The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 15

2-C THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, Sunday, Dec. 24, 1967 II i jT 1 i AT! a -7 AftSP Holbsin: This lively drawing is a copy of a fresco on the Haus zum Tanz, Basel, circa 1520. It is on display through Jan. 7 at Cheekwood. Art and Theater If 3 mmA, i I'liifiTiiiiCiiiiijiiui uiVn ir T'v.

linn i I mmMtMMirrmmT I -v --e A IS' 1 llrSf ''VV 4h- If I rl 1 1 Thank-Yous' At Christmas By CLARA HIERONYMUS 15th and 16th centuries. Like last THE A I possible year's master drawings from Christmas to every reader thy mh and mi centuries it of this column is this writer's was prepared under the spon- wish todav soship of the Samuel H. Kress i Foundation. It opened at the Na- Ue like to give a gift of ap- Uonal Gallery of Art in Wash- preciation and encouragement ington and whpn it comes down to all the artists and actors in nere Jan 7 it will complete its this community who, week after tour a showir. at the week, peg away at improving Honolulu Academy of Arts, their skills and continue, reso- The exhibit was compiled by lutely.

to offer their work for A vatt Mayor former curator exhibit and criticism. of at the Metropolitan. The gift of admiration we "There is no precedent for the bestow in heaped up measure richness and variety of artistic on those who have suffered personalities who emerged from critical reviews without losing 1400 to 1600," he says in the their self esteem or maligning catalog, the critic's motives. We give "The break-up or, to speak thank-you's in pine-needle pro- fashionably, the fission of fusion to all who've granted the Middle Ages released men's us the same right to express imagination as never before, convictions and a judgment that Painters in France, Burgundy, they grant to themselves. and Italy knew enough about To all the perceptive people each other's work to be stimu-who have acknowledged stories lated, but not enough to be over-and pictures about themselves whelmed." and their interests throughout He notes that the pacemakers the year, recognizing that re- jan van Eyck, Mantegna, porters are as human as the Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo, next person and equally grati- Raphael explored all the fied by response, a big Christ- drawing media of silverpoint, mas stocking full of hearty charcoal, red.

chalk, and ink tnan'is. used with a reed pen, quill or To all the individuals who brush- The hazards of use (per-give so generously of their time orations to transfer the design, and effort to see that theater pcorjng with a scriber to im-stays alive in our community press into piaster for frescoes, we give the Clara Hieronymus or oliler llSes as cartoons, etc.) award for performance beyond meant that many were lost, any legitimate call of duty. And Mayor pojnts 0ut that the to those who stage art exhibits styie 0f drawing underwent a throughout the year without sue- notable change during the span cumbing to the destructive COVered in the show, ranging forces of discouragement, we rom the early Gothic influence say thank you for opening these to the early baroque. The draw-windows upon the world, both jngs on display are mostly exterior and interior. Italian, French and German, And an especially warm gift mit there are also examples of appreciation to ail those roin Australian, Swiss, Flemish thoughtful people who wanted and Dutch sources.

stories or listings on these c- uj Since all of them have been pages and gave heed to the writer's office hours. Thank you lent by private collectors, the for respecting the fact that the opportunity to see them is a hours at home are precious and rare one cheekwood is closed for letting them be free of matters that could be taken up today tomorrow, but will during regular working hours. reoPen Wednesday. Gil's Gallery Open 'Children in Our Town' MOST of the galleries are CHILDREN are pretty certain closed today. One excep- to be asleep at 11:30 to- tion is Gil's Art Gallery, 1308 night, but their parents might 16th where two one- enj0y watching "Christmas in man shows featuring paintings nur Town" on WS1X-TV.

It's by Pat Walker and Bill Mc- too bad the program has to be Pheeters open today to continue scheduled so late since it in- throughout January. volves the joint talents of the Gallery owner, Luis Gilbert Nashville Boys' Choir and a says his "Black Columns of grop 0f y0Ung dancers who are 16th" location is open 24 hours a students of Albertine, in selec- day, 365 days a year. tions from "The Nutcracker Suite." Bill Baird is the nar-New Cheekwood Exhibit rator; C. A. Booher directs the ANEW exhibit bridging the boys' choir in carols from many year-end at Cheekwood countries, comprises 50 drawings of the "The Nutcracker," incidental- 'Nutcracker': Young Nashville dancers perform a selection from the perennially lines and Philip Strobel.

The girls, from left, are Griffin Felts, Karin Adams. Cathy Caldwell and Amy Kur-land. The program, "Christmas in Our Town," will be presented at 1 I :30 tonight on WSIX-TV. popular ballet, "The Nutcracker Suite," as members cf the Nashville Boys Choir look on. The boys, from left are, James McLaughlin, Jonathan Forlines, James For TUei rrln'mn "ne 'c' Nutcracker, in a German i ne wny inui: fairy which inspired the ballet to music bv Tchaikovsky, was sketched like this by Bertall in 1847.

What To See KING'S GALLERY: Two-man show, oils by Archie Campbell and Newell Nis-wonger, through Jan. 6. Open daily including Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 2122 21st Ave.

So. Free. MILLS BOOKSTORE: Paintings by Bettye a 1 through Dec. 30. May be seen during store hours Monday through Saturday.

1817 21st Ave. So. Free. CHILDRENS MUSEUM: Folk Instruments of Rural America." from Richard and Kathy Hulan collection, Starr gallery through Jan. 14.

Free movie: Saturday, "Spelunking," about a cave exploring expedition in tSe French Ales, 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Sky show in Sude-kum planetarium, "The Christmas Star," Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Closed today through Tuesday. Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. 724 Second Ave. So. Free. GIL'S GALLERY': One-man shows by Pat Walker and Bfjl McPhecters, today through Jan.

30. 1308 16th Ave. So. Columns of Open 24 hours, 7 days week'. Free.

ty, has become identified as a part of Christmas in America, with an estimated half a million people across the country seeing holiday performances of it. The ballet (of which only portions will be seen in tonight's program) has just observed its 75th anniversary. Britain's Royal Ballet is currently preparing a completely new version of "The Nutcracker" by Rudolf Nurcyev, which is expected to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera house next spring. W. H.

Auden once wrote of it, "Balanchine (the choreographer-dancer) sees "The Nutcracker' as a festival of joy, a sort of Christmas pantomime, and only those who have lost their joy and for whom, consequently, ballet is a meaningless art, will find that juvenile." Nashvillians in the Times TWO FORMER Nashvillians have been noted in the feature sections of the New York Times recently. Artist Red Grooms was mentioned in a story about a party given by the Richard Feigen family in Greenwich Village. Grooms' film, "Fat Feet," was one of "several Underground movies" shown the guests-some 200 children of pop artists and art collectors. (Feigen operates a pop art gallery on East 81st street; the party was held in his 25-by-l50-foot downtown storage gallery on the southern edge of the village. Among the guests were pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Gerald Laing, Claes Oldenburg, and actor Kirk Douglas.

(According to Times reporter Judy Klemes-rud, Douglas left after a few minutes because he was "swamped by a horde of squealing autograph The other Nashvillian is Sandra Locke, who is presently in Selma, where she has a leading role (as 13-year-old Mick Kelly) in the film, "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter." The spelling of her name has been changed to "Sondra," her age lowered to 17 years for publicity purposes, and her residence in Nashville, where she was employed by W'SM, wiped out. Times writer Rex Reed quotes the director, Robert Ellis Miller, as saying, "The biggest surprise is going to be Sondra Locke, the 17-year-old girl who is playing mjck nelly. This girl is phenomenal. I think she's been in the business 30 years, she knows so much about act ing." Reporting that the company's main problem in Selma has been boredom, Reed adds, "Sondra Locke, in blue jeans and a denim shirt, leans against a fireplace that looks as though it survived the Civil War. She's a cotton-haired, creamy-dreamy, moon-pie Southern teen-ager from Shelbyville, who MmmmimmT- i CHEEKWOOD: 15th and 16th century European drawings, through Jan.

7. Closed today and tomorrow. Gardens and galleries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Admission 50 cents for non-members; children under 12 free with adult. Cheek Rd. PARTHENON: Paintings by Jerrie Barnes and Dimmette Des Marais; pottery by Lewis Snyder; also, Tennessee Art League membership show, through Dec. 31. Closed today and tomorrow.

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Centennial park. Free.

FISK UNIVERSITY: Drawings by Charles White, through Jan. 4. Closed today through Tuesday. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday. Ballentine hall, 913 18th Ave. So. Free. SERENDIPITY GALLERIES (Murfreesboro): Group show of oils, handcrafted wood pieces, and stoneware pottery, through Sat.

Daily and Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 a.m. 516 No. University St. Free.

BARN DINNER THEATER: "Boeing Boeing," through Dec. 31. For reservations call 352-4100. Dinner served at 7 D.m.; curtain time 30 p.m. Price $6.24 per person Sunday through Thursday; $7.28 per person Friday and Saturday.

Cosed Monday. Highway 100. 6.7 miles past fork of Hiehwavs 70 and 100. COLLECTORS GALLERY: Paintings by Michael Palmer, through Jan. 1.

Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Westgate Center. Free. ATKINS INSTITUTE: Work by students in teen-age 1 -UMJ classeS( ugh Jan.

3. Tues- day through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. PRINTS PAINTINGS MIRRORS MIRROR CO.

256-1888 fey 4. V8 tif 'Saturday's Child': 3 Klir'-inlnc kAm In the robes of his office, the Saint is done in quill ot. iNicnaias or myrc. and black jnk technique, This 15th or eary j6th century drawing in the Cheekwood exhibit is cf Ce'man origin. is a long way from In addition to "Glass Manag-erie," Miss Locke also appeared in VTiger at the Gates" for Theater Nashville.

At the I New 1 1 I election I mi ville paper that they were gonna make this movie, so I thought I better go to Birming- ham and see if I could get in it," she says. "It was 200 miles awav from Shelbvville. but I had played Laura in 'Glass Menagerie' and Emily in 'Our Town' in Tennessee, you know, and my parents knew this was just what I wanted to do, be in a movie, so thev didn't stop me 'No, I haven't read the book, I couldn't get through it. But I just love makin' movies. Now I think I'd like ti skip college and go out to California because if I wait five years after this movie comes out, people will just say 'Who are Hie 'orgvf.

on Bu'. looks like a young Kim Stanley, Like most Southern kids, she has been playing movie stars all her life. She spends most of her time off-camera reciting to the cast from 'AH About Eve' and she can remember practically all of Geraldine Page's telephone call waiter wincneil 'Sweet Bird of Youth. We're proud of Sandra for her genuine accomplishments as a pertormer, but regret the film publicists' fondness for exaggeration and distortion of facts. She doesn't need that, nor do they.

Reed asks in the story, written in Selma, "How does an absolute unknown like Sondra break into real, live movie-making and in a star role? 'I read this ad in th? Nash- wry I Circle she had leading roles in Tnnnnnnti. 'Til, TA poor Dad and' A Thmsan Clowns," and appeared film for TRAFCO. CUSTOM FRAMING CUSTOM TENNESSEE 2024 WEST END AVE. a mom counts Heritagt Gantry ZT: drawing by Charles White in the exhibit cf White's work at Fisk's Ballentme Hall through Jan. 4.

White is one of this country's most distinguished graphic artists..