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THE MARQUEE
WHAT TO READ, SEE AND APPRECIATE
CREATIVE COLOR IN IMPRESSIONISM WITH RON UKRAINETZ AT HOCKADAY
The Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell has announced its fall-winter 2016 workshops for adults that include guest instructors Ron Ukrainetz, Rachel Warner, and Julie Wulf. Executive Director Tracy John- son said, “The Hockaday is an ideal place for experienced and novice artists alike to learn a new art technique from their artist colleagues.”
Ukrainetz, from Great Falls,
will o er “Creative Color in
Impressionism” and deliver a unique class that throws out the strict use of the color wheel in painting. Instead, he will present using color temperature to create vibrant and exciting works. All levels of ability are encouraged to break from the traditional and learn the basics of analogous color harmony. Students will be painting at the Hockaday and a plein air location on October 8 and 9. Cost is $270. For more infor- mation, visit www.HockadayMuseum.org or call 406-755-5268.
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think — so it seemed safer not to think at all,” one character eventually admits to Drummond.
Ultimately, the play vindicates nei- ther evolution nor creation, although, of course, one side of the case does win. Rather, “Inherit the Wind” champi- ons, as Drummond says, “the right to be wrong.”
“We know on the surface, it’s about the concept of creation versus evolu- tion,butthat’snotwhatit’sreallyabout,” FVCC Theatre Arts professor Joe Legate said. “Maybe some people will be upset [by the premise], but by the end, they will discover that it’s about how all of us have the freedom of thought. It seems like a judgment is being made, but what peo- ple should take away is that freedom is invaluable to all of us. All of us.”
While the play, which rst debuted in 1955 and was in 1960 produced as a lm, was inspired by the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” trial, it was also originally a vehicle to discuss the McCarthy trials of the 1950s. And though those trials are no longer contemporary, the play’s pri- mary themes of freedom of speech and what is right versus what is true endure, o ering something new to viewers in 2016.
“For me, growing up in the 60s and 70s, that appealed to me because the crisis was relevant,” Legate said. “[The play’s debate is] still relevant, with the protests with Black Lives Matter and what’s going down in politics. I mean,
how obvious is that?”
The FVCC production will further
bridge historical eras by incorporating theatrical elements like costumes from the 1920s and 1950s.
Beyond the various layers of philo- sophical discourse, “Inherit the Wind” is also a “dynamite story,” Legate says. “It’s clever and approachable on an artistic level, on an intelligent level.”
And among the characters, there’s great depth of personality. They’re much more than gureheads propping up either side of the debate.
“The political or science angle is only one of many dramas,” Allred said. “There’s several interpersonal dramas, which lends depths to characters that otherwise could be pedantic.”
The play, which has performances at 7 p.m. from Oct. 6–8, is the rst of the college’s theatre season. Up next is “A Christmas Carol,” followed by “Rosen- crantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” and “Bye, Bye Birdie.”
“It’s a nice, balanced season. We do something a little bit edgy to start, with ‘Inherit the Wind,’ and so is ‘Rosen- crantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,’ but also fun, family fare [productions],” Legate said. “As an educator, [Inherit the Wind] is a wonderful opportunity to populate the stage ... and it’s an Ameri- can classic, pure Americana. What bet- ter reason [to show it]? It’s a great way to kick o the season.”
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