Wednesday, October 10. 1973
University Daily Kansan
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Prof. Hung and Examples of His 'Detail Style' Painting
Chinese Artist Has Steady Brush
By JEFFREY HILL Kansan Staff Reporter
The precision and the brush control required of students of Chinese detail style painting have made it one of the most difficult styles for Western artists to master. Tung Hung, a Peking-born artist, is one of the few painters of detail style left in the world.
Tang is visiting the University of Kansas as a guest of the department of oriental languages and literature. His works will be exhibited from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today in the East Asian Library in the basement of Watson Library.
Tang said yesterday that detail style required perfect brush control. Birds and flowers are often the subject of detail style paintings, Tang said.
"In China, first you learn to paint landscapes, then flowers and birds and then people," said Tang who spoke through his studies at the lessor of oriental languages and literature.
CHINESE PAINTERS need a mastery of
caligraphy and poetry as well as painting,
Tang said.
"Cataligraph is very important to Chinese painting because on many of the paintings we write down the meaning of the picture using poetic words or actual poems. Poetry, cataligraph and painting are all tied closely to the Western artists have trouble learning."
"Before you learn painting you have to learn to write with a brush," he said. "This teaches you the control needed for detail style painting.
"I left Peking because there was a war going on in the north," Tang said. "Besides, as an artist I needed to travel more and contact more people."
Tang presently teaches painting at the department of extramural studies of the Chinese University in Hong Kong, Tang Shuang, and of the National Institute of mainland China in 1948 and went to Taiwan.
TANG SAID his works had been increasingly influenced by Western art.
"There was some Western influence while I was in Peking because the chancellor of
my art academy traveled abroad a lot. Since
I have made many changes in my life,
I have made many changes in my
art career.
Tang paints abstract art as well as detail style and he is now experimenting with a palette of colors.
"It seems that abstract is easier because you don't have to paint exactly as the subject looks. It's much harder to control your brush with detail style, although if you really want to paint abstract well, it is also very difficult." Tang said.
"And trying to combine the two is very difficult. I'm finding it difficult to make the adjustment and at this time, I'm just experimenting. It seems that no single person can correlate and coordinate detail style and abstract art as vet."
TANG SAID that detail-style paintings were still popular in the East, but few painters still painted detail style because of its difficulty.
Tang will demonstrate his painting skills at the exhibit today in Watson Library. He will fly to Washington, D.C., and Paris for exhibitions before returning to Hong Kong.
Gingerbread Lady Tackles New Series
Kansan Staff Reporter
By JEFFREY HILL
Karman Staff Reporter
Jo Anna March Schneider, a former Broadway actress known professionally as Jo Anna March, has abandoned Freddy the Drover in favor of "Scene 487."
And her days as Sunflower Cablevision's gingerbread lady are over. However, her involvement with children's shows for Sunflower seems to be just beginning.
"Iwas the gingerbread lady for two years on a show called 'Gingerbread House,' and Freddy the Frog was my hand puppet helper. 'Schreider said recently.' "But we were here with our teachers and educators on our shows on Sunflower, and we came up with 'Scene 477.'"
"Scene 497" is filmed primarily at Lawrence elementary schools in district 497 and stars children and their teachers. The show consists of video-taped classes, field trips and some special segments filmed in Sunflower's studio.
"I THINK the purpose of the show is to further unify the school district," Schneider said. "People are naturally curious about what other people in their field are doing.
"I know my own children are interested in what other 3rd and 5th grade children are doing in their classes. Teachers may have meetings, but they rarely sit down and ask, 'how do you teach?' This show gives them opportunity to see for themselves," she said.
"Scene 497" is shown at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays on Sunflower's channel 6. The program was first shown Oct. 2.
"We've had some good responses already from teachers about the show," Schneider said. "I've been very excited with the cooperation from teachers, principals and children. They're even coming up with ideas of their own for the show.
"Some of the kids have become interested
in making their own tapes. Most of the schools have the video equipment to
SCNEDIER SAID THAT "Scene 497" would be shown at least through the rest of the school year and that tapiens would be made at each of the 17 schools in district 497.
"So far we've tapped things like field trips to Lone Star Lake and Spencer Library. We'll be showing a math class next Thursday. Our studio shows, which are in color, will have people like John Garcia, who is the consultant for the school district," she said.
The presence of cameras and equipment in the classroom do not disrupt normal class routines.
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Karla Fukerson, Wichita junior, doesn't look like a trivial Air Force liaison.
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The opportunity for travel was one of the main reasons she joined the ROTC program, said Fulkerson, who has moved 17 times in the past 16 years.
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Size and 92 other women went through the same program of drills and survival exper- tion.
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Cadets Receive Scholarships
THE AIR FORCE ROTC cadets learned to parachute from planes over land and water, although the fall was simulated, Fulkerson said.
The summer camp also put cadets in the artificial stress situation normally associated with boot camp. Shoes had to be shined made to certain specifications for inspection.
Air Force ROTC scholarships were given to 11 cadets. The following freshmen received four-year scholarships: Mark Bontranger, Tonganoxic; Patrick Cavlovich, Tomaso Lupicchio; David Scott, Herland Park; Paul Smith, Bloxi, Missi; Paul Sparkman, Rucker, Ala.; Lowell Thompson, Boise, Idaho; and Lawrence White, Great Bend. Three-year scholarships were given to James Mack, Wichita sophomore, and Steven Muir, Wichita sophomore. A two-year scholarship was given to Donald Helder, Olmte junior.
Fulkerson said she thought some girls might be afraid to join ROTC because of the summer camp. Some, she said, might not like the four-year post-graduation commitment to the Air Force that ROTC cadets were required to make.
But Fulkerson she said thought the advantages of ROTC outweighed the disadvantages.
Being the only woman professional officer candidate at KU has presented only minor qualifications.
For example, the uniform shoe for women has a two-inch heel, which makes marching difficult, she said. But that problem is being remedied at her suggestion.
Fulkerson said she would urge other women to follow her example and Join Air Force HOTC. She said she was encouraging more women in the program to stay in it.
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