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Arts Council News - December 2013
All Things Art News
Arts Council of Greater Lansing
Leading, advocating for, and advancing arts and culture in the capital region since 1965
December 2013 Edition
Arts Council's Holiday Glitter and Jazz a Sparkling Event!
A Night of Recognition, Regalia and Rat Pack Razzmatazz!
The University Club of MSU was all aglow on December 3, as
the Arts Council of Greater Lansing celebrated it 34th annual
Holiday Glitter gala. One of the Arts Council's biggest events,
this year's theme was Holiday Glitter and Jazz "Live at the
Copa Room!" and the event truly delivered.
M ardra Thomas wows the crowd.
All Jazzed Up
Staff at the U-Club transformed the venue to reflect the 1960
jazz club era, complete with club-style seating, twinkling
lights and glowing red accents. More than 200 guests arrived
in a shining array of 60's style duds and dos, ready to get
jazzed.
A Ring-A-Ding Night
The evening started out with cocktails and hors d'oeurves and lots of mix and mingle, followed by
an awards presentation and then a live RatPack era show, featuring Mardra and Reggie Thomas
and Gino Federici. Led by emcee Evan Pinsonnault the group lit up the stage with plenty of music
and even a little clowning around Dean Martin style.
And the Award Goes To...
This year's Arts Leadership Awards
were presented to Joan and Jerry
Mattson, who received the Applause
Award and to City Pulse who received
the Business Arts Award, with Berl
Schwartz and Allan Ross accepting.
Gino sings a little Dino.
Berl Schwartz accepts the
award for City Pulse.
Both recipients were honored for their
dedication, passion and commitment to the arts and received handcrafted glass art awards designed by local artist Craig Mitchell Smith.
A Smashing Success
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Overall the evening was a smashing success. The music and conversation flowed into the late
hours, and everyone had a fantastic time. The Arts Council is
grateful to all of our generous sponsors and to everyone who
came out in celebration of the arts. Holiday Glitter is one of
the Council's major fundraisers, and we really appreciate the
support of the capitol region.
We look forward to seeing you all at our spring event, A Taste of
Art and Life, which will be blooming right along with Michigan's
May flowers. Thanks for supporting the arts. We wish you a happy
holiday season and a prosperous New Year.
The M attsons receiving their Applause
Award.
Is Your Profile Up-to-Date? Are Your Events on the Calendar?
Come Learn the Ins and Outs of Your Member Benefits!
As a member of the Arts Council, one of your
benefits is having your name listed in our
Directory and having a Profile page linked to
your name. The Directory allows arts lovers who
visit the Arts Council's website to easily find
members, learn about their art and get access
to additional resources such as your website,
Facebook fan page, twitter and other
information.
A Valuable Service
Our Directory is a truly valuable web service, as visitors to the site utilize it to seek musicians for
events, find artists for commissioned work, locate photographers, etc. Recently, one of our artist's
paintings was seen on the Directory by a local film director who then contacted her to feature the
painting in the film!
Up-To-Date
Having your Profile set up and up-to-date is really important! So join us on December 19, 2013
from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the MICA Gallery, 1210 Turner Street in Lansing. The Arts Council staff will
lead an overview from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., which will be followed by an open work session from 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Make sure to register today!
Bonus Extra!
Guess what?! If you are an Arts Council Member, you now
have access to put your events on our events calendar! We
will show you all how the calendar can benefit you and how
easy it is to add your events, exhibits and shows. Don't miss
out on this exciting new SmArts offering.
Art in the Sky!
New Billboards Hit the
Skyways Just in Time for the
Holidays
The Arts Council is excited to
announce the launch of our 20132014 Billboard Project.
Six of our artist members have
taken their art skyward with the
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support of the Arts Council and
Adams Outdoor Advertising!
The billboards represent the
artwork of artists who were
recipients of our Individual Artist
Grants or the Chris Clark
Fellowships award and were
chosen on a first-come, first-served
basis.
This is the third year for the Art in
the Sky project, and we are so
Jane Reiter's billboard takes to the sky!
excited to see our artist's work
featured for all to see.
Congratulations to Jane Reiter,
Catherine Tonning-Popowich, Ingrid Blixt, Marta Bagratuni, Pamela Timmons and Deborah
Fehrenbach. Keep your eye on the sky for their amazing work!
Individual Artist Grant Applications Available
Now!
Get Your Application Today
We are excited to announce that our Individual Artist Grant
application is now available. You can download a copy here or
for more information visit our website at
www.lansingarts.org.
Additionally, we encourage you to register for our grant
workshop on January 9, 2014. The workshop is a great
opportunity to meet 2013 grant recipients, find out if you are
eligible for grant funds and learn the ins-and-outs of successful
grant writing.
Don't miss out on this great funding opportunity made possible by the Arts Council of Greater
Lansing. Congrats again to our 2013 Individual Artist grantees Marta Bagratuni, Haobing Zhu,
Pamela Timmons and Catherine Tonning-Popwich.
All Things Art
Looking for Opps and Events? We've Got 'em!
The Arts Council of Greater Lansing is the source for finding
great artist opportunities, arts and cultural events,
festivals, exhibitions and shows taking place in greater
Lansing.
To learn all about the Arts Council and our work with artists
and the community, visit our website. If you would like to share an opportunity or event on our
calendar, contact dawn@lansingarts.org for guidelines.
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1208 Turner Street | Lansing, MI 48906 | Phone: 517.372.4636 | Fax: 517.484.2564
The Arts Council is supported in part by grants from the National Endow ment for the Arts,
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and Ingham County Hotel/Motel Tax Fund.
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