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Special thanks toour sponsor for this newsletter:

Celebrate Ella’s 155th birthday

Fine Arts Competition (pg. 2)

Winter events (pg. 3)

Clay Gallery (pg. 4)

Classes and workshops (pg. 5)

IN THIS ISSUE:

Merriman Sharp. To honor her memory there will be a special exhibit in the Museum’s Pyron Gallery. Opening February 14, Ella’s 155th birthday, the exhibit will take an up close and personal look into the life of Ella Sharp.

letters, papers and the research of many current and former

exhibit will run through May 5.

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To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Jackson Area Manu-facturing Association ( JAMA), the Ella Sharp Museum will highlight the Association with an exhibit in our Hurst Gallery.

Jackson, was founded in 1937 and was formally incorporated in 1938 after a year of informal meetings.

JAMA began with a membership of 13 area companies and over the years has expanded to serve hundreds of manufacturers and associate member companies across south-central Michigan.

Beginning with a brief history of the original 13 companies, the exhibit will continue by explor-ing Jackson’s rich manufacturing tradition and telling the stories of how manufacturers have over-come challenges by working together. Visitors will also discover

the interesting variety of products that have been manufactured in Jackson.

In addition, the exhibit will focus on the Acad-emy for Manufacturing Careers. Launched in 2005, the Academy is a customized skilled trades-related technical instruc-tion apprenticeship program designed by manufacturers to meet the needs of companies across south-central Michigan.

February 14 and run until April 14.

The History of the Jackson Area Manufacturing Association

he World Takes What Jackson Makes:

WHEN & WHEREHistoryÊofÊtheÊJAMAFebruaryÊ14 ÊÊÑAprilÊ14HurstÊGallery

Letter from the Executive Director, Charles Aymond

Happy New Year! When you’re operating a history museum you can’t say, “Out with the old, in with the new.” But we can say we’re taking better care of the old and we have some exciting

we have to wait to hear about grant requests and our year-end appeal results in order to decide what repairs, maintenance, programs and other expense items we need to fund with any excess monies. I dream that 2012 will bring in some extra revenue that can be used for new programming and allow us to pay back to the endowment some of the excess funds that had been withdrawn a few years ago.

Our exhibits this coming year are really going to be special. You still have the chance to see Origins of CMS Energyfollowed by the History of the Jackson Area Manufacturers Association show which will highlight the fascinating diversity of what Jackson businesses have made and currently make.

family prints and paintings as well as another show featuring a contemporary artist whose work is in the “Wyeth style.”

anniversary and the personal histories of some of its residents.

initiative on our part to collect oral histories of our community’s senior citizens. We have other exciting exhibits planned for the year as well, including the Michigan Hand Weavers League and Jackson Civic Art Association shows, Art à Loan and a couple of interesting surprises.

will be paying appropriate respect and showing appreciation for her life and her generosity to the community. We have some sponsors for our children’s art and history classes and we are

is cooperative we are looking at expanding our Sugaring and Shearing, Art and Wine (Beer Too) and Fall Harvest events, and we are already making plans to ramp up the 2013 Fine Arts

events for the next two months. We’re going to have exciting travel opportunities, Patio Parties, lectures and as many more

any other ideas or suggestions, please let us know. Remember, this is YOUR Museum.

Looking back, and looking forward

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Green option for newsletter?In light of the upcoming postal changes, and in the interest of being “green,” we want to know if you would be interested in receiving your Ella Sharp Newsletter through e-mail.

Postage does add up quickly, and you would be helping us save

will be using is very reader-friendly. Contact Donna Riley at donnar@ellasharp.org if you are willing to help and give her your e-mail address.

Remember that hard copies of the newsletter will al-ways be available at the front desk, another good reason to stop in and see us! We look forward to hearing from you.

Statewide Fine Arts Competitionwith more award money and a chance to exhibit at the Ella. It will run next year from January 12-March 23, 2013.

about the sitter as well as the artist. Whether realistic or abstracted, 2-D or 3-D, portraits mirror the world in which we live by captur-

solely by their creativity. Awards:

• Best of Show: $1,000 • Merit: $450• Exceptional Merit: $750 • Merit: $450• Exceptional Merit: $750 • 3-D: $450• Total award: $3,850

Keep your eyes posted for a “Save the Date” postcard after February 1, 2012, which will include information about the 2013 Fine Arts Competition. If you would like your name added to our mailing list for this postcard, e-mail Cari Wolfe, the Museum’s exhibits coordi-nator, at cariw@ellasharp.org.

events are yet to be scheduled and other dates have been commit-ted for wedding receptions, private parties, conferences and the

a list of what we have scheduled for January and February:

January 7 at 2 pm – A theatrical presentation from Center Stage

energetic woman “of a certain age” who adores theater and history and has a hard time keeping the two separate as she gives tours of Fustian House, which she claims is the dullest stately home

wind of Lettice’s embellishments, things take a turn for the worse.

January 28 at 1:30 pm – 2012 marks the 100th year following Ella Sharp’s death and the Museum’s former director, Lynne

-ment” and the many disappointments and legal challenges it created.

February 4 at 2 pm – Center Stage will be back again with a pro-

image-soaked testament to the civil rights icon (Coretta Scott

mourners who have lined up to say goodbye to the beloved Mrs. King.”

February 11 at 2 pm – Jackson Community College’s Maria Orlowski will present a selection of her whimsical and lyrical

poems, and will be accompanied by Zbigniew Rybinski on violin and Joseph Feinberg on bass.

February 18 at 2 pm – Jim Zuleski will present “Lost Jackson,” the popular slideshow program showcasing Jackson buildings that are gone.

February 25 at 1:30 pm – Sally Pesetsky and her fellow danc-

performance.

Be sure to watch for the exciting presentations we have scheduled for March and April.

JANUARY7 Center Stage presents “Lettice and Loveage,” a staged reading, 2 pm, free Saturday program14 Water Color Workshop, Children, 1 – 3 pm19 21 Floor-Cloth Painting Workshop, 9 am – 3 pm28 Ella Sharp’s will and its challenges, free Saturday program

FEBRUARY4 Center Stage presents “A Song for Coretta,” a staged reading, 2 pm, free Saturday program Last day for Foote Prints exhibit, Hurst and Pyron galleries

11 Maria Orlowski poetry reading, 2 pm, free Saturday program Create a Valentine, Free Saturday program for Children, drop-in from 11 am to 2 pm14 JAMA exhibit opens, Hurst gallery Ella Unwrapped exhibit opens, Pyron gallery16 18 Basic Felting Workshop, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Jim Zuleski lecture, “Lost Jackson,” 2 pm, free Saturday program25 Sally Pesetsky and Dancers for Life, 1:30 pm, free Saturday program

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Calendar of Events

Events and Happenings

Fun and Free Saturdays

Beat the winter blahs

Upcoming Winter Events

EDUCA TION DEP T:

If you’re looking for something to do on the weekend that’s fun and free come join us for our community art tutorials.

children and to encourage their creativity. Materials and light refreshments will be provided. Parents, caregivers, and preschool through 6th grade students are all invited.

Valentines from the Heart with ArtFebruary 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come and create a valentine for that special person in your life.

Celebrate SpringApril 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Create abstract bird feeders and learn about wild life in the Andrews Gallery.

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Exhibits at Ella

In collaboration with the Jackson Area Manufacturing Associa-tion Exhibit, the Ella will host the “Engineering Is Elementary” program every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for the duration of the exhibit.

guides students to think like mechanical engineers as they use their knowledge of wind to design and create machines that can

be used to capture wind energy. Join us at the Museum Saturdays from February

and scholarships are available. For a registration packet and more informa-tion call: 517-782-8268 or e-mail Olivia

-group.org) or Annette Norris (anorris@enterprisegroup.org).

JAMA Activities for Children

‘Flowers That Fly’ from Ernie Muehlmatt Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art

Muehlmatt, became fascinated with birds as a young child and a chance encounter with a bird carving exhibition in Salisbury, Maryland, inspired him to create some of the most realistic bird sculptures around.

In the late 1960s, he traded his career -

envisioned the gracefulness of birds. As demand for his work grew, he decided to make wildfowl carving a full time career.

more than 6,000 wildfowl carvings later, Ernie’s carvings are more popular than ever.

Muehlmatt’s progression as a sculp-tor from the 1960s to the 1980s can be viewed in the Andrews Gallery, where more than 15 of his wood sculptures are on display. His earlier works, although simpler, evoke a sense of reverence for the subject he is so noted for. His later works, more complex and detailed, reiterate the notion that it is not the destination, but the journey.

Semipalmated Plovers, Ernie Muehlmatt

CLAY GALLERY-

erative of Ann Arbor artists, now through March 18. All works in -

nathy, Royce Disbrow, Gail Dapogny, Shirley Knudsvig, Kristine

Songer, Susan Steel, John Stephenson, Susanne Stephenson, Elvera Shappirio, Joe Szutz, Shirley White-Black, and Donna Williams.

Each artist brings his or her own unique style and vision to the

the excitement of pushing the boundaries of the ceramic arts.

functional to sculptural and all work with a passion for beautiful

objects such as plates, cups and teapots as well as more collectable -

fectionately call themselves on their Facebook page, “a co-operative gallery run by mud lovers.”

Clay Gallery was founded 27 years ago and features such luminaries as J.T. Abernathy, its original founder, as well as John and Susanne Ste-phenson, emeritus professors at the University of Michi-gan and Eastern Michigan

day of the 3 Days of Clay workshop (sponsored by the Jackson Pottery and Clay Guild) that will be held in the Museum March 16-18.

their website at www.claygallery.org

-son for their recent donation to the Art Education Depart-

it possible for us to discount all of our children’s classes for the upcoming 2012 winter session.

PRINT MAK INGInstructor: Georgia Rhodes5th- 8th grade, 5 Wednesdays, January 25 through February 22, 4:30-6:00 pm. Member $25/Non-member $35 Students will have the opportunity to learn some of the many printmaking techniques like collographs, stamp-ing, and carved relief printing.

MI X ED MEDIA C LASS Instructor: Brad Zenz

-ary 23 through March 22, 3:30-5:30 pm. Member $35/Non-member $45

include drawing, painting, sculpting and print making techniques. Each week the

technique.

CHILDREN’S CLAY PROJECTS FOR ADULTS Instructor: Romelle Frey6 Tuesdays, January 25 through February 29, 1-3:00pm Member $95/Non-member $115For years, adults have asked to make the same projects as the children’s classes have made. Here is your chance! In this class we will create pieces such as the Chicken, Watering Can, Piggy Bank, etc. We will primarily be using hand building techniques to produce pieces, and students will also be introduced to the wheel.

W ATER C OLOR W OR K SHOP Instructor: Brad Zenz5th- 8th grade, Saturday, January 14, 1-3 pmMember $15/Non-member $20 Students will learn to apply their color knowledge in a watercolor landscape painting with step by step instructions.

FAMILY PAPER MA KING WORKSHOP Instructor: Georgia Rhodes K – 8th grade, Saturday, March 10, 12-2:30 pm$10 per family In this workshop, participants are asked to bring in their old pa-per scraps that they want to recycle, or things like junk mail, old

is a great way for parents and caregivers to interact with children and to encourage their creativity.

FLOOR CLOTH PAINTING WORKSHOP Saturday, January 21, 9 am-3 pm Member $45/Non-member $55Floor cloths make wonderful gifts, and are inexpensive to cre-ate. We will explore a few techniques to create a unique design

paints, and a metal straight edge ruler. Dress casually as we will be working with paint. Bring a sack lunch, a towel, and a plastic bag to take your cloth home. You will receive the supply list when you register.

B ASIC F ELTING WORKSHOP Saturday, February 18, 9:30 am-2:30 pm Member $35/Non-member $45Learn how to create your own unique and colorful wool felt using equipment you have around the house. In this workshop participants will learn the basic wet felting technique, make several small sample pieces, learn about resources available and see a demonstration of dry felting which can be used to embellish

along with all the equipment needed. Dress casually as we will be working with water. Bring a sack lunch, a towel, and a plastic bag to take your felt pieces home.

LOCATIN G YOUR F-STOP WHY A UTO I S NOT ALWAYS BETTERIntermediate skill level. Required Equipment: A digital SLR camera with adjustable settings. Instructor: Kate Lambert LeeOne Day Workshop, Saturday, March 10, 1-4 p.m.HS/Adult, Member $25/Non-member $30Learn about your camera settings, how aperture, shutter speeds and

in for fun. Also, learn how to make your images their best to avoid wasting time afterwards editing or losing that once in a lifetime shot. Recommended: Basic knowledge of your adjustable settings camera.

New classes and workshops for all

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Education Department:

SPECIAL THANKSPat Rombyer: data entry and mailing for membershipKaren Beers, Nancy Eagen, and Connie Kress: data entry, GiftWorks database

Membership Committee members: Betsy Youngdahl Barbara Duke Rita Lundberg Mary McVicker Nan Sparks Barbara Stanton Cindy VanGieson Heather Wilson Sue Wrzesinski

Membership Committee “Young Professionals” : Emily Huntoon Michelle Lake Dan Vainner Lucas Vanderpool Leslie Youngdahl

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Members, Donors, and Volunteers at Ella Sharp Museum

Congratulationsto Brad Zenz

Special Recognition

Congratulations to museum collections assis-tant Kimberly Lloyd and her husband, Larry, on

September 24, 2011. Lincoln was the youngest volunteer performer in December’s Christmas at Hillside program, and he received rave reviews (along with mom and dad) for his performance.

children and grandchildren grow up here at the Ella. We’re happy to see a new generation carrying on the tradition.

Please join us for artful live music, good company, and sips ‘n

19, February 16, and March 15 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Watch for announcements on the Ella Sharp Museum Face-book page, at www.ellasharp.org, and directly to your inbox through email blasts (remember to give us your email!). E-mail donnar@ellasharp.org with questions.

January 19: Greg Meschke & Scott Schmidt February 16: Tom Spring, David & Steve Trosin

Music sponsored by Lochmoor Entertainment:www.lochmoorentertainment.com

Third Thursday at Ella

Congratulations to Bradley Zenz, the Museum’s Direc-tor of Art Education, on his upcoming marriage to Julia Palmer.

Brad and Julia will be mar-ried in an intimate ceremo-ny on the beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica on January 27, 2012. We wish them every happiness.

Welcome to new Ella employee

We would like to express a very special thank you to all the volunteers that made our presentation of Christmas at Hillside such a successful event.

decorated, the actors did a fabulous job, and the desserts provided for our guests were perfection. We could never accomplish all that we

you so much.

Christmas at Hillside special thank you

Ella Sharp Museum welcomes our new Exhibits Coordinator, Cari Wolfe. Cari comes to us from Michigan State University’s Kresge Art Museum. She

already is doing an outstanding job. Cari has a wide range of experience and talent, and we are thrilled to have her on our

Bill Jors and they are planning a spring wedding.

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NEW/RENEWED M EMBERS October and November 2011

MEMORIALSJon Gallant, Sr.Barry & Ellen Keatley

Dorothy McCluskieFred & Sandy Sill

William McConkeyCharles & Dana AymondJack & Sally BunceA.P. & Beatrice CookMary DemingCarolyn DicksonRuth Mary & Patty GentryBob & Dawn HardyCarol KobertRoger & Marty Korten

William & Mary MoburgLynn PinoniemiLloyd & Shirley PrestonPatrick & Carolyn RollinsLeRoy & Carolyn ScottRon & Pat SzymanskiPhyllis WayChuck & Sue Wrzesinski

Jim O’NeillWayne & Sharon Watters

Romuald OrlowskiKathryn & Jim Keersmaekers

Merrie PatchFred & Sandy Sill

Franklin “Buck” WeaverRaymond & Frieda Gover

INÊHONORÊOFGordon and Ellen HeinsTom & Lisa Heins

CONTRIBUTIONSFoote PrintsGeorgia Fojtasek Irving FrenchRon & Marvel JonesMark & Cheryl Urban

Contributions

Deborah BilinskiRichard CraftAndrew & Maria DotterweichJacquie FrederickRandy & Rhonda HoytJohnson Controls Foundation (Matching Funds)John & Sandra Leland FoundationKirby North JohnsonChuck LoftisJohn & Norma MacchiaRK Pak, Inc.Faith F. Small Foundation TrustAllen Spiess, Jr.

INÊKINDMac BaterBill & Carol CavanaughAllen Spiess, Jr.

SPONSORSHIPS

Lochmoor Entertainment (Steve Tucker)

CONTRIBUTIONS

STUDENT/TEACHERSteven TuckerMichelle Woods

INDIVIDUALHarriette AllenMarge BerryDonna BlakeLinda CarlJeanette ChildsM. Jane ClarkeHelen CraryJulia CulliganJoan CummingsBrad DeranekSusan DieboldKaren DrewsMary EhrhardtNancy FordJulie GarrisonDorothy GrahamGava GrahamMary Jo GrimesCathy HenryDesmond HerbertJonathan HooverSandia KaneCarol KobertM. Joan LockeSusan MaireM. Carlene MatthewsNancy McCormackLeslie NagyLeah O’Brien

Cindy O’Rourke

Sharon PeacockKathleen RenschJudy ReynoldsAlice RobinsonEleanor RussellMary Lou SchinkezMaxine ShepardCarl SpaethAlice VanderVeenJean Wray StoneNancy WagnerKatherine White

DUALWilliam AlbrightMary & Brent Bierwirth

BonkowskiMaki & Terrence BraunDonald & Kristen BraunreiterRich & Pat BylerDonald & Sharon CalbertRobert & Carolyn CulpCharles & Barbara DeGoliaJerry & Helen DeLoyAlessandro & Cathy DiNello Jim & Carolyn DrakeKaren Drushal & Frank SlabyPenny & Herb FlowersSue & Bruce GrabertBill & Jan HestwoodBetty Hirschman & John WieckWilliam & Joan JansenPatty KaufmanJohn & Marsha KreucherJerry & Shirley McDevittRobert & Mary Lynne Miller

Leslie NagyLilly Sill & Constance PoissonCatherine & Robert ReelRobert & Nancy RobidouxRonald & Alice ShanklandRoland & Doris ShelbySandra & Frederick SillHelen & Dale SterrettRichard & Connie StrunkRobert & Joan WalkerCharles & Barbara WellmanGary & Christie WillcockBarbara & Harold WintersMike & Diane Worthing

FAMILY

Deborah Bilinski & Harry MillerSteve & Kristi BlairAaron & Courtney BoatinRobert & Pamela BullockJack & Sally BunceRichard & Monica Collett Clark & Betsy ConantMark & Christine DeNatoJim & Cathy DunnBob & Elayne EberhartMartha & Waldemar GizynskiJames GlenAnne Marie & David GoldfarbPatrick & Daria GrinenkoElton & Laquita HiggsRobert & Deborah KellyGail & Lee Kraai

Robert & Barbara LallyMarie & Ed MachnikDolly MedlarMark & Leanne MellingKent & Traci MelvilleBill & Mary MoburgBarry & Sandy MyersEdward & Barbara O’ConnorFlorence Osborne & Robert HangartnerCarolyn & Frank PrattJan RoysChristi & David SaenzFred & Susan SleteDolores Slowinski & Robert D’AoustMonica & Dave White

SUSTAINER

Michael BaughmanBrian & Sharon Bell

Suzanne GaertnerAnthony GardnerRoger & Edythe GilbertCarl & Denni GlickEdward & Helen Greene

Margaret HagenBarbara Harness & Sherwood WagnerNancy & Jere Hinkle

Mark & Kathy IoccaJohn & Jacque KudnerSam & Berta Lalomia

James LefereMark Leventer & Kathleen AnzicekRebecca MehallDiana & John NallyPatricia & John ReynoldsPhilip & Linda ReynoldsBrian & Sarah RichmondVivian Rittenhouse

Joanie & Richard StaubSteve & Kathy SyrjamakiJoseph & Karin TibbsGeraldine VerhoevenFrancene Wingo

INVESTORArt & Helen AdamczykFran AppoloniaTom & Jeanne DraperLarry Halman & Cathy GlickRon & Marvel JonesRobert & Sallie KendallJohn & Nancy Toth

BENEFACTORHarriet Field & Richard Miller

STEWARDAndy & Sandy AndrewsPaula H. Mills

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