1993_03 Insight March 1993

              March 10,1993
Page 7
Show brings feminist perspective
"The Alternative
Fashion Show"goes
beyond a traditional
runway event.
By Michele D'Ambrosio
Staff Writer
Twenty models of various shapes
and sizes will demonstrate a rainbow
of clothing and cultures at the March
13 "Alternative Fashion Show."
The show, sponsored by the campus' Women's Resource Center, will
differ from the average runway event
"Because we are a feminist organization, we didn't want to exploit
women. We chose to celebrate the
diversity of women by representing
different races, different sizes and
disabled women," said Francine
Oputa, the center's director.
"We have models that arc young and
we have more mature models," she
said. "We have models from size three
and we have models that are size 33."
Oputa said that it was important to
her to break traditional fashion model
stereotypes:
"We want to show that every one has
her own unique beauty and style,"
said Oputa. "Models like Iman and
Cindy Crawford are beautiful, but that
body size and type is not ihat of the
average woman."
Diane Espinosa, International Students office manager, said she volunteered to be a model for the show
because she appreciated the alternative approach.
"It's not the kind of fashion show
where you have to look a certain way
You don't have to be a commercial
type of model with a perfect shape.
This is more realistic," Espinosa said.
As ex-runway model, Espinosa said
she found commercialized modeling
made women snobby and "standoffish."
"The sisterhood, the fun and the
relaxation wasn't there like it is at the
center," Espinosa said. "The way traditional modeling is done, it pits
women against each other, it makes
them very competitive."
Upcoming Events
Through April 25 'Twelfth Night" al the
Good Company Players Second Space,
928 E. Olive Ave. For more information,
call: 266-0660.
March 13 Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the
Wamors Theater, 1400FultonStrcct.S20
- S23. For more information, call: 264-
2848.
March 14 Peking Acrobats, at the Tower
Theatre, 1201 N. Wishon Ave., $19.50.
For more information, call: 485-9050.
Through March 28 "Meet Me in St. Louis,"
at the Good Company Players' Roger
Rocka's Music Hall. 1226 N. Wishon
Ave., prices vary. For more information,
call: 266-9494.
GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY
March 20 "A Night on the Town," featuring
Chaka Khan and Philip Bailey, 8 p.m. at
the Wamors Theater, 1400Fulton Street,
S25.50. For more information, call: 264-
2848.
March 30 "Music Man," at the Wamors
Theater, 1400 Fulton Street. S25-S32.50.
For more information, call: 264-2848.
April 27 David Copperficld at the Wamors
Theater, 1400 Fulton Street, S21.50 -
S24.50. For more information, call: 264-
2848.
May 18-20 "Jesus Christ Superstar" at the
Wamors Theater, 1400 Fulton Street,
S32.50 - S37.50. For more information,
call: 264-2848.
June 18 World Figure Skating Champions
at the Selland Arena, 700 M Street, S30
- S40. For more information, call: 498-
4000.
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Oputa said models often struggle
with body image problems and part
of the fashion show will include a
slide presentation about body image
and women.
"I believe models are asked to maintain an unrealistic size and we're trying to dispel these expectations that
move women into bulimia and
anorexia," Oputa said.
"The slide presentation will show
how the ideal body image has
changed," she said. Twenty years
ago models were heavier, but they've
especially changed in the last 100
years when models were very voluptuous and round." ~^—*
Espinosa said she understands why
models obsess to be thin.
"I've seen it and I've lived through
it," she said. "I've done the diet thing
all my life. I've gone three or four
days without eating. You see it all the
time in modeling."
The fashion show's alternative approach is also a different kind of
production that presents skits with
themes.
"One of our scenes will feature our
models in a frozen position, then suddenly one will come to life to model,"
Oputa said. Themes will include outdoor wear, evening wear and lingerie.
Models in the show will showcase
clothing in lie dye designs by Teresa
Mitchell,JC Penny fashions.andother
local and consignment stores. There
will also be a special childrcns' section, showing African clothing designed by Simone Zulu.
Oputa said that along with slide presentation there will be displays where
vendors will show clothing from their
various shops. Skin, hair and nail care
specialists will be available to offer
lips, and there will also be gourmet
coffee offered and wine-tasting before the show.
The Alternative Women's Fashion
Show will be held at the College Satellite Union Saturday, March 13. The
reception starts at 7 p.m. and the show
begins at 8 p.m. Tickets arc available
at the center and the door, $5 for
students and low-income women, and
S25 for the general public. Proceeds
from the show go to supporting the
Women's Resource Center.
Conley Gallery's
'Hidden Treasure'
♦ Carol Hartman
brings new ideas to
campus Art Gallery.
By Nancy M. Hormel
Staff Writer
In a lonely office hidden behind
wooden crates and surrounded by
concrete walls sits the Phcbe Conley
Art Gallery's newest treasure.
Carol Hartman, an energetic and
confident 44 year old, doesn't let the
bleak surroundings of her office interfere with her work as the gallery's
new assistant director.
She has wonderful dreams for the
Conley Art Gallery, but admits that
because of budget cuts il will be hard
to make them come true.
"When you don't have the money to
do what you want you have to set
your sights a little lower, and thai
hurts," Hartman said.
Although Hartman began working
at CSUF in mid-January, she is nol a
newcomer to the university.
Aficrgraduating from Montana State
University with a bachelor's in graphic
design and art education, sheattended
CSUF, where she received her
master's in fine arts.
Hartman was the gallery director at
California State University, Sacramento, where she also taughi classes
such as aesthetics, criticism of art and
art appreciation.
She decided to return to CSUF,
though, because she missed working
with students and wanted to keep in
contact with ihe art community.
As assistant gallery director,
Hartman would like to see an increase
in community support especially from
CSUF alumni.
"If wc could put together an exhibit
of successful alumni, we could show
students that there is life after graduation," Hartm?- said.
She also believes in hands-on experience and urges students to be actively involved in the gallery process.
Hartman said she is not afraid to try
new things and wishes she had more
lime to master ihe world's possibilities.
She enjoys university life and said,
"the intellcctualism is challenging."
Hartman has had an array of fine arts
experience, including solo exhibitions
of her work in cities such as New
York, Washington, DC and Chicago,
as well as Fresno.
She is actively involved in Gallery
25, a Fresno-based group, and shows
her works at their gallery once a year.
Hartman also uses her talents lo crc-
atccomputcr animations for legal presentations.
The Phcbe Conley Art Gallery is
open Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1p.m.
to 5 p.m.
Exhibits include local artist Polly
Victor, through March 26; graduate
exhibitions March 28 through May 5
and undergraduate exhibitions May 5
through the summer.
Admission is free.
Entertainment
Fashion show models from top to bottom, left to right:Viveca
Crews, Michele Lundy, DeMita Baker, Luisa Custodio, Koy
KC Chhan, Sabrina Washington, Teresa Mitchell, Diana
Espinosa, and Lina Ramos.
Spike Lee: March 30
Jesus,
from page 6
Michael: Techno, just techno.
Insight: Arc you familiar with
Fresno's Supreme Love Gods?
Iain: Not as familiar as wc might
have been, wc sort of missed them last
night
Michael: I have a friend who's a
good friend of theirs, and 1 wanted to
sec them last night I actually heard a
bit of Supreme Love Gods today,
which I thought was very interesting.
Insight: I was curious about your
reaction, because I've heard people
call them "Jesus Jones wanna-be's".
Michael: What a drag. I think it is a
divisive thing when people do that
The classic example is EMF. People
always said, they're just Jesus Jones
wanna-be's. It tries to divide bands.
People will say "you're just Jesus Jones
wanna-be's, you're just Jesus Jones
wanna-be," they're pushing them into
a comer where they will say, "No,
Jesus Jones are crap. Wc don't want
to be like them."
I think influences arc a good thing
in rock music. It's good to lake something good from one band, lake something good from another band , mix
thorn up together and come up with
something that is inherently your own
thing.
I've heard the Supreme Love Gods
and I don't think they arc Jesus Jones
wanna-be's at all. And that is from the
writer of Jesus Jones music.
I think thai to say thai only one band
can define a whole style of music is
absolutely ridiculous. There are so
many possibilities within what wc
arc doing, just the idea of mixing
dance music and rock music or even
a certain stylistic thing, to say that
one band can lake up that whole area
is ridiculous.
We're happy for people io adopt
that attitude toward making music.
Ii'sagood thing. Itcan only bcagood
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