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■ To celebrate mumcattons f if t y and years of electronics, artist Calvin B Jones to paint its In Motorola History.” montages depicting the technical from a small. Chicago-based com pany selling battery eliminators, to a leading m u ltin a tio n a l electronics corporation with operations in over 35 countries. The paintings in the anniversary exhibit are individually titled "M usic on Wheels — The First R adio,” “ M obile FM Two-W ay “ The War Years,” “ Arizona and the New Technologies,” and “ Motorola The noted painter and illustrator, was born in Chicago, Illin o is , January 7, 1934 and has been paint ing since he was a twelve-year-old boy in Chicago's Frank L. Gillespie School. Throughout his grammar school days and later as a student in Calumet High School, Jones won many art awards. After high school, he was awarded a scholarship at the A rt Institute o f Chicago where he received his Bachelor o f Fine A rt in Painting degree in 1957. Following college, Jones worked as a commercial artist for seventeen years before leaving the business to refocus his artistic skills on visually documenting the ethnic lifestyles in Am erican c u ltu re . Jones has produced a large body o f artwork in many mediums. His paintings have been exhibited widely, including the International FESTAC ‘ 77, Lagos, N igeria; the 1975 W o rld ’ s F a ir, Black A rt P a v illio n , Spokane, W ashington; South Side C om m u n ity A rt C enter, the A F A M G allery and C u ltu ra l Center, Chicago. Illinois; and Rainbow Sign, Berkeley, C alifornia. He has also painted two outstanding public wall murals, “ Time to U nite," and “ In Defense o f Ignorance,” both on Chicago’s south side. Calvin Jones’ illustrations have been published in many newspapers, magazines and textbooks including The C hicago Tribune, Chicago magazine, Tuesday magazine. The Third World Press publications and Scott Foresmann & Company text books. Jones also painted the Famous Black American Series for the Coca Cola Company. A popular workshop instructor and lecturer on the artist in our culture, Jones has participated in many diverse programs ranging from those w ith the Chicago P ublic Schools, to projects w ith the National Conference o f Artists. One o f his special projects is the Chicago M e tropolitan Y M C A program to help ex-offenders develop practical artistic training. Calvin B. Jones, Chicago painter, at w ork on M oto rola anniversary paintings, (above) ST A R W A R D - 1958 Am erica enters the space race w ith Explorer I. B uy a Certificate of Deposit at American State Bank and W e ll Give You This Color TV: Apprentices gain experiences Apprenticeship students at M t. Hood Community College w ill get some very practical experience this fa ll in their tra in in g as carpen ters, b ric k masons, dryw allers, glassworkers, and other building specialists. These vocationa l students w ill build an outdoor, covered lab and additional indoor classroom space for use in their training programs at the community college. C onstruction w ill include 7250 square feet o f open-air covered space for use as an outdoor lab in training carpenters, brick masons, and pile drivers. 2300 square feet o f modifications to an existing building fo r additional lab and classroom space to be shared by several programs. These projects were recommended by the recent “ Blue Ribbon” citizens review o f M H C C vocationa l- technical programs, according to Dr. Jack M iller, M HCC dean. “ The citizens’ committee speci fic a lly cited an o u td o o r lab fo r training apprentices as one o f the most c ritic a l space needs at the college,” Miller said. W ith labor provided by students in cooperation with local joint appren ticeship training committees, total cost for materials, plans, permits, and excavation is estimated at about $25,000, approxim ately $2.65 per square foot. “ T his is an excellent way fo r students to get practical experience w hile the programs involved get training facilities at a very low cost,” M iller said. K l_ The indoor modifications will serve several building and trades training programs and w ill be a large, open area suitable for either classroom or lab work. A ll construction w ill be in the campus area between the college pond and aquatics center in space currently used fo r apprenticeship training. A t its September meeting, the M HCC board approved the proposal for the outdoor lab and building modifications. Work w ill begin this fall. About 500 apprenticeship trainees are expected this year at MHCC, ac cording to John Helding, division chairm an o f building and trades training. Last year the college trained about 370 students fo r appren ticeship. “ We expect increases this year in programs for carpenters, drywallers, b rick masons, and g laziers,” Helding said. The college programs are offered in cooperation with local appren ticeship training committees and the state apprenticeship council as par tia l fu lfillm e n t o f apprenticeship training requirements. SHOP I■ BRAMO* A m w V A B IIT IIi Ulte S IZ I* w eel 0411 S .l. M ltw eefcie M tt, 0 0wrw»t4* I 1 M 1 N . 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