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New Japanese textile exhibit debuts at
the Atlanta International Museum
ATLANTA
The Atlanta International
Museum of Art and Design
will present the exhibition
“Magic and Mastery: Con
temporary Japanese Textiles
from NUNO” February 7 and
continuing through April 12.
The unique exhibition high
lights a selection of 22 revolu
tionary and unusual textile
works created during the last
decade, weaving art and sci
ence into new expressions of
contemporary fabric.
NUNO (meaningcloth), the
award-winning Japanese tex
tile design firm with an inter
national reputation,isasmall
corporation of young and in
novative textiledesigners with
Reiko Sudo as the co-founder
and design director. Most of
NUNO’s 10-person perma
nent staffis under 30, and all
arewomen. Textiles produced
by NUNO often are charac
terized by an unlikely combi
nation of materials assembled
using inventive construction
techniques and resulting in
works of great beauty and cre
ativity, with eye-catching sur
Columbus Times hosts Black History Month activities
COLUMBUS, GA.
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Month Celebration thisyear.
Avariety of activities will be
featured:
-An African Village will be
located at The Columbus
Times Newspaper office for
February.
- A Black Expo and Lun
cheon will be held on Fri.,
Georgia
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faces. The truly remarkable
fabrics in production today
emerge as models of 21st cen
turydesign, transforming flat
planes into ingenious inven
tions in cloth.
These innovative Japanese
artisans from the NUNO Cor
poration combine traditional
aesthetic values and weaving
techniques with contempo
rary materials and modern
industrial methods, resulting
inanextraordinaryimpacton
fashion, interior design, and
textile industry worldwide.
Contemporary fashion design
ers such as Issey Miyake find
that the six predominant char
acteristics of NUNOQ’s fabrics
(transparent, dyed, reflective,
printed, sculpted and layered)
areinspirational and comple
mentary to haute couture
fashion. .
Thetraditional fibers of silk,
cotton, wool, linen and the
more recent polyester may be
enhanced with the addition or
incorporation of newspaper,
nails, copper, stainless steel
and feathers. NUNO’s cre
ativity manifests in surpris
Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at 2000 Opportunities Inc.,
1170 Browa Ave. $25 per per
son.
- The newspaper will host a 1
Open House on Feb. 1, from 6
to 8 p.m.
- The Third Annual Black
History Parade will be held on
Feb.2onßroadway. $lO entry
fee.
- A Mock Underground Rail
road Experience willbe held on
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ing ways. Threads with “in
compatible” shrink ratios are
intertwined and tossed into a
hot dryer to yield unprec
edented sculptural textiles.
‘Metallic films are bonded to
conventional threads, and
then melted to create trans
parent filigrees. Computer
programmed looms dance to
digitally enhanced African
tribal patterns. Chemically
reprocessed banana fiber
coated cottons complement
laboriously hand-finished syn
thetics. The resulting tex
tiles are startling in their art
istry and beauty.
Angelyn S. Chandler, ex
ecutive director of Atlanta
International Museum, said,
“We are delighted to show
case this exhibit. Textiles are
one of the oldest art forms,
and carry economic, social and
aesthetic information about
societies.”
A private event on April 5
will feature Reiko Sudo. In
conjunction with Georgia
State University and the
Chattahoochee Handweavers
Guild, Ms. Suko will give a
Feb. 2 at the Liberty Theatre,
813 8™ Avenue, from 3tosp.m.
-Kings and Queens of Africa
Gala and Awards will be held
on Feb. 2 at the Liberty The
atre, from 8 to 10 p.m.
- An Arts and Poetry Read
ing/Reception will be held Feb.
3at The Columbus Timesfrom
4 to 6 p.m.
- A Minority Networking
Night will be held Thursday,
Feb. 14, at The Columbus
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public lecture “Creating Tex
tiles/Creative Textiles” in
GSU’s Student Center on April
5 at 4 p.m., prior to the
Museum’s private artist re
ception.
The Atlanta International
Museum is located in the
Marquisll Tower of Peachtree
Center at 285 Peachtree Cen
ter Avenue, easily accessible
by MARTA bus or train
(Peachtree Center station-
N 1). Parking available in the
Baker Street garage. The
Museum Galleries are open
Monday through Friday from
11 a.m. tos p.m., on the lobby
level. Admission is freetothe
publicon Wednesdays. Regu
lar admission is $3 for the
public, free to Museum mem
bers and all children under
10.
For more information,
please contact the Atlanta In
ternational Museum of Art
and Design at (404) 688-2467,
ext. 307. The Museum Store on
thegardenlevel isopen Monday
through Friday, from 10 a.m. to
6 pm. Visit the web site at
www.atlantainternationalmisamae
Times from 6 to 8 p.m.
The First Annual Howard
Pitts Black History Invita
tional Golf Tournament at
Oxbow Creek Golf Course
will be postponed to April 6,
2002.
The Columbus Times
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North Louisiana set to
celebrate Mardi Gras
SHREVEPORT, La.
If you think Louisiana
Mardi Grasmeansthe crowds,
traffic and rowdiness of New
Orleans, think again.
Line up with thousands of
other revelers to catch color
ful beads, doubloons and trin
kets pitched from ornate pa
rade floats in January and
February in Shreveport,
Bossier city and Monroe.
According to Mike Luster,
director of the annual Louisi
ana Folklife Festival in Mon
roe, Mardi Gras was cel
ebrated in much of the South
in the 19th century, then
gradually came to be found
mostly in coastal cities like
New Orleans, Biloxi and
Galveston. “I’'m excited that
Mardi Gras is spreading into
new areas,” Lustersaid. “Here
in Monroe, we follow the ur
ban tradition with floats and
beads.”
One of the more interesting
Augusta Museum of History hosts
“Voices of the Civil War”
The Augusta Museum of
History will present a special
exhibition “Voices of the Civil
War.” This exhibition por
trays one of the most devas
tating eras in American his
tory as a conflict that had
been brewing for years that
finally ignited a war that tore
the country apart. The ex
hibit will run January 26
through February 24, 2002.
“Voices of the Civil War”
addresses the war in five ma
jor areas. The story begins
with the cause of the war and
the eventsthat led to the first
shots fired at Fort Sumter in
April 1861. The citizen sol
diers are shown along with
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events is the Mardi Paw Pa
rade in Shreveport, where
people can parade with their
costumed pets. Expect more
thanjustdogsand cats-turtles,
snakes, fish, horses and pigs
have participated in past pa
rades. This year’s pet parade
isset for Feb. 3, and participa
tion is open to the public.
“Our Mardi Gras krewes
(the groups that throw pa
rades and balls)really concen
trate on making Mardi Gras
here a family-oriented cel
ebration, one thatisappropri
ate and fun for children,” said
Jennifer Adams ofthe Shreve
port-Bossier Convention and
Tourist Bureau.
For a schedule of events,
call the Shreveport bureau at
800-551-8682, or go to
www.shreveport-bossier.org.
In Monroe, call 800-843-1872
or go to www.bayou.com/visi
tors.
why they fought and many
other aspects of their difficult
lives. The hardships faced by
many women of the era are
shown in the war at home.
Otherareasincludethebattle
fields and the legacies of the
war.
The Augusta Museum of
History is located at 560
Reynolds Street in downtown
Augusta. Hours of operation
are Tuesday through Satur
day, 10 am. to 5 p.m.; and
Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Free ad
mission is offered on Sundays.
Please call (706) 722-8454 for
more information or visit the
web site of
www.augustamuseum.org.