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Vo lume 1 , Issue 7
May 2011
Alabama River Region Arts Center
The ARRAC Update
Dawn Sullivan showed a
visitor piecing techniques.
Dylan Goodsen
demonstrated woodcarving.Marilyn Winborn helps visitors make
a beaded bracelet
Guitar playing by Jon Masters
made for a relaxing atmosphere.
ARRAC GRAND OPENING Held April 9thIN SID E TH IS ISSU E:
Board / Officers /
Coordinators 2
Timeline 2
Volunteer Stats 3
Classes 3
Newsletter News 3
Bluegrass Jam Coming! 3
About us 4
ARRAC celebrated its new homeby opening its doors to thecommunity Sat. April 9, from 9 to3. Artists and craft stations wereready in all of the classrooms,welcoming the community anddemonstrating everything fromwatercolors to wood-carving.Forge workers set up in the shadeon the front lawn, greeting over 75visitors who followed the sidewalkchalk art into the Center. Onceinside the Gallery, friends foundthemselves not only surrounded bywalls of art created by RiverRegion-area artists, but also byguitar music.
Artists in the classrooms (namedafter famous artists) hosted clay and woodworking; weaving,spinning, and quilting; and watercolors, finger weaving, and
jewelry beading. Many visitors made their way from one stationto another learning a new skill along the way.
A father with his twodaughters even cameback after their lunch-break just to continuetheir art “projects.”
Carol Barksdale’s watercolor station had diligent artists.
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The ARRAC Update/May 2011
Board of Directors,
and Coordinators ARRAC Timeline: From a Dream to Reality
Our Founding Board has now
transitioned to the following
Board of Directors.
BOARD of DIRECTORS
Doris Bell – ECAG seat,
Painter
Rick Bowman – Business
owner, Potter
Don Mobley – Business
owner, Musician
Austin Thompson – Youth
Minister, Puppet Troupe
Owner/Creative Director
Marilyn Winborn – Business
owner, Jewelery Artist
CoordinatorsShirley Esco – [email protected] Carol Hickman – Classes/[email protected]
10/1/10 Search for ARRAC location
10/30/10 ARRAC Facebook page launched11/1/10 Awaiting to hear on former Wetumpka High
School site11/1/10 Classes/syllabi developed for core group of 6-8
classes11/1/10 14 Members11/6/10 First Bluegrass Jam held at Bath Builders; 17
musicians12/1/10 former Wetumpka High School site selected12/1/10 22 Members12/1/10 New Founding Officers appointed12/1/10 Classes first published on web site (for Feb.)12/1/10 ARRAC website up & running
12/18/10 first Workday at ARRAC: walls scraped, primed,etc.
12/18/10 Coosa on the River Silent Auction raises $8401/1/11 28 Members1/5/11 Start up grant $1000 rec'd from: Mildred
Weedon Blount Education and CharitableFoundation of Tallassee
1/7/11 $2500 program grant rec'd from: Alabama StateCouncil on the Arts
1/23/11 Workday: painting of the ARRAC (10 gallons of paint)
2/1/11 ARRAC insurance obtained2/1/11 Lease finalized with ECSS2/1/11 40 Members
2/28/11 Hallway 3/4 painted; 2 classrooms ready for painting
3/1/11 Final layour of Handrail confirmed; AlabamaForge Council to commence fabrication
3/5/11 Bluegrass Jam held at ARRAC3/10/11 Call for entries to area artists for ARRAC
Gallery3/13/11 2 Classrooms finished; ready for use3/14/11 Membership meeting held3/24/11 Gallery opening3/31/11 Ribbon Cutting with Elmore County School
Systems & City of Wetumpka4/2/11 Bluegrass Jam held at ARRAC4/9/11 Community Open House at ARRAC: Artist &
Craftsmen demonstrations5/7/11 Bluegrass Jam held outdoors at ARRAC5/7/11 First Class held: Drawing
5/15/11 Membership meeting held5/19/11 Second Class held: Beginning Digital
Photography5/19/11 Internal audit conducted by Toska Courbron5/21/11 4 Gallery sales as of this date
Sometimes a dream is given
to one, but usually we findmany share the samedream. Such is the strengthof dreams that rise tobecome reality. It takeswork. It takes patience. Ittakes persistence. It maytake money. Surely it takesCommunity.
Many total hours wererequired to bring the Ala-bama River Region ArtsCenter to the point it istoday. But this is only the
beginning of our involve-ment with the community asan arts center for the entirecommunity.
By its very name, we stateour mission and our focus.The “C” in ARRAC standsfor “Center,” in this RiverRegion Community.
We have seen growth in allareas from number ofmembers to attendees atour Bluegrass jams. May we
continue to strive toencourage each other aswe work toward our mission:
The Alabama RiverRegion Arts Center iscommitted to stimulatingindividual expression andappreciation of the visualand performing arts byproviding high quality,affordable programming.The Center is a support-
ive environment wherepeople of all ages, back-grounds, and abilities canstudy, create and presentart.
Toska Courbron (right)
volunteered to conduct an internal
audit with Dawn Sullivan, interim
treasurer.
It will take all to make the Center a success!
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The ARRAC Update/May 2011
News for the
Newsletter
Join Our Nex t
Bluegrass Jam!
March April May
Total Individual
Volunteers15 individuals 7 individuals 11 individuals
Days worked 54 days 19 days 14 days
First-time Volunteers 4 individuals 1 individual 4 individuals
Stats: Volunteers
Laying out a national quarterly
magazine for over 10 years is quitedifferent from writing this newsletter,
I’ll admit. You can help by your
contribution to the information,
observations, ideas and stories we
include in this publication, the goal of
which is to relay news about how the
arts are impacting the River Region
community. Any of your contributions
are welcome and will be used to
generate information we send out in
our newsletter and post online.
Send your ideas to Marty McIntyre,
[email protected] to get them
included in the next issue or online.
Classes & Recruiters
June 49:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Two different classes have met to date: Drawing
and a Digital Photography for Beginners.
Doris Bell, instructor for the 6-class Drawing
series, says the goal of the class, “Is to draw what
you see, not what you know.” Doris’ class series
starts with “baby steps” as she trains her students
to see.
Marty McIntyre teaches the beginning Digital
Photography class, which is really more of a
personalized tutoring session. “The goal is to
move beyond the “Auto” button,” Marty says.
Many other classes are offered besides these. Our
classes will continue to meet, thrive and serve the
needs and wants of this community if each of us is
promoting the Center, not just our own classes.
Once someone hears about your volunteer efforts
to help bring the Arts Center into being, many
want to get involved. You can tell them how to do
that. Tell your friends and co-workers how to find
us online. Many have come through our doors
because of our online presence. Carry a class
schedule with you in your purse or backpack. A
file will be uploaded with basic contact information
and web site address. Check our web site for this
file, which you can download, print up and
artistically embellish to make it uniquely “your art.”
Give this out. Make more to distribute. Ask what
classes your friends, family might be interested in.
Let Carol Hickman, classes coordinator, know.
Check out the huge bulletin board in the hallway
that contains all the information on each individual
class.
Place: On the ARRAC lawn! Br ing a chai r or t w o.
Get Involved!
The ARRAC is looking for persons interested in filling
Committee positions including; Marketing, Fund Raising,
Curriculum/Programs, Gallery design.
Contact any Officers or Board Members for more information.
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The ARRAC Update/May 2011
The Founding members are composed of local Artist from varied disciplines that have a common goal to
create a public non-profit organization based in Wetumpka, Alabama focusing on nurturing all categories ofarts in the River Region.
The Arts Center is a volunteer based, community supported organization that will derive it’s funding from
public and private donations, contributions, grants benefactors and the proceeds from memberships, Artist
Space, Rentals, Gallery Art Sales and special events.
As stated in our Articles of Incorporation: - Purpose of CorporationSection 3.01 The Alabama River Region Arts Center is a not for profit corporation whose mission is to bringthe People of the River Region together and enhance community life through a supportive environmentwhere people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities can study, create and present art. The Center iscommitted to stimulating individual creative expression and appreciation of the visual, performing andculinary arts by providing high quality, affordable programs. To this end, the corporation shall at all times beoperated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal RevenueCode of 1986. All funds, whether income or principal, and whether acquired by gift or contribution orotherwise, shall be devoted to said purposes.
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