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Women's Week Coming The third annual Hope College Women's Week will be held next week, January 26-30, featuring keynote s p e a k e r C a t h e r i n e Stimpson, s i n g e r - s o n g w r i t e r Candace Anderson, and the Women of the Calabash. Stimpson, a professor of E n g l i s h a n d d e a n of t h e Graduate School of Rutgers U n i v e r s i t y , will a d d r e s s ' ' T h i n k i n g About Women: Revolutions that Work" on Tuesday, January 27 at 11 a.m. in the Maas Center Audit6rium. She will also conduct a feminist criticism workshop entitled "Woolf's Room: Our Project," with audience aprticipation, at 1:30 p.m. in the Herrick Room on the second floor of DeWitt.

Notes (Times Books, 1979) and the editor of six books, Stimpson has also published over 80 monographs, short stories, essays, and reviews in such magazines as the New York Book R e v i e w , N a t i o n , and Transatlantic Review. She has lectured at over 150 colleges and universities, assocations, and conferences. A m e m b e r of several boards, she also serves as Chair of the New York State Council for the Humanities, of the Ms. Magazine Board of Scholars, and of the National Council for Research on Women. Anderson is this year's Eve Leenhouts Pelgrim Meyer guest lecturer. This endowed lectureship was established by Pamela White Hadas in honor of her grandmother. A graduate of the class of 1917, Meyer served on the Hope Board of Trustees for 20 years. The lectureship brings a woman artist or scholar instrument-maker; Ahmondylla of the arts to campus each year Best, vocalist, percussionist, during Women's Week. flutist; Pamela Patrick, vocalist, percussionist, teller of folktales; A n d e r s o n is a s i n g e r , and Tiye Giraud, vocalist, songwriter, and performer who percussionist, guitarist, and has worked with numerous songwriter. The calabash is a vegetable in country, bluegrass, jazz, folk, the squash family, commonly and rock & roll bands. She has called gourd. When dried and given concerts at colleges and hollowed, it becomes a resonant universities, folk festivals, and chamber from which many music s o c i e t i e s t h r o u g h o u t instruments are made. Several Michigan and Tennessee. of the instruments used by In 1985, Anderson performed at Women of the Calabash are hand-crafted by Nelson, the a Peter Seeger Concert and was founder and artistic director of a finalist in the nationally broadcast competition "You Can the group. Stimpson, now the editor of a Be a Star" on the Nashville book series for the University of Network. She was one of four Chicago Press, was the founding finalists to be chosen from 4,500 editor of Signs from 1974-80. She entries. was also the first director of the Anderson has also made a Women's Center of Barnard recording of "A Sampler of College and of the Institute of Research on Women at Rutgers. Michigan Women," totally She has won Fulbright and composed, performed, and R o c k e f e l l e r H u m a n i t i e s produced by the artist on the Fellowships, as well as grants Hermoiker Label. All events are free and open to from several foundations. the public. The author of a novel. Class

This company of four women uses a variety of instruments made from natural materials (calabash, bamboo, and wood) a u g m e n t e d by l y r i c a l l y harmonic vocals. They have performed on New York radio and television and have ignited audiences at colleges, museums, clubs, and concert halls in several states. Their free flowing performance is interwoven with informal dialogue which highlights the history and the indigenous playing techniques of the various instruments used. The performers are Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, composer, arranger, vocalist, p e r c u s s i o n i s t , t e a c h e r , and

Detailed list of Women's W e e k in center spread Anderson wil perform 44A Sampler of Michigan Women" on Thursday, January 29 at 11 a.m. in the Maas Auditorium as well as an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium in Graves. She will also give an afternoon workshop on Thursday entitled "The Creative Process of Songwriting' at 2:30 in the Maas Conference Room. The Women of the Calabash will revive a rich, rhythmic heritage which stems from the heart of African music when they present a concert Friday, January 30, at 8 p.m. in the main theatre in DeWitt. The concert will conclude Women's Week — an event organized in recognition of women and their contributions. Combining traditional instruments and music forms with contemporary influences, Women of the Calabash perform music f r o m Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and black America, exploding the atmosphere with harmonious percussive rhythm.

January 21,1987

Indiana Artists Exhibit One a r t i s t w o r k s with illusionistic imagery; the other tries to avoid it. One artist uses an expressive idiom, a language of mystery and emotion, while the other is more interested in the formal relationships of space and playfulness of colors and textures. One artist whorks with a c a m e r a , the o t h e r uses a c r y l i c s , plywood and styrofoam. Together, the complementary w o r k s of t w o I n d i a n a artists—photographer P a m e l a Demarris and painter-sculptor R o b e r t Willisma—will be exhibited in the DePree Center Art Gallery on the Hope College campus. "Contrasts: Motives, Material, and Methods" begins Friday, January 16 and will remain in the gallery until Sunday, February 15. An opening reception, with both artists in attendance, will be held between 7 and 9 p.m. on Friday, J a n u a r y 16 in the gallery. The public is invited, and admission is free. As a photographer, Demarris ably demonstrated the c a m e r a ' s potential beyond simple imagecapturing, as it is commonly understood and used. Starting with the commonplace, in most cases her own backyard, pool, and children, she transforms the usual into the unusual, creating spacial a m b i g u i t y and

m y s t e r i o u s d i s t o r t i o n . The i m a g e r y she h a s at h a n d becomes the idea for a transformation, and in doing so, "Demarris helps to elevate the camera to a significant level of importance as . an expressive tool," said Dr. John Wilson, director of the DePree Art Gallery and associate professor of art history at the college. Williams' works, straddling the line bewtween painting and sculpture, have highly developed tactile surfaces and colors of sublte sensation. The relief sculptures respond to the two dimensional wall they rest on by clearly moving beyond the two dimensions, activating the space around them, both as paintings and sculpture. "Williams' pieces are characteristic of the works of the day. They break down the formal lines between the two different art forms." added Wilson. Both artists have exhibited frequently in recent years and have won numerous awards while also having their workd p u r c h a s e d for p r i v a t e and corporate collections. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 9 p.m. Groups wishing gallery talks should call the Hope College art department at (616) 392-5111, ext. 3170.

Senior Soprano Recital The Hope College music department will present a Senior Recital by soprano Elizabeth Buurma on Friday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of the Nykerk Music Hall. The public is invited to attend. Admission is free. Buurma is a vocal music education major at Hope. She has performed solos with the Chapel Choir as well as in a number of area churches. After graduation she will be pursuing a career in voice instruction and choral direction.

Her recital will include a motet by Antonio Vivaldi, songs by W.A. Mozart and also some modern pieces by Gustav Hoist and John Duke. Accompanying on the Diano will be Paul Deck. Kristen Koss, a Hope College senior Art Major, passed away on January 2, 1987. Kristen suffered from cystic fibrosis. A memorial service for her will be held on Friday evening in DimnentChai


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