2011 • 2012
ANNUAL REPORT
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, This publication provides an overview of one year in the life of the Lawrence Arts Center. Our mission remains the same: to offer the region the best in contemporary exhibitions, performance, and visual and performing arts education. Our Visiting and Resident Artists program and our Financial Aid program enrich our offerings in each of these areas by keeping the mix of students, artists, and audience members diverse and vibrant and creating delightful and surprising juxtapositions. A few items you will see represented in these pages:
Over 9,000 students from preschoolers through senior citizens engaged in performing and visual arts classes.
Our financial aid fund supported the involvement of approximately 800 students.
We filmed, created publications for, and exhibited the work of over 250 visual artists in all mediums in our five gallery spaces.
We joined forces with Downtown Lawrence and the City of Lawrence to support a Lawrence Final Friday event for the purpose of defining this place and supporting the sales of original art.
We developed a cutting edge science and art curriculum known as ArtSpace that engaged over 500 elementary-aged students in summer and school’s out programs.
Visiting and Resident Artists taught workshops, weekly classes, and worked with preschoolers. They choreographed, acted, performed, directed, and worked with our entire creative community.
We continued our commitment to outreach, sending teaching artists to rural communities with no arts programming, to Boys and Girls Club sites, and to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center. We taught art classes for Head Start, Little Nations Preschool, and the Children’s Learning Center. We offered financial aid to hundreds of individual students and families.
The Lawrence Arts Center Board of Directors, led by president John Bullock, took a serious approach to the quotidian matters of daily fundraising while planning for a future that includes nationally recognized residency, exhibitions, perfor mance, and arts education programming.
In the fall, we welcomed the Alliance of Artists Communities to the Arts Center and presented at their national confer ence. At the time of this writing, we have learned that we are the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award in the area of Artists Communities.
We studied Creative Placemaking, met with NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman and community leaders during his March visit and began work with neighbors, artists, cultural leaders to imagine a vibrant cultural district.
The future begins to be here already, and with the support of our board, a fantastic staff, amazing teachers, and an energized community, we are ready to take the next steps. Susan
2011 • 2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Bullock, President Ellen Chindamo, Vice President Lindy Eakin, Treasurer Grace Carmody Tom carmody carol ann carter juie carter larry chance brian horsch lisa leroux-smith michel loomis molly murphy mike orozco jim otten kate harding pohl maria preston-cargill dan schriner evan williams The Lawrence Arts Center is open seven days a week. Monday — Saturday | 9 am to 9 pm Sunday | 9 am to 5pm GALLERY Monday — Saturday | 9 am to 9 pm Sunday | 1pm to 5pm The Lawrence Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization. Our members and donors are critical to the success of the Lawrence Arts Center, and we thank you for your financial support.
On the cover: Sunflower, balloon sculpture by visiting artist Willy Chyr
2011 • 2012 EXHIBITIONS
the annual Benefit Art Auction raised $120,000 for the exhibitions program works by over 250 artists exhibited works by arts-based preschool children, K-12 public school children, and college level art students exhibited
THE NIGHT IS FILLED WITH THE HARMONICS OF SUBURBAN DREAMS gallery installation by Postcommodity
Rhyming The Lines: Solo Exhibition by Tanya Hartman
moved to Richmond, Virginia where she received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
July 15 – August 13, 2011
Tanya Hartman was educated at The Rhode Island School Of Design where she obtained a BFA in Painting in 1987. Between 1992-1994 she was a graduate student in Painting at Yale University. After her graduation from Yale (MFA/ Painting, 1994) she was a Fulbright Scholar in Stockholm, Sweden. She now teaches painting and drawing at the University of Kansas where she is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Visual Art. Hartman is represented by Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri. There, she exhibited her work in a solo show in JanuaryFebruary 2010 titled, Rhyming The Lines, an exhibition favorably reviewed in The Pitch and in the Kansas City Star and Review magazine. She has also exhibited at The Center for Book Arts in New York, A.I.R. Gallery in New York, ARC Gallery, Chicago Illinois; and at the Salina Art Center, Salina, KS. 2010-2011 Ceramics Artist in Residence Exhibition
The Cutting Edge Of Moby-Dick: Qiao Xiaoguang’s Papercuts August 26 – October 2, 2011
Qiao, who was born in 1957 and is an established artist in Beijing and professor and director of the Cultural Heritage Research Center at the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, learned traditional Chinese papercutting techniques from the elderly women who practice it in rural China.
BARON WOLMAN: EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY, THE ROLLING STONE YEARS AUGUST 26 — OCTOBER 1, 2011
Baron Wolman was the original Chief Photographer for Rolling Magazine magazine during rock music’s heyday in the 1960s. In an era when photographers and musicians were part of the same explosive scene, Wolman had virtually unlimited access to his subjects.
different perspectives: New works by Akiko POSTCOMMODITY: Jackson THE NIGHT IS FILLED WITH July 15 – August 13, 2011 THE HARMONICS OF Akiko Jackson is from Kahuku, SUBURBAN DREAMS a rural North Shore community on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i. From 1999-2007, Akiko lived in Los Angeles and San Francisco to focus her studies in the arts. After receiving a Master of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge, she
October 7 — November 26, 2011
Postcommodity is an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martínez, Kade L. Twist and Nathan Young. Post-
commodity are the recipients of grants from the Telluride Institute (2007), American Composers Forum (2008), Arizona Commission on the Arts (2009), Elly Kay Fund (2010) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation (2010).
MARWIN BEGAYE XXXL: VISUAL COMMENTARY ON THE LEGACY OF FORT MARION
The collective was commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts to develop work for a solo exhibition responding to the 400th anniversary of Santa Fe in 2010. Postcommodity will be exhibiting their work during the Fall of 2011 in Belgium at Contour the 5th Biennial of Sound and Moving Image, the Lawrence Arts Center, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum and Nuit Blanche, Toronto.
Marwin Begaye is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Painting at the University of Oklahoma. Begaye has received degrees in Illustration/ Graphic Design (Art Institute of Pittsburgh, AA, 1991), Painting (Institute of American Indian Arts, AA, 1994, and University of Oklahoma, BFA, 2003) and Printmaking (University of Oklahoma, MFA, 2006). His research has been concentrated on the issues of cultural identity, especially the intersection of traditional American Indian culture and pop culture. He has also conducted research in the technical aspects of relief printing and the use of mixed-media.
C. MAXX STEVENS. SUGAR HEAVEN October 7 — November 26, 2011
Formally trained in sculpture, C. Maxx Stevens received her AA from Haskell Indian Junior College, BFA from Wichita State University in 1979 and her MFA from Indiana University in 1987. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Eiteljorg Fellowship (2005), the Andrea Frank Artist Foundation Award (2000), and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Inc., Painters and Sculptor Grant (1998). She has also exhibited nationally and internationally. Stevens was a part of the group exhibition Reservation X, curated by Gerald McMaster. In 2003 her work was exhibited at the University of Saskatchewan’s Gordon Snelgrove Gallery. Stevens is the area coordinator of the University of Colorado at Boulder Foundation Arts Program as well a teacher and lecturer in the Art and Art History Department.
October 7 — November 26, 2011
Begaye’s work has been exhibited nationally across the U.S. and internationally in New Zealand, Argentina, Paraguay, and Estonia. He has received numerous awards, including the Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition’s Visual Arts Fellowship (2007) and Red Earth (2009).
Amber Hansen. LEARNING IS REMEMBERING December 2, 2011 — January 14, 2012
Amber attended the University of South Dakota, in Vermillion, SD, working with Professor Jeff Freeman and Lloyd Menard, studying painting and printmaking. She was an active member of the Vermillion art scene, exhibiting her work in group and solo
STUDENT EXHIBITS WORD AND IMAGE A SHOWCASE OF STUDENT WORK FROM THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM JULY 2011
Exhibits include imagery from Photography, Photoshop, Photo Essay and Dark Room Photography classes and audio recordings from Screenwriting classes.
6TH THRU 9TH GRADE DARKROOM WITH
ANN DEAN STUDENT EXHIBIT JULY 2011
Photos by students in Ann Dean’s Darkroom Photography class.
DIRECTED VISIONS
Works From 1st and 2nd Year Graduate Students February—March, 2012
“Directed Visions” represents a rich variety of fresh talent, innovative artistic practices, and conceptual approaches from the University of Kansas Department of Visual Art Graduate Students.
THROUGH YOUNG ARTISTS’ EYES
WORKS OF ART BY OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS
APRIL 2012
The 2011-2012 preschool classes’ art exhibit was displayed in the large gallery through April 22. Visitors were invited to see what arts-based preschool students been created in the preschool classrooms.
exhibitions. Concurrent with her studies, the University of South Dakota allowed her the opportunity to paint murals, illustrate books, create maps for the town as well as teach classes at the Oscar Howe Summer Art Camp. Hansen is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she was artist in residence during 2011-12.
Yoonmi Nam, Eric Conrad, Kristi Arnold. Yes, No, Maybe December 2, 2011 — January 14, 2012
In January of 2011, Kristi Arnold, Eric Conrad, and Yoonmi Nam attended the international printmaking center, Frans Masereel Centrum, located in Kasterlee, Belgium. During this residency, they collaborated in the creation of ten large-scale prints from a variety of techniques.
Isadora Stowe, Jordon Schranz. Lived: Living December 2, 2011 — January 14, 2012
Schranz’ oil-on-panel paintings reflect a personal documentary practice, drawing from a collection of film slides taken by his late grandfather. Over 60 12”x12” paintings offer reflections on familial connection, whether remembered or not.
LAWRENCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXHIBIT WORKS SELECTED BY USD 497 ART TEACHERS
MAY 2012
K-12 USD 497 student work from the 2011-2012 academic year.
Stowe’s paintings, in various media, address the complexities of home, relationships, and family identity. Starting with the narrative, Stowe’s work proceeds to translate into coded, ethereal landscapes. The installation of both artists’ works is integral to the content of the exhibit.
JENNIFER CRUPI. Solo Exhibition: THE ARTICULATE BODY January 20 — March 8, 2012
Jennifer Crupi received her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art and her MFA from SUNY, The College at New Paltz. Her work has been shown in over fifty national and international exhibitions—including exhibits at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and upcoming in the summer of 2012, the Renwick Gallery/ Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. Crupi has won various awards including two New Jersey State Council of the Arts Individual Artist Grants in 2012 and 2005, and a Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant in 2010 Her work has been published in Metalsmith Magazine, 500 Necklaces and 500 Brooches by Lark Books, among others. Jennifer is an Associate Professor at Kean University, Union, NJ where she has taught and headed the metals program since 1999.
GUEST EXHIBITS & ART SALES Lawrence Photo Alliance Lawrence Art Guild Bizarre Bazaar KU School of Art & Design
HONG CHUN ZHANG . Solo Exhibition: HAY WIRE January 20 — March 8, 2012
Hong Zhang (as she is known in the United States) is a Chinese-born artist living and working in this country whose work combines traditional skills with contemporary ideas. She received her BFA in Chinese painting from the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1994 and came to the United States in 1996. After completing the MFA program at the University
of California, Davis, in 2004, Zhang moved to Lawrence, Kansas. Her work is collected and exhibited internationally.
BODY OF WORK: STUDIES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LIVE MODEL
CURATED BY KAREN MATHEIS MAY 18 — june 30, 2012
This group exhibition explored aspects of human figuration through the eyes of artists who live in the Lawrence area. In conjunction
with this show, interdisciplinary aspects of the human body were investigated through dance, poetry, and humanities. The featured artists in the BODY OF WORK exhibition included: Louis copt amber hansen stephen johnson ted johnson karen matheis judith mccrea lori norwood juniper tangpuz nicholas ward
2011-2012 Ceramics Artist in Residence Exhibition
ALLEN CHEN
July 2012
Born in 1979 in Taiwan and moving to California in 1991, Chen received his BFA in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University in 2005 and MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. Allen has since completed an artist residency at Mendocino Art Center in California and a long term artist in residence program at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana.
Visiting artist Whitney Boomer (dancer, choreographer, Texas) performed in the gallery amidst works from the BODY OF WORK exhibition as part of a series of special exhibit-related events.
INSIGHT ART TALKS
This lecture series brings visiting and exhibiting artists to the podium to talk about their work, and opens dialogue between artist and viewer. INSIGHT Art Talks bring a deeper understanding of works on display in the galleries throughout the year. Artists featured for 2011-12 included Akiko Jackson, Baron Wolman, Qiao Xiaoguang, Luke DuBois, Hong Chun Zhang, and Allen Chen.
FINAL FRIDAYS
Final Fridays began through the cooperation of the Lawrence Arts Center, Downtown Lawrence Inc., the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, and artists, gallerists, collectives and local businesses, all of whom saw the value of the arts in our city and an opportunity to bring them to a wider public through this monthly free arts festival. Throughout the year on the last Friday of the month, the streets of downtown Lawrence erupt, storefronts convert into flash spaces, and performances and exhibits spill in and out of galleries and businesses. Activities for kids, exhibitions designed to challenge adults, music, dance and theater for all ages are all within walking distance of each other.
STUDIO VISITS
Arts Center staff hosted a series of studio tours. Artists included Stephen Johnson, Kenneth Grizzel, Andrew Huffman, Clare Doveton, Fresh Produce Art Collective, Invisible Hand Gallery.
POEHLER LOFTS ARTS SPACE
Developers of the Poehler Lofts Warehouse Arts District have donated studio space for Arts Center visiting artists as rehearsal and workshop space.
Thomas D. Galloway Lecture Series
Lars Spuybroek | SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 Spuybroek is a professor of architectural design at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. His work focuses on theory, design methodology and research in geometry and manufacturing.
Spotlighting innovators in the field of architecture, this lecture series brings celebrated architects to Lawrence for inspiring and informative lectures that spark creative thinking even in the non-architect! A program of KU’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning, Sharon Perry Galloway of Lawrence, and her family, established the lecture series in memory of her husband, Thomas Galloway, who died in 2007.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS JUNIPER TANGPUZ CONSTELLATIONS JULY 2011
Kansas City artist Juniper Tangpuz created cardboard sculptures of the signs of the Zodiak. The collection featured a dozen creations which were hung from the two-story ceiling of the lobby of the Arts Center. Tangpuz has been working with cardboard to make toys since he was a little boy.
REX HAUSMANN. DANNON ART PROJECT January 23 – March 3, 2012
Rex Hausmann created a painting on the second floor at the Lawrence Arts Center January 23 – 27. At the completion of his painting, this temporary studio was handed over to a series of artists who created new works, leaving their works on display. Hausmann invited artists to work in this space in different mediums to create a community response to his painting. Rex Hausmann lives and
works as a full-time artist in San Antonio and New York City. Hausmann earned a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has worked on projects both nationally and internationally and has shown and lectured globally. His work and large projects often revolve around identities found in communal and domestic contexts, tracing their connections to religion and history.
joined Le Vorris & Vox Circus and performed as a juggler, unicyclist, and magician. He also learned to twist balloons. Chyr’s art, which also uses the element of light, has been displayed in Millennium Park for Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry’s LabFest! at the University of Chicago’s Biological Sciences Learning Center, and as part of the university’s
WILLY CHYR SUNFLOWER JUNE 2012
Visiting artist Willy Chyr created a site-specific aerial sculpture for the Arts Center lobby. Chyr is interested in generative art, storytelling, and the intersection between art and science. He holds a B.A. degree in physics and economics from the University of Chicago. While in college, Willy
Festival of the Arts, in which he created a women’s line of balloon fashion. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Bemis Center in Omaha and has exhibited in numerous other venues around the country.
Photo of Johnny Cash by Baron Wolman, from the EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY exhibition
ARTISTS SILENT auction
detail from drawing titled Prairie Wave by 2012 Benefit Art Auction featured artist Hong Chun Zhang
benefit art auction 2012 The Lawrence Arts Center Benefit Art Auction serves as the primary funding source for the Exhibitions Program at the Lawrence Arts Center and features approximately 150 artworks generously donated by artists. This spectacular event is also made possible by corporate and private sponsors, volunteers, and hundreds of art patrons. The Exhibitions Director and Auction Committee strive to include artwork in a diversity of mediums and styles, representing a wide range of retail value while limiting the number of works in the exhibition to 150. Approximately 40 of these works were sold at the live auction April 14, 2012. The Arts Center is sensitive to the perpetual burden that many artists incur with the many art auctions they are asked to donate to. In an effort to not burden artists and to present our community with new and different art each year at the Art Auction, we invite artists to participate.
Steven Hertzog & Ann Frame Hertzog Amber Hansen Robbin Loomas Carla Tilghman Liza MacKinnon Paul and Deb Chaussee Ann Dean Janet Satz Inge Balch Bill Collins Jessica Conner Connie Ehrlich Eric Dobbins Kay Trieb Roger Spohn Brian Horsch Carla Aspenberg Joe Pintz Edward Noonen Jeromy Morris Judith Brawley Lora Jost Heather Smith Jones Karen Matheis Ardys Ramberg Matt Woodard Lee Piechocki Kristi Arnold Ellen Chindamo Laurie Marlowe Roxanne Graber Rachael Rademacher Norman Akers Marty Olson Nichole Collins Jane Waggoner Deschner Marshall Maude
Gwen Kerth Jim Connelly Pam Sullivan Margie Kuhn George Paley Jennifer Jarnot Susan Grace Robert Zerwekh Matt Needham Bailey Marable Joelle Ford Grace Carmody Jennifer Bricker-Pugh Sue Ashline David Vertacnik Aaron Storck Isadora Stowe Christa Dalien Allen Chen Melissa Mccormick Paul Hotvedt Alicia Kelly Deb Stavin Liz Kowalchuk Rachel Sudlow Dan Anderson Jason Barr Tom Bartel Jon Blumb Bill Bowerman Eric Conrad Bill Dentler Diane Guthrie Jason Hess Ted Johnson Gerry Miller Will Orvedal Nancy Bjorge
Leslie Kuluva Mary Anne Jordan Margo Kren Michael Krueger Stephanie Lanter Gladys Sanders Dave Van Hee Donika Wiley Carolyn Young Ken Grizzell Sally Piller Yoonmi Nam Jeremy Rockwell Jeffrey Mckee Clinton Ricketts Mary Tuven Juniper Tangpuz Emily Markoulatos Susan Mccarthy Cima Katz Jeff Eaton Helen Martin Whitney Jacobs Bob Gent Sarah Gross Mark Slankard Kelly Clark Allen Chen Jenn Holt Marwin Begaye Luke Jordan Brenda Lichman Jordan Schranz Tim Von Holten Andrew Hadle
We are grateful to past and future participating artists, sponsors, and volunteers. The Arts Center exhibitions program exhibits a diverse range of art from around the country in its five exhibition spaces, averaging 30 exhibits annually.
ARTISTS LIVE auction Angie Pickman Margaret Morris Carol Ann Carter Jack Collins Ben Ahlvers Jan Gaumnitz Steve Graber Vernon Brejcha Marguerite Perret Chris Wolf Edmonds Louis Copt
Hong Chun Zhang Janet Davidson-Hues Stephen Johnson Molly Murphy Rick Stein Archie Scott Gobber Eliza Bullock Clare Doveton Tim Forcade Jen Unekis Sam Chung
John Gary Brown Bill Snead Stan Herd Tom Bartel Baron Wolman Roger Shimomura Justin Marable Lisa Grossman Rick Mitchell Kristin Morland
VISITING & RESIDENT ARTISTS The resident and visiting artists program at the Lawrence Arts Center offers area residents a unique opportunity to study with practicing artists of varied backgrounds and diverse skills.
Ceramics & Printmaking Artists-in-Residence
Ceramics and Printmaking 12-month residency programs are designed to provide a creative environment for emerging artists and to broaden the center’s students and faculty awareness of new approaches and techniques. Residents are provided studio space, $500 per month stipend, an apartment, free firings, and 24 hour access to all studios, including print, metal, photography, and digital media. Residencies provide a multi-faceted experience that includes teaching, community outreach, interaction with other artists, and studio care, and will culminate in an exhibition of new work.
Project-based Residency
The goal of these short-term residencies is to help support, sustain, and foster growth in local arts and artists by providing material support for development of special projects with an emphasis on interdisciplinary works, and helping local artists to create works competitive on a national scale.
VISITING ARTISTS
are invited throughout the year to work at the Arts Center for varying lengths of time creating exhibits and installations, participating in performing arts productions, and presenting art talks, workshops, and other innovative and interactive projects. ceramics Allen Chen printmaking Carla Aspenberg project-based Willy Chyr, balloon installation, Chicago Luke Dubois, digital media, installation, Brooklyn Postcommodity Collective (Raven Chacon, Kade Twist, Nathan Young), installation, New Mexico workshops and classes Hope Theodorus Ely, choreographer, Oklahoma Melissa Hale Coyle, choreographer, North Carolina Elizabeth Gillaspy, choreographer, Texas Ellie Goudie-Averill, choreographer, dancer, teacher, Philadelphia film Linda Hattendorf, filmmaker, New York City Poull Brien, filmmaker, New York City performance Bob Brand, actor, Kansas City Diana Dresser, director and choreographer, Denver
VISITING ARTISTS + EDUCATION Visiting artists enrich educational and artistic experiences for people of all ages at the Lawrence Arts Center through art talks, classroom visits, and visiting artist classes and productions.
Qiao Xiaoguang SEPTEMBER 2011
Beijing papercut artist, professor and director of the Cultural Heritage Research Center at the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, demonstrated traditional Chinese papercutting techniques for arts-based preschool children. 2012 Benefit Art Auction featured artist Hong Chun Zhang translated for Professor Qiao during his visit with the children.
maker Erik Sanko, Phantom Limb has been lauded for its unconventional approach to this venerable format. Phantom Limb includes a large rotating cast of friends, collaborators, artists, dancers and puppeteers. In their short career, Phantom Limb has produced “The Fortune Teller”, “Dear Mme.,”, “The Devil You Know” with Ping Chong, “Lemony Snicket’s The Composer Is Dead” with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and “69˚ S.” with The Kronos Quartet. Children at the Lawrence Arts Center learned about operating marionettes with members of the Phantom Limb Puppet Theatre Company. The company performed at Johnson County Community College on November 11, 2011.
HONG CHUN ZHANG FEBRUARY 2012
PHANTOM LIMB COMPANY
2012 Benefit Art Auction featured artist Hong Chun Zhang taught a two-day school’s out day camp for elementary children. Students learned about the fine art of Chinese calligraphy and Chinese scroll painting, creating a large scale scroll as a group.
November 2011
New York City-based Phantom Limb Company is known for its work with marionettepuppetry and focus on collaborative, multi-media theatrical production and design. Co-founded in 2007 by installation artist, painter and set designer Jessica Grindstaff and composer and puppet
Mark Hennessy
POETRY OFF THE PAGE MARCH — APRIL, 2012
Mark Hennessy is a poet and former lead singer for the band Paw, PhD candidate and lecturer at the University of Kansas. Last spring, Hennessy transformed the front gallery
space of the Arts Center into a mixed media installation centered on poetry. The public was invited to spend time in the gallery listening to music and taking in poetry from the gallery walls — some even from the windows. Hennessy offered a summer writing class at the Arts Center.
tensive for advanced dancers in the Lawrence Arts Center School of Dance, and set a piece on the Lawrence Ballet Theatre company for adjudication with Regional Dance America. Gillaspy received her ballet training at North Carolina School of the Arts and American Ballet Theatre School and has performed in classical and contemporary ballet, musical theater, opera ballet, and modern dance with organizations such as Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Ballet Chamber Ensemble, North Shore Music Theater, and Contemporary Dance Fort Worth. She holds her Master of Fine Arts in Ballet from TCU, and her secondary teaching certificate in dance for the State of Texas.
ELIZABETH GILLASPY JUNE 2012
Elizabeth Gillaspy is an associate professor of ballet at Texas Christian University. She has been a dance educator and choreographer for over 25 years. She teaches studio and lecture courses at TCU, and over the years has taught in colleges, universities, private studios, public high schools, and at numerous festivals. During the summer of 2012, Gillaspy taught a dance in-
Support for our 2011-12 visiting and resident artists program provided by Jan and Jack Gaumnitz, Anne and David Hollond, the Thomas D. Galloway Family, Nicole and Dan Sabatini, Kay and Tom Carmody, and Sally HareSchriner and Dan Schriner. Thanks also to donors at our 2012 benefit auction who raised the paddle to support our visiting artist program.
2011 • 2012 EDUCATION
9% of visual arts students received financial aid over 1,000 people participated in performing arts productions 18% of arts-based preschool children received financial aid approximately 25% of school of dance students received financial aid In June 2012, 32 teens from Elk County Kansas attended the Summer ArtsReach Intensive at the Lawrence Arts Center. This week-long intensive camp was organized by the Arts Center in partnership with the KU School of the Arts and Tradewind Energy. Teens attended morning presentations given by KU faculty followed by afternoon classes in the Arts Center’s Art Institutes program. The focus of the camp was to offer teens experience working in a studio environment and to introduce students to campus life and connections to degree and career options in the arts.
ART FOR ALL AGES Based on an understanding of how arts education impacts literacy, mathematics, and overall academic achievement, the Lawrence Arts Center’s youth arts education program supports the capacity of students to make real-world connections, think boldly and creatively, and motivate themselves to learn in an exciting place that supports innovative thinking.
under the direction of Margaret Weisbrod Morris, the Arts Center conducted three training sessions for all faculty in visual performing arts. More than 100 teaching artists joined forces to learn and teach Kennedy Center for the Arts National Standards in visual and performing arts.
From clay to creative writing, painting to plays, graphic design to film, instructors are professional teaching artists who inform and engage. During the weekday, afterschool, on the weekend, and on schools’ out days, students are invited to come in to connect, invent, and expand their world.
Arts-based preschool director Linda Reimond served on the Kansas Early Learning standards committee. We introduced a new curriculum for kindergarteners. With a grant from the Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund, artists teamed up with scientists to create our Art Space curriculum for 1st through 5th graders. Donor support made it possible for teachers to plan classes far in advance and know that the classes would be held. We teamed up with the Kansas Historical Society to provide production-related educational background commemorating the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of Kansas’ statehood.
Arts-Based Preschool
AGES 2 THRU 5
ELEMENTARY ARTS: K-5TH GRADE
27 YEARS OF INSPIRING THE CHILDREN OF LAWRENCE
PLAY, EXPLORE, IMAGINE, CREATE
Music, sculpture, painting, drawing, and creative movement are an integral part of this award-winning program. The Lawrence Arts Center Preschool offers a curriculum in which students learn from working with professional artists, actors, dancers, and musicians, attending performances, and creating in a ceramics studio. This caring, thoughtful early education environment nurtures creative thinking, decisionmaking, imagination, and cultural awareness.
Based on an understanding of how arts education impacts literacy, mathematics, science, and overall academic achievement, our youth arts education program supports the capacity of students to make real-world connections, think boldly and creatively, and motivate themselves to learn in an exciting place that supports innovative thinking. From clay to creative writing, painting to plays, graphic design to film, instructors are professional teaching artists who inform and engage. During the weekday, afterschool, on the weekend, and on schools’ out days, students are invited to come in to connect, invent, and expand their world.
ARTS INSTITUTES: 6TH-12TH GRADE INVENT, EXPERIMENT, ACCOMPLISH Arts Institutes offer instruction by professional artists in visual arts, dance, theater, and digital media for beginners through advanced students in an accepting, inspired, artistic atmosphere. The institutes offer a place for students to begin by exploring and building foundational skills, then develop technique, and advance to create pieces they can add to a portfolio.
ADULT ARTS
IMAGINE, RECONNECT, ENERGIZE, FLOURISH Adult students work with experienced teaching artists to develop skills, challenge themselves to think creatively and expand knowledge in classes that fit a variety of schedules and interests.
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER Our fall benefit at the home of Steven Bogler and catered by Molly and Robert Krause raised $67,000 for our Scholarship Fund. This fund makes outreach to social service agencies and individual scholarships possible.
SCHOOL OF DANCE
Comprehensive technical training based on the major disciplines of dance: ballet, modern dance, jazz, and tap.
Superior instruction that builds the knowledge, strength, flexibility and coordination appropriate for each discipline. Exploration and enrichment programs during the summer and throughout the year, developing dancers as thinking artists. Guest artists’ residencies, master classes and intensive workshops to broaden understanding and awareness of the larger world of dance. Unique performance opportunities that offer age- and training-appropriate stage experiences.
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES November 2011
The Umbrella Day Dance Theatre Workshops bring The Umbrella Day to life through movement and music. Kids work together with the directors to develop all aspects of the performance. The dancers’ creativity shape the choreography, the costumes and the story. Ashley Boyack, artistic director and Paige Comparato, co-director. FEBRUARY 2012
Regional Choreograhpy Festival Highlighting high-quality dance and emerging choreographers, the featured choreographer was Eleanor Goudie-Averill from Stone Depot Dance Lab in Philadelphia, PA. Professional development opportunities will included adjudicated showcases with guest adjudicators Christine Knoblauch-O’Neal and Jerel Hilding, workshops, panel discussions, and Final Friday events. March 2012
Peter Pan Youth Ballet Company (Ages 8-18) takes audiences on a wonderful childhood journey to Never Never Land, where children can fly and crocodiles have clocks that tick, and Tinker Bell and the children are captured by the mean Captain Hook and his pirates and saved by Peter Pan. Directed by Deborah Bettinger. APRIL 2012
LAWRENCE BALLET THEATRE Lawrence Ballet Theatre provides pre-professional training and performance opportunities for serious students who are seeking a collegiate or professional career in the field of dance, and to provide high quality, rich dance experiences for audiences in Lawrence and beyond. In 2011, the Lawrence Ballet Theatre was chosen as a new member of Regional Dance America, an organization dedicated to promoting the artistic development of regional dance companies throughout the United States. In May of 2012, the company traveled to Montreal, Canada to participate in the Festival de Danse.
STEP UP YOUR GAME ATHLETIC TRAINING FOR BOYS This boys-only dance class helps build agility, flexibility, and strength training especially important to young athletes utilizing dance training to provide new moves for on and off the field. This program is for boys interested in athletics as well as the performing arts.
GENESIS: LAWRENCE BALLET THEATRE & LAWRENCE JAZZ ENSEMBLE The elegance of the Lawrence Ballet Theatre and the dynamics of the Advanced Jazz Performance Ensemble joined to present a powerful evening of dance. Under the artistic direction of Cynthia Crews, the Lawrence Ballet Theatre danced new works by Ms. Crews and that of several guest artists. The high energy dancers of the Jazz Performance Ensemble performed works by artistic director Brandi Green. June 29
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Summer Dance Theatre presented the story inspired by the C.S. Lewis book. Directed and choreographed by Whitney Boomer, Cynthia Crews, and Shannon Pickett with 22 dancers aged 6 to 19. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe follows Lucy, Susan, Edmund, and Peter through the wardrobe and into the magic land of Narnia.
theater arts education
THOUGHT PROVOKING
Watching and participating in theater fosters literacy, stimulates interest in a wide variety of subjects, introduces diverse cultures and characters, and encourages compassion and tolerance. Students develop a love for theater that enriches their development in many ways, offering them a safe place to express themselves, explore issues, take risks and come together with performance artists of all ages and skill levels who share their interest in theater.
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Summer Youth Theater
First Saturday Players
Summer Youth Theater is a performance-based theater program for youth grades 3rd8th and grades 8th-12th.
The performance-based ensemble First Saturday Players is for 6th thru 9th grade students interested in creating quality theater experiences to share with young children just learning to appreciate live theater. Plays are recommended for audiences 2 years and older.
Professional musicians, choreographers, directors, and theater technicians observe the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts National Theater Education Standards in teaching the art of theater. Youth are involved in all aspects of the production from acting, costuming, building sets and props as well as technical and stage management. Each summer four shows are produced. One musical for each age group is offered. Students can chose the SYT performance track, which is focused on acting and stage experience, or the SYT tech track, which is focused on theater production behind the scenes.
NOVEMBER
Beyond Glee A concert performance culmination of the musical theater class led by Rhonda Carlson.
Theater + Humanities Lecture Series Designed to make historical and cultural connections to theater productions at the Arts Center, these lectures and informal discussions bring scholars, historians, and, when possible, the people who experienced events in our history to the theater. We invite the community, professional cast members, and performing arts students to join us for these educational presentations.
A NEW NATURE MOVEMENT Richard Louv is a journalist and author of eight books about the connections between family, nature and community. His newest book, The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder, offers a new vision of the future, in which our lives are as immersed in nature as they are in technology. This future, available to all of us right now, offers better psychological, physical and spiritual health for people of every age. This special presentation is open to the public. October 2011
Water Rights Panel Discussion “Water Now”
A community discussion with Dan Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University, and John Hoopes, University of Kansas and coordinated to coincide with the Postcommodity gallery installation commissioned by the Lawrence Arts Center. FEBRUARY 2012
Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards Growing up in Lawrence prepared Langston Hughes to understand the difficulties of a racist society as well as the complexities of life itself. He responded by writing in diverse genres — poetry, fiction, drama, memoir, travel narrative — and in diverse styles, drawing on the rich culture of African Americans and the many voices of American democracy. The Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards encourage and support contemporary poets and writers who present their life experiences creatively through poetry, stories, and non-fiction prose. Two awards of $500 each are given annually, one in the area of poetry and one in the area of fiction. The Lawrence Arts Center and Raven Book Store sponsor the awards.
2011 • 2012
PERFORMING ARTS
over 5,000 people attended perfoming arts events
Owen Cox Dance Company perform UNDER THE BIGTOP
Wylliams/Henry Lawrence Opera Works Modern Dance
August
Lawrence Opera Works is a collaboration of over 50 artists including professionals from across the country who perform Opera Works and Musical Theatre Repertoire. Directors Holly White and Hugo Vera brought over 30 opera and musical theater scenes to life featuring more than 40 participants. Each of the three performances featured different material to create a weekend of Opera and for three unique nights. October
HENDRIX & ZEPPELIN: TOGETHER AT LAST Fast Johnny Ricker Band and Jeff Scheetz Band performed the legendary music of Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company opened the Arts Center’s professional dance season. The first act of the performance consisted of new works and repertoire of the Wylliams/Henry dance company. The second act presented a new edition of their tremendously popular collaboration with Bill Shapiro from KCUR’s Cyprus Avenue. Cyprus Avenue 2 featured all new music and Bill Shapiro live on stage talking about the musical artists. Wylliams/ Henry danced to the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jackie Wilson and more. December
UNSCRIPTED Two premier Kansas City improv troupes, Improv-Abilities and Holy Cow!, joined local comedy favorites Girlprov for an evening of laughter born in the moment. Co-Produced by the Lawrence Arts Center and Lady Or The Tiger Productions
October
Pied Piper This youth theater production explored the legend of the Piper who was shorted his pay to expel the rats of the town and, in revenge, lured the city’s children from their parents. Besides the Piper and a rather wicked Mayor of Hamelin, the play featured townspeople, children and, of course, quite a few rats. This new musical version was written and directed by Ric Averill with original music by Adrian Rees. A world premiere!
Conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Deborah Bettinger, with original musical arrangements for mandolin orchestra by Jeff Dearinger and an original script by Ric Averill setting the story in 1860 Kansas, just before 1861 Statehood and the Civil War.
Willy Wonka Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. An Arts Center performing arts opportunity for families. April
Owen Cox Dance Company February
On Screen Off Spring The Lawrence Arts Center presented an evening of multimedia one act plays by area filmmakers, including Laura Kirk, Ranjit Arab, Jeremy Osbern, Misti Boland, Chris Blunk, Christie Dobson, Ric Averill and Marlo Angell. Plays included new works in genres ranging from science fiction to political satire; from teen romance to family drama and even a silent film comedy with live music.
A Kansas Nutcracker: 2011 Sesquicentennial Fire Your Muse ... This Edition with Mandolin is where playS come Orchestra from Doc Robinson’s barn sets the stage for a celebratation of statehood, the season, and surviving the early days of Bleeding Kansas. With over 130 dancers and actors from students to professionals, the Arts Center’s twist on this holiday favorite presents the story and all the dances in the midst of Kansas history and culture — with Nutcrackers, Toy Soldiers, Mice and the Waltz of the Flowers!
March
A series of staged readings of new plays and musicals from local playwrights. This program was produced by Dan Born and featured works in progress by Larry Mitchell, Marlo Angell, Michael Timothy Dieker, Dan Born, Will Averill and Natalie Liccardello.
The Owen/Cox Dance Group founded by Jennifer Owen and Brad Cox bring together some of Kansas City’s most talented artists, representing a variety of genres, to perform contemporary dance with live music.
UPTOWN MANDOLIN QUARTET Uptown Mandolin Quartet grew out of the Lawrence Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble, a group founded over 35 years ago by Jeff Dearinger. Dearinger has arranged and conducted the music for all of the Arts Center productions of A Kansas Nutcracker and The Snow Queen.
Grotesque Arabesque An original production featuring music composed by Ric Averill, digital media and live music. This work in progress is based on stories by Edgar Allen Poe, and continues to be developed by Averill with visual and performing artists.
NINE FORTY LIVE
Nine Forty Live features artists who are creating innovative, new, and original sounds in multiple genres of music. The theater at the Lawrence Arts Center provides a unique opportunity for audiences to see and hear great music. Building on a strong music scene in downtown Lawrence, Nine Forty Live provides an intimate theater setting for dynamic performers and revels in the contributions of diverse artists in music performance and songwriting.
songs about interstates, pinball arcades and true love. Katie Euliss pounds a doghouse bass while Mike West punishes a banjo mercilessly.
HOSPITAL SHIPS MaRCH 17, 2012
The Danny Pound Revue Featuring Matt Suggs,Suzannah Johannes, and Arthur Dodge JANUARY 21, 2012
Danny pound and some of his exquisitely talented friends play and sing for you. Subdue the winter blues with music from Danny, Matt Suggs, Susannah Johannes and Arthur Dodge.
Truckstop Honeymoon CD RELEASE CONCERT
with Tyler Gregory February 10, 2012
Truckstop Honeymoon play tough, funny, hi-octane
Hospital Ships is led by Jordan Geiger, a ten year veteran of the Lawrence music scene (formerly of Minus Story, Shearwater, Old Canes, and the Appleseed Cast,) and features a revolving lineup of local heroes. Last year they released Lonely Twin, their second album on Graveface Records. They have toured the U.S. and Europe, recorded an Austin City Limits Satellite Set, played an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, appeared on the Huffington Post, and slept on many floors in support of the record.
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys May 5, 2012
Ramseur Records released Back At The Quonset Hut by Chuck Mead and his Grassy Knoll Boys in February 2012. This is the first classic country album recorded at Nashville’s historic Quonset Hut in almost 30 years and features four members of Music Row’s 1960s A-Team and classic country songs.
Danny Pound plays NINE FORTY LIVE
FILM The Lawrence Arts Center offers a documentary series sponsored and curated by David Hollond. 2011-12 offerings included Double Time, How To Die in Oregon, The Finland Phenomenon, and Herb & Dorothy.
STORY SLAM
The audience as performer (an 18+ event) Stories are told live. Extraordinary, witty, suspenseful yarns are told by audience members MOTH–style the second Friday of each month. Raconteurs step up to the mic to bring laughs, tears, surprise, amazement, and the occasional awkward moment. All are welcome to bring a tale to tell on the theme for the evening, or just come to eavesdrop. Never the same story, or evening, twice.
FREE STATE FILM FESTIVAL A weekend long event inviting dialogue between local and national artists and a broad spectrum of audiences through the shared experience of thought provoking cinema. The festival includes feature films, short films, panel discussions, a screenplay competition, staged readings, live music performances, an experimental film and music video showcase and a revival of the multimedia stage production. Encouraging cinematographers to explore theater, On Screen Offspring features new original short plays by area filmmakers. This unique festival experience celebrates not only the film art form, but its relationship to other mediums such as visual arts and music in an effort to reflect the unique culture of the city of Lawrence, Kansas.
GUEST PRODUCTIONS The Lawrence Arts Center state of the art facility is available to community organizations, theater companies, musical groups, and others for guest productions. Tuesday Concerts Piano Recitals Point B Dance Company EMU Theatre Card Table Theater KU Jazz Ensemble Guitar Masters: Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, Stephen Bennett Footprints Silent Film Series Americana Music Academy KU School of Music
School of Dance students perform THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
2011 • 2012
STAFF & FACULTY MEMBERS SPONSORS DONORS & GRANTS FINANCIALS
over 100 artists are employed as faculty at the Arts Center supporters answered our annual appeal for year-end giving with donations totaling over $24,000 Souper Bowl Saturday raised almost $12,000 for visual arts education almost $10,000 was raised to offset costs for the Lawrence Ballet Theatre company’s admission to Regional Dance America, and their trip to Montreal, Canada our preschool earned over $4,000 selling poinsettia plants and home baked cookies Paul Mesner puppets production of St. George and the Dragon sold out both shows and generated over $2,000 for the preschool the annual Benefit Art Auction raised $120,000 for the exhibitions program fall benefit dinner raised $67,000 for our scholarship fund
STAFF Executive Director Susan Tate Exhibitions Director Ben Ahlvers
Studio Coordinator Jessica Conner Business Director Rick Yarnell Development Director Heather Hoy
Marketing Director & Graphic Designer Amy Albright
Curator of Education Laurie McLane-Higginson
Director of New Media Marlo Angell
Director of Programs & Partnerships Margaret Weisbrod Morris
Artistic Director, Performing Arts Ric Averill
Database Manager Beth Murphy
Technical Director Jason Badgett
Arts-Based Preschool & Early Childhood Education Director Linda Reimond
Dance Program Director Candi Baker
Office Manager Pat Russell
FACULTY Adrian Rees Alice Steuerwald Allen Chen Allison Haworth Amanda Clark Amy Lenharth Angie Pickman Ann Dean Ashley Boyack Barb Wasson Ben Ahlvers Ben Wegman Betsy McCafferty Betsy Timmer Blue Barrand Brandi Green Candi Baker Carla Aspenberg Caroline Dittamo Carolyn Berry Cheryl Weaver Christa Dalien Christie Curtis Christie Dobson Cynthia Crews Dan Dakotas Deborah Bettinger Diana Dresser Diane Gillenwater Doug Weaver Dylan Bassett Elizabeth Schultz Elizabeth Sullivan Ellie Goudie-Averill Gina Adams Hailey Gillespie Hannah Hurst Heather Smith Jones Herb Friedson Hollie Rice Hong Zhang James Noury Jason Barr Jason Romanishin Jeff Dobson Jeff Ridgway Jenifer Harmon Jennifer Glenn Jenny Jenks Jenny O’Brien Jerel Hilding Jessica Conner Joel Pollock Joseph Meinecke Karen Matheis Kathy Meyer Kelly Barth Kim Brook Kim Rack Kitty Steffens Labeeba Hameed Larry Mitchell Laurie Martin-Frydman Laurie McLane-Higginson
Leslie McCaffrey Leslie Von Holten Linda Reimond Liza MacKinnon Lora Jost Lori Hanson Lori Neuenschwander Lucy Shopen Margaret Weisbrod Morris Maria Thompson Mark Hennessey Marlo Angell Marshall Baker Matt Rodriguez Megan Hay Megan King Michael Soto Michelle Heffner-Hayes Mitch Lyons Mollie Blackburn Naomi Carson Nathan Cardiff Neil Goss Nicole Donnelly Paige Comparato Pat Nemchock Patricia Middaugh Phil Jones Rachael Sudlow Retta Hendricks-Backus Ric Averill Richard Varney Rick Yarnell Robbin Loomas Roberta Woodrick Sarah Gross Sarah Harris Sarah Rooney Sean Duus Shanna Wagner Shannon Pickett
Susan Rieger Tim O’Brien Tricia Spencer Trish Neuteboom Whitney Boomer Whitney Jacobs Whitney Juneau
The Lawrence Arts Center relies on donations from individuals, families, small businesses, major corporations, and foundations to support 31% of our total operating budget. We would like to thank the following for the invaluable support they have provided to the Arts Center during the 201112 Fiscal Year: Individual and Family Memberships:
June & Dave Adams Janet & John Adams Diane Adamson Yacine Daddi Addoun Lance Adams & Andrea Albright Lisa Albright Virgie & Dudley Alexander Pamela Alexander Kay & Dan Almanza Joanne Altieri Susan & Alan Anderson Cara Anderson
Aynsley Anderson Carolyn Anderson Fadra Andrews-Mitchell Marnie Argersinger Ken & Katie Armitage Francie & Thomas Arnold Judith Ashton Mara & Jim Aubel Morgen Bahn Larry Bakerink Jill Shelley & Dave Baldwin Maria Baldwin Marge & Price Banks Ofelia Baradi Jill & Philip Baringer Teresa & Paul Bartak Laura & Peter Bass Kelli & Justin Bates Margaret Bayer Marianna Beach Peggy & Sam Beecher Deborah & Daryl Beene Erin Besson Christine Bial Markie & Peter Bieri Gwen Wiens & Rob Blum Catherine & Michael Blumenfeld Lynne & Lawrence Bodle Jerry & Laurie Bottenfield Samantha Boulukos Andrea Boyack Marion Boyle Anne Bracker Karen & Keith Braman Brandy & Ryan Brandt Maureen & Daniel Brogren Carolyn Brown James Brundage Kathy & Steve Bruner Marsha & Mark Buhler Lenore Byers Anna & Bill Busby Kelly Calvert Kit Carlsen Jesse Carney Rita Rodriguez & Eugene Carter Claudia Olea & David Carttar Jennifer & Hans Carttar Elizabeth & David Cateforis Jerree & Harley Catlin Patty Bartell & Ryan Cherland Kimberly Christopher Diane & James Church
Janet Cinelli Jo Cink Amy & David Clark Lois Clark Edith Clowes Martha Coffman Margie & George Coggins Kathryn Conrad
Victor Contoski & Carmela Sibley-Contoski Doreen & Timothy Cotter Charley & Lynne Crabtree Robin Crawford Sarah Crawford-Parker Francis Crow Pamela Cullerton Judith Culley Keri Cupp Virginia & Pete Curran Candice Davis Stan Davis Jan Dean Mary-Elizabeth Debicki Guinness Stanley & Alice Jo Defries Roderic Deines Bill Dentler & Kathy Suprenant Alison & Ross Dessert Laura Diaz Moore Janja Pavetic-Dickey & Stephen Dickey Kolene Deitz Karen Dillon Jill Dodge Christi & Mark Douglas John Downey & Shannan Seely Jana White & Kevin Doyle Barbara Duke Kelly & Gordon Dumesich Debra Duncan Samantha Dunham Julie & Dave Dunlap Lakshmi Duvvur Carol Eades Delnevo & Tristan Delnevo Roma Earles Becky & Doug Eason Caroline Eddinger Mohamed El Hoderi Jane & Charlie Eldredge Matthew Elliott John & Rosy Elmore
Linda Elwell Mark Elzea Tracey & Chris English Hilda Enoch Kristina Eronat-Davis Gwynne Evans-Reid Debbie & Steve Farrow Ethan Feirstein Beverly Fertig Erma & Chuck Fisher Dawn Foster Amber Fraley Thea Rademacher & Steve Fredrickson Karen Frick Martha Taylor & Herb Friedson Victor & Linda Frost Amy Lee & Rick Frydman Amy Gairns Jennifer Galante Michelle & Matthew Galliano Shirley & Goodwin Garfield Kristin Gaudin Ruth Gennrich Jo Gerlach Margaret Gordon Pam Gordon Lisa & George Gotto Sharon Graham & Anthea Scouffas Beth Gramly Marlena & David Gramly Kitty & Cap Gray DeVelle Gray Lynne Green Megan Greene Andrea & Christopher Greenhoot Marilyn & Roy Gridley Mary Jane & Jim Grinter Linda Gutierrez
Sue & Al Hack Nancy & Bill Hambleton?? Jennifer Hamer Cathy & Rex Hamilton Vivian Hammond Jacki Kirk Hannah Gail & Peter Hansen Jan & Rob Harper Susan & William Harris Emily Hartz Susan & Jim Hasselle Elizabeth Hatchett Carol & Don Hatton Jay & Dan Haugh Allison & Gary Haworth Elspeth Healey Christopher Hearne, Jr. Ann Hedrick Tasha & Derek Helms Laura Stephenson & Francois Henriquez Rebecca Henry Daniel Hermesmeyer Jene & Don Herron Ayako & Scott Hickman Charles Higginson & Laurie McLane Higginson Suzan Hill Dick & Sue Himes Jackie Hyland & Tim Hindman Thomas Hines Christina Hodel Kathleen & Tom Hodge Lee Blackledge & Tom Hoffman Kate Holey Barbara & Thomas Hollister Emily & Robert Honse Mary Morningstar & Peter Houston Stacy Houston Pam & Eric Huerter
Aletha Huston Janis Hutchison Suzanna Ingram Pam Irey Amanda Isenburg Mark Israel Nancy & Scott Jackson Tarang Jain Sara Taliaferro & Mark Jakubauskas Tamara & Jim Jarrow Ann & Steve Johnson Alice Ann & Don Johnston Susan & Tom Jordan Loretta Joy Simpson Jana Ka Mary & Joel Kaczor Jeanie Kaeberle Diane Kappen Lisa Dahl & Korey Kaul Mike & Elaine Kautsch Morris Kay Pat & Ned Kehde Bradley Kemp Marcia Fisher & Aaron Ketchell Helen Kiefer Devon Kim Eunkyung Kim & Hyunjun Woo Jason & Shannon Kimball Kathy Kirk Jill Kleinberg Maggie Kneidel Donna Koepp Linda & Gary Kroeger Judy & Nelson Krueger Betty Laird Sacie & David Lambertson Lucy & Lin Lamme Kristine & Dennis Lane Allison Langham Jenny Lanning-Rush Shaffia Laue Jenny Laven Sharon Laverentz Anne & Gary Leaf Ellen Le Compte Juwon Lee Sookyi Lee Eunice Lee-Ahn Gayle Leonard Harriett & Stephen Lerner Dalton Lesher Cheryl Lester Christine Lester Susan & Stuart Levine Jeannie & Bill Lienhard Kate Lindsay Laura & William Lockwood Larissa & Jim Long Danielle Lotton-Barker Linda & John Lungstrum Kirsten Ahnell & W.L. Magnuson Mary Kay Mahony Julia Manglitz Anita & Bob Markley Rebecca & Marty Markley
Janet Marquis Sarah Martinez Amy Mason Lieschen Mast John Mattes & Heidi Hallman Beverly & Bill Mayer Suzanne & Steve McAllister Mary McCabe Susan McCarthy & Bill James Marilyn & George McCleary Jeannie & Kirk McClure Suzanne & Bob McColl Audrey McDonald Bryon McDonald Carol McDonald Alice Lieberman & Tom McDonald
Sally McGee Roxie McGee Linda & Doug McKay Pamela McKean Debbie McQueeney Gerry Miller Phil Minkin Nancy Mitchell Janine & John Monaghan Jeff Moran & Susan Kang Edward Morris Mary Morrison Phyllis & Herman Munczek Vicki & Gary Murrison Emily Myers Nancy Cayton Myers
Karen & Tony Mynsted Dorothy (Dot) Nary Pamela Nee Elaine & Doug Nelson Debra Nelson Connie & John Neuteboom Marge Newmark Amy & Chris Nichols Deborah & Brian Norwood Jerry & San Dee Nossaman Cara Nossaman Lucila Olea Elise Fischer & John Oliver Mary Olson Carmen & Sebastian Orth-Alfie Ann Carlin & Jack Ozegovic Martine Padilla Donna Paul Bill Pendleton Oliver Pepin Paula & John Pepin Janet Perkins Kathy Perkins Lizette Peters Pat Phillips & Lisa Miller Katie Pierson Annabel Pite John Poertner & Edith Black Aimee Poirier Leann Johnson & Sam Porritt Michelle Powell Sandy & Mark Praeger Johanna & Laurance Price Connie Price James Proctor Rachelle Pulkkila Deborah Rake Margaret Rose & Steve Ramberg Travis Ramos Sarah & Mike Randolph Julie Ranjbar Teresa & Stan Rasmussen Cathy Reinhardt
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS CHAIRMAN TOURS THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER In March 2012, as part of his national ArtWorks tour, Lawrence Arts Center staff hosted NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman for a tour of the facility and panel discussion with Lawrence community members. Landesman was on a national Art Works tour. The Arts Center was named recipient of an NEA Art Works Artists Communities grant in 2012. Landesman is pictured here with Susan Tate and Mayor Aron Cromwell.
Ruth & Bill Remmers Juliet Remmers Renee Rettele Joan & Richard Ring David Ritter & Lisa Cooper Andrew Roberts Valerie & John Roper Greg Rupp & Jennifer Roth Bob & Ann Russell Rachel Saalweachter Robert Sanchez & J. Megan ZinnSanchez Karen Sanders Phyllis Sapp Janet Satz Rachel Saylor Barbara Schaible Kathryn Schartz Carol & Sherry Schaub Joyce Schmid Ron & Elaine Schmidt
Gregory & Linda Schnose Karen & Brandon Schoenhofer Ann Schofield Ron Schorr Julie Schwarting Mary & Charles Schwartz Virginia Seaver Jane & Albert Sellen Denise & Dave Severn Margaret & Will Severson Julia & Tim Shaftel Carol & Del Shankel William Sharp Jan Sheldon & James Sherman Carolyn & Bob Shelton Jean Shepherd Suzanne & Larry Sherr Kassie & Casey Shook Jan & Stan Shumway
Jennifer Sievers Diane Simpson Jenny & Keith Skillman Kristi Neufeld & Jonathan Slemmer Glee & Jerry Smith Jeraldine Smith Lisa Leroux-Smith & Wes Smith Marilyn & Val Smith Ann Snow Gary & Connie Sollars Gina Spade Marion & Byron Springer Jacqueline Stafford-Ventello Kim & Steve Steichen Emma Scioli & Philip Stinson Marilyn Stokstad Sue Suhler Theresa Tedrow Barbara Thompson Judith & Peter Thompson Terese Thonus Wayne Tilson Gary & Janice Toebben Laura Traudt Gillian Trotter Ruth & Austin Turney Kathryn & Bill Tuttle Stephanie Valley Laura Van Sickle-Deavours Miriam Blum & Barbara Verhulst Sharon & Jeff Vitter Sophie Von Feldt Leslie & Tim Von Holton Susan Wachs Elaine & Mark Wade Shanna Wagner Karen Wakefield Margie Wakefield L.K. Wallace Karen & Chuck Warner
Thad Holcombe & Linda Watts Mary & Jeff Weinberg Ginger & Doug Wehner Sheldon Weisgrau Jeanie Wells & Mike Horan Delinda Welton Kay Wertzberger Liz & Eric Weslander Joan Whitenight Ann & Pete Wiklund Mike Wildgen Maley & John Wilkins Jewell Willhite Stacie Williams Rose Willis Susan Elkins & Jack Winerock Cody Wingfield Kathy Wiseman Sandra Wolf Lisa Wolf-Wendel Mara Wood Anja Woolverton Lillian Wright Smith Anne & Norman Yetman Beth Young Lee Young
Over $1000
Jean & Justin Anderson Jeannie & Ric Averill Linda Bailey Barbara Huppee & Jerry Bailey Susan & Jim Bateman Deborah Bettinger Judy & David Billings Mary Wharff & Andy Bloomer Amanda Clark & Reid Bork Bob Bowline Jim Brothers
Christie Brandt & John Gary Brown Eliza & John Bullock Grace & Tom Carmody Kay & Tom Carmody Barbara & Bill Carswell Carol Ann Carter
Julie & Wayne Carter Mel Chin Ellen & Brad Chindamo Amy & David Clark Bob McCaffrey & Jack Collins Phyllis & Louis Copt Marilyn & Tom Dobski Vicki & Joe Douglas Clare Doveton Kaye & Chris Drahozal Elizabeth Miller & Lindy Eakin Chris Wolf Edmonds & Steve Edmonds Gretchen & Mark Edwards Ann Evans Dana Fertig Paula & Joe Flannery Betsy & Tim Forcade Colette & Ron Gaches Brenda Gadd
Melody & Joe Gatti Virginia & John Gaunt Sandra Gautt Bobbie & Steve Gish Joan & Web Golden Emily Hill & Burke Griggs Kelly Barth & Lisa Grossman Sue & Al Hack Erin & Justin Hamilton Teresa & Chris Hanna Saralyn Reece Hardy Terri & Tom Harper Cindi Kroll & Jay Hauptli Sandra & Don Hazlett Barbara & Jon Heeb Nancy Helmstadter Marcia & Stephen Hill Barbara & Steven Hilmer Jackie & Russell Hilton Kathleen & Tom Hodge Marilyn & Brian Horsch Carolie & Bill Hougland Heather & Matthew Hoy Scott McBride Smith & Charles Hung Sheryl & Bud Jacobs Robin & Terry Jacobsen Kay & Monte Johnson Betsy & Maurice Joy Diane Kappen Nora Kaschube Patty & Marty Kennedy Laura Kirk Kimberly Kirkendoll Dana & Patrick Knorr Karen & Ed Komp Margo Kren Jennifer Jarnot and Jerry Kunkel Jill & Mark LaPoint Ke-Sook Lee Michel & Bird Loomis
Artist Donates SCULPTURE In the fall of 2011, the Lawrence Arts Center Board of Directors and staff announced the permanent acquisition of Jan Gaumnitz’s sculpture, Red Dancer. This exuberant piece has become a landmark for the Arts Center, welcoming visitors to performing arts events, exhibitions, and classes.
Alli & Shane Lopez Grace & ChitoManalo Carrie & Jim Mandigo Bailey & Justin Marable Cindy & Michael Maude Kathy & Steve McDowell Carol & Gene Meyer Dee & Mike Michaelis Leigh & Greg Moore Durand Rieber & Martin Moore Margaret Weisbrod Morris & Jonathon Morris Melissa McCormick & Ed Noonen Deborah & Mike Orozco Vickie & Jim Otten Nancy & John Parker Tracy Harrison & Vic Peterson Amy & Chris Phalen Sally & Lynn Piller Kate Harding Pohl & Brad Pohl Kim & Mike Rack Rachel & Phillip Rademacher Angie & Gary Rexroad Linda & Scott Robinson Nicole & Dan Sabatini Leni & Neil Salkind Dru & Bill Sampson Elizabeth Schultz Janet Davidson-Hues & Roger Shimomura Lisa & Dolph Simons, III Beverly Smith Billings Linda & John T. Stewart, III Pam & Mike Sullivan Sidney & Tod Sutton Gail & Kevan Vick Evan Williams & Roger Walter Annette & Ken Wertzberger Ann & Pete Wiklund Susie & Steve Wilson Angela & Paul Wilson Nancy Yost Wolf & Doug Wolf Judy & Jack Wright 715 Partners
Over $5000
Anonymous Jolissa & Don Buchner The Stephen J. Craig Family Fund of the Douglas County Community Foundation Sarah Fayman Ray Fleming Thomas D. Galloway Family Jan & Jack Gaumnitz Gunda & Dave Hiebert Anne & David Hollond Diane & Al Horning The Bob Moore Family Barbara Nordling Pete Rowland Paula & Miles Schnaer Sally Hare-Schriner & Dan Schriner
Susan & Brad Tate Marianne & Giles Thompson Tania & Neil Thompson
MAJOR SPONSORS Black Hills Energy Callahan Creek Collective Brands Crown Toyota Douglas County Bank Emprise Bank Enel Energy Hallmark Hill’s Pet Nutrition Knology Krause Dining KU Credit Union McDonald’s P1 Group, Inc. Printing Solutions Treanor Architects Tradewind Energy Sabatini Architects The Eye Doctors Optometrists The Trust Company of Kansas US Bank
SPONSORS 23rd Street Brewery 715 American Century Investments Ann Dean Photography Arizona Trading Company AT&T Foundation Au Marche Beimer’s BBQ Buffalo Bob’s Smoke House Berry Plastics Bittersweet Garden & Floral Boston Financial Data Services Boulevard Brewing Company Bracker’s Good Earth Clay Capital City Bank CEK Insurance Central National Bank Checkers City Wine Market Community Mercantile CornerBank Cottin’s Hardware Creative Road Studio Culinaria David Dunlap, MD/ First Med & Walk-In Clinic Del Monte Pet Products Dennis Brown Painting Dillon’s Dr. John Hay, DDS
Evan Williams Catering Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pastries Free State Brewery Fun & Games Gaches, Braden, & Associates Gould Evans Grandstand Sportswear Graham Enterprises Great Harvest Bread Co. Halcyon House HyVee ICL Performance Products Ingredient Invisible Hand Gallery Johnny’s Tavern J&S Coffee Kennedy Glass KU Credit Union Landmark National Bank Lawrence Bank Lawrence Decorating Center Lawrence Paper Company Local Burger Love Garden Mass Street Music McCaffrey-Collins Interior Design McDonald’s of Lawrence Microsoft Corporation Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Muncher’s Bakery O’Malley Beverage of Kansas Pachamamas Panera Papa Keno’s Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Pendleton’s Country Market Peoples Pew Charitable Trusts
Pipeline Productions Prairie Elf Tree Farm SafeCo Starbuck’s Coffee Stephens Real Estate Sunfire Ceramics Sylas & Maddy’s The Perfect Face The Raven Bookstore The Write Design Through A Looking Glass Productions Toyota Vinland Valley Nursery Wal-Mart Weaver’s Westside 66 Wheatfield’s Wilkerson, Saunders, Anderson, DDS Yarn Barn
FOUNDATIONS Assists Foundation Capitol Federal Foundation City of Lawrence Douglas County Community Foundation Kansas Film Commission Kansas Health Foundation Shumaker Family Foundation The Ethel & Raymond F. Rice Foundation WalMart Foundation US Bancorp Foundation York Children’s Foundation
Arts Outreach The Lawrence Arts Center offers art and arts education to all children, teens, and adults. Our scholarship fund provides financial aid to children and teens who take Arts Center classes on an individual basis, and it also makes possible the partnerships detailed below.
ARTSreach for Children Douglas Pre-K Project: The Arts Center is a partner for this project designed to provide equal pre-kindergarten experiences for all children. The Arts Center provides the arts program intended to enhance learning skills and brain development. As part of this ARTSreach project, the Arts Center offered theater and dance performances attended by 610 children (and their teachers) from Head Start, Little Nations, the Children’s Learning Center, Sunshine Acres, USD 497 Early Childhood Center at Kennedy Elementary School, USD 348 Early Childhood Center at Baldwin City.
Preschool Art classes taught by Lawrence Arts Center’s early childhood faculty: Head Start at the Arts Center 64 children weekly Sept-May Children’s Learning Center at the Arts Center 16 children weekly Sept-May At Sunshine Acres 16 children weekly Sept-May Little Nations at Haskell Indian Nations University 12 children bi-weekly SeptMay Specially designed after school classes for Boys and Girls Club. The Arts Center provides scholarships for participants in CASA, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, the Community Shelter, and Family Promise.
These specialists also go into other preschool classrooms, including HeadStart, Kennedy Early Childhood Program, Children’s Learning Center, Sunshine Acres Montessori and Baldwin Schools Early Childhood Program. A curriculum guide will be available to teachers at the end of this project.
ARTSreach for Teens
The Lawrence Arts Center’s Early Childhood program’s SmartMoves project engages children in multidisciplinary physical movement to connect kinesthetic learning with creativity through dance, drama and music at our Arts-based preschool. The curriculum developed by the teaching specialists is being shared through local and state-wide preschool teacher conferences.
The Arts Center provides weekly arts programming to teens at the Juvenile Detention Center and the County Day School. Artist-teachers teach approximately 30 teenagers a week. In 2011, the Arts Center provided arts education to 347 students in JDC and 45 in the Day School. Approximately 50 teenagers took part in 2012 summer performance opportunities supported by our scholarship fund. The Arts Center’s pre-professional Lawrence Ballet Company (Ages 12-18) is performing at the Lawrence Public Library and various public
venues in the region. Over half these dancers selected by audition are scholarship students.
ARTSreach for Adults and Families Cottonwood Cottonwood clients take classes in Print Making each week supported by our financial aid fund and Cottonwood. Independence Inc. Ric Averill, Artistic Director of Performing Arts works with clients on fundamental theater skills including; building a character, creating a setting, stage pictures, blocking a scene, the rehearsal process and production. The majority of the actors are individuals with various disabilities. Only a few have any prior experience with acting or being in a play.
FUNDING* $1,732,306
City of Lawrence (6%)
earned income (63%)
(tickets, tuition, art sales)
donations, foundations, and memberships (31%)
EXPENSES* $1,641,780
arts education (55%)
performing arts (21%)
exhibitions (15%)
scholarships and financial aid (4%)
visiting and resident artist program (5%)
(includes preschool and dance)
* UNAUDITED FINANCIALS