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Movies
OK, NOW THEY’VE DONE IT: After his teen-age daughter is killed by terrorists, a Londonbusinessman (Jackie Chan) who used to workas a lethal spy goes after a British governmentofficial (Pierce Brosnan) who knows the identi-ties of the killers in the action-thriller picture“The Foreigner.” It’s rated R and opens Fri-day at AMC 20 and Governor’s Square.RINSE AND REPEAT: A college student (Jessi-ca Rothe) gets stuck inside a strange time loopand relives the day of her murder over andover until she finds the identity of the maskedkiller in the slasher pic “Happy Death Day.”It’s rated PG-13 and opens Friday at AMC 20and Governor’s Square.ONE YOUNG LEGAL EAGLE, In the early daysbefore he was appointed to the SupremeCourt, attorney Thurgood Marshall (ChadwickBoseman) takes on a racially charged caseinvolving a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown)
who is accused of sexual assault by his employ-er (Kate Hudson) in the bio-drama “Mar-shall.” It’s rated PG-13 and opens Friday atAMC 20 and Governor’s Square.CATCH THE TRAIN: Hop aboard Amtrak’scross-country Empire Builder passenger trainwhen The Tallahassee Film Society presents thelate Albert Maysles’ final documentary “InTransit” (2015) at 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m.Sunday at All Saints Cinema. It’s not rated andruns 76 minutes. Tickets are $9 and $6. Visitwww.tallahassee films.com.
FAMU Homecoming
ENTER THE FAMU MAZE: Celebrate theRattlers’ spirit when the FAMU HomecomingFunk Fest concert gets rolling at 6:30 p.m.Friday at the FAMU Intramural Field on cam-pus. The big lineup of entertainment boastsMaze Featuring Frankie Beverly, Bell BivDevoe, Doug E. Fresh, Juvenile and SWV.Expect to hear such tunes as “Before I Go” (byMaze), “Poison” (Bel Biv Devoe) and “TheShow” (Doug E. Fresh). The show is hosted byTallahassee radio legend Joe Bullard. General
President’s Gala: FAMU Nights Masquer-ade starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday with T’KeyahCrystal Keymah on hand in the Al LawsonCenter. Ticket prices range from $100 to$1,500. JOIN THE PARADE: Wear your favorite FAMUshirt and colors when the HomecomingParade rolls from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sat-urday starting at Bethel AME Church on thecorner of Orange Avenue and Wahnish Way.The parade will proceed north on WahnishWay, past the Lawson Center, and turn right
admission tickets are $40 and folding chairsare welcome. The reserved tickets range from$100 to $150. Call 1-877-350-7404 or visitwww.tallahassee.funkfesttour.com. OnWednesday at 7 p.m., 2 Chainz and 21 Sav-age will perform at the Al Lawson Center andGymnasium, 1800 Whanish Way on campus.Tickets are $40 general admission. Visitwww.ticketmaster.com. Get a blast of musicand choreography from the famed Marching100 band during a showcase from 3 to 5 p.m.Friday in Gaither Gym. It’s free and open to thepublic. The Tallahassee Nights band col-lective will perform plenty of hits when the
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A s the art teacher at the SuccessAcademy at Ghazvini Learning Cen-ter, David Worrell is looking forwardto a global adventure with his stu-
dents. Taking a cue from writer Jules Verne,he plans to take them around the world in180 days. They’ve already visited the Ama-zon rainforest and recently made their way
to Mexico. There are no pass-ports and no need to calculateexchange rates because thetravel takes place within theart room.
“Each project we do isgoing to be inspired by artcreated by some other culturein the world,” Worrell ex-plained. At the beginning of
the school year, students studied the vastdiversity of butterflies within the SouthAmerican jungles. They then imagined theirown, focusing on bilateral symmetry so the
detailed patterns on each wing perfectlymirrored one another.
Worrell then plotted a course north andperfectly timed their arrival in CentralAmerica to pay tribute to the Mexican holi-day Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead.Students used their knowledge of bi-lateralsymmetry to design their own sugar skulls.These objects serve as a way to honor andcelebrate the life of a departed loved one.
Twelfth-grader Cody Calhoun recognizesthat the sugar skulls carry special signif-icance and feels a responsibility to show re-spect in his art-making process. “I appreciatethe fact that this art is intended for a muchbigger meaning. It’s not just decoration; it’s
David Worrell's artroom is decorated for Día de Muertos.PHOTOS BY AMANDA THOMPSON
CREATIVITY LIVESArt class world tour arrives at Day of the Dead AMANDA KARIOTH THOMPSON
COUNCIL ON CULTURE & ARTS
12th-grader Megg Samuel creates practicesketches before finalizing her design.
Worrell
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something that these people are makingby hand and there is an extremeamount of sentiment there.”
Reflecting on the intersection of artand remembrance, Cody sees it as apath toward a kind of immortality. Hesaid “making art gives you the capa-bility to come up with an idea yourselfand it lets your creativity live and con-tinue on.”
These are weighty themes for teen-agers and Worrell recognizes that manyof his students have already grappledwith challenging questions. “There area lot of students who come here withlife experiences that will never be partof my reality,” but he believes that “inthe art room, they’re capable of thingsthat they may be struggling with inother subjects. I think I can help any-body who walks into my classroom feelsuccess.”
“Students come to this school with ahistory of failing to meet the regularprogram requirements. They’re herefor credit recovery so they can hopeful-ly graduate on time with their chrono-logical cohort.”
With a total school enrollment hover-ing around 220, Worrell has the luxuryof small classes which allows him towork with every student. He says thisis important because “no one feels ne-glected or anonymous. Every one ofthem is an individual and brings some-thing different to this arena.”
Worrell encourages students toshare their ideas and gives them amuch-needed opportunity to make per-sonal choices and take ownership oftheir work. This freedom is especiallyappreciated by 12th-grader Megg Sam-uel.
A meticulous artist working towardsan intricately designed sugar skull,Megg initially doubted her artisticability. She embraces Worrell’s method,which includes an experimentationphase, and was completing four small-scale trial drawings. “With the practicesketches, you find new stuff and ithelps you figure out what exactlyyou’re going to put on your big finaldrawing.”
Megg sees the value of testing herideas before putting them into practiceand she has applied that concept toother areas of her life. She is eager toshare her own creative expressionbecause, “there’s so much bad in theworld, so why not make it a bit morecolorful?”
Throughout Worrell’s 47-year career,he has worked as a consultant for thestate’s department of education andserved for 13 years as the president ofthe local teacher’s union. He has taughtart at every grade level and in a privateboarding school, a rural school district,and three local schools in between. “Ihave taught everything from yearbookdesign to ceramics, sculpture, drawing,
painting, etc. I look back and I thinkhow did I do this?”
He has been a steadfast advocate forthe profession of art education, forother art educators, for his students,and for the artistic process. He hasseen the transformative power of artand he knows that his students canbenefit from it in surprising ways.
Worrell is dedicated to making surethey appreciate art from other culturesand that they understand art’s relation-ship to other areas of knowledge. Healso wants for his students to take plea-sure in creating and exploring a varietyof media and techniques. More thananything, he wants them to “know andunderstand the universal language ofart and the vocabulary that makes themconversant about art.”
Tenth-grader Edward Lee alreadygrasps this concept. Though he hastaken art before in school, he has neverbeen able to delve as deeply as he hasin Worrell’s class. Edward has come tounderstand that “art is part of our ev-eryday life. You see art everywhere.You see it anywhere you go.” Worrell’steachings have allowed Edward to deci-pher this visual culture and Edwardsaid, “it makes me think about it in adifferent way.”
Amanda Karioth Thompson is theAssistant Director for the Council onCulture & Arts. COCA is the capitalarea’s umbrella agency for arts andculture (www.tallahasseearts.org).
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Ashtiegn Jones gathers inspiration for herown artwork from a variety of sugar skulldesigns. AMANDA THOMPSON
“There’s so much bad in the
world, so why not make it a
bit more colorful?”
MEGG SAMUEL12TH-GRADER
S C H O O L & FA M I LY
The GFWC Junior Woman’s Club ofMidtown will host its seventh annualWig Out fundraiser from 6 until 9 p.m.Friday to raise funds and awarenessfor children who have lost their hairdue to injury or illness.
Dressed in their wildest wigs,members will collect donations atparticipating Midtown establish-ments, staying for approximately 30minutes in each location.
All proceeds benefit Wigs for Kids,a nonprofit organization that, since1981, has provided hair replacementsystems and support for children whohave lost their hair due to chemo-therapy, radiation therapy, Alopecia,Trichotillomania, burns and othermedical issues at no cost to childrenor their families.
“This is a cause our members arepassionate about supporting,” saidJulie DeLorme, 2017-18 GFWC JuniorWoman’s Club of Midtown president.“I don’t think any of us can fully un-
derstand what it is like for these chil-dren to, not only suffer the illness orinjury that caused their hair loss butthen to struggle with self-image andconfidence. These children are deal-ing with so much more than most ofus will ever have to. Being able toprovide them any manner of comfort– no matter how small – is so impor-tant to us.”
The locations and schedule of stopsis as follows:
6-6:30 p.m. — Brass Tap Midtown6:30-7 p.m. — Wine Loft7-7:30 p.m. — Table 237:30-8 p.m. — Waterworks8-8:30 p.m. — Fire Betty’s8:30-9 p.m. — Finnegan’s WakeThere will be a donation station set
up in the breezeway in front of Fifthand Thomas throughout the durationof the event.
“Our Midtown businesses havebeen fantastic,” DeLorme added.“They are our partners in this effortand we are grateful for their coopera-tion.”
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