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Seduction by folk artists

By KATHLYN RUSSELL T-A Staff Writer

DeLoss McGraw is anxious to alert the public to the seduction of American folk art. Ihe Uoixernitx et sap Qisro art instructor and collector of folk sculpture says people on the West Coast aren't too aware of the field of folk art or that it is a highly collectible commodity. An exhibit of California folk art that opens July 31 at the Los An- geles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park will include part of McGraw's collection, mainly pieces by the late John Hoff of El Cajon. The exhibit will be open to the public for a month. The distinction between folk art and other kinds of primitive art is a difficult one for most people to make. Ethnic art by American Indi- ans, African tribes or Indians from various Central American regions is a completely different thing, McGraw said. It is an ex- pression of the ethnic group or re- gion in terms of its own imagery by using native materials, and it is done by the most skilled and talented natives who have brought the craft to its highest level. Folk art is a purely individual and subjective form of expression and its practitioners may use any kind of material they choose and work in complete seclusion from the art world. Folk artists are not interested in new materials or techniques or even in being accepted. Often they prefer to keep their work to themselves and repeat the chosen theme over and over again. Hoff, for instance, used mass- produced dolls as the basis of fig- ures in scenes he created. The dolls were coated in plaster and their forms remolded and painted to the characters that interested Hoff. He built scenery for them, and it is all noted for its faithful- ness to detail. McGraw's Hoff pieces include an old-time schoolroom with teacher, a spelling lesson on the blackboard, a hospital with a nurse caring for new babies and a surgery ward, and a complete three-ring circus with all the per- formers and animals in costume. But McGraw's collection also includes such items as carved ser- pent canes by a Kentucky miner and painted gourds and cow skulls by an Oklahoma woman who wasn't even interested in selling one piece. McGraw and his wife, Diane, leave their Encinitas home when- ever possible to seek out folk art- ists they have heard of by the gra- pevine and buy sculpture for their collection directly from the artist. Some of the pieces that will be in the Barnsdall Park show are weather-beaten and chipped, but McGraw isn't int,erested in fixing them. That is all part of their character, he said.

SCULPTURED SCENES - Deloss McGraw (shown right) collects and promotes American folk art. The IJ,niversity of San Diego art instructor builds scenes with the ifoll he has gathered The scenes include a sur- gery room (above) and three-ring circus, part of which is shown below. An exhibit of California folk art opens July 31 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Callery in Parnsdall Park. Part of McGraw's collection will be displayed.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES JUL 2 5 1979 Seminar on Stress Set "Coping With Managerial Stress" will be the topic of a seminar from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the Stardust Hotel Tower Room. Hosted by the San Diego Chapter of the National As . of Accountants, the seminar will feature Dr. Denms Briscoe, assistant profes- sor of management and perso el at the Univet§ilY of Sar Pief"' The pro- gram\J/ill be open to the public.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES JUL 25 1979

SENTINEL JUL 2 5 1979 LAWSEMlNAR

Musica Based on Old Town Saga Will Be Staged at USD The musical "My Cousin Josefa" will be presented this weekend by Ille Old Mission Players at the Universit of Sao Dieia's rgmiDO Theatre The show:ased on the Old Town saga of the elopement of Josefa Carrillo and Captain Henry Fitch, will open Friday at 8 p.m. Saturday's show is also scheduled for 8 p.m., and Sun:lay's perfonnance is set for 2 p.m. . Tickets are$3 for adults and $1.50 for students and semor citizens.

A special "How to Do It" seminar covering criminal law, personal injury and family law will be presented from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Satur- day, July 28 in the Joseph P. Grace Courtroom of the ~~X;{$tL0J/&Er information call 234- 0378.

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University of San Diego School of Bui:;ipess,, since 1974, was named yesterday to the board of directors of Kretse Inc., the San Diego-based instrument firm. He was the only new member of the board to be named at the annual meeting that took place at the Wall Street Club in New York. Aside from authorizing the lifting of the limit on issuance of common stock shares from two to five million, most items '{,'ere routine. For the year ending March 31, Kratos reported revenues of $33,948,774, a net of $2,096,500 and earnings per share of $1.46. Re pective figures for 1978 were $23,366,886, $1,413,146, and $1.02

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"My Cousin Josepha," the musical dramatization of the true story of the romantic adventures of Josepha Cacrillo in Old Town (1826•1829), written by native San Diegan Robert Austtn, will be presented by the Old Mission Players, Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28, Sp. m., and Sunday, July 29, 2 p.m., Ca-- Theater, USD Alcala Park. 278•0~

fu_- Autho~ Hughes, presidll'tf the lJniversitv of §ap pjeyo, has been appointed to the board of directors of the San Diego Transit Corp. He fills the term of Marc Sandstrom, which expires at the end of this year. The appointment was made over the preference of Councilmen Stirling and Williams-Daniel Monzingo. • • •

~NEIL MORGAN

a certain uneasiness because ev- erybody here seems to tell him "Good luck!" for "Goodbye." "People hear about my new job and say, 'Good luck!' and I won- der what they mean," he ays. at the bank ye terday , and the branch manager gave me a funny look. 'Good luck!' he said. I wonder what he meant by "I opened my eking ac ount

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MY SAN DIEGO: Easterners are perplexed by some of the buzz words of the free-and-ea y California style. "Have a nice day" drives New Yorkers crazy. Now, just a month out of Detroit, Dr. William L. Pickett, the ne~

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