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February 28, 1969
THE SPELMAN SPOTLIGHT
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ABASA
Returns
Black Art
To People
The Atlanta Black Art Stu
dent Association is presently
a center-wide organization of
Black art students, but is ac
tively seeking membership of
other Black artists ascribing
to the aims of the association.
The organization, formed Sep
tember 26, 1968, is devoted
to the liberation of Black peo
ple. Using art as a tool to
communicate with our com
munity, to record our culture,
and to develop a new morality
in the Black Art community.
Black art should serve a
dual purpose; as a vehicle of
expression that will unite us
historically to our culture and
reflect the Afro-American ex
perience. This media should
be a mode of cultural expres
sion as opposed to “art for
art’s sake.” Steps toward the
realization of these goals in
clude high school community
workshops, the mass produc
tion of posters for marketing
and other projects such as
walls of respect, art seminars,
periodicals, newsletters and
the promotion of a national
black art organization.
To further insure the reali
zation of our goals, we have
not only established ourselves
as a self-supporting organiza
tion (each student pledging
15% of all monies from works
of art to the Association), but
worked actively along with the
faculty to develop a relevant
(relevant as defined by our
goals) — the liberation of
Black people) departmental
membership and policy.
In an effort to further dis
simulate our philosophy and
more fully realize our goals,
we are offering our services
to persons and groups in need
of art work. Persons interested
in either art services or mem
bership should contact:
Atlanta Black Arts Students
Association
Spelman College —
P. O. Box 558
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
JOIN
ABASA
BENNO FRANK
DIRECTS PLAY
"BLOOD KNOT"
The Department of Drama
and the Morehouse-Spelman
Players presented BLOOD
KNOT in the Fine Arts The
atre from Feb. 17 through the
24th. BLOOD' KNOT, ac
cording to the director, Benno
D. Frank, is a parable of two
brothers — one black, and
the other light enough to pass
for white. The play strangely
enough was well received in
South Africa and subsequent
ly in England and on our own
campus.
After the performance on
opening night, and after each
subsequent performance there
was a discussion of the phi
losophical and social problems
involved in the play. This in
novation was hailed as being
a constructive move in fur
thering audience participation
and involvement with produc
tions staged here.
Beno Frank directed "Blood Knot,” a controver
sial play presented by the A.M.S. Players Feb
ruary 17-24.
Japanese
Prints
Displayed
The Printmaking process,
especially woodcuts, tests the
skill of the artist in many
ways. Each line that the artist
engraves into his woodblock
becomes exact and permanent
unless he later wishes to dis
turb the depth or width of it.
Also, each line that the artist
cuts into his block becomes a
testimony as to his ease han
dling that medium.
The world-wide fame which
the Japanese prints have ac
quired by their unrivalled
qualities is not primarily at
tributable to the purely tech
nical skill which they reveal,
but rather to the aesthetic man
of letters working in intimate
spiritual harmony with the
painter, engraver, and printer.
One may also notice that Jap
anese woodcuts constitute, by
virtue of the great diversity of
approach and variety of sub
ject matter, a strong and un
usual technique. And since
they differ so widely in con
cept and execution from the
work being done in the West
ern countries including the
United States, they should do
much to enlarge the horizon
and increase the knowledge of
te general public.
In presenting 36 contem
porary woodcuts, we affirm
our belief that through the
lenguage of the artists, people
will be able to recognize those
traits common to all men
which bind humanity together
in universal kinship. They
constitute, ' by virtue of the
great diversity of approach
and variety of subject matter,
a strong and interesting group.
Hans Bhalla
Associate Prof, of Art
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE AND
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Announce a ...
Legal Education
Opportunity Program for
Minority-Group Students
June 6 - July 3, 1969
Forty college graduates interested in law
careers will be awarded all-expense-paid schol
arships (tuition, room and board, living allow
ances, and stipend for lost summer work) for
prelaw perparation. Included in the program will
be classroom study; moot court experience;
visits to courts and law officers; and meetings
with community leaders, judges, prosecutors,
lawyers, and police officials.
Apply Immediately
Deadline: March 15, 1969
For further information and application forms, inquire at your
college placement office or write
NCC-DUKE CLEO INSTITUTE
Duke University Law School
Durham, North Carolina 27706
Sponsored by Duke University and North Carolina College Schools
of Law and the Council on Legal Education Opportunity.