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Show Wednesday, November 4 - The Daily Utah Chronicle sides arranging themselves around a table in one of the green, Sculpture Tells Story Without Words Shutdown EMILY HARWOOD Chronicle Staff Writer Stonecarvings take many forms.' They can be grotesque gargoyles on church columns or lavish foun- tains in parks. Regardless of their shapes or designs, stonecarvings tell stories and reflect the culture of the time when they were created, Walter Arnold, a professional sculptor and stonecutter, said at Monday night's College of Fine Arts lecture. In addition to producing works of art and beauty, carvers of early times recorded their history in said. Arnold stone, Designs on medieval cathedrals would convey knowledge and information at a time when many people were illiterate. Like music videos, stonecarvings take images of the world and portray them in a slighdy different light, Arnold said. Many stonecarvings were designed with the preservation of the structure in mind. Arnold said pinnacles and arches were often integrated into a building's design 1010 n o vi wind or water damage. Carving has declined in modern times, but Arnold said that the designs and styles used thousands of years ago are still in use today. While working on the restoration of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Arnold and his counterparts employed many of the dral, symbolic of one of the fears of people today, Arnold said. A bulldog is carved on a cathedral column that was donated in memory of an old priest who had many pet bulldogs, and Arnold created a "crooked politician" carving, complete with a cigar and a pocket full of money as a tribute to the surroundings "Taking the traditional skills and trastyles and using them in ways that can be contempo- ditional rary." -- Walter Arnold traditional sculpting and carving techniques that have existed for centuries. Many of the carvings for the cathedral, like carvings done in the past, told a story of the surroundings and the people who created them. A carved surveillance camera hangs from the ceiling of the cathe of the National Cathedral. The art of stonecarving is not confined to old churches or sculptures. Arnold has designed carvings for everything from fireplaces to pizza places. In Salt Lake City, there are many fine examples of stonecarving. Arnold cited the Salt Lake City and County Building as one example of where stonecarvings can be found. "Taking the traditional skills and traditional styles and using them in ways that can be contemporary," is how Arnold described the modern style of stonecarving. While this art may have diminished in the past century, Arnold and others continue to preserve this form of story telling by using their tools, eyes and "hands, common sense," Arnold said. 100-year-o- ld Ik. ill ft OH'! 0 felt-cover- from page I budget, but let us together say 'No' to these deep and unwise cuts in education, technology, the environment, Medicare and Medicaid," Clinton said in an assault on the GOP budget priorities. Gingrich quickly retaliated, saying Clinton was accusing the GOP of "phony cuts that do not exist." He said the president's own balanced-budgproposal would perpetuate deficits forever, and he challenged Clinton to help negotiate a seven-yea- r plan to erase deficits "without baloney." The first effects of the shutdown were felt as the political positioning unfolded, although essential services such as the nation's defense, air traffic control system and prison operations were maintained without interruption. "Due to the federal government Smithsonian the shutdown, Institution must be closed," read signs posted up and down home to museMall, Washington's ums where millions flock annually to gaze at exhibits of art, space exploration, natural history and more. Mary Jo Kampe, visiting from Williamston, Mich., missed a White House tour and was turned away at the nearby Holocaust Museum as well. "I have waited a very long time for this so I'm very upset, disappointed," she said. Some 800,000 of the 2.1 million in workers federal civilian the world and around Washington had a place to go home from their offices after reporting to work and being told their services were nonessential. The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit challenging the adrninistration's handling of the situation, including its definition of essential workers and its authority to require them to work without knowing when they would be paid. A federal judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday. The inconvenience penetrated even the Senate's private preserve. Republicans gathering for their weekly senators' lunch dined on Domino's pizza cheese, vegetable and sausage toppings, they said -because the Senate's restaurants were closed. Senior White House aides met at midday with key lawmakers, the two et long-awaite- d - r lw till $vt$' fc'fiy? - liisi ' Wo XX Senate's committee meeting rooms. They reconvened a few hours later, but that session, like the first, yielded no agreement. Sen. Pete V. Domenici, said no further meetings had been set, although staff contacts would continue. And with the government's routine borrowing authority expiring as Treasury Secretary Robert well, Rubin said he would take unspecified steps "to avert the default that will otherwise take place." The shutdown was triggered Monday night when Clinton vetoed legislation necessary to maintain regular government spending, saying he did so because it would have raised Medicare premiums. A White House meeting that lasted until the midnight hour failed to resolve the impasse. Earlier, Clinton vetoed a measure necessary to extend government borrowing authority, citing provisions he said would restrict Rubin's ability to manage the government's finances. Despite the uncertainty, financial markets reacted calmly to the events in Washington. At the White House, spokesman Mike McCurry replied with an abrupt "Yes," when asked if he thought the government would remain shut down Wednesday, and he said the standoff could be lengthy. "It may be ... because the president has just now told you that those priorities reflected in that budget will not be accepted and he has told them that this president is willing to give up his presidency on that proposition rather than accept those budget priorities," McCurry said. At the Capitol, Democrats in both houses sought to pass short-terlegislation to reopen the government, but majority Republicans blocked votes in the proposals. Sen. Byron Dorgan, reflecting many members of his party, said Gingrich had begun planning last spring to use the threat of a government shutdown to impose his "radical and extreme agenda" on Clinton. Republicans struggled to shift the focus from Medicare to their own seven-yea- r balanced budget plan. After more than two weeks of compromise talks, they were racing to resolve remaining differences over school lunches, the federal dairy program and other issues, and send it to Clinton by week's end. New Telecourse point-blan- k ., House-Senat- - Winter '96 HISTORY OF FILM: "The American Cinema " Join William Siska for "The American Cinema" winter quarter. Through encounters with the work of such directors as John Ford, Howard Hawks and Martin Scorsese, this course provides a working knowledge of American film history from the silent era to the present day. Students will learn how the technology of the cinema relates to film art; what the relationship is between society and popular culture; and how to think, speak and write critically in an increasingly visual and technological culture. Register for WIliPfKH ami 1IJKKIV mmmmm 3 mw mmm mm Be one of the first people to stop by The Daily Utah Chronicle (240 Union) to receive your complimentary special advance screening ticket to see CASINO. mm Q Film 332R- - Sections Index Number 95 Bountiful ' 96 Cedar Park ggio ' , 9811 97 Campus 9312 98 Sandy 9813 99 Park City gei4 or Film 587R-9- 7 Theatre 9815 . 332R-9- 7 9816 FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST Special Advanced Screening November 16th at 7:00 pm Opens Nationwide November 22nd For more information 15, 1995 contact the Telecourse office, Continuing Education SS1-575- 2. University of Utah e |
