Artist Recognizes Positive Contributions Of Dubuque Residents The faces of 90 Dubuque residents are featured in an exhibit that opened March 13 in the Memorial Union Pioneer Room. "Portraits of Dubuque," by Pella artist Tilly Woodward, will run through April 10. For viewing hours, call 4-1437. The 90 pastel portraits honor adults and children who make positive contributions to the community. Among the 90 are a "cheerful whistler," a woman who "sends cards" and a man who "shares his garden." Woodward launched the project in November 1991, after hearing and reading media reports of racial tension and cross burnings in Dubuque. She said she believes it is not enough for an artist merely to identify a problem, but that an alternative or a positive solution must be made as well. "As a visual artist, I have always wanted my works to examine issues of consequence unflinchingly," Woodward wrote. "I have no illusions that this project will end racism, but it is perhaps one of the small steps we must take again and again in learning to be more human." After it was completed in the spring of 1992, "Portraits of Dubuque" toured for nearly a year at schools, churches and shopping malls in Dubuque. Since then, it has been shown in other Iowa and Missouri communities. _____ contactL News Service, (515) 294-0549 updated: 03-24-95