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Brown County Democrat Wednesday, September 26, 2012
OCTOBER I ARTS BRIEFS
Local artists win awards Two Brown County Art Gallery Artists Association members won awards in the Madison Art Club Art Competition and Exhibition show, which ran Sept. 8-30. Patricia Siddiq’s oil painting, “Woodland Lake with Blue Boat,” won Best of Show, a $1,000 prize. J Rodney Revel’s oil painting, “Solitude,” won Best of Realism for a $250 prize. Bill Borden’s watercolor, “Farm on Duck Creek,” won Best of Watercolor for a $200 prize. Siddiq and Revel exhibit paintings at the Brown County Art Gallery. Borden exhibits at the Brown County Art Guild.
County produces in mid-October. Participants will learn how to create simple and expressive compositions quickly and confidently with a limited fall-themed color palette. The workshop costs $375 for each participant and is open to all skill levels. To register or for more information, contact Tom DeVoe at t.devoe@comcast.net or call 9881787.
Arts IN Education project grants open
Applications are now open for the next round of Arts IN Education grants. New this year will be the inclusion of teaching artists as well as schools as potential applicants. The Arts IN Education grant program had previously been only open to any Indiana pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public, private, parochial or charter school. Eligible teaching artists must The Melchior Marionette Thebe 18 or older, must have been a ater, on Van Buren Street in downresident of Indiana for one year town Nashville, will host a Girl Scout Show and Puppet Workshop prior to the date of application, and remain a resident of Indiana durSaturday, Oct. 6. ing the grant period. The teaching Girls will see the 20-minartist must not be enrolled in any ute “The Slightly Haunted Puppet degree-granting program as of Oct. Theatre” and will spend the next 11, 2012. A teaching artist may not 45 minutes creating a ghost mariapply as part of a collaboration for onette. Girls will learn to control which another artist is also applyit and perform on the stage. They ing in the same year, and may not will have time to ask questions to apply on behalf of an organization help complete Try It and badge (organizations, other than schools, requirements. may not apply). This event is suitable for Applicants can request up to Brownies through Senior Girl $3,000 for project-related costs. Scouts. The minimum number of work- Applicants must match dollar for dollar the IAC grant awarded with shop participants is 10 girls; the maximum is 20. The fee is $15 per school funds, contributed funds, in-kind donations or services. girl and $5 per leader/adult (does Project activities must take not include workshop). Tag-alongs place during the scheduled school are welcome, $15 for show/workday and may not fund after-school shop, $5 for show only. or summer activities. Projects The first session will run from must also meet a minimum of five 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; the second Indiana academic standards taking will be from 4:30-6 p.m. place in calendar year 2013. ProjAll participants must register ects must take place in calendar through the Girl Scouts by emailing amartin@girlscoutsindiana.org year 2013. Visit www.in.gov/arts/ or calling (317) 924-6800. artsineducation.htm for more information. Applications are due no later COLUMBUS — The Columthan Thursday, Oct. 11. bus Star Quilters & Evening Star Quilters will present the 15th biennial judged quilt show Saturday, Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 7, from noon-5 p.m. The Brown County Art Guild at Donner Center, 22nd and Sycais featuring recent oil and pastel more streets in Columbus. Admis- paintings by guild member artsion is $2. ists Pamela Newell and Patricia The show features traditional Rhoden in the Upper Loft Gallery and art quilts, vendors and a bouOct. 1-30. tique of fine quilted gifts. An artists’ reception will take With questions, place on the second Saturday, Oct. email dunn6678@yahoo.com. 13, from 5-8 p.m. during the Vil-
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Plein air oil paint workshop BELMONT — One of T.C. Steele State Historic Site’s former artists-in-residence, Karen Phipps, is putting on a four-day plein air oil painting workshop with Susan Hong-Sammons. The workshop will take place between Tuesday, Oct. 9 and Friday, Oct. 12. Sessions will focus on the beautiful fall colors that Brown
lage Art Walk with special music by Cheryl Kaldahl. She will play Maria Goth’s baby grand piano. From 2-4 p.m. Oct. 13, Newell will create a pastel painting, which will be available for purchase. Newell specializes in impressionistic style paintings of landscapes, gardens and still life. The Fishers artist is a workshop instructor throughout the region and a faculty member of the India-
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Call for 3D artist
The Hoosier Artist Gallery, a cooperative of Indiana artists, is in search of a new member artist who works in a three-dimensional medium. Potential members pay a reasonable monthly fee to cover expenses. Artists must live within a 25mile radius of Nashville and are required to work two days per month. Members are juried into th gallery. To inquire, email julietaborn@sbcglobal.net. AppliPhotos courtesy of Jaime Sweany cation forms are available at the ABOVE: “Jar of Sunflowers,” oil on Hoosier Artist Gallery on Old linen painting by Pamela Newell. School Way in Nashville and are BELOW: “Sycamores Dance,” oil due by Monday, Oct. 15. painting by Patricia Rhoden.
napolis Art Center. Her oils and pastels have earned the Indiana Artisan designation. In 2011 her pastel painting, “In The Heartland,” was presented to Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman on behalf of the Indiana Artisan program and now hangs in the lieutenant governor’s statehouse office. Newell has been a Brown County Art Guild member artist since 2008. For 40 years, Rhoden has been painting with oils, acrylics and watercolors. A painting class at the University of Toledo’s School of Design piqued her interest. She earned a bachelor’s degree in art education in 1971 from the University of Toledo, School of Design Toledo Museum of Art; and her master’s degree in fine art in 1976 from Bowling Green State University, majoring in painting with a double minor in art history and sculpture. She also studied Chinese painting and Eastern traditional watercolor techniques at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Today, she is not only an artist, but also an art teacher in Brown County public schools. She has been an artist member of the Brown County Art Guild since 1999.
Ferrer Gallery October exhibit In October at the Ferrer Gallery, the theme is “Swimming with the Koi.” Dixie Ferrer will highlight her Koi and water pond art pieces, mixed media collage and oil paintings. Her works will be on exhibit the entire month. She will demonstrate her art during the Nashville Art Walk
Indiana Artisan applications due
The Indiana Artisan organization is seeking applications from visual artists. The brand includes the work of nearly 250 artisans in 58 Indiana counties. All applicants to Indiana Artisan are juried by one of three pan els — one for arts applicants and two for value-added food applicants — comprised of arts, educa tion, business development, retail and culinary professionals. Since Indiana Artisan was launched by Lt. Governor Becky Skillman in 2008, nearly 1,500 art and food artisans from around the state hav applied. Fewer than 20 percent ar accepted. There is no limit to the numbe of times an applicant can apply. Previous applicants are encourage to apply again prior to the deadlin at noon on Oct. 17. Visit www. IndianaArtisan.org to learn more.
Inaugural Fall Fine Arts Festival
What is now a parking lot across from the BP gas station downtown will become Foxfire Park in October, with the inaugural Brown County Fall Fine Arts Festival. The first festival will run Oct. 19-21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The property at Foxfire Park has been family-owned since 194 and is the former home of one of the first gift shops in Nashville. O two weekends this fall, The Mark at Foxfire Park expects to present an array of more than 100 artists exhibiting paintings, woodworking, pottery, glass work and other mediums. Adult admission will be $3. Children 12 and younger will be admitted free. For more information, visit www.foxfiremarket.com/index. html.
Painting workshops
The Brown County Art Guild will present “Painting Concepts & Composition,” a workshop suitable for beginning and experienced artists, Friday-Sunda Oct. 26-28. Instructors will be
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Brown County Art Guild member artists Rena Brouwer and Wyatt - LeGrand. Participants can choose their medium or explore both oil/pastel painting with LeGrand and watercolor with Brouwer. The workshop will be taught at ve Waycross Retreat Center. The cost is $175 for the re workshop only; overnight accomer modations, if needed, are priced separately. Payment and accommodaed ne tions reservations are due by Friday, Oct. 19. For workshop details or questions, call the Brown County Art Guild at 988-6185. Brouwer grew up in Lafayette. She teaches watercolor throughout Indiana and lectures in private and public institutions and colleges. She has been designated by the state as an Indiana Artisan. She is resident artist for the Opera House Gallery of Contemporary Art in Delphi. Her work is exhibited at the Brown County Guild, where she has been an artist member since 2007. 0, Brouwer will expand on traditional watercolor approaches On and encourage participants to ket explore the possibilities of selfexpression through color, shape and line. LeGrand grew up in Bloomfield. After graduating high school in 2005, he earned a degree in visual arts education from Indiana University. He also immersed himself in the study of art history and other art forms, becoming an equally accomplished draftsman, ceramicist, sculptor and metalsmith. However, it was always painting with oils that thrilled him most. During the summer of 2009, he opened LeGrand Art Studio and Gallery just outside his hometown. He has been an artist member at the ay, Brown County Art Guild since 2011.
Merchants night at the Playhouse
This fall, the Brown County Playhouse and Performing Arts Center is welcoming home one of its own. Ian McCabe, a Brown County High School graduate, his partner, Nora Leahy, their company, Two Pigs Productions, and sponsor Big Woods Brewing Co. are bringing four plays to the stage. “This year, to have a full lineup from October all the way through December … is fantastic,” said Playhouse board member Suzannah Levett Zody.
A free performance of the fall season opener “Last Train to Nibroc” will be staged for local merchants Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call 988-6555.
Get Two Pigs Productions Tickets Tickets for all Two Pigs productions are $18, with discounts available for seniors, students and military. A season ticket to see all four shows is $60. Tickets for individual shows may be purchased at the playhouse box office, by phone during box office hours at 988-6553, or online at browncountyplayhouse.org. Season tickets can be purchased through the box office only. A ticketing fee is attached to all Brown County Playhouse Performing Arts Center ticket purchases.
‘Last Train to Nibroc’ Director: Tom Evans Featuring: Ian McCabe, Nora Leahy Summary: A young man and woman from neighboring Kentucky towns meet on a train at the outset of WWII. Three encounters over two years show how stubborn, and often times comical, love and the search for one’s true home can be. Evening performances, 7:30 p.m.: Oct. 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 17 Matinees, 2 p.m.: Oct. 7, 14 and 21
‘The Turn of the Screw’
Director: Tom Evans Featuring: Ian McCabe, Nora Leahy Summary: This haunting stage adaptation of Thatcher’s classic novella follows a young governess who is caring for a pair of recently orphaned children. Everything is not as it seems in the sprawling mansion, where the shadows of secrets kept and whispered among unseen ghosts lurk around every corner. Evening performances, 7:30 p.m.: Oct. 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 31; Nov. 1, 2 and 3 Matinees, 2 p.m.: Oct. 28; Nov. 4
‘Almost, Maine’ Director: Ian McCabe Featuring: Nora Leahy, Paul Whitehouse, Mo McKibbin, Michael Carothers Summary: “Almost Maine” is a series of 10 vignettes that take place at the same time in the same small town, sharing an honest, hilarious, and, at times, sad look at love and relationships. Evening performances, 7:30 p.m.: Nov. 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30; Dec. 1 Matinees, 2 p.m.: Nov. 25; Dec. 2
‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’
Director: Paul Whitehouse Featuring: Ian McCabe Summary: Back for its second season at the playhouse, “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” retells Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story through the eyes of Scrooge’s deceased partner and eventual redeemer, Jacob Marley. One man takes on nearly 20 characters in this
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A young man (Ian McCabe) tries to win the attention of a young woman (Nora Leahy) on a train in "Last Train to Nibroc."
About the Brown County Playhouse The Brown County Playhouse Performing Arts Center is at 70 S. Van Buren St. The thrust-stage theater seats about 400 people. Local beer and wine are offered for sale on Friday and Saturday show nights. Tickets can be purchased at the Van Buren Street box office or online at browncountyplayhouse.org. A ticketing fee will be attached to all ticket sales. Fees vary based on ticket prices. For more information, visit the Playhouse online, in person during box office hours, or call 988-6555. Box office hours are Thursday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. and on show days.
LAST WEEK: Read about musical and theatrical offerings at The Palace Theatre / B1 heartwearming play. Evening performances, 7:30 p.m.: Dec. 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 16 Matinees, 2 p.m.: Dec. 9 and 16
Also this fall/winter
In addition to the shows from Two Pigs Productions, the Brown County Playhouse will host a handful of single-show events this season: Big Woods Home Grown Concert Series with the Gordon
Bonham Blues Band, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m., $10 Stars of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, with Sylvia McNair, Jeff Nelson, IU music students and Brown County’s own John Sanderson, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., $15 Indiana University’s Another Round, formerly known as Straight No Chaser, Nov. 17, $18 Holiday Music Night, with local musicians, including Robbie Bowden, Kara Barnard, Chuck Wills and Dave Gore, Dec. 16, $10
Something To Do Entertainment Options in Brown County Wednesday, Sept. 26
“Ouch! That hurt!” – Learn how to avoid bird collisions at home and make a bird silhouette to apply to windows near the feeder, Brown County State Park Nature Center, 10 a.m. Barbara McGuire – Live music, Big Woods Pizza Co., 6-8 p.m. “Heartbreak Hotel” – Robert Shaw and The Lonely Street Band pay tribute to young Elvis with his music from the 1950s and early ‘60s, Palace Theatre of Brown County, 8 p.m., $18/ adults, $16/military/students/ seniors 60 and older, $10/children 12 and younger.
Thursday, Sept. 27
“SKULL-duggery” – Animal skulls, Brown County State Park Nature Center auditorium, 10 a.m. Sustainable gardening – Just in time for fall/winter prep, Brown County State Park Nature Center, 2 p.m. Cari Ray – Live music, Big Woods Pizza Co., 6-8 p.m. Gospel music jam and sing – Country Gospel Music Church, 5181 State Road 46 East, Gnaw Bone, 6:30 p.m. “Dream Lover: A Salute to the Music of Bobby Darin” – Robert Shaw and a swingin’ band perform the hits of Bobby Darin, Palace Theatre of Brown County, 8 p.m., $18/adults, $16/military/students/seniors 60 and older, $10/children 12 and younger.
Friday, Sept. 28 Indiana Raptor Center
presentation – Learn about and see live birds of prey, Abe Martin Lodge, throughout the day. “Trees in a Breeze” – Learn about the trees as they change colors, Brown County State Park, 2 p.m. Bingo – Fruitdale Volunteer Fire Department, State Road 135 North, Bean Blossom, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6 p.m. Praise music – Harmony Baptist Church, Bellsville Pike and Mt. Liberty Road, 6:30 p.m. Sign up for open mic at 6 p.m. Lance Everett Allen – Live music, Big Woods Brewing Co., 7-9 p.m. “Classic Country Jukebox” – Classic country hits from the 1920s through the early ‘90s performed by a sixpiece band, featuring Robert Shaw and Stephanie Raby, Palace Theatre of Brown County, 8 p.m., $18/adults, $16/military/ students/seniors 60 and older, $10/children 12 and younger.
Saturday, Sept. 29
“Eat Like a Bird!” – Learn winter feeder tips and tricks, Brown County State Park Nature Center, 10 a.m. Dave Miller – Light classic rock, Apple Works, Trafalgar, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Quafftoberfest – Live music from the Indiana Boys, Cari Ray, Barbara McGuire, Lance Everett Allen and Don Ford, plus craft beer, food, prizes and a Stout Drinker’s Society meeting, Molly’s Lane, noon to 9 p.m.
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“The Slightly Haunted Puppet Theatre” – Traditional Halloween character marionettes set to music, Melchior Marionette Theatre, 1 and 3 p.m., $5, children 2 and younger free, free popcorn. “The Biology of the Apple” – Learn where apples came from and sip on cider, Brown County State Park Nature Center, 2 p.m. “KIDS ALIVE!” with Kid Kazooey and the Ballroom Roustabouts – Renegade librarian Kid Kazooey promotes reading, imagination and merry-making with music and fun for the young and young-atheart, Palace Theatre of Brown County, 4 p.m., $10. Chili supper – Free chili, live music with the Mount Liberty Way Bluegrass Band, Goshen Church, 2798 Gatesville Road, food from 5-7 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. Dave Miller – Light classic rock, Little Gem Restaurant in Abe Martin Lodge, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dan Cantwell – Live music, Big Woods Pizza Co., 6-8 p.m. Sycamore Valley Euchre Club – Senior citizen building, Brown County Fairgrounds, 6 p.m. Big Woods Homegrown Concert Series with the Gordon Bonham Blues Band – Mississippi Delta meets Chicago back alley blues, Brown County Playhouse Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $10 plus fees. “Good Rockin’ Live!” – Celebrate the 60th anniver-
sary of SUN Records with an all-star cast, including Robert Shaw, Palace Theatre of Brown County, 8 p.m., $18/adults, $16/military/students/seniors 60 and older, $10/children 12 and younger.
Sunday, Sept. 30
Dave Miller – Light classic rock, Apple Works, Trafalgar, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. “The Slightly Haunted Puppet Theatre” – Traditional Halloween character marionettes set to music, Melchior Marionette Theatre, 1 and 3 p.m., tickets $5, children 2 and younger free, free popcorn. “All About Herps” – Reptiles and amphibians talk, Brown County State Park Nature Center, 2 p.m. Cluster of Hope FifthSunday Songfest – With the Singing Sands from Columbus, refreshments to follow service, Christiansburg United Methodist Church, 6 p.m. Bring a box of instant potatoes for St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. Stars of the IU Jacobs School of Music – Top performers from the renowned music school, Brown County Playhouse, 7:30 p.m., $15 plus ticket fees.
Monday, Oct. 1
Line dance lessons – With Billy Crase, Mike’s Music & Dance Barn, 6:30-9 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Sycamore Valley Euchre Club – Senior citizen building, Brown County Fairgrounds, 6 p.m.
BROWN COUNTY PLAYHOUSE Big Woods Brewing Company Homegrown Concert Series September 29 Gordon Bonham Blues Band September 30 “Stars of IU’s Jacobs School of Music.” 7:30
Fall theater programs Two Pigs Productions presents the Fall Series Last Train to Nibroc - October 4 - October 21 Tale of two young people in love dealing with life during WWII
Now serv ing local bee r and wine at m o Saturday st night shows
The Turn of the Screw - October 18 - November 4 Classic Victorian Thriller.
PM. Hosted by Sylvia McNair and Jeff Nelsen. Special appearance: Jacobs School graduate and Brown County’s own John Sanderson.
Almost, Maine - November 23 - December 2
November 17 Another Round, formerly known as IU’s Straight
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol - December 5 - December 16
No Chaser. Brown County Community Foundation Fund Raiser
Hilarious and poignant love stories Playhouse Christmas Classic
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