CAC ARTS NEWS No

CAC ARTS NEWS No. 167

12/22/04

COLORADO ARTS CONSORTIUM

http://www.coloradoartsconsortium.org

Editor's Note:

The Colorado Arts Consortium has been the one of the more active arts agencies through the years. We came about to offer technical assistance when so many communities where involved in creating Arts Councils. The Denver Metro area has always had a strong support network and the Consortium looked to outlying communities. The consortium also looked to arts advocacy when we felt that the arts were under funded. What a struggle. Perhaps we took on to much with too little. However, this newsletter was created to reach across the state to arts agencies, governments and individuals with state arts news and the bigger picture of world art.

There are over two hundred e-mail addresses that receive this newsletter and very few cancelations over the 167 weeks which tells me that you read the newsletter to some degree. If it becomes to much to read and you are tired of hitting the delete key then certainly, I would hope you would cancel your subscription.

With all volunteers and no money coming to the Consortium for operating or programs, the Consortium is at a low ebb but lives on in our volunteer work. I have agreed to continue this newsletter as long as you want it and I am able to do it.

I want to express my deep appreciation to all the Consortium board and regional reps that have stayed with it on your behalf. I also want to thank all of you that have corresponded with me, sent your newsletters and press releases. It keeps me going week after week.

All of us at the Colorado Arts Consortium wish you the best this holiday season and on into the new year. (Being Santa has been very rewarding and I now realize I'm old looking enough to play Father Time at New Year parties. I hope you don't mind but I will send a photo of Mr and Mrs Santa on Friday.)

Stay in touch,

Paul Saunders,

Editor

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NOW FOR COLORADO ARTS NEWS:

THEATREWORKS FRANKENSTEIN COLLABORATION OPENS OFF BROADWAY TO RAVE REVIEWS

THEATREWORKS annual fall collaboration with the Pikes Peak Library District’s All Pikes Peak Reads project yielded wonderful results for Manhattan-based theatre company The Flying Machine this holiday season. The company has just opened Frankenstein at New York City's Soho Rep to wonderful reviews.

When Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was first chosen as the book selection for 2003 All Pikes Peak Reads project, THEATREWORKS set off to find the right company to adapt the novel for its stage. Making its world premiere in Colorado Springs, The Flying Machine's Frankenstein played to sold-out crowds in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre before moving to Soho Rep this month. Here's just a sample of the reviews it has received:

"Fun and imaginative- a one-of-a-kind journey. A far-out ride theatergoers will not want to miss!"

www.nytheatre.com

"Entrancing and enchantingly staged"

Theatremania.com

"An absorbing, inventive production"

Newsday

"Just the ticket for a dark and dreary night in the dead of winter. As original in concept as it is inventive in design. A thinking person's thriller."

Variety

"Just when you thought Frankenstein was doomed to book clubs and film retrospectives, an imaginative young company called the Flying Machine has brought this tale of scientific hubris vividly back to life."

The New York Times

The Flying Machine was originally commissioned by THEATREWORKS to create this new work, and it made its world premiere in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater on Sept. 19, 2003. Look for nest year's book selection to be announced Spring of 2005.

THEATREWORKS SNARES FIVE DENVER POST OVATION AWARD NOMINATIONS

THEATREWORKS is pleased to announce it has received five Denver Post Ovation Award nominations for it's 2004 season, including Best Year by a Company.

The Ovations honor the best work in the state among the 142 theater productions reviewed or seen by Denver Post critics in 2004. This year, a record 38 companies received at least one nomination, with honorees from as far away as Creede, Fort Collins and Denver.

THEATREWORKS 2004 nominations include the following:

BEST YEAR BY A COMPANY, BEST DRAMA -A Streetcar Named Desire, BEST ACTOR, DRAMA - Gene Gillette, A Streetcar Named Desire - BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA - Jane Fromme, A Streetcar Named Desire, SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA - Kennedy Reilly-Pugh, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

" We are absolutely thrilled to have our work acknowledged by critics at the Denver Post whom we greatly respect, " stated Amanda Mountain, THEATREWORKS Sales and Marketing Director. " This is a testament to the talent we have here in Colorado Springs, and at THEATREWORKS."

Winners of the 2004 Ovation Awards will be selected by theatre critic John Moore and published in the Denver Post on Dec. 26.

THEATREWORKS is dedicated to creating challenging and innovative productions of classic and contemporary theatre for the enjoyment, education and stimulation of our community, including the Pikes Peak Region, the University of Colorado, and, on occasion the larger world.

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Contacts:

Deborah Reshotko and Esther Gross

303-722-0902

BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH DANCE

Denver, Colorado - SPEAKING OF DANCE is pleased to announce that we will present the Winter session of "Building Community Through Dance," our community program of free dance workshops in which neighborhood residents of all ages work together to use the art of dancemaking as a vehicle to enhance community-building.

SPEAKING OF DANCE has just completed the Fall session of Building Community Through Dance. During the first six and a half years of this highly successful program, over 1,100 children and adults have attended workshops in our home neighborhood of Capitol Hill and in sister neighborhoods. Over 4,000 audience members have attended the free final performances pieces choreographed and danced by participants at the end of the winter session each year. Participants report that their lives change as a result of the programs: they develop trust in others, increase their self-esteem, and create stunning, heart-felt, original choreography. People of all ages created enduring intergenerational friendships, and children increased their school attendance and improved academically.

The Winter 2004 session of the workshops will run for eight weeks beginning in January. No previous dance experience is necessary. Workshops are held at Del Pueblo, Swansea, Moore School, Cheltenham and Beach Court Elementary Schools and the First Unitarian Church. The workshops teach dance and community building skills through the group process in a safe environment, and participants use them to tell their own stories in their own way.

In addition to the weekly workshops, rehearsals for the final performances will be held on Saturdays at the Temple Events Center Uptown, 9:30-noon, January 15-March 5. Under the direction of Deborah Reshotko, SOD Artistic Director, workshop participants aged eight to 78 will choreograph dance on the theme of "Working for Peace." The performances will take place on March 11 and 12, 2005, at the Temple Events Center Uptown. For information about participation, please call 303-722-0902.

SOD is a community-based dance organization with considerable experience collaborating with neighborhood organizations to achieve common goals. SOD Artistic Director and choreographer Deborah Reshotko and her dance company work with Capitol Hill residents to use art to build bridges between individuals and groups. SOD has received two special National Endowment for the Arts grants in recognition of our outstanding community arts work.

This community development project is funded in part by generous grants from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, the City and County of Denver, the Denver Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, the Janus Foundation, and Capitol Hill United Ministries. Performance space has been donated by the Temple Events Center Uptown, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support arts and culture in the metro area. Rehearsal space has been donated by the First Unitarian Church and the Temple Events Center Uptown.

For information or to register, please call SPEAKING OF DANCE at 303-722-0902.

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Calendar:

Free community-based intergenerational modern dance improvisation workshops. Monday evenings, 7:00-8:30 p.m., January 17-March 7, at the First Unitarian Church, 1400 Lafayette Street, Denver. No dance experience necessary. Open to teens and adults. Call SPEAKING OF DANCE, 303-722-0902, for information or to register.

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The Evergreen Arts Council

Presents

Winter/Spring Classes at the

Evergreen Arts Center

January through May 2005

Contact: Lorene Joos, Director

Tel: 303-674-0056

Email: pirates1@msn.com

WINTER/SPRING ART CLASSES: The Evergreen Arts Council presents Fall Art Classes at the Evergreen Arts Center. Classes take place January through May 2005. For class information and registration, call 303-674-0056, go to www.evergreenarts.org or stop in at the Center for a class Brochure.

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Contact: Carol S. Fennell

Tel: 303-674-2598

Email: CarolSFennell@aol.com

MOUNTAIN CLAY EXHIBITION: The Evergreen Art Center is pleased to announce it's second juried exhibition featuring mountain area clay artists, January 6 to 31, 2005. "Mountain Clay" will feature a wide variety of clay from sculpture to pottery and wall hangings. Nationally recognized artists as well as emerging artists art work will be on display. The rustic orange and yellow walls of the new art center will be filled with fine clay from function to whimsy. Please join us for the opening reception held at the Art Center on January 8 from 6-8pm. Meet the artists and see first hand the talent of your community clay artists.

The new Evergreen Art Center is located next to the Buchanan Rec Center in Bergen Park off Highway 74 and Squaw Pass Road in Evergreen.

The Center is located next to the Buchanan Park Recreation Center, 32003B Ellingwood Trail, and is open Noon to 5pm Tuesday through Sunday.

The Evergreen Arts Council is a non profit 501 C3 Tax Id No. 84 0718563.

For further information please call the Arts Hotline at 303-674-4625 or the Evergreen Arts Center at 303-674-0056.

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http://www.swallowhill.com/music_school/2005-1/SamplerDay.htm Swallow Hill Sampler Day

Saturday, January 8. 12 - 5 p.m.

If one of your New Year resolutions is to learn to sing or to play a musical instrument, come on down to Swallow Hill for our Sampler Day. Swallow Hill's nationally renown Music School is THE place to learn folk, roots and acoustic music. From blues guitar to Australian didgeridoo, we've got you covered! At the Sampler Day, you'll be able to pick and choose between over 40 workshops in topics including guitar, fiddle, dulcimer, folk harp, mandolin, storytelling, banjo, tin whistle, recorder, music theory, singing, songwriting, keyboards and much, much more! There will also be performances by our fabulous faculty, jam sessions, children's sing-alongs, a music technology room, and even opportunities to sit in with the sound guys! For tickets and information, call 303.777.1003.

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Get Tickets Happy Holidays from Swallow Hill

Dear paulsaunders@estesvalley.net: It has been a long year, with great successes that made us proud and numerous set backs that taught us some lessons. We are grateful that we have such great support and encouragement from our patrons and donors. Please accept our most sincere wishes for a great holiday season and a wonderful and most successful 2005!

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The Colorado Alliance for Arts Education announces

2004-2005 Schools of Excellence Awards

Nominations due: March 11, 2005

Here's your chance to have your school recognized for the highest statewide award recognizing the arts in education!! Get Creative! Start Imagining!

Nomination packets will be sent out to all schools in January. If you do not receive a packet, contact us at 303-778-9374 or caae@artsedcolorado.org.

The Colorado Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to sequential standards-based arts education programs.

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FROM COLORADO THEATRE GUILD

P.O. Box 8625

Denver, CO 80201-8625

DENVER OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

AWARDS $50,000 IN GRANTS TO

LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

(DENVER) The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce the

disbursement of $50,000 in grants to local performing arts organizations through its

Denver Performing Arts Stabilization Grants program. This year there are 34 awardees.

Funds from this program may be used for any needs or functions that are consistent

with the recipient organizations' missions. With its limited funding allocation, the

program places a priority on assisting smaller, developing organizations. Fourteen

organizations will each receive $1,176.47, and 20 organizations will each receive

$1,676.47. Organizations with operating budgets below $200,000 will receive the

larger award.

"The Performing Arts Stabilization Grants are an investment in our community," said

Denise Montgomery, Director of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs. "The arts

enhance our quality of life, and we are happy to be able to support the great work of

these organizations."

The Denver Performing Arts Stabilization Grants were established in 1993 as a way of

supporting the performing arts in the City and County of Denver. Over 410 grants have

been awarded, totaling over $735,000 since the creation of the program. 63 performing

arts organizations have received funding through the program since its inception, with

most of the groups maintaining their eligibility status from year to year.

The mission of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs is to advance the arts and

culture in the City and County of Denver.

SAVE THE DATE: 2004 Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts - Feb. 9, 2005, 5:30

p.m. - Boettcher Concert Hall

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ANOTHER SAD GOODBYE

Hello Friends and Supporters of IAT,

In December of 2002, Industrial Arts Theatre began remodelling and renovating its new

home, The Federal Theatre. It was a huge undertaking and we took a risk in accepting

the building in an "as is" condition in return for lower rent.

It has been rewarding and challenging but unfortunately, the cost of keeping the

building operational has proven to be too high, both in terms of money and manpower.

The company has therefore ceased its operations on December 10, 2004. Its current

production, A Christmas Twist, has been closed and the company will vacate the Federal

on the 1st of the year.

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Colorado Ushers needs some outreaching help.

Colorado Ushers is putting together a few Event Planning Committees.

Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner - committee

Performing Arts Showcase for high school and college level talent - committee

Fund Raising Events - committee

If you would like more information about these wonderful volunteer opportunities please contact Chip Ross at Colorado Ushers (303) 282-8885 or coloradoushers@msn.com.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me anytime.

Have a great day!

Chip Ross

President

Colorado Ushers

(303) 282-8885

www.coloradoushers.org

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FUNDAMENTALS OF ARTS MANAGEMENT -- ONLINE

Registration is open now.

Designed for working professionals who want to advance their non-profit management skills through specialized courses, Arts Extension Service offers an eight-part series of courses via the Internet. These online courses teach problem solving techniques, management skills, and principles for the workplace. Instructors monitor discussions, provide feedback on assignments and helps students understand principles and solve problems. Students

communicate with each other and faculty through e-mail, threaded discussions, and posted assignments.

Next classes start Jan. 26 and conclude May 13, 2005

We're offering eight twelve-week Fundamentals Of Arts Management Online

courses in:

Strategic Planning -- Boards -- Fundraising -- Arts Marketing -- Financial Management

Arts Programming -- Program Evaluation -- Arts Education

For more information, including course work syllabi, please visit

http://www.umass.edu/aes/workshops/index.html

It is easy to register. Go to

https://www.umassulearn.net/DCEsearch.asp?search=AM&type=NcCourseListOl&cat=

spring05

You may also register by phone at (413) 545-3653.

We offer a regular Spring, Summer, and Fall schedule of all eight online arts management courses. Each course runs 12 weeks. Within the course period, students can learn from anywhere and anytime. A qualified instructor moderates each course and responds to student work and questions. Classes are small and interactive. Registration fees are $350 per course (academic credit option is additional cost).

A Certificate in Arts Management can be earned by successfully completing four online courses. A Professional Track Certificate can be obtained by completing all eight offerings. Fundamentals of Arts Management text is required, and can be obtained from our office. Call (413) 545-2360 or http://www.umass.edu/aes/publications/index.html to order books. For more information contact AES at aes@contined.umass.edu or call (413) 545-2360.

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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA)

The Arts Endowment has announced the 2005 Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants. These grants support projects that provide opportunities for people to experience and participate in a wide range of art forms and activities, enable arts organizations to expand and diversify their audiences, and emphasize the potential of the arts to help strengthen communities. For more information, please go to

http://www.arts.gov/news/news04/AnnounceChallengeAmerica.html

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and it's partners (NEA, NEH, and IMLS) have announced the 2004 Coming Up Taller Awards. The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and support outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America's young people, and provide them with new learning opportunities and opportunities to contribute to their communities. Please see the news release at http://www.arts.gov/news/news04/TallerAnnounce.html

The 2005 NEA Jazz Masters will be honored at an awards ceremony and concert in

Long Beach, California, on January 7th. Instituted in 1982, the NEA Jazz Masters Award

is the nation's highest honor in this distinctively American art form. For more information,

please go to http://www.arts.gov/news/news04/JazzMastersCeremony.html

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PLEASE POST

* Join the Grand Design production company and be a part of our annual event!

PRINCIPALS AND PRODUCTION CAST NEEDED

For SUITE MOSES, an original production of African American hymns, spirituals, jazz and blues. SUITE MOSES chronicles the Biblical Exodus while drawing parallels to the Black struggle in America. This original musical premiered in November 2001.

Stage manager, band director, choir director, set designer, wardrobe and choreographer needed. SUITE MOSES V will open at New Hope Baptist Church, Family Life Center in Denver on February 25 and 26. Additional performances will be held on March 4, 5 and 11, 12 in Aurora. Grand Design, Inc is seeking to have a multicultural cast. Auditions will be held Friday, January 7, 2005 (6P-10P) and Saturday, January 8, 2005 (1P-6P) at New Hope Baptist Church.

For more information call: Hugo Sayles at (303) 388-0694

Veronica O. White, program coordinator at (303) 743-8001

PLEASE POST

* Join the Grand Design production company and be a part of our annual event!

PERFORMERS NEEDED

ACTORS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, SINGERS

Choir, solo singers and experienced dancers needed. Major roles will receive honorariums. Roles for adult and children actors are also available. Non-performing volunteers are also welcome to handle technical aspects of the production.

SUITE MOSES V will open at New Hope Baptist Church, Family Life Center in Denver on February 25 and 26. Additional performances will be held on March 4, 5 and 11, 12 in Aurora. Grand Design, Inc is seeking to have a multicultural cast. Auditions will be held Friday, January 7, 2005 (6P-10P) and Saturday, January 8, 2005 (1P-6P) at New Hope Baptist Church.

For more information call: Hugo Sayles at (303) 388-0694.

Veronica O. White, program coordinator at (303) 743-8001.

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DURANGO ARTS CENTER PRESENTS

"BOOKS AND BEYOND" EXHIBIT IN ART LIBRARY

The Durango Arts Center presents the exhibit Books and Beyond: Artistic

Vision Through Book Art featuring work from Farmington, New Mexico women

artists Tara Churchill, Maria Kompare, Bev Taylor and Janey Vann. The

exhibit will take place in the Garner/Vega Conference Room-DAC Art Library

at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East 2nd Avenue, from Tuesday, January 4

through Friday, February 26, 2005.

In their books artists explore various themes from grandmothers to the sun,

moon and stars, from secrets to Santa Fe, from kids to Kahlo, from patterns

to paint. The exhibit is as varied in style and subject mater as the

artists themselves. The exhibit includes everything from traditional

hand-sewn blank journals to extremely non-traditional painted, calligraphed

and collaged works and altered books.

There will be an opening reception Friday, January 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.

For further information please call the Durango Arts Center at 259-2606 or

Mary Ellen Long at 259-4363.

Lanette Hartman

Administrative Assistant/Gallery Shop Manager

Durango Arts Center

970-259-2606

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KREV-LP 104.7 FM in Estes Park, Colorado

We would like to thank all of musicians that sent our little 100 watt FM station their CDs. Be assured that we have aired them and have them in our computer for future broadcasts. If you have an LPFM station near you, give them a call as I'm sure they would like to support you and your music.

Paul Saunders

Station Director

KREV-LP 104.7 FM Estes Park's Community Radio 24/7

Studio at the United Methodist Church

1509 Fish Hatchery Road

Estes Park, CO 80517

<http://www.EstesParkUMC.org/krev.htm>

e-mail: KREV@charterinternet.com

970-577-1312 Studio

970-586-4153 Church

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AND NOW THE ARTS NEWS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WORLD:

THE FOLLOWING IS A HIGHLY EDITED LIST FROM ARTSJOURNAL:

Please click on the URL under each heading for more of the articles that may interest you.

"used with permission of ArtsJournal."

Douglas McLennan

Editor, ArtsJournal

www.artsjournal.com

For information about ArtsJournal, go to http://www.artsjournal.com/about/

Douglas McLennan

Editor, ArtsJournal

<mailto:mclennan@artsjournal.com>mclennan@artsjournal.com

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