Ella News May-June 2012

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Art, Beer, and Wine Festival The Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History presents the eighth annual Art, Beer & Wine Festival on Saturday, June 9 from 11 am to 5 pm. The festival will showcase wines from around Michigan and will feature a world wine tent, a first for our festival!

The Festival’s goal is to showcase the many talented artists, musicians, wineries, breweries and local businesses available here in Michigan, and to connect them with an appreciative audience. In addition to artist booths, the Festival will offer food from local vendors, as well as performances from a variety of local professional musicians and live art demonstrations. All proceeds from the festival (including bottle wine and beer sales) will benefit the Museum and our education department.

Back by popular demand: more than 100 craft beers from Jackson’s local breweries and beyond will be available for tasting. Festival goers can also enjoy live music and artist booths nestled on the grounds of the Museum.

This year’s festival will feature a home beer brewing demonstration

by Jack Travioli, Prison City Brewers Guild member and owner of Jackson’s Cork n’ Cap. Special guest Rick Collet from Peerless Importing Co. will be leading the wine tasting class for our VIP ticket holders. The class will compare Old World and New World wines.

Adult Tasting Tickets are $25 the day of the event and $20 if purchased by June 8. Adult Tasting Tickets include: 1) entry to live entertainment and artist booths, 2) gallery access, 3) ten sampling

IN THIS ISSUE: Ronald Frontin Paintings (pg. 2) Searching for Wyeth (pg. 3) Bart Walter Retrospective (pg. 4)

Special thanks to our sponsor for this newsletter:

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tickets and commemorative glass, 4) 10% off purchases in the Sales Tent.

VIP Tasting Tickets will be available in advance for $35. These tickets include all benefits of the Adult Tasting Ticket, plus a wine or beer tasting class of your choice, an additional five tastings and official Art & Wine gift bag (tickets are limited).

WHEN & WHERE

Art,  Beer,  and  Wine  Festival Saturday,  June  9,  11  am  to  5  pm Ella  Sharp  Museum

Entrance to the grounds is $5 for patrons not wishing to buy a Tasting Ticket and for those under 21. Individual and additional FESTIVAL cont. on Pg. 2

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Letter from the Executive Director, Charles Aymond

Plenty of variety at the Ella The primary goal of the Ella is to connect our community’s residents of all ages to the arts and local history by offering a wide variety of classes, exhibits and other programs designed to tempt their participation.

I can’t pass up mentioning our exciting travel program. The travel committee works hard to provide you with interesting options to see what’s happening elsewhere. Call us for more details.

We think we are doing that. This spring we have a large number of offerings that were planned to stimulate those interests. I hope you made it to our Sugar and Shearing Festival on the last Sunday in March. That event drew over 3,000 people who loved the old and new attractions, especially the sheep herding dog (see pg. 6).

We have all sorts of workshops and classes for young and old and May should find hundreds of school children participating in our Pioneer Living program. As you saw on the front page, June means our Art, Beer and Wine Festival which you are sure to enjoy.

I’d bet that most of you aren’t familiar with fiber art but if you come to see our “Michigan Handweavers Show� you will be amazed by the creativity and drama of this often ignored art form. At the same time you should check out the Jackson Civic Art Association biennial show in the Emmet Gallery. I don’t think most of Jackson understands the depth and talent of our local artists. Be sure to check it out, many of these works are for sale.

I’m running out of room and I still haven’t mentioned our lectures or our Patio Parties. You will be hearing a lot more about Ella Sharp as we look forward to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Park and the 50th anniversary of the Museum in 2015.

We at the Museum are always mindful that it is individuals like you and your personal investment that make all this happen at the Ella. Your gifts provide us with the financial support to provide these activities and services that demonstrate the value of the arts and history. Thank you!

We are also featuring an exhibit about Ella Sharp who passed away 100 years ago. You are going to hear a lot more about our Andrew Wyeth and Ronald Frontin exhibits which are coming up in late June. They should be terrific.

FESTIVAL,  cont.  from  pg.  1

Paintings by Ronald Frontin

tasting tickets will be available for purchase during the event.

Maine resident Ronald Frontin is a contemporary painter who continues the American realist tradition of artists such as Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth with his fastidiously painted figures set on the coast and in the countryside. Frontin was a friend of Andrew Wyeth and the influence is clearly seen in his work.

If you haven’t made plans already for June 9, please join us as a volunteer! Come and enjoy a beautiful summer day with us on our campus. If you love meeting new people and lending a hand, the Ella is the place to be.

Seventeen works, including watercolors and oil paintings, will showcase Ronald Frontin’s creativity and passion for the realist tradition that is part of America’s history.

Interested in selling your art at the Festival? The deadline for artist booth registration is May 11. Register online at ellasharp.org/art_wine.html.

This is the first time that Frontin’s work has been exhibited in Michigan, so this show is not to be missed. Visit the exhibit from June 30-September 29 in our Emmet Gallery.

For volunteer and artist information, contact Brad Zenz at 517787-2320 ext. 227 or email bradz@ellasharp.org.

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Tempest, by Ronald Frontin

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Events and Happenings

Amazing  Jackson  Race

Collector searches for Andrew Wyeth

Ever wonder what it would be like to be on one of those countless reality TV shows? Wonder no more and become the star of Amazing Jackson. Okay, so you won’t be on national TV or even be filmed, but there will be all of the excitement, drama, adventure, and the prize money!  On Saturday, May 19, participants of Amazing Jackson will race through the Jackson area in teams of two using clues to get from place to place and completing challenges at each stop. Family, friends and co-workers can tune-in to the Ella’s Facebook page for live updates on race leaders. Team will first gather at the museum for a mandatory 9 a.m. check-in and a 10 a.m. shotgun start. Teams must finish the race by 5 p.m. After finishing the race, teams are invited to gather on Farm Lane for the “Triumphal Afterparty.�  Tell your race story at the party while enjoying refreshments and a presentation of awards (think big checks) at 5 p.m. The registration fee is $100 per team, which can be paid by the team members or a company sponsor. The deadline to register is Monday, May 14 at 5 p.m. And finally, drum-roll please, prize money is $1500 for first place, $350 for second, and $150 for third.   Here are some free tips for a successful race: Teams will need to have a smartphone to be competitive.  Be smart about choosing your teammate: if you aren’t very tech-savvy in the smart phone realm then pair up with someone who is. Register early at the Museum’s front desk, or by calling or visiting our website. Any team registered on or before May 4 will receive an “Express Pass� that may be used for an extra clue during the race. Once you register, read the race rules and regulations carefully to ensure you don’t get disqualified. The Amazing Jackson race begins now.

Register early, read the rules, and begin preparing!

Searching for Wyeth: Through the Collector’s Eyes runs from June 30-September 8 in the Hurst Gallery. Michigan resident Loren Cowles has been collecting original Andrew Wyeth watercolors, prints and portfolios since the early 1980s. He has amassed more than 250 Wyeth prints.

His passion led him on a serendipitous journey to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, home of Wyeth; a chance dinner encounter with Helga Testorf, famed for being Wyeth’s muse in his Helga portraits; and befriending the only man who framed Wyeth’s works.

Cowle’s contagious passion for all things Wyeth has also influenced many of his friends who have become collectors and joined him and his wife Chris on their journeys.

Highlights of the exhibit include a signed first-edition print of “Christina’s World,� “Allan’s House,� a large signed watercolor, and a printer’s proof of “Her Room.� This intimate look at one man’s search for Andrew Wyeth will be sure to inspire the collector in all of us.

In conjunction with the exhibit, the Museum is proud to present, as part of the County National Bank 2012 Free Lecture Series, Dr. Michael Farrell and his talk, “The Art and Life of Andrew Wyeth: In His Own Words,� on July 17 at 7 pm.

Dr. Farrell is a professor of Art History and the founder of the Honors Art History Program at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He believes that there is a profound difference between looking and seeing. In his entertaining and inspiring lecture, the difference becomes apparent.

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JUNE

Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Jana Jamieson photographs in Granary Restaurant through July 14 Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Contained: The Art of Len Cowgill opens in the Pyron Gallery Friends Luncheon “White House Memories� with Nancy Rederick Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Museum Volunteer Meeting, 10:30 am Friends Flower Sale, 10am-7 pm Friend’s Flower Sale, 8am-3 pm Amazing Jackson Race (see article above) Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm

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Volunteer Thank You Luncheon (see pg. 6) Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Art, Beer and Wine Festival, 11am-5 pm (see pg. 1) Ella trip to Henry Ford Museum for Titanic exhibit, 9am-6 pm Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial closes Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Bart Walter Retrospective exhibit opens in Andrews Gallery of Wildlife (see pg. 4) Ella’s Patio Party, 5:30-8:30 pm Searching for Wyeth: Through a Collector’s Eyes opens in Hurst Gallery (see article above) The Art of Ronald Frontin opens in Emmett Gallery (see pg. 2)

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Exhibits at Ella

Michigan  League  of  Handweavers  17th  Biennial  Fiber  Show Michigan League of Handweavers 17th Biennial Fiber Exhibit runs now through June 16 in the Hurst Gallery. Established in 1959, the Michigan League of Handweavers (MLH) was founded to promote the art of handweaving. This exhibit is juried

by Sherri Smith, a Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor, School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. Professor Smith received her B.A. from Stanford University, her M.F.A from Cranbrook Academy of Art and has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 1974.

Previous MLH Biennial Fiber shows have featured an assortment of fiber techniques such as fine art and functional weaving, quilting, beadings, knitting and surface design. The fiber arts have a distinctive cultural importance, dating back thousands of years and the artists in MLH continue that rich history through distinctive art and design. Traditionally this exhibit draws the best fiber artists from Michigan and across the country, creating an exciting and educational exhibit for all.

Andrews  Gallery  of  Wildlife  Art

Bart  Walter:  A  Retrospective

Bart Walter: A Retrospective opens on June 23 in the Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art. Walter, whose award-winning, internationally-collected art has been featured in a number of solo museum exhibitions, is among the very few wildlife sculptors who work from life. Rather than rely on photographs, memory, or sketches (although he does occasionally refer to these), the Maryland-based artist spends long stretches of time in the presence of the animals he is sculpting.

The results, charged with the excitement and energy of direct experience, are a spontaneous response in bronze and stainless steel. “My art evolves from a passion for all living things,� Walter says. “I strive to capture the essence of a living being; to explore some kernel of truth that may have gone unnoticed and to depict an otherwise elusive moment in time.�

This retrospective of more than 20 bronze and stainless steel sculptures, along with several sketches, will give the viewer a unique look at the artwork of a gifted sculptor.

The Museum is fortunate to already house several of Walter’s sculptures, which will be part of the retrospective. The exhibit runs through September 8.

Blue Herons, Bronze

Len Cowgill’s Contained The Museum is proud to present the exhibit Contained: The Art of Len Cowgill from May 12-July 14. Len Cowgill resides in Northern Michigan and works at the Tamarack Gallery in Omena. His art is meticulously drawn, capturing facial and physical gestures with small dots and lines. Once the figure is complete he surrounds the portrait with handwritten text and places it in a container that may be a bottle, a box, or an ever-traditional picture frame.

or cranks out a song.

Some of my work is very still; a moment caught and pinned down, like a butterfly in a museum exhibit, a cabinet of curiosThis Was My Grandfather ity. But my boxes and bottles contain glimpses of ordinary moments and thoughts we’ve all experienced, a bit of the joy and pain of growing up, of being human.�

“My work is about containment. I explore some facet of the human condition and box it or put it in a bottle,� Cowgill says. “I create a stage for the drawing and invite the audience to get close, look at and touch it. Sometimes the drawings are in the form of puppets and the viewer may tug the strings and make them jump.

I put music boxes that the viewer can crank on, or I’ll mount the drawing on a turntable so it will spin. Not all of my work does a jig

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Cowgill has exhibited in galleries as close as Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids and as far away as Florida and Japan. All works in the exhibit are for sale.

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Education Department:

Summer One-�Day Wonders Classes CRAZY ART KICK OFF ( June 11 – 15) R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

ELLA’S PASSPORT WEEK: DESTINATION COOL ( July 23 – 27)

Drip and Dye (Monday, June 11) Collaborate and Create (Tuesday, June 12) Mmmm, Mmmm, Art! (Wednesday, June 13) Fashion Mash-Up (Thursday, June 14) Wild Card Friday (Friday, June 15)

R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

MYSTERY COLLECTION MIX UP ( June 18 – 22) R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

Behind-the-Scenes at the Ella (Monday, June 18) The Art of Collecting (Tuesday, June 19) Mystery Camp Detectives (Wednesday, June 20) Keeping Family History Alive (Thursday, June 21) Wild Card Friday (Friday, June 22)

SUPER HERO WEEK ( July 30 – August 3) R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

GOING GREEN WITH ELLA ( June 25 – 29) R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

Re-use Day (Monday, June 25) Birds, Bugs, & Plants (Tuesday, June 26) Recycled Paper Art (Wednesday, June 27) Junk Art (Thursday, June 28) Wild Card Friday (Friday, June 29)

Come and explore Ella Sharp Park inside and out. Each day is a new adventure at the Ella! Activities include: R5 Swim at the Ella Sharp pool.

R5 Play water sports and games.

R5 Play putt-putt golf.

R5 Create artistic snacks.

R5 Solve a mystery.

R5 Pick your own art project.

R5 Hike the trails.

R5 Make your own kite.

R5 On Friday, create a scrapbook with your favorite memories of the week.

Zombies (Monday, July 9) Robots (Tuesday, July 10) Dinosaurs (Wednesday, July 11) Aliens (Thursday, July 12) Wild Card Friday (Friday, July 13)

DRAMA AT THE ELLA ( July 16 – 20) R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

Be your own hero (Monday, July 30) What’s behind the mask? (Tuesday, July 31) Comic Book Art (Wednesday, August 1) Super Heroes of Jackson (Thursday, August 2) Wild Card Friday (Friday, August 3)

HANGIN’ OUT AT THE ELLA (August 6 – 10)

WILD AND WACKY CREATURE FEATURE ( July 9 – 13) R5 R5 R5 R5 R5

Australia (Monday, July 23) France (Tuesday, July 24) Africa (Wednesday, July 25) Rome (Thursday, July 26) Wild Card Friday (Friday, July 27)

CIVIL WAR WEEK: “You’re in the Army Now� (August 13 – 17)

Improv and Acting Workshop (Monday, July 16) Puppet Show (Tuesday, July 17) Props and Costumes (Wednesday, July 18) On Stage Everyone! (Thursday, July 19) Wild Card Friday (Friday, July 20)

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Everyday Life in 1861 (Monday, August 13) Get Ready to go to War (Tuesday, August 14) Train with the Troops (Wednesday, August 15) Camp Life (Thursday, August 16) Celebrate the End of the War (Friday, August 17)

Summer One-­Day Wonders Classes: FYI R5 Register by simply clicking the Class Schedule button at ellasharp.org, in person, by mail, telephone (517-787-2320), or fax to 517-787-2933 anytime. Full payment must accompany each registration.

R5 Cost is $25/day for members, $35/day for non-members. For the whole week: $115 for members, $135 for non-members R5 Enrollment in children’s classes is determined by the grade students will be entering in the fall (entering 1st – 6th grade).

R5 Classes run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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R5 Bring your lunch. A snack is provided each morning and afternoon.

R5 Dress for a mess each day! Classes will be held inside the Museum’s art studios and outside on Museum and park grounds.

R5 Make sure to bring your swimsuit! On Fridays, and every day of the week from August 6-10, we will visit the pool (weather permitting).

R5 All supplies are included in the registration price.

R5 Call 517-787-2320 to register early. Classes fill up quickly!

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Members, Donors, and Volunteers at Ella Sharp Museum

Third  Thursday  and  Patio  Parties  at  The  Ella

Special Recognition Jim Zuleski for donating his lecture earnings back to the Museum.

Ella’s Patio Party kicks-off on Thursday evening April 19, and will continue on Thursday evenings throughout the summer from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Please join us again this season for live music, drinks (cash bar), a snack, and the opportunity to wander the Galleries and our sculpture-filled grounds!

Pat Rombyer for data entry and mailing for membership.

Jim Zuleski (collections), Chris Reigle (collections), Karen Beers (administrative), John Guidinger (grant writing), Doug Hudson (wildflower garden), Kathy Spring (fundraising)

We have unveiled our season-long community “Graffiti Art� project celebrating Jackson! Do not be left out - we are working on it weekly at the Patio Party! The completed product will be revealed at a special season-ending party on Friday, September 21! Save the date, and be watching for more details.

Thank you to West Texas BBQ for generously donating brisket for the opening of our The World Takes What Jackson Makes exhibit on February 13.

Membership Committee members: Betsy Youngdahl Barbara Duke Rita Lundberg Mary McVicker Nan Sparks Barbara Stanton Cindy VanGieson Sue Wrzesinski

Entertainment Schedule: May 3: May 17: May 31: June 14: June 28:

Membership Committee “Young Professionals� : Will Forgrave Emily Huntoon Michelle Lake Katie Phelan Dan Vainner Leslie Youngdahl

Kevin Krieger Ian Stewart Gary Detlefs Kevin Nichols Ian Stewart

May 10: May 24: June 7: June 21:

Flashback Steve Tucker Ron Chmielewski Jeff & JD

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!). Email donnar@ellasharp.org with questions.

Music sponsored by Lochmoor Entertainment, www.lochmoorentertainment.com

Sugaring & Shearing Special Thanks

Volunteer Luncheon

Thanks to Ella’s Volunteers

The 2012 Sugaring and Shearing Festival smashed last year’s record attendance by doubling the number. Over 3000 guests enjoyed the unusually warm weather while taking part in numerous activities.

Very special thanks to the 40-plus people who faithfully volunteer in the Friends Gift Shop. Â Without their help, we would not be able to operate as smoothly as we do. Â Stop in and shop or just browse our unique gift items. Â You will be greeted by a friendly volunteer who will be happy to help you. Â All profits from the Friends Gift Shop are donated to the Museum.

Our volunteers were there to make first-time or repeat visitors feel right at home and to ensure smooth sailing for the duration of the event. Flo Osborne and Michael Baughman did outstanding work in helping coordinate the day. Thank you Joshua Sterrett for doing the sheep shearing demonstrations, Puddingstone Farm and Nursery for bringing their petting zoo, Marilyn Terpstra for demonstrating sheep herding with her talented crew of dogs, and Haigh’s Maple Syrup for selling their tasty maple syrup products in our Country Store. Thank you all!

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Gift Shop and all other volunteers are invited to a special Thank You Luncheon on Monday, June 4 at noon in the Museum Community Room. We couldn’t exist without you, and this event is our way of expressing our appreciation and gratitude.

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NEW/RENEWED MEMBERS STUDENT/ TEACHER

Debra Dornan Hirth Sharon Kiesel Michelle Lake Latrill “Mickey� Maguire

INDIVIDUAL Paula Alexander Rosemary Balunas Dave Bosio Carolee Buseth Debra Carmody Ron Chalfant Tim Cullen Carolyn Curtis Janice Crispell Therese Fifelski Lois Finkbeiner Yvonne Foley Helen French Sheila Fritz Maryanne Fuchs Leland Hausler Ruth Hedges Ellie Hill Shirley Hoaglin Phil Johnston Nancy Kyro Phyllis LaChance Soni Martin Mary Lou McFadden

Marilyn McGee Jennifer Mietelka Donna North Sharon Norton Alyce Oosting Pamela Perlos Donna Riley Susan Riley Mary Scroggs Robert Simmons Mariane Sokolev Connie Spotts Dick Stanton Sandra Steele Lori Swope Sten Steve Tucker Leslie Youngdahl Marilyn Waite

DUAL

Charles & Karen Annable Robert & Barbara Badertscher Gerry & Mary Lou Blanchard Becky & Isabella Bowen Max & Sue Brail Grant & Anne Brown Tom & Sherrie Campbell Phil Chaban & Phyllis Heaberlin Donald & Betty DePew John & Marie Fisher Georgia & Travis Fojtasek Robert & Marianne Fowler

Tom & Nancy Gass Richard & Amanda Gaston Michael & Libby Greanya Jim & Marsha Haehnle Lou Ann & Charles Hardwick Jack & Ada Hurula Joyce Jankowski Tim & Mary Johnson LeeAnn & Rob Kendall Virginia & Peter Kent Colleen & Rod Kirtland Leslie & Ellie Langford Paul & Mary Matteson Dorothy & John Monks Bob & Rita Neustifter Peg & Nels Oman Ann & Fred Polewka Donn & Cinda Roberts John & Dorothy Rose Grant & Jeanne Shafer Monica Moser & Steven Trosin Bill & Sharon Shannon Helen & Stanley Taylor Kathie & George Veach Andy & Julia Walz Wayne & Sharon Watters

FAMILY

William & Karen Abbott Nick & Jill Arcaro Orson & Stephanie Cardon

CONTRIBUTIONS MEMORIALS

Art Adams Jack & Sally Bunce Lynne Loftis Flip & Linda Reynolds Gene S. Wandel Mary Ann Adkins Charles & Dana Aymond Margaret “Marg� Clarke Dorothy Lyons Lois Franklin Charles & Dana Aymond Brian & Sharon Bell Isabelle Brown Doug & Jan Burdick Phil Conley A.P. & Beatrice Cook Robert & Cynthia Davey Mary Deming Carrie Hetherwick Dickson Gentry Family Helen Fenech Natalie Field Woody & Joyce Furman Robert & Dorothy Kobs Nancy Kyro Lynne Loftis

Marianne Moller Bob & Marilyn Potts Flip & Linda Reynolds Thomas & Susan Rochester LeRoy & Carolyn Scott John & Sharon Vanderpool Gene Wandel Charles & Barbara Wellman Chuck & Sue Wrzesinski Ruth Perlos Charles & Dana Aymond A.P. & Beatrice Cook William McConkey Andy & Sandy Andrews A.P. & Beatrice Cook Jackson Area Association of Realtors Fred Southworth Lynne Loftis Katie Vass Ruth Mary Gentry

IN Â HONOR Â OF Karen Beers Consumers Energy Foundation

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Received from February 1 through March 31, 2012

Robert & Val Doane Amy & Bryon Ennis Rosemary & Paul Gies Charles & Bernice Haglund Roy & Lois Kelly Keith & Anna Kusterer Philip & Phyllis Leathead Randy & Sandy Maes Terry & Jan Maino Emma & Lytle Miller Chad Noble Tom & Nancy North Ray & Kim Saari Vincent & Cheryl Simonetti Carol Skillings & Thomas Stanton Kevin & Juli Smith Paul Stowell John & Tahni Voelz John & Beth Voulgaris Bonnie Warner Kaye & Donald Williams Jean & David Yohe

SUSTAINER

Margaret Acton Wilma Bass JoAnn & Tor Beier Carole Briggs Alfred & Marie Bruey Brad & Julie Clark John & Ann Cross William & Karen Ellison

Richard & Patricia Erhardt Marvin & Lillian Fields Daryl & Linda Frederick Martha Fuersteanau Barbara & Paul Gilbert David & Natalie Halsey Roger & Jan Kaywood Gary Kuehnle & Eric Lund Kate Martin Sally & Fred Pesetsky Marlene B. Poole Jim & Pam Stark Andrea & William Stickney Bev Tippmann Geraldine Walker Beverly & Fred Walters

INVESTOR

Marcia Butterfield Maurice & Dorothy Huffer Jon & Donna Lake Ron & Barb Markowski Frederick & Deborah Marshall Barbara Stanton

BENEFACTOR Robert & Cynthia Davey Holly & Robert Odlevak

Received from February 1 through March 31, 2012 Charlene Johnson Consumers Energy Foundation

Juanita Walker Diane Russell-Wilson

Flo Osborne Consumers Energy Foundation

CONTRIBUTIONS

Ellen Heins Chad & Joyce Schmucker

DONATIONS Â TO Â THE Â COLLECTION

Diana Agy Karen Baker Mary Lou Bodman Cascades Manor House Ronald Chunko Lisa Cole Thomas & Pamela Dolan Frank Donovan Dorothy Dyer Dottie Griebenow Pauline Hons John Luck Robert Rice Sue Rood Barbara Stanton Meribah Vandry

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Antique Graphics Venture Charles & Dana Aymond Center Stage Jackson Helen Crary John & Joan Dobben Jackson Civic Art Association Jackson Publishing Co. T.J. Miller Jim Stark Weatherwax Foundation Year-End Appeal Bromelkamp Company LLC Janice M. Crispell Shirley Hoaglin Joseph & Kathleen Thorrez Brad & Connie Williams CTECC Ed Idziak

IN Â KIND

Friends of Ella Sharp Museum Jackson Publishing Co. Flo Osborne Toy House Dale Tuckey Cari Wolfe

SPONSORSHIPS Art & Wine Festival South Central Credit Union

History of the Jackson Area Manufacturing Association Associate Sponsor C. Thorrez Industries, Inc. Sugaring & Shearing Festival Jim Winter Automotive Group Vista Grande Exhibit R. J. Michaels, Inc.

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