Thanks to our ARTspark Sponsors

March 2008
Issue # 36
Willmar Area Arts
Council
P.O. Box 165
Willmar, MN 56201
Our office is located in the
Willmar Education and Arts
Center, Third Floor
611 SW 5th Street
Willmar, MN 56201
320-231-8560
artscouncil@willmar.k12.mn.us
www.willmarareaartscalendar.com
http://www.willmarlakesarea.com/
Ann Marie Schaefer,
Administrative Assistant
Board of Directors
President --- Janet Olney
Treasurer --- Roger Deuth
A WORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT
It’s always fun to start a new year, and ours is just getting going.
I want to thank the Board members who “retired” at the end of last year
– Glen Joplin, Tonya Oie, and Mary Wilkowske. We truly appreciated
all their contributions.
We have four new Board members this year. Their
“introductions” are below and we are looking forward to working with
them.
Roger Deuth - treasurer, Susan Mattson - secretary, and I were
all re-elected to our positions, so we will be serving you for another
year. Please feel free to contact us with any concerns or suggestions
you have.
Here’s to a great year for the arts in Willmar!
Janet L. Olney
Secretary --- Susan
Mattson
Helaine Bolter
Patti Dols
Ruth Fairchild
David Korsmo
Leah Mahlow
Keith Petersen
Sandy Seydel
Bonnie Smith
Kay Thompson
MEMBERSHIP
It’s almost time for our annual membership campaign. Letters
will be going out soon but you can help us by renewing your
membership now. It will save us both time and expense if you will take
just a moment, use the form on the back of this newsletter, and send
in your renewal now. Thank you in advance!
Newsletter--- Becky Romosz
Judy Foley
The formation of our Arts
Council was made
possible in part by the
Southwest Minnesota Arts
and Humanities Council
(SMAHC), from an
appropriation by the
Minnesota State
Legislature and a grant
from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Thanks to our ARTspark Sponsors
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WAAC BOARD
The WAAC board meets monthly
on the second Tuesday at 4:15
at WEAC.
Arts Council members and other
community members wishing to
address the board may be listed on
the agenda by calling or e-mailing
the Arts Council office before the
meeting.
2008 Membership
(as of 2/19/08)
Please consider renewing
your membership now for
2008.
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Janning ENT Center
North American State Bank
Northern States Supply Inc
Savoie Interior Design
The Mikkelsen Collection, Inc.
Whitney Music
Kristin Allen
Mary Lou Arne
Fred & Doris Cogelow
Ruth Fairchild
Loretta Fenske
Karin & John Gilbertson
Phil Hahn
Eileen Huberty
Julia Iverson
Mark & Beth Johnston
Tori Leitch
Robert Mattson
Susan Mattson
Colleen Thompson & James
Michels
Laura & Mike Morris
Suzanne Nelsen
Patricia Nelson
Palmer & Dee Norling
Mary Pieh
Anne Radke
Mary Rinke
Dee Rosenbrook
Sharon Schuetze
Carolyn & John Swanson
Connie Wanner
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BOARD MEMBER BIOS
Helaine Bolter
The arts of all forms have always been of high interest in my life. There is
so much that we can all receive to enhance our lives from the beauty that is
captured in the variety forms of art.
Now semi-retired, I was asked by a friend to participate in the "Celebrate
Art! Celebrate Coffee! celebration a couple of years ago and I was totally
impressed with this wonderful group of dedicated individuals to the arts in
our community. Hopefully, as a member of the Willmar Area Arts Council
I will be able to give back to my community in some small way in helping
in the promotion of the arts in our area.
David Korsmo
I am recently retired from Ridgewater College after teaching sales and
marketing for the past thirty-four years. I’ve always had a strong interest
and appreciation for the arts, both visual and performing. Currently I spend
many of my days making pottery at the Pottery Workshop in New London.
I’ve found it to be wonderful way to relax and enjoy seeing the results of
my efforts at the end of the day.
Bonnie Smith
I have always been interested in art and after retiring four years ago I
decided to become more involved in the arts and with art groups both
locally and statewide. I believe that the arts are "food for the soul" and that
the arts enrich our lives and add beauty to our world. I agreed to serve on
the board so that I could assist the Willmar Area Arts Council in offering
more opportunities to those interested in art regardless of their skill level or
area of interest.
Sandy Seydel
I am a retired Willmar Kindergarten teacher. I was a kindergarten gradelevel representative and co-chair on the district art curriculum committee
during my Willmar teaching years. I was very involved in the organization
and planning of Lincoln Elementary Artrageous Day events. I helped plan
several artist-in-residence visits. I view being on the WAAC Board as Art
in the Schools representative as an opportunity to promote art experiences
in our schools and expand my involvement in the art community.
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CREATING ART
TOGETHER
The “Creating Art Together”
group will resume classes at
Peace Lutheran Church in
New London on Wednesday,
March 5, 2008 from 9:30
a.m. to noon. Creating Art
Together, previously know as
the Watercolor Wednesday
group, meets each
Wednesday to create art in
many different forms and
mediums. The group was
organized to inspire, support
and provide a platform for
local artists to practice their
craft regardless of skill level.
If interested in becoming part
of this group, call Bonnie
Smith at 320-235-1031.
Date & Time
Mar 5, 8:30 am - 12 pm
Every Wednesday through May
Mar 8, 7:30 pm
Mar 9, 3 pm
Mar 9, 7:30 pm
Mar 13-15, 7:30 pm
Event
Creating Art Together
Michel Lauziere, West Central Concert
Series
Prairie Winds Concert Band
w/ Trombone Soloist Kelsey Eisenmann
Production of "Blood Brothers" by Willy
Russell
Production of "Blood Brothers" by Willy
Russell
Apr 10-13,
Thu- Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm
My Fair Lady
April 12, 5-9 pm
Mixed Media by Ashley E. Towne
Apr 17-20,
Thu- Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm
Apr 24-27,
Thu- Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm
Apr 27, 3 pm
Apr 30, 7:30 pm
May 4, 8:30 am & 10:45 am
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra
Young Artist Concert
Simply Sinatra, West Central Concert
Series
Dr. Anne Carol Kilstofte
Location
Peace Lutheran
Church, New London
WEAC Auditorium,
Willmar
WEAC Auditorium,
Willmar
The Little Theatre
The Little Theatre
The Barn Theatre,
Willmar
ARThouse, New
London
The Barn Theatre,
Willmar
The Barn Theatre,
Willmar
WEAC Auditorium,
Willmar
WEAC Auditorium,
Willmar
Vinje Lutheran Church,
Willmar
ARThouse
117 1st Ave NE
New London, MN 56273
Prairie Winds Concert
Band Concert
with guest trombone soloist,
Kelsey Eisenmann.
The concert is March 9 at
3:00 pm at the Willmar
Education & Arts Center.
Tickets are available at the
door: $6 for adult & $3 for
student.
CALENDAR
ARThouse Presents Ashley E. Towne
Saturday, April 12th from 5-9pm
Door Prizes For The First 15 Visitors – An ARThouse Tradition!
Ms. Towne will present mixed media works on paper. Ashley received her MFA in
Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been a resident
artist at Frans Masereel Center for Graphic Arts and at Ox-Bow School of Art. She
currently resides in Chicago where she is co-publisher of the Tin Parachute Post
Card Review. This exhibit is sponsored by the Mill Pond Mercantile.
For more information visit www.arthousenewlondon.com
Pottery classes
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Pottery classes are available
at the Pottery Workshop in
New London for adults,
children and families.
Call 320-354-2048 for
information or stop in at the
workshop just off main street
and down the hill from the
Flying Goose Quilt Shop.
Classes include wheel thrown
and hand built techniques.
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Adams Art Display at North American Financial
Center
North American State Bank is excited to announce that the artwork of
Ron Adams will be on display at the North American Financial Center
during the months of January, February, and March of 2008.
West Central Concert
Series
2008-2009 membership drive
runs March through May.
Go to
www.westcentralconcertseries.org
for a link to the Membership
Info “coupon” or email
wcconcerts@gmail.com for
more information.
Performances selected for the
2008-2009 series are:
Nettle & Markham piano duo
Cherish the Ladies,
Celtic sextet & 2 dancers
Fascinating Gershwin,
piano, voice & violin
New Century Sax Quartet
Romanza, tenors with piano,
violin & bass
Adam’s oil pastels and other art pieces can be seen in the lobby of the
North American Financial Center at 2800 South First Street Monday through
Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. An art reception was hosted in January.
North American is proud to celebrate the passion and talents of our
flourishing arts community by establishing a Community Arts Showcase. As
part of the Community Arts Showcase, North American State Bank will
continue to present the work of selected artists, organizations, schools, and
events in our area.
DEMO inc
Developing Exploring Maintaining Originality through the ARTS
Off site address:
728 2nd St SE
Willmar, MN 56201
320-231-2696
Phone:
www.demo-inc.org
Studios/Classes are located in the former Svea School House, corner of
South 71 & County 3.
Check out the web site for Class Schedules, www.demo-inc.org.
Classes offered in Western Papermaking, Photoshop, Book Arts, Clay,
Surface Design on Cloth, Taiko Drumming, Origami and more. There are
scheduled "Open Studio" times for artists to use the facilities.
Annual DEMO Fundraising Auction April 20, 2008 1:00 to 4:00pm
Willmar Education & Arts Center (WEAC) Rehearsal Hall, Willmar, MN
Annual "MAY DAY" paper event to be held May 10 & 11.
Try out the process & studio for $10 / 2.5 hour session.
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Artrageous Day
Artrageous Day at Lincoln
Elementary School in
Willmar is scheduled for
May 16. This a fun, exciting
day in which all Lincoln
students K-4 have a chance to
be involved in visual arts,
music, dance, storytelling,
and drama activities. They
are looking for presenters and
performers for this day. If
you would like to be involved
in this event or if you have
questions about what it is all
about, feel free to contact
Sandy Seydel 235-6528 or
e-mail: seydel@wecnet.com
Little Crow Photography Club
The Little Crow Photography Club has an exhibit in the display
cases at the Willmar Education & Arts Center (WEAC) auditorium
entrances during March. It features past and present projects of the club and
special projects and honors of various club members.
Marilyn Blonigan, club member from Paynesville, arranged for and
set up club photo exhibits at the St. Cloud hospital in January and at the St.
Cloud library in February.
As a club project for 2007, two members each month will send a
seasonal area photo to the Lakes Area Review, New London and the Sun
Fish Gazette, Atwater. January photos were by Greg Harp and Kelly
Welch. February photos were by Loretta Fenske and Patty Reigstad.
Kelly Welch, club member from Willmar, has photographed
Willmar students and activities for the school district since 2003. There are
seven large framed prints in the Board Room and thirty in the Cardinal and
Kaffee Fest Rooms at WEAC. The WEAC gallery exhibit in December
2005 featured his photos. He has also and still is providing photos for the
school calendar.
Our club continues to grow and welcomes guests and new members.
Our regular monthly meetings are the 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm
at the Dethlefs Senior Center in Spicer. If you have any questions, please
call Connie Wanner at 320-235-2853.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Call to Artists: May 23 is
deadline to enter "Spirit of
Woman" Through the Artist's
Eye,
Juried Art Show and Sale at
the Bremness Gallery,
Glenwoood, MN.
Most media accepted.
$100 for Best of Show and
other cash prizes. For official
rules and entry form contact,
Sandy O'Brien at
320-815-5040 or
sandysstudio@wisperwireless.com
Show will run June 14 to
July 28, 2008.
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The Corral Theatre
Classes--THE BARN
THEATRE
SPRING BREAK THEATRE
CAMPS March 17th – 20th
(Mon – Thurs)
10am – 11am K-1st grade $20
12noon – 2pm 2nd-4th grade
$30
3pm – 5pm 5th – 8th grade $30
6:30 - 8:30 9th - 12th grade
$30
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
April
7,8,10,14,15,17,21,22,24,28,29
May 1,5,6, 6-8:30pm
PERFORMANCES May 8th &
9th at 7pm.
Class location rehearsal at
CORRAL Classroom above The
Barn Theatre
Performance/Dress Rehearsal
location: KENNEDY LITTLE
THEATRE(May 6,7,8,9)
9th – 12th grade $50
*SCHOLARSHIPS and
internships available!
*TO REGISTER: Email:
funtheatreclasses@hotmail.co
m or call Traci at 320-2221123. Or go to
www.thebarntheatre.com and
click on “theatre classes” to
see more!
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THE BARN THEATRE
321 4th St. SW . Willmar, MN 56201
320-235-9500
My Fair Lady
Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe
A musical based upon the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
April 10-13, 17-20, 24-27
Thu- Sat 7:30pm, Sunday 2:30 pm matinee
My Fair Lady tells the story o the over-confident Professor Higgins and his
experiment that attempts to transform a cockney girl, Eliza, into a proper-speaking
lady. Higgins and his friend Colonel Pickering make great progress with the girl
and even take her to the horse races and a grand ball. Nevertheless, they still treat
Eliza as a mere experiment and not as a human being. When Eliza runs away,
Higgins realizes that she is more than just and experiment; indeed he is in love
with the girl.
MY FAIR LADY played for 2,717 performances on Broadway at the Mark
Hellinger, Broadhurst and Broadway Theatres starring Rex Harrison, Julie
Andrews, Stanley Holloway and Robert Coote. It was the longest running musical
at the time. It played for 2,281 performances in London at the Drury Lane Theatre.
It was revived on Broadway in 1976 for 377 performances, in 1981 for 181
performances, and most recently in 1993 for 165 performances at the Virginia
Theatre starring Richard Chamberlain as Professor Henry Higgins. This
popular Broadway musical is the creation of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
that was adapted from Geroge Bernard Shaw's play and Gabrial Pascal's movie
PYGMALION then later made into the popular movie musical with Rex Harrison
and Audrey Hepburn.
The Barn Theatre has been serving the southwestern Minnesota community
since 1964 with top quality comedies and musicals.
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FAITH PARTNERSTHE AMERICAN
COMPOSERS
FORUM
Dr. Anne Carol Kilstofte,
a Minneapolis/St. Paul area
composer and educator (now
living in Arizona), has been
spending time in Willmar lately.
Dr. Kilstofte is the resident
composer working with Vinje
Lutheran and St. Mary’s
Catholic Churches through the
Faith Partners program of the
American Composers Forum.
Faith Partners is funded by the
Otto Bremer Foundation. Faith
Partners goal is to place
composers in consortia of faithbased communities to
reinvigorate the creation of
sacred music in religious
settings. The composer creates
several new works for the
individual congregations as well
as some shared by the entire
consortium. The American
Composers Forum launched
Faith Partners in 1992 in the
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Upper Midwest and has continued to expand it scope since then.
Dr. Kilstofte was chosen by the Willmar churches because of the accessibility of
her compositions, creativity, text-writing, and willingness to work with our faith
communities. Anne has had a tremendous amount of experience working with
churches. Anne stated in her application “I feel part of my role, as a composer, is
to help people of all ages to understand what music is about and what new music
can be for them, especially with their input. Then they can become excited by the
prospect of being part of something written with them-and I truly mean with them
not just for them.”
The first premiere was held on Thanksgiving Eve 2007 at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church with the Children’s Choirs performing “With Thanks in Your Heart”
composed for two voices, viola, flute, and keyboard. Anne spent time with the
Children’s Choir as they prepared for the premiere and the children were given an
opportunity to ask questions. They had numerous questions for her! This piece
was also sung as a prelude before the Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve by the
Women of the Adult Choir.
The next premiere will be Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday at the Church of St.
Mary. This will be a composition for brass, organ, choir, and congregation and
will be an arrangement of “Jesus is Risen” or LASST UNS ERFREUEN. Our
third premiere will occur on the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus
Christ-May 25th during our weekend liturgies. This will be a congregational hymn
to be used during our communion procession. Anne has spent time with the Adult
Choir and handbell choirs at St. Mary’s and also has had the opportunity to present
an Adult Enrichment session about music, attend our parish appreciation program,
and attending our Mardi Gras Foundation Gala.
Ann Kilstofte came to Vinje Church in December and met all of the musicians
and listened to all the groups rehearse. She returned again on Feb. 3 to attend both
church services and introduce herself to the congregation. These connections with
Vinje Church are an important part of Anne’s composition process. With the Vinje
Lutheran Church Music Committee it was decided that three of her compositions
will be written for the Vinje Adult Choir and Handbells, Junior and Senior High
Youth Choirs with Tapestry Singers, and the Joyful Kids Elementary Choir. Anne
will also compose an arrangement that will include all of these musicians plus
instruments including flute, violin, piano, organ, and trumpet. The Biblical texts
for the compositions center on the gift of music and praising God. These texts are
very appropriate as all of these compositions will be performed at Vinje’s Choir
Appreciation Sunday on May 4, 2008, at both the 8:30 and 10:45a.m. services.
The public is welcome to attend and share in this wonderful experience.
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HOW CAN I BECOME A MEMBER OF WAAC?
Please use this form to become a new member or to renew your membership for 2008.
The Willmar Area Arts Council is a non-profit community oriented advocate for the arts. Help us enrich Willmar with color, design and music.
Articles for the next ArtSpark should be sent to the WAAC, PO Box 165, Willmar, MN 56201 by May 15th, 2005 or email them
to artscouncil@willmar.k12.mn.us
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MN 56201 by MAY 10, 2008 or email them to artscouncil@willmar.k12.mn.us