Community Wrap

ANATOMICAL PRINTS

Traveling exhibition now at Whipple Center

"Hokes Medical Arts," the latest traveling exhibition created by artist Beauvais Lyons, is now being shown at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North.

Lyons is a University of Tennessee art professor known for creating various mock-documentary projects.

In the past, he has fabricated and documented imaginary cultures such as the Apasht and the Aazud, created "The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection," a collection of contemporary folk art, and was instrumental in bringing a centaur specimen to the library at the University of Tennessee as a permanent display.

For this project, Lyons has created a collection of anatomical prints and drawings from the Hokes (pronounced "hoax") Archives. This series of elaborate prints and drawings appears to be authentic depictions of abnormal human anatomy. Instead, they are works of fiction that comment on science and the representation of the body.

These prints also are an outgrowth of his interest in the history and visual conventions of scientific illustration. His style in these works is informed by 19th century color lithography. The work also strives to walk a line between ideas of beauty and the grotesque.

A closing reception is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 3, with a gallery talk beginning at 6:30 p.m. This program is free and open to the public.

The cultural center is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Call 229-1012 for more information.

FRIENDS OF CHAMBER PLAYERS

Musicians plan concert at Winchester Center

The Las Vegas Youth Camerata and Clark County Parks and Recreation present The Friends of the Camerata Chamber Players in a classic performance of works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Brahms at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.

Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. For details, call 455-7340.

The Friends of the Camerata Chamber Players includes violinist Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev, cellist Elena Kapustina and pianists Tamara Saakyan and Ekaterina Melkamini.

Kaizer-Viazovtsev performs with the Phoenix Symphony and Music Nova orchestras. Kapustina performed for 13 years with the Bulgarian National Opera. Saakyan won several piano competitions at the Rostov on the Don Conservatory in Russia. Melkamini, a graduate of the Tashkent State Conservatory in Uzbekistan, follows a previous Winchester performance with this concert.