ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, December 22, 1996 TAG: 9612240013
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 7 EDITION: METRO
First Night schedule
The sixth annual First Night Roanoke will be held in downtown Roanoke on Dec. 31, beginning at 6 p.m.. Festivities include the Chinese Dragon candlelight processional at 11:45 p.m. and end with the raising of the First Night Star and fireworks at midnight. Activities and performances are held indoors and outdoors at sites on Church Ave. between Second and Fifth streets, the AEP Parking garage and lot at the corner of Franklin and Second, the YWCA at the corner of First and Franklin, and the Downtown Learning Center.
The price of an admission button is $7 for adults and $3 for children age 2 to 12, bought in advance, and $9 for adults and $5 for children bought the night of the event at any entrance.
Admission buttons can be bought at 7-11, Kroger, Heironimus, Save-X Mini Marts, NBC bank, Member One Federal Credit Union, Stop-In, NationsBank, Computer Wizards Co., YMCA, The Roanoke Times, WDBJ 7, and the Roanoke Festival in the Park Office.
Outdoor vendors will be selling food for the event, and a sit-down spaghetti supper will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church between 5 and 8 p.m.
Gillespie at Radford
New York artist Dorothy Gillespie, a Roanoke native, has been named Distinguished Professor of Art at Radford University. She will conduct seminars and offer advice on the passion and business of art. She'll also regularly work with students, producing art and organizing events and projects. Radford's Director of Galleries Anna Fariello described Gillespie's affiliation with the university as "an opportunity for our students to be exposed to a real, working artist beyond the structure of the classroom. The fact that Gillespie is willing to give so much of her time and expertise demonstrates that she is truly a generous person."
Gillespie's work is featured in the Center in the Square atrium, and she also created a colorful 50-square-foot mural featured on the Old Grand Piano building in Roanoke.
Gillespie is also working on several exhibit, including "Dorothy Gillespie: Color in Dimension," scheduled for fall of 1997 at Radford, and "Sculptured Paintings and Painted Sculpture," a traveling exhibit to be shown next fall at the Art Museum of Western Virginia.
Arts scholarships
The Western Virginia Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, operating as Center in the Square, seeks applicants for the 1997-98 John W. Hancock Jr. Scholarship Award. The $2,000 scholarship encourages talented students needing financial assistance to attend a two- or four-year college or university. Candidates may enroll, or intend to enroll, in a major in art, history, science, theater, museum studies or creative writing.
Applications may be obtained by contacting the Financial Aid Counselor at Virginia high schools and colleges or by calling Center in the Square at 342-5700. Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 28, 1997, and scholarships will be awarded in September 1997.
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