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Appalachian State University’s Design Council will host the “Power of Design,” a Powers of 10 celebration, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in the Blue Ridge Ballroom of the Plemmons Student Union. 

The Power of Design brings together students, faculty and members of the professional community in all design disciplines such as interior design, graphic design, industrial design, architectural design, theater design and photography. This year’s theme is “A celebration of Charles and Ray Eames and the Powers of 10.”

Charles and Ray Eames are among the most important American designers of this century. They are best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design (e.g., the Eames chair), industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts. 

In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames made a nine-minute film called Powers of Ten that takes the viewer on a journey out to the edge of space and then back into a carbon atom in the hand of the man at a picnic, all in a single shot. The film has had tremendous impact on all spectrums of design. Each Oct. 10 the Eames Office now celebrates The Powers of Ten to promote and share this method of viewing ideas from an infinitesimal to a cosmic perspective. Appalachian’s celebration will be Oct. 1 due to fall break. 

Appalachian’s celebration will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and exhibit of Eames chairs and antique pieces provided by Klingman Williams, dealership, and Herman Miller, designer and manufacturer of furnishings, interior products and related services. From 7 to 8 p.m. the Powers of 10, along with several other Eames films, will be shown. 

Immediately following the films, a panel discussion with practicing designers will be held. Members of the panel include Dwayne Boyce, Herman Miller; Jason Gammon, Enventys; Alicia Hardin, Workplace Strategies; Dick Klingman, Klingman Williams;  Peter Marsh, Workplace Strategies and member of Appalachian’s interior design advisory committee; and Jim Thompson, Little. 

The event is sponsored by contributions from Alfred Williams, Herman Miller, Klingman Williams, Workplace Strategies, interior design supporters and alumni. It is free and open to the public. 

For more information, visit www.faa.appstate.edu/powerofdesign/ or contact Jeanne Mercer-Ballard of Appalachian’s Design Council, at (828) 262-7832 or mercerja@appstate.edu.

Journey into the mind and heart of the artist René Magritte as the Department of Theatre and Dance presents “This Is Not A Pipe Dream” by Barry Kornhauser. The play will be performed Oct. 3-5 at 7 p.m., Oct. 7 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. in Appalachian State University’s Valborg Theatre.

Suitable for ages 8 and up, this production is part of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s young audience outreach program. For further information or to purchase tickets in advance, call the Valborg Theatre box office at 262-3063 or visit www.theatre.appstate.edu.

Kornhauser’s play explores the dreams and wishes of Magritte as a young boy. As a child, he is told by his father that his desire to become a painter is merely a “pipe dream.” He perseveres, becoming a painter who works with surrealism to understand the world and communicate with it.

One of Magritte’s paintings depicts a tobacco pipe with the caption “This is not a pipe.” It hangs in the Los Angeles Museum of Art.

Theatre faculty member Teresa Lee directs the play. She commented, “The show has a wonderful interplay between theatrical moments of classic slapstick bits and scenes from Magritte’s boyhood where we see him struggling between dreaming of becoming an artist and obeying his father’s wishes. I think most people can relate to that kind of struggle with growing up no matter what age you are.”

She added about rehearsal, “The students are having a great time with the rehearsal process. We’re having a lot of fun developing clowning and classic bits from the silent film era. We laugh through the whole rehearsal every night, and I think the audience will be very entertained!”

The cast includes freshman Brian Chavez as young Magritte, senior theatre major Shawn Stoner as Magritte’s father, and freshman Alex Foote as Magritte’s mother. The rest of the ensemble includes junior theatre performance major Catherine Ledford, sophomore Callie Rawlins, and freshmen Tom Brigham and Sean Brown. Theatre faculty member Jeromy Hopgood designs sets and lights, and senior theatre major Tim Ames designs costumes. Technical Director Greg Williams is sound designer, and Jordan Fleming stage manages.

In conjunction with this play, acclaimed art critic and author Suzi Gablik will read from her most recent autobiographical book, “Living the Magical Life: An Oracular Adventure,” on Oct. 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts lecture hall.  This engaging memoir offers a glimpse into her life and work, including eight months living with acclaimed Magritte and his wife.

Appalachian State University will host the Northwest North Carolina Scholastic Journalism Day on Sept. 27.The one-day workshop for high school newspaper and yearbook staff members and their advisors will be held at Plemmons Student Union and Belk Library and Information Commons. Sessions begin at 9 a.m.

Scholastic Journalism Day is cosponsored by Appalachian’s Department of Communication, the N.C. Scholastic Media Association (NCSMA) and the Winston-Salem Journal.

“The purpose of Scholastic Journalism Day is to help students enhance and improve their publications,” said Calvin L. Hall, an assistant professor in the Department of Communications who teaches journalism and helped coordinate the event. “Feedback we received from advisers who’ve attended our March workshops over the years told us that a fall workshop would be more helpful to their staffs, so we’ve moved the workshop to the fall to help them. I’m very glad to have the support of my department and university in this effort,” he said.

Members of Appalachian’s Department of Communications, NCSMA and Winston-Salem Journal staff will teach sessions on a variety of scholastic journalism topics, including photography, news reporting and writing, newspaper and yearbook design and online media.

Bradley Wilson, coordinator of student media at N.C. State University and a nationally known expert in student publication design, will lead the yearbook session.

“I feel it is so important to offer cost-effective, regional workshops that serve journalism students across the state,” NCSMA Director Monica Hill said. “I applaud Appalachian for joining the effort.” The NCSMA office is located at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

For more information about journalism day, contact Hall at (828) 262-2221, Hill at (888) 562-6276, or Carole Ireland, Newspaper in Education coordinator at the Winston-Salem Journal, at 800-642-0925, extension 7449.

International collaboration on Family and Consumer Science presentations has gotten easier thanks to technology.

Ellen Carpenter, associate professor in the child development program in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, presented “Early Childhood Education Down Under” at the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (NCaeyc) International Conference Sept. 14 in Greensboro.

Carpenter and her co-presenter, Catherine Hamm of Victoria University in Australia, used Skype technology to give the presentation while Carpenter was in Greensboro and Hamm was in Melbourne, Australia. Skype is a peer-to-peer Internet telephony network that allows users to call other users from their computer and communicate via microphone and video transmission. 

In May Carpenter visited early childhood education programs in Australia and presented information about early childhood education focusing on Appalachian’s five-star rated program, the Lucy Brock Child Development Center, to faculty and about 120 students at Victoria University. In the co-presentation in Greensboro Carpenter and Hamm discussed early childhood education in Australia. 

Other presenters from Appalachian’s Family and Consumer Sciences program including Lucy Brock Child Development Center were: 

“Does No Mean No? An Exploration of Toddlers’ Use of Language” Cindy McGaha, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Barbara Lippard, Lucy Brock Development Center Karen Dallas, Lucy Brock Development Center Rebekah Cummings, Lucy Brock Development Center

“Supporting Interaction between Infant and Toddlers:  Experiences from One Classroom” Cindy McGaha, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Barbara Lippard, Lucy Brock Development Center Karen Dallas, Lucy Brock Development Center Rebekah Cummings, Lucy Brock Development Center Jennifer Johnson, Graduate Student, Appalachian State University

“Discovering the ‘Teaching Self’ While Documenting Children’s Storytelling and Dramatic Play” Teressa Cameron, Graduate Student, Lucy Brock Child Development Center Rebekah Cummings, Lucy Brock Child Development Center

“What’s Growing in the Garden? Much More Than You Might Imagine!” Patricia Hearron, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

“Listen to My Story: A Vivian Paley Approach” Rebecca DeHart, Watauga County Schools Christine McGrath, Birth to Kindergarten student teacher, Appalachian State University Connie Green, Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities

“School is for Children not Adults” Sarah Ottow, Lucy Brock Development Center Ainhoa Canup, Lucy Brock Development Center