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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007
Local art project draws varied responses
BY ALEX HENDERSON
STAFF WRITER
The Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission asked one question for
this year’s Community Art Project
but received a spectrum of answers.
The question was “Why?”
More than 250 residents of
Chapel Hill, Carrboro and surround
ing areas submitted art pieces during
the projects drop-off period Friday
and Saturday, said Kate Flory, execu
tive director of the arts commission.
The pieces ranged from cut-and
paste collages and mixed-media
sculptures to poetry and quilts.
The only requirement for sub
mission was that the pieces be able
to hang from a wall, because every
work will be displayed at one of eight
participating locations in Chapel
Hill and Carrboro, Flory said.
The idea behind the arts project
was to engage the entire commu
nity in making art, she said.
“Maybe people who don’t consid
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lives, works or plays in Chapel Hill.”
Erica Rothman, co-chairwoman
of the community art project com
mittee, said that she came up with
the idea for the project after wit
nessing a similar event in England
and that its goal is to foster a deeper
understanding of the community.
“It’s an opportunity for people
to get to know their neighbors in a
really different way,” she said.
Roberta Wallace, a social worker
from Durham, submitted a work of
three photographs stitched together,
each photo the image of a black cloth
hanging on a white background.
Wallace titled her work “Grief”
Wallace, a photographer of 10
years, said the photographs deal
with the question, “Why is it so dif
ficult to talk about loss?” by empha
sizing the need to take time to slow
down and work through grief.
Chapel Hill Town Council mem
ber Mark Kleinschmidt said the proj
ect allows for the artist’s individual
introspections to come together and
form a means of mass reflection.
“We have extraordinary people
living here in Chapel Hill,” he said,
and the project gives “an interest
ing insight into the psyche of who
the people of Chapel Hill are.”
Linda Larriva, a kindergarten
art teacher in Chapel Hill, said her
cut-and-paste cardboard collage
answers a different question: “Why
not just enter the show?”
Larriva, whose husband just built
her an art studio, said she enjoys
“making something out of nothing.”
“I want to get everyone
enthused,” she said. “(I want) to do
something great before I become as
old as Grandma Moses.”
Zuzanna Vee, a yoga teacher
from Pittsboro, said this year is
her first time participating in the
community art project.
“It’s kind of a big step,” she said
of submitting her work for public
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observation. She said her work, a
painting of the Sanskrit symbol
“Om,” embodies the spiritual focus
that can answer the question “Why?”
while also raising further questions.
All of the works submitted will be
dispersed among the Chapel Hill and
Carrboro town halls, the Carrboro
Century Center, the Chapel Hill
Museum and the Chapel Hfll Public
Library, as well as the PTA Thrift
Shop, Jack Sprat Cafe and Carol
Woods Retirement Community.
“We wanted people to ‘bump into
art’ around town,” Rothman said.
The artists’ explanations of how
the art answers “Why?” will accom
pany each piece so residents can “find
out what your friends and neighbors
are thinking about,” Flory said.
The exhibition will begin April 1
with a reception at the Chapel Hill
Museum and will run until May 30.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Student creates cultural
study abroad Web site
Aims to support UNC’s minorities
BY DEBORAH NEFFA
STAFF WRITER
When junior Jennifer Andrews
decided to study abroad in
Madrid, Spain, one of her central
concerns was how being a minor
ity would affect her experience
overseas.
“I tried to research the experi
ences of minorities abroad and why
we were so underrepresented,” said
Andrews, who is black.
“However, I found that there was
a lack of information available.”
Asa result, Andrews said she
decided to develop a Web site
catered specifically to minority
students at UNC.
The site, International and
Cultural Awareness for Minority
Students, seeks to promote and
support study abroad among
minorities and can be found
within the UNC Study Abroad
Web site at studyabroad.unc.
edu/icams.
The site gives students advice
from other students and advisers,
links to need- and academic-based
scholarships and lists national sta
tistics demonstrating the under
representation of minorities study
ing abroad.
The site’s statistics, provided by
the National Association of Foreign
Student Advisers, show that in
2003-04 almost 84 percent of U.S.
students who studied abroad were
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Caucasian, 6 percent were Asian, 5
percent were Hispanic and only 3.4
percent were black.
“Nationally, the statistics are
not as shocking to me just because
most minorities do come from a
lower socio-economic class,” said
Erika Lopez-Finn, a Hispanic
sophomore who said that she plans
to study abroad in Spain in spring
2008.
“Students aren’t focusing
on studying abroad,” she said.
“They’re focusing on just paying
for college itself.”
Arnab Saha, a sophomore of
Indian heritage who studied
abroad in the Singapore first-year
immersion program last sum
mer, said he strongly encourages
minority students to take advan
tage of any scholarships avail
able.
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and a much greater thirst for
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to minorities how
important it is to
study abroad in...
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Bob Miles, associate dean for
study abroad and international
exchanges, said ICAMS gives
minority students who are con
cerned about racism abroad posi
tive encouragement.
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ated,” Miles said. “It’s about peer
identity. It says, ‘lf my peers have
done this, this could be for me.’
And that’s extremely valuable.”
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will help dispel some of the com
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ties might have about studying
abroad.
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Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
The life track
Students and community mem
bers take part in Relay for Life this
weekend. See pg. 3 for story.
Up in smoke
N.C. legislature considers pro
posals to reduce smoking in the
state. See pg. 4 for story.
Tough on crime
Faculty Council hears about a
new criminal background check
system. See pg. 7 for story.
Digital days
The library gets a grant to exam
ine putting documents in electronic
form. See pg. 9 for story.
Taking notes
Local schools take part in an ini
tiative focused on teaching music.
See pg. 11 for story.
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