Evening star., 1946-09-22

young, you had the yen to
paint, to write, to act
Somewhere along the line,
your dream may have been shelved
for more prosaic pursuits. The
Washington Workshop in Walsh
House, 1920 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, provides an opportunity to
dust of your artistic dream and
make it a reality. You have leisure
time-why not spend it. they say, in
doing the thing you've always wanted
to do? Leisure, according to Work.
shop enthusiasts, is a lark, and art
| it serious fun.
Whether you're an Army major, a
housewife, a fireman, college
student or a newspaperman, you'll
find yourself at home at the Work.
shop. Since its inception more than
three years ago, the Workshop has
grown from so to 300 students. The
artists in charge claim inhibition is
the enemy Of the arts-and they
take immediate steps to break down
the inhibitions of adults who come
there. If you're going to create
successfully, they argue, you should
have fun doing it.
Speaking of developing talent,
which is part of the Workshop
scheme, you may discover that those
things you've heard about people
with hidden talent. apply to you.
Elliott Fineman, a Workshop pro-
tege, saw his little boy playing with
clay, and his interest was sparked.
The outcome Of the whole thing
was that Mr.. Fineman discovered he
had real talent for sculpturing, and
produced THE Whisperers," which
will be exhibited this fall at the
Workshop.
Workshop Now Offers
Is Different Glasses
Once limited to six activities, the
Workshop now offers Is. You may
find your niche in drama, modern
dancing, folk dancing, painting,
sculpturing or poetry. Or you may
prefer creative writing, where classes
are offered for both beginners and
advanced students; music apprecia-
ton, or photography. If you're be-
tween the ages Of 10 and 16, there
are classes in drama and dance.
And if radio has been your secret
love, you'll have a chance to do
script writing, to learn microphone
technique or to try your hand at
radio production. incidentally, the
Workshop anticipates conducting
it's own programs before the end of
the year from a station to be es-
tablished by the Potomac Cooper
ative Federation.
The instructors should know what
they're talking about. Painter Her
man Maril, instructor at the Uni
versity of Maryland, has exhibited
in galleries and museums throughout
the country. Bernice Cross, an
imaginative painter, is considered
one of the most prominent of Wash
ington's woman artists. She has
exhibited at Phillips Memorial Gal
lery. Saul Levine, also on the art
staff, won the Society of Washington
Artists Award for painting in 1945.
Sculptor Leo Steppat came to
Washington after the Nazi occupa-
ton of Austria. He once won the
prize of the city of Vienna for sculp-
turing Inez Boulton, the guiding
hand in the poetry class, was one
of the incorporators of Poetry Mag
azine and also worked 10 years as
art critic on Chicago newspapers.
Film Classics, Lyceum
Program Are Planned
Rudyard Boulton, instructor in
photography, believes pictures should
be made, not taken, and wants to
make it possible for the average
Washingtonian with limited funds
to become photographer at home.
Mr.. Boulton has spent Is years in
the field of photography, travelling
on expeditions in Africa, Central
and South America, working on mo-
ton pictures and doing experimental
photography. He has been widely
published internationally.
Lee Fairlevy, conductor of the