Exhibit to show
Ethiopian art
aPECIAl TO THE CHRONIC1 J
Ethiopian art from the
1940s to the present will be
explored during Winston
Salem Stale University's Diggs
Gallery lecture about Mid
opening reception for the exhi
bition "Continuity and
Change: Three Generations of
Ethiopian Artists," on view
beginning May 26 at 3 p.m.
It focuses on 23 artists
within the context of the polit
ical and social upheavals of
20th century Ethiopia. Harn
Museum of Art director
Rebecca Martin Nagy and
North Carolina Central
University Professor
Achamyeleh Debela have been
organizing the exhibition since
2000. Debela will lecture at
Diggs Gallery on May 26, at 3
p.m.. immediately followed by
the opening reception from
3:30 - 5 p.m. The exhibition,
which is free and open to the
public, will remain on view
through Dec. 8.
"Continuity and Change:
Three Generations of
Ethiopian Ajlists" tflls the
story of modern and contem
porary art in Ethiopia from the
1940s to the present and
explores the role of govern
ment support of artists as part
of the modernization of
Ethiopia. The exhibition also
examines the influence of the
School of Fine Arts in Addis
Ababa, one of Africa's leading
art academies.
"We are fortunate to have
the opportunity to host a
groundbreaking exhibition of
this magnitude," says Diggs
Gallery director Belinda Tate.
"The show not only includes
work from major collections
such as the Smithsonian's
National Museum of African
Art. and our very own North
Carolina Museum of Art, but
many of the works have trav
Achamyeleh Debela
eled directly from the conti
nent to be exhibited in the US
for the fin>t time."
Support for show is pro
vided by Winston-Salem State
University, the North Carolina
Arts Council, Northern Trust
Bank with additional support
from the Ham Museum's
Margaret J. Early Program
Endowment, Ham Program
Endowment and 150th
Anniversary Cultural Plaza
Endowment, and the State of
Florida Division of Cultural
Affairs. Major support for the
exhibition catalogue comes
from Dr. Madelyn Lockhart,
the C. Frederick and Aase B.
Thompson Foundation, the
John Early Publications
Endowment and the University
of Florida Office of Graduate
Research, with additional sup
port from individual patrons of
both the Ham Museum of Art
and Diggs Gallery.
For more information
about this exhibition or sched
ule a visit call Diggs Gallery at
336-750-2458 or e-mail to dig
gsinfo@wssu?du, or check the
WSSU Web site at
www.wssu.edu.
Awards
from page AS
ment of North Carolina's
Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) and was a
strong advocate for the Infant
Homicide Prevention Act.
? Community Catalyst - Dr.
Meg Mai loy, executive director,
N.C. Prevention Partners.
Malloy's career includes 25
years in prevention, health
behavior change and health pol
icy, with a focus on nutrition,
physical activity, and tobacco
prevention and cessation. She
has worked in nonprofit leader
ship, media, policy develop
ment, consulting. stale and local
public health, and nutrition
practice, teaching and research
within the UNC School of
Public Health, and Duke
University Medical Center and
School of Medicine.
? Innovator - David
Murdock, chairman and CEO
of Dole Food Company Inc.
and Castle & Cooke Inc.
Murdock founded the North
Carolina Research Campus
(NCRC), a developing 350-acre
life sciences hub near Charlotte.
One of the world's most com
prehensive biotech projects,
NCRC brings together Castle &
Cooke North Carolina LLC,
Duke University, the University
of North Carolina, the NC
Community College System
and other institutions of higher
education dedicated to new
development in science.
? Leadership in Tobacco -
Deborah Bryan, president and
CEO of the American Lung
Association . of N.C. In her 24
years with the American Lung
Association of N.C., Ryan has
advanced key issues of the
organization to make them pri
orities in the state. Under her
leadership, significant policy
initiatives have been achieved.
? Leadership in Obesity -
Dr. Barbara Ann Hughes, presi
dent, B.A. Hughes &
Associates. Hughes' diverse
professional career includes
clinical, community, consult
ing. educational and manage
ment experience in dietetic,
nutrition and health services.
She is an adjunct assistant pro
fessor at the UNC School of
Public Health. In 1991, she
established B.A. Hughes &
Associates, a full-service pri
vate practice providing medical
nutrition therapy to individuals
in Wake and surrounding coun
ties.
? Leadership in Health
Disparities - Olivia Fleming,
principal. The Fleming Group.
Fleming was the director of
Urban Ministries of Wake
County Open Door Clinic for
four years and now holds the
part-time position of communi
ty affairs coordinator and is an
active volunteer at the clinic.
Urban Ministries Open Door
Clinic is the oldest free medical
clinic still in operation.
Shaw
from ptlgt A4
court's most important
affirmative action decision
since 1978's -'University of
California v. Bakke which
allowed race as a
piu.s IULIUI III
admissions.
In one of
Shaw's first
speeches as LDF
president, he pre
dicted that even
after the Supreme
Court's decision,
affirmative action
wouia conunue iu bm
come under attack.
inert s
another storm brewing." he
said after assuming the helm
May I, 2004. "We're going to
fight on every front."
The storm is here.
Shaw prepares to leave the
organization just as the U. S.
Supreme Court is about to
announce its decision in two
landmark public schools cases
that could have the affect of
overturning the desegregation
mandates set forth in the May
17, 1954. ruling in Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka.
Kansas, argued by the LDF.
Those cases are Parents
Involved in Community
Schools v. Seattle School
District and Meredith v.
Jefferson County Board of
Education (Kentucky).
?? He also leaves as right
activist
Connerly aims to
overturn affirmative
action laws in every
state possible by
using referenda.
Shaw predicts
that the future of civil
rights is that America
will continue to avoid
its racial and eco
Connerly
nomic inequities
even in the face of
incidents that illumi
nate stark racial divisions, such
as the "O. J. moment", "the
Katrina moment" and "the
Imus moment," he says.
"Denial has always been
there and continues to he
there. ..I think that we're going
to have to use all the tools and
weapons that we have at our
disposal," he says. "What I
want more than anything else is
a movement which addresses
continuing racial and growing
economic inequality."
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13 WED - Eat Smart, Move
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13 WED - Don't Put Off That
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