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Atiyeh honors Shamsud-Din
Oov. an d M rs . V ic A tiy e h w ill
host a re c e p tio n h o n o rin g Isaac
S h am su d -D in Tuesday, August 25,
fro m 3 :3 0 -4 :3 0 in the g o v e rn o r’ s
A m e ric a n p e o p le .” S h a m s u d -D in
said one p urpo se o f his a rt is “ to
allow people to have a dialogue with
th em s elve s by re fle c tin g
and
illu m in a tin g th eir s p irit, ideas, and
mode o f th o u g h t.”
ceremonial office.
A n exhibition o f 12 paintings and
draw ings by the P o rtla n d artist are
on d is p la y in the g o v e rn o r’ s S tate
C a p ito l o ffic e in Salem. T h e works
on display include pencil drawings,
pen and ink drawings, oil paintings,
gouache paintings (this is a fo rm o f
painting using opaque w atercolors)
and m ixed-m edia artw o rk.
Sham sud-D in began his career as
an a rtis t at age e ig h t, w hen he
illustrated a slide show in school. H e
S h a m s u d -D in
has been the
featured artist in one-m an shows in
c lu d in g e x h ib its at th e N o rth w e s t
A rtists’ W orksh o p, Lewis and C lark
College, P o rtlan d State U niversity,
and the A lb in a A rts C e n te r, a ll in
P o r tla n d ; a n d M t . H o o d C o m
m u n ity C o llege, G resham . 25 o f his
now spends fro m 14-18 hours a day
on a r tw o rk , w o rk in g in w ood c a r
ving, ceramics, and silk-screening in
a d d itio n to the w o rk s m e n tio n e d
above.
S h a m s u d -D in said in describing
his w o rk th a t he is ’ ’ a tta c k in g
s p iritu a l g e n o c id e by p ro d u c in g
images w orthy o f being called Black
im a g e s .”
He
e x p la in e d
th a t
’ ’ s p iritu a l genocide happens when
the necessary avenues fo r g ro w th
arc cut o f f . T h is society does not
perm it this grow th am ong A fric an -
O ne o f 14 children o f an A tlan ta.
T e x a s , t e n a n t-fa r m in g c o u p le ,
Sham sud-Din and his fam ily moved
to O re g o n in 19 47 . T h e a r tis t, a
recipient o f an aw a rd o f excellence
fro m the P SU Black Studies D epar
tm e n t, has tau g ht B lack studies at
San Francisco, C a lif., State U n iver
s ity ; Reed C o lle g e , a n d P S U . H e
also teaches in th e a r tis ts -in -th e -
schools program and has taught art
classes at the Po rtlan d A rt Museum
an d
th e
P o r tla n d
C h ild r e n ’ s
M useum .
w o rk s a re in c lu d e d in a to u rin g
U niversity o f Oregon exhibit.
Turkeys
(C ontinued from page I col 6)
c o n fr o n t th e r e a lity o f ra c ia l
in e q u a lity , th e re a re th e seeds o f
disaster.
Black Am ericans have viewed the
A d m in is tratio n w ith skepticism sin
ce R o n ald Reagan to o k his oath o f
o ffic e . Yet the president has made
no serio us e f f o r t to d im in is h th is
skep ticism by d e v e lo p in g a p o lic y
w hich addresses the specific needs
and problems faced by Blacks. G lib
g eneralizations and assertions that
the p riv a te sector w ill resolve the
plight o f the Black poor do not con
s titu te a co h ere n t p o lic y on Black
inequality. They constitute a serious
failure o f leadership.
In d e fe n d in g
his ec o n o m ic
policies, R onald Reagan frequently
asserts th at ” A risin g tid e lifts all
b o a ts .” H e , h o w e v e r, ap p ea rs to
have fo rg o tte n th at those w ho arc
w ithout boats may very well drown.
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Blacks approved o f the president's
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In the late 60s and early 70s, when
B lacks w ere e x p e rie n c in g som e
social advancement, polls registered
a s ig n ific a n t sense o f progress. In
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B lacks fe lt th a t th e s itu a tio n o f
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when they resort to violence. T his
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the Reagan A dm inistration's retreat
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