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Tuesday September 19 2006
Artists to display reactions to 'Invisible Children'
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CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Bonnie Buchanan se-
nior art major from Lub-
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who works in the Adams
Center will make pre-
sentations about some
of their artwork Tuesday
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will offer a men-only Lec-
tureship dinner at 4:45 p.m.
Tuesday and Betty Rose's
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Tickets for the event can
be purchased at the Teague
Special Events Center up
until the day of the dinner
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at 12:15 p.m. in the Liv-
ing Room of the Campus
Center.
The lunch presentation
is open to anyone who is
interested but art majors
who attend can receive
event credit.
The presenters' works
arc reactions to the Invis-
ible Children documen-
tary Northern Africa con-
flicts and social Justice
issues.
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and it will take place in the
church's multi purpose fel-
lowship room.
This year Randy Har-
ris will be the after-dinner
speaker. Terry Brown
preaching minister at Hill-
crest said this is different
from last year's dinner.
Harris instructor of Bible
missions and ministry will
speak about what an au-
thentic post-modem Chris-
tian American looks like.
"It will be a call to live
out the faith in the public
world" Harris said.
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is a "personal reaction to
suffering."
"My pieces arc large
in scale dusky and dark
and each piece has sort of
an inner glow'" she said.
"The most Intimate level
the communal level and
the level of global suffer-
ing arc the levels of suf-
fering In the pieces."
Willis said her North
African influences gave
her a literal outlook for
her large-scale pieces.
Harris also said the
speech will be about show-
ing Jesus in all situations
The topic of Christian-
ity in the workplace has
floated around in his mind
for a while Harris said and
needs to be released so an
audience can act on it.
"Only about 20 percent
of America goes to church"
Harris said. "The speech is
about impacting the rest
the new clergy are accoun-
tants artists and teachers.
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"My literal approach
Juxtaposed in relation to
Bonnie Buchanan's gener-
al approach creates a nice
rhythm In this show un-
like anything we've had
on campus in recent his-
tory" she said.
Willis' earlier pieces
along this line were in di-
rect reaction to the con-
flict in the Darfur region
in the Sudan. The prima-
ry purpose was to raise
awareness. Her newer
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of a church setting"
Harris said though a
large percentage more than
80 claim to be religious the
number is not as meaning-
ful as the percentage of
those who attend church
However the number of
church goers isn't absolute-
ly important cither.
"Church is not a be all
end all for finding out who
the Christians are" Harris
said "but it's something we
can measure."
paintings arc not far off
she said.
"I've treated them dif-
ferently in light of recent
transitions in Northern
Africa" Willis said.
The titles of her pieces
include Our of the Bush
A Sudan Painting Pleta
and Now I Lay Me Down
to Sleep. "The paintings
display my Journey as an
artist our Journey as a
community of artists and
these families in Africa"
Festival to celebrate
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The Hispanic Leader-
ship Council will host
the 10th Annual Festival
of the Americas Friday
and Saturday in down-
town Abilene in celebra-
tion of Hispanic Heritage
Month
According to the His-
panic Leadership coun-
cil Web site all proceeds
from the event will raise
money for high school
scholarships and ben-
efit the ACCESS Learn-
ing Center (Abilene Child
Centered Educational
Support Services) where
youth in at-risk situa-
tions and their families
can get help with tutor-
ing or get help with Eng-
lish as a Second Language
courses.
Daniel Garcia of the De-
partment of Admission
1 and Student Recruiting is
partnering with the His-
panic Leadership Council
and encourages students
to attend the event.
"Whether you arc His-
panic or not you should
go" he said. "Come out
and support the Hispanic
community in Abilene."
Each year the festival
brings homemade meals
games contests and mu-
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Willis said.
This lectureship event
will display the pieces
they created. The artists
will go into more detail
about their Journeys and
how these pieces came
about. It is strongly rec-
ommended that anyone
who has interest in this
work and process should
attend she said.
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munity. This year the
theme is "Celebrating
Our Youth Our Family
Our Legacy." Some of the
highlights from this year
arc to include: old-school
boxing Jalapcno-cating
contests arts and crafts
Ballet Folklorico face
painting food booths
and more.
The kickoff parade
begins at 10 am. Satur-
day in front of City Hall.
Activities will take place
near the Frontier Texas
parking lot on North First
Street. Admission is free
to those who wish to at-
tend the event.
Another main attrac-
tion is the Mexicanismo
Mariachi Show dc Jose
Antonio who will enter-
tain students and families
with authentic mariachi
music. There will also be
Latin American dancing.
Admission to the concert
and dance on Friday is S3
and S5 on Saturday.
Garcia said the event
will be rewarding for
participants as well as
volunteers.
"It will be fun to expe-
rience another culture"
he said. "The best sup-
port is to Just show up."
To volunteer to help
with the Festival of the
Americas e-mail Ernesto
Villarcal at cbv02aacu.
edu by Friday. For more
information go online to
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