JANUARY • FEBRUARY • 2012
he World Takes What Jackson Makes:
The History of the Jackson Area Manufacturing Association To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Jackson Area Manufacturing Association ( JAMA), the Ella Sharp Museum will highlight the Association with an exhibit in our Hurst Gallery.
the interesting variety of products that have been manufactured in Jackson.
Jackson, was founded in 1937 and was formally incorporated in 1938 after a year of informal meetings.
In addition, the exhibit will focus on the Academy for Manufacturing Careers. Launched in 2005, the Academy is a customized skilled trades-related technical instruction apprenticeship program designed by manufacturers to meet the needs of companies across south-central Michigan.
JAMA began with a membership of 13 area companies and over the years has expanded to serve hundreds of manufacturers and associate member companies across south-central Michigan. Beginning with a brief history of the original 13 companies, the exhibit will continue by exploring Jackson’s rich manufacturing tradition and telling the stories of how manufacturers have overcome challenges by working together. Visitors will also discover
WHEN & WHERE February 14 and run until April 14.
HistoryÊofÊtheÊJAMA FebruaryÊ14 ÊÊ ÑAprilÊ14 HurstÊGallery
Celebrate Ella’s 155th birthday Merriman Sharp. To honor her memory there will be a special exhibit in the Museum’s Pyron Gallery. Opening February 14, Ella’s 155th birthday, the exhibit will take an up close and personal look into the life of Ella Sharp.
letters, papers and the research of many current and former exhibit will run through May 5.
IN THIS ISSUE: Fine Arts Competition (pg. 2) Winter events (pg. 3) Clay Gallery (pg. 4)
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Letter from the Executive Director, Charles Aymond
Looking back, and looking forward Happy New Year! When you’re operating a history museum you can’t say, “Out with the old, in with the new.” But we can say we’re taking better care of the old and we have some exciting
initiative on our part to collect oral histories of our community’s senior citizens. We have other exciting exhibits planned for the year as well, including the Michigan Hand Weavers League and Jackson Civic Art Association shows, Art à Loan and a couple of interesting surprises.
we have to wait to hear about grant requests and our year-end appeal results in order to decide what repairs, maintenance, programs and other expense items we need to fund with any excess monies. I dream that 2012 will bring in some extra revenue that can be used for new programming and allow us to pay back to the endowment some of the excess funds that had been withdrawn a few years ago.
will be paying appropriate respect and showing appreciation for her life and her generosity to the community. We have some sponsors for our children’s art and history classes and we are
Our exhibits this coming year are really going to be special. You still have the chance to see Origins of CMS Energy followed by the History of the Jackson Area Manufacturers Association show which will highlight the fascinating diversity of what Jackson businesses have made and currently make.
is cooperative we are looking at expanding our Sugaring and Shearing, Art and Wine (Beer Too) and Fall Harvest events, and we are already making plans to ramp up the 2013 Fine Arts events for the next two months. We’re going to have exciting travel opportunities, Patio Parties, lectures and as many more
family prints and paintings as well as another show featuring a contemporary artist whose work is in the “Wyeth style.”
any other ideas or suggestions, please let us know. Remember, this is YOUR Museum.
anniversary and the personal histories of some of its residents.
Green option for newsletter? In light of the upcoming postal changes, and in the interest of being “green,” we want to know if you would be interested in receiving your Ella Sharp Newsletter through e-mail. Postage does add up quickly, and you would be helping us save will be using is very reader-friendly. Contact Donna Riley at donnar@ellasharp.org if you are willing to help and give her your e-mail address. Remember that hard copies of the newsletter will always be available at the front desk, another good reason to stop in and see us! We look forward to hearing from you.
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Statewide Fine Arts Competition with more award money and a chance to exhibit at the Ella. It will run next year from January 12-March 23, 2013.
about the sitter as well as the artist. Whether realistic or abstracted, 2-D or 3-D, portraits mirror the world in which we live by captursolely by their creativity. Awards: • • • •
Best of Show: $1,000 Exceptional Merit: $750 Exceptional Merit: $750 Total award: $3,850
• Merit: $450 • Merit: $450 • 3-D: $450
Keep your eyes posted for a “Save the Date” postcard after February 1, 2012, which will include information about the 2013 Fine Arts Competition. If you would like your name added to our mailing list for this postcard, e-mail Cari Wolfe, the Museum’s exhibits coordinator, at cariw@ellasharp.org.
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Events and Happenings Beat the winter blahs
Upcoming Winter Events poems, and will be accompanied by Zbigniew Rybinski on violin and Joseph Feinberg on bass.
events are yet to be scheduled and other dates have been committed for wedding receptions, private parties, conferences and the a list of what we have scheduled for January and February:
February 18 at 2 pm – Jim Zuleski will present “Lost Jackson,” the popular slideshow program showcasing Jackson buildings that are gone.
January 7 at 2 pm – A theatrical presentation from Center Stage
February 25 at 1:30 pm – Sally Pesetsky and her fellow danc-
energetic woman “of a certain age” who adores theater and history and has a hard time keeping the two separate as she gives tours of Fustian House, which she claims is the dullest stately home
performance. Be sure to watch for the exciting presentations we have scheduled for March and April.
wind of Lettice’s embellishments, things take a turn for the worse. January 28 at 1:30 pm – 2012 marks the 100th year following Ella Sharp’s death and the Museum’s former director, Lynne ment” and the many disappointments and legal challenges it created.
EDUCA TION DEP T:
Fun and Free Saturdays
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If you’re looking for something to do on the weekend that’s fun and free come join us for our community art tutorials. children and to encourage their creativity. Materials and light refreshments will be provided. Parents, caregivers, and preschool through 6th grade students are all invited.
February 4 at 2 pm – Center Stage will be back again with a proimage-soaked testament to the civil rights icon (Coretta Scott
Valentines from the Heart with Art
mourners who have lined up to say goodbye to the beloved Mrs. King.”
February 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come and create a valentine for that special person in your life.
February 11 at 2 pm – Jackson Community College’s Maria Orlowski will present a selection of her whimsical and lyrical
Celebrate Spring
April 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Create abstract bird feeders and learn about wild life in the Andrews Gallery.
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Center Stage presents “Lettice and Loveage,” a staged reading, 2 pm, free Saturday program Water Color Workshop, Children, 1 – 3 pm
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Floor-Cloth Painting Workshop, 9 am – 3 pm Ella Sharp’s will and its challenges, free Saturday program
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Maria Orlowski poetry reading, 2 pm, free Saturday program Create a Valentine, Free Saturday program for Children, drop-in from 11 am to 2 pm JAMA exhibit opens, Hurst gallery Ella Unwrapped exhibit opens, Pyron gallery Basic Felting Workshop, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Jim Zuleski lecture, “Lost Jackson,” 2 pm, free Saturday program Sally Pesetsky and Dancers for Life, 1:30 pm, free Saturday program
Center Stage presents “A Song for Coretta,” a staged reading, 2 pm, free Saturday program Last day for Foote Prints exhibit, Hurst and Pyron galleries
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Exhibits at Ella
JAMA Activities for Children
In collaboration with the Jackson Area Manufacturing Association Exhibit, the Ella will host the “Engineering Is Elementary” program every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for the duration of the exhibit.
be used to capture wind energy. Join us at the Museum Saturdays from February and scholarships are available. For a registration packet and more information call: 517-782-8268 or e-mail Olivia group.org) or Annette Norris (anorris@ enterprisegroup.org).
guides students to think like mechanical engineers as they use their knowledge of wind to design and create machines that can
Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art
‘Flowers That Fly’ from Ernie Muehlmatt Muehlmatt, became fascinated with birds as a young child and a chance encounter with a bird carving exhibition in Salisbury, Maryland, inspired him to create some of the most realistic bird sculptures around. In the late 1960s, he traded his career envisioned the gracefulness of birds. As demand for his work grew, he decided to make wildfowl carving a full time career. Semipalmated Plovers, Ernie Muehlmatt
more than 6,000 wildfowl carvings later, Ernie’s carvings are more popular than ever. Muehlmatt’s progression as a sculptor from the 1960s to the 1980s can be viewed in the Andrews Gallery, where more than 15 of his wood sculptures are on display. His earlier works, although simpler, evoke a sense of reverence for the subject he is so noted for. His later works, more complex and detailed, reiterate the notion that it is not the destination, but the journey.
CLAY GALLERY erative of Ann Arbor artists, now through March 18. All works in nathy, Royce Disbrow, Gail Dapogny, Shirley Knudsvig, Kristine
Songer, Susan Steel, John Stephenson, Susanne Stephenson, Elvera Shappirio, Joe Szutz, Shirley White-Black, and Donna Williams. Each artist brings his or her own unique style and vision to the the excitement of pushing the boundaries of the ceramic arts. functional to sculptural and all work with a passion for beautiful objects such as plates, cups and teapots as well as more collectable fectionately call themselves on their Facebook page, “a co-operative gallery run by mud lovers.”
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Clay Gallery was founded 27 years ago and features such luminaries as J.T. Abernathy, its original founder, as well as John and Susanne Stephenson, emeritus professors at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan
day of the 3 Days of Clay workshop (sponsored by the Jackson Pottery and Clay Guild) that will be held in the Museum March 16-18. their website at www.claygallery.org
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Education Department:
New classes and workshops for all -
FAMILY PAPER MA KING WORKSHOP
son for their recent donation to the Art Education Depart-
Instructor: Georgia Rhodes K – 8th grade, Saturday, March 10, 12-2:30 pm $10 per family In this workshop, participants are asked to bring in their old paper scraps that they want to recycle, or things like junk mail, old
it possible for us to discount all of our children’s classes for the upcoming 2012 winter session.
P RINT MAK ING
is a great way for parents and caregivers to interact with children and to encourage their creativity.
Instructor: Georgia Rhodes 5th- 8th grade, 5 Wednesdays, January 25 through February 22, 4:30-6:00 pm. Member $25/ Non-member $35 Students will have the opportunity to learn some of the many printmaking techniques like collographs, stamping, and carved relief printing.
FLOOR CLOTH PAINTING WORKSHOP
Saturday, January 21, 9 am-3 pm Member $45/Non-member $55 Floor cloths make wonderful gifts, and are inexpensive to create. We will explore a few techniques to create a unique design paints, and a metal straight edge ruler. Dress casually as we will be working with paint. Bring a sack lunch, a towel, and a plastic bag to take your cloth home. You will receive the supply list when you register.
MI X ED MEDIA C LASS Instructor: Brad Zenz
ary 23 through March 22, 3:30-5:30 pm. Member $35/Non-member $45
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B ASIC F ELTING WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 18, 9:30 am-2:30 pm Member $35/Non-member $45 Learn how to create your own unique and colorful wool felt using equipment you have around the house. In this workshop participants will learn the basic wet felting technique, make several small sample pieces, learn about resources available and see a demonstration of dry felting which can be used to embellish
include drawing, painting, sculpting and print making techniques. Each week the technique.
CHILDREN’ S CLAY PROJECTS FOR ADULTS
along with all the equipment needed. Dress casually as we will be working with water. Bring a sack lunch, a towel, and a plastic bag to take your felt pieces home.
Instructor: Romelle Frey 6 Tuesdays, January 25 through February 29, 1-3:00pm Member $95/Non-member $115 For years, adults have asked to make the same projects as the children’s classes have made. Here is your chance! In this class we will create pieces such as the Chicken, Watering Can, Piggy Bank, etc. We will primarily be using hand building techniques to produce pieces, and students will also be introduced to the wheel.
LOCATIN G YOUR F-STOP WHY A UTO I S NOT ALWAYS BETTER
Intermediate skill level. Required Equipment: A digital SLR camera with adjustable settings. Instructor: Kate Lambert Lee One Day Workshop, Saturday, March 10, 1-4 p.m. HS/Adult, Member $25/Non-member $30 Learn about your camera settings, how aperture, shutter speeds and
W ATER C OLOR W OR K SHOP
Instructor: Brad Zenz 5th- 8th grade, Saturday, January 14, 1-3 pm Member $15/Non-member $20 Students will learn to apply their color knowledge in a watercolor landscape painting with step by step instructions.
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in for fun. Also, learn how to make your images their best to avoid wasting time afterwards editing or losing that once in a lifetime shot. Recommended: Basic knowledge of your adjustable settings camera.
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Members, Donors, and Volunteers at Ella Sharp Museum
Special Recognition
Third Thursday at Ella
SPECIAL THANKS
Pat Rombyer: data entry and mailing for membership Karen Beers, Nancy Eagen, and Connie Kress: data entry, GiftWorks database
Please join us for artful live music, good company, and sips ‘n
Membership Committee members: Betsy Youngdahl Barbara Duke Rita Lundberg Mary McVicker Nan Sparks Barbara Stanton Cindy VanGieson Heather Wilson Sue Wrzesinski
Watch for announcements on the Ella Sharp Museum Facebook page, at www.ellasharp.org, and directly to your inbox through email blasts (remember to give us your email!). E-mail donnar@ellasharp.org with questions.
19, February 16, and March 15 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
January 19: February 16:
Membership Committee “Young Professionals” : Emily Huntoon Michelle Lake Dan Vainner Lucas Vanderpool Leslie Youngdahl
Greg Meschke & Scott Schmidt Tom Spring, David & Steve Trosin
Music sponsored by Lochmoor Entertainment: www.lochmoorentertainment.com
Christmas at Hillside special thank you
Congratulations to Brad Zenz Congratulations to Bradley Zenz, the Museum’s Director of Art Education, on his upcoming marriage to Julia Palmer.
We would like to express a very special thank you to all the volunteers that made our presentation of Christmas at Hillside such a successful event.
Brad and Julia will be married in an intimate ceremony on the beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica on January 27, 2012. We wish them every happiness.
decorated, the actors did a fabulous job, and the desserts provided for our guests were perfection. We could never accomplish all that we you so much.
Welcome to new Ella employee Ella Sharp Museum welcomes our new Exhibits Coordinator, Cari Wolfe. Cari comes to us from Michigan State University’s Kresge Art Museum. She
Congratulations to museum collections assistant Kimberly Lloyd and her husband, Larry, on September 24, 2011. Lincoln was the youngest volunteer performer in December’s Christmas at Hillside program, and he received rave reviews (along with mom and dad) for his performance.
already is doing an outstanding job. Cari has a wide range of experience and talent, and we are thrilled to have her on our
children and grandchildren grow up here at the Ella. We’re happy to see a new generation carrying on the tradition.
Bill Jors and they are planning a spring wedding.
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NEW/RENEWED M EMBERS STUDENT/ TEACHER Steven Tucker Michelle Woods
INDIVIDUAL
Harriette Allen Marge Berry Donna Blake Linda Carl Jeanette Childs M. Jane Clarke Helen Crary Julia Culligan Joan Cummings Brad Deranek Susan Diebold Karen Drews Mary Ehrhardt Nancy Ford Julie Garrison Dorothy Graham Gava Graham Mary Jo Grimes Cathy Henry Desmond Herbert Jonathan Hoover Sandia Kane Carol Kobert M. Joan Locke Susan Maire M. Carlene Matthews Nancy McCormack Leslie Nagy Leah O’Brien Cindy O’Rourke
Sharon Peacock Kathleen Rensch Judy Reynolds Alice Robinson Eleanor Russell Mary Lou Schinkez Maxine Shepard Carl Spaeth Alice VanderVeen Jean Wray Stone Nancy Wagner Katherine White
DUAL
William Albright Mary & Brent Bierwirth Bonkowski Maki & Terrence Braun Donald & Kristen Braunreiter Rich & Pat Byler Donald & Sharon Calbert Robert & Carolyn Culp Charles & Barbara DeGolia Jerry & Helen DeLoy Alessandro & Cathy DiNello Jim & Carolyn Drake Karen Drushal & Frank Slaby Penny & Herb Flowers Sue & Bruce Grabert Bill & Jan Hestwood Betty Hirschman & John Wieck William & Joan Jansen Patty Kaufman John & Marsha Kreucher Jerry & Shirley McDevitt Robert & Mary Lynne Miller
Leslie Nagy Lilly Sill & Constance Poisson Catherine & Robert Reel Robert & Nancy Robidoux Ronald & Alice Shankland Roland & Doris Shelby Sandra & Frederick Sill Helen & Dale Sterrett Richard & Connie Strunk Robert & Joan Walker Charles & Barbara Wellman Gary & Christie Willcock Barbara & Harold Winters Mike & Diane Worthing
FAMILY Deborah Bilinski & Harry Miller Steve & Kristi Blair Aaron & Courtney Boatin Robert & Pamela Bullock Jack & Sally Bunce Richard & Monica Collett Clark & Betsy Conant Mark & Christine DeNato Jim & Cathy Dunn Bob & Elayne Eberhart Martha & Waldemar Gizynski James Glen Anne Marie & David Goldfarb Patrick & Daria Grinenko Elton & Laquita Higgs Robert & Deborah Kelly Gail & Lee Kraai
October and November 2011
Robert & Barbara Lally Marie & Ed Machnik Dolly Medlar Mark & Leanne Melling Kent & Traci Melville Bill & Mary Moburg Barry & Sandy Myers Edward & Barbara O’Connor Florence Osborne & Robert Hangartner Carolyn & Frank Pratt Jan Roys Christi & David Saenz Fred & Susan Slete Dolores Slowinski & Robert D’Aoust Monica & Dave White
SUSTAINER Michael Baughman Brian & Sharon Bell Suzanne Gaertner Anthony Gardner Roger & Edythe Gilbert Carl & Denni Glick Edward & Helen Greene Margaret Hagen Barbara Harness & Sherwood Wagner Nancy & Jere Hinkle
James Lefere Mark Leventer & Kathleen Anzicek Rebecca Mehall Diana & John Nally Patricia & John Reynolds Philip & Linda Reynolds Brian & Sarah Richmond Vivian Rittenhouse Joanie & Richard Staub Steve & Kathy Syrjamaki Joseph & Karin Tibbs Geraldine Verhoeven Francene Wingo
INVESTOR
Art & Helen Adamczyk Fran Appolonia Tom & Jeanne Draper Larry Halman & Cathy Glick Ron & Marvel Jones Robert & Sallie Kendall John & Nancy Toth
BENEFACTOR Harriet Field & Richard Miller
STEWARD
Andy & Sandy Andrews Paula H. Mills
Mark & Kathy Iocca John & Jacque Kudner Sam & Berta Lalomia
CONTRIBUTIONS MEMORIALS
Jon Gallant, Sr. Barry & Ellen Keatley Dorothy McCluskie Fred & Sandy Sill William McConkey Charles & Dana Aymond Jack & Sally Bunce A.P. & Beatrice Cook Mary Deming Carolyn Dickson Ruth Mary & Patty Gentry Bob & Dawn Hardy Carol Kobert Roger & Marty Korten
William & Mary Moburg Lynn Pinoniemi Lloyd & Shirley Preston Patrick & Carolyn Rollins LeRoy & Carolyn Scott Ron & Pat Szymanski Phyllis Way Chuck & Sue Wrzesinski Jim O’Neill Wayne & Sharon Watters Romuald Orlowski Kathryn & Jim Keersmaekers Merrie Patch Fred & Sandy Sill
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Franklin “Buck” Weaver Raymond & Frieda Gover
INÊHONORÊOF
Gordon and Ellen Heins Tom & Lisa Heins
CONTRIBUTIONS Foote Prints Georgia Fojtasek Irving French Ron & Marvel Jones Mark & Cheryl Urban Contributions
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Deborah Bilinski Richard Craft Andrew & Maria Dotterweich Jacquie Frederick Randy & Rhonda Hoyt Johnson Controls Foundation (Matching Funds) John & Sandra Leland Foundation
Kirby North Johnson
INÊKIND
Mac Bater Bill & Carol Cavanaugh Allen Spiess, Jr.
SPONSORSHIPS Lochmoor Entertainment (Steve Tucker)
Chuck Loftis John & Norma Macchia RK Pak, Inc. Faith F. Small Foundation Trust Allen Spiess, Jr.
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