Wisconsin Arts News for November 10

 

Wisconsin Arts News
A Service of the Wisconsin Arts Board

 

 

November 10, 2009

QUOTE OF THE DAY
The Geniuses Among Us

 

They take us by surprise, these tall perennials

that jut like hollyhocks above the canopy

of all the rest of us - bright testimonials

to the scale of human possibility.

 

They come to bloom for every generation,

blazing with extraordinary notions

from the taproots of imagination -

dazzling us with incandescent visions.

 

And soon, the things we never thought would happen

start to happen: the solid fences

of reality begin to soften,

crumbling into fables and romances -

and we turn away from where we've been

to a new place, where light is pouring in.

 

- Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Marilyn L. Taylor

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin - A video poem

Wisconsin Poet Laureate Marilyn L. Taylor's reading of her poem "Late November: Dane County, Wisconsin." This is the first of four seasonal poems Ms. Taylor will be contributing.

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/video/vmix_e8b3b868-cb23-11de-8432-001cc4c03286.html

 

FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD

On Location: Spotlight on Your Community  2009 – 2010 Program

Kennedy Center

Deadline November 13

The Kennedy Center is pleased to announce the continuation of the program for 2009-10. In 2008-09 the Kennedy Center launched On Location: Spotlight on Your Community to celebrate the variety and diversity of artists and arts groups throughout the country. One component of the program is designed to help students tell the story of the arts in their community—focusing on an artist or arts group--and share it with the rest of the country through digital media. To support this goal, two On Location media artists will visit 10 selected schools across the country to help students learn how to tell the story of the arts in their community through digital storytelling. The On Location bus will visit one school in each community for thirteen days, from November 2009 to June 2010. Each school will receive a media package as part of its participation in the program. During the residency, the On Location media artists will work with one class in storytelling techniques and media/video/technology skills. The participating teachers and students will work together to create a short (3-5 minute) video about an artist or arts group in the community. The finished video will be uploaded to a Web site maintained by the Kennedy Center to share with others across the country.

What Benefits Does the School Receive?

Selected schools will receive:

Thirteen day residency by the On Location media artists and bus

Installed media package (worth $5,000) consisting of digital still and video cameras, microphones, and iMac computer with iMovie software

Curriculum and support to develop media projects about the arts in the community

Training of teacher(s) and students on how to use equipment

$1,000 for each school to continue a digital media program

National visibility

On-going relationship with the Kennedy Center's Education Department to work on additional projects with the Kennedy Center through its online program, ArtsEdge (www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

 

Interview with NEA's Landesman: He Produces Controversy

Wall Street Journal

"Veteran Broadway theater producer Rocco Landesman, off to a rocky start in his new gig as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), demonstrated at a meeting of arts funders in Brooklyn two weeks ago that he had no plans to change his act. In the first major speech since assuming his post in mid-August (a keynote address at the annual conference of Grantmakers in the Arts), the chairman acknowledged the "reconstructive" work of his predecessors, Dana Gioia and Bill Ivey, in rebuilding the agency's "credibility—good grant by good grant." He then said: "It's time now to move the ball down the field."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511320338376750.html

 

Monday's with Michael Kaiser - President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The Evolution of Boards

"As I travel around the country talking about the problems facing arts organizations during this recession, there is one topic that gets consistent and passionate attention: the role of the board."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/the-evolution-of-boards_b_341950.html

 

Join a Nation of Readers!  The Big Read is welcoming new applications.
National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: February 2, 2010
"The Big Read is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2010 and June 2011. The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture."
http://neabigread.org/application_process.php

 

IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums

A New Look for the Public Library's Lion Logo

New York Times

"Sketches that were drawn by New York Public Library staff members in the process of designing a new lion logo. The library lion has shed its shaggy mane for the digital age.

For the first time in at least a quarter century, the New York Public Library has unveiled a new logo, this one designed to work both online and in print. Consisting of a profile of a lion inside a circle, it sheds the fussy detail of the old one. Instead, it uses bold, simple lines that evoke the style of stained-glass windows, woodcuts, or old printers' marks."

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/a-new-look-for-the-public-librarys-lion-logo/

 

Arts and Creativity in Education

Going beyond test scores

Capital Times

"Rob Meyer can't help but get excited when he hears President Barack Obama talking about the need for states to start measuring whether their teachers, schools and districts are doing enough to help students succeed. "What he's talking about is what we are doing," says Meyer, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Value-Added Research Center. If states hope to secure a piece of Obama's $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" stimulus money, they'll have to commit to using research data to evaluate student progress and the effectiveness of teachers, schools and districts."

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/local_schools/article_66a46d18-f25b-51ec-8a20-079f27cdbff7.html

 

UWO student radio station amasses awards

Oshkosh Northwestern

"Students in the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's radio/TV/film program were recognized in two recent broadcasting contests. Daniel VanDenEng was named "Best DJ" for "Country 101" in the combined television and radio categories of the National Student Production Awards at the National College Media Convention Oct. 30. The program airs on WRST-FM, the University's student radio station."

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20091109/OSH1003/911090593

 

UWMC expansion on-schedule

WAOW-TV Wausau

WAUSAU (WAOW) – "An update now on the expansion of an area college. UW Marathon County broke ground on this new project in August and it is now well underway. University leaders say since the site is small, the work has to be done in phases. Despite the size, they say construction is on-schedule and the work should continue."

http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11473060

 

High school student learns English by song

La Crosse Tribune

ARCADIA - The lead actor in this year's Arcadia High School musical didn't speak English when he arrived at the school three years ago. Felipe Martinez also hadn't been on stage or sung with a school choir. "I came to choir, sat in the tenor section and watched," the 17-year-old high school senior said. "I'd smile and nod." Though he liked music, he said he never had an opportunity to participate in his native Guatemala. Martinez, who immigrated with his family, was able to find his niche and become comfortable with his English fine arts."

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_194c9c5e-cdba-11de-98de-001cc4c002e0.html

 

'On, Wisconsin!' hooks state ears from the start

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Madison — "If Wisconsin's essence were distilled to one four-note riff, it would be this: D, C-sharp, E, D. Whether played on trumpets or pianos, sung by sopranos or tenors, thumped from synthesizers or shouted by rappers, those four musical notes are encoded into Wisconsin's DNA. The notes, as well as the rest of the ditty that would become not just the Badger fight song but Wisconsin's state song, were first performed 100 years ago Tuesday when a glee club warbled "On, Wisconsin!" for the first time in practice followed by the first known public performance at a pep rally the next day. A few days later, on Nov. 13, 1909, the University of Wisconsin band played the tune during a football game at Camp Randall - a 34-6 drubbing by the University of Minnesota."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/69629317.html

 

Big Bird Responds

New York Times

"On Tuesday, "Sesame Street" will celebrate its 40th anniversary with the usual array of songs and life lessons about numbers and nutrition and a special guest, the first lady, Michelle Obama, on hand to help out. Meanwhile, Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and Carol-Lynn Parente, executive producer, are answering questions from Times readers this week."

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/big-bird-responds/

 

Community Arts

Arts groups win, 4th of July parties lose in Milwaukee city budget

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Art trumped patriotism in the Common Council arguments for small-ticket items in Milwaukee's 2010 city budget. But neither issue was quite that black-and-white. In council floor action last week, supporters of the arts rallied to defeat Mayor Tom Barrett's recommendation to cut city funding for grants to arts groups from $160,000 to $50,000. Had the mayor's plan prevailed, the Milwaukee Arts Board also would have lost a $25,000 state matching grant, for a net loss of $135,000 from this year's $185,000 in city and state funds. Ald. Michael Murphy, chairman of both the city Arts Board and the council's Finance & Personnel Committee, pushed through a budget amendment to maintain the arts grant funding at this year's level. But one way he did it was to sacrifice $25,000 in funding for art in city buildings. The amendment also changes Election Commission members' pay from a salary to a per-meeting payment."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/69609277.html

 

Bringing Down the House -  Saving the Grand Opera House Art

WBAY-TV Green Bay

"A major renovation project at the Grand Opera House in Oshkosh will force portions of the ceiling to come down in just a few days. Right now crews are removing much of the art work. Stripped right down to its shell, the Grand Opera House is about to undergo a major renovation to its ceiling. The art that was once on display is now being removed and preserved as repairs are made. "It's very important," executive director Joe Ferlo said, "to do this as carefully as safely and as thoroughly as possible, because you only want to do this work once, but at the same token there's a lot of intricate work with wall coverings and art work and painting that was done originally and in the 1980s, and we want to be true to that."

http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=11474448

 

Literary

Wisconsin's poet laureate writes poetry for the people

Wisconsin State Journal

"Befitting the position she holds, the question "What is a poem supposed to be?" is one that Marilyn L. Taylor, Wisconsin's state poet laureate, has seriously considered. She has an easy answer, but it's one about which she also is adamant: Poems are supposed to be accessible. "I think my No. 1 issue with contemporary poetry is much of it is obscure and much of it doesn't address the reader and I find that inexcusable," she said. That doesn't mean a poem must be simple, however: "A little ambiguity is fine because it's OK to have to work," Taylor added."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/article_82c67162-cae7-11de-9f53-001cc4c002e0.html

 

Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees

Racine Journal Times

"Even for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year awards. Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Tennis star Serena Williams was there, too, in a bright red, one-shoulder number. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were presenters; so were Katie Couric and former President Bill Clinton. And there were not one but three Beatle wives. But the biggest ovation at Monday evening's award ceremony went to the 81-year-old poet Maya Angelou, whose soaring words on the power of womanhood brought many to tears and nearly everyone to their feet."

http://www.journaltimes.com/entertainment/other/article_df22181e-a547-5421-b4e7-021929b91f59.html

 

Media Arts

Calatrava inspires the mothership in ABC's Sci-Fi drama "V"

Blog: Art City, Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel

"An art museum director from another city, who will remain nameless, years ago once said this of Santiago Calatrava: You can look at his structures in one moment and see something beautiful and poetic, while in the next, with even a subtle shift of mood or perspective, you seem to be gazing upon "Darth Vadar's summer home." I will never forget that, in part, because it had the powerful ring of truth. He or she (not giving a thing away here!) said this before the Calatrava-designed museum opened here, and it was the first time I'd heard someone take Calatrava to task in such strong terms."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/artcity.html

 

Melodie Wilson Succumbs To Cancer At Age 59

WISN TV Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE – "The Milwaukee community has lost a familiar face. Veteran broadcaster Melodie Wilson has succumbed to cancer. She was 59 years old. She died Monday at her River Hills home, with her husband and four children nearby. While she first became to known to Milwaukeeans in her role as a television news reporter, she made her mark helping them in their fight against breast cancer."

http://www.wisn.com/news/21566827/detail.html

 

Chip Duncan walks the walk

Third Coast Digest

"Filmmaker and author Chip Duncan perched comfortably on a stool in the living room of friends Friday night as he retold story after story about his travels to Afghanistan, Darfur, Ethiopia  and Pakistan, the focus of his latest book, Enough To Go Around (SelectBooks, $34.95) He had the rapt attention of a crowd of more than 30, who came to see this award-winning documentarian who produced the recently aired public television biography on Herbert Hoover and is currently working with the likes of Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte on a production about Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed Amin. Dressed in jeans and a sweater, Duncan  worked the audience with his eyes and gestured with his hands to emphasize his points. But the Waukesha County resident didn't have to. His words about the security scares and custom details he encountered in these embattled regions are often documented on the nightly news, making the subject matters all-too familiar to the group."

http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2009/11/chip-duncan-walks-the-walk/

 

Hollywood: Same As It Ever Was - Even with Oscar buzz and box office success, "Precious" isn't likely to blow up the careers of its female stars. Black actresses still have a hard row to hoe. Just ask Angela Bassett—and Cicely Tyson.

The Root

"With Precious, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry are attempting to change both the Oscar game and what audiences have come to expect from black movies."

http://www.theroot.com/views/hollywood-same-it-ever-was

 

Wait, Are These Actually the 100 Best Movies of the Decade?

New York Times

"Earlier on Monday we noted an effort by The Times of London to enumerate the 100 best films of the 2000s, defiantly published before the Dec. 23 release of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" sequel. Not to be outdone, The Telegraph of London published its own list of the 100 most defining films of the decade and — in a stunning blow to Britain's reputation for agreeableness — its Top 10 movies are almost entirely different from The Times's."

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/wait-are-these-actually-the-100-best-movies-of-the-decade/

 

Google Set to Acquire AdMob for $750 Million

New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — "In a push to expand its digital advertising empire to cellphones, Google has agreed to acquire AdMob, a fast-growing mobile advertising start-up, for $750 million in stock, the companies said Monday. AdMob is one of the top sellers of banner ads on iPhone applications and Web pages that can be retrieved from mobile phones. The acquisition could help establish Google as an early leader in the small but rapidly expanding mobile phone advertising business."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/technology/companies/10google.html?_r=1&th&emc=th 

 

Electronic Arts Plans to Cut 1,500 Jobs

New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — "Electronic Arts, the video game company, said it would lay off 1,500 workers and shrink its product lineup, even as it announced that it had acquired Playfish, a start-up that makes online games. This year has been a difficult one for Electronic Arts and for the game industry as a whole because of the sharp drop in consumer spending. The company, which makes popular games like the Madden, Rock Band and Sims series, has already made deep cuts in staff and its roster of games this year."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/technology/companies/10game.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

 

Performing Arts

Dance

Notes on an art crisisThis recession will bring a sea change in the way we look at, write about, and make art. Adrian Searle reveals what he's looking forward to

Guardian UK

"Two weeks ago, I went to an evening in New York in honour of the dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, who died earlier this year. Three spaces had been cleared on the enormous floor of the drill hall in the Park Avenue Armory. On each stage, something different was happening; except it was all the same thing, that thing that Merce and his company did."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/nov/09/art-world-crisis

 

Music

Opinion:  There's a lesson to be learned from Rihanna incident

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"I didn't know much about the pop star Rihanna until earlier this year. I haven't followed much popular music since the days Michael Jackson ruled the airwaves, but Rihanna ended up on my radar screen for reasons other than her hit songs. In February, Rihanna's boyfriend, Chris Brown, was arrested for beating her up in an attack after a pre-Grammy Awards party that left her bruised and bloody. After the incident went public, it set off a round of concern from parents who wondered what kind of example these lovebirds were setting for a generation of girls who admired Rihanna's career as both a hip-hop artist and a style icon."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/69626922.html

 

Madison music scene prevents big riders

Daily Cardinal

"The rock 'n' roll scriptures have told of the artists' backstage as a magical place—a mythical landscape of long-legged bombshell groupies where rail liquor is laughed at and personal caterers lay out feasts for the greater good of Mick Jagger. So that raises the question, where do all these festive items of rock revelry come from? At the base of this backstage circus is the "concert rider," a document containing the list of items needed by the artist and crew for the show. It is the task of the hosting production company to fulfill this list of needs, which always goes beyond dinner and a bottle of wine. Perhaps the holy grail of all riders, Van Halen's 1982 tour, featured a 53-page rider that demanded brown M&Ms be discarded from the rest of their bite-sized candies. The rider also requested four cases of Schlitz malt liquor and one large tube of KY jelly. Clearly, this was rock 'n' roll gluttony at its finest."

http://www.dailycardinal.com/arts/madison-music-scene-prevents-big-riders-1.892192

 

Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago a positive cultural experience

Daily Cardinal

"So last week's decrying of Lil Jon was fun, but a ranting column like that is not very productive without alternatives and guidance, so running it concerned me and got me thinking. What is a recently productive listen to match and counter Lil Jon's unproductivity? What can unite as many people while being personally, socially and artistically gratifying/appealing? The Black Album? Even after watching "Fade to Black" and seeing the impressive way Jay-Z works, it is not the artistically stirring answer I'm looking for. It's too technical here rather than personal. Something Animal Collective? Something White Stripes? Again, neither group is as unifying nor as intimately engaging.

After writing last week's column, however, the answer came quicker than expected: Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago."

http://www.dailycardinal.com/arts/bon-iver-s-for-emma-forever-ago-a-positive-cultural-experience-1.892208

 

Theater

A play about coach Vince Lombardi set for Broadway

GM Today

NEW YORK – "OK, Cheeseheads. Get ready to visit Broadway. "Vince," a play about the legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, is planned for New York next season. Producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Krimser say the play by Eric Simonson will open during the fall of 2010. The cast, director and opening date have yet to be announced. Simonson's play is based on David Maraniss' best-selling book "When Pride Mattered." Lombardi coached the Packers from 1959-67, winning five league championships in nine years."

http://www.gmtoday.com/news/front/topstory12.asp

 

Riverwest proves to be a good spot for Florentine Opera practices

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"It makes sense that "Tosca" would be the first production ever rehearsed in the Florentine Opera's new Riverwest home. The tragic hero in the Puccini masterpiece is Mario Cavaradossi, the lover of singer Floria Tosca, and Tosca's first five words in the libretto are "Mario!", "Mario!" and (calling angrily) "Mario! Mario! Mario!" That's music to the ears of the Florentine's new landlord, Mario Costantini, a factory owner, opera lover and civic activist who over the years helped found a Riverwest youth center, launched the citywide "Mad Hot Ballroom" school dance competition and helped put together the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center at 325 W. Walnut St."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/69626927.html

 

A play about coach Vince Lombardi set for Broadway

GM Today

NEW YORK – "OK, Cheeseheads. Get ready to visit Broadway. "Vince," a play about the legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, is planned for New York next season. Producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Krimser say the play by Eric Simonson will open during the fall of 2010. The cast, director and opening date have yet to be announced. Simonson's play is based on David Maraniss' best-selling book "When Pride Mattered." Lombardi coached the Packers from 1959-67, winning five league championships in nine years."

http://www.gmtoday.com/news/front/topstory12.asp

 

Other

A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain

New York Times

"It's snowing heavily, and everyone in the backyard is in a swimsuit, at some kind of party: Mom, Dad, the high school principal, there's even an ex-girlfriend. And is that Elvis, over by the piñata? Uh-oh. Dreams are so rich and have such an authentic feeling that scientists have long assumed they must have a crucial psychological purpose."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/10mind.html?ref=science

 

What's Wrong With Charitable Giving—and How to Fix It

Wall Street Journal

It's hard to overstate the crisis facing charitable giving today. So let me just say it as plainly as I can: Much of current philanthropic giving, by foundations and individuals, neither meets the needs of our charitable organizations nor addresses some of our most urgent public needs. Foundation practices today are too bureaucratic, inflexible and cautious, and too focused on short-term objectives. Too often, the process and procedures of grant making are more tailored to the needs of foundations and their trustees than to the requirements of nonprofits.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704500604574481773446591750.html

 

See the complete Philanthropy report.

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/philanthropy-110909.html

 

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Arts and Creativity in Education

Dan Ariely, Behavioral Economist and Best-Selling Author - Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series continues with the behavioral economist & author

The Isthmus

November 10

"Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University and visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab. A behavioral economist, Ariely's research shows that we all succumb to irrationality in situations where rational thought is expected. He is an expert on how people actually act — and why they act — in all kinds of business and economic environments, and what this means for business innovation, strategy, marketing and pricing."

http://www.isthmus.com/theguide/details.php?event=231375

 

Carthage Wind Orchestra fall concert Tuesday night

Racine Journal Times

November 10

KENOSHA – "The Carthage Wind Orchestra will present its fall concert, "Special Delivery", at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night in A.F. Siebert Chapel, 2001 Alford Park Drive. There is no admission fee. The soloist will be soprano Laura Kaeppeler, a senior music education major from Kenosha. She will sing a set of four Carl Sandburg poems scored for voice and band by Lew Buckley, former director of the United States Coast Guard Band."

http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_596b639e-cd77-11de-8e8c-001cc4c002e0.html

 

"Arts, Inc.: Greed, Neglect, and our Cultural Rights"

November 12

"Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and recent Arts and Humanities leader for President Obama's transition team, Bill Ivey has been exploring the nexus of art and public policy for decades. But his provocative book, Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights, and his continuing work both inside and outside the beltway suggest that nexus is missing essential connections. Come share his vision for a federal, state, and local public arts policy that reaches wider and digs deeper than the system we've come to know."

http://www.arts.wisc.edu/artsinstitute/IAR/artsenterprise/ivey.html

 

Community Arts

On Stage with TCD: The Week in Highlights 11/11 to 11/17 |

Third Coast Digest

Various Sites & Dates

"It's definitely a week for all kinds of string music, from the multifaceted Turtle Island Quartet accompanying a Cuban danzón to violinist Guillermo Figueroa who will join the UWM Fine Arts Quartet. But it's also a week for college shows in general, from the blues/theater showcase at UWM to the raucous Sondheim classic, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, at Carroll University.  Also: Holmes and Watson get locked in a room and sing their way out."

http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2009/11/on-stage-with-tcd-the-week-in-highlights-1111-to-1117/

 

Downtown Madison: Holiday Open House, Saturday, Nov. 28

WisBusiness

November 28

MADISON, Wis. – "Downtown Madison welcomes one and all to kick off the holiday season at the Downtown Holiday Open House, Saturday, November 28, 2009, from 10 am to 6 pm, on State Street and the Capitol Square. Free and open to the public. Information is at http://www.visitdowntownmadison.com or (608) 443-1974.

Holiday Open House Activities include:"

http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=176340

 

Folk Arts/Folklife

KR Bluegrass Band to perform in Burlington

Racine Journal Times

November 18

BURLINGTON – "The Burlington Lyceum Club will host an Old Time Barn Dance Show at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Veterans Terrace in Echo Park, 588 Milwaukee Ave. (Highway 36). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The program will be in the Patriot Center in the lower level. Use the entrance (under the canopy) on the east side of the building, which is handicapped-accessible. People in wheelchairs, or who have difficulty climbing stairs, may take the elevator to the lower level."

http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/leisure/article_ff3f3840-cd72-11de-b3c5-001cc4c03286.html

 

Museum to host tour and theater program

Racine Journal Times

November 19

KENOSHA – "The Civil War Museum, 5400 First Ave., will present "Up Close and Personal: Curator Tours and Theatre Programs," featuring a curator-guided tour of "The Fiery Trial" exhibit at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. During the tour, meet a woman portraying Caroline Quarlls and learn about southeastern Wisconsin's involvement in the Civil War. As a 16-year-old girl, Quarlls escaped from slavery in Missouri. The portrayal recounts her journey through Illinois and Wisconsin. The curator's tour looks at the artifacts and stories presented in "The Fiery Trial" including Quarlls' letters."

http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/leisure/article_92e3db80-cd7a-11de-82c8-001cc4c03286.html

 

Performing Arts

Dance

Babes in Toyland comes to Lake Country

Living Lake Country

November 13-14

"Are you looking for a special holiday treat to enjoy with the family? "Babes in Toyland, the ballet" is a new presentation of the Lake Country Dance Theatre's ballet company. All ages will enjoy this family-friendly production where ballet is combined with just the right amount of spoken word to help the audience have a full, theatrical experience. As with any good tale, good battles evil, the good guys win, and everyone lives happily ever after. In between you will meet nursery rhyme characters, a moth queen, and puppets.

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/userstoriessubmitted/69616577.html

 

Milwaukee's Magical Holiday Tradition Returns

Milwaukee Ballet

December 11 - 27

"Come along with Clara, Fritz and Marie as they find themselves awake in their own dream on a magical journey around the world. This world-class spectacle features elaborate scenery, lavish costumes and stunning dance by the professional Company with special appearances from young dancers in Milwaukee Ballet School. Performed live by the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and Milwaukee Children's Choir, Tchaikovsky's captivating score transports you to a magical world filled with marching soldiers, flying angels, dancing dolls and pirouetting snow fairies."

http://www.milwaukeeballet.org/performances/nutcracker

 

Theater

Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps

The Isthmus

November 10-15

"Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, Broadway's most intriguing, most thrilling, most riotous, most UNMISSABLE comedy smash! The mind-blowing cast of four plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure. Winner, two Tony Awards®! Hilarious fun for theater-lovers of all ages!"

http://www.isthmus.com/theguide/details.php?event=225919

 

Play focuses on life behind bars

Racine Journal Times

November 14

RACINE - The "Inside," a drama production written by Keith Fenderson, will be staged at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave. Inside" depicts a brutally honest account of life behind incarcerated walls within a stage play. This is the fourth stage-play production written, directed and produced by Fenderson of The Faces Group Non-Profit Inc. His previous productions, "Druggies," "Dopehouse" and "Lost Souls Found," received high praise in Racine.

http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/leisure/article_b4a52ef0-cd79-11de-b94b-001cc4c03286.html

 

Pot Luck and a Play – The Stops

Press Release

November 15

"What are you doing after church on Sunday? StageQ suggests that you come to a potluck at the Bartell, followed by The Stops, our current show about three church organists who are members of the North American Lady Organists Guild! On Sunday, November 8th, St. John's Lutheran Church is sponsoring a potluck at noon in the Bartell lobby. And we'll do it again on Sunday, November 15th at noon, this time hosted by First Congregational United Church of Christ at the Bartell.The three ladies, Ginny, Euglena and Rose, will join parishioners and audience members for a a couple of hours of food and fellowship. Bring a dish to pass, and stay to see the show at 2:00 pm!"

www.StageQ.com

 

Watch your back: Forward Theater's debut deals in deception

77 Square

November 22

"There's something strange about Eve Harrington. When we first meet her, she seems shy and modest, even mousy. Then Eve says she's seen the same play every night for weeks. She idolizes the leading actress, Margo Channing. She sounds ... obsessed. I suspect that, if the time of the play "All About Eve" were today instead of 1951, Eve would soon be slapped with a restraining order. But this is postwar America -- apparently a less suspicious time -- and so Eve enters the inner sanctum of the theater elite, slowly revealing a manipulative streak and a relentless, destructive ambition."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/theatre/article_aeb6e02e-cc7a-11de-b990-001cc4c03286.html

 

Other

 

OPPORTUNITIES 

Surdna Foundation Accepting Applications for Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
Philanthropy News Digest, The Foundation Center

Deadline:  November 16 (intent to apply)
"The Surdna Foundation has announced the tenth year of a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in public arts high schools. Through the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields."
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=266700051

 

Association of Performing Arts Presenters Accepting Applications for Cultural Exchange Fund Travel Grants
Philanthropy News Digest, The Foundation Center

Deadline:  November 16
"The Association of Performing Arts Presenters has added a new funding round to the 2009-10 Cultural Exchange Fund travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The new funding round will provide for travel taking place between December 2009 and June 2010. The Cultural Exchange Fund is designed to assist U.S.-based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. In promoting cross-cultural arts programming, Arts Presenters strongly encourages travel to the following locations, including but not limited to, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa."
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=267100012

 

IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS

http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov

http://portalwisconsin.org

http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov

http://filmwisconsin.net

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings

December 4:  Madison

 

Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009

November 26: State holiday

November 27: State furlough

December 24: State holiday

December 25: State holiday

December 31: State holiday

 

Meetings and Conferences 

October 29 - 30:  "Creative Exploration and Innovation", WI Art Education Association, Milwaukee
http://www.wiarted.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={964F9C66-3C83-472B-828F-2232A670B430}

 

October 29 - 31:  Wisconsin State Music Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Madison
http://www.wmea.com/st_conf/index.html

 

March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx

 

The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art.  Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness  

 

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Arts Action Alert 11-9-2009: Art & the Public Purpose - A New Framework

 

 

Arts Wisconsin Arts Action Alert 11-9-2009: Art & the Public Purpose - A New Framework Arts Action Alert 11-9-2009 More Info Sign the petition: Art and the Public Purpose - A New Framework   Arts Action Alert 11-9-2009 Art and the Public Purpose - A New Framework Sign the petition today! America needs a bold new investment in culture, a policy recognizing that culture holds the key to a future we can believe in. The new Art and the Public Purpose Framework calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to support art's public purpose to mend our social fabric, promote freedom of expression and a vibrant, inclusive national dialogue, and revitalize both education and commerce with the creativity that has always been the wellspring of our energy and success. This new Framework was developed by the Cultural Policy Working Group created on May 12th, 2009, following a historic White House Briefing on Art, Community, Social Justice, National Recovery.  Why a Framework?  Because: Culture matters. As Wynton Marsalis said, "Songs, dances, writings allow us to speak to one another across generations. They gave us an understanding of our commonality long before the DNA told us we are all part of one glorious procession." Culture can be a powerful economic driver, the catalyst to transform failed schools, a means to restore faith in America's world role. Art enriches, beautifies, expresses and entertains, all good reasons to invest in artistic creativity. But the crises we face demand new capacities for creativity, understanding, innovation, and mutual responsibility. Artists' work offers a proven way to cultivate imagination and empathy, essential to national recovery and sustainable community. President Obama speaks of our urgent need to "unleash the creativity and innovation that still make this nation the envy of the world." This country needs all our talents. The creative economy generates jobs and quality-of-life. Teaching artists cultivate imagination and problem-solving. Working in public service for public goals, artists' skills at invention, improvisation, and inspiration are essential to success. And yet, the United States government does not support our national culture with a coherent cultural policy and the investment that can bring it to life. This can change. At every moment of crisis and opportunity, artists and cultural organizers have been eager to use their gifts in the service of democratic public purpose. During the 1930s New Deal, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created more than 8.5 million jobs building roads, bridges and parks, painting murals, creating living theater, teaching school, preserving musical heritage, and much more. Today is no different. Calling for a 2009 summer of service, First Lady Michelle Obama said that "ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools." We don't ask for special privileges, just the proper tools and the opportunity to do our part, on equal footing and in partnership with all Americans. This Framework offers five concepts that hold the key to cultural recovery and its role in national recovery. Actualizing them will require our best thinking; we are ready to offer program plans, implementation advice, to roll up our sleeves and help in every way. Now is the time.  The five concepts are: 1. Use creativity for the common good. Recovery means building a new foundation for economic growth, improving infrastructure, aligning us in public purpose, then sustaining these gains. Artists and cultural organizers already contribute to every community, urban and rural, educating the whole student, cultivating resilience through public art projects, bringing the healing power of dance, drama and story to senior centers, hospitals and prisons, and more. They innovate, inspire and engage. In health, education, social services, employment and training, environment, transportation, community development, energy, international relations-every aspect of our democracy-our public sector can be more effective by infusing its work with the power of culture, forging partnerships with artists and organizations. National policy should mandate that every agency recognize cultural action as a valid instrument of the public good.   2. Engage all of us. To succeed, our national goals need everyone. Our cultural landscape is a rich and varied tapestry of heritage and new creation. The right to culture-to honor those who came before, express ourselves and take part in community life-is a core human right. Our national policy should mandate equal opportunity to contribute to and benefit from cultural life, whether our families are indigenous to this land, have lived here for many decades or just arrived; whether we live in cities or the countryside; regardless of color, creed, orientation or physical ability. The way we support, protect and promote culture should reflect our best, our national commitment to equity, fairness and inclusion. 3. Build on cultural memory. Every community's cultural fabric is made of shared places, customs, values and creative acts. The stronger it is, the more likely that kids will stay in school, businesses will thrive, neighbors will celebrate and learn from each other. When we forget this, we pay a price. How would our cities be different if policy-makers had considered the cultural lives of the neighborhoods leveled to make way for new stadiums, performing arts complexes and freeways? Cultural policy should be modeled on laws assessing environmental impacts, considering the human and cultural cost of public actions before approving plans. Instead of winners and losers, we should strive for partnerships between community members, the public sector and entrepreneurs. 4. Put artists to work to support cultural recovery. We need a "new WPA," a public service jobs program addressing all our national goals-clean energy, excellent education, sound economy, good health and more. It should include putting artists and creative organizers to work for the common good using every art form and way of working: providing well-rounded education, sustaining and caring for the ill, engaging elders in creativity, rebuilding community infrastructure to reflect our best. Seventy-five years ago, the WPA supported five arts programs as part of FDR's program to recover from the Great Depression. It worked. Today, jobs are still the engine of prosperity; when tied to public purpose, no investment brings greater impact. 5. Stand for free expression, supporting democratic media. Real democracy requires inclusive public conversation, respecting diverse voices, providing the proper tools for an open society. We are long overdue to address media monopolies, using regulation to defend free expression. To earn the world's respect, national policy should stand for free cultural exchange and free speech, including robust public media and universal, affordable high-speed Internet access. Neither government nor corporations should have the right to control expression, exploit others or restrict devices or infrastructure for the widest possible information transmission. Artists, like all who work for a living, should benefit from the fruits of their labors. Click here to read the whole Framework, and sign the petition today! Arts Wisconsin's advocacy resources:   Become a Fan of Arts Wisconsin on FaceBook and follow us on Twitter! Read about Arts Wisconsin on Fractured Atlas Don't miss the Wisconsin Emerging Arts Leaders 3rd Annual Summit, 12/3/09, Milwaukee Barry's Blog - online forum on national arts policy, fall 2009 Arts Action Toolkit The latest advocacy news and issues Advocacy Dos and Don'ts "Toolkit for the Economic Crisis," including "10 Obstacles to Avoid."   Arts Action Alerts are services of Arts Wisconsin and its Legislative Action Center.  Arts Wisconsin provides timely information and actions on arts, community and government issues throughout the year.   Please forward this email on to colleagues and peers who should have this information, so they can also stay in touch and involved. 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Wisconsin Arts News for November 9

 

Wisconsin Arts News
A Service of the Wisconsin Arts Board

 November 9, 2009

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas"  John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

"I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent"  Paul Simon

 

 "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but out of chaos"  Mary Wollstonecraft

 

"All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness."  Mark Kennedy

 

VIDEO OF THE DAY
This is the story of one of the greatest minds in human history. A scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer, Leonardo Da Vinci

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9ar3X_u1k

 

FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD

Opportunity for Wisconsin Schools:

On Location: Spotlight on Your Community  2009 – 2010 Program

Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center is pleased to announce the continuation of the program for 2009-10. In 2008-09 the Kennedy Center launched On Location: Spotlight on Your Community to celebrate the variety and diversity of artists and arts groups throughout the country. One component of the program is designed to help students tell the story of the arts in their community—focusing on an artist or arts group--and share it with the rest of the country through digital media. To support this goal, two On Location media artists will visit 10 selected schools across the country to help students learn how to tell the story of the arts in their community through digital storytelling. The On Location bus will visit one school in each community for thirteen days, from November 2009 to June 2010. Each school will receive a media package as part of its participation in the program. During the residency, the On Location media artists will work with one class in storytelling techniques and media/video/technology skills. The participating teachers and students will work together to create a short (3-5 minute) video about an artist or arts group in the community. The finished video will be uploaded to a Web site maintained by the Kennedy Center to share with others across the country.

What Benefits Does the School Receive?

Selected schools will receive:

Thirteen day residency by the On Location media artists and bus

Installed media package (worth $5,000) consisting of digital still and video cameras, microphones, and iMac computer with iMovie software

Curriculum and support to develop media projects about the arts in the community

Training of teacher(s) and students on how to use equipment

$1,000 for each school to continue a digital media program

National visibility

On-going relationship with the Kennedy Center's Education Department to work on additional projects with the Kennedy Center through its online program, ArtsEdge (www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org)

 

Interview with NEA's Landesman: He Produces Controversy

Wall Street Journal

"Veteran Broadway theater producer Rocco Landesman, off to a rocky start in his new gig as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), demonstrated at a meeting of arts funders in Brooklyn two weeks ago that he had no plans to change his act. In the first major speech since assuming his post in mid-August (a keynote address at the annual conference of Grantmakers in the Arts), the chairman acknowledged the "reconstructive" work of his predecessors, Dana Gioia and Bill Ivey, in rebuilding the agency's "credibility—good grant by good grant." He then said: "It's time now to move the ball down the field."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511320338376750.html

 

Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah Jessica Parker join arts panel

Washington Post

"Several stars of stage, screen and fashion runways will join the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a largely ceremonial, blue-ribbon group that advises President Obama on arts and cultural issues.  Yo-Yo Ma, who played at Obama's inauguration, will join the panel, along with actor Edward Norton, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, actress and Democratic Party activist Kerry Washington, "Last King of Scotland" and "Good Morning Vietnam" star Forest Whitaker, Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour and movie and TV regular Alfre Woodard."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/11/yo-yo_ma_sarah_jessica_parker.html?wprss=federal-eye?hpid=artslot

 

Monday's with Michael Kaiser - President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The Evolution of Boards

"As I travel around the country talking about the problems facing arts organizations during this recession, there is one topic that gets consistent and passionate attention: the role of the board."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/the-evolution-of-boards_b_341950.html

 

Governor Doyle Presents 2009 Governor's Awards in Support of the Arts

Wisconsin Arts Board

Last night, at a ceremony at the Executive Residence, Governor Jim Doyle and First Lady Jessica Doyle presented the 2009 Governor's Awards in Support of the Arts to:

·        the Hudson Hospital and Clinics;

·        Lane and Linda Ware, Wausau;

·        The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation of Milwaukee; and

·        First Wave Spoken Word Learning Community in the UW-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiative (OMAI).

To learn more about the recipients, please click here:
http://www.wiffa.org/?p=49&PHPSESSID=a0939423abaeba96c3f5d3110b2aa257.  The Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts, annually and on behalf of all Wisconsin citizens,  works in partnership with the Governor to present the Governor's Awards in Support of the Arts, an annual celebration of exceptional individuals, businesses and organizations whose extraordinary contributions to the vitality of the arts in local communities or statewide are deserving of recognition.

 

Governor Doyle presented each recipient with an official award citation and a piece of art by nationally recognized artist Xao Yang Lee of Sheboygan [https://www.jmkac.org/XaoYangLee].  The ceremony also featured outstanding video tributes to, and heartfelt thanks from, each award recipient.  Governor Doyle spoke to the need for the arts, especially during these challenging economic times, and ended the ceremony with the line made famous by the Foundation's late Founder, Jerry Bartell, "The arts are for everyone.  Support.  Enjoy!"

 

Thanks are due to Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Director of the John Michael Kohler Art Center, and honorary chair of this year's event, and to WI Energy Foundation, the event's sponsor.  The Wisconsin Arts Board congratulates Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts President Jeffery Bartell, the Foundation's Executive Director Kristi Williams, and its Administrator Beverly Lemberger for this outstanding ceremony.

 

Later this year the 2009 Governor's Awards in Support of the Arts Ceremony will be shown on television stations across the state, thanks to the encouragement of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.  Check your local listings for the time and channel near you!

http://www.wiffa.org/

 

Join a Nation of Readers!  The Big Read is welcoming new applications.
National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: February 2, 2010
"The Big Read is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2010 and June 2011. The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture."
http://neabigread.org/application_process.php

 

IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums

Collecting Art, Part II

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"In this installment of the "Collecting Art" series I speak with Russell Bowman, the former director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Bowman currently runs a commercial gallery and consultancy in Chicago, the Russell Bowman Art Advisory, and has specialized knowledge in modern, contemporary and self-taught art. Like many high-end commercial galleries, Bowman's helps clients focus their interests in particular kinds of art and helps them make decisions about value and risk. For most serious art collectors, the first step before investing a lot of money is to develop a relationship with an art dealer they feel they can trust—in the same way one might consult a specialist before investing in say, stocks or real estate. I spoke to Bowman by phone the other day."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/69395667.html

 

            Collecting Art, Part I

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/65532932.html

 

Learning about Bayfield history

Ashland Daily Press

"Bayfield School's first- and second-graders recently got to explore the BHA "Flood of 1942" Exhibit. The tours, coordinated by Bayfield Heritage Association and Leon Filipczak, enrichment coordinator for the school, encouraged the students to walk Bayfield's history, visiting historic structures and landmarks important to the story of the flood of 1942. Students were met outside the Bayfield Carnegie Library by Tom Gordon and Dot Harris, who showed them the classic flood picture of the library perched high above the devastation. Then Gordon led them to the roof of a car sticking out of the mud, an exhibit BHA created to re-enact a portion of the flood damage."

http://www.ashlandwi.com/articles/2009/11/09/community/doc4af83c87e64e7225916253.txt

 

Arts and Creativity in Education

Inside agitator: Star UW history professor Jeremi Suri wants to shake things up

The Isthmus

"Jeremi Suri is on a mission. He wants the UW-Madison, where he's a rising-star history professor, to be bolder, more daring, more adept at reaching out. Unafraid of controversy. More, come to think of it, like Suri himself. "We should be a place that takes risks [and] pushes boundaries between disciplines and in the way we teach," says Suri in a tone that is both friendly and urgent. "I'm frustrated by the fact that, for all we talk about being on the cutting edge here, we are very resistant to risk-taking, very resistant to thinking about our mission as citizens and intellectuals."  Suri pushes himself hard to live up to those standards, whether he's delivering provocative lectures to a large intro course or teaching online for military officers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, as he did this past summer.  On campus, there is much talk about the Wisconsin Idea — making the boundaries of the university as wide as the boundaries of the state — and plenty of good work that does happen. Yet there's also institutional conservatism in some quarters, a sense that coasting on tradition is good enough.  For Suri, "good enough" doesn't cut it."

http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=27349

 

What's on your plate? Film teaches how to eat good food

77 Square

"The words "environmental issues" often evoke seemingly distant, intangible problems, like melting arctic ice or droughts on the other side of the globe, things that feel removed from our daily lives. But the Tales of Planet Earth film festival shows us that the environment isn't something that happens out there; "it's where we live, work and play," said festival co-founder and UW-Madison professor Gregg Mitman."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/movies/article_0d18f606-bc5c-5c0c-8bc2-cab6f6db5930.html

 

Doggone good program

Baraboo News Republic

"Every Wednesday, there's a very special visitor to Raedean Vaness' third-grade classroom at Gordon L. Willson Elementary School. She's a hairy 4-1/2-year-old who slobbers sometimes, and she wants to help kids read, even though she does doze sometimes or flap an ear about. Meet Georgia, a chocolate Lab belonging to Vaness, and a certified Reading Education Assistance Dog. Vaness has been bringing her to class once per week for the past three school years to listen to her students read aloud.'

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/index.php?ntid=466910

 

Our View: Student newspapers teach valuable lessons

Wausau Daily Herald

"Schools are facing tight budgets across the land, and painful cuts are being made. When it's sports programs that are being cut, you can count on parents and alumni organizations to mobilize and organize to keep football budgets intact, or soccer or volleyball or whatever the sport might be. When it's the theater program, the local arts community can be expected to pitch in what they can. In a similar way, we feel a sense of camaraderie with school newspapers. So the news that Wausau West High School's award-winning Warrior's Word newspaper was having its budget cut isn't something we liked to hear. The paper will morph from a newspaper published eight times per school year to a magazine published twice."

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20091108/WDH06/911080301

 

Readers React: School paper plays important role

Wausau Daily Herald

"Help out student journalism Reading the Wausau West Warrior's Word was a treat when I was lucky enough to have one of my children bring one home. I have also been impressed with the quality of writing, information, and editorials in the papers from Wausau East, D.C. Everest, and the University of Wisconsin Marathon County. Their thought-provoking work is equal to the talented musical productions at our local schools."

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20091108/WDH06/911080302

 

Michelle Obama Helps Sesame Street Mark the Big 4-0

People

"Oscar the Grouch had better behave – and keep his political opinions to himself. On Tuesday, to mark the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking children's program Sesame Street, some very special guests pay a visit, including First Lady Michelle Obama. According to previews circulating the Net, she meets Big Bird – who observes that the two of them are tall."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318436,00.html

 

Community Arts

Veteran's Day Concert

WJFW-TV

RHINELANDER - Even though Veterans Day is still a few days away, some people in the Northwoods got an early start to the celebration by holding a free concert in Rhinelander. The Rhinelander Area Community Band played over ten marches, patriotic songs and some big band music in the Nativity Catholic School Gym Sunday afternoon. Clarinet player Jan Leschke says it's important to thank the men and women who serve our country. She says playing for veterans holds a special meaning for most band members.

http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20091108215311

 

Folk Arts/Folklife

The tribes fight back with Native SpiritSick of being portrayed as helpless victims, indigenous peoples are now picking up the camera themselves. And the results, as seen in the Native Spirit film festival, are remarkable

Guardian UK

"Cinema's relationship with indigenous tribal peoples has not been a happy one. Native Americans helped get the movies up and running by providing handy resistance to the winning of the west – which proved dramatically invaluable in cowboy movies. In return, they were portrayed as feathered and painted savages, hungry for scalps and blind to the essential decency of the men who were stealing their land. In these more enlightened times, things are different, but not much better. When indigenous people appear at all, it is usually as helpless victims of oppression, in thrall to quaint but silly customs. The recent La Terra degli Uomini Rossi, released here as Birdwatchers, painted the Guarani-Kaiowá tribe of Brazil as hapless remnants of a lost people, making a futile stand against encroaching agribusinessmen. It ended with an appeal for support. But many of the indigenous people of the Americas, and beyond, believe the white man's lens misrepresents them."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/08/native-spirit-film-festival

 

Literary

Wisconsin's poet laureate writes poetry for the people

77 Square

"Befitting the position she holds, the question "What is a poem supposed to be?" is one that Marilyn L. Taylor, Wisconsin's state poet laureate, has seriously considered. She has an easy answer, but it's one about which she also is adamant: Poems are supposed to be accessible."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/article_82c67162-cae7-11de-9f53-001cc4c002e0.html

 

New books show the fun of the Irvine Park Zoo, being a kid

Chippewa Herald

"Jeannie Roberts' book wouldn't have been possible if her then-5-year-old son Andrew hadn't enjoyed making faces. "Boys really like this kind of stuff," she said. Eleven years later, the Chippewa Falls woman's poetry shares space with her drawings of kids scrunching up their faces in her first children's book, "Let's Make Faces!"

http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2009/11/08/news/doc4af63c397bb5e545201305.txt

 

Book extract: Viral Loop

Financial Times

"It was the autumn of 2005 when Fritz Grobe, a professional juggler, and Stephen Voltz, a trial lawyer, first heard from a friend the amusing revelation that if you dropped Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke, it would explode. Performers at heart – the two were members of a regional theatre company in Buckfield, Maine – Grobe and Voltz went out to the backyard to try it. After the pyrotechnics, their first thought was: how far could they take it? They weren't the first. For decades, high school students had mixed vinegar and baking soda to make volcanoes erupt at science fairs and, since the early 1990s, the people at Mentos had been aware of the geyser phenomenon, which would come and go in popularity. Then, in September 2005, science educator Steve Spangler demonstrated the Mentos-Diet Coke effect on a news programme in Denver, Colorado, with the anchor Kim Christiansen getting soaked in the process. The online video became a minor hit."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/03d0a560-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html

 

Do women write 'female' poetry?This, I discovered at Aldeburgh poetry festival, is a compelling question – and not just to women

Guardian UK

"Many of the poems in my next book are influenced by the artist Helen Chadwick, whose early work made much use of images of her own body – until a change in the late 1980s. She wrote: "I made a conscious decision in 1988 not to represent my body ... It immediately declares female gender and I wanted to be more deft." I think I am in love with the word "deft", which seems to me to describe exactly how a poet should be – but apart from that I was intrigued by the idea of art that might not declare gender. When I applied the idea to poetry I saw how prescriptive we can be – particularly as readers – in our assumptions about the influence of gender on writing."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/nov/09/do-women-write-female-poetry

 

Foreign media count cost of UK libel laws

Guardian UK

"Karen McVeigh The Guardian, Monday 9 November 2009 Article historyBritain's reputation for "libel tourism" is driving American and foreign publishers to consider abandoning the sale of newspaper and magazines in Britain and may lead to them blocking access to websites, MPs have been warned. Publishers, human rights groups and campaigners have expressed "substantial and increasing concern" because comments that would be protected under the freedom of speech in the US constitution are actionable in London courts once published here, no matter how small the readership."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/09/britain-libel-laws-foreign-media

 

Media Arts

News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut

New York Times

"On Thursday afternoon, when word came about the shootings that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood, just up the road from Austin, it seemed like a made-to-order test for The Texas Tribune, a brand new 12-person Web-based newsroom.They scrambled the jets, made plans, and then — stayed put."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/media/09carr.html?th&emc=th

 

Stars + time + box office = franchise hit

Globe & Mail

"As some of Hollywood's sure-fire franchise hits, such as Saw, come under fire for not meeting box-office expectations, a group of academics say they can predict which sequels will succeed. The researchers devised a formula that takes into account whether key stars are still participating, how much time has elapsed since the last instalment and the box office for prior movies in the franchise."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/stars-time-box-office-franchise-hit/article1356085/

 

Unleashing Life's Wild Things

New York Times

"A FEW weekends ago I sat near the back of the biggest theater in my local multiplex, part of a packed house watching Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are." The film had just opened to reviews that ranged from grouchy to ecstatic, and to quite a bit of hand wringing about its dark, sad, scary or otherwise non-child-appropriate content. There was a lot of speculation too about the size, composition and receptivity of the audience. Would children embrace it? Would adults be scared off? Who was this movie — so melancholy in its whimsy, so rueful in its sentiment — really meant for?"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/movies/08scot.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

 

A Netflix Model for Haute Couture

New York Times

"For many women, a $1,000 dress is something they admire in the pages of a glossy magazine or see draped on the frame of a celebrity — not an item hanging in their closet. But a nascent Web site called Rent the Runway is hoping to make high-end fashions much more accessible and almost as easy as renting a movie from Netflix."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/technology/09runway.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

 

A Movie's Budget Pops From the Screen

New York Times

LOS ANGELES — "Can a movie studio make money on a film based on an original and unfamiliar story, with no Hollywood superstars, a vanishing DVD market and a price tag approaching $500 million? That question looms large for 20th Century Fox and its 3-D science-fiction film "Avatar," among the most expensive movies ever. Despite many skeptics, the studio thinks it can turn a profit, in part because the film's creator, James Cameron, was the driving force behind the studio's immense hit "Titanic."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/media/09avatar.html?th&emc=th

 

Performing Arts

Theater

All About Eve is a promising start by the Forward Theater Company

The Isthmus

"If Saturday night's near-capacity crowd for All About Eve is a reliable indicator, there's definitely an appetite for professional theater in Madison. All About Eve, a one-night only event in the Overture Center Playhouse, was the debut production of Forward Theater Company. Forward is one of two groups -- the other being The Bricks Theatre -- to emerge following the demise of the Madison Repertory Theatre earlier this year. Both companies include people who had worked for the Rep in either artistic or administrative roles.  While I enjoyed the informality and laid-back vibe of Bricks' launch at the Frequency, it also felt good to be back in Overture's Playhouse again. It would be a shame for this lovely venue to be underutilized due to the Rep's closure."

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27384

 

Other

NEA Chief Landesman Lands In Peoria -- And Avoids Controversy

Blog: Real Clear Arts/Judith H. Dobrzynski

"Rocco Landesman didn't take Peoria, but he did seem to refrain from dismissing the city and its arts community again. The new National Endowment for the Arts chairman yesterday started the whistle-stop tour of U.S. arts communities that he promised a few weeks ago. The first stop was a must because he'd insulted Peorians back in August. On his visit, Landesman avoided another direct hit, saying he would not compare the production of "Rent" that he saw at the Eastlight Theatre Friday Night to a production of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. According to the Peoria Journal Star, here's what happened:"

http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2009/11/landesman-peoria.html

 

 

WHEN YOU GO
For more arts and cultural events, please go to www.portalwisconsin.org.  Have you entered your events on Portal?  Do it today!
Visual Arts/Museums

Museum looks at Lincoln's evolving views on slavery

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

November 14

"Abraham Lincoln stands as the best-known icon of the American anti-slavery movement. But what exactly were his views against slavery and how did they change over the years? And how did he ultimately work to engineer slavery's end in America? History buffs can learn about Lincoln's courage from his own words and those of his political friends and foes. The Kenosha Civil War Museum offers "For a Vast Future Also," a Lincoln bicentennial program starting at 1 p.m. Saturday."

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/69528332.html

 

Art for Life: Artistic family on display at Lemon Street Gallery

Racine Journal Times

Through November 22

"The bold colors and natural forms that carry throughout the artwork on the brick walls of Kenosha's Lemon Street Gallery create a sense of cohesion among the three artists who created them. The connection they have, though, actually goes much deeper than color and form - to a familial passion for art."

http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/relationships-and-special-occasions/article_84104e78-ca5e-11de-9329-001cc4c03286.html

 

Old-time radios take center stage at University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley gallery exhibit in Menasha

Appleton Post-Crescent

"At one time in his life, retired master electrician and military veteran Clyde Stephenson owned more than 300 radios, many of them vintage. The Town of Menasha collector, now 89, has donated about 100 of his radios to the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley for instructional purposes and aesthetic display. UW-Fox Valley is showcasing a variety of about 24 radios from the 1920s to 1950s in a new exhibit that combines the art and history of radio."

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20091108/APC04/911080510 

 

Arts and Creativity in Education

Understanding Shakespeare: local programs introduce the Bard to kids

Wisconsin State Journal

November 11-13

SPRING GREEN – "Actor Steve Wojtas was running out of breath bringing William Shakespeare back to life. Wojtas, who just finished his second season at American Players Theatre, was re-telling the story of "Comedy of Errors," one of Shakespeare's more confusing comedies, at the Shakespeare Academy on the American Players Theatre campus in Spring Green. His job was to make the play make sense, even be exciting, to about 40 Fort Atkinson middle schoolers."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/theatre/article_aa108944-caef-11de-8e42-001cc4c002e0.html

 

Interaction was his secret weapon.

Community Arts

Veterans Day programs set

Baraboo News Republic

November 11

"Baraboo-area Veterans' Day observations this week will be a little more sober in the wake of the mass shooting at Fort Hood last week, Sauk County American Legion Post Commander Al Zipsie said. "We worry about those going into the service and we're also concerned about those who are here on the front lines here at home as well as overseas," he said. "Everybody now is in jeopardy. "Those to become veterans, those who are going into the service, we thank them for even thinking about it." Still, Wednesday's message will have a familiar ring. "Usually on Memorial Day we focus on those who have died," Zipsie said. "On Veterans Day, we're really concerned about those who are going into the service."

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/466911

 

Have a seat

Chairs for Charity auction transforms furniture into art

Herald Times Reporter

November 21

MANITOWOC — "When Manitowoc artists Heather E.N. Doucette and Kim Geiser look at a chair, they see a blank canvas. Geiser likes to paint her chairs in different hues and then lets the colors inspire her. "I thought of plants and flowers when I saw that green," she said while pointing out a nature-themed chair, one of 13 she has created for the Art & About group's Chairs for Charity auction."

http://www.htrnews.com/article/20091108/MAN04/911080330

 

Media Arts

Film shares story of Alaska colony Alaska colonists with local ties featured in film

Menomonie News Bureau

November 15

MENOMONIE – "During the Great Depression, LeRoy and Gretchen Hamann of Boyceville faced the reality of no jobs anywhere in the area and having to feed their family. The couple decided to become pioneers, joining more than 200 other Midwestern families in a chance to start over in faraway Alaska through a federal New Deal program. The Matanuska Colonization Project of 1935 was among the most unusual and controversial of the many New Deal programs designed to help Americans devastated by the Great Depression. Struggling farm families from northern Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin were relocated to the Matanuska Valley to start an experimental farming colony, to open Alaska for settlement and to give them a fresh start."

http://www.leadertelegram.com/local_news/story/article_5fa65d7f-9647-5b3a-9653-4aa911336f92.html

 

Performing Arts

Music

SPOTLIGHT: One harmonious trio

Baraboo News Republic

November 12 - 15

"Playing in the Baraboo Theatre Guild orchestra is anything but the pits. Sure, things get a little cramped down there in the pit, and a musician must always be ready to dodge an errant prop or a cross look from the conductor. But when an ensemble of musicians performs as one, it's an indescribable thrill. "When it's clicking, there's no feeling like it," said flutist Jane Chatelain. She is one of three orchestra members celebrating 29 years together in the pit with this fall's production of "The Music Man." She is joined by clarinet/saxophone players Jean Powell and Kathy De Nure. The trio was brought together by Baraboo band leader Jerry Stich, and has performed in a number of groups. Eventually, Stich lured them to the pit of the Al. Ringling Theatre. Each year, they look forward to learning the music for the fall show and performing for audiences. "It's a great honor and great fun," De Nure said. Conductor Greg Lang said it's a comfort to be able to count on these three veteran musicians each year."

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/466935

 

Platinum Edition to feature a decade of hits

La Crosse Tribune

November 13-14

"The Platinum Edition is bringing back some of the best musical numbers from its 10 years of shows along with alumni who will take the Viterbo University stage for an encore. The Viterbo show choir's 11th annual fall performance features a decade of hits, some past favorites and new exciting songs, said Nancy Allen, Platinum Edition's director."

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/entertainment/article_99bf5df4-cb17-11de-98c9-001cc4c03286.html

 

Fox Valley Symphony

November 14

"A haunting musical story of hopeless love, fueled by desire and obsession, comes alive when the Fox Valley Symphony performs Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. Like a movie score, the themes are woven into a journey from love's first blush to a poisoned madness in hell. Symphonie Fantastique by composer Hector Berlioz is widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of the Romantic period and is very popular with concert audiences worldwide. Join special guest Tony Garton (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) for our pre-concert talk and a short on-stage presentation explaining the meaning behind the music."

http://www.foxvalleysymphony.com/season_tickets/

 

Presenters

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

The Isthmus

November 9

"One of the biggest arena attractions in rock music, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), will once again take to the road this holiday season for what will be another monumental tour, more than 90 cities coast-to-coast in a nine-week period beginning November 1st. Madison fans of the band are once again lucky to have an opportunity to catch the holiday extravaganza at the Kohl Center on Monday, November 9 at 7:30 PM."

http://www.isthmus.com/theguide/details.php?event=227139

 

Theater

Comedic show 'Steps' into Hitchcock's popular films

Award-winning play hits Madison stage with lots of laughter

Badger Herald

November 10 - 15

"Set in England in the 1930s, the comedy thriller details one man's catapult into the fast-paced world of espionage. When the main character, Richard Hannay, is given vital information at the onset of the play, he must pursue the cryptic meaning of the phrase "The 39 Steps." Failure will compromise England's national defense. In the process, he is pursed by his nemesis and becomes chained to the classic Hitchcock blonde, explained leading actress Claire Brownell."

http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2009/11/08/comedic_show_steps_i.php

 

UW-L students dig in to grief, forgiveness in 'Frozen'

La Crosse Tribune

November 11 - 15

"The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is staging a chilling drama about a serial killer and one of his victim's mothers in the Tony Award-nominated play "Frozen." "Frozen," a Pulitzer Prize finalist written by Bryony Lavery, was selected because of a great script and strong character roles for three student actors, according to Beth Cherne, UW-L theater arts department chairwoman who is directing the play in the Frederick Theatre."

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/entertainment/article_f0cc5ea6-c989-11de-b6a7-001cc4c002e0.html

 

"Sylvia" hits the Nicolet stage

Rhinelander Daily

November 12 - 15

"Oh boy, the Nicolet Players have a show for you! Or is it oh girl? Or is it come here girl? The Nicolet Players current presentation is "Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney. It is definitely a comedy. And it comes out of left field, or is it the local dog park? The show will make you re-examine your relationship with your dog, and your spouse. Here's what the press release said, "Anyone who loves dogs or finds them irritating will enjoy this sweet, quirky comedy by A.R. Gurney - famous for his plays that explore the eccentricities of family life. Greg (Jerry Levandowski) and Kate (Darlene Machtan), married 22 years, with their last child now off to college, have moved from the suburbs into Manhattan."

http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2009/11/09/news/doc4af8377317578503727246.txt

 

Cast named for pirates musical

Sauk Prairie Eagle

November 12 – 15

"This year's Sauk Prairie High School's musical is "The Pirates of Penzance," at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 through 14 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac. The Pirates of Penzance is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and music by W.S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tenderhearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic finds out, however, that he was born on Feb. 29, and so, technically, he only has a birthday each leap year. His apprenticeship indentures state that he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday, and so he must serve for another 63 years. Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully."

http://www.wiscnews.com/spe/community/466732

 

Students recreate '50s in musical 'Grease'

Wisconsin Dells Events

November 13-15

"Wisconsin Dells High School students will perform the musical "Grease" next weekend. The production takes place about 15 years after the school's last musical production, according to current staff and students. The 52 cast members will be singing and dancing their way through the show, which takes place in the 1950s. The cast members are transformed into high school students at Rydell High School in the era of poodle skirts and slick hair styles. A young, enamored couple — Sandy, played by senior Taylor Bokota and Danny, played by junior Moses Alvarez — rekindle their feelings for one another in the academic year after a summer fling that left them uncertain of whether they'd see one another again."

http://www.wiscnews.com/wde/news/466853

 

Redbud Players to present 'The Odd Couple'

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

November 13-14; 20-21

"The Redbud Players of Columbus are presenting the Neil Simon comedy, "The Odd Couple" (female version), on Nov. 13, 14, 20 and 21 at Fireman's Park Pavilion. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 each and are available at the door on the nights of the performances."

http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/area_briefs/466826

 

Viterbo's musical explores nation's violent past

La Crosse Tribune

November 13 – 14, 19-22

"Viterbo University's production of the Broadway musical "Assassins" is not easy. The musical, which highlights the lives of nine real-life assassins, asks the audience to question American values, society's love affair with guns, political rationale, and behaviors and extremism, said Rick Walters, chairman of Viterbo's theater department. "It is not a celebration of murder, and it doesn't honor assassins," Walters said. "It's how these people came to be and what it means to us as a society."

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/entertainment/article_51ccc372-cb19-11de-bf50-001cc4c03286.html

 

'The Journey of the Toys' set for Nov. 14

Herald Times Reporter

November 14

MANITOWOC — "Performances of "The Journey of the Toys" will be offered at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, 705 Viebahn St. These performances are family-oriented and appropriate for all ages. The narrative, written in verse, tells of the adventures of a clown, wooden soldiers, jumping jack, rag doll, animals and a stork as they leave a toy store and travel out into the world. The book was written by Manitowoc residents William and Ruth Rahr. A limited edition was printed by Color Craft Printer in 1934 and sold for $2 a copy."

http://www.htrnews.com/article/20091108/MAN04/911080332

 

You blockhead! 'Peanuts' parody brings comic strip to stage

77 Square

Through November 15

"When the angst of adolescence strikes, with its changing moods and deep philosophies, even the most wholesome-seeming group of kids can turn into crass and hormone-crazed stoners, bullies, pyromaniacs or Wiccan actors -- as OUT!Cast Theatre displays to dark comic excess and entertainment in "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" by Bert V. Royal."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/theatre/article_a59233b5-533a-5a27-b130-dec981eee7a0.html

 

Musical Comedy Murders' looks to knock 'em dead

77 Square

Through November 21

"Thunder and lightning, revolving bookcases and secret passageways of a grand old estate provide the dark-and-stormy-night setting for a traditional murder mystery in Strollers Theatre's production of "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940," by John Bishop."

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/theatre/article_6bdeb09e-f454-59ac-9da1-e552d94fd406.html

 

OPPORTUNITIES

United States Mint's 2009 Call for Artists

United States Mint

Application Deadlines: Nov. 9, 2009; March 8, 2010; July 6, 2010

"The United States Mint is seeking up to 6 Associate Designers to join the current designers under contract with the program. This year, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with 3 cutoff dates throughout the year for evaluation and review. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The United States Mint encourages applications from artists representing diverse backgrounds and a variety of interests reflecting those of the American people. Artists selected to participate in the program will be paid established fees for their work."

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/artisticInfusion/index.cfm?action=CallForArtists&flash=yes

 

Surdna Foundation Accepting Applications for Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
Philanthropy News Digest, The Foundation Center

Deadline:  November 16 (intent to apply)
"The Surdna Foundation has announced the tenth year of a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in public arts high schools. Through the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields."
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=266700051

 

Association of Performing Arts Presenters Accepting Applications for Cultural Exchange Fund Travel Grants
Philanthropy News Digest, The Foundation Center

Deadline:  November 16
"The Association of Performing Arts Presenters has added a new funding round to the 2009-10 Cultural Exchange Fund travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The new funding round will provide for travel taking place between December 2009 and June 2010. The Cultural Exchange Fund is designed to assist U.S.-based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. In promoting cross-cultural arts programming, Arts Presenters strongly encourages travel to the following locations, including but not limited to, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa."
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=267100012

 

IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS

http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov

http://portalwisconsin.org

http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov

http://filmwisconsin.net

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings

December 4:  Madison

 

Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009

November 26: State holiday

November 27: State furlough

December 24: State holiday

December 25: State holiday

December 31: State holiday

 

Meetings and Conferences 

October 29 - 30:  "Creative Exploration and Innovation", WI Art Education Association, Milwaukee
http://www.wiarted.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={964F9C66-3C83-472B-828F-2232A670B430}

 

October 29 - 31:  Wisconsin State Music Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Madison
http://www.wmea.com/st_conf/index.html

 

March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx

 

The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art.  Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness  

 

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newARTS Art News 11.5.09

 

newARTS Arts News November 5, 2009 - A weekly service of newARTS, the Northeastern Wisconsin Arts Council. Our goal is to keep you informed and up-to-date on a wide variety of arts activities and opportunities available in the region.  New information is provided in each edition.

 

For a weekly update of arts news from all over the state of Wisconsin, visit the "News and Events" page at www.newartscouncil.org.    

 

 

NEWS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY: 

 

Nitschke Bridge Project – Request for Concepts - The Mayor's Neighborhood Leadership Council is seeking ideas for the underside of the Nitschke Bridge at North end of the CityDeck.  Is creativity your strength? Concepts are due December 4th at 4 pm.  For more information, click here for details and application. 

 

 

Wisconsin Arts Board offering workshops on Effective Grant Proposal Writing in various Wisconsin communities throughout Autumn of 2009!  These workshops are available thanks to partners in Wausau, Beloit, Kenosha, Manitowoc, LaCrosse, Superior, Madison and Milwaukee.  For a full schedule and details regarding the workshop series nearest you, please go to:

http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/fall_09workshops.htm.

 

The workshop will respond to the general and specific grant proposal writing concerns of participants, and feature a "mock panel" process in which participants play the role of a grant review panelist.   The Arts Board's "Creative Communities" program will serve as the basis for the mock panel review for most of these workshops.  NEW FOR 2009: Creation and Presentation grant program applicants, please note that both Madison and Milwaukee will offer two workshops - one of which will feature Creation and Presentation program applications in the mock panel process. If you missed this workshop last year, or want a refresher, please plan to attend!  Please note: Space is limited for these workshops. Please register as soon as possible by submitting the registration form located here: http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/fall_workshops_09registration.pdf. The deadline for registration is one week prior to the workshop date.

As is the case for all Wisconsin Arts Board meetings, each workshop location is accessible to people with disabilities. Interpreters are available for people with hearing impairments, with a two week notice. If you have any questions, please call or email at artsboard@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-0190.

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS (in calendar order):

 

The Gift Itself – November classes! The Gift Itself is hosting a Wire Wrapping class this Thursday, November 5th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. There is still space available!  Open Studio is also available this Saturday, November 7th. Congratulations to Lori Birr for winning the October contest!  Thanks to everyone that participated in October. 

 

For more information or to register, call (920) 433-9171 or go to www.thegiftitself.com or email at info@thegiftitself.com.

 

 

The ARTgarage - First Saturday Performance:  Sally Enloe, a popular storyteller, will take you on a trip from the St. Lawrence Seaway to Green Bay on November 7^th from 6 to 8 pm.  Cost is $5 donation at door. For more information, go to www.theartgarage.org or call (920) 448-6800.

 

 

Historic Meyer Theatre Fundraiser – Starstruck on Saturday, November 7^th at 8 pm!  Frank Hermans and George Graphos are co-hosting this event.  Check out the impressive line-up of local performers at Starstruck.  Invite your friends and co workers.  Pick up your tickets at Bosse's, 220 Cherry St. or by calling TicketStar at (920) 494-3401. Enjoy a fun night out in downtown Green Bay.  100% of proceeds support continued success at The Meyer Theatre!

 

For more information, go to www.meyertheatre.org or call Julie at (920) 433-3343.   

 

Cup O' Joy – Weekend Entertainment - Friday, November 6th – The Mullins Brothers (country/bluegrass) and Bobby Solberg (sweet country) - Show at 7:30 pm; doors open 6:30 pm.  Saturday, November 7th – Reilly (Violin Rock) with guest Connor Sands & The Midwestern Charm Show – Show at 7:30 pm; doors open at 6:30 pm. 

Cup O' Joy is located at 232 S. Broadway, in downtown Green Bay.  For more information, call (920) 435-3269 or go to www.cupojoy.com.  No cover charge, supported by your donation! 

Neville Public Museum - Natural History Lecture Series: Red-Shouldered Hawks on November 11^th at 6:30 pm.  Free and open to public.  Join John Jacobs, Curator of Science at the Neville Public Museum, for a slide lecture and program on red-shouldered hawks. Jacobs will discuss nesting dynamics, prey, habitat, population, predators, and gender responsibilities of red-shouldered hawks in Wisconsin over the past 40 years.  For more information, go to www.nevillepublicmuseum.org. 

 

 

Oneida Nation Arts Program – Announcing a new series of artist training classes.  Classes are free for tribal artists and $10 per class for non-tribal artists. Class size is limited, so please register early. 

 

Art, Death and Taxes on Thursday, November 12^th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Arts Program Cottage (1270 Packerland "B", Green Bay, WI; located across the street from Southwest High School on the west side of Green Bay). Cost:  Free for tribal artists; $10 for non tribal artists. Art, Taxes, and Death...all are inevitable.  Learn how to make the most of your earned income and still pay the tax man his share.  Paul Van Noi, CPA, presents this workshop on ways of handling your tax obligations as an artist.  From presenting arts to the sale of art work, learn about the different options for filing taxes; discuss business expenses and deductions, and ideas for making the most of your newly earned income.

 

To register, email your name, address, telephone and email to Beth Bashara at bbashara@oneidanation.org or call at (920) 490-3833.

 

 

The ARTgarage - Watercolor Workshops with Lee Mothes on November 14^th and 15^th from 9 am to 4 pm - Intermediate/Advanced Students - You will be shown every step of creating a watercolor painting, from setting up a palette and stretching paper on a board, to perspective drawing and composition, to techniques for different subject matter like seascapes or architecture. Expect to come away with at least one painting that you feel is beyond the level of anything you've done before. Cost is (without supplies included) $225 for both days. Class space is limited, so please sign up today! Lee is an incredible artist that has been teaching for over 20 years and painting for over 40 years! Lee's wants to help give you the tools to paint what you want to paint and give you the urge to put something on paper that gets in touch with your passion. To view Lee's work, please visit: www.oceansanddreams.com.  For more information or to register, 8 go to www.theartgarage.org or call (920) 448-6800.

The ARTgarage - Kids Classes!  Make It Mosaic with Carrie Klitzke - Every 3rd Saturday:  November 21st, December 19th, and January 16^th from 9 am to 11 am and 11 am to 1 pm.  Appropriate for ages 6-12. Students will learn about design and mosaic techniques and learn to create a unique piece of artwork! This class will be taught by one of our wonderful Summer Art Workshop (SAW) instructors Carrie Klitzke. Class space is limited, so please sign up today! Sign up for a two-hour session! Cost is $20/session with all supplies included. For more information or to register, 8 go to www.theartgarage.org or call (920) 448-6800.

 

The ARTgarage – Kids Classes!  Drawing From Life with Carrie Klitzke - Every 3rd Saturday: November 21st, December 19th, and January 16^th from 3 to 7 pm.  Appropriate for ages 13-18.  Students will practice observational drawing, use a variety of materials, and gain a better understanding of the elements and priciples of design. This class is also taught by one of our wonderful Summer Art Workshop (SAW) instructors Carrie Klitzke. The cost for this class is $40 for all 4 hours of learning and creating! Class space is limited, so please sign up today! 

 

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Let Me Be Frank Productions - A Frank's Christmas from November 21st to December 23^rd.  Shows at 8 pm and some matinees at the Meyer Theatre, downtown Green Bay.  The show opens with a benefit for Cerebral Palsy on Friday, November 20th with $10 of each ticket going to CP.  A fun show for groups of friends or co-workers!  For more information or tickets, go to www.meyertheatre.org  or call (920) 494-3401. 

 

 

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BOD Meeting Minutes - 11/2/09

Meeting Minutes for ArtBeet, Inc
Board of Directors
November 2, 2009

Attendance: Susan Connor, Norma Bell, LeAnna Franklin, Pat Bopray, Amanda Davie

Meeting of Board of directors was called to order at 6:05 p.m. by LeAnna Franklin, Meeting Chairman

1) Reading of Minutes of the Oct 6th meeting by Pat Bopray. Changes were made to correct 2 spelling errors.
A motion was made by Susan to accept the minutes with 2nd by Norma. Motion carried by unanimous vote.

2) Treasurer's Report: Amanda reported a balance of $3726.30 in the Art Beet account. A check was cut to settle the account with VIP for their share of the auction proceeds from Day on the Farm and when the rest of the items are picked up and paid for ArtBeet’s share will be deposited.
A motion was made by Susan to accept the Treasurer's Report with 2nd by LeAnna. Motion carried by unanimous vote.

3) Old Business:

• Borscht Night: Norma reported Kathryn Gahl’s poetry reading was well attended and received at the October Borscht Night meeting. November Borscht Night is Monday, November 9th at 7 pm at Barnsite. Jodie Kacer and Lea Pellett will discuss the indigenous arts movement and the economic opportunities and constraints that the fair trade industry poses for practicing artists in the developed world.

• New Business: Kirsten Christianson would like to resurrect the idea of displaying work in empty store front in Algoma and Kewaunee. Her plan is to start with one in Algoma then expand. She approached ArtBeet for financial support to buy easels. The board supports the idea but after some discussion, a few question were raised it was determined that Susan would go back to Kirsten and ask for a proposal to address the plan Kirsten has. This also led to creating a request for funding form to post on the blog site.

• Art Beet Future: Susan summarized where we have been over the last 3 years and the frustration all the board feels about moving forward as it is. ArtBeet needs a new direction and perhaps an expanded board of directors with more contact in different areas of the community. So as the 3 year terms of the current board expire in January 2010 ArtBeet will be reorganized.


Next Meeting: Dec 7, 2009 6:00 pm - Site to be determined - Holiday Social Gathering
Motion to adjourn was made by Pat at 8:35 p.m., 2nd by Amanda. Motion carried.
Minutes Submitted by: Pat Bopray, Secretary

Tlazo Artist Series Presents Fiber Artist Debbie Langer

Caffe Tlazo is proud to present local fiber artist Debbie Langer on November 8 from 11 am – 2 pm. As the weather gets colder, the Tlazo Artist Series provides an opportunity for patrons to come in and get cozy, enjoy a hot chocolate and view unique works of art.

Langer has been working with fiber for almost 20 years, raising her own animals and using the fiber to produce hand knit or woven clothing. Langer hand dyes her own yarn and is often inspired by the colors and textures when she creates her garments. She also sells yarn.

Hide from the fall weather on November 8 from 11 am – 2 pm at Caffe Tlazo in Algoma and meet local artist Debbie Langer, view her hand woven and knit works of art.