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Index:
2-3…Letter from Linda Long; Volunteer Spotlight Bonnie
Schauder
4-5…Savory Sounds;
2016 Calendar; WRAP
6-7…WRAP Artists; Fran Achen Photography; Artrageous Birds
Exhibit 2016
8-9…Artist Spotlight:
Carna Grover
10-11...Painting Workshop at Cravath
Lakefront Center
12...Bird Public Arts
Project Sponsors
13-15...Art in the Area
16…Public Arts Project; Board of
Directors; Mission
Summer 2016
The birds have flown to the light poles in Whitewater!
Thanks to Whitewater Arts Alliance Volunteers and the City of Whitewater staff, more than 50 birds, created by artists, are flying high for the 2016 public arts project. Owls, crested birds, hawks, swifts, and songbirds are helping Whitewater promote its status as a Bird City.
Linda Long, president of the Whitewater Arts Alliance said, “Whitewater is really for the birds—literally! We are so pleased to bring attention to the birds in our community with this great art project.”
The City of Whitewater gained its Wisconsin Bird City designation in 2014. The Whitewater Urban Forestry Commission (UFC) is re-sponsible for implementing and fulfilling the requirements to main-tain this designation.
Bird City Wisconsin mobilizes citi-
zens and public officials who al-
Whitewater is For the Birds!
ready know that birds are more than
beautiful - they are significant. A
Bird City is a community whose gov-
ernment educates its citizens about
birds while implementing sound
conservation practices. Whitewater
is one of them!
Bird City Wisconsin
encourages its com-
munities to address
the decline of urban
birds like the Chimney
Swift and Purple Mar-
tin, species that have
declined in Wisconsin
by 32.3% and 92.7%,
respectively, over the
last 40 years. They
support our communi-
ty in our efforts to
protect and manage
green space, build and
erect nesting struc-
tures, landscape with native plants,
reduce threats like collisions, and
generally make urban areas friendli-
er for breeding, wintering, and mi-
grating birds.
Whitewater really is for the birds!
(Sponsors on page 12)
www.whitewaterarts.org 262-472-0204
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Letter from the President
Happy Summer, Everyone! June means summer, and summer means it’s time for Savory Sounds. We have got a few old friends returning and some new talent to help you relax during our five free lunch hour concerts. (And good food – oh my!) Come on over and bring a friend! I was privileged to be able to present with Tom Flood the first Diane Flood Public School Arts Enrichment Fund Scholarship to graduating senior Krystal Leon on May 25. Krystal plans to major in art at UW-Whitewater this fall, which made Board member and Interim Dean of Arts and Communication Bob Mertens smile! The WAA was also able to support the students headed to New York City for a theater education trip. We know Diane would be so happy to see these things happening. The photography workshop in May was very well attended, and we hope to see lots of en-tries from those enthusiasts in the Fran Achen show in July. We appreciate the time Jeff McDonald and Everett Long took to organize and conduct this workshop. We hope to have more in the future as well. The birds are perched downtown! This year’s public art project really brought out the cre-ativity in our community, and the WAA is grateful to all the artists and sponsors. This year, rather than printing 500 brochures, we have labeled each of the lampposts with the name of the artist and the sponsors. So you can go downtown anytime to take a walk and have all the information at your fingertips. One other change - some artists have paid a small fee to re-claim their birds in September, and the remainder will be available through a silent auction at the CAC. Watch for the details! As I have said often, we are so fortunate to have great support of the arts in our communi-ty. Be sure to thank the sponsors and our volunteers whenever you have the opportunity. See you at the CAC and Savory Sounds! Sincerely, Linda Long WAA President
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Volunteer Spotlight: Bonnie Schauder
Bonnie Schauder has been a volunteer docent for the CAC for the past year. She has hosted most of the exhibits during the year, covering one or more shifts. Bonnie grew up in northern Michigan where she began her early college education. She transferred to UW-Whitewater in her third year where she complet-ed her educational de-gree. She worked at the mid-dle school in Delavan for seven years teaching language arts. She continued her educa-tion attaining a master’s degree from UWW in counseling. She worked for 21 years as an elementary counselor in several schools in Janesville. After leaving the educational scene, Bonnie worked at the Crossroad Counseling Center for eight years. Bonnie raised two children. Her son Brandt with his wife Kim and daughter Emily live in Stoughton where he works in the construction field. Her daughter Brooke lives in California and has fol-lowed her mother’s path, earning a PhD in counseling that she uses in her work at a hospital. Bonnie loves to travel with family mem-bers. Some of her favorite trips were to Italy, Ireland and the Caribbean. One special trip was to Finland where she met the family of her uncle who chose not to
immigrate with her grandparents. Her next big adventure is with her grand-daughter and daughter-in-law to London and northern England.
Bonnie returns often to her roots in Michigan where the family home still boasts of a huge garden that her mother started years ago. The family continues the planting, nurturing, reaping and canning of the crops just like they did in their youth. They have many appreciative folks that look forward to the bounty!
In addition to the above interests, Bonnie keeps busy with golf, biking, paddle boarding, ballroom dancing, yoga and lots of walking. When she has some down time, she loves to read or knit. She is also an active member of her church, the Community of Christ the Servant. One of the primary goals of the church is its support of multiple outreach projects locally and worldwide. We are so pleased to have Bonnie as one of our volunteers. She is a hostess that anyone would love to meet!
—-Mary Kenne
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At the Cultural Arts Center
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June – WRAP Exhibit through June 25; Workshop is June 25 9:30 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m., and anyone can attend the workshop for a $5 registra-tion fee (exhibiting artists can attend for free). To register, please contact Joyce Follis at 262-473-2360.
Savory Sounds (June 23, June 30) 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. July – Fran Achen Photography Show (July 7-31); Opening Reception is July 10 from 1 p.m.– 4 p.m. Savory Sounds (July 7, July 14) 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
August – Whitewater Fiber Guild/Quilt Show Featuring Kent Williams and Carna Grover September – The Return of Artrageous Birds October – Exhibit by Robert Tarrell, Edgewood College November/December – Annual Members’ Show
Cultural Arts Center
Current Gallery Hours:
Noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
402 West Main Street
Whitewater, Wisconsin
In the historic White
building
June at the CAC features the Wisconsin Regional Artists Association’s Wisconsin Re-gional Art Program (WRAP) exhibit that pre-sents the works of 45 non-professional artists from 23 different cities with 121 works of art (list of artists on page 6).
The exhibit will run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. ending with a workshop ($5 fee) on Saturday, June 25.
The workshop on June 25, runs from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m., and anyone can attend
the workshop for a $5 registration fee (exhibiting artists can attend for free). To register, please contact Joyce Follis (photo on left) at 262-473-2360.
The Wisconsin Regional Art Program was established to encourage Wisconsin citizens with a serious interest in art - people who make art purely for the love of it, rather than for fame and fortune.
June is a WRAP
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Amateur and professional artists will exhibit their photography at the Seventh Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition from July 7th to the 31th at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center on 402 West Main Street in Whitewater.
A free Opening Reception with an Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Center, with the awards be-ing presented at approximately 2 p.m. Fran Achen was a long-time Whitewater resident, teach-er, and local photographer.
However, he is best remem-bered for his photographic collection which chronicles the history of Whitewater.
Jeff McDonald, chair of the show and Whitewater Arts Alliance board member, said, “The Fran Achen show is truly one of the highlights of the year and the Cultural Arts Center is one of Whitewater's gems. Together they provide a showcase for outstanding work created by both estab-
WRAP Brings 45 Artists from 23 Cities
Whitewater WRAP Entrants for 2016: Whitewater Karolyn Alexander Mary Bughman John Dynkowski Virginia Epps Joyce Follis Mary Anne Gerlach Carna Grover Dawn Hunter Leah Jurgens Sylvia Linton Everett Long Jeff McDonald Suzanne Popke Dorothy Spurgat Johnson Creek Varla Bishop Alison Meschke
Milton John Bittner JoAnne Bohm Lake Geneva Susan Boehm Fitchburg Bruce Braun Shirley Diedrich Mary Somers Madison Silvia Cavagerno Elkhorn Mary Degraer Janesville Kathy Gibbs Sophie Hansen Katie Swanson Sherry Thurner Kim Wepking-Richards
Beloit Roberta Haakinson Peter Nattinger Clinton Debra Hall Williams Bay Jeanne Hannula Edgerton Kelly Hausknecht Dousman Kathleen Hosch Rockton, IL Mary Lou Lindroth Brookfield Emma Macari Eagle Jeffrey Mann
Palmyra Ruth Ann Mueller Genoa City J Austin Pena Medford Cheryl Plautz Hartford Carol Ann Rose Watertown Tricia Sloan Walworth Annette Voss Muskego Jan Wood
July Honors Fran Achen Photos
lished and aspiring area photographers.”
(Below photo submitted by Richard Linton.)
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Artrageous Birds Exhibit Returns September 2016
Artist Spotlight—Carna Grover
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designer fur coat (of course now my feelings about fur are quite
different but I will never forget the experience).
I spent weeks in a log home at the tip of the beautiful Keweenaw Peninsula, (U. P.) learning all sorts of arts and crafts from my brother-in-law's mother, who had just returned from three weeks at a special school in Gatlinburg, TN. Her mother had studied art in Eu-
rope, and as a painter, dis-played regular-ly at the Art Institute of Chicago. She had taught much to my mentor, who in turn passed on tremendous knowledge to me.
I recently found out two of my cousins al-so displayed at the Art Insti-tute. In my early thirties I had
From Carna Grover:
Many people and experiences have influenced my love of art, and art-ists seem to run in both sides of my Swedish American family, including my sister and cousins.
All four grandparents came from Sweden, where a great grandmother was a tai-lor and my maternal grand-mother was in musical thea-ter. As a young man, my fa-ther became a display decora-tor.
I learned to sew at age 7, and fashion design has continued to be very important to me. I graduated with an English Writing Minor (I am a poet and writing my mem-oirs) and Theatre Ma-jor specializing in costume design. One of my instructors was Bob Mertens, who was chair of the Art Department at that time.
During one of my po-sitions at Marshall Fields, I had the priv-ilege of helping put on a fashion show, and being tall and in their Chicago Salon at the right time, modeled a
the privilege of working in an industrial design studio and learned an abundance about art and design from the studio owners, who taught at the Art Institute as well as Northern Illinois University. They paid for my course in Interior De-sign, but they and the oth-er designers who worked there taught me enormous details about art.
Of course, my husband Skip Grover has been my private teacher, and he has enhanced my knowledge of modern art
which I have fallen in love with. He never ceases to encourage me in my endeavors, which is important because of my health.
A current project involves weaving. I have several types of looms but like to work on my own put together ones.
Artist Spotlight—Carna Grover
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In the past I have exhibited in St. Charles, at the Racine Art Museum, in Whitewater and in Janesville. A special surprise oc-curred when going to pick up an oil painting at the Fox Valley Art League exhibit only to learn it was taken to a bank in St. Charles, Illinois for display.
I was included in "Who's Who Among University and Col-
lege Students in the United States, 2004". I graduated summa cum laude in 2005 at the age of 69. I know I influ-enced my oldest daughter to go back to college and she just graduated this May.
I am currently a member of the Racine Art Museum, WRAP, the Whitewater Arts Alliance, the Fiber Art Guild of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, and I am the presi-dent of the Whitewater Fiber Guild (formerly Whitewater Weavers and Spinners, begun by Catherine Crossman.)
Thanks to Amazon, and an un-derstanding husband, I have a wonderful library of artistically helpful books, full of unique
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Painting Workshop October 2016 at Cravath
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Painting Workshop October 2016 at Cravath
Bird Sponsors
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Thank you to the Sponsors of the 2016 Public Art Project! Barb Aldrich – LaGrange OH Jason & Shawn Alexander Family - Whitewater Lynn & Cheryl Binnie - Whitewater Judith Binning – Whitewater Whitewater Chamber of Commerce/Downtown Whitewater Anne Coburn & Family – Whitewater Jim & Ginny Coburn – Whitewater Rollie & Nancy Cooper – Whitewater & the Urban For-estry Committee Commercial Bank – Whitewater Dental Perfections – Whitewater Dolores Engel – Whitewater Amy & Nelson Edmonds Family – Whitewater First Citizens State Bank – Whitewater Fort Community Credit Union – Fort Atkinson H. Gaylon & Hannah Greenhill – Whitewater
Mike & Laura Grubb – Whitewater Dick & Kathy Haven – Whitewater Dawn & Lyle Hunter – Whitewater Kerri Kachel – Whitewater Mary Kenne – Whitewater Ken & Sue Kidd – Whitewater Sylvia & Dave Linton – Whitewater Allan & Laureen Liu – Elkhorn Ellen & Everett Long – Whitewater Linda Long – Whitewater Susan Mealy – Whitewater Germaine & Mark Olm – Whitewater Olm & Associates – Whitewater Jan Olson – Whitewater Margaret Prowe – Northfield, MN The Scharine Group – Whitewater Seniors in the Park – Whitewater Marjorie Stoneman & Joe Kromholz – Whitewater
Roni & Dick Telfer – Whitewater Jim Terkeurst – Ft. Atkinson Gregg Theune – Waukesha Karolyn & Hugo Tscharnack – Whitewater James & Nancy Vondrak - Whitewater Whitewater Sno Seekers Snowmobile Club – Whitewater
Art in the Area
SweetSpot Gallery
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First Citizens Gallery
First Citizens State Bank
207 West Main Street
262-473-2112
Monday—Thursday
8:30 a.m.—5 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m.–-6 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m.—Noon
Artists and Craftspeople Wanted to
Sell your work at Whitewater Main St. Festival
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016
TIME: 11 am – 3 pm
WHERE: Whitewater, WI
SPACE RENTAL: $25.00 for a 10’ x 10’
$50.00 for a 10’ x 20’
PLEIN AIR PAINTERS:
Price of booth if selling; Free if just painting
www.wwmsfestival.blogspot.com
Proceeds from this event will help support creative opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities, provide scholarships for
high school students and support the arts in the community. Whitewater Main St. Festival
is a collaboration of Studio 84, The Whitewater Arts Alliance and The Whitewater
Chamber of Commerce.
June -"Customer Coloring Book Art Show". Just sit and color a while, then display your art in the gallery. All supplies are furnished at no charge. July/August -The Classes of 1960 and 1961 will be holding their Whitewater High School Reunion. The Whitewater High School Class of 1960 artists exhibiting are Louise Meumann Fuerstenberg, watercol-ors, and Paul Joseph, acrylics. The Class of 1961 artists exhibiting are Marilyn Kilpin Fuerstenberg, watercolors, and Tom Jewell, oils, acrylic, watercolors and graphite. September/October -Jeff McDonald "Travels: Near and Far" Jeff McDonald will be exhibiting a selection of his fine art photographs made during travels in the Midwest, Southwest, North-west, and along the Pacific coast. Many of the photographs were made of Whitewater and the surrounding area. A local artist, his goal is to make remarkable photo-graphs from interesting subjects. The ex-hibit will feature examples of his land-scape, architectural, nature, and travel photography.
SweetSpot Coffee Shoppe
226 West Whitewater
262-473-5080
Please send article ideas for the Whitewater Arts Alliance newsletter
to: margiestoneman
@sbcglobal.net
June—Carna Grover
July & August - Kim Alba, photography and watercolor
Art in the Area
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Roberta’s Art Gallery
Gallery Exhibits in Old Main Lane:
Roberta’s Art Gallery, in the James R. Connor University Cen-ter at UW-Whitewater, is the temporary home of the First Year Experience office during the HVAC renovation. Gallery exhib-its will be displayed in the Old Main Lane hallway on the second floor of the University Center.
June 20 – July 15 Crafty Kids: Creative Minds Expressed Through Art, featuring selected works by the children of UW-Whitewater’s Children’s Center
July 15 – August 25 The Faces of Fairhaven, showcasing the col-laboration between Roberta’s Art Gallery and Fairhaven Senior Services through hands-on work-shops
Reception: August 16, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
August 29 – Late September Coming Soon: Old Main Lane, a preview of the permanent historic display celebrating the 150th an-niversary of UW-Whitewater in 2018
Workshops:
Roberta’s Art Gallery hosts work-shops that are open to students, faculty, staff and community members. All workshops are free and supplies are provided:
July 11 Glowing, Galaxy Globe
Time: 11:00 am-12:30 pm
We’ll have a blast when we use cotton balls, glow paint, glitter, and glass jars to create our own galaxies. UC 266
July 18 Decorative Dahlias
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Capture the beauty of summer by creating your own paper Dahlia wreath, perfect for walls, doors, or windows. UC 266
August 8 Bottoms Up!
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Decorate a wine glass and flip it over to create a candle dis-play. UC 266
June 22: Summer on the Mall – “UC Summer Festival,” 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Key Chain Workshop for Adults and Paper Crown Workshop for Children; UC North Mall or UC Con-course
July 13: Summer on the mall – “Tailgating with the War-hawks,” 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Design your own Warhawk fan pennant, all ages welcome; UC North Mall or UC Concourse
August 3: Summer on the Mall – “UC Olympic Kickoff,” 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Tie Dye T-Shirts
for Adults and Color a Flag Workshop for Children; UC North Mall or UC Concourse
Contact Kim Adams at 262-472-1477 or
Gallery email: [email protected]
UW-Whitewater Hosting Free Garden &
Landscape Tours
UW-Whitewater has one of the most beautiful campus-es in the state and the Office of Continuing Education is pleased to offer free tours of its campus gardens, green-house, landscapes, and prairie this summer. Tours will be led by Wes Enterline, UW-Whitewater’s sustaina-bility coordinator and Mas-ter Gardener volunteer. Tours are free and open to the public. These are walk-ing tours with low activity levels.
Register for any or all tours here: http://www.uww.edu/ce/workshops/garden-and-landscape. Campus maps can be found here: http://www.uww.edu/campus/. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or [email protected] for further information.
Art in the Area
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Studio 84
Studio 84 121 W. Center St.
Whitewater, WI 53190 262-473-9845
www.studio84inc.org www.facebook.com/studio84inc
A CALL for COWS!
A call for artwork depicting cows that is! September 1-16
The Coburn Herd of Cows
Will be on public display for the first time. Join their herd with your art depicting cows.
The Coburn Cows is a commis-sioned series of 12 wild and cra-zy cows, each painted by
an artist from Studio 84.
Studio 84 is a non-profit art stu-dio specializing in working with people with disabilities.
Entry Fee: $10 per entry, limited to 4 entries Cash Awards
Best looking cow in the herd Funniest/craziest/most colorful cow with an attitude
Exhibit runs Sept 1 through Sept 16th
Deadline for entry: August 1 De-livery deadline: August 15 Pick up art: September 19 – 30
Reception: Saturday, September 10th, 11-3 Note: Sept 10th is Whitewater Main St. Festival With over 200 visitors able to view your art.
Entry forms online or by email at: Studio 84
121 W. Center St.
Whitewater, WI 53190
262-473-9845
www.studio84inc.org face-book.com/studio84inc [email protected]
Studio 84 is at the Whitewater City Market!
July 19, Aug 16 4-6pm for a Paint Party, sign up online at www.studio84inc.org $25 on-ly! Get some groceries, have din-ner and be creative all in one place! June 28, July 26, Aug 23, Sept 27 selling art, come see what our artists are creating and get your Christmas shopping done early!
Artistic Gardens here in Whitewater! Merri’s Meadows
The mission of the Whitewater Arts
Alliance is to promote the visual and performing arts
through an alliance of artists, individuals,
educational resources, and organizations to
promote creativity and diversity that will
serve to educate and enrich the lives of the
residents of the Whitewater
community and
surrounding areas.
President –Linda Long [email protected]
VP – Bob Mertens
Recording Secretary—Taylor McDarison
Membership Secretary – Marilyn
Fuerstenberg [email protected]
Treasurer – Jeff McDonald [email protected]
Kathy Brady
Sylvia Linton [email protected]
Everett Long
Mary Nevicosi
Jim Terkeurst [email protected]
Whitewater Arts Alliance Board of Directors
Become a Member of the Whitewater Arts Alliance!
Call 262-472-0204
