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Page 2-B Art In North Carolina By OLA MAIE FOUSHEE James M. Sherrill of Hickory is an architect who also paints. In fact, as We sat at dinner with the Sherrills and four of their five children recently, there was far more talk about Jim's in creasing recognition in the art field than of his architectural achievements. Although he paints purely for recreation, his works have been accepted in juried shows since 1948, including the North Caro lina Artists’ Annual in Raleigh. A 15”x3” mural and a huge mul ti-colored mobile which he ex ecuted for the First Federal Sav ings & Loan Building in Conover, which he also designed, were Written up in the May, 1955, is sue of the "Architectural Rec ord.” A large, soft-spoken man (he almost mumbles at times t, Jim grins enthusiastically when he talks of his art. “I paint mainly for personal satisfaction and with a freedom which is limited in my architec tural work. My paintings have, to pass only one judge, me, whereas my architectural work must be judged and approved by a client before my ideas can be executed. Hie satisfying experi ence of using color more freely that comes from painting may be directly applied in selecting col ors for a future architectural job.”' -#) A product of the School of De sign at Raleigh. Mr. Sherrill is well trained for his avocation. At State College’s School of De sign sfeufcnts of architecture are required to take one art course per semester-—about ten courses Presents A Museum Like Display of Gifts From Ail Over the World ★ Barton’s Continental CANDIES Special Summer Selection AND REMEMBER - Your gift ■earn more Iran a tamooa School's Out) jmII and more H RmH Nt BBS yea betl Kggflr Load and Long Distance HOUSEHOLD HOVERS B Moving T?- 1 - B night Rs-iiw WHY CALL LONG DISTANCE? Just caD 942-1950. Your friendly moving men at Durham Transfer and Storage will answer your calls, in Chapel Hill and Dur ham on direct lines. No charge for such caD*. Durham Transfer & Storage ns #*r evfy meaera Firnitare Storage Warehomw ta Cham* HBL Wa cerdtoly favlte yea to come by aad inspect the varahauto, 4H Brewer's Lane. in all. The last, three years he may t<ect courses in sculpture, painting and the graphics. Jim studied under three brilliant teachers during his five years at State: Manuel Bromhurg, Duncan Stewart, and the late Alexander Crain. "Actually art and architecture are inseparable,” he said, ‘as both deal with composition— whether they come from the ar tist's pallette or an architect’s drawing board.” The majority of Jim’s paintings might better be described as constructions. More and more he uses paint and brush merely to add color and decoration to stac cato-like assemblages of wooden pegs of varying sizes and strips of wood secured to plywood pan els to which he gives such titles as "Galaxies” and “Dots and Dashes.” His affinity for colorful as well as functional design is weaving its pattern throughout the Hick ory area, where he achieves the same textural variety and visual interest in his buildings that exist in his paintings. The facades of many of the brightly colored buildings appear to be large mu rals set among the trees. His own home is just such a gem. He and his wife Connie have five children: Jimmy Jr., 14; Su san, 12; Steve, 10; Fran, 6; and Amy, 2. Susan and Steve won art awards this year in the school children's show held annually at the Hickory Museum of Art. Con nie “creates" an impromptu Sun day-night supper with the ease and finesse with which Jim paints. Currently preparing plans for a 1.5 million dollar scientific labor atory building on the campus of his Alma Mater, State College, and a million dollar shopping center for Hickory, Jim says he manages only to “hit” painting “coming and going." Since 1954 Jim’s architecture has won four Awards of Merit and one Honor Award from the A.1.A.. of which he is a member. He was given a one-map show of his paintings at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Statesville, in February of 1961. He is a member of the Board of Direc tors of the Hickory Museum of CUSTOMIZES ’ '* r ' TITHES • OOBHAM ■ ■ - - ■ ■ Art and of the Hickory Arts Council. *. ♦ • rV J For summer study at home, “Painting in Oil by the Five- Color Method,” a course of les sons by Michael Carver (Mc- Graw-Hill, offers step-by step instruction for the beginner. In simple language it guides the student /from his first charcoal sketches to a finished painting. Founder of a private art school in New York, Michael Carver has- on his experience as a teacher to simplify the problems common to untrained painters. Morehead Opens Water Color Exhibit The formal opening of an ex hibit of water colors, etchings and drawings by Jean Lane Fonville, of Burlington, was held Sunday in the north gallery of the Morehead Building. The exhibit will be open to the public during July. Mon days through Fridays, 2-5 p.m.,. and 7:30-10 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-lO p.m., and Sundays 1:10- 10 p.m. Mrs. Fonville is a graduate of the University here and received her M A. degree from Columbia University. She studied paintings with Eliot O'Hara, Gregory Ivy and John Opper, and etching with Helen Thrush. She continued grad uate work in art at the Woman’s College in Greensboro andfat the University of Pennsylvania. Her teaching experience in art has been at East Carolina College as acting Head of the Art Depart ment, at Florida State University, as a member of the faculty of the UNC Woman's College, at the Curry Laboratory School; and in the public schools of North Caro lina. . Most of the paintings in the ex hibit have their frame of referen ce in the North Carolina scene, largely in the mountians and cos tal area. The etchings concern various subjects, including insects and a composition from the West Campus of Duke University. The equatints concern children and various abstract themes. The drawings are of ducks, geese, in sects and related subjects, and there are two portraits of chil dren. The painting “Windy Day” is shown through the courtesy of Asheville-Biltmore College. In formation concerning the purchase of items Will be available at the gallery. Friday Night Bridge Winners Winners of the duplicate bridge game held Friday night by the Friday Night Duplicate Bridge Club are as follows: North-South 1. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pinney; 2 Bill Hofleimer and Dick So kol; 3. Bill Norteman and Mrs. Vic Huggins: 4. Mrs. Phil Jack son and Mike Alexander. , East-West 1. Jerry and Judy Fitz-Patrick; 2. Susan Read and Hughes Hoyle; 3. Forest Mixon end Vic Huggins; 4. Joyce and Bill Woodard. The next game, to be held Fri day night at 7:45 m the hall of the Chapel of St. Thomas More, will be a master point game. All games are open and Mrs. Phil Jackson is director. Principal Resigns; Will Teach At CHITS Orange County School Supt. G. Paul Carr said Monday that Stanley Gene Duke has resigned as principal of the new Orange Junior High School. Mr. Duke will join the physical education staff of the Chapel Hill school system and study for e Ph D. at the University." Mr. Carr said Mr. Duke's con tract for the coming school year was dissolved by mutual con sent. "He has done an excellent job with us and we hate to see him go." Mr. Carr said. ’ Mr. Duke was appointed jun ior high principal March 20, fol lowing reorganization and con solidation in the county school system. For the previous six years he had been principal of Aycock High School, which was eliminated in the consolidation. 9BhmMhhmhmmhßl “Chape l Hffl’e Mjto «uUtod DIAL OPERATOR. ASK FOR DURHAM WX2OOO, BERNSON THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY BernardV*Victorine Lelopln’ Ackland Displaying * ■ New Acquisitions By ALICE WELSH During July and August Ack land Art Center will feature two recent acquisitions which have not previously been on public dis play there. In Jftly attention will be focused on a recently pur chased painting, “Portrait of Le lopin” by the 19th century French artist, Emile Bernard. Bernard belonged to the French post-impressionists who painted from 1886 to the beginning of the cubist period. He was acquaint ed with Cezanne, a friend of Van Gogh, and with Gaugin rebelled against the rigid rules of im pressionism. He and Gaugin ob jected specifically to painting im pressions with nothing behind the surface, to painting rapidly— preferably outdoors—using short strokes of bright color, and to mixing pure colors according to scientific methods. Rejecting the superficiality of impressionism, Bernard and Gau gin concerned themselves with the “IDEA behind the shape’’ rather than the appearance of nature. The two painters felt that memory and imagination re tain the essential characteristics of form better than the naked eye, and what is significant is the image that is remembered. This is symbolic. Their theory led to the devel opment of a style called synthe tism at first, but later known as symbol’ ;m. The style of synthe tism was derived from a mediev al enamel technique called “clo isonnism,” a boldly outlined de sign resembling stained . glass windows. In synthetism non naturalistic, harmonies replaced local, or actual, colors. The idea was depicted in strong abstract outlines with little or no fore shorterilhg, and almost no model ing. Shadows were disdained and the composition was flat and 'decorative with sensuously curv i ing lines. 1 The synthetism „ symbolism jnovement was one of the import ant components of Art Nouveau, s fashion in decoration during the nineties. While the Art Nouveau *ty!e was primarily • associated with graphic arts, household ob ject designs, and indirectly paint ing and sculpture felt its im pact. Art Nouveau had found a good deal of its inspiration in Japanese art—the oriental two dimensional surface, overhead perspective of objects, linear rhy thms, asymmetry and diagonals, the intimate relationship between calligraphy and painting, and the use of nature as a source of stimulus. Nikolaus Pevsner de scribes the leitmotifs of Art Nou veau as a “long, sensitive curve, reminiscent of the lily’s stem, an insect’s feeler, the filament of a blossom, or occasionally a slen der flame, the curve undulating, - flowing, and interplaying with others, sprouting from corners and covering asymmetrically all available surfaces.” The twist of this style is read ily discernible in the "Portrait of Victorina Lelopin” by the deli cate linear quality of her facial features and by the incorpora tion of the graceful lettering into the composition by repeating the tnaMoos Hoe of her head. The planar surface with flat, non-iwt uralistic color compartments are also typical of Art Nouveau dec oration. This painting is on exhibit in the North Gallery where works the permanent Ack land collection are now on dis play., The 27th Student Art An nua! will be on view in the Main and South Galleries through Oc tober 1. The museum is open to the public Tuesdays through Fri days from 2 to 5 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays 2 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. This is the HOUSE p that ERASCO builds' 1 Now us make your m ENTIRE home permanent . . . with SaOmmm New nj^ 7 ) “Split Shake" design ALUMINUM SHINGLES Only ONE Roof to a Customer, Because ONK Will Last a Lifetime!! Hi WHILE IT: 5. Is easily, applied on old and new roots. *■ Add* smart, modern beauty to any S Makes the roof as permanent as the w style architecture, foundation. j. 2. Creates deep shallow-line dimension. 7. Withstands wind pressure of 150 m.p.h. at beauty. and over. 3. ENDS RE-ROOFING COST. 8. Saves on fuel and air conditioning 4. 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ALUMINUM SIDING GO. | t j Morning Afternoon Evening j MY HOME IS: (Check Be tow) 834-4006 Phone 832-7859 . j <‘> li2 ,CK ‘ > SHINGLES | 5221 Hillsboro Street j<> , m ta ‘* res ‘* ta ** A ‘" mtaun C,apbo “ rd ’ Raleigh, North Carolina “ University To Get Phone Os Its Own The Uhivdrslty will get a phone of. its own next September. There has never been a “Uni versity of North Carolina” listed in the Chapel Hill phone book; all departments and staff mem bers have been listed individual ly. This has made it inconveni ent and expensive for an out-of towner who wanted to call the University but didn’t know exact ly who he wanted to talk to. “Centrex” is the name of the new University Telephone" Sys-> tern, which will provide a central UNC information operator avail able at' any hour of day or night. She will be able to connect in coming calls to any campus phone and transfer the caller from one number to another without his having to redial. The new system will provide approximately twice the tele phone service the University now receives. At present there are 400 lines serving 1,300 phones. Plans call for a 600-line plant for academic’departments and 1,600 lines for Health Affairs wjth pos sible expansion to a total of 1,000 lines. The Academic Affairs Centrex system will be ready in Septem ber, and installation of Health Affairs lines will take another year. Under the present sys tem, with one phone serving as many as 18 pcopie in some de partments, elaborate buzzer sys tems have had to be set up to call people from different floors to the phone. All academic branches and de partments will have a 7-digit number starting with “933”. Health Affairs numbers will car ry the prefix '966”. Any student or staff member may dial another campus num ber by dialing the last five num bers. To make a local call to a non-campus Chapel Hill num ber he will dial all seven num bers. He'll get long distance by dialing “9-0” and the University operator by dialing* “0”. There are no immediate plans for changes in dormitory service, but day and night access to the central switchboard will make it easier for parents to get in touch with sons and daughters in emer gency. At present dormitories are served by 135 coin-operated telephones—about one phone for every 32 students. The adminis tration is currently considering a suggestion that telephones be installed in the rooms of one or more dormitories. Students de siring telephones in their rooms could be assigned to one of these dorms and charged a special fee.* Next year’s Chapel Hill phone book will list the University of North Carolina, with all depart ments alphabetically under it. The book will contain a “Blue Section,” separate from the regu lar and classified sections, listing all University staff members al phabetically. 38 Are Enrolled In Science Course Thirty-eight junior and senior high school science teachers are participating in the University’s National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Earth Sci ences during the UNC first Sum mer Session, in progress until July 19. Director of the Institute is Dr. Roy L. Ingram, UNQ professor and chairman of the Department of Geology. , BANK NOTICE j Application of Central Carolina Bank & Trust Company, Durham, N. C. for Authority to Establish a Branch at Eastgate Shopping Center, Chapel Hill, N. C., to be Known as “Eastgate Office,” has been filed with the State Banking Commission. This application will be heard by the Commission at its Regu lar Quarterly Meeting to be Held on Wednes day, July 24, 1963, at 11 a.m. in Room 316, Motor Vehicles Building, Raleigh, N. C. , Any and all persons interested will be heard. BEN R. ROBERTS Commissioner of Banks ♦ I Wednesday, July 3, 1963 Enrollment Way Up In Graduate School Graduate School enrollment in the University’s first Summer Session now in progress has jumped with an increase of 30 per cent over the Graduate School’s enrollment for last year’s corresponding Summer Session. Kenan Professor C. Hugh Hol man, Dean of the Graduate School, said .public school teach ers appear to be the main bulk of this first term’s graduate en rollment with 638 graduate stu dents enrolled in the School of Education. Many of hese teach ers are attending University courses to gain credits toward higher education degrees. There are 2,009 students enroll ed in the Graduate School during this first session as opposed to 1,474 of last year’s first session. The breakdown by area of study is as follows; College of Arts and Sciences, 776; School of Business Administration, 26; School »■ of Journalism, 1; School of Library Science, 93; School of Social Work, 4; School of Dentistry, 12; School of Pharmacy, 2; School of Medicine, 19; School of Nur sing, 14; School of Public Health, 58; City Planning, 12; National Science Foundation Institutes, 40; National Defense Education Act Spanish Institute. 60; Earth Sci ences Institute, 38; Geology Field Trip, 11; National Institute of Health Statistics in Health Insti tute. 88.
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