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l nua n h A 14t FINE JEWELRY “A time warp. I get lost in here for hours.” Virgin of Guadalupe’s dual cultural origin as the Virgin Mary and as Tonantzin, the Aztec Lady Mother, earth and fertility god- dess. Jessica Drummond (Seattle, Wash.) uses the skeleton imagery to create startling fiber THE APPEARANCE BY MITZI LINN. J. Michael CRYSTALS REPAI it R Y R L E JEW e you wa whil EUGENE Lane County Event Center 796 W 13th Ave NOVEMBER 14, 15, 16 Friday Noon-7pm Saturday 10am-7pm Sunday 10am-5pm GENERAL ADMISSION $5 WEEKEND PASS GEMS GEMS BEADS SILVER MINERALS WIREW R DEMON APPING STRATIO NS By Caro lyn Edd y “Overwhelming” CLIP & BRING THIS AD TO RECEIVE A T $1.00 DISC E OUN OFF ON S. Rachel Next Gem Faire PORTLAND, OR ISSION GENERAL ADM Not valid with any other offer. One coupon per paid admission. Nov. 21, 22, 23 SLEEPING BEAUTY Sponsored by GEM FAIRE, INC. (503) 252-8300 www.gemfaire.com info@gemfaire.com Toni Pimble, Artistic Director A WAKEN TO A WORLD pieces. Lightning Storm @ Lost Name is a black and white gesture sketch drawn with bleach on black cotton. In The Grandfather, a buoyant silk resist painting in blue and orange tones, hands, skull, fruit, stars, words dance wildly against the sky. Other artists use the skeleton imagery in non-traditional ways. Kurt B. Webb’s (Palatine, Ill.) three boldly designed and beautifully composed woodcuts approach the theme of death from varied angles. Each deserves a close look. Paul Schaap (Portland) explores different aspects of death in his complex mounted shadow boxes, while Hunter Roth (Baton Rouge, La.) provides an urban version in his Gangster; War and Peace mixed media triptych about gang wars. In Jerry Baron’s (Coos Bay) bold abstract paintings, the energy from seemingly spontaneous strokes is balanced by a brooding quality imparted by dark color schemes and simplified shapes evoking skeletons, heads or masks. Other artists remain closer to the tradi- tion. Verónica Guzmán Davalos’ (Hillsboro) Calaveras Installation, with its 26 ceramic skulls, represents “the original sugar skulls used as part of the altar decoration on the Day of the Dead in Mexico.” Lisa Fields Clark (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Armando Olveda (Portland) both present brightly decorated papier mâché calaveras (skulls). Olveda’s La Flaca (one of the names Mexicans use to refer to Death) is a dancing papier mâché calaca (skeleton) with flowers growing from its bones, feathered ser- pents coiled around its right arm and leg, and a scorpion on its hip. Photographs by Karen Dunlap (Cor- vallis) and Joan O’Hare (Waukesha, Wis.) show Day of the Dead scenes in Mexico. “They’re the documentary part that keeps the show grounded in tradition,” Schrager said. Festivities The ambience on opening night was def- initely festive, and the vast crowd appropri- ately involved all ages. There was a neigh- borly feel and more than a few people spoke Spanish. With some help, Schrager had prepared an utterly delicious, whole- some Mexican dinner augmented by dona- tions: a scrumptious lentil pâté from Myrah’s Meatless Meals, a casserole from Café Yumm, and Wild Duck’s brew. Food, music, theater, dancing, art, a good crowd: What more could be asked for to honor the dead and the living? • WHERE A KISS CURES ALL ! P ERFORMANCE S PONSORED B Y : S LEEPING B EAUTY N OVEMBER 1-2, 2003 14 OCTOBER 30, 2003 www.eugeneballet.org O R E G O N M O Z A R T P L AY E R S Chamber Orchestra with GLEN CORTESE Music Director Fairy Tales & Legends NOVEMBER 1, 2003 Soreng Theater, 8:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 2, 2003 Beall Concert Hall, 2:300 p.m. TICKETS: H ULT C ENTER : (541) 682-5000 M EDIA S PONSORS : CELEBRATE NEW BEGINNINGS 2003-2004 G RANT S UPPORT : Hult Center Box Office 1 Eugene Center • Eugene, OR 97401 Tel: (541) 682-5000 Fax: (541) 687-2700 www.hultcenter.org/online.htm featuring EMILY JOHNSON Mezzo Soprano Actor
