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Vo lume 1 , Issue 7

May 2011

Alabama River Region Arts Center

The ARRAC Update

Dawn Sullivan showed a

visitor piecing techniques.

Dylan Goodsen

demonstrated woodcarving.Marilyn Winborn helps visitors make

a beaded bracelet

Guitar playing by Jon Masters

made for a relaxing atmosphere.

ARRAC GRAND OPENING Held April 9thIN SID E TH IS ISSU E:

Board / Officers /

Coordinators 2

Timeline 2

Volunteer Stats 3

Classes 3

Newsletter News 3

Bluegrass Jam Coming! 3

About us 4

ARRAC celebrated its new homeby opening its doors to thecommunity Sat. April 9, from 9 to3. Artists and craft stations wereready in all of the classrooms,welcoming the community anddemonstrating everything fromwatercolors to wood-carving.Forge workers set up in the shadeon the front lawn, greeting over 75visitors who followed the sidewalkchalk art into the Center. Onceinside the Gallery, friends foundthemselves not only surrounded bywalls of art created by RiverRegion-area artists, but also byguitar music.

Artists in the classrooms (namedafter famous artists) hosted clay and woodworking; weaving,spinning, and quilting; and watercolors, finger weaving, and

jewelry beading. Many visitors made their way from one stationto another learning a new skill along the way.

A father with his twodaughters even cameback after their lunch-break just to continuetheir art “projects.”

Carol Barksdale’s watercolor station had diligent artists.



The ARRAC Update/May 2011

Board of Directors,

and Coordinators ARRAC Timeline: From a Dream to Reality

Our Founding Board has now

transitioned to the following

Board of Directors.

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Doris Bell – ECAG seat,

Painter

Rick Bowman – Business

owner, Potter

Don Mobley – Business

owner, Musician

Austin Thompson – Youth

Minister, Puppet Troupe

Owner/Creative Director

Marilyn Winborn – Business

owner, Jewelery Artist

CoordinatorsShirley Esco – [email protected] Carol Hickman – Classes/[email protected]

10/1/10 Search for ARRAC location

10/30/10 ARRAC Facebook page launched11/1/10 Awaiting to hear on former Wetumpka High

School site11/1/10 Classes/syllabi developed for core group of 6-8

classes11/1/10 14 Members11/6/10 First Bluegrass Jam held at Bath Builders; 17

musicians12/1/10 former Wetumpka High School site selected12/1/10 22 Members12/1/10 New Founding Officers appointed12/1/10 Classes first published on web site (for Feb.)12/1/10 ARRAC website up & running

12/18/10 first Workday at ARRAC: walls scraped, primed,etc.

12/18/10 Coosa on the River Silent Auction raises $8401/1/11 28 Members1/5/11 Start up grant $1000 rec'd from: Mildred

Weedon Blount Education and CharitableFoundation of Tallassee

1/7/11 $2500 program grant rec'd from: Alabama StateCouncil on the Arts

1/23/11 Workday: painting of the ARRAC (10 gallons of paint)

2/1/11 ARRAC insurance obtained2/1/11 Lease finalized with ECSS2/1/11 40 Members

2/28/11 Hallway 3/4 painted; 2 classrooms ready for painting

3/1/11 Final layour of Handrail confirmed; AlabamaForge Council to commence fabrication

3/5/11 Bluegrass Jam held at ARRAC3/10/11 Call for entries to area artists for ARRAC

Gallery3/13/11 2 Classrooms finished; ready for use3/14/11 Membership meeting held3/24/11 Gallery opening3/31/11 Ribbon Cutting with Elmore County School

Systems & City of Wetumpka4/2/11 Bluegrass Jam held at ARRAC4/9/11 Community Open House at ARRAC: Artist &

Craftsmen demonstrations5/7/11 Bluegrass Jam held outdoors at ARRAC5/7/11 First Class held: Drawing

5/15/11 Membership meeting held5/19/11 Second Class held: Beginning Digital

Photography5/19/11 Internal audit conducted by Toska Courbron5/21/11 4 Gallery sales as of this date

Sometimes a dream is given

to one, but usually we findmany share the samedream. Such is the strengthof dreams that rise tobecome reality. It takeswork. It takes patience. Ittakes persistence. It maytake money. Surely it takesCommunity.

Many total hours wererequired to bring the Ala-bama River Region ArtsCenter to the point it istoday. But this is only the

beginning of our involve-ment with the community asan arts center for the entirecommunity.

By its very name, we stateour mission and our focus.The “C” in ARRAC standsfor “Center,” in this RiverRegion Community.

We have seen growth in allareas from number ofmembers to attendees atour Bluegrass jams. May we

continue to strive toencourage each other aswe work toward our mission:

The Alabama RiverRegion Arts Center iscommitted to stimulatingindividual expression andappreciation of the visualand performing arts byproviding high quality,affordable programming.The Center is a support-

ive environment wherepeople of all ages, back-grounds, and abilities canstudy, create and presentart.

Toska Courbron (right)

volunteered to conduct an internal

audit with Dawn Sullivan, interim

treasurer.

It will take all to make the Center a success!

mailto:[email protected]

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News for the

Newsletter

Join Our Nex t

Bluegrass Jam!

March April May

Total Individual

Volunteers15 individuals 7 individuals 11 individuals

Days worked 54 days 19 days 14 days

First-time Volunteers 4 individuals 1 individual 4 individuals

Stats: Volunteers

Laying out a national quarterly

magazine for over 10 years is quitedifferent from writing this newsletter,

I’ll admit. You can help by your

contribution to the information,

observations, ideas and stories we

include in this publication, the goal of

which is to relay news about how the

arts are impacting the River Region

community. Any of your contributions

are welcome and will be used to

generate information we send out in

our newsletter and post online.

Send your ideas to Marty McIntyre,

[email protected] to get them

included in the next issue or online.

Classes & Recruiters

June 49:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Two different classes have met to date: Drawing

and a Digital Photography for Beginners.

Doris Bell, instructor for the 6-class Drawing

series, says the goal of the class, “Is to draw what

you see, not what you know.” Doris’ class series

starts with “baby steps” as she trains her students

to see.

Marty McIntyre teaches the beginning Digital

Photography class, which is really more of a

personalized tutoring session. “The goal is to

move beyond the “Auto” button,” Marty says.

Many other classes are offered besides these. Our

classes will continue to meet, thrive and serve the

needs and wants of this community if each of us is

promoting the Center, not just our own classes.

Once someone hears about your volunteer efforts

to help bring the Arts Center into being, many

want to get involved. You can tell them how to do

that. Tell your friends and co-workers how to find

us online. Many have come through our doors

because of our online presence. Carry a class

schedule with you in your purse or backpack. A

file will be uploaded with basic contact information

and web site address. Check our web site for this

file, which you can download, print up and

artistically embellish to make it uniquely “your art.”

Give this out. Make more to distribute. Ask what

classes your friends, family might be interested in.

Let Carol Hickman, classes coordinator, know.

Check out the huge bulletin board in the hallway

that contains all the information on each individual

class.

Place: On the ARRAC lawn! Br ing a chai r or t w o.

Get Involved!

The ARRAC is looking for persons interested in filling

Committee positions including; Marketing, Fund Raising,

Curriculum/Programs, Gallery design.

Contact any Officers or Board Members for more information.




The Founding members are composed of local Artist from varied disciplines that have a common goal to

create a public non-profit organization based in Wetumpka, Alabama focusing on nurturing all categories ofarts in the River Region.

The Arts Center is a volunteer based, community supported organization that will derive it’s funding from

public and private donations, contributions, grants benefactors and the proceeds from memberships, Artist

Space, Rentals, Gallery Art Sales and special events.

As stated in our Articles of Incorporation: - Purpose of CorporationSection 3.01 The Alabama River Region Arts Center is a not for profit corporation whose mission is to bringthe People of the River Region together and enhance community life through a supportive environmentwhere people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities can study, create and present art. The Center iscommitted to stimulating individual creative expression and appreciation of the visual, performing andculinary arts by providing high quality, affordable programs. To this end, the corporation shall at all times beoperated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal RevenueCode of 1986. All funds, whether income or principal, and whether acquired by gift or contribution orotherwise, shall be devoted to said purposes.

Volunteer

Memberships

Gallery Inquiries

About Us…ARRAC UPDATE

Contact Editor:

195 Blackberry Rd.Deatsville, AL 36022

Phone:

(334) 578-9485

E-Mail:

[email protected]

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