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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 4, 1992                   TAG: 9201040286
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: E-4   EDITION: METRO 
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WHO, WHERE & WHEN

`Li'l Abner' auditions

Showtimers will hold auditions for its March production of "Li'l Abner" today and Sunday at 4 p.m. at the McVitty Road studio in Roanoke.

Those planning to audition should bring a song and be prepared to read from the script. Dancers should prepare a brief dance combination.

There are about 10 main speaking roles with a large ensemble. Some parts will be doubled.

Susan Brugh and Jeff Walker will direct the show with choreography by Patsy Castellano.

For information, call 981-0554 or 342-5857.

Icons

The work of approximately 39 contemporary artists from the Washington and Richmond areas will be shown in "Abstract Icons," an exhibit opening Jan. 25 and continuing through April 26 at the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts.

According to Mark Scala, curator for the show, it will examine the ways in which young painters have revived the 80-year-old tradition of abstract art and given it meaning within contemporary society.

Among the artists whose work will be shown are Rebecca Kamen and Darrell Dean of Washington and Greg Carbo and Kevin McGrath of Richmond.

A symposium on the exhibit is set for 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in the museum lecture hall. Moderator will be James Mahoney, artist, curator, a Washington correspondent for Art in America and contributing editor of New Art Examiner.

The symposium will be followed at 5:30 p.m. by a reception in the museum's first-floor gallery at Center in the Square. Both events are free and open to the public.

Exhibit

Recent works by Jack McCaslin of Harrisonburg will be exhibited in the Bridge Gallery of the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, starting Jan. 17.

The show, which will continue through April 5, will be the first in a series of exhibits by Virginia artists. The series is supported by a grant from the Norfolk Southern Foundation.

McCaslin is professor of art at James Madison University. His tempera paintings typically employ images from advertising and popular culture.

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