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On Tuesday, April 3, at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, sculptor
Heather Blume and dancers Catherine Batcheller and Joanne Callum Powers will
demonstrate how they use specific movements to evoke emotions in their
creative expressions.
Besides talking about their individual and contrasting approaches to
performance, Batcheller and Powers will also dance as Blume sketches their
moves, a technique developed by the award-winning sculptor. Similarly, she
will work with clay as well.
The program, called "E/motions: In Dance, In Sculpture," is part of
the "Tuesdays with the Muse" series. It will begin at 7PM in
the museumıs Hope McClennen Gallery on the campus of the Playhouse Center for
the Arts, Route 6A, Dennis Village.
Blume, a Cape Cod native, has her studio in Forestdale. She earned a BFA
summa cum laude in painting at the University of North Florida and an MFA cum
laude in sculpture at the Graduate School of Figurative Arts, New York Academy
of Art. Working mainly in bronze and clay, she was recently honored for
Work of Merit by the American Woman Artists at their exhibition in Santa Fe.
After a two-year study of the human figure in drawing, painting and sculpting,
she created an intriguing and locally popular series called "Open
Doors/Open Windows."
"They are theaters-in-the-round," Blume says, "which combine
terra cotta figures representing muses, and textured, painted panels
representing the subconscious mind." Each piece is an allegory for
the transitional phases of life.
Blume has exhibited widely and has received a number of commissions and
awards. She is also listed in "Whoıs Who in American Art
2000."
Batcheller was a principal with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in England, where
she made her 1994 debut as Lady Mary in the company premiere of Ashtonıs
"Enigma Variations." Now at Studio 878 in Chatham, she is
co-founder and director of the WashAshore Dance Ensemble.
Her classical repertoire includes lead roles in "The Sleeping
Beauty," "The Magic Flute," and "The Nutcracker,"
among others. Besides making guest appearances in France, Italy and Germany,
she performed at the Olivier Awards in 1995. A native of Maine,
Batcheller trained at the Cleveland Ballet and the Washington School of Ballet
under Mary Day.
Powers directs the dance program at Cape Cod Community College, where she
teaches choreography, modern dance, and dance history. She has a degree
in expressive arts and is a Laban movement analyst trained at the Laban Center
in New York City.
A Brewster resident, Powers has performed for stage and television with the
Marta Renzi Company, including the PBS series, "Alive from Off
Center," directed by filmmaker John Sayles.
Admission to the Tuesday program is $6.50 for members with a CMFA Art
Discovery Card. Regular admission is $10 for members, $12 for others.
Celebrating its 20th year with the opening of a $1.5 million addition, the
CMFA was recently hailed "a star museum" by The New York Times. Its
charter is to "collect, conserve, study, interpret and exhibit works
primarily by the outstanding artists associated with Cape Cod and the
Islands."
For information or membership application, call 508-385-4477, Ext 16.
The series sponsor is Contrast Bistro. Admission is $10 for members, $12
for others. Admission with a CMFA Art Discovery Card is $6.50.
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