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p 6 the tribune thursday september 25 1997 st arts the tribune ntertai mural artist drew inspiration from ydhr opening kate gilderdale correspondent cathy hendren would like to see more emphasis on the arts in whitchurch- stouffville during her last year at stouffville dis trict secondary school hendren created the impressive mural which was erected recently on the side of lindys flowers by duff in s creek she also worked at the latcham gallery as a coop student an experience which increased her desire to pursue a career in the arts the mural was inspired by the opening of the yorkdurham heritage railway last fall the bia and the heritage railway came to the high school looking for some one to do a mural and the bia took it over she said rather than participate as part of a group of students hendren asked if she could do the railway mural as her com plete oac project working with art teacher jane warren i started last september i was doing my coop with latcham gallery in con junction with the mural she explained it took about six months to come up with and complete the design which came from old photographs from the stouffville history book and from people in town once the design was finalized work began on the mural itself in march we were not told exactly what they wanted there was a suggestion that it should be a contrast between the old and the new but i chose to emphasize the old and bring out the small town atmosphere of stouffville the two standing in the fore ground of the mural are both figures from the centennial book which adds to the sense of community in the work hendren is currently working as well as attending night school to complete a final course and hopes to graduate in january im trying to raise money to go to art college if i can get in or to do something in that field working at the gallery was great and that would be one of my choic es of a career her duties included hanging artwork for shows and learning how to place them for maximum impact exhibitions arent just thrown up overnight you have to make things pleas ing to the eye and make sure the lighting is correctly placed during the time she was there hendren became more aware of the gallerys importance to the town i saw a lot of people in the community that i hadnt thought of as being part of the arts some of these people have been members for 17 years i think the gallery needs a lot of promotion she would like to see more active sup port for the arts in general she said its very frustrating being artistically inclined and not having anything in town to do with the arts while young people who enjoy sports are well served by the community she feels there is little consideration given to those with different interests hendren welcomes commission work and can be reached at 6402638 outlandish comedy comes out in hilarious style y yw tsjbl get back hack kevin kline left who plays a fey smalltown high school english teacher warns a stalking network reporter tom scllcck sans moustache to stop hounding him in the delightfully out landish new comedy directed by frank oz 5 out i must admit the prospect of an outlandish hollywood comedy that involves a gay theme didnt sit well with me when i first heard about in out so often weve seen gay charac ters used as window dressing in straight comedies or as flam boyant drag queens for comic relief fortunately in out doesnt reduce its gay characters to such stereotypes yet it still manages to be very funny in the film kevin kline plays small town high school english teacher howard brackett who is publicly outed to the world dur ing an academy award acceptance speech by a former student matt dillon the revelation comes as a shock to the students towns folk the high school principal bob new- hart howards parents wilford brimley and debbie reynolds and his fiancee joan cusack but most of all howard himself the incident puts the neat and prissy teacher on the defensive as he attempts to restore his reputa tion before the residents of the small indiana town and the nation al media who have become fasci nated with howards sexual pref erence most notably tom selleck screen scene stuart green as a gay network reporter who forces howard to confront his cri sis head on he tries everything to counter the allegation from changing his image to dismissing his barbara streisand fixation all with equally hilarious results directed by muppetteer cum filmmaker frank oz dirty rotten scoundrels housesitter little shop of horrors and written by paul rudnick in out is one of the few comedies that makes homosexuality palatable to the masses in a mature and sensitive way theyve done that by giving the film a very oldstyle comedic sen sibility while tackling very con temporary themes it helps that they get terrific per formances from the entire cast especially kline and cusack as his insecure bridetobe in out is a delightful comedy that is neither patronizing nor judgmental to the gay lifestyle push plays to the limit at 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