PSH Announces
Spring Art Exhibits
The first art exhibits of the year at
Penn State Harrisburg feature the works of
popular regional artisits.
The mixed-media work of Lancaster's
Teri Traner is on exhibit through March 29
in the college's Gallery Lounge while the
art of Lebanon's Gretchen Heinze Moyer
and David Moyer are on display through
March 30 in the Morrison Gallery of the
campus library.
Traner's show, entitled "Recognition
and Connection: Life Experience as Art,"
investigates interpersonal relationships
and gender construction as they are
informed by our con
temporary culture
Her work was
most recently exhibit
ed at a solo show
entitled "Eclectic
Collage" at the
Central Market Art
Gallery in Lancaster
and is also a part of
the permanent collec
tion of the Lancaster
Museum of Art.
Traner's work has
also been shown
recently at Lebanon
Valley College, the
Demuth Foundation
Gallery, Maryland
Hall for the Creative
Arts, the Art
Associations of
Lancaster and
Harrisburg, and Elizabethtown College
Traner received an MFA in Visual Art
from Vermont College of Norwich
University, Montpelier, and a BFA in
painting and printmaking from East
Tennessee State University in Johnson
City. She has done post-graduate work in
Commercial and Fine Art at the York
Academy of Art.
A reception and gallery talk with the
artist is scheduled for Thursday, March 29,
from 5 to 7 p.m. Penn State Harrisburg
Gallery hours are Monday through
Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Gallery is closed
Saturday and Sunday.
The title of the Moyer joint show, con
sisting of wood engravings by David and
Teri Traner.
mixed media on paper by Gretchen, is
"Black & White and Color."
Gretchen received an MFA from the
University of Delaware in printmaking
and museum studies and a BFA from
James Madison in drawing and painting.
She received the juror's award from the
Mid-Atlantic Open Juried Exhibition in
Bethesda, Md., and has most recently
exhibited her works at the College of
Medicine at Hershey and the 9th Juried
Exhibition at Elizabethtown College.
A co-founder of the Red Howler Press,
publishers of hand-printed, limited edi
tions and other
artists' books, her
work has also been
shown at the
Giacomo Leopardi
Bicentennial show in
Paris, France, and at
Gallery 110 in
Plymouth, Wis. She
describes her works
as involving drawing,
incising, combining
mixed media, and the
use of color, and con
siders the use of color
a driving force in her
work.
David earned an
MFA from the
Maryland Institute
College of Art and a
BFA from the
University of
Delaware. His wood engravings have been
exhibited internationally as well as at the
University of Wisconsin's Alvium
Museum, Wells College, and at
Saddleback College in Mission Viejo,
Calif. He is also a noted contributor to the
Red Howler Press.
The exhibit is free and open to the pub
lic. Penn State Harrisburg Morrison
Gallery hours are Monday through
Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Gallery is closed
Saturday and Sunday. A special reception
for the artists will be Monday, March 19,
from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery.
For questions regarding the exhibits,
contact the Penn State Harrisburg Office
of Student Activities at 717-948-6273.
"Last Touring Company"
In the tradition of vaudeville, Dr.
Robert Scott, chair of Pen Owl Productions
and PSH faculty member, introduced the
performance by giving away gold coins to
a lucky audience member. He explained
that tradition involved the giving of gold
teeth, but that no one wanted to part with
any for this performance. Scott also
explained to the audience that the perfor
mance was in memory of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
The story was told by character Robert
Washington to his grandson, Fortune
Washington. The acting troop recreated
Washington's childhood meeting with the
Anderson, Hagan, Miller, Whipper
Touring Company when they stayed in his
mother's hotel. The hotel was one of the
few that allowed African-Americans in
Philadelphia in the 19405. This theatre
company was dubbed the "Last Touring
Company" because all other vaudeville
acts had disappeared.
The colorful characters gave a
comedic yet educational performance.
Characters included Mrs. Hagan, the
overzealous mother of child-prodigy
singer, Baby Bootsie; a somewhat forget
ful and confused woman, Maisy Miller;
her reassuring husband, Martin Miller;
and Marita Anderson, a young heartbro
ken beauty.
The PSH audience watched as the
characters rehearsed for their show. Baby
Bootsie and Marita Anderson sang while
the elderly Millers performed comedic
skits. Slim Whipper and Slimmer, an
authentic wooden doll, attempted a ven
triloquist act. "I am the beauty, you are the
brains," Slimmer concluded in his skit
with Slim.
An energetic and vibrant musical num-
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ber opened the performance. The cast of
10 filled the room with the sound of tradi
tional 1940 s music. Austin Howard, the
manager of the acting troop, performed an
up-tempo tune as the self-proclaimed
"King of Vaudeville" to a clapping, enthu
siastic audience. The finale included a
reprise of the opening number with ener
getic dancing from the cast members.
Reactions to the performance were
positive. "I thought the play was great,"
and "She really did a great job" were just
a few of the remarks overheard at the con
clusion of King's production.
Damon Walton, a PSH student major
ing in sociology, enjoyed the performance.
"It was very interesting. There was a lot
of history presented in the play," he
explained. Walton felt King portrayed
many of the lesser-known facts about
African-Americans in the music business
and all the hardships they had to struggle
with being a black person in America.
Louise Morgan, PSH instructor of
communications, was delighted by the
performance overall. Being a playwright
herself, she shares a great appreciation for
the theatre. "I was happy to be in the audi
ence, supporting her. She did a great job,"
Morgan raved during the reception held
after the performance.
"It was just like we were back in time
in the hotel lobby," said Aimee Morgan,
daughter of Louise Morgan. "I learned
there were different restrooms, different
hotels for black people back then."
Lisa Hake, a young friend of
Morgan's, said it perfectly: "I learned that
black people were treated unfairly." Hake
proved that through this performance,
King's message was heard.