Independent Star-News from Pasadena, California • Page 76

ART MATTERS YOU CAN PO IT, TOO JOINING.the faculty of the Pasadena "School of Fine Arts when the fall semester begins tomorrow, be lour new instructors, two of whom will be returning after an absence of a few years. Leonard Edmondson, leading Southern California' abstractionist, will return to teach painting and design, while Jae Carmichael, prominent woman painter and Prix de Paris win-. ner in 1958, will rejoin the staff to teach a painting class which will include lectures on art history and art problems. Teaching at the school for the first time will be Paul Darrow, painter and printmaker, is equally well- known as a prize-winning ex- hibit, popular, instructor at Scripps College and Los Angeles County Art Institute, and designer Srid art director for major Industrial and archi- a i firms. Darrow's course will cover a variety of approaches to contemporary painting arid design.

The other newcomer, Don Turner, is a dynamic young artist whose- draftsmanship and emotional deptli are ap parent In' his large woodcuts which are currently receiving such enlhusiastic comment in print shows throughout the country. Turner's class in woodcut and relief printing, as well as his life drawing class, will be held at'night them available to those who are unable to attend day classes. GEORGE winner of the popular vote and jury award at the first All-Mosaic show, will show many new works in a one-man exhibition being sponsored by the Joseph Young Mosaic Workshop of 842G Melrose Los Angeles. Dublin, well-known through- out the Southland for his bold statements in color, is a member of the National Society of Illustrators and the Art Directors Club. The preview- reception will be held Monday, Oct.

12'from 6 to 9 p.m. and the exhibition will continue open for public through Oct. 2 5 PAINTINGS by i a born Consfantinc Cherkas, 40, who walked 1,000 miles and Waited years to escape communism and gain American citizenship, will have their EVERYTHING NO MONKY DOWN NO CARRYING CHG. YEAR TO PAY LEE-MAC CAMERA EXCHANGE 39 S. Los Roblel ST 1-4343 BY SJtH Green Staraju first American showing at the Galleries in the "Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Oct.

2 through 31., Cherkas, trained in Moscow's Academy of Fine Arts, had never seen modern European aft until, as a war prisoner working on German film cartoons in Vienna, he was allowed to study at the art academy there. What he saw determined him to get to America where he could be free' to paint, not propaganda, but his life. ROBERT is exhibit- Ing paintings at Westridge School, 324 Madeline i Pasadena. This small one-man retrospective show Includes paintings done in the last 10 years. The public is cordially invited.

Frame is an instructor at Westridge. His paintings will hang at the school to Oct. 23. THE FIRST International Art Show is expected to draw 500,000 people to its great exhibit at Miami Beach Exhibition a February SO.th through March 4th, 1960, at Miami Beach, Florida. Artists throughout the world are invited to submit paintings 1 tlirough their own local art organizations.

No individual artist's work will be accepted unless tt Is sent as part of a group entry selected by a recognized a organization geographically representing a city, state or country. A groups in this area are invited to participate. AH paintings will be judged by a commute eof six art judges, two from the U.S. and 'four from other countries. RECOGNIZING the increasing concern of architects with the crafts as an adjunct of architecture, the California Designer-Craftsmen are sponsoring an exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, through Oct.

28, with the theme of "Crafts Related to Architecture." Suggested by architects in this area as a means of pre senting new and unusual ways of utilizing crafts architectur- i ally and of reviewing present usage, the exhibition represents a broad field will include a variety of crafts, which can be adapted either for interior or exterior structural or ornamental use a for garden or terrace. In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be a special panel discussion held at Pasadena Museum on Friday evening, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m., with Bernard Rosen thai as moderator and a panel composed of Garrett Eckbo, Gregory Aln, Margaret Montgomery, Entenza, i Eisenshtat and Robert Alexander. PLAN NOW FOR YOUR XMAS PICTURE GIFTS AND FRAMING 760 E. Walnut St.

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One that could easily be constructed by any ama- teuri They wanted the scene to be made in full'color with all 15 of the figures to be two- thirds life size. This makes the scene.suitable for use in store windows, in churches and church yards, in city parks and Jtpr homes where the figures make both inspirational and" beautiful a decorations. Furthermore, they wanted the scene to be suitable for use by industrial plants, civic buildings, Christmas pa-, rades, country clubs or anywhere-else people want to put Christ back into Christmas. THE NATIVITY scene you see-pictured here with NBC's tiny child actress Claudia Dehring has been printed in fiill color. Each of the figures shown is two-thirds life size.

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After that they are ready to go on display in your yard or any other place for everyone to see. Complete directions come with each set. Also included are plans for building a stable. Because there is no painting required and no lilting of parts together, you couldn't find an easier or better project for youth groups. If you wish, you can paste the pictures right on a where they will be permanent.

They have been beau- tifully done by artist Charles HowolL. Tins DISPLAY during tile Christmas season will awaken in all of us the true idea of Christmas. It will make us realize that unless we allow the Christ Child to come into our- homes and hearts on His birthday, then Christmas becomes merely a tinkling of bells and shining tinsel. Remember, without the Christ Child there is no Christmas. To obtain the 'complete set.

of nativity scene pictures shown here, plus plans for making a stable, send $10.00 check or money order to Steve Ellingson, The Pasadena Independent Pattern Dept, Van Nuys, Calif, YOUR HOME Better lervlce In planning, delivery of materials, and in actual work maket the best time to modernize. Start yopr home modernization program now. Let ut give you a free estimate of cost. HANNlNtt TO MOMRNIU 'YOUR KITCHENT AiU-a-Kaom BuRd on Attic Deem kulU f(im8y luM SII FOX Hit KTIMATIf "If Wt Lumber-Call Our Number'' SY 7-1159-MU 1-6492 Ffhhy 7 JO to 5 7:30 te 4.