ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 20, 1996 TAG: 9603200016
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Youth art on display
PULASKI - Art by young people is on display this month at the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley.
An exhibit centerpiece is from Belle Heath Elementary School in Radford, where students in grades 4-6 created a banquet table with each place setting representing a different artist or style.
Other highlights include a charcoal rendering of a black labrador by Robbie Wallace of Pulaski County High School, a quilted "Today Is Monday" piece in cloth by a fourth-grade class at Dublin Elementary School, and portraits by Christy Redden of Dalton Intermediate, Kareneese Payne of Northwood Elementary, Brenna Blevins of Claremont Elementary, and Shane Price of Riverlawn Elementary.
A reception for all the young artists will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 30 at the center at 21 W. Main St., Pulaski. It is open to the public.
The exhibit is part of the center's celebration of National Youth Art Month.
Professorate training
BLACKSBURG - The Training the Future Professorate Program is scheduled for March 30 in Litton Reaves auditorium at Virginia Tech. The program was originally scheduled for January.
The program is designed for graduate students who are finishing up in the near future and for new faculty. Program topics include how to get a job and get started, promotion and tenure, balancing personal and professional lives, funding work and proposal writing process. There also will a series of other sessions to select from, including alternative career paths in a liberal arts college, industry or government.
For more information or to register for this free program, fall Wendy Farkas at 231-9353 or send e-mail at wfarkasvt.edu.
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