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Western Carolinian Volume 65 (66) Number 21

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  • 12 WESTERN CAROLINIAN GET A LIFE February 21,2001 Hog Paintings, Glass Pieces Currently on Display By Eric Newsom Staff Writer Students browsing the Chelsea Gallery in the A.K. Hinds University Center may have noticed a set of near photo-realistic paintings featuring an unlikely subject— hogs. The paintings are part of Manning, S.C., artist Tarleton Blackwell's "Hog Series," which he started work on over 17 years ago. The paintings are currently on loan and displayed in the University Center. Blackwell's art has been presented in over 170 solo and group exhibitions worldwide. In 1987, his oil portrait of the late Senator I. DeQuincey Newman of South Carolina was unveiled at the state house, the highest honor that South Carolina gives any artist. In addition, Blackwell is an art instructor for Clarendon County School District Two and South Carolina State University. He is also manager, funeral director, and embalmer for Blackwell and Jenkins Funeral Home. Blackwell chose to showcase hogs as the main part of an examination of life in the rural southeast. His paintings blending mediums of graphite, prismacolor, watercolors, and oils also feature other animals, rural settings, and familiar traditional clothes and concepts. "I have tried to portray hogs with dignity and respect, while at the same time revealing and sharing some of my past personal experiences," said Blackwell. The display opened on Jan. 31 and will remain on display until March 1. For more information, call the University Center at (828) 227-7206. Another artwork exhibition that should be of interest to students was put on display Feb. 14, in the gallery of the Belk Building. The exhibit features works that were created by various artists taking residency at Littleton Studios in Spruce Pine. World-famous ceramics artist Harvey Littleton founded Littleton Studios in the late 70s to create vitreographs, a form of creating lithographs on glass surfaces to prevent the interaction of pigments with metals that come in traditional plate lithographs. The Vitreographic images Month Increases Awareness By Hannah Crane Staff Writer Valentines Day reminds us all of hearts. The American Heart Association encourages this, but their focus is not on those little candies that say Be Mine. February is Heart Month, and each year the American Heart Association emphasizes a different aspect of taking care of ourselves and each other. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy declared. February to be American Heart Month. The idea behind the focus is not that efforts in new treatments, knowledge, or technologies are increased, but that general public awareness is intensified. According to statistics on the American Heart Association website, cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of men and women in America. Sudden cardiac arrest claims about 225,000 lives each year. The theme for Heart Month 2001 is "Be Prepared for Cardiac Emergencies." The AHA suggests three steps that anyone can do to help in an. emergency situation: Know the Signs of Cardiac Arrest Victim loses consciousness, stops normal breathing, and loses pulse and blood pressure. Call 911 Immediately. Give Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The AHA encourages everyone to learn CPR. Call 1-877-AHA-4CPR to get information on a course in your area. There are other ways to get involved with the American Heart Association like participating in fundraising heart walks or working with promotional activities to spread the word. The North Carolina Council of the AHA has an office in Asheville, North Carolina. Also, the association's website is full of ways to get involved. Check out www.americanheart.org or www.americanheart.org. Every seven minutes three people die as a result of sudden cardiac arrest. Learning and applying the three steps to being prepared for cardiac emergencies will, the AHA hopes, diminish that statistic. result is a clear, colorful image that is unhindered by many of the problems that occur with other mediums. Since then, the process has grown in popularity, and artists from around the world have created hundreds of limited edition prints while working with the studio's resources, printers, and technicians. Organizers say that the works show the versatility of glass, as a print medium, in a number of styles. As part of the exhibition, Littleton Studio's master printer Judith O'Rourke will present a talk on the vitreographic process and art at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in room 104 of the Belk building. A reception will follow. The Littleton Studios exhibition of vitreographic prints and images will remain on display until March 16. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call (828)227-3591. Both exhibitions are free of photo by OPI Save the Whales* www.WesternCarolinian.com "not really, but we do have tome prfttv neat stuff_ The Revie^dJKslDin This Page Are Available At upcoming releases £P&t9GB apes Other Cool Stuff [downtown sylva • 586-6404 mon-sat 11-9 Run DMC Dave Matthews' Banc L Burna (a.k.a. Layzie Bone) DJ Clue Pearl Jam
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