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Jerusalem Foundation for
the Visual Arts.
Invited to create installa-
tions for the Ein Harod
Museum in central Israel
and the Jerusalem Artists
House, she is in the grant
application process now.
To get additional funds to
support her projects, the
sculptor conducts Deanna
Sperka's Museum and
Gallery Tours, teaching
about other art forms.
Although the past 15
years have found her
immersed in one style, she
appreciates other styles and
believes she could not teach
without these wide inter-
ests.
"Whatever it is that forces
a person to get into a studio
and work in isolation
deserves attention, admira-
tion and respect," she said.
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LCE Plans
Concert Season
Ms. Sperka works on installation art.
- time I
was working on my
master's degree in multi-
media," said Ms. Sperka,
who earned her bachelor's
at the Cooper Union for
the Advancement of
Science and Art in New
York and her master's at
Eastern Michigan
University.
"I think that now instal-
lation is mainstream,
growing out of a conceptu-
al art movement where
ideas are more important
than the objects made.
"Photography came into
my life when I had to docu-
ment my work, and I've
always photographed
places I've been. Slowly I
found myself using the
camera much more."
As continuing viewers of
her work find more and
more photos, they also find
a greater variety of mate-
rials used to express her
thoughts. She even
learned to pour concrete
when she considered it
important to a particular
project.
Among the many instal-
lations she has shown in
U.S., Canadian and Israeli
galleries are some as high
as a two-story building or
stretching across 45 feet.
After they are shown, they
are dismantled and
returned to her studio.
When particular pieces
have additional showings,
Ms. Sperka sometimes
reconfigures them to take
on new looks for new dis-
play sites.
I and U, which recently
was shown in Flint, explores
the search for a spiritual
base. Shouting, created dur-
ing a residency in
Jerusalem and exhibited in
Tel Aviv, symbolizes the
impact of closed minds on
political controversies.
Ms. Sperka does not
restrict her sculpture to
Jewish issues. When the
Catholic churches were
being closed in Detroit, for
example, she felt inspired to
create Losing Ground.
She has been
concentrating on
installation art for
more than a
decade.
"I devote so much time to
my work and home, I don't
belong to any political orga-
nization," said Ms. Sperka,
whose husband is an admin-
istrative attorney with the
Michigan Department of
Labor. They have five chil-
dren.
Intense about her very
serious subjects, she still is
able to maintain a sense of
humor when people com-
ment on the messenger
instead of the message, ask-
ing how a small woman
works on such large struc-
tures.
Because installation art is
used for mostly short-term
exhibits, Ms. Sperka looks
for grants earmarked to cre-
ate new pieces. She has
received them from the
Michigan Council for the
Arts, the Ann Arbor Art
Association and the
The Lyric Chamber Ensem-
ble's 1993-'94 concert series,
"Discovery," will pay tribute
to the Far East, combining
traditional chamber music
with works inspired by the ex-
otic folk rhythms and
melodies of the Orient.
The LCE will continue its
Orchestra Hall series with
three concerts, including a
musical tribute to children,
honoring the 25th anniver-
sary of Spaulding for
Children.
The Oct. 24 concert features
the world premiere of Kevin
Scott's Memories of My Youth,
a string quartet commis-
sioned by the LCE and under-
written by Unisys Corp.
April 10 will bring a Lisz-
tian feast to Orchestra Hall
with the Sixth Annual Piano
Festival, featuring the
Michigan Piano Quartet in
music by Liszt.
On May 1, LCE members
will collaborate with violinist
Cho-Liang Lin in a concert
featuring Vivaldi's Four
Seasons and Four Movements
— a piano trio by Brint Sheng.
The LCE's Gem Theatre
Sunday Brunch Series will be
expanded to four concerts,
with a light brunch at 10:45
a.m. and music at 11:15 a.m.
The Grosse Pointe Series
will continue with four con-
certs in the setting of the War
Memorial ballroom. The
series will open Sept. 26 with
Northern. Exposure, a musical
celebration of compuser Ed-
yard Grieg's 150th birthday.
For information or to
receive a season brochure, call
the Lyric Chamber Ensemble,
357-1111.