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the Sunday Journal POSSIBILITIES 'Women of Yemen' "Mabarika, Woman of Wadi Djawf" is among photographs In Peggy Crawford's "Women of Yemen: Traditional Movies 3 Suction fill Art show review 6 fill Ll Gallery openings 6 1 BoOKS 8 II I 1 I and Modern" exhibition at the Jean Cocteau Theatre, 418 Montezuma, Santa Fe. Crawford, 84, is an American photographer who has made 15 visits to Yemen since 1985. The women who appear in the show range from black-clad figures shopping in the streets of San 'a to the current ambassador to'Holland of the Republic of Yemen, Crawford said. Her photographs have been circulated widely in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen. The exhibition will remain up through Aug.

27. FILM: Hillerman approves of "Skinwalkers." 4 STAGE: "Jacques Brel" to open in Santa Fe. 3 it -t if- Painter did some of his early work as a serviceman, painting pinup girls on WWII.fighters 'im itj 'IF By Jane Mahoney For the Journal BEYOND WOOD: "Trallblazlng: Reading the Ground" by Lydla Madrid Is a mixed drawing and wood carving. It's Included In the "Magni- flco Honors Exhibit." al01senrs fellow I I sailors laughed back in 1944 when the young Navy airplane mechanic uu plane flying on the mission that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Olsen's" original paintings on aircraft fabric depicting the "Enola Gay" on a Tinian airstrip following the Hiroshima bombing are part of the collection of the Los Alamos Historical Society.

At a 50-year reunion in 1995, the surviving members of Enola Gay's 509th Squadron signed the painting. "My story really started 400 years ago," said Olsen. "Nose art isn't new. The British man- of -war ships had female figureheads. The Norwegian and Swedish ships had ornate out of wood." i Aviation nose art, says Olsen, was a way of personalizing war -V See PAINTER on PAGE F2 Magnffico announces '02honors are treasured as folk art glimpses into America's wartime past.

Most of the risqul paintings and others of cartoon characters or cityscapes were lost decades ago when the bombers crashed, or were shot down, painted over, or scrapped after the war. However, 33 original nose art pieces, including Olsen's "Easy Maid," are preserved at the Nose Art Gallery of the American Airpower Heritage Museum in Midland, Texas. 1 Olsen, retired since 1980 still active as an artist, has recreated several of his most popular nose art images from World War II on canvas. Albuquerque's National Atomic Museum owns "Up an' Atom," a replica of Olsen's nose design on the camera r'. GREG SORBERJOURNAL MORALE BOOSTER: Hal Olsen painted pinup girls on the noses of warplanes 1n Tlnlan Island In the Pacific Ocean -during World War II.

1 spent his last $50 buying oil-paints before shipping off to Tinian Island in the southwest Pacific during World War IL The other young men pre- erred to spend their money, instead, on cigarettes for the choppy, 32-day sea voyage ahead of them. "They all thoughU was crazy," recalled Olsen, who had dreams of painting scenes of the Mariana Islands chain and becoming, perhaps, the next van Gogh. Olsen, now 82, would go on to a career as a technical illustrator at Los Alamos NationaJLLaboratory, but a half century ago, he had the last laugh. The 24-year-old specialist trained to repair auto-pilot components recouped his original $50 investment by the time he had painted his second picture on the island a life-size, buxom pinup girl adorning the nose of a Navy bomber. "The first one was just a sample," he said.

ul did it for free." 1 During the last year of World War II, the New Jersey native would paint the noses of nearly 100 Navy bombers. He added images of voluptuous, unclad gals known as "Miss Lace," "Lady LuckEasy Maid," or "Miss Sea-ducer" to the blue surfaces under, cockpits and gun turrets before the PB4Y2 Privateers or B-29s departed the tiny island for Four recipients recognized for community service as well as artistic achievement By Tracy Dingmann Journal'Staff Writer Albuquerque artists Nick Abdalla, Lydia Madrid, Regina Held and Enrique Montenegro are the latest artists to be chosen for the "Magnffico Honors an award that honors community service as well as artist achievement. The choices were made by Magnifico's visual arts committee, a group of local curators and arts administrators who also make the nominations, said Magnffico director Suzanne Sbarge. "They were chosen both for their accomplishments as artists as well as what they have triven hack tri our mm arts community," said it you go J' ISAAC BREKKENJOURNAL COVERED UP: Albuquerque resident Hal Olson's painting In the National Atomic portrays the girl he painted on the camera plane on the Hiroshima bombing mission. He had to cover her up with paints before the plane returned to the United States.

WHAT? "Magnlfico Honors Exhibit" WHEN: Opens Friday, Aug. 23, with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Continues through Sept. 21. Hours are hoon-5 p.m.

Tuesdays-Saturdays. WHERE: 516 Mag-nifico Artspace, 516 W. Central HOW MUCH: Free. Call 242-8244 for information Sbarge. "We try to find people who we feel are visionaries; who are at the forefront of the arts community and who elevate the standards of art here in Albuquerque." Abdalla, a mixed-media artist and professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, is known for his collections of found objects, said associate Magnlfico director Melody Mock.

"Nick does very three-dimensional work. He ISAAC BREKKENJOURNAL fal Olsen noted the continuation of ccntinu3 antisubmarine patrols, bombing strikes, or airsea rescue work. Today, the few surviving examples of the art' form known as "aviation noseart military nose art to the present day with a painting of an Insignia placed on military aircraft in the aftermath of the 9-U terrorist attack. Can Casa San Ysidro stay open? makes make these wonderful constructions using materials he finds in thrift stores and trash dumps and makes insectlike creations out of things like cardboard and rattan and forks," said "I was surprised and thrilled and delighted," said Abdalla of winning the award. Magnffico had asked him to submit slides and samples last year but didn't tell him what it was for, he' said.

"This is my first (award), and it's really quite wonderful." The Albuquerque native said his work is part of the permanent collections of the Albuquerque Public Library, the Albuquerque Museum and Qwest. Held is a printmaker who works with an array of emerging and established artists at the New Grounds Print Workshop, which she founded several years ago. Held has worked with master printers at the Tamarind Institute and has exhibited her work around the world. She embellishes her prints with drawings and paintings and is known for a series of journal v. -r r-' See MAGNIFICO on PAGE F3 the city of Albuquerque's budget cuts.

However, the city council approved $75,000 to continue operating the casa; that's enough money to keep it going through Dec. 31. But the Compadres aren't waiting for federal grants to roll in. The committee has begun taking its own steps to find private funds to get the casa through the rest of the fiscal year and past that point. Its initial efforts have included an open house, a brochure and a mailing that, combined, have raised about $12,000," said committee co-chair Roy Soto.

See SUPPORTERS on PAGE F2 federal grants for Casa San Ysidro. The office sent the Compadres de San Ysidro a local committee formed to keep it open a list of potential grant-funding sources. The office also asked the committee to contact the directors of the federal agencies or programs on the list. Glen Loveland, press secretary for Rep. Tom Udall, said Udall visited Casa San Ysidro last summer.

"We would definitely like to see the museum saved. It has dedicated staff and volunteers," Loveland said. In June, Casa San Ysidro became one of the casualties of Supporters work to keep historic rancho in -Corralesfrom closing By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer Budget cuts may shut the heavy 1840s front gate of Casa San Ysidro, the, artifact-rich historic Corrales rancho. But recent steps could help halt the closure of the rancho, a unit of the Albuquerque Museum. One step is that the five-member New Mexico Congressional Delegation Office has made a priority to help find RANDY SINERFOR THE JOURNAL TERRITORIAL EXAMPLE: Shown is the courtyard of Casa San Ysidro In .11..

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