
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 23, 1994                    TAG: 9406220171 
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN                     PAGE: 16    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: 940623                                 LENGTH: COURTLAND

ARTIST WINS BEST-IN-SHOW WITH INTAGLIO WORK

{LEAD} Dana Adams is into an art form called intaglio; and she's good enough to have won Best-in-Show in the 31st annual Rawls Arts Exhibition in the gallery of the Walter C. Rawls Library.

``The judges were impressed with the talent and diversity of the artists,'' said Janet Crumpler, administrator.

{REST} They were particularly impressed with Adams' work, an echo of her interest in the environment.

The intaglio printing includes original, free verse poems describing ``Big Rock'' and ``Shackelford Banks,'' the latter an area near Atlantic Beach, N.C.

``Poetry is now a part of each work of art,'' said Adams, versed in several areas of art but proclaiming etching as her favorite. ``You have to be patient. I'm not. And persistent. I am.''

Intaglio is a method of printing from a plate on which engraved lines, filled with ink, leave a raised impression. Later, type is set and the words of the poem are added.

Adams offerings are referred to as diptych - two pieces that go together, telling one story.

``I'm in a class at Old Dominion University,'' Adams said. ``My teacher, Ken Daley, encourages you to enter shows, push yourself, expand your ideas.''

She has been going to class twice a week for five years, but often visits the campus daily ``to work beyond class.''

And she is taking classes in other topics as well, among them photography.

Adams' original interest was biology. She has a bachelor of science degree from ODU.

For several years, she taught science at Forest Glen and John F. Kennedy high schools.

Her husband, Jim, is president of Amadas Industries in Suffolk. They have two children, a son and a daughter, both studying engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Dana Adams has been a director or held another office with the Suffolk Art League for several years and serves as curator of its high school competition, Exhibit of Excellence. She also serves on the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission.

She has long been a participant in juried shows in this area and in Pennsylvania.

by CNB