Issue 123: 09012015

THE ARTS CENTER What’s Inside: A Word From Our Director

THE ARTS CENTER NEWSLETTER Issue 123: Sept – Oct 2015

Arts Park Update

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New Exhibits

Upcoming Classes

A Look Inside Upcoming Performances Oktoberfest Special Thanks

From the director’s desk:

“You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life” – Salvador Dali Now that work has begun on the Arts Park, many ask, “What’s it going to look like?” We answer with confidence, “We don’t know.”

Cyndi Wish Executive Director

Jim Hansen’s beautiful schematic shows the hardscaping and landscaping plans, but that is where the concrete (no pun intended) information stops and the “not-knowing” begins.

The unknown is where creativity lies suspended, just waiting for you to grab it. The “not-knowing” is a blank space, an unmarked canvas. Likely, the “not-knowing” is where Harper Lee was right before she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird.

To have unknowns with the Arts Park does not mean that we don’t have a plan, or that we are disorganized. It means that the process for developing the Arts Park will inform the results.

For example: the pavilion will not be a band shell, or something designed by Frank Gehry, but that’s all we can tell you at this point.

A request for proposals has gone out to several nominated artists, architects, and designers around the country. As I write this, it is before the submission deadline, but already several exciting groups have expressed interest; the pavilion will be a work of art.

And what will happen in the Arts Park? I have a vision of a production of “A Midsummer Nights Dream” that starts in the Arts Park but then takes place simultaneously in all of the City’s parks—kind of like the mini-art hunt, but with theater. What’s your vision?

We ask for your suggestions, we welcome your input. And we also invite you to embrace the “not-knowing.” Try saying it out loud.

Didn’t that feel good?

Reader’s Theater Tuesday, September 22, 7:00 pm in the Hansen Arts Studio Do you enjoy the drama of theater, but don’t like the spotlight?

Then Reader’s Theater is for you! Join this lively bunch for the dramatic reading of original scripts the fourth Tuesday of every month. For more information, contact: Dina Laskowski at dlaskows@jc.edu or 701-269-9111.

Thank you Nick Scherbenske and Dave Hillerud for getting the Arts Park construction underway.

ARTS PARK UPDATE: Construction has begun!

This past summer was full of excitement as our dreams of an Arts Park in downtown Jamestown began to come to fruition. On July 13th The Arts Center was notified that it was selected to receive an ArtPlace America grant (one of 38 finalists out of 1300 and the only recipient in ND) to help with development of the Arts Park. ArtPlace is one of the nation’s largest philanthropies dedicated to further integrate arts and culture into the field of community planning and development.

“The Jamestown Art Park will be a catalyst for all Downtown vitalization,” said Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen, “and I am thrilled that ArtPlace America recognized how impactful this Downtown green space enhancement can be for Jamestown’s social, physical and economic growth.”

“Investing in and supporting the arts have a profound impact on the social, physical, and economic futures of communities,” said ArtPlace Executive Director Jamie L. Bennett. “Projects like these demonstrate how imaginative and committed people are when it comes to enhancing their communities with creative interventions and thoughtful practices.”

The ArtPlace America grant coupled with previous grants from ArtsMidwest, Bush Foundation and local donations from businesses and individuals allowed us to begin construction of the Arts Park in July.

Watch the progress continue as you drive down 1st Avenue, downtown Jamestown.

Or visit our blog (theartscenter.areavoices.com) for continued updates on progress.

For more information on the Arts Park project and to offer your support please visit www.jamestownarts.com/artspark.

This project is made possible in part by grants from ArtsMidwest, the Bush Foundation and ArtPlace America as well as local business, city and individual donations.

upcoming classes providing opportunities for artistic development and exploration Creative opportunities for adults (and serious teens)

More details and registration online at: www.jamestownarts.com/classes

printmaking with Cyndi Wish

Wednesday, September 23 Teens: 3:30 – 5:00 pm & Adults: 5:30 – 7:00 pm Hansen Arts Studio • $30 / $20 for members Do you love the kinetic experience of fluid motion in drawing? Trace monotypes, or transfer drawing is a method of transferring ink with the touch of a tool to the surface of the paper. You don’t have to know how to “draw”, just bring a willingness to see what a line feels like. This is a great class for all levels! Inks do stain, so be sure to wear old clothes… Aprons will be provided.

metalstamping 101 with Tamra Kriedeman

Saturday, October 3 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm The Arts Center Classroom • $60 / $50 for members (includes $15 supply fee) In this fun, fast-paced class you will learn the age old craft of metal stamping using stamps made of high carbon steel and a hammer. You’ll make unique jewelry and embellish by stamping your own meaningful words, or symbols and texturing with different hammers. Tools are provided and shared among students, but please bring a hammer from home.

Celtic Calligraphy with Anne Kaese

Saturday, October 10 from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm The Hansen Arts Studio • $105 / $95 for members (includes $25 supply fee) This basic class will focus on the comprehensive study of the 26 elegant Unical letterforms. With only 26 letters to learn we can learn good form and habits that can be built on with other calligraphy styles in the future. Enjoy the shapes that simple tools can make on paper! Lessons will comprise of a theory section, forms, practice, review, and a project. Bring a sack lunch! Students will receive a calligraphy starter kit to use in class and take home after, you do not need to bring any of your own tools.

an artful happy hour meet people. mix drinks. make art.

Create your own masterpiece... or at least give it a shot! Join us after work for a creatively good time. All materials provided. Group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5:30 – 7:00 pm in the Hansen Arts Studio. $10 materials fee.

RSVP Required: info@jamestownarts.com

Tickets at the door only. $15 members / $20 non-members September 16 - Beading with Matt Swearingen October 21 - Ceramic hand-building project with Bill Nybo

art classes for kids Ceramic saturdays with Bill Nybo

Saturdays, October 17 & 24 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm The Hansen Arts Studio • $30 / $25 for members (includes 1 child + 1 adult) Kids and parents are welcome to join in this family fun weekend activity. A great introduction to working wtih clay. You will be creating all kinds of crazy ceramic creations.

World Travelers—Off the Beaten Path with Jennifer Wentz

2nd Saturday of each month from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm • Grades K – 2 October 10th: Applying for Passort (bookmaking) Novmeber 14th: Exploring India

The 2015 – 16 Second Saturday program will take children travelling to a different part of the world to learn about each unique culture through the study of art, dance, music, and language. Ethnic snacks will be provided. Children will bring home artwork they have created unique to each country visited. Remember—Dress for a mess!

Space is limited on our “flight” to each country.

ARTS AFTER SCHOOL with David Dobbs

Fall 2015 Schedule is now available. Classes begin Monday, September 14th.

Creative learning for grades 3, 4, & 5. Classes run each school day from 3:30 – 5:00 pm. After school snack included. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited.

More details and registration is online at: jamestownarts.com/artsafterschool.

Introducing our 2015 Artist in Residence, David Dobbs.

David Brian Dobbs was born in La Crosse, WI, and received both his BFA and MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He has exhibited his work around the United States and China and has participated in residencies at the Shangyuan Museum in Beijing, China and the Prairie Center for the Arts in Peoria, IL. For the past two years, before becoming the newest resident artist at JFAA, David served as an Americorps VISTA (Volunteer In Service To America) in his hometown of La Crosse. During his service, he designed many public art projects that were created by children in low income neighborhoods to help beautify the neighborhood, and instill confidence and pride in the residents of that neighborhood. David is excited to be teaching again and looks forward to working with the Jamestown community.

The Arts After School program is made possible in part by grants and donations from: United Way, Optimist Club, Hugo’s, Windgate Foundation

club of Jametsown

Scholarships that make Arts After School accessible to all who would like to particiapte were provided by: Al & Stacey Anderson, Taylor & Sandy Barnes, Rick & Tyre Bosche, Tim & Christine Burchill, Jason & Meghan Braun, John & Shawn Fugleberg, Jay & Michel Grotrian, Lois Humman & Jon Lindberg, Dina Laskowski, Lisa & Larry Motacek, Chris Nygaard & Diana Robles, Jaci & Harley Trefz, Michelle & Mike Watne and several anonymous donors.

exhibitions revolving gallery exhibitions every four to six weeks

51st annual jfaa art show August 29 – October 2, 2015 A perennial favorite exhibition is opening on August 29th—the 51st Annual JFAA art show. This amazingly long running show is open to all artists, at all levels and all ages. It is unique, in that it is one of the few “community” shows still in existence.

Its purpose is to be inclusive not exclusive. It’s a way for young artists and hobby artists to display their work (and learn from) established professionals. Some artists don’t have enough work to fill the gallery, this exhibition allows them to share a few artworks and get some feedback. Over 40 artists are represented, many are local, with artists from Jamestown, Jud, Ypsilanti, Spiritwood and Gackle, or regional, Fargo, West Fargo, Bismarck, Minot, Tolna, Valley City, Tower City and Edgeley. All work is for sale.

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 29, 1:00 – 3:00 pm.

Jurors Comments: 1:30 pm Meet the Jurors This year the show awards will be selected by a pair of judges–Art Faculty from Valley City State University (VCSU), Armando Ramos and Karri Dieken. There has always been a strong tie between VCSU art department and The Arts Center.

Students often used this exhibition as their first foray into exhibiting.

Armando Ramos grew up in Texas. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and graduate studies at Montana State University.

In the years following graduate school he lived and maintained a studio in San Francisco, CA. Ramos has been an artist in residence at The Richard Cartier Studios (Napa, CA), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), and at California State University at Long Beach (Long Beach, CA). His work has been exhibited at the Virginia Brier Gallery (San Francisco, CA), The Oakland Museum (Oakland, CA), The Dairy Art Center (Boulder, CO), Elmhurst Art Museum (Elmhurst, IL), Studio Couture (Detroit, MI) and, the North Dakota Museum of Art (Grand Forks, ND).

Karri A Dieken, grew up in the badlands region of the Midwest, inspired by heritage, craft and the hand-made. She earned an MFA from Washington State University in 2010, and a BSED in Art from Black Hills State University in 2007. At VCSU she teaches Printmaking, Painting, Drawing and Art History. She continues to participate in various print exchanges and fiber based installations exploring the narrative of the nuclear family and various cultural patterns within the Midwest. As a performance artist, she is interested in fibers and polymers as mediums for documenting perceived moments in time.

deane colin fay: coteau icons October 8 – November 7, 2015

Coteau Icons I, Deane Colin Fay acrylic on canvas, 24”x55”

Deane Colin Fay returns to The Arts Center’s gallery with a solo exhibition of his newest work. Amazingly, his last exhibit was 14 years ago. His new work shares common themes with his past work. An avid sportsman and outdoorsman, Fay attributes his kinship with the land as the primary inspiration for his work. This is just as true today as it was in the past. His work has evolved, now drawing upon his earliest work as a minimalist painter and combining that with simplified elements from his mid-carrier work. Today, Fay’s paintings and sculptures portray a prairie landscape constructed of bold fields of color punctuated with a vocabulary of images and forms variously referred to as “icons”. These are abstracted forms of grasses, fence lines, stubble fields, trees, clouds, snow banks, and crop rows all rendered in high-relief, textured surfaces that are juxtaposed with the pristine smooth fields of color. Responding to the winter landscape, so much a part of our region, Fay has created a series of very popular monochromatic landscapes some that capture the fury of winter and others the serenity.

Join us for a reception with the artist: Saturday, October 17, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Free. At The Arts Center Gallery. Refreshments provided.

Fay is a native of North Dakota, he was born in Jamestown and lives in nearby Gackle. His studio and a gallery of his work are available for visitors by appointment. He works in his studio everyday, focusing on painting during the winter months and large-scale sculpture in the summer.

Deane received a BS in art from Minnesota State University Moorhead and an MFA in painting from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, and a minor at the Wendell Castle American School for Craftsman. He also received a scholarship award to the Banff Centre, School of Fine Arts in Canada. Deane has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, New On the cover: Coteau Elements, Deane Colin Fay York, and Canada. acrylic on canvas, 45”x55”

performances bringing performing artists to the community

Tenor Andrew Childs & Pianist Geraldine Ong Saturday, October 17 at 3:30 pm Join us for an entertaining afternoon with these two incredible artists. The program will include Schumann’s Dicterliebe, Poulenc’s Tel Jour Telle Nuit, and selections of Charles Ives’ songs.

Geraldine delighted our audience earlier this year in a spectacular performance with clarinetist Celia Kang. Now she is back with Andrew Childs, a nationally recognized and lauded tenor. This mid-afternoon recital is perfect for music lovers of all ages.

Tickets at the door: $10 / $5 for members.

Born in Seremban, Malaysia, pianist Geraldine Ong currently serves as Assistant Professor of Applied and Collaborative Piano at Valley City State University. Previously, she served as adjunct faculty at University of Houston. Ong received a Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Houston Moores School of Music studying with renowned pedagogue Nancy Weems. She was awarded the prestigious Presidential Graduate Fellowship, Winifred and Maurice Hirsch Memorial Scholarship, and Charles and Dorothy Bishop Scholarship.

In addition to being an educator, Ong is a concert pianist and active chamber musician.

She has performed solo and collaborative recitals in the China, France, Malaysia, United States, and Vietnam, including a debut at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., and Parc de Bel Ebat in France, where Ravel’s Piano Trio was premiered.

Tenor Andrew Childs serves currently as Associate Dean, Humanities Chair, and Professor of Music at St. Mary’s College. Previously, he taught at Missouri State University, the Yale University School of Drama, the Thames Valley Music School at Connecticut College, and served as Managing Coordinator of the Department of Voice and Opera at the Yale School of Music. He earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of California, Irvine, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington.

Andrew has sung over one hundred performances of nearly thirty operatic roles for, among others, Seattle Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Harrisburg Opera, The Center for Contemporary Opera, Amato Opera, Springfield Opera, and various new music workshops. He made his Lincoln Center debut in the workshop performances of Glimmerglass Opera’s commissioned premiere trilogy “Central Park” in 1999. His numerous premieres include works by Pulitzer Prize winner Yehudi Wyner. Dr. Childs has recorded for the Parma, Albany, and Centaur labels: Centaur records released his premiere recording “Some things are Dark” in 2003, and distributed his solo disc of Charles Ives songs in 2006, about which the American Record Guide stated, “…there is no better recording by a tenor.”

FRANZ LISZT EVENING with John S. Hord, Pianist & Lecturer Thursday, October 8th at 7:00 pm This performance will be presented in two parts: PART ONE consists of a description of pertinent life events that influenced Franz Liszt. The works to be performed have been selected to be a musical illustration of these events through the course of his life (about 15 minutes).

Part two will be the piano performance of the selected works of Franz Liszt (about 45 minutes).

Tickets at the door: $10 / $5 for members.

John S. Hord, M.A., is active as a performer and an educator. His performances have occurred throughout the United States and many foreign countries. Mr. Hord has been a member of the Music faculty at Fresno City College since 1990. In May of 2015 he retired from twenty-five years of service having helped educate more than five thousand students. Mr. Hord had the privilege of studying Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy with Dr. Bob L. Bennett of California State University, Fresno and Dr. Robert Pace of Columbia University, New York. Dr. Bennett was a student of Karl Friedberg who had studied with Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Dr. Pace was a student of Josef and Rosina Lehvinne. Dr. Pace had the rare opportunity to study the Preludes of Rachmaninoff with the composer.

mike evin concert Sunday, November 1st at 7:00 pm The joyous spirit of Canadian piano-pop songwriter Mike Evin pulses through his music, uplifting and soulful. Drawing from influences as varied as Ben Folds and Michael Jackson, Evin weaves hookladen melodies, playful vocals, and driving grooves to create danceable pop gems and hopeful musings on life and love.

His sense of wistful wonderment and desire to let loose have earned him a devoted following throughout North America, and among some of Canada’s most renowned musicians – like Barenaked Ladies and Ron Sexsmith.

Special guests: Blue Jazz. The Jamestown High School Jazz Vocal Ensemble will be joining Mike Evin at this performance. Tickets at the door: $15 / $10 for members and $5 for students.

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The Arts Center receives a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) Team grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

The Arts Center was the only STEAM Team grant recipient for the 2015 – 16 school year.

The award continues the efforts The Arts Center and Jamestown Public Schools have undertaken over the past two years.

The STEAM Team grant provides professional development and support for teaching artists and educators through arts integration, technology, and innovative teaching strategies to enhance teaching practice, student achievement, and school culture.

Teams are committed to teaching the whole student and nurturing both sides of the brain to enhance creativity and 21st Century thinking and learning.

This year’s STEAM Team participants are Emma Mickelson, Lynette Ryan, Bonnie Tressler, Vikki Coombs, and Rebecca Engelman (NDCA) with support from Arts Center staff Miranda Letherman and Cyndi Wish.

Members of the STEAM Team where able to attend the Kennedy Center’s Art Integration Conference in Washington, D.C. this summer.

The STEAM Team will be working corroboratively with students at Washington and Louis L’ Amour elementary schools and Newman Signs. The focus of this year’s project is to introduce the students to 3D spacial reasoning.

As with last year’s Chihuly sculpture project, prepare to be amazed!

This project is supported in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

OKTOBERFEST 2015

Featuring German food and German style beers, music and festivities. Costumes encouraged.

Saturday, September 12th at 5:30 pm Stutsman County Fairgrounds Tickets: $25.00

Available at The Arts Center, Cork & Barrel and any member of The Arts Center Board of Directors. *Must be 21 year of age to attend.

Make your own brew? Sign up for the Oktoberfest Brewer’s Contest at www.jamestownarts.com/oktoberfest Oktoberfest is a great time of camaraderie, beer, music, costumes, fun. Look for some great mouth-watering Oktoberfest food, enjoy German style music, games and, of course, there is the beer. As with all Oktoberfest celebrations around the world quaffing great beer, sharing with wonderful, enthusiastic members of the community and celebrating life—German style—is what it is all about.

The home base for all Oktoberfest celebrations is Munich, Germany spanning 16 – 18 days running from late September to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and the world’s largest fair, with more than 5 million people attending each year. Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture.

special thanks donations: Judy Bugel, Phyllis Ibes, Daniel VanAbs, Barbara Pogue, Dina Laskowski, Jamestown Performing Arts Association, Jean Morris, Wells Fargo Bank, First Community Credit Union business member donations: Stutsman County Abstract, Ave Maria Village, Reuben Liechty Realtors, Medicine Shoppe, Greenwood Plumbing & Heating, Heinrich & Company, Lindberg Brothers, Lifetime Vision Source, Farmers Union Insurance, Infinity Building Services, Edward Jones-Mike Smyth, R. M. Stoudt, Inc., Don Wilhelm, Inc, Jamestown Travel, Inc., Quality Inn & Suites, Dr. Timothy H. Sinner, D.D.S., Buchanan Law Office, Century 21 Heritage Realty, First Community Credit Union special thanks to: Aloha Kercher, Betty Brosz, and Judy Martini for gallery sitting on Saturdays.

Nick Scherbenske & David Hillerud for getting the Arts Park construction started. Cassy Gilbertson for all her hard work around the office. Brian’s Lawn Care & Snow Removal service for mowing the Arts Park all summer.

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