Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 24, 1990 TAG: 9003231997
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Jeff DeBell
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In the cover story, she tells how her work has been changed by events as ordinary as moving her studio and as profound as a serious auto accident.
Polseno, who wrote the article herself, says "accepting change as the one thing we can count on is one of the universal experiences that I have had to come to terms with and have tried to incorporate into my life as a visual artist."
The cover photo of Polseno was taken by Al Nuchols, a Floyd County photographer who's often sought out by area artists and crafts people needing high-quality slides of their work for shows and competitions.
Sidewalk art show judge
Thomas R. Perryman will be judge for the 31st annual Sidewalk Art Show in Roanoke.
Perryman is executive director of the Piedmont Arts Association in Martinsville. He will determine the winners of more than $4,500 in cash awards including $1,000 for the work named best in show.
The show is set for June 2-3, the second weekend of Festival in the Park.
It will include a new division for artists aged 13-18. Their Teen Youth Exhibition will take place in Century Square. Entry forms are available at junior and senior high schools in the area.
Museum fund-raiser
Page Hayhurst will start May 14 as the Roanoke Museum's first full-time director of development. That means she will organize and oversee fund-raising efforts.
Hayhurst received her B.A. in art history and government from the College of William and Mary in 1988. She's completing studies at the University of Richmond for a master's degree in the humanities.
Her background includes an internship in development at The Hand Workshop in Richmond.
Hayhurst's appointment is the final major appointment planned by museum director Ruth Appelhof. She also has hired a curator and an education director since taking over the museum last April.
Sculpture court display
Two figure studies for Robert Graham's sculptures of Olympic athletes will be displayed in the new sculpture court at the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts.
The realistic male and female nudes are made of bronze and are somewhat smaller than life-size. They are on extended loan from the collection of John and Patricia Kluge of Albemarle County.
Graham's sculptures were made for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. His models were athletes who took part in the games.
Joining Graham's pieces in the display will be nine bronzes by Auguste Rodin, loaned from the B.G. Cantor Collection in Beverly Hills, and pieces by Jacob Epstein, Brower Hatcher and James Rosati.
The Crestar Sculpture Court - supported, as the name implies, by a grant from Crestar Bank, opens March 28 at the museum in Center in the Square.
Silent auction
Bargain hunters, especially those who like to help a worthy cause, should present themselves at the mezzanine of the Roanoke City Market Building on the morning of March 31.
It will be the scene of a silent auction and treasure sale to raise money for the spring concert of the Roanoke Valley Choral Society.
The treasure sale will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The auction of gift certificates and donated merchandise will start at noon, after potential bidders have had an hour to inspect the goods.
by CNB