ARRAC Newsletter Aug2011

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Alabama River Region Arts Center is a 501 (c) 3 Non-profit organization. www.arrac.org

Alabama River Region Arts Center

The ARRAC UpdateArts Clubs Start September 8bout Us

The Arts Center is a volunteer

based, community supported

organization that derives its

funding from public and private

donations, contributions, grants,

benefactors and the proceeds

from memberships, Artist Space,

Rentals, Gallery Art Sales and

special events.

After school never looked so good! ARRAC is proud to announce that three Arts Clubs for

Kids are starting Thursday, 9/8.

Lead by Austin Thompson, animal sculpting

and sound effects expert and his assistant Jordan

Stephens; plus Guitar Club, lead by ARRACs oneand only Hawaiian Bluegrass Jammer, Jon Masters

both join the Drawing/Painting Club lead by Marty

McIntyre to make Thursday afternoons at ARRAC

the place to be.

Join Clay Club,

Donate your old acoustical guitar tothe Center for use in KIDS ARTS

Club/Guitar Club

Clubs run concurrently from 4:00 4:50 pm & repeat from 5:00 5:50 pm. Join one or two

Clubs. Hurry! Space is limited (only 10 slots per club, after that we will put you on a wait list

Fee: $20 monthAge minimums: Drawing/Painting & Clay 7 years old; Guitar 10 years old.

GrantsPottery StudioIf you can dream it andmap out the furnitureplacementthe pottery studio will be here before

we know it! Thanks to a generous grant of

$5000, from The Daniel Foundation, of

Birmingham, the ARRAC pottery studio is

progressing nicely. Watch for a workday to get

the room in order for the wheels, tables, chairs,

and counters.


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Page 2 The ARRAC Update/August2011Bark in the Park with ARRAC

< Remember the naked birdhouses? When the Humane Society ofElmore Countyreceived four, plain, wooden birdhouses, Genie Kline,

ARRAC member and HSEC thrift store

volunteer brought them back to ARRAC

for a little artistic TLC. Now, four lucky

bird families will be setting up nests in

unique, beautiful birdhouses, currently

being decorated by ARRAC artists Carol Barksdale, Dawn Sullivan,

and Frank Sullivan.Sharon Ervins creation, featured The ARRAC

Update/July will also be sold in the Humane Society of Elmore

Countys 6th

Annual Bark in the Park,September 25, 1-5 pm at Ft.

Toulouse in Wetumpka. Come join us! $5 admission fee for those 13

and older. All proceeds go to the HSEC.

ARRAC members will also be greeting furry friends of the HSEC and

their trainers, as well as demonstrating various types of art for human visitors at the Bark in the Park

This is how wesupport our community friendswith our time and talent.

In case of bad weather, the backup date is Sun., Oct 2, at Ft. Toulouse.

Homeschoolers Meet ARRAC

Enthusiastically jumping in to promote ARRACs

new outpouring of low-cost Arts Clubs, Austin

Thompson, Mary Wolfe, and Frank Sullivan

attended the FHE (Fellowship of Home Educators)

Kickoff meeting/activity fair in Prattville 8/15. They

joined other representatives of variousextracurricular activities aimed at homeschool

families in the tri-county area.

Jon Masters represented ARRAC to the MAHE

(Maxwell Area Homeschool Educators) on

Saturday, August 27.

Thanks all for introducing ARRAC to the many

homeschool families in the area. We want to exten

a welcome to these families to come and explore

the resources in our John Kelly Fitzpatrick Library.

Moms can sit in peace and quiet and do lesson

plans while the kids are in Arts Clubs on Thursdays

The Founding Board has now

transitioned to the following

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Rick Bowman Businessowner, Potter

Geoff McIntyre Professor

Donald Mobley Businessowner, Musician

Austin Thompson PuppetTroupe Owner/Creative Director

Marilyn Winborn Businessowner, Jewelry Artist

Registered agentFrank L. Sullivan

Board Meeting

Board Members inattendance: AustinThompson, Bill Roberts,Rick Bowman, MarilynWinborn, Geoff McIntyre,Donald Mobley

Welcomed the new

member and after adiscussion the Boarddecided to review someupdates for the By Laws;reviewed activities by theBrains for Lunch groupand pottery committees,selecting 3 needs thatrequire addressing. Boardwill meet again in 2 weeksor so.

Mostly a get-to-knowsession and individual

vision statements. Goodstrong board.

Sorry, not muchexcitement.

Frank

Board of Directors

Gallery NewsIts Never Too Lateto Make a SaleCongratulations go to Bennie

Brewer McDonald, who was

featured, The ARRAC Update/Junenewsletter, Its Never Too

Late to...,for her three sales this

month!

Bob Portman's copper sculpture

Also to be acknowledged for their

consistent sales in the gallery

during June and July are Frank

Sullivan/pottery and Bob

Portman/metalsmith.

Thanks Artists and Art Lovers!

New Gallery Hours

ARRAC Gallery hours are: Sat. 9-4 pm and Sun.

12-4 pm.

Bringing the River Region Together Through All the Arts


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Page 3 The ARRAC Update/August2011

Brains for Lunch and DinnerYa l l a re w elcom e

Bluegrass Jams!

Bluegrass jam reportBYOC! (if you want)

Although we have plenty of chairs, some

newcomers to Augusts Bluegrass Jam wanted

to make sure they had a good seat: they came

early andthey brought their own chairs! It gets

pretty full in the Van Gogh Room with all the

instrumentsbut we wouldnt have it any other

way! Come help us pack the house (again) next

Saturday (9/3) We will save you a chair!

Al l ages & sk i l l l evels welc ome.

Sept . 3: 9 am 12

Stick around long enough and we are guaranteed to

serve up your favorite dish. Oh? It is notbrains? Thats

fine, were talking brain-storming!

Our brain-storming group has met faithfully for the last two

months. Dawn Sullivan, Austin Thompson, Marty

McIntyre, Jon Masters, and Mary Wolfe have taken part

in these meetings, designed to generate ideas and

enthusiasm for nurturing all the arts in the river region.

Their efforts gave wings to the ARRAC Arts Club, for

children ages 7-18, which launch September 8.

All ARRAC members who are interested in working to

brainstorm ideas for ARRACs programming and events

are welcome! Our next Brains for Lunch will indeed be at

noon, 9/1; however, the following week, 9/8, we will meetat 6 pm.

Marketing Update

A four-color pamphlet marketing the ARRAC is being

finished and readied to send to the printer. These will be

distributed to various tourist locations around the state.

We will upload a PDF version on our web site and

Facebook site for independent printing. Thanks to allwhose work is featured in this pamphlet, your work makes

the whole Arts Center look good.

ARRAC Members/Service OpportunitiesMarketing:You are a Marketing-person if you:

Love to talk to strangers Know how to use social media Get excited planning parties

Volunteer Scheduler:You love to check in with your arty friends,Youd rather talk than text to stay in touch,Butyou can find your way around emails!

If these sound like YOU and you want to get involved

in working with fellow artists doing service work with

ARRAC, please contact ARRAC at

[email protected].

Update Editors Corner:Cartoonist wanted!

If you like to draw cartoons, share your talents by volunteering

your art in the newsletter.

Why should we cut & paste standard, boring clip art when we

have many talented members (of any age) who could create

just exactly what is needed? Send some examples of your work

to Marty McIntyre, at [email protected].

No pay, but hey, you can put it in your portfolio. Who knows,

take a risk, you may be the inspiration for someone else to take

up a pen and draw?

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ARRAC UpdateContact Editor/E-Mail:

[email protected]

195 Blackberry Rd.

Deatsville, AL 36022

Were on the Web!See us at:

www.arrac.org

Join us on

Facebook

Alabama-River-Region-

Forms/information online www.arrac.org.Sit & Sew

Sat. 9/3

Sewing help, cut/work space9-12 pm

Clay ClubThurs. 9/8

4-5 pm & 5-6 pm

Arts-Center

Clay Slab Class samples

Guitar ClubThurs. 9/8

4-5 pm & 5-6 pm

Drawing/PaintingClub Thurs. 9/84-5 pm & 5-6 pm

ClassesPortable Patchwork

Reserve your spot now for Octobers classes

Waiting at the doctors office is nofun. Keeping your hands busy

while you make something

beautiful is a more productive,

serenity-inducing alternative.

Come join us in October as

Frances Arnold walks you

through each step of the art of

Hand Piecing a Quilt. Learn

versatile skills using modern

fabrics. In only 4 classes you will

learn to produce a piece like this. $100 Class fee includes quilt book,Portable Patchwork, by Donna Thomas; and sandpaper boards.

Other supplies by student (Instructor will contact you after your

registration is received).

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