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S o ld er.An American Dining Tradition Since 1879.Minutes from M anhattan in the heart of historic Brooklyn.LEON P ALLY LTDFINE WINE A SPIRITS ftfl SfVFNJH mb f tween B fcIM LE Y & U NIO NMONDAY SATURDAY10am 9pM(718) 8 S 7-7008Ir k I BrooUvw.>Vl nevw372 Fulton Mall near Borough Hall For reservations call. 875 5181 Major credit cards acceptedAll the News ofThe Arts EveryWeek in the PagesOf The PhoenixPH0%u2122aixM u s e u m in s tru c to r M e re d ith M c N e a l s h o w s E ric T h o m p s o n a n d G illia n B ish o p h o w toc u t th e ir s te n c ils in th e R a id e rs o f th e F in e A rts %u201c P a p e rs an d P rin ts %u201d c la s s(P h o e n ix /B a rb e r P h o to )M INI R E S O R T PA CKA GESIncludes two days, one night $68MDinner in the Garden Cafe Breakfast or Sunday Brunch.EVERY MY IS A WEEKENDAT A PRICE THAT'S RIGHTS O M E R S E TVA LUES P E C IA L(accommodations only) Inlcudes two days, one night5 9 3 5 0 **Includes 3 days, two nights. Dinner in Garden Cafe one night Breakfast one day or Sunday Brunch.All packages include the following Somerset Hilton features: Sauna and jacuzzi equipped spa %u2022 Health Club featuring Universal equipment %u2022 Indoor and Outdoor Pools Tfennis (complimentary tennis clinic available Saturday with advance reservations) %u2022 Jogging along scenic %u201cPar%u201d course Kids Video Game Room %u2022 Country Setting%u2019Limited Availability .. Book Early.. .Call Tbday!person, double occupancy 500 PM checkout Tiut and fatuities not included.THE SOMERSET HILTON200 Atrium Drive, Somerset NJ 08873 For reservations and information call (201) 469-2600Youngsters Raid Brooklyn MuseumBY JARED R. CLOUDFor an alternative to summer camp and other traditional summer boredombusters, the Brooklyn Museum is holding a summer series of art courses called %u201c Raiders of the Fine Arts,\mer days.I visited Meredith McNeal%u2019s Papers and Prints class (for 12-14 year olds) one afternoon, and spent several hours creating paper art. The group and I first worked on making paper from pulp from the cotton plant. Each of us was given a piece of plexiglass to work on. Lesson one was to make the paper entirely white, so that later it could be drawn on, but I varied on that theme for my art work. After laying down a base of white pulp, I put blue puilp in random designs on top of it. I decided that what I had was ugly at best, so I used blue pulp on the entire top side. When I finished, the paper I had made was blue on top, and white on the bottom. It was an educational and an artistic achievement in my mind; even more so for the younger artists who prepared their homemade paper for hand drawn art.McNeal left the class on its own for short periods throughout the time we worked, %u201cjust so they don%u2019t think I%u2019m breathing down their necks.%u201d She says that the older kids should be more independent, and the setting less classroom-like. There were bowls, made by putting pulp around a bowl and letting it dry; and decorated pieces of paper which the students had done with various colored pulp.The class had also made clay masks, incorporating different styles viewed during tours at the museum to design a face depicting what each student was like. The original plan for these masks was to cover them with pulp so as to get paper masks, but the masks had too many bumps and hollows to make it simple to get the paper off when it dries. The kids painted the masks in wild colors, and later they will draw them.Following the paper-making session we trouped upstairs to the Egyptian Gallery, where the assignment was to pick a group of at least three figures and sketch them in color. Hie students fragmented into groups of two or three (there were 12 in the class) having formed friendships while taking the class, and began sketching.For many, the class supplements an education lacking in art courses. Rachel Nash thinks that Papers and Prints is a good way to learn about art, especially since her school hasn%u2019t given art classes since the sixth grade. Eric Thomspon, 12, recommends the class to anyone %u201clooking for something constructive to do. It%u2019s really a lot of fun.\Shelley Malery says she practically %u201clivesat the Museum %u2022 m v mnm thought the class was better than spending the summer loafing around, and I guess she was right.%u2019%u2019And in the words of Kieran Juska, %u201c It%u2019s a lot more fun than watching T.V.%u201dThe %u201cRaiders%u201d program offers several other morning and afternoon programs. Wearable Arts, taught by Christine RafferK ie ra n J u s k a (le ft) a n d K risten J u s k a w iths o m e o f th e p a p e r th e y m a d e in th e\P h o to )[The class had also madeclay masks incorporatingdifferent styles viewedduring tours at themuseum to design a facedepicting w hat eachstudent was like.These Raiders of th e Fine Arts learn howto construct shadow puppets. Studentsm ake their own puppets from stencils.(Phoenix/Barber Photo)ty, is for children 16-12 years old. The students study clothing and designs of different cultures, then use that culture%u2019s style to make their own clothing. At one class the focus was or. the American Plains Indians Rafferty passed out a sheet of the Indians symbols, then took the group into the Native American gallery so they could copy symbols from the clothing displayed there. When the sketches were finished, the kids went back to the classroom to make stencils of the symbols they had chosen and stencil them on to cloth vests (two of the girls in the class had decided that hearts looked nicer than the Indian symbols, and creativity is encouraged.) Since each class meets twice a week, the kids would naint the backs of the vests on the next time they met.RAIDERS OF THE FINE ARTS: Brooklyn Museum program resumes in die fall. For information, call museum%u2019s education department, 638-5000.Page 10, THE PH OENIX, August 7,1986