwendo Auditorium has 1 her at Jenner El in Chicago and distinction is Brooks Eleme Harvey, UMnoi Lois Mailou emeritus of ** color Painil Arts, Howa born in B - Museum Arts , Bosto' recipient of Scholarshi' mber oi _ studies at f Arts and Let- School in ed with the The artf ard by the have in"# the - ? IS associate professor of art at Mankato State College in Minnesota. B i g g e r native most Inc. for providi John Bigg - bounding ,e^a- In c., of 60th year of Delta Sigma . will reflcct on Ihe t. and future goals of the al 1 t^Tuir 'onal public service assistan ority, Sunday at Winston nem State Universitv During the program, the alumnae chapter will present three picces of art for the university's permanent collection: "Peace," an Italian alabaster sculpture by Selma Burkr- "c..? '? ?? Gastonia departm Univen The from art head' iu& when renovation on this East Wins This page is courtesy of Standing o Fine-Arts Center, Hou By ALAN WILLIS ' S?Ati rst ???????? Delta Fine Arts Inc is a young organization, b? it has finally found a home for its long pknncd community fine-arts center - right noct door to a housing complex for the elderly 'Wr will have our 10th birthday in l'J82. and ihs will rrrMinlv br a fine wav to eel#?brate hv CADILLAC ? GMC TRUCK "Your All-American Dealer " 7726 North Point Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27106 (919) 759-2239 (800) 277-2239 lrarr....ft ^ vyic- ui an ages wnen it opens its doors, new and old, next month. Mrs Lassitcr said the* week "We are planning all kinds of activities for old .md young alike, from piano l> ssons for disad vantaged children, to arls and crafts programs (or the residents of thy^ ornplex, " Mrs Lassitcr pxnlainf'd tis h?-r w.?v through th?* construction crews are equally hard at work at both places, and the close relationship of the center and the housing complex is more than coincidence Delta Fine Arts, a subsidiary of the local .iliimni chapter of IX'lta Sigma Theta sorority, u.is looking for a site for the center this summer ^n\ent for the A programs at the part of the HeynoK. grant earmarked for vat ion work, she sai Construction *vorV complete hy mid and the group does
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