-I m re dy. 1 am ready. I
m 100 in for a pi ce to Ive
a 0 ( ve an art e bibi
tio ) and I t in a lot f
ople ill be lurpri ed,-
loyd Binn aid. it t
confident 100 of one bo as
a tered bl art.
inn i vi al arll t. is
medium are culpture, ood
c rvin , oil·p intin , dra -
in - etchin release culp
ture and p oto raphy.
Tbrou b tbo e combined
modes of e press len, he i
able to capture creative
eni (1 •
Binn (is tbe epitome of
what a lot of people thin an
rli t hould be. He i quiet.
Reflective. Sen Hive. C ring,
concerned and a free spirit.
He .1 softly and carrie a
discernin eye that rages,
Whi per, erie and peat
direction in the rt he ere te
He is a vi ion-a dream. A
voice crying a ainll the in
hum nity of man.
AI thou h he i a imple
per on; "living one day at a
time," be crossed many
bridge nd walked through
the was t e � and s c rea te d b Y
drug and lcohol but tod y I
clean and sober; a joy to his
community with nine ye r of
sobriety.
BINNS SAU) "it was hard
to admit" that he had an al
cohol problem; that he tried
different recovery programs
as "kinds of vacations. But
omewhere-a meeting, talk
ing with friend and some
how-through God's gr ce ,
he said, he decided he wanted
to Ii ve "clean and sober." And
the rest has not been history;
il has ib e e n: "One day at a
time. "
Like most alcoholic and
drug addicted people, Binns'
Palmer Park
by NATHANIEL SCOTT
Co,."sponUnl
For the second year Friends
and Neighbors of Palmer Park
are sprucing up Palmer. Park.
The Friends and Neighbor '
fl owe r plan ti ng e nde a vor
began last year with a dona
tion by 100-year-old Ethel A.
Brock.
This year they are seeking
contributions to finance their
way of "supporting the
HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION
NO LONGER
EXISTS?-
dl ease carried 1m into t
in a ity of the di ea e and
did many thi I be i not
proud of. But h realize that
he cannot ch n e tbe p t nd
tOday he aid, "People! even
tbo in my church, don't t I
about my pa t."
Binn i than ful and Iso
rate ul for "a econd ch nee"
at life, he aid. He tries to e -
pre that r titude throu h
ction.
At hi church, Annuncia
tion Church here he prac
tices Catholici m, he re tored
"the (14) t tion of the ay
of the cro " t tu Ithou h
he h d no previou re loration
Texperience.
"I just pr yed nd wor ed,"
he said.
In addition to the 14 sta
tions, be ha re tored, or i
restoring SO other st tue of
tbe church.
Some of the tatue have
been in Annunciation Church
since 1912, the year the
church opened.
Father V lentine G ttari,
the pa tor of Annunci tion,
sid, "We alway m ke a point
to point out to vi itor that the
tatue were re tored by one
of our members."
BINNS ALSO restores rt
Objects and doe other
charitable work at Stapleton
Center, one of ni ne of Franci
W. Ryan Senior Citizen
Homes of he Archdiocese of
Detroit.
UQtil May of I st ye r,
when he suffered a heart at
tack, he had taught children
how to read and spell at the
Tutoring Tree, a program
operated by the Jeerer on
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
"Hopefully I can re ume
teaching in May," he said, as
he re rle cte d on his life
before' and after the heart at-
I N L 0 tudied at
W yne State Univer ity and
wa one of the founding mem
ber of the SCOlt Memorial
Art Society, which wa active
from 1980 to 1 82.
He aid uch arti ts a Doc
tor Lloyd rvia low Jone ,
Ch rle White, C lvin J nes,
rthur Rowl nd, Jacob
L ren nd Vir inia
hi b de u ho ie che at
Oro Pointe c demy, In-
luenced nd helped him be ..
com the rtf t he I .
B inn , rmy ve te ran;
t 0 uri t Fo rt Hood
nd t the Oro e
ointe c demy, h n a
portrait of Thiebode u.
In reference t hi rr,
Binn aid, "I've al ay h d a
f cin tion with African art
and I've re e rched different
BI ck rtl t ( nd when I cre-
te) I. try to capt e hat I
feel tth ttime."
However, he ai , "A piece
i never fini hed."
Binn plan to continue to
wor with children bec u e
when he e e tmprovement
"it' almo t like winning the
lottery," he aid. "It' good
feeling. "
He Iso plan to create; to
help bring whatever joy he
can into a world that h uch
" a lack of compa ion" and to
live e r e ne and obe r, "one'
day at a time."
Time forArts Administration
Fellowship applications
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Art Midwest is accepting
pplication for its Minority
Art Admini tr tion Fellow
hip (MAAF) program.
Each year four to ix in
dividuals from the African
American, As ia n, Hispanic
and Native American com
munities arc selected for arts
administration residencies at
a variety of cultural institu
tions nationally.
In addi tion to profe sional
training and exposure to a na
tional network of arts ad
ministrators and mentors,
program fellows also receive
a salary stipend of S18,000
plus a modest travel a l
lowance • Ai the completion
t ,. I .,,,
ummer .facellft
, , ,
rejuvenation of Palmer Park,"
Stanley W. Brock; one of the
friends and neighbor, id.
Brock said, "The goal this
year is to raise S2S00. This
amount will purchase flowers
for the seven new beds for our
enjoyment during the warm
months of the y�ar and it wi II
provide flowering bulbs for
fall planting. The bulbs will '
blooming April and May of
1992." .
The bed sit'el are at.
.,
'" ' ...
Pontchartrain and 'Hamilton
Road, Woodward and Merrill
Plaissance, Pontchartrain and
W. Seven Mile Road,Second
Avenue and Merrill Pt a is
sance, Plaissance and
Pontchartrain, near the Oar
liff Swimming Pool and in
front of the 12th Precinct
Police station on W. Seven
Mile Road.
S5, S10, S25 or whatever a
person can afford, they also
need vol unreers to participa te
in the annual Palmer Park
cleanup and flower planting.
Anyone wishing to volun-
, te e r may contact John Sos
nowski, supervisor of the
parks and recreation's north
district at 935-3227.
All contrlbutions hould be
sent to: Recreation Activity
Fund, De t r i o t Recreation
department, c/o Jo hn-Sos
now ski, 9 O{) Mer rill P I a i s
sance , Detriot, Mi., 48203,
no,later than April 15.
THE COLOR combination
this year will be pa t r io tic ,
Brock aid, red, white and
blue ..
Friends and Neighbors are
not only seeking donations:
Mlchlgln cln be proud of It aw again t
dl crlmln tlon. Unfortunately, It a
dlff r nt tory when w talk about the full
'Implem ntalon of tho e law . April rve
a a reminder t�at hou Ing dl crimination
b cau of race or national origin till
xl t . .
Ethel and Stanley Brock h�lp spruce up Palmet Park for second
y�.r. They both re part of Friend nd Neighbor for Palmer
Park. (Photo by N. Scott)
. DIA ·io dl play tudent art
. exhibef
Today, mo t p ople don't ven know when
they re victim of dI8crlmlna�lon. That'
why It I 1m port nt to report ny ctlvlty
that eme question bl or Ju t do. n't f' el
right. L t the Department 01 Civil Right
t k It ·�rom th re.
W 'II m'ov quickly to r olv your
compllint becau It could d t rmln.
wh ther you or your fam lIy will h ve I pi c
to live.
C II 256-2663 or com
Bldg., 1200 Sixth Av .
unequ I, It' unl wful.
to The St t. PI ZI
Rem mb r, If It'
DBTROIT - The Detroit In
stitute of Arts and the Detroit
Public Schools celebrate
more than 50 years of commit- ,
ment to art education with the
54th Annual Detroit Public
Schools Student Exhibition,
held at the DIA from Sunday,
April 14, through Sunday;
May 12.
This year more than 300
drawing, painting, sculp
ture, photogr,aphs, textile and
de ign project - all created
by talented Detroit tudents
from pre- chool through
grade 12 - are evidence of
art teaching and learning
strate ies in the chool .
An opening reception on
Sunday, April 14, will wel
come tudent, parent,
teachers and friend , from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Rivera
Court. The exhibition will be
open during regular museum
hours,: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday
(clo ed Monday, Tuesday and
holidays).
Each year a student work
appears in poster form adver
tising this exhibition. Thi
'year the image i a lively elf
'p 0 r t ra tit b Y C h e sum a r
Seegar , a 10th grade student
at Central High School.
The 54th Annual Detroit
Public School Student Ex
hibition i made pos ible by
grant from the Chrysler Cor
poration Fund, with addition
al upport from the tate of
Michigan, the city of Detroit
and the rounder SOCiety.
I
II
of the nine-month fellowship
period, Arts Midwest will fur
ther assist fellows with job
placement.
Applicants must reside.
within Arts Midwest's region
(IL, IN, lA, Ml, MN, NO, OH,
SO, and WI). Ideal can
didates will have some back
ground in the arts, either as
artists. community arts ac
tivists, or administrators. In
dividuals interested in
applying for a fellowship
should contact Janis Lane
Ewart 'for an application. Or
ganizations interested in
hosting fellows should also
contact Ms. Lane-Ewart
before' Apr il 30, 1991,'
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