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Page 16, PHOENIX, May 2, 1974uaiiery i aiKDesign Works is Smashing!BY EILEEN BLAIRWallflowers were the centerof attention Tuesday night atThe Community Gallery of TheBrooklyn Museum. The occasion was the opening of afive-week exhibit of textilesfrom The Design Works ofBedford-Stuyvesant. ClassicalAfrican motifs-flowers, fish,banana leaves and courseshells, for example-inspiredmany of the bold, brilliant,iH ii iH iiii iH u iiiiu iiiiiiiiH iiiiiiiiiiiu iiu iiu iu iu iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu iiin iiiin iiiiu H in iiiu a iu iu iu iiRecord Number ofExhibitors Register forPromenade Art Showhand-screened prints displayed in long, vertical wallpanels, often accompanied bythe piece of art that inspired thedesign.A five-piece rock band andtwo giggling champagne fountains competed with the textilesfor the attention of the crowd of2,400 that attended the opening. The Design Works ofBedford-Stuyvesant is a community-based program initiatedin 1969 at the suggestion ofNearly 200 exhibitors have joined the record-breaking 13th Semi-Annual Brooklyn Heights Promenade Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association, Inc. (BACA) and chaired by Ruth Keating. This spring%u2019s showcase will be held along the world-famous5SDsen to Orange Streets, onthe Heights alfresco display is one of tne headlined events in the current May %u201c Festival of the A rts %u2019 %u2019 month as proclaimed by Brooklyn Borough President Sebastian Leone.The outdoor exhibition draws thousands of people on each day of its run. While viewers stroll along the famed outdoor walkway, they can admire the art works while also scanning the panorama of the city%u2019s most majestic sights -th e New York City Skyline, the Harbor, the Satue of Liberty, Governor%u2019s Island, and the Brooklyn Bridge.Those wishing to enter the show may call Ms. Keating at 783-4469.w r a iiiiit iH iiiiiiH t iiiiiiH w iiiiiiiH n iiiiiiiiM n iiiiiiiiiiiiiiig iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu iiiiiiim iH iiiiim m iiigHeightsesj)lanade, from RemingeSaturdays ancf Sundays, May11-12, 18-19, and 25-26 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.The judged event will involve award-winning oils, watercolors, graphics, acrylics, etchings, drawings, sculpture, crafts, photography, and more. A city cultural tradition,m inim oxcHaLlina-id 172 Montague StreetIdeal Gifts To Make Your Mother's Day A Memorable One.The finest in china, ceramics, figurines, crystal, silver, jewelry,cards, candy, candles, stationery, party goods, and wrappings.that's what Minimax is all about...J/ v v nfa ^ '' 1 V * \\ wi v y , V A '> ftW KSS2\+~ *sssr*%u00bbr dnecVNcL* b^ d e r a . n e u r s ^4 wtreeb'o.YXO^-^: rev'%u00b0\ib\\e)V J K Wi_______________jP A O JU IAooositiiiJacqueline Kennedy Onassis,and developed under the Bedford Stuyvesant RestorationCorporation conceived byRobert Kennedy.Highlighting the opening wasa fashion show of clothing madefrom Design Works fabric.Featured were caftans, at-homedresses, pantsuits and beachwear from numerous designers,including a notch-collaredjumpsuit by Betsy Johnson anda rhinestone glitter shirtwaistby Pauline Trigere. Sprightlymodeled to blaring rock musicby FIT design students, thefashions were met with unqualified enthusiasm by the opening-night crowd, whose attireranged from jeans to black tie.The vitality of Tuesdaynight%u2019s opening was matchedonly by the excitement of theexhibition itself. Textiles fromThe Design Works of BedfordStuyvesant will remain on viewat The Brooklyn Museumthrough June 9. Don%u2019t miss it.PosterFor Co-opAt Bklyn. MuseumPaper Cutting ArtAn exhibition and sale ofpaper-cuttings by Hou-tienCheng will be featuredduring May and June at theGallery Shop of the Brooklyn Museum, 188 EasternParkway. Cheng has created the works to be shownespecially for the GalleryShop, and has speciallypriced them from $2.50 to$50. A special demonstration by the artist willtake place at the Museumat 2 pm. on Sunday, May 5,to which the public isinvited.At numerous demonstrations by the artist, thepublic has been fascinatedby his exceptional skill andartistry, and particularly bythe speed with which heexecutes the cuttings.These demonstrations haveincluded appearances atEXPO %u201970 in Tokyo; TheCloisters, The PhiladelphiaCivic Center, The NewSchool for Social Research;the Museum of NaturalHistory, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Joe FranklinShow and the CBS EveningNews.The planning committee forthe Artists%u2019 Co-op Exhibit atGrace Church in BrooklynHeights, June 2-9, announcesthe selection of the poster forthis exhibit, with Barbara Spiller%u2019s pen-and-ink drawing setting the theme.Her drawing, a recliningmale nude figure, suggests aspirit of openness and confidence which the committeefeels %u201c is intrinsic to a cooperative^ art endeavor. It ishopefully expected that a standing committee of artists andcrafts men and women willestablish a cooperating workinggroup for the perpetuation ofsuch shows in terms of thispositive and most modern statement,%u201d said Bill Pyles.Barbara Spiller, the posterartist, has a studio on SackettStreet in Cobble Hill and willSONDRA%u2019S GALLERY OF ARTS has original oil paintings, lithographs, prints, custom and stock framing. 1058 Coney Is. Av. (cor Foster Av.)receive her M.A. in Art Education from N.Y.U. this June andher Masters Exhibit will be heldin the Loeb Student Gallery onWashington Square South,Greenwich Village, May 21-30.She contributed the drawingwith a suggested design for theposter which Ben Nadelmancarried out with his calligraphy.Thus even the poster sets apace for cooperation throughthe effort of these two excellentartists. Nadleman has studiedat the Brooklyn Museum andhas a studio at 88 Atlantic Ave.Artists planning to take partin this cooperative endeavor areasked to call Nadleman forinformation and possible coverage time during the exhibit.Phone 522-5174. Interestedcrafts people are asked to callthe crafts chairwoman for thisyear, Katie Strasburg, for theircoverage time-522-5442.Plans have been made to spotthe poster in strategic points in%u2018 %u2018Olde &downtown sections)Brooklyn.%u201d Persons wishing tohelp in their distribution, callMary Alice (Gypsy) Pyles-875-1716.The YWCA of BrooklynPrivate Health Club for Men & WomenFeaturing...%u2022Luxurious heated pool-distance swimming %u2022Gym, Jogging track, Tennis practice,%u2022Table tennis Hand Ball, Paddle Ball,Paddle tennis.Fully equipped exercise room %u2022Total privacy in showers, lockers, dressing rooms.%u2022 P r o f e s s i o n a l c I m r v r \\ / 1 c ! r>in conditioning.%u2022SaunaHealth Club Director Hy Schaffer.- 875-1190$150.00 per year.m i l l U A lif II %u2019 V I I I H W W iYWCAYWCA Health Club %u00ab30 Third Avenue, Brooklyn.^ N. Y. 11217Group ShowAt BrownstoneGalleryPark Slope residency is allthat the three artists currentlyexhibiting at The BrownstoneGallery have in common. Thisgroup show, featuring etchingsby Jan Hildebrand, drawingsby Benjamin Einhorn and oilsby James Stewart, demonstrates three very differentartistic views and techniques.Einhorn%u2019s work is perhapsthe most arresting of the three,mainly because of the incredibly intricate draftsmanship of hispen-and-ink drawings. Withremarkable precision, Einhorncreates surreal, chaotic compositions harboring anatomicaland vegetal forms juxtaposedwith mechanistic, non-organicmotifs.Jan Hildebrand%u2019s etchingsspeak softly, mostly of geographical locations. Expansesof blue sky, notches of greenforestry, sunbursts of goldthese are the spare, romanticimages of her gentle palette.Yet, despite the delicacy of lineand diffused sprays of color, thedemarked horizons and swellstells of a majestic nature, idyllicbut steadfast.Vibrancy of color characterizes the work of James Stewartdisplayed at The Brownstone.Softened by the wavy, suggestive quality of his forms, hispaintings, especially one ofreeds lining a riverbed, suggesta distiiied vitality. Particuiariyeffective is his watercolor of aiiuub iiicai conveys ihe sameeffect through cautious use ofwhite space in the company ofan active, multiform background to the off-centeredforeground figure.This group show will remainon view at The BrownstoneGallery, 76 Seventh Avenue,th rn u n h %u2014 %u00ab M a v 1fi.......-v %u2022EILEEN BLAIR