December 15, 2020 - January 4, 2021
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Arts Outreach releases ‘The Real Men Cookbook’ to help offset lost funding Organization in survival mode during year of COVID-19 pandemic By Raiza Giorgi
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rts Outreach would have otherwise been having the best year of its 40-year existence, celebrating with many gatherings and fundraisers, including an ’80s theme prom planned for last May. “Clearly none of that happened,” said Sandie Mullin, executive director of Arts Outreach. Arts Outreach began in 1980 with five volunteer artists as an arts-in-schools program, placing artists in the classrooms to teach and perform. It has grown over the years into a collaboration of more than 70 talented and professional artists. Members teach dance classes to children in pre-school, bring artists and programs to all the schools in the Santa Ynez Valley and offer after-school programs and seasonal workshops and performances. “There are so many people that grew up in the valley that never even knew that Arts Outreach touched their lives in some form or another,” Mullin said. Mullin said the start of 2020 was great and they were looking forward to celebrating their many years of hosting art programs with alumni and their supporters. Then COVID-19 happened and like the rest of the world, everything came to a standstill. “We suspended all our programs because like
Photo by Heather Daenitz Visit SYV lit up the iconic windmill on Alisal Road to spread holiday cheer.
Photos contributed Arts Outreach began in 1980 with five volunteer artists as an arts-in-schools program, placing artists in the classrooms to teach and perform.
Visit SYV brings festive light to windmill on Alisal Road Staff Report
V Kalyra Winemaker Mike Brown and Nick DiCroce paired their wine with a "Kangaroo Kurry" for a past Real Men Cook event. Their recipe is listed in "The Real Men Cookbook."
everyone else, we didn’t know much about this illness and wanted to protect our kids and our volunteers,” Mullin said. Arts Outreach shifted from celebrating to surviving.
“Most of the grants that we typically get have either been suspended or the funding shifted to health and human services, which is totally understandable,” Mullin said. “Thankfully our COOKBOOK CONTINUED TO PAGE 22
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isit the Santa Ynez Valley (VisitSYV) aims to bring a little more light and joy to the holiday season this year by lighting up the iconic windmill on Alisal Road in Solvang. Located at 436 Alisal Road, the windmill is a beloved icon in the Danish village of Solvang. Commissioned by Ray Paaske and completed in 1963, the design was inspired by a mill on Zealand, near Copenhagen in Denmark*. Owned today by local resident and business owner, Max Handberg, VisitSYV approached Hanberg with the idea of decorating the windmill, which has been a longtime visitor-favorite for WINDMILL CONTINUED TO PAGE 22
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