August 20, 2019 • Page 12 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Retirement Sale! Brunick FURNITURE & FLOORING Huge On Discounts All In Stock ng Flooriaminat!e • LVP od • L Carpet • Wo Additional Mark Downs Throughout The Store! Large Grou pO Accessories f , Lamps & E nd Tables 1100 W. Cherry, Vermillion 605-624-8688 brunickfurniture.com 40%–50% O FF ‘Art Works: New Deal-Era Prints’ To Be On Display In Downtown Vermillion VERMILLION — “Art Works: The New Deal Lives On,” an exhibit featuring prints commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1930s and ’40s, will be on display in the First Dakota Coyote Gallery Sept. 2–7. This joint exhibition by the USD University Art Galleries and the Vermillion Cultural Association (VCA) will feature a program of events on Saturday, Sept. 7, in the gallery at 12 E. Main Street. A short series of talks on local ties to the history of the WPA, the collection of prints, and the artists who created them will be held from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by a tile-painting workshop where participants can create a piece to contribute to a USD student–led public art mosaic project and enjoy New Deal-era songs performed by the Public Domain Tune Band from 1-3 p.m. Featured speakers include Amy Fill, director of University Art Galleries; Gary Lipshutz of the Sioux City Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), and art historian Dr. Lauren Freese of the USD Department of Art. USD student artist Levi Sternburg will lead the workshop. Red Steakhouse will also feature drinks from the New Deal era during the week of Sept. 2, including the Hanky Panky, the Last Word, and the Bees Knees. Inspiration for Art Works as an exhibit was twofold, according to VCA director Shannon Cole. “We had an opportunity around Labor Day to celebrate the importance of art as work, and artists as workers. And it just so happens that USD has a great piece of WPA history in its collection and a student who’s focused on public art. It’s been a really cool convergence.” “Part of our mission is to apply the USD galleries permanent collection as a research tool,” said Fill. “We’re excited about how this exhibition does that through community engagement and intergenerational learning.” Sternburg’s planned public art piece is a series of tiled benches to be installed in the USD Sculpture Garden. “I’m interested in bringing community members together through art. The goal is to create a 3D sculptural element that can be used — that’s part of the community space as much as community members are.” Created in 1936, the Federal Art Project was a lesser-known arm of the WPA, which itself was an “alphabet soup” organization developed under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious New Deal designed to pull the nation out of the Great Depression. Artists were paid a fair price for their work, which was then sold at a moderate price to individuals and institutions, to ensure all people had access to art in their homes and in public spaces. “The WPA was a big change for artists,” said Sternburg. “Maybe there is change soon for how art is generated. Educating how art changed in the past could help people understand how could change in the future.” Freese agrees. “Projects like this continue the mission of the New Deal art programs by making works of art and creative experiences available to everyone.” All members of the community are welcome to attend the lectures and the workshop. “There are a lot of different points of entry and interest here — come for the history and stay for the tile painting!” encourages Cole. The Bookworm This ‘Mosquito’ Will Buzz You With Fascination “The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator” by Timothy C. Winegard; © 2019, Dutton; 485 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER A dentist’s drill on “fast.” Or maybe a string of four-wheelers heading up a hill, or a busted wind-up toy car? Or, or, wait! … it’s more like an electric guitar stuck on high C, right by your ear. How else would you describe the whine from the creature you’ll learn about in “The Mosquito” by Timothy C. Winegard? 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Greek soldiers were repeatedly laid low by “some form of hemorrhagic fever” spread by mosquitoes, and monsoon rains helped mosquitoes kill 1,500 people during the First Crusade. Winegard says that one of Columbus’s men likely was “person zero” in bringing malaria to the New World, causing “genocide by germs” within groups of indigenous people. In 1647, a Dutch slave ship from West Africa brought yellow fever to Barbados. Malaria alone, he says, “takes a life every thirty seconds” although mosquito-borne diseases aren’t the killers they once were. During the Civil War, mosquitoes played a part in the war itself but also in civilian life, alone causing thousands of deaths and millions of dollars in economic damage. Not until after the war did scientists recognize the culprit … According to author Timothy C. Winegard, mosquitoes exist specifically to torment you. They serve no other purpose; not as food, not to pollinate, they’re not even pretty to look at. They’re here to bite and reproduce, and if that isn’t enough to make you scratch, then slap your hands on “The Mosquito” and learn more. Unable to extricate human history from that of the insect, Winegard embraces the connection in this book by following a basic timeline of death and destruction throughout the eons. This is hard history — we learn or are reminded of battles, travels and worst-laid plans of men — but it’s also a story filled with wonder that a creature so small can wreak havoc on beings so big. You almost have to respect that, despite your natural loathing for the critters. Certainly, history buffs and science lovers will enjoy this book but it’s also a heavier-duty, gee-whiz tale that’s totally absorbing. If you’re ready to learn, look for “The Mosquito.” You know the drill ... YOUR RADIATOR HEADQUARTERS! 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