August 2011 - Sault Area Arts Council

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August 2011
Volume 2011 Issue 8
Alberta house arts center
217 ferris street
sault ste. marie, mi 49783
906-635-1312
Website: http://www.saultarts.org
e-mail: saac@saultarts.org
AUGUST EVENTS
Inside this issue:
EVENTS
1 to
3
Monday 1— HISTORIC CHURCHES PROGRAM: Music of Bishop Frederick
Baraga. St. Mary’s Catholic Church. 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Tuesday 2 — SAULT SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL. Chippewa County Courthouse Grounds, 300
Court Street, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Meter free parking in the Poly-
PLACES TO VISIT
3&4
ARTISTIC
OPPORTUNITIES
4
EXHIBITS
5 to
11
WORKSHOPS
8
HONORS &
ACCOLADES
11
FEATURED ARTIST
Judy Hamilton
12 &
13
SAULT SUMMER
ARTS FESTIVAL
13 to
15
NEWS & NOTES
15 to
17
SAULT HISTORY IN SONG by Dave Stanaway and Susan Askwith at the John
Johnston Historic House on Water Street, 1 to 2 p.m. Free.
SUBSCRIPTION
INFORMATION
18
KT ANTLER & KYLE McKEY, country and pop. Roberta Bondar Pavilion in Sault,
Ont., 7 p.m. See Aug. 2.
clinic Parking lot. See pp. 13 to 15 for details.
SAULT HISTORY IN SONGS by Dave Stanaway and Susan Askwith at the John
Johnston Historic House on Water Street, 1 to 2 p.m. Free. (Every Tuesday and
Thursday in August.)
KATHERINE WHEATLEY entertains with folk music at the Roberta Bondar tent
pavilion in Sault, Ont., as part of the free Summer Concert Series. 7 p.m. (705-795310).
Wednesday 3—MUSIC IN THE PARK: Rainbow. Soo Locks Park, 7 p.m. Free concert. Bring something to sit on.
Thursday 4 — JOSH TURNER at Vegas Kewadin, 7 p.m. $49.50. 635-4917.
Friday 5 — STARS Elementary Arts Exploration Showcase. Soo Theatre, 2 p.m.
Edward L. Ryerson, a pencil
drawing by Tony Strublic. See
NEWS &
NOTES p. 5.
“Exhibits”,
SUBSCRIPTION
ANNUAL SUMMER USED BOOK SALE. Bayliss Library, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK SALES. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
BUSKERFEST BEGINS in Sault, Ont. with professional street performers all day
long on Queenstown Square 1. 5 to 11 p.m.
Saturday 6—MEET THE ARTIST RECEPTION in Alberta House for Joan Condino. (See pp. 5 to 7). 1 to 4 p.m.
ANNUAL SUMMER USED BOOK SALE. Bayliss Library, 9 a.m. to noon.
SIDEWALK SALES. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SLASHIN ASHMUN CAR SHOW, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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EVENTS—CONTINUED
(Continued from page 1)
BUSKERFEST, noon to 11 p.m. Buskerfest Cabaret at Loplops begins at 11 p.m. See Aug. 5.
Sunday 7—BUSKERFEST, noon to 6 p.m. See Aug. 5.
Monday 8—HISTORIC CHURCHES PROGRAM:
Stained Glass Windows of Sault Churches.
John and Barbara Kenn speak at the First United
Presbyterian Church. 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30
p.m.)
Tuesday 9 — THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER (2010 drama/comedy from Israel). 6:30 p.m.
at the Bayliss Library. Free movie for adult audiences.
BLUES HARVEST (blues rock) at the Roberta Bondar Pavilion in Sault, Ont., 7 p.m. See Aug. 2.
SAULT HISTORY IN SONG by Dave Stanaway
and Susan Askwith at the John Johnston Historic
House on Water Street, 1 to 2 p.m. Free.
Wednesday 10—MUSIC IN THE PARK: Stephanie
Sabatine. See Aug. 3.
Thursday 11—SAULT HISTORY IN SONG by Dave
Stanaway and Susan Askwith at the John Johnston
Historic House on Water Street, 1 to 2 p.m. Free.
GREEN CAFÉ (folk) at the Roberta Bondar Tent
Pavilion. See Aug. 2.
Friday 12—DON ROSS & BROOKE MILLER. Soo
Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Adults: $12 in advance, $15 at
the door. Students: $10 .
GREEN CAFÉ (folk music) at the Roberta Bondar
Pavilion in Sault, Ont. See Aug. 2.
Saturday 13—34th Annual Les Cheneaux Islands
ANTIQUE WOODEN BOAT Show and Festival
of the Arts. Hessel waterfront, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$2.
Sunday 14—RECEPTION FOR Sharon MacLaren
and Arline Fiztmaurice. 2 to 4 p.m. at the Chippewa County Historical Society Office, 115 Ashmun.
BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL and Pancake Breakfast at the Old Stone House in Sault, Ont., 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.. Call 705-759-5443 for more information.
CATHERINE TADDO (Indie Blues) at the Roberta
Bondar Tent Pavilion in Sault, Ont., 7 p.m. See
Aug. 2.
Wednesday 17—MUSIC IN THE PARK:
See Aug. 3.
DJILIA.
Thursday 18—THE FIVE GREATEST PAINTINGS
in Western Art—a discussion by Dr. Ted Walker at
7 p.m. at the Bayliss Library. The focus is on
Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling, Rembrandt’s Bathsheba, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People,
Munch’s the Scream and Picasso’s Guernica.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, featuring guest
artists Dawn Krogh, John Arnold, Thomas Gunther
and Soo Theatre’s resident soprano Karen Hughes
Beacom. Soo Theatre, 7 p.m. $18/16 & 10. See
“NEWS & NOTES”, p. 16, for details.
ANDREW QUEEN (children’s folk music) at the
Roberta Bondar Tent Pavilion in Sault, Ont. See
Aug. 2.
Friday 19—KIWANIS THEATER CAMP: Attack of
the Killer Grasshoppers. KCTC, 1 p.m.*
The Marriage of Figaro. See Aug. 18.
Saturday 20—Elizabeth:
the Golden Age (PG13/2007). Royal Tudor related film at the Bayliss
Library, 1 p.m. Free movie.
ART IN THE PARKING LOT. Juried exhibition
and sale sponsored by the Arts Council of Sault and
District. 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Parking Lot, 69
Church Street in Sault, Ont., behind the Bush Plane
Museum.
Sunday 21—ART IN THE PARK. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
the Roberta Bondar Pavilion. Sponsored by the Arts
Council of Sault and District.
The Marriage of Figaro. 2 p.m. See Aug. 18.
Salvation Army 101. Captains Dan and Amy Voss.
Salvation Army Citadel, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30).
Monday 22—HISTORIC CHURCHES PROGRAM: A
Night of Music. John and Cathy Wilkinson and
sons at the Central United Methodist Church. 7
p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Tuesday 16—SAAC BOARD MEETS in Alberta House
at 7 p.m.
Tuesday 23—BAYLISS LIBRARY BROWN BAG
FAMILY BOOK Club meets at noon.
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EVENTS & PLACES TO VISIT
SAULT, ONTARIO NIGHTSPOTS
ROGER MARIN (country music) at the Roberta
Bondar Tent Pavilion in Sault, Ont. See Aug. 2.
BOTTOMS UP LOUNGE, 280 Queen Street East, 2nd
Floor. For more information email bottomsuplounge@shaw.ca or call 705-945-8511.
Wednesday 24—MUSIC IN THE PARK: Rich Eddy’s
Rock and Roll Oldies. See Aug. 3.
Tues. 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 : Martinis and Manicures, 7
p.m.
Thursday 25—THE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS
(2011 documentary, 1 hour). Bayliss Library, 7 p.m.
D i s c u s s i o n
f o l l o w s .
S e e
www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org for more info.
Wed., 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31: Service Industry Night, 7
p.m. to midnight
SPYDER’S WEB (soft rock) at the Roberta Bondar
Tent Pavilion in Sault, Ont. See Aug. 2.
Friday 26—STARS DANCE CAMP SHOWCASE. Soo
Theatre, 7 p.m.
WHITESNAKE at the Kewadin Casino, 7 p.m. $54.
635-4917.
Music for a Royal Wedding. Rev. Robert Aldrich,
organist, at St. James Episcopal Church. 7 p.m.
(doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
CHIPPEWA COUNTY FAIR BEGINS at the Kinross Fairgrounds.
Tuesday 30—SAULT HISTORY IN SONG by Dave
Stanaway and Susan Askwith at the John Johnston
Historic House on Water Street, 1 to 2 p.m. Free.
September 1: MIKE DEMPSEY and Friends present
Music from the Movies. Soo Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
* Tickets at the KCTC box office in the Station Mall
https://th038wq008.boxpro.net/c2bownet.asp. ($5
service charge) 705-945-7299
RIVER OF HISTORY MUSEUM
Located at 531 Ashmun Street.
Open Mon. through Sat. from noon
to 5. Last ticket is sold 1/2 hour
before closing time. Adult, $6.50/617yrs., $3.25. Museum relates the
complete history of the St. Mary’s
River from its formation by the glaciers through the 20th Century.
Thurs., 4, 11, 18 & 25: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m.
Fri., 3, 10, 17 & 24: New Music Videos. 10 p.m.
Fri., 5, 12, 19 & 26: New Music Videos, 10 p.m.
DOCKS RIVERFRONT GRILL, 89 Foster Drive. For
more information call 705-256-6868
Thurs., 4, 11, 18 & 25: Jazz Night with Jeff Holmes
Ensemble
LOPLOPS GALLERY`LOUNGE, 651 Queen Street E.
For more information visit http://www.loplops.com/
calendar.html or email info@loplops.com
Sat., Aug. 6, 11 p.m.: Buskerfest Cabaret
MOOSE PUB, 543 Trunk Road
Thurs., 4, 11, 18 & 25: Thursday Night Jam, 8 p.m.
Fri., 3, 10, 17 & 24: Friday Night Jam, 8 p.m.
Advertise in Alberta
House News.
WE MEAN
BUSINESS!
Full page, $100; 1/2
page, $50; 1/4 page,
$25. 1/8 page, $15.
1 & 1/2” banner across
the front page, $50. Call
Jean Jones at 906-4375463 or e-mail:
saac@saultarts.org.
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PLACES TO VISIT
BAYLISS LIBRARY, 541 Library Dr., (906) 632-9331. www.baylisslibrary.org.
Open Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Art related events are scheduled August 2, 5, 6, 7, 18, 20, 23 and 25. Bayliss will have a
booth at the Sault Summer Arts Festival on August 2, with used books, a graffiti
contest for teens and chalk art for youngsters. See date listings for details on other
events. E-books, thousands of titles, are available for checkout. Friends of the Bayliss
Library will be selling used books at the Farmer’s Market in the Parking Lot behind
MBank, on Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
635-7082. Website: www.cchsmi.com . e-mail:
cchs@sault.com
Mon. thru Fri., 1 to 4 p.m. 115 Ashmun (between Water
and Portage Streets).
Then and Now: the Changing Face of Sault Ste. Marie
photo display, American Café booth, railroad collection
and historic maps on display. Gift shop with books by
area authors and gift items.
The CCHS will be at the Sault Summer Arts Festival
August 2nd, with books and displays.
WATER STREET HISTORIC BLOCK
BAYLISS LIBRARY ARTIST-OF-THE-MONTH: Johnston House, Indian Agency Office and Kemp In-
Eileen Jokinen
ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES
dustrial Museum: the buildings are open from noon
to 5 p.m., with docents available at the Johnston House
and the Kemp Museum. Admission is by donation.
Susan Askwith and Dave Stanaway perform their original songs relating Sault History at the Johnston House
Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. Johnston impersonators tell stories Monday through Friday from 2
to 3 p.m.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE APPLICATIONS
Applications are available now for the all-U.P. Northern
Exposure XVIII exhibit at the Bonifas Arts Center in Escanaba. The all media show solicits original artworks created in the last
two years by Upper Peninsula artists 18 and older. Sales are encouraged
but not mandatory. Juror this year is Thimgan Hayden, a classically
trained painter specializing in fine portraits, figure work, still lifes, and
landscapes (http://www.thimganhayden.com/). Judging will be based on
creativity, originality and skill. Deadline for entry is noon, October 7.
The entry fee is $25 for up to three pieces submitted in a CD digital format (up to 3 images for each 3-D submission; 2 for 2-D pieces). See entry
form for details.
First Place Award is $500; Second Place, $250; Third Place $150 and
Fourth Place $100. There are also many Arts Network Awards, Media
Awards and Purchase Prizes. Application forms are available online at
www.bonifasarts.org. (906-786-3833, email corinne@bonifasarts.org.
Some forms are available in Alberta House.
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SAULT, MICHIGAN EXHIBITS
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www.saultarts.org. Open TuesR day through Saturday from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.
August 2 to 27:
OLIVE
CRAIG
GALLERY:
Tony Strublic, Freighter
Drawings
MINI GALLERY:
Joann Condino—Indigo
An Invitational Exhibition
Meet-the-Artist Reception
for Joann Condino
Saturday, August 6,
from 1 to 4 p.m.
Tony Strublic grew
up in northern Wisconsin. He has been
a bowler almost all
his life and had always wanted to get
into the bowling
industry, so he enrolled in Vincennes
University and, in
2000, obtained a
degree in bowling
center management.
“Cliff‟s Victory”, a pencil drawing by Tony Strublic.
Today he is part
owner of Center
Bowl in Pestigo, Wisconsin and also owns and manages a Bowling Pro Shop in
Marinette. Tony’s parents’ made and sold decorative wood crafts and Tony
began painting when young. An early subject was the Titanic and her sister
ships but his focus shifted when he moved to Marinette and became more interested in the lake freighters. About that time he decided that drawing was
his medium. His first drawing of a lake vessel was an old crane ship, the William H. Donner.
His drawings to date have been of classic lake freighters
with cabins fore and aft—ore boats, grain carriers and cement carriers—
although he plans to expand and include the newer boats in the future. In this
exhibition he is displaying original, detailed, black and white pencil drawings
of Great Lakes freighters. The drawings are on illustration board, and he has
both framed and unframed drawings, as well as some prints, available. The
drawings depict such popular favorites as the Edmund Fitzgerald ( bottom
left), the Arthur M. Anderson, the Edward L. Ryerson (page 1, bottom left), the
Roger Blough and the Cliffs Victory (above).
Tony Strublic exhibited in “Art on the Rocks” in 2010. He is available for commissioned work at (715-923-2695 or e-mail: greatlakeartist@yahoo.com.) A
website: www.greatlakeartwork.webs.com is currently under construction.
Indigo
Joann Condino’s interest in indigo dyeing was sparked about
twenty-five years ago when she happened to read an article about
the craft in an old book on English fiber artists. She found the
indigo dyeing process, which begins with the fermentation of the
plant and drying of the resultant product and ends with its reactivation in the dye vat, mesmerizing.
“Edmund Fitzgerald”, a pencil drawing by
Tony Strublic.
And now, a little background information: A couple of month ago
we recorded the comments of the rug hookers, who never knew
just where the combinations of colors and yarns might lead them.
They were intrigued by the fact that the process acquired a life
and a direction of its own—a process they could guide, but not
fully control. Indigo dying has many of the same elements of mystery because when the dyed products come out of the vat, they are
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both materials in a series of landscapes. Pattern, texture, and color
are the tools of the fiber artist. By
using the techniques of monotype,
printing, shibori, hand painting,
and fiber dyeing, I am refining my
personal vocabulary of mark making to investigate unique methods
to explore the visual link between
art and communication.
“Shibori” is a Japanese term for a
form of tie dying—folding, binding
and twisting the fabric before dying, so that it dyes unevenly, forming patterns.
One of Joann’s
“Summer Lake”
green. They turn blue when exposed
to the air. The longer the fabric is in
the vat, the deeper the blue.
Indigo comes from the plant Indigofera tinctoria—a legume, similar to
alfalfa, though usually larger—and
from related species. The color is
between blue and violet on the color
spectrum. Indigo was probably first
used for dyeing in India. The dye is
also present in the woad plant,
which was commonly used for that
purpose in Europe before the trade
route to India was opened. The word
itself has existed in English since
the thirteenth century. Indigo was,
until the late 1800’s, the only way to
dye fabrics blue. Synthetic indigo,
made from coal or petroleum is now
common, although natural indigo
has nuances and depths not available in the synthetic.
Joann’s artist statement: Stitching,
folding and manipulating fiber in
the dye are my methods of „mark
making.‟ The mark is the fundamental element of art. It is the distillation of the process. A dot mark extended forms a line. Many marks
form shapes. My favorite quote is
from Paul Klee, “ A dot is a line that
has gone for a walk”. I like to walk
on fiber. I am currently exploring
indigo dyeing fiber—both cloth and
paper—and sometimes combining
from Monteith College at Wayne
State University and her M.A. in
Adult Learning at Wayne State before going on to graduate from the
“Tenth Harvard Institute for the
Management of Lifelong Education”.
She had a number of exhibitions in
Detroit beginning in 1992, winning
the Arthur Johnson Award for Excellence at the Detroit Festival of the
Arts in 1993 and ending with a one
woman show at “Little Things” Gallery in Detroit. Along the way she
won a number of writing and advertising awards. In 2002, she and
Gene Beckman opened the Three
Pines Gallery in Cross Village. The
studio is described as “A working
studio/gallery based on the principles of the Art & Crafts Movement”.
There she works in a room high on a
bluff overlooking Lake Michigan,
drawing inspiration from the colors
and the curves where land and water
meet.
Those of you who receive hard copies
of the newsletter may want to go on
the web long enough to look at examples of her work in the color version,
since color is such a vital part of her
“Winter”
methods combines shibori and indigo dyeing. She says, You can
achieve the darkest midnight blue
for a moonless night sky--or something light and delicate for a solstice
sky. This medium affords great sensitivity in manipulating a scene.
Once you become friends with the
material it‟s a matter of abandonment and control. I see it all in my
minds eye--the shapes, the textures,
the possibilities. It is an endlessly
fascinating process. Her works are
often adorned and then are carefully
framed.
A quick glance at Joann Condino’s
vita wouldn’t lead one to predict
what she is doing now. She majored
in philosophy, her senior study being
on “Southern Italian Folk Beliefs”,
receiving her B.A. (with distinction)
“Carta Azzurra”
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work. You can meet Joann Condino at her reception in Alberta
House on Saturday, August 6,
from 1 to 4 p.m.
SPOTLIGHT ON
THE
PERMANENT COLLECTION:
Bird Sculpture,
by William Morrison
(see p. 11)
Next Month
in Alberta House,
September 1 to 29:
BRIMLEY
Wed., 25: Detour Library: Summer
Library Series with Norma Andre,
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
LES CHENEAUX AREA
The WHEELS OF HISTORY
Train Museum
on M-221 in downtown Brimley.
Open Wed. through Sunday, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Bay
Mills/Brimley Historical Society will be at the Sault Summer Arts Festival August 2nd
with a quilt raffle and
BayMills/Brimley history related items for sale.
Both Galleries—Daniel Roache,
Metal Sculpture Artist
Invitational Exhibition
CURTIS
Curtis Center for the Arts, P.O. Box
255, 49820.
9 0 6 -5 8 6 -9 9 7 4 .
www.ericksoncenter.org.
info@ericksoncenter.org.
Wed., Aug. 3, 10 to 4: Trash to
Treasures—Curtis Sidewalk
Sales
6:30 p.m. Music in the Park:
Gather Round (original & retro
country Americana music)
Sun., Aug. 7, 7 p.m.: Music at the
Center—The Doo Wops (rock
and roll)
Wed., Aug. 10, 6:30 p.m.: Music in
the Park: Lise White and
Friends (swing, old country,
French, folk and rock)
Mon. Aug. 15, 8 p.m.: An Evening
with Jeff Daniels $45.
Mon., Aug. 22, 7 p.m.: Classical
Concert—Hail Britannia!
Kellis, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
IROQUOIS POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Located 7 miles west of Brimley on
Lakeshore Drive, the museum and
gift shop are open from May 15th
through October 15. Usual hours are
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, but may vary,
so call (906) 437-5272 for a current
schedule. The 65-foot tower is also
open to the public during those times.
DETOUR/DRUMMOND ISLAND
Aug. 11, 12 & 13, at 7:30 p.m. and 14,
at 2:30 p.m. at the EUP Fine
Arts Center:
INTO THE
WOODS, directed by David Rhin a r d :
d a v i d r h i nard1@yahoo.com)
7:30 p.m.
$16/14 & 5.
Wed., 18:
Detour Library—
Summer Library Series with Jan
CEDARVILLE INN: August 1 to 25:
Les Cheneaux Arts Council Art
Show
Les Cheneaux Historical Museum
in Cedarville—Artist of the
Week, each Wednesday from noon
to 3 p.m.:
Aug. 3:
Kate Otstot—Lampwork
beads
Aug. 10:
Anny Hubbard—Native
Crafts
Aug. 17: Heidi Labinski—Jewelry
Aug. 24: Annegret Goehring—Paper
cutting
Sat. 6: Music by Griz Prusik and
Odin Osogwin. Les Cheneaux
Community Library porch, Hodeck
Street in downtown Cedarville, 3
p.m.
Sat, 13: 34th Annual Les Cheneaux
Islands Antique Wooden Boat
Show and Festival of the Arts.
Hessel waterfront. $7/3.
Sun., 14: Boat Show Open House.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 484-1081 or
www.greatlakesboatbuilding.org for
more information.
Fri. & Sat., 19 & 20: Gathering of the
Eagles Annual Pow Wow. Grand
Entry at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
South
of
the
Border”
The Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational will be displayed throughout
July and August at the Historical
Museum. This very special display
brings together the work of Michigan artists who are committed to
using quilting as a form of visual
expression.
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PICKFORD HAY DAYS
August 4—8
PARADISE
Fri, Sat & Sun., Aug.
19, 20 & 21:
Wil d
Bl ueberr y
F est ival.
www.exploringthenorth.com/
blue/berry.html. 906-492-3803
Arts and Crafts Fair from 9 to 5
Fri. and Sat. and 9 to 4 on Sunday. Kids’ Craft tent (12 and
under) from 11 to 3 on Sunday.
Day-long programming of music,
story telling and activities for
kids all three days. Blueberry
Jamboree begins at 6 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday with
wagon rides, Kitty Donohoe and
Ain‟t Misbehaving on Friday
and Chautauqua Express and
Reclaim on Saturday. Blue Water Ramblers perform Sunday
beginning at 1 p.m.
ST. IGNACE
LOCALS ON THE BAY SERIES
Wednesdays, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at
the City Marina Pavilion. Free.
Contact information, Janet Peterson, sicc@lighthouse.net & 1-800970-8717.
Aug. 3:
Michele Chenard,
singer/songwriter, folk, rock
Aug. 10: Claudia Schmidt, jazz,
blues, poetry
Aug. 17: Gene Perry, singing and
playing unplugged favorites
Aug. 24:
Will Spingsteen,
singer/songwriter, rock and roll
& blues
Aug. 31: Aisle 8: Classic rock.
Sat., Aug. 6, 4 p.m.: Bayside Music Festival. Family games,
food, beer and wine tent, fireworks at dusk.
$2.
(info@stignace.com) 643-6950 or
800-388-6660.
to Sept. 4 on Sunday evenings in
American Legion Memorial Park:
OUTDOOR MOVIES BY THE
BAY. Free.
Aug. 7: School of Rock
WORKSHOPS &
CLASSES
COPPER BOWL MAKING
Aug. 14: Enchanted
Aug. 21: Tangled
Aug. 28: Secretariat
Sept. 4: Toy Story 3
BAYSIDE LIVE! WATERFRONT
ENTERTAINMENT SERIES, Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the St. Ignace
City Marina Pavilion
Aug. 4: Conga Se Menne, Finnish
Reggae
The Porcupine Mountain Folk School
is offering a one-day class in copper
bowl making, following ancient methods and using primitive tools. The
workshop, taught by Ed Gray, meets
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 17, at the Porcupine Mt. Folk
School. Participants should bring a
bag lunch for the half hour lunch
break. The workshop fee is $65, plus
and $30 materials fee.
Preregistration is required (call Beth at
884-4188).
Aug. 11: Boogie 2 Shooz, jazz, blues
and spirited Latin
Aug. 18: Toast ‘n Jam, acoustic duet
Aug. 25:
Rich
‘Oldies
Eddy’s
Rockin
Sept. 1: Mackinac Gypsies, songs
from the 40’s on up.
Sat. & Sun., Aug. 27 & 28: Rendezvous at the Straits Pow Wow,
at the New France Discovery Center. A family event. French Voyager Reenactment and pow wow,
at the Father Marquette Memorial
Park. $3 adults/$2 elders and students/under
12
free.
(info@stignace.com.—800-338Split Rock Lighthouse”
6660 or 643-6950).
by Mary Demroske—See her at the festival August 2nd
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ALGOMA AREA EXHIBITS
ART GALLERY OF ALGOMA, 10 East Street,
705/949-9067. Hours: Wed. thru Sunday, 11 to 6.
Admission $3. Children under 12, free. e-mail:
a g a @ s h a w . c a .
w e b s i t e :
www.artgalleryofalgoma.on.ca
to October 2:
MAIN GALLERY: On Line. Selections exploring
various applications of line, from the gallery’s
Permanent Collection.
PROJECT ROOM: Northern Light, an exhibition by members of the Algoma Art Society
EDUCATION GALLERY: Fresh Art, work from
the Sault Youth Association
LOBBY: Stems, from the gallery’s Permanent Collection
ROSE’S ART GALLERY, 348 Bruce St, Sault Ste.
Marie, ON P6B1P7. 705) 946-4440. Mon. thru Fri.,
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat. 10 to 4.
SAULT STE. MARIE MUSEUM, corner of Queen
and East Streets. 705/759-7278. Mon. thru Sat.
from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun. from 1 to 5.
www,saultmuseum.com.
heritage@saultmuseum.com.
to
Sept. 24:
The Noble Experiment—
Temperance and Prohibition. An exhibition
from the Peterborough Museum and Archives.
ALPENA: JESSE BESSER MUSEUM, 491 Johnson St., 989-3562207.
www.bessermuseum.org.
Aug. 20 to Nov. 1: NORTHEAST
MICHIGAN ARTISTS JURIED EXHIBITION
CHEBOYGAN OPERA HOUSE,
231/627-5841 & 1-800/357-9408.
www.theoperahouse.org/
Sat., Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m.: Horton
Creek Bluegrass Band. $15/5.
Sun., Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m.: An Evening with Jeff Daniels. Open-
ST. JOSEPH ISLAND
Wed., Aug. 4: Old Town Hall Concert Series presents
Bull King Trio, featuring Sophie Berkal-Sarbit. Old
Town Hall in Hilton Beach, 8 p.m. (705) 246-0055
Sat. & Sun., Aug. 5, 6 & 7: Wabi Sabi Fine Craft Exhibition and Sale. Old Town Hall, Hilton Beach. 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Sat. and noon to 6 on Sun. Broad selection of artists
and craftsmen, including Jean Burke, Mireille Gagnonmoes, Erika Ropke and Lynden Pond.
Sat., Aug. 6: St. Joseph Island Museum presents Island
Diary Theatrical Production. 7 to 9 p.m., 20th Side
Road and I Line Intersection.
Sun., Aug. 7: St. Joseph Island Museum presents Art and
Artifacts. 1 to 4 p.m. See Aug. 6.
Curley Bridges. Old Town Hall in Hilton Beach, 8 p.m.
(705) 246-0055
Marc Jordan & Amy Sky. Old Town Hall in Hilton
Beach, 8 p.m. (705) 246-0055
Sat., Aug. 27: Harvest Festival at P Line and Hwy. 548,
noon to 5.
OUTSTATE EXHIBITS
ing Act, Brian Vander Ark. $25.
Sat., Aug 20, 7:30 p.m.: Bob Milne
in Concert. Bob Milne is considered to be the best ragtime/boogie-woogie pianist in the
world. All tickets $12.
ESCANABA: Wm. Bonifas Fine
Arts Center. 786/3833. 700 First
Avenue S. 49829.
www.bonifasarts.org.
to Sept. 8: Pastels North, juried
show open to members of the
U.P. Chapter of the Great Lakes
Pastel Society
MARQUETTE/NMU DE VOS ART
MUSEUM. Hours: Mon. thru Fri.
between 10 & 5 (Thurs. to 8 p.m.). Sat.
and Sun. between 1 & 4. 906/2271481.
Aug. 19 through Nov. 13: John
Lautner, A Life in Architecture
PETOSKEY:
CROOKED TREE
ARTS CENTER.
231/347-4337.
Open Mon. thru Sat., 10 to 5.
www.crookedtree.org .
EXHIBITS
to Sept. 5: Robert Cameon, aerial
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photographer—Above.
Memory Boats—Dreams and
Reflections.
Installation of
floating boats by Elizabeth Fergus-Jean.
EVENTS
Fri., Aug. 19, 8 p.m.: Jeff Daniels
in Concert. $30.
Sat., Aug. 27, 7 p.m. in Bay View
Association John M. Hall Auditorium: Peteboro Letters Suite
Ballet. A collaborative performance by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and Crooked Tree
Pre-professional dance students.
Alberta House
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HONORS & ACCOLADES
SAULT ARTISTS WIN BIG IN CHEBOYGAN—HELGA FLOWER
TAKES BEST OF SHOW!
Helga Flower took Best of Show in the Cheboygan Area Arts Council’s
Arts Festival on July 9. Best in Fine Arts went to Jeanne Tubman. Best
in Fine Crafts went to Janet Bonnell. Third Place in Fine Arts went to
Maureen Mousley.
All the artists will be present at the Sault Summer
Arts Festival on August
2—Helga
Flower
as
Judge; Jeanne Tubman,
Janet Bonnell and Maureen Mousley will all be
displaying and selling
their work.
Above, Helga Flower at her Cheboygan display. Far left, Jeanne Tubman. Immediate left, Janet Bonnell.
Photos courtesy of Janet Bonnell.
BILL MORRISON AND BILL GERRISH IN ART PRIZE 2011 IN
GRAND RAPIDS
Blacksmith
William
Morrison and multimedia artist William
Gerrish have work in
Grand Rapid’s prestigious
Artprize 2011.
Morrison’s
baroque
gate (left) is in the
Green Lion Gallery;
Gerrish’s
sculpture,
Element of Danger
(right) is in the Open
Concept Gallery.
To
quote from the Artprize
website: “In its third
year, ArtPrize® has
become an unexpected
phenomenon. Part arts
festival, part social experiment, part civic
project, the event over-
takes an entire city bringing visitors
in the hundreds of thousands.
Unlike any other event, ArtPrize
gives away the largest cash prize for
an art competition--$250,000 to the
winner, $484,000 total. The winner is
decided solely by
a public vote.
Venues and artists register and
find each other
through
artprize.org.
(ArtPrize organizers do not pick
any artists to
e x h i b i t . )
Designed as a
new
kind
of
event, ArtPrize
is a platform on
which
artists
can experiment,
collaborate, and
explore
new
ideas.”
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Alberta House News
FEATURED ARTIST: JUDY HAMILTON
“Sherbet Coast Line”
If you talk to Judy Hamilton, you get
the impression that she’s struggling to
break free of a mold, but you’ll be
hard put to discern the mold she’s
trying to break out of. If you look at
the body of her work you’ll look in
vain for a signature style or favorite
genre. The only thing her pieces have
in common is that each is distinctive,
crisply executed and well done. There
is no common theme or medium. A
realistic floral, light and sunny, may
well be followed by an abstract, introspective piece. A splashy landscape
composed of bright color blocks and
minimal detail will be followed by a
newspaper collage, mind boggling in
its intricacy—hundred of tiny pieces
combining to form one proud rooster
who, despite being composed of bits of
paper and other flotsam, is somehow
quite realistic.
Judy’s life has also incorporated
change. She attended the University
of Michigan, Central Michigan Uni-
versity and
Michigan
State before
settling
down
at
Northern
when
her
pa r e n t s
moved
to
Marquette.
She
originally studied nursing
(tradition),
but
ended
Hooked rug, about 4‟ x 8‟, now in Judy‟s daughter‟s
up, in art
kitchen
where
she
belonged, although she did tendant on the Munoscong Golf
become a teacher (tradition, Course (nine years), worked restockagain). She earned both her ing, inventorying and cleaning up for
bachelor’s and master’s de- a variety of large stores and compagrees after which she taught nies—and continued to paint.
art in the Rudyard school. Married for forty-six
years, she has three children (a boy and two girls)
and four and one half
grandchildren.
Judy retired from teaching
after over thirty years, tired
of the paper work, and went
on to explore new horizons.
Her work since retiring has
included substitute teaching, as one would expect,
but she has also worked as
a cashier in both the St.
Ignace and the Brimley
casinos; taken the census in
both 2000 and 2010 (the
DeTour and Kelden areas
and the Sault); test driven
cars in icy conditions—at
night; enumerated migrant
workers; collected information on bovine tuberculosis;
sold toys in Walmart at
Christmas (never again); “Chanticleer”, a mixed media collage, that shared
the Second Place Award in the 2010 “Folk Art”
worked as a club house at(Continued
juried exhibition in Alberta
House.on page 13)
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Judy says her strongest love is design. She’s drawn to the clean lines
found in architectural drawings and will use such a framework or a random design as the jumping off point for a painting. She admits to a crisis of conscience, torn between painting realistic scenes that will sell and
the free form designs that are bursting to get out. She may, in fact, be
as trapped by her very competence and ability as she is by her attraction
to a solid framework from which to begin. If she were not able to do the
expected so very well, she would be freer to try the unusual. (One who
lacks competence doesn’t have this problem as he can actually benefit
from a free form style where the lack of skill is not so noticeable.)
Judy is a member
of the Le Sault Artists Guild and exhibits with the
guild at its yearly
Alberta
House
show and as the
Artist-of-theMonth at the Bay“You Can‟t Go Home Again”, an acrylic from
liss Library. Her
the 2009 “Home” juried exhibition
last solo exhibit
was in Alberta House in May of 2009; her next will be in April of
2013. She also has work in the Alberta House Shop, where she is
a frequent volunteer.
Peonies, Judy‟s 2010 Auction donation
SAULT SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL
OVERVIEW
We’re looking at a good, well rounded
show this year, with something for
everyone and many really creative
craftsmen. We always look for people who don’t settle for cookie-cutter
pieces, but combine fine craftsmanship with creative ideas. We have
two metal workers this year who
went further and added a sense of
humor to the mix. You won’t want to
miss the displays of Greg Wilson and
Paul Mason (photos of their work are
on p. 14).
New this year is a ceramic artist,
Carole Meier from Grayling, displaying intricate, decorative ceramics
(above right). She joins Cheryl Stevens, who has ceramic jewelry, William Hagerty (ovenware) and the
Schmidt-Markens (wheel thrown
stoneware).
There is
much for
t
h
e
youngs t e r s .
The Bayliss
Library will
be holding
a Graffiti
Art Contest for
Teens.
Contestants, who
Carole Meier will be supplied
with a 4 x 4’’ sheet of luan board and
spray paint, must complete their work
on site. The art will be judged by a
local artist and small prizes will be
awarded. Plans are for the art to be
displayed the following weekend dur-
ing the Friends of the Library’s annual Summer Used Book Sale.
The Bayliss will also have sidewalk
chalk art for younger children. Look
for them on the Maple Street sidewalk.
The Olive Craig Gallery is once again
hosting its popular art for kids area,
complete with balloons, which have
been donated by Co-ed Flower and
Gifts.
(Thank them when you’re
there. They donated the balloons last
year as well, and that’s a lot of gas
filled balloons. The kids loved them!)
The Wassons will be there with all
sorts of attire for pets, from I.D. tags
and collars to bandannas.
Dorie
Selvius will have her American Girl
doll clothes as well as Raggedy Ann
dolls, snowmen, Santas and more.
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(Continued from
page 13)
Joanne Perin
will have bibs
and
baby
clothes. And
Deidre Stevens
will
have
hand
knit clothing
for the whole
family.
Marge Nagy
And then there’s
food . . . maple
syrup and candies
from Dee Besteman,
cinnamon
roasted
pecans
and almonds from
Shirley Chambers,
big bags of caramel corn from
Bonnie
Eklund
and
authentic
Mexican cuisine from Drummond Island’s Esther Parris.
are jewelers Claire Rettenmund
and Paul Baker with mixed
media jewelry (including resin
coated miniature paintings and
photographs); Sault jewelers
Tammy Beacom and Julie Pingatore, and Traverse City jeweler Renate Favour. Also new
are Jean Feterl and Myrna Angelucci with personalized oak
frames for photographs, Ted
Gilmer with hand crafted
leather satchels and other items, and
Terry and Anita
TenBrink with
wood cribbage
boards, platters
and turned and
polished wood.
Greg Wilson
There’s a lot of innovative glass:
blown glass jewelry from Wendy
Hunt, blown glass vessels and more
from Craig Weatherby, Up North
stained glass suncatchers from Mark
House and lampwork bead jewelry
from Karen and Kathy Reece.
Ruth Goretski is back, after a number
of years, with her baskets, and she’s
added hand woven rugs to her display. Joan Bonner is back with her
paintings on driftwood. Sergio Barcena is back, after a one year break,
with his metal jewelry and sculpture.
And Mike and Jayne Schroeder are
back
with
Renate Favour, “Sweet Swine”
carved Petoskey stones.
Not yet mentioned but new this year
Authors include
Gary
Bower,
Rich
Hill,
Deidre Stevens,
Connie Thompson and Moira Wilson.
Lots of painters: Those not yet mentioned include David Bigelow, Bonnie
Besteman, Jan Bower (children),
Lorna Bricco (furniture), Judy Colein,
Mary
Demroske
jude McConkey
needle artistry) and photographers
Michael Impellizzeri and jude McConkey (above). Bonnie Dienes brings
leather belts and wallets, Sharon
Drury entertains with the original
keyboard music available on her CDs,
and Larry Gilbert brings his carved
fish and fish carving kits. Paula
Harshman has paintings and photographs, Richard Miller, smoothly
carved kitchenware and Jerry Wygant, inlaid wood jewelry.
You’ll see a large number of non-profit
organizations this year, two with quilt
raffles and one with a 50/50 raffle. All
have displays, hand-outs and information.
The festival will be held on the Court
House lawn this year, because of all
the construction and detours around
the new City Hall. You can park free
in the Polyclinic lot during the festival. Festival hours are from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Prizes will be awarded at 5
p.m. Admission is free, as always!
And next year we’ll be back to our
usual site on the grounds of the new
city building.
Paul Mason—
woodpecker
(marine), Diane Kramer (stones), Sandra Ledy, Jeanne Mannesto, Maureen
Mousley, Marge Nagy (tole), Mary
Stroba, Jeanne Tubman (marine and
nature) and Zoey Wood-Salomon
(woodland Indian art).
Also back this year are Julie Sullivan
(jewelry), Joan Broughton (soaps and
body products), Janet Bonnell (pine
WE HAVE A NEW SUPPLY OF
COLORFUL TEE AND SWEAT
SHIRTS, WITH OUR FESTIVAL
LOGO EMBROIDERED ON
THEM!
Stop by the SAAC booth, pick up
a festival brochure that lists the
artists.
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NEWS & NOTES
ALGOMA FALL FESTIVAL
SCHEDULE
Tickets in the Station
Mall box office
Sat., Oct. 1:
Chantal
Kreviazuk. Pop pianist/singer/songwriter and Juno
award winner. Kiwanis Community Theater Center (KCTC), 8
p.m. $41/29.
ARTS AUCTION
DATE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
This year’s annual Arts Auction date
has been set for Saturday, October 8,
in the LSSU Cisler Center. Plans are
still in the works, but we can tell you
now that they include a fun-filled
barbeque party, and that our
intrepid auctioneer, Tom
Lehman is on board. Mark
your calendars!
GARDENS AND GROUNDS
For a number of years now, Carol
Ward has taken care of the Alberta
House gardens, earning us a “Best
Garden” award in the process. Increasing knee problems have made it
impossible for her to continue tackling
that job alone and we need help in the
clean up and weeding department.
There will also be some replanting
now that the porch and ramp have
been repaired and more once the dead
elm in the back has been removed. If
you can help, please get in touch with
Carol Ward or Jean Jones
(saac@saultarts.org—437-5463).
JEFF DANIELS RETURN TO
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
Jeff Daniels returns to Northern
Michigan this month with three
shows: Cheboygan, August 14; Curtis, August 15, and Petoskey, August
19. See pp. 9 and 10 for details.
Sun., Oct. 2: Hank Williams “Live”
1952. Joe Matheson as Hank Williams. KCTC, 7 p.m. $35/25.
Sat., Oct. 8, 1 p.m.: YOU dance.
Future stars of the National Ballet of Canada will perform for
free. KCTC.
8 p.m.: Monkey Junk. Bluesbased swamp R & B, soul boogie
and bedroom funk, Water Tower
Inn Pub. $25.
Wed., Oct. 12, 8 p.m.:
Michael
Kaeshammer with Kellylee
Evans. Jazz/boogie woogie, piano
and vocals. Water Tower Inn Pavilion. $35.
Fri., Oct. 14, 8 p.m.: Jesse Cook.
Rumba infused flamenco guitar
w/band. KCTC. $41/25.
Thurs., Oct. 20, 8 p.m.: Beaton Sisters. Traditional Cape Breton
step dancing and reels. Loplops
Lounge. $15.
Fri., Oct. 21, 8 p.m.:
Barra
MacNeils.
Cape Breton Celtic
Music. KCTC. $41/25.
Sat., Oct. 22, 8 p.m.: Ashley MacIssac and Friends.
Canadian
roots, Cape Breton fiddle player.
$41/25.
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21 & 22, following
the evening concerts. At local hot
spots: The Colin Grant Band.
Lingering between traditional
Cape Breton music and rock and
funk—Celtic fusion.
Sun., Oct. 23, 3 p.m.:
Stuart
McLean and the Vinyl Café.
KCTC. $41/25.
Thurs., Oct. 27, 8 p.m.: The Art of
Time Ensemble with Gregory
Hoskins.
Popular mainstream
music. KCTC. $35/20.
Fri., Oct. 28, 8 p.m.: The Abrams
Brothers. Combination of bluegrass, country and folk rock.
Delta Waterfront Hotel. $30/20.
www.algomafallfestival
BUYING TICKETS FOR SAULT, ONTARIO PRODUCTIONS
The easiest way to purchase tickets for Sault, Ontario productions is probably
through the Station Mall box office, either online or by telephone, but buyers
should be aware that the box office adds a surcharge for processing. There is,
in addition, a $5 surcharge for events held in the Kiwanis Community Theater
Center. (When you buy a ticket directly from the presenter, such as the Sault
Symphony, that surcharge has already been included in the price.)
ELECTION OF 2011-2013 BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
BOB MUCKELBAUER NEW SAAC CHAIRMAN
At its Annual General Meeting on June 21, the Sault Area Arts Council elected
new board members and officers. They are:
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NEWS & NOTES
Chairman, Bob Muckelbauer, V i c e
Chairman, Pat Claxton,
Secretary, Mary Barry,
Treasurer,
Jim Halvorsen
BOARD MEMBERS: Mary Barry,
Dave Bigelow, Pat Claxton, Joan Gerrie, Jim Halvorsen, Anny Hubbard,
Kym Inabinet, Jean Jones, Maureen
Mousley, Bob Muckelbauer and
Jeanne Tubman. Ex-officio: Simon
Couvier, Gary Deuman, Dianna
George and Kyung Hatfield.
Judy
Colein and Eric Demaray were elected
last year and continue their two year
terms.
HEADS UP
FOR SAAC BOARD MEMBERS
The SAAC Board has decided to
change its current meeting schedule
and have regular meetings Tuesday,
August 16, and in December, so that
it would not be necessary to meet
during the slow (and icy) months of
January and February.
From the Editor:
I just learned, through an article by
Sandra Houston in the July Articulations, that Janet Short died on June 6.
She leaves both a tremendous void
and a magnificent legacy for the arts
on both sides of the river. People in
Sault, Michigan don’t know just how
much they owe this unique and capable individual. Her attitude toward
the arts was enthusiastic, innovative,
energetic and no nonsense. She never
sat around moaning; she acted. She
didn’t require a guarantee that something would work before she tried it.
She wasn’t afraid to fail, but I never
knew her not to try. She was a
staunch supporter of the Sault Thea-
The Marriage of Figaro
The Soo Theatre ensemble will perform Mozart’s madcap
opera, The Marriage of Figaro, August 18, 19 and 21. The
show is produced by Karen Hughes and directed by Timothy Murphy. Visiting professional artists play the leads,
with Dawn Krogh as Susanna, John Arnold as Figaro,
Thomas Gunther as the Count and the Soo Theatre’s
own resident soprano Karen Hughes Beacom as the
Countess. The rest of the cast will be filled by local talent,
some of whom have participated in the Soo Theatre’s Opera Apprentice Workshop. Tickets are $18 for adults,
$16 for seniors and $10 for students.
ARTISTS’ ALERT
We’re looking for donations of small (8 x 10” or less) paintings (oil, w/c or
acrylic) to use for table prizes at the upcoming Annual Arts Auction. If you are
willing to paint one for us, please get in touch with Tedi Selke (635-0463 or
tselke@sault.com.). You don’t have to worry about matting or shrink wrapping—Tedi will take care of that. We did this a number of years ago, and it was
very popular.
ter Workshop and an actress in many
productions. She was responsible for
the resuscitation and reorganization
of the Arts Council of Sault and District, which she served as Executive
Director, and was instrumental in our
establishment of Alberta House and in
the general direction that our arts
council has taken.
We started our one page, mimeographed arts calendar in 1980, and for
a while it was a lonely business. It
seem as if nobody was out there—but
then Janet Short telephoned, out of
the blue, with encouragement, advice
and a listing of events on her side of
the river. That was long before email, and there followed, over the
years, a lot of long-distance telephoning and note taking. Travel across
the bridge was easy and quick and
members of arts organizations on
both sides traveled freely back and
forth. There was much communication and overlapping of membership,
and that brought the arts communities closer together and resulted in a
great deal of mutual support and cooperation. Soon I was on the board of
the Arts Council of Sault and District
and of the Sault Symphony. This
lead to even more communication and
a far better understanding, on my
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part, of the various arts groups, their
needs, how they worked and what
they had to offer. And whenever we
needed advice or information, Janet
was ever ready to provide it.
When the opportunity for an actual
arts center arose, through the generosity of Mrs. Mahlon Stewart and the
simultaneous possibility of an Outstate Equity Grant, we were faced
with an overwhelming and immediate need for concrete plans and
matching funds. The plans requested
by the city were architectural in nature—information that demonstrated
that the building was sound and that
it would work as an arts center. Paul
Wilson, Ken Hatfield and Chuck
Jones measured everything—all the
rooms and the lots. Ken made a
drawing (which we grabbed for our
logo) and the woodworkers guild
came up with basic plans. Then
Janet enlisted her husband, Sault,
Ontario architect Perry Short, who
examined the building from attic to
basements, studied the plans, pronounced them both sound, and put
his reputation on the line in support.
This turned the tide and put us in
line for the Outstate Equity Grant.
Next came the funding grant from
Michigan Council for the Arts. At the
suggestion of our generous local artists we had had our first arts auction
not long before and the resulting income gave us a toehold from which to
start. I started learning about grant
writing—the hard way—with an immediate deadline. On the night before the grant was due I was working
in Alberta House, alone. This was
long before painting and renovation
and from the outside the place looked
a little like a haunted house. It was
October and had turned dark. I faced
a mountain of paper work—questions
which, it seemed, had no logical
(meaning honest) answers; requests
for dollar figures that would be at
best wild guesses; estimates of potential “audience” numbers for all
sorts of, as yet totally fictional,
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events; requests for ethnic quotas that
may have made sense in Detroit but
had no relation at all to the situation in
the Sault, and more of the same nonsense. Janet appeared suddenly, like a
fairy godmother, rapping at the door.
She dragged me over to (a probably
startled) Paul Sabourin’s house for a
crash course on what might be expected
by a grant administrating agency (the
connection being that Paul worked for
the corresponding ministry on their
side.) Then we went back to Alberta
House and she talked me through it. . .
and we ultimately got the grant. It
wasn’t a big grant, but we had absolutely wonderful volunteers from all
the arts organizations and they made
up the huge difference with more labor
that we were able to document or that
people living elsewhere are still able to
believe.
It all goes to show that more important
than grants or money or organization
or anything else is the willingness to
work for something without a guarantee that you’ll get it, and the mutual
trust and cooperation of all the many
groups that are involved. We see it
today in the success of the Soo Theatre
Project, the Chippewa Theatre Guild,
the Bayliss Library programming, the
Chippewa County Historical Society
and countless other organizations in
this area, including the Alberta House
complex, which is still all volunteer.
We all feed off one another and the
situation here is unique and a great gift
to all of us. As was Janet Short, who
helped and encouraged and organized
and exhorted all of us, on both sides of
the river, right to the end—a huge
blessing, wrapped up in one, rather
small, generous, innovative, energetic
and totally indomitable lady.
LOVE
THE ALBERTA
HOUSE SHOP !!
COUNCIL
SAULT AREA ARTS
TS
ALBERTA HOUSE AR
CENTER
217 FERRIS STREET
SAULT STE. MARIE
MI 49783
SAULT SUMMER
ARTS FESTIVAL,
10 a.m. to 8
p.m., TUESDAY,
AUGUST 2,
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SUBSCRIPTION
INFORMATION
Alberta House News is published monthly as a public
service by the Sault Area Arts Council. Printed copies
may be picked up free of charge at Alberta House Arts
Center or the Bayliss Library. Printable copies can be
downloaded from our web site (www.saultarts.org).
Items for Alberta House News are best transferred in
written form, either dropped off at Alberta House or
mailed there c/o Jean Jones. You may also call 906/4375463 afternoons or evenings or e-mail saac@saultarts.org.
Alberta House News publishes art news of general
interest to its readers. There is no charge for inclusion.
Please include the sponsor of an event with the
information.
If you would like to become a member of SAAC and help
support arts council services, fill in the form alongside
and mail with your check for $25.00 in U.S. funds to the
Sault Area Arts Council, Alberta House Arts Center, 217
Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783. Members have
the option of being mailed a monthly copy of “Alberta
House News” or downloading a copy. We will send an email reminder when a new copy is on line if you send
your e-mail address to us at: saac@saultarts.org.

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