THE HILL NEWS. FEBRUARY 11. 2000
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Brush Art Gallery Exhibit Change
"Reconsidering Vietnam" is the
theme of the St. Lawrence University Festival ofthe Arts and the related exhibition in the Richard F.
Brush Art Gallery which opens
January 31.
The exhibition continues in the
Gallery through March 10; the Festival will take place on campus February 21 through March 8.
C. David Thomas, curator ofthe
Gallery exhibition, said, "My goal
in organizing this exhibition is to
bring together four artists' work in
order to challenge and expand the
THING
WANT
Laurie Besaneeney
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tor of the Indochina Arts Partnership. Luong will be in residence at
the Gallery from February 14
through 25, Monday Friday from
10 a.m. iO 5 p.m., to create a
site-specific installation, meet
with students and discusshis work
with visitors.
The Brush Gallery welcomes individuals and grouptours; for more
information, call 315-229-5174.
Family Musical Opens Tonight on Campus
Colorplay. a new family musical written and produced locally,
will be p e r f o r m e d
in the
university's Gulick Theatre at 7:30
p.m. on Feb. 11 and 12. Colorplay
is a multigenerational musical
about the promise of diversity and
different cultures.
Colorplay
was written by
Morley resident Dee Gallo and features music by Christian Hosmer
of Canton. The cast of Colorplay
consists of area residents and St.
Lawrence students. One ofthe costume designers for Colorplay,
Ellen Galo, remarked on the unique
opportunity that the production has
offered the mixed cast to interact
beyond their different backgrounds. Collaboration between
local parents, school children, St.
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"EVERY
viewer's knowledge of Vietnam, the
land and the people." Included are
installations by Hanoi artist Tran
Luong; photographs by New York
artist An-My Le; portraits and interviews of Amer-asian children by
Boston artist Hien Due Tran; and
portraits from Thomas' book on
Ho Chi Minh.
Thomas is a professor of studio
art at Emmanuel College and direc-
Kenneth Okoth
Staff Writer
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Lawrence faculty and students on
the production of Colorplay has
enabled many new friendships and
been a great learning chance for all
involved. Ms. Galo said "there
needs to be more of this kind of
thing!"
The musical has a message for
audiences of all ages about tolerance of diversity and differences.
Especially entertaining should be
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the wide range of music including
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Colorplay is part of the Hewlett'
Foundation Pluralism and Unity
Project at St. Lawrence University.
Performances are open to the public at no cost.
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"We Are." The song is reminiscent of R.E.M. The lead singer,
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