June 7, 2011 In The News | When You Go | Opportunities |
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Too Darn Hot (Dance Sequence)
Kiss Me Kate 2002 UK Cast
TOP WISCONSIN NEWS
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
New Percent for Art Commission Available
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: By 3:00 PM on June 8, 2011
“The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a new commission opportunity for the UW Madison Lakeshore Residence Hall. This commission opportunity is open to artists living in the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). A prospectus for the project is now listed through the link above.”
The Wisconsin Arts Board Thanks Four Interns, Lisa England, Lisa Hutler, Jenna Westrick and Karen Duval for Their Outstanding Contribution
Wisconsin Arts Board
“Four outstanding women have lent their creativity, talent, and energy to the Wisconsin Arts Board over this past (fiscal) year, 2011. We introduce them to you as a way of recognizing all that they have contributed to the Arts Board, and as a way of conveying our gratitude for all that they have accomplished this year. In the fall, Lisa England and Karen Duval joined us to focus primarily on film and teaching artists/creativity in education, respectively…”
The Academy Seeks a Development Director
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
“The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, & Letters is seeking a full-time Development Director to design and implement operating plans to meet annual budget projections for unrestricted gift income, sponsorships and grants. The Development Director reports directly to the Academy’s Executive Director. This position will involve fund raising for operational support of the Wisconsin Academy’s four core programs: Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine, the James Watrous Gallery in Overture Center for the Arts, Academy Evenings lecture series in Madison and around the state, and the Wisconsin Idea at the Wisconsin Academy (a public policy program). The Development Director will also plan and manage an annual Wisconsin Academy Fellows and donor recognition event.”
The Latest on Music Education Policy from Capitol Hill
MENC
“The Memorial Day holiday weekend is here, but MENC staff stayed busy this week, digesting a response from the U.S. Department of Education to a letter MENC and arts colleagues sent to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. In other activity this week, MENC Director of Government Relations & Advocacy Communications Nancy Townes attended the May 25 markup of the first of a planned series of bills concentrating on reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Congressman John Kline of Minnesota chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. A markup is the time when a committee can add or strike language in a bill by submitting changes and taking votes. Townes said the bill “contains programmatic cuts to Arts in Education, as well as 42 other education programs.” However, there was little actual movement on the bill during Wednesday’s markup, Townes said:”
Kansas Becomes First State Without Arts Agency
ARTSBlog, Americans for the Arts
“Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed funding for the Kansas Arts Commission today (May 28), thereby ending a scuffle with the legislature, which funded the commission over his objections.”
Reinvesting in Arts Education - Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools
President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
“The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) announces the release of its landmark report Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools. The culmination of 18 months of research, meetings with stakeholders, and site visits all over the country, this report represents an in-depth review of the current condition of arts education, including an update of the current research base about arts education outcomes, and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the field that have emerged over the past decade. It also includes a set of recommendations to federal, state and local policymakers.”
The report may be found here: http://www.pcah.gov/sites/default/files/photos/PCAH_Reinvesting_4web.pdf
A summary of the report is here: http://www.pcah.gov/sites/default/files/photos/PCAH%20Report%20Summary%20and%20Recommendations.pdf
New Artists Join Online Gallery
PortalWisconsin.org
“In its online gallery section, Portalwisconsin.org displays the work of talented Wisconsin artists working in a wide range of mediums. These artists are selected by our jury of respected artists, curators and educators:”
“And if you go to the main gallery page, you can browse not only the new artists, but also the works of more than 400 other contemporary Wisconsin artists.” To view the main gallery, click here: http://www.portalwisconsin.org/online_gallery.cfm
IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums
The 10 Most Important Artists of Today
Art Beast
“We’re living in a great moment for art. Newsweek critic Blake Gopnik chooses the creators who could be the next Leonardo, Rembrandt, or Picasso. View photos and videos of their work.”
Q & A with the Paine curator: William Merritt Chase exhibit is an 'art-lovers' exhibition'
Oshkosh Northwestern
“He was a portrait painter and a household name around the turn-of-the-19th century but it’s likely you’ve never heard of him. In the “art world,” William Merritt Chase ranks as highly the likes of Fredric Remington and Norman Rockwell. For the Paine Art Center and Gallery, that only made the hunt to track down a collection of 21 Chase family portraits that much more appealing. Works are being lent for the show from private collectors and museums all over the country.”
Fond du Lac arts groups respond to state budget cuts
Fond du Lac Reporter
“Purchase Image Zoom Lynn Miller of Rosendale takes a look at art made out of antique forks and spoons by Silverware Creations at Art on the Island Sunday at Lakeside Park. / Aileen Andrews/The ReporterFond du Lac area arts groups are worried state budget cuts are going to hurt advancement of the arts. Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal calls for cutting Wisconsin Arts Board funding by 73 percent. Promotion of the arts would move to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Local arts groups say they understand that cuts are necessary but they are afraid of what so deep cuts will bring. Wisconsin’s nonprofit arts industry generated more than $418 million last year and created 15,000 full-time jobs, according to Arts and Economic Prosperity III, a study on the economic impact of arts.”
Touring Milwaukee with John Norquist
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist hosted a day-long tour of Milwaukee recently, taking architects and urban planners from around the country to the Third Ward, the RiverWalk and the Beerline B developments, among other places, via foot, bus and boat. For locals, it was a review of Norquist’s vision for the city and a reminder of lessons learned – and perhaps forgotten. Norquist, now president and CEO of the Congress for New Urbanism in Chicago had his former development team in tow, turning the event into a reunion of sorts. The tour preceded the annual conference of the CNU, which took place in Madison. Peter Park, former city planner and now Denver’s manager of planning and development, set the tone with a talk at the Marine Terminal lofts, the starting point for the day. Forgetting himself for a moment, Park said, “I just said ‘our city’…I feel like I’m home again.”
Arts and Creativity in Education
Death Of The Old School Yearbook
Channel3000
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – “As graduation day arrives, students will say goodbye to their classmates and teachers. And many are departing without a traditional yearbook to preserve those memories. State budget cuts and the weak economy are causing elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges across the country to either do away with yearbooks or look for more cost-effective publishing options. Research firm IBISWorld estimates that the traditional yearbook publishing industry has seen sales to schools decline by 4.7% a year over the past few years.”
MPS Does "The Dance Of The Lemons"
WTMJ Milwaukee
“It's been called "The Dance of the Lemons" - and it's one of the reasons why the Milwaukee Public School System is such a failure! Over the weekend, the local newspaper reported that the President of the Milwaukee School Board, MIchael Bonds, filed for bankruptcy for the second time in a little over 20 years. Think about it, the guy who is responsible for overseeing the spending of millions of taxpayer dollars in the State's largest school district can't manage his own money. I guess it's too bad for Mr. Bonds that, in real life, you can't just raise other people's taxes to generate money. Anyway, Bonds says that one of the reasons for his financial problems is that his wife's salary decreased from $127,000 to $99,000. It seems that, as required by federal law, she was replaced as the principal at Custer High School after Custer was "restarted" for being a low-performing high school. She was subsequently reassigned as the principal of an MPS elementary school at a lower pay rate. Welcome to "The Dance of the Lemons".
Community Arts
Youth Advisory Board picks grant recipients
Fond du Lac Reporter
‘The United Youth Advisory Board held a reception May 25 at Windhover Center for the Arts to award funding to local organizations for youth-related program services and a scholarship for youth volunteerism. Youths, parents, local organizations and United Way board members attended the reception, according to a United Way press release.”
Literary/Libraries
Wisconsin Academy Hosts Poet Laureate Commission
Portal Wisconsin
“The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters has announced that it will act as steward of the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission. The Academy has agreed to provide space for Wisconsin Poets Laureate--both past and present--on its website, provide publicity for current poet laureate Bruce Dethlefsen, and aid in the search and selection of future poets laureate. Governor Thompson created the Poet Laureate Commission in Executive Order 404 on July 31, 2000, to recommend candidates for the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin. Seven members were appointed to four-year terms.”
Forbes Names the 10 Most Powerful Female Authors
Forbes
“This is quite an interesting list and one thing I immediately noticed which is different from so many other lists is that it is a diverse list—five white women and five women of color. And the list is about power and influence not necessarily about money, but they are all incredibly successful. To me the women of color on the list are more substantial and the white women, more commercial.’
Media Arts
End of WiscNet? Joint Finance Eliminates UW-Madison WiscNet Office in DoIT
WLA Blog
“In addition to requiring the return of federal broadband funds, the Omnibus University of Wisconsin System motion passed Friday (Motion 489) by the state legislature's Joint Committee on Finance included the following provision: "Specify that WiscNet could no longer be a department or office within the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology beginning on July 1, 2012, and delete $1,400,000 PR from the UW System related to WiscNet in 2012-13. Require the Legislative Audit Bureau to conduct a program audit and a financial audit of the Board of Regents' use of telecommunication services and relationship with WiscNet."
It's Showtime: Fall TV sked is seasoned with sitcom stars and rehashed ideas
Capital Times
“Chuck” got lucky. And not just because he married the out-of-his-league sweetie Sarah in the penultimate episode of the most recent season. This enjoyable but middlingly rated spy-meets-nerd series was recently renewed for another season.”
Slate's Hollywood Career-O-Matic - What Rotten Tomatoes data tell us about the best, worst, and most bizarre Hollywood trajectories.
The Slate
“When M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender came out in July 2010, critics competed to see who could muster the most scorn. Shyamalan's seventh film was "dull, boring, poorly acted, limply written, and thoroughly unappealing" (San Francisco Chronicle), and "[s]tiff, fuzzy-looking, cloddish and disastrous in nearly every way" (Detroit News). In the Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern called it "a form of Chinese water torture in which tin-ear line-readings take the place of drips." "The current national priorities should be as follows," wrote Cliff Doerksen in the Chicago Reader. "Reduce carbon emissions and stop funding the films of M. Night Shyamalan."
Performing Arts
Dance
Leonard Pitts column: Federal laws that require reverence insult common sense
Green Bay Press Gazette
“Look, no one wants people dancing at national monuments. Folks doing the electric slide at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial would ruin the spirit of reverence and reflection it inspires. Still, it is hard to believe we need a federal law, a court ruling or squadrons of police in order to enforce that restriction. Sadly, we have all three. It seems that one night in April 2008, a woman named Mary Brooke Oberwetter and some friends went to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington to celebrate the third president's 265th birthday with a silent, interpretative dance. For this, they were arrested by U.S. Park Police.”
Music
Classical Music News: Madison Symphony Orchestra officially names Naha Greenholtz as its new concertmaster
The Well Tempered Ear/Jacob Stockinger
“It’s been a busy time for classical music, with lots of news — and postings — despite the sudden hot summer. Last week, The Ear heard from sources that the Madison Symphony Orchestra (below) had named Naha Greenholtz as its new concertmaster, beating out current co-concertmaster Suzanne Beia and Isabella Lippi. But an MSO official called to say that it was premature to announce that. But no longer – at least as of an hour ago.”
Classical Music review: Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras spring performances offered impressive proof of the need to support and fund music education
The Well Tempered Ear/Jacob Stockinger
“Here is another catch-up post: On the afternoon and evening of Sunday, May 21, I attended several of the springtime Bolz Family concerts by Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. These concerts are one of the annual highlights and treasures of the entire concert season. They give hundreds of young people (middle school and high school students) a chance to show appreciative audiences — who include lots of family and friends as well as strangers — just how much their musical skills have improved during their study with WYSO.”
Old favorites and new stars honored at the 2011 MAMAs
Dane101
“The 8th annual Madison Area Music Awards ceremony happened Saturday night in the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center. Big winners of the evening included Natty Nation, Lucas Cates Band, and first-time winners Star Persons and Clovis Mann. Complete with a red carpet, lots of thanking of families and patient girlfriends by the winners, and awkward, over-scripted moments by presenters at the podium, the MAMAs had its share of highlights and far fewer lowlights.”
Other
Visual Arts/Museums
Artist/Activist Lily Yeh at Rainbow!
Rainbow Bookstore
June 8
“At 6pm on Wednesday, June 8th, Rainbow Bookstore will host Lily Yeh as she discusses her new book, Awakening Creativity: Dandelion School Blossoms.It is the story of the metamorphosis of a run-down factory on the outskirts of Beijing into a vibrant school for children of migrant workers. With over 275 color photos and candid narrative, Awakening Creativity details the five-year process of Yeh’s work at the Dandelion School in engaging hundreds of students, teachers, and volunteers in painting, mosaic and sculpture projects. As the school’s physical campus is transformed from depressing grey to brilliant color, the project proves to become central to the schools curriculum, building self-esteem, and inspiring students to take ownership and action in their environment, which ripples out to uplift the entire community.”
3rd Annual Plymouth Festival of Fine Arts
Plymouth Art
June 10 – 11
PLYMOUTH, WI – “Plymouth Festival of Fine Arts is a juried outdoor arts fair presented on the grounds of the Plymouth Arts Center, Saturday, June 11th from 10:00am to 4:00 pm.. This exciting community event is a great way to kick off summer in downtown Plymouth and promises something for everyone……38 Artists’ booths, artists’ demonstratio...ns, a silent auction, lively Irish, Jazz, and Bluegrass music, a food and beer garden, fun art projects for kids/family by Abrakadoodle and more.”
Francis Ford, Photographer, Opera Lover, Teacher, Talks to CoPA June 14
CoPA Milwaukee
June 14
“Photographer Francis Ford Widely known iconic photographer Francis Ford of Milwaukee will talk at the June 14 CoPA Schmooze. Born in Milwaukee in 1945, Ford has been a wire service photojournalist, a commercial photographer, and an exhibitor of fine art photography.”
Watercolor Workshop By Karen Kappell
News of the North
June 15
“Lakeland Art League will be offering a workshop on Watercolor's and Water Webbing with Northwoods artist Karen Kappell on June 15 at the Woodruff Town Hall on Highway 47 from 9-3. Contact Leslie Johnson at 715-453-1652 to reserve a space in this workshop and for more information.”
Arts and Creativity in Education
The Big Learning Event - Put on Your Thinking Cap. This is BIG
University of Wisconsin Madison News
June 7 – 8
“Sometimes great ideas come from asking interesting questions and making connections with people who are completely different from you. Their life experiences, knowledge and wisdom, combined with your singular cache of experiences and talents, can spawn big ideas if all are willing and open to listening and participating.”
Topic: Weekend Art Workshops at Wyoming Valley School 2011
Wyoming Valley School
Various
Artists Helen Klebesadel And Liese Pfeifer are offering a series of art workshops in August 2011 at the Wyoming Valley School, (Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956)Learn more about this historic building here: http://www.wyomingvalleyschool.org/ 6306 State Highway 23, Spring Green, WI, Map: http://www.wyomingvalleyschool.org/Map.html
Community Arts
Local Briefs: Walleye Weekend; poetry program
Fond du Lac Reporter
June 12
“Stuart's Landscaping & Garden Center and the Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort in Wisconsin Dells have teamed up to bring family fun to the Familyland Wild Creations tent at Walleye Weekend. Children of any age can stop at the tent and paint rocks for the garden, decorate medallions and even grow their own sunflowers. Wild Creations will be open on Friday from 3-8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.”
On Stage June 7-13: “Resurrection ends one season,” China opens another
Third Coast Digest
Various
“The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concludes their season this week, but the emphasis is not endings, but on resurrections — Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, to be precise. Conducted by Edo de Waart and featuring the Lee Erickson-directed MSO Chorus with soloists Twyla Robinson (soprano) and Kelley O’Connor (alto), Mahler’s symphony asks nothing less than “What is life — and, now, death?” Resurrection Symphony will be performed June 10-12, with 8 p.m. concerts on Friday and Saturday and a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee.”
Literary/Libraries
Dean Bakopoulos
AVClubMilwauee
June 11
“The Midwest Beat’s 5 favorite Midwest rock 45s Related artists Dean Bakopoulos Related events Author Event: Dean Bakopoulos Dean Bakopoulos’ critically lauded first novel, Please Don’t Come Back From The Moon, was an often sad and sweeping look at the death of blue-collar dreams. In his latest, My American Unhappiness, Bakopoulos once again takes on the plight of the worker—only this time it’s through the eyes of the director of the Great Midwestern Humanities Initiative, Zeke Pappas. Pappas is equal parts delusional, impulsive, and bumbling as he uses dwindling GMHI funds in an attempt to complete his quixotic “Inventory of American Unhappiness.” The project has one goal: to catalog the reasons people are unhappy. In advance of Bakopoulos’ reading June 11 at Gates Of Heaven (presented by Monsters Of Poetry), he spoke with The A.V. Club about magical realism, professional frustrations, and cracking up.”
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, June 17th & 18th UW-Waukesha
Living Lake Country
June 17 – 18
“The second annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, June 17th & 18th at UW-Waukesha is a two day family festival that celebrates books, literacy and reading. Nearly 100 authors of children's and adult books will be presenting programs and signing their books. Other highlights include a cooking stage, music and story times for kids. Admission is FREE.”
Performing Arts
Music
Kitty Rhombus, The Shtetlblasters, Dharmonic Deluxe
The Isthmus
June 9
“Kitty Rhombus approaches their experimental, proggy noise rock like devious students of geometry. Most songs rise up out of unrelated musical pieces as the band interlocks riffs and quick-shifting time signatures into M.C. Escher-like mazes. But unlike Escher’s drawings where staircases lead nowhere, the four-member band bends the music to their will and into unexpected, purposeful structures that are jarringly emotional.”
Presenting
Anti-jam band The Midwest Beat keeps it short and sweet
The Capital Times
June 11
“Midwest Beat singer/guitarist Matt Joyce can easily identify with the opening scene from the movie “Once,” where a street busking Glen Hansard gives chase to a man who bolts after stealing his money. “One time some kids reached into my case (and grabbed my money), so I put my guitar up over my head and chased them down,” said Joyce, 31, who still can be found busking solo on State Street on most weekend nights. “They were like, ‘We didn’t take your money!’ And what was I going to do, bash them over my head with my guitar?”
Theater
Alchemist’s “Fool for Love”; too cool?
Third Coast Digest
Through June 18
A sultry Friday night provided the perfect ambiance for Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love, at the Alchemist Theatre. This 1983 Western of words about conflicted relationships plays out in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mohave Desert. Bo Johnson directed and designed the scenery, a beat-up motel room. Its burnt umber walls, patched at about where a foot would kick through, remind us of those monotonous Western landscapes. The motel door periodically opens to total darkness and repeatedly slams to punctuate the desperate dialogue.”
Theatre Gigante closes its season this weekend with The Good Thief
Third Coast Digest
June 9 - 11
“Theatre Gigante closes its season this weekend with The Good Thief, written by Conor McPherson, one of Ireland’s greatest modern playwrights. Directed and performed by Theatre Gigante regular Malcolm Tulip, the dark comedy delves into the mind of a “paid thug” and the Dublin underworld he inhabits. If the show doesn’t sound Irish enough yet, consider it’s being performed at Paddy’s Pub, 2339 N. Murray Ave., and a pint comes free with admission.”
It may be summertime, but school is still on the brain at Pink Banana Theatre
Third Coast Digest
June 10 – 12
“It may be summertime, but school is still on the brain at Pink Banana Theatre, where “Higher Education” is the theme of their 2011 Spring One-Acts. The event’s six plays, covering topics as varied as grade disputes, Facebook friending and your average adolescent angst, will be performed at In Tandem’s Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. Tenth St. Shows start at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday (a pay-what-you-can show), 7 p.m. Thursday, June 16, and 8 p.m. June 17 and 18.”
Other
Entries Invited for Council on Foundations' Annual Film & Video Festival
The Council on Foundations & Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, Philanthropy News Digest
June 6
“The Council on Foundations and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media are seeking submissions of films and videos for the council's 45th Annual Film and Video Festival, to be held April 29 – May 1, 2012, in Los Angeles. The festival showcases films, videos, and television programs that have received support from foundations, corporate giving programs, and donor networks with the aim of encouraging grantmakers to use media to advance their philanthropic goals.”
Grants for Arts Writers
Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program
Deadline: June 8
“The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 USD. Writers who meet the program’s eligibility requirements are invited to apply in the following categories: Articles, Blogs, Books, New and Alternative Media, and Short-Form Writing.”
Tournées Festival Program Offers Grants to Bring Contemporary French Cinema to U.S. College Campuses
French American Cultural Exchange, Philanthropy News Digest
June 30, October 1
“FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary creative work in the context of French-American cultural and educational exchange, is accepting applications for the Tournées Festival, a program designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses in the United States. Now in its sixteenth year, the program distributes close to $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals.”
Sappi Fine Paper North America Seeks Entries for Ideas That Matter Design Grant Program
Sappi Fine Paper, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: July 15
“Sappi Fine Paper North America has announced the 2011 call for entries for Ideas that Matter, an annual grant program that recognizes and supports designers who donate their time and talent to create communications materials for a wide range of charitable activities.”
Call for Artists
Great Lakes Art Fair
Deadline: July 29
“The Great Lakes Art Fair is the fastest growing indoor Art event in the Midwest. From its inception in Spring 2009 to the most recent event, attendance has more than doubled. Juried artist applications jumped more than 40 percent from Fall 2009 to Spring 2010. This Bi-Annual Fair offer fine artists in the region a reliable, regularly scheduled, “weather-free” marketplace to showcase their freshest and most beautiful work, and word is spreading rapidly that this is a destination event for artists and patron alike.”
ASCAP Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Music Grant Program
ASCAP Foundation, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: August 1 (Letters of Intent)
“The ASCAP Foundation is a publicly supported charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. The foundation is accepting Letters of Intent for new 2012 grant funding from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations engaged in music education and talent development programs for aspiring songwriters and composers.”
First Peoples Fund Invites Applications for Artist in Business Leadership Program
First Peoples Fund, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: September 1
“The First Peoples Fund's Artist in Business Leadership Program is designed to help entrepreneurial Native American artists develop their marketing and business skills and build self-sustaining, arts-based businesses.”
Art, Video, Music, Writing Contests from WASB
DPI ConnectED
Deadlines: November, 2011
“The Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) has announced guidelines for its Student Art and Video contests (deadlines are in November), as well as its Music Showcase and Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book! competitions (deadlines are in June). Winning entries in each contest will be displayed at the 2012 State Education Convention, January 18-20 in Milwaukee (the top musical groups get to perform there). The Wisconsin Art Exhibits and Awards are open to public school students in grades 7-12. The WASB Student Video Contest gives students the opportunity to develop creative, thought-provoking videos individually, in a small group, or as a class project. Students must be in grades 7-12. Musical groups from grades 6-12 may send audition tapes to the Music Showcase. For Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book!, teachers submit up to 10 of the most exemplary picture books per classroom (any K-12 public school student is eligible). To hold these competitions, WASB collaborates with the Wisconsin Art Education Association, the Wisconsin Educational Media Technology Association, and the Wisconsin School Music Association.”
HUCalling all furniture makers & artisans!UH
KL Communications Invites Furniture Makers & Artisans to Exhibit in the 2011 Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Shows
No deadline
TIVERTON, RI – KL Communications is pleased to invite artisans designing and handcrafting furniture, accessories, fine art & craft to apply to exhibit at the 2011 Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Shows taking place in Baltimore (April 15-17, 2011), Milwaukee (September 30 – October 2, 2011), and Providence (October 21-23, 2011). These shows primarily present studio and custom furniture with home décor accessories such as lighting, floor coverings, and fine art as well as quality handcrafted jewelry, wearables, pottery, glass, sculpture, and more. Artisans from throughout North America working in all media are invited to apply for an invitation to exhibit and sell their work at any or all of the 2011 shows. Applications to exhibit can be downloaded from the “Exhibitor Info” heading at www.FineFurnishingsShows.com or call 401-816-0963 for more information.”
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