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Show ITY • MONDAY, FEBR ARY 22, 1999 Fantasy illustrator bring By CODI JO RNAL LIDDELL AFF WRI Convocation today will be given by Jame hrlstensen, a renown d fantasy artJ I who widely r cognized himslcaJ, imaginative and in pirlng. work on OClti n ill b held in the UU auditorium al hristensen was born ptcmber 261 1 ty, Calif. Christensen fi t encountc....,.·•-.... distinction b tween reality and the TC2 ii of r llty as a youngster. While playlng wt friends, they would neak on to a movie studio' back lot after dark. wwe'd lip o er the fence and into an Old West town, an Francisco during the gold ~h or hinatown, but then (after] walking behind · them we'd ee that It was all two-by.foun. AU that real li illusion made a big Impression n me " he aid . Ch.rt tenscn be n his education at nta Moni a ity College for a year befor erving a mis on nter following th nl. hri ten en will al o give a eminar for rt majors in ntrum 229 tonjght at 7 p.m. A sample of tJ artistry of today's Con ation speaker James 'hrlstensen. for Th Church of Je us Olrist of Latterday ain . In 1964, be enroll d t Brigham oung Uni¥ rsity. fn h third year, he tran !erred to UCLA, a move that had mu h to do with university employee Ca.rot Larsen . The two eYCntually marri d , and in I 7 Jame flni hed h und rgraduatc d gree and went to work on hi master's d gr e. hri tensen' first job w teaching. H was hlr d to teach art at a junl r bigh ooi for th anta Marla hool Di trict in alifomia. hrist n en de cribed these limes the t.ough yea . MJ was trying to make a living, comb' teaching, ork hop and ommcrclal mu.:,~r"'"' and portrait . We' d also offer art work in sldl~2a art hows," aid hri ten en . UNIVERSITY ORIENTATION STUDENTS The individual Success Plan Workshops are beginning. Pick up a schedule of the workshops and cards to turn in as proof of attendance at the Student Development Center, ST 169. REMEWER, YOU NEED . TO AlTENt> TWO ISP WORKSHOPS FOR CREDIT. The workshops will run: March 1-5, 1999 April 5-9, 1999 -- Find your dream job in one_ of Utah's National Parks! Hiring for Summer Postions: Zion National Park |