Anton Srdanovicfor US Congress

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Croatian American running for Congress in New York's 14thDistrict 

(Manhattan, Astoria, etc)

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Op-ed

Croatiansneed to be better represented in the political arena. Well, don't say thatsomeone of Croatian decent doesn't have guts to run for the office. It's now upto you to support his candidacy. With money, promotion, and whichever way youcan. 

Nenad Bach

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Croatian Artin France

Today, 3rd October, an exhibition of Edo Murtic is being opened. The vernissage is taking place on 55, rue de la Seine, Paris, at 18.3O. As you know he's one of the most famous Croatian painters, born is 1922, known both for his abstract and figurative painting full of strongcolors.

Tomorrow, 4th October, a lecture will be given at the Université de Paris - Sorbonne (Paris IV) on the occasion of the 5OOth anniversary of the death of FRANJO VRANJANIN, a Croatian sculptor who lived and worked on the Italian and French royal courts. The lecture is entitled Franjo Vranjanin, a master of the Renaissance art in Europe, nobilis magister FRANCISCUS DE LAURANA, sculptor regius, Vrana, about 1420 - Avignon, 1502. 

The lecture takes place in one of the most beautiful lecture rooms at the Sorbonne University, that is to say in the Amphithéâtre Guizot, 17, rue de la Sorbonne, Paris Ve at 18.30 sharp and it isorganized by UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SORBONNE (PARIS IV), CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN LITTERATURE COMPAREE, EQUIPE DE RECHERCHE SUR LA CULTURE CROATE ET LES ECHANGES INTELLECTUELS INTERNATIONAUX.

Mr. Henrik HEGER, corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of science and arts, will present : Workshops of the Croatian region of Dalmatia on the court of the king René : a European itinerary of F. Vranjanin Laurana.

Mr. Marc BORMAND, curator of the Sculpture Department of the Louvre will make a presentation on : Laurana - A Renaissance sculptor in the Mediterranean artistic space.

Each presentation will be followed by a musical intermezzo interpreted by Mrs. Catherine Joussellin (voice, viol) andMr. Philippe Gonneaud (lute).

Best regards,
Maja Cioni

Dear Nenad,

I 'm wondering if you would appreciate a piece of news from Paris from time to time? 
I had the honor to meet you a year and a half ago in Paris at Easter just before thebeginning of the great concert of our singers from the island of Hvar. I've been following Croworldnet since and I've seen that not so many news come from Paris, or France in general, and cultural events do take place.
Perhaps, these pages target rather North America ? Anyway, I enclose a brief description of two events happening these days.

Best regards,
Maja Cioni

Dear Maja,

CROWN is interested in EVERYTHING Croatians do around the worldand we all do appreciate your letter. Please do continue. We would be interestedto hear more news from Sweden, Germany, Australia etc. Both in English andCroatian as well as local language. So, next time, if you have time, pleaseinclude all the languages. Thanks a lot. Najljepsa hvala i svako dobro.

My best,

Nenad

 Cetin in Croatia

     Amajor exhibition of the art of Anton Cetin, a distinguished Croatian-Canadianpainter opened in Rijeka on October 2, 2002. It was organized by the StateArchives in Rijeka  (DAR) and theCity Gallery “Kortil.” It served also to inaugurate the new, expandedgallery of the State Archives, which is now one of the most attractiveexhibition spaces in Rijeka. The city supported the exhibition and donated spacein its most prominent exhibition facility, the “Kortil.” Anotherco-organizer was the GH, Globalna Hrvatska, a Croatian NGO making itsdebut as promoter of cultural links within the Global Croatia. The exhibitionwas opened by Professor Maja Frankovi, the Head of City of RijekaDepartment of Cultural Affairs. The author was present at the opening andpersonally oversaw the setting up of the exhibition, conceived and created bythe well-known Croatian art critic and gallerist, Lilijana Domi, who isalso the President of the GH.

     Anton Cetin was born in Bojana near azma in Northwestern Croatia onSeptember 18, 1936. From an early age on he displayed an interest in art, and heenrolled in the Arts and Crafts School in Zagreb where he took his degree in theclass of Professor Ivan Šebalj in 1959. He continued his studies at the ArtAcademy of Zagreb (1959-1964), and graduated in graphic arts in the class ofProfessor Marijan Detoni. Cetin visited Paris for the first time in 1964, and hesettled there in 1966. The image of “Eve,” Cetin’s symbol of the femaleprinciple of life, was born in Paris in 1967. Cetin embarked on a new adventurein 1968 when he crossed the Ocean and settled in Canada (Toronto). He publishedhis first graphic series, Eve and the Moon in 1975, and in 1988, incooperation with the Croatian poet, Stjepan Šešelj, he produced a map AmerikaCroatan America. Both authors were received by the Holy Father Pope JohnPaul II in Rome in 1989. Cetin’s paintings were the topic of two movies, onein Germany (1990), another one in Toronto (1993). His works were selected by theprestigious Circulo del Arte in Barcelona in 2001.

      Among honors Cetin has received we single out his meeting with the PrimeMinister of Canada Pierre Eliott Trudeau in 1976, and his selection as theArtist of the Year of the Croatian-Canadian Art Association in 1987. Acomprehensive monograph was published in Zagreb in 1986. Cetin has received twoCroatian state decorations – the Order of the Croatian Danica with the Imageof Marko Maruli, and the Order of Croatian Interlace.

So far he has had more than 80 one-man exhibitions, and hehas also participated in more than 150 group exhibitions. The Anton CetinGallery was opened in his native azma in 2001. His latest major exhibitionin Croatia was in Zagreb in 1996.

      Almost one hundred paintings and drawings have been displayed at the DARand the “Kortil.” They mostly represent Cetin’s work during last fiveyears, with some going back about a decade, to create a link necessary forunderstanding Cetin’s newest phase. Among the exhibits are examples from hisanswer to the events of 9-11, 2001, entitled “A Universe Disturbed,” anddrawings from his recent “azma Cycle,” including some of the finestand most lyrical within his entire opus. It is truly a feast of beautiful color, line, and  shape.Ms. Domic rightly says in a the handsome catalogue which accompanies theexhibition: “A Cetin painting can bereduced to four symbols. Three of them obvious – woman, bird, flower, whereasthe fourth symbolic place is literally a place, i.e., the unlimitedpicture space in which the woman, the bird, and the flower levitate. This spacecan hardly be defined by the language of visual arts, as it is neitherbackground, nor perspective, nor illusion. Still, it is defined by a background,the surface of paper or canvass which remains what it was: endless, without anyindication of depth, without any attempt to simulate infinity, even withoutelements which distinguish the left from the right, above from beneath.Cetin’s space remains unlimited, just like the Universe, or it is defined onlyby Cetin’s linearity, which has become a concept liberating the symbolin this process accompanying it until it turns into a pictogram. Anton Cetin’speculiar expression is defined, as we have stated, by summing up the symbols,cosmic summaries conveying lapidary serenity. Therefore, within the planetarycorpus of contemporary art we recognize them as Cetin’s symbolic syntax.”

     So, Cetin is a universal artist, much sought for in Canada and elsewherein the West. To what extent is he also ours?

     Contemplating the oeuvre of Anton Cetin, a doyen of Croatian artcriticism of the 20^th century, Josip Depolo, wrote: “Cetin’semigrant fate may have severed him from the old country from time to time,”but “in no case has he been erased from the index of Croatian artists and fromthe history of contemporary Croatian art. He remains its inseparable companion.Cetin’s concentrated poetic symbols are going to represent a link in thechapter on purism in Croatian figuration, which has been lacking in the Europeancontinuity of (recent) Croatian art.”

      After his departure and a prolonged absence is such an artist “lost toCroatia”, as Grgo Gamulin maintained in the case of Maksimilijan Vanka; ordoes he after all belong to “our index” as Depolo believed? Awards, prizes, and honors Cetin has received in Canada clearly show himas an artist of the Canadian mainstream, using a language understood by themainstream public, i.e., the universal language of art. Cetin does not operatewithin an ethnic, “Croatian” vocabulary, briefly a vocabulary of kitsch.

     The creation of the new, sovereign Republic of Croatia has opened apossibility of new insights into that other half of Croatian national beingwhich has been moving, for over two centuries, abroad, primarily overseas.Although this possibility has not yet been fully realized (and exhibitions suchas this one are a step toward its gradual realization), it is quite clear thatwithin this new concept of Croatian global presence, a new index, unthinkable at the time of Depolo’s writing, hasbeen imposing itself. The index of a Global Croatia and its culture.

     Cetin thus cuts across several indexes – Croatian, North American,Universal, and, which is of a special importance for ourselves – a GlobalCroatian index, a special version of an index of values which are (also) ours,and which are awaiting a more thorough historical and critical review. In thatchain which is slowly being put together in front of our eyes, the art of AntonCetin will surely represent a link of great importance.

      The city of Rijeka could be seen as a window – Croatia’s window tothe world, and a window the world steps in and enters Croatia. It is a majorport and communications center, and it is also a major “cultural port” or a“gate”. The English Department at the School of Arts and Sciences, underleadership of Professor Branka Kalogjera, is one of the main centers of study ofCroatian expatriate literature The city has an active branch of Hrvatskamatica iseljenika, headed by Ms. Vanja Pavlovec. Cetin’s exhibition ismeant to inaugurate the practice of showing at least one Croatian diasporaartist per year. Traditionally a cosmopolitan and middle-class city, Rijekaseems to be taking its “window” role seriously. And this, I think, is good.The more “windows” and “gates” among Croatian communities around theworld, the better. And the greater is my optimism about a better and more securefuture for the entire Global Croatia.

Vladimir Goss

Izvjestaj o produkciji opere Nikola Subic Zrinjski, Mississauga Ontario.

Zrinjski: Armando Puklavec
Eva: Zorica Antonic
Jelena: Miljenka Grdjan
Alapic: Ozren Bilusic
Sulejman: Ivica Saric
Sokolovic: Damir Fatovic
Levi: Sotir Spasevski
Timoleon: Jan Vaculik / Ozren Bilusic
Paprutovic: Terry Rooney
Ali Portuk: Bernard Jackson
Begler0Beg: John Kaldas
Mustafa: Marcus Saroop

Artistic Director/Dirigent: Dwight Bennett
Producent: Edward Mavrinac
Reziser: Dora Ruzdjak-Podolski
Direktor Scene: Daniela Misetic
Kostimi: Ivan Brozic
Rekviziti: Srebrenka Bogovic
Surtitles: Robert Hudaj
Stolarija: Boris Balon

Dogadjaji  iza scene

Solisti iz Zagreba su stigli 20. rujna zbog proba i uvjezbavanja sa kanadskim
timom. Medjutim pripreme za operu su zapocele nekih devet mjeseci ranije. U tim
pripremama od neprocjenive vaznosti je bila pomoc maestra Kranjcevica iz HNK koji
je pomogao u odabiru solista. Takodjer veliku zahvalnost dugujemo MIC (Muzickom
informativnom centru) I iznad svega gospodinu Zivanovicu koji nam je  isao na
ruku u svakom pogledu u nabavci partitura. Maestro Bennett je sa producentom g.
Mavrincem posjetio Zagreb u travnju o.g. kada je i ucinjena selekcija solista u
gore navedenoj postavi.

Hrvatska zajednica u Torontu je ispunila svoju financijsku obavezu prema Opera
Mississauga i osigurala oko 70.000 kanadskih dolara za pocetak produkcije. Od
toga glavni donator je bila obitelj Ivice Zdunica i njihova karitativna
organizacija: John Zdunic Charitable Organization.

U nedjelju 22 rujna odrzana je u Living Arts Centru, sto je ujedno i  dom
Mississauga Opere, Gala vecera na kojoj je prisutna publika po prvi puta imala
prilike cuti operni zbor. Svi su bili zadivljeni ne samo njihovim pjevanjem, vec
pravilnom dikcijom i izgovorom hrvatskog jezika. Zasluga zbora je tim veca sto se
sastoji kao i sama Kanada od clanova koji su porijeklom iz prakticki svih strana
svijeta; od Kine i Japana do Juzne Amerike i Australije. U zboru pjeva i
nekolicina Hrvata koji su se prikljucili kao  ispomoc (Vladimir Dopudja, Steve
Hranilovic I Loriz Buzdan).

Kroz probe razvilo se i novo prijateljstvo nasih solista sa  lokalnim talentima
koje su cesto, nakon napornih uvjezbavanja  potrvrdili to u obliznjem pub-u.

Hrvatski solisti su smjesteni u nasim, hrvatskim domovima iako to nije bilo u
izvornom planu. Solisti su uglavnom smjesteni kod Opera Mississauga clanova
Upravnog Odbora, medjutim ovog puta nasi solisti su izrazili zelju da odsjednu
privatno, kod nasih ljudi. To im je s velikim zadovoljstvom omoguceno na
obostrano zadovoljstvo i gostiju i domacina.

Kao i obicno uspjelo se  ukrasti jedan slobodan dan za posjet Niagari I malom
gradicu Niagara-on-the-Lake koji je sve vise poznat ne samo po kazalistu,
antiknim ducanima, vec i obliznjim nasadima vinograda te  kusanju vina

Prva  studentska predstava odrzat ce se u petak 4.X. a premijera je dan kasnije
5. X. Nazalost karte nisu "rasprodane" kako smo ocekivali; izgleda da operna
glazba nije jaka strana nase hrvatske zajednice. Takodjer je izostao obecani
organizirani posjet autobusima Hrvatske bratske zajednice. Steta! Vidjeti
hrvatsku zastavu kako se vijori na kanadskoj pozornici u zadnjem cinu je stvarno
dirljivo do suza...

S postovanjem Srebrenka Bogovic 
srebrenka@boldinternet.com 

OP-ED

Jos nije kasno. Da li je netko sposoban organizirati autobusiz New Yorka, Chicaga, Clevelanda...

Ja sam prezauzet, ali ukoliko netko drugi organizira autobus, jacu bit u njemu.

Nenad Bach

POLL - ANKETA

Apparently, the President wants to know your position on the U.S. going to 
war with Iraq. Please, make the call & voice your choice(phone number 
below)... 

Phone the White House at 202-456-1111 between 9am and 5 pm, Monday through 
Friday EDT. A machine will detain you for only a moment and then a pleasant 
live operator will thank you for saying "I oppose" (or "I approve of") the 
proposed war against Iraq. 

The president wants to know. Tell him. Time is running out. 

Then please forward this e-mail to at least five people right away. 

Great StoryaboutCroatians

Los Angeles Times - Travel Section - September 29, 2002

                       LOST AND FOUND

       Last month my husband and I stayed at HotelNeptune in Dubrovnik, Croatia. After we left the country, I realized I had leftmy wedding ring on the bathroom sink at the hotel, and I was sick about itsloss.

       When I returned to California a couple ofweeks later, I contacted the hotel by
e-mail to inquire about the ring.  I was thrilled to learn that maid hadfound it. Now I have my wedding ring back - and positive thoughts about Croatia. I highly recommend travel to this beautiful country and am thankful to itswonderful people.

PATTY BAKER
Corona del Mar

Op-ed

Let's find the person who found the ring and gave it to the owner. HotelNeptun in Dubrovnik. Shouldn't be difficult to find. And let's reward suchperson, symbolically but in my opinion it is very important to reward the gooddeeds.

best,

Nenad Bach

The Croatian Academy of America

The Croatian Academy of America invites you to join it for its 48th Annual
Dinner to take place on Saturday, October 26, 2002 at The New York Hilton
Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas (between 53rd and 54th Street), New York,
New York 10019. The reception begins at 7:00 pm with dinner starting at
7:30 p.m. The cost of the dinner is $75 per person and includes wine,
gratuities and tax (bar drinks are extra).

To attend, please send your check made payable to the Croatian Academy of
America to the Academy at PO Box 1767 Grand Central Station, New York, New
York 10163-1767. Please indicate on the check that it is for the Annual
Dinner. You can also make reservations by telephone by e-mail at
croatacad@aol.com. 

The Croatian Academy of America is a nonprofit educational organization,
founded 1953 and incorporated in the State of New York on December 17, 1956.
The certificate of incorporation was further amended in 1962.

The purpose for which the Academy is formed is to educate the members and
public generally concerning Croatian literature, culture and history by
sponsoring lectures on these subjects and by procuring and causing to have
published articles on these subjects in the organization's journal.
To receive voluntary contributions from members and donors and gifts from
benefactors to be used and applied of, the aforesaid educational purpose.

The Academy publishes the only English-language scholarly journal devoted to
Croatian history, art and culture.

More information about the Academy can be found at
http://www.croatianacademy.org. 

Inspired by the persistent desire of the CroatianNation for its proper dignity before all men, realizing that no People can makea responsible contribution towards a peaceful and democratic world without beingfreely self-determined i.e. endowed with the right to choose its own sovereignstate, recollecting that Croatian liberty has been frustrated for centuriesbecause of tyranny from without and within, conscious that the denial of freedomat home often requires the conservation of the national genius abroad, mindfulthat the friendly guardianship of the just aspirations of men has always beenthe keynote of American hospitality, we herewith establish and constitute TheCroatian Academy of America.

(Preamble to the Constitution of The Croatian Academy ofAmerica adopted April 19, 1953 in New York City).