Instructor receives
thanks for gift
Norm Bursheim is the chair
man of the College art depart
ment, he is also an accomplished
teacher of drafting skills and a
member of the Colleges' art
advisory committee. When he is
not around the school Bursheim
is likely, as not, to be foundl
working on one of his designs.
This week the College Associated
Government (ASG) presented
him with a special plaque thank
ing him for the donation of one
of his designs to the College.
The design, which employs
the etching of interrelated pat
terns in color on to aluminum,
is located in the Community
Center next to room CC-117.
It is a kaliedescope piece which
emphasises shape interrelation
ship and structural motif.
"The patterns remind people
of the patterned mandalas that
are found in the art works of
Eastern world peoples," says
Bursheim . The etching techni
que which the teacher uses has
been developed largely on his
own. Although the sale price of
the donated piece is not known
some comparable works by Bur
sheim have sold for as much as
$350 to $450 each.
In the fall, ASG sponsored
Norm Bursheim’s first public
exhibit and it was a large success.
Bursheim said
that he was
pleased that the students have
chosen to recognize his work
once again.
Saying that he
feels privileged to be exhibited
along with such notable artists
as Nelson and Gruder, the in
structor said that he felt that
his work might offer encourage
ment to art students on campus
and those that might be visiting.
Bursheim said that he was
most pleased that the students
should be the first ones to
acknowledge the donation.
Photo by Lorraine Stratton
lim converses with faculty and students
receiving a special recognition plaque
ted by ASG.
SSefs
test Film Study Center
(antes classic novel "Don
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ay, May 4 at 8 p.m.
te Alaskan Native Heri-
ilms about the contempo-
& of the Eskimo people,
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ton the people in a vil-
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ka.
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itets. For more informa-
Wustin Miller, 226-2811.
»peace presents
«nefit concert to save the
will feature Country Joe
Bld, Highwater
String
Rest Areas and other
¡juests.
benefit takes place at
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Klay, April 30, noon to
mission is $2.50 With all
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kat Everybody's in Cor-
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'Pity Co-op in Sweet
In review-
Tachella’s enveloping 'Blue’
z
and simplicity. Rockwell ideal
istically paints the world as he
wants it to be.
A representative of the Col
lege art department will lead
the discussion following.
Student art display
Art and photography students
at the College will have an ex
hibition of their works, May 22
through 26, in the College's art
department.
The exhibit will include pain
tings, drawings, sculptures, jew
elry, pottery and photographs.
There is no charge for admis
sion and the public is invited.
Focus on Women Seminar
"Experiencing
a Relation
ship" is the topic of a Focus on
Women workshop being offered
Saturday, April 29, Community
Center, room 117, from 9:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Mary and Vince Fitzgerald
will share some tools of com-
munication helpful in develop-
ing a more intimate relation-
ship. The focus is on partners
in a relationship, so bring a
partner. A brown bag lunch is
suggested.
For more information call
656-2631, ext. 232.
By Shawn Parkhurst
Of The Print
"The Blue Country,"
a
film by Jean-Charles Tachella
currently playing at The Mov
ie House, is one of the few
produced within the last year
to Combine so many con
trary attitudes and succeed
with the end result.
These attitudes range from
sentimentality toiausterity to
desperation to . . . only Ta
chella
and Vincent Canby
know what, and funnel into
the one big theme: accept
ing and loving one's lot in
life.
The two apparently cen
tral figures of the story are
just one
example of this
theme.
They are played by Jac-
ques Serres and Brigette Fos-
sey, and are rather harsh in
their attitude towards love;
but this realistic look at their
relationship fits into the gen
eral matrix of the specific
geographic area's life-style as,
towards the end of the film,
v
one is informed that their
relationship lasts in a fixed
sort of way until a truly dis
tant future.
The girl (Brigitte Fossey)
is a relative newcomer to the
village
(French
mountain
mountain Village) she resides
in and decides, as she is a
reserved
but
periodically
flamboyant person, to have a
large social gathering and in
vites the entire village.
At the big picnic people
get on as if in a dream (Tach-
ella is a master at using film
technique to haze reality) and
one wants to walk into the
country and participate.
The focus on the lovers is
widened to include all of
these wonderful characters,
like Zoe, a widow who's hus
band died while making love
to her, and is lost entirely for
quite a length of time in
order for more thorough de
velopment. Distraction is a-
voided by
Tachella’s deft
touch.
_________________
Each of the many people
attending the picnic give one
another a glimpse,
just a
glimpse,
of their different
idiosyncracies to attract one
another in a modest style.
The formula works with ease
for most.
The characters are infinitly
rich and varied in explicit
personality, yet unified, be
yond any doubt,
beautiful, affecting
The Blue Country.
by one
thing:
For example, one of the
men at the first gathering
(there is a second) contin
ually talks of suicide. Finally
after a distorted passage of
time, he kills himself--his rea
son: he wanted to die while
the country
remained
so
powerful.
The rest of the characters
behave and believe in the
same fashion--they love their
country and, more import
antly, the routines of life
____________ _________________ /
The word gets around. . .
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