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Show f i Tuesday, March 5. 1996 7 LAKESIDECOMMUNITY Lakeside Review , SENIOR CALENDAR Tired work of art anything but Buffalo sculpture Heritage Senior Citizens Center, 562 S. 1000 East, Clearfield, wins state award 773-706- By VIKKI LEZA Standard-Examin- correspondent out of discarded tires and Tired Buffalo, a Formed titled 3 1 buffalo earned the top award at a high school art show. Woods Cross High senior Willey Beers won the Master Award at the 24th Annual All State High School Art Show at the Museum of Art. Beers built the buffalo on a frame made of boards using 17 regular tire treads for the body, and blown-ou- t, shredded tires for the hairy part, says Beers. He got quite a few stares from drivers as he gathered blown-otires along the freeway. The tires were cut with a reciprocating saw and then fastened onto the frame with Spri-ngvil- le -4 ' 4 ut " screws. , e buf-would have liked to do a falo, says Beers, but due to the animals immense size he decided to tackle a smaller I full-siz- version. t u ii c. - ; ; ; - I He was inspired by a photo of an ape made out of tires that he saw in an art school catalog. Overall, I spent over 75 hours working on it, says Beers. I chose the buffalo because the buffalo is a symbol of America. Once buffalo roamed the plains; now roads stretch from one end to another, and Beers figures that tires are symbolic because they travel on roads. The Native American depended on the buffalo as a source of food. Beers says, and now transportation is what we depend on to get food to us. Also, the Native Americans used every Sitting by his latest artwork, a chair assembled from old part of the buffalo, and 1 tried to used every skis, license plates and barbed wire, Willey Beers sculpted part of the tires, Beer says. The All State Art Show display will run until March 13. On Feb. 16, 36 winners views with BYU and USU as a result of the statewide gathered at the Capitol Building. Springville show. Beers would like to continue to enter and Gov. Michael Leavitt read a proclamation to the students, congratulating them, and gave sell his work in other art shows, festivals, out certificates signed by him. museums, and booths. Laura Forsberg, a senior at Viewmont .The All State High School Art Show is High School, won second place in the First open to Utah high school juniors and seDistrict division, sponsored by Congressman niors and is being raised to the level of recognition of all state athletes, says Dr. Sharon Jim Hansen. The district division is a sepaGray, curator of education at Springville rate category for students to enter, sponsored by the congressmen or women in each Museum of Art. Its very competitive for them to be cho- district. sen in the top 36, Gray says. Its another way of honoring the stuAbout 890 pieces from 61 high schools dents, says Gray. First-plac- e winners of the district diviacross the state were prejuried at each high school, with 292 entries chosen as the top 2 sions will have their works displayed in percent to make it to the All State High Washington, D.C., according to Gray. Students may also enter their work in the School Art Show. Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibit. HavEvery year its one of the main things for an art student to look forward to, says ing their works displayed at the show gives students the exposure and the opportunity to Beers, who entered a colored pencil drawing sell their work, she says. last year and won an award of merit. Art teacher Lester Lee has been a great Forsbergs Facial Eight is an acrylic influence on me, and quite an influence on painting of a face with the figure eight worked into it as an experiment. I really my painting, says Beers. Hes the one who all like working with the human face, Forsberg and of the thats me the ape, gave picture it took to spark an idea from me. says. Acrylic is a media I really like...its a re- -. Id like to become a high school artSee ARTISTS on page 9 teacher," says Beers, who has arranged inter- p.m. The silversmithing class is taught on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. Anyone interested is welcome to join the class. Line dancing is on Wednesday at 12:15. ROBEHT Those who would like to go shopping may have lunch at the center on Mondays, then go shopping in the afternoon at a grocery store and a variety store. Reservations for lunch and transportation services need to be made one day in advance. Oil painting is on Tuesdays at 12:30. The Monday ceramics class is from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to participate in line dancing on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. Autumn Glow Senior Citizens Center, 81 E. Center Street, Kaysville, 544-123- 5 Seniors are being asked to write about their life memories to share with others at the center as a Utah centennial project. The Tai Chi class is taught on Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. Appointments are being taken REGANStandard-Examine-r g buffalo (below) out of used tires. The an Woods Cross teen prefers painting as his choice of medium. award-winnin- for help with income tax filing prep- aration. Only simple returns are done. There are four volunteers to give help this year. The blood pressure clinic is Thursday at 10:45 a.m. The center will be going to Perry to the Heritage Theater to see Once Upon a Mattress, on March 12 at 7 p.m. The cost is $10. Utah Legal Services will give a presentation on the power of attorney March 13 at noon. See SENIORS on page 8 . 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