Our Golf Outing is coming up August 3rd! | |
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Dear Friends of the Arts,
We have been so grateful to find our mailbox filled with new and renewing memberships! Member dues and gifts are so important to us. They make it possible for us to offer events for donation only or at a low cost, so everyone can access the arts, not just those who can afford it. That is an important part of our mission. And we still have some major building loans to be paid, so we try to squirrel a little aside every month to take care of those. Thank you so much!
We hope those of you who are golfers will “swing into summer” at our Golf Outing on August 3 at Eagle Ridge. Details below!
I look forward to seeing you at our opening on July 28. We’ll be celebrating exciting new art as well as giving tours of the theatre and backstage areas. If you can’t make it on Friday, but would like to get a tour, give me a call and I’ll be happy to take you around.
Hope you are enjoying an art and music filled summer!
Carole
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Gallery Hours
We are open 11am to 4pm every
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
throughout the summer.
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Regional Art &
Opposing Forces
Opening Reception
Friday, July 28 5-7pm
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A John Macdonald watercolor in the Opposing Forces exhibit | |
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The July 28th Opening Reception is one you will not want to miss! We will have exciting new art on the walls of the Regional Arts Gallery, which will feature whatever artists choose to submit. The Special Exhibit Gallery will display art that depicts the theme of Opposing Forces – sure to stimulate thought and discussion.
We will have live music once again during the reception, this time provided by Jim Mantey. And, in celebration of a working elevator, we will be giving elevator rides with our very own elevator operator. Tours of the downstairs theatre space will also be available. Plan to join us on Friday, July 28 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for an exciting evening of art, wine, hors d’oeuvres, music, and elevator rides.
The current exhibits will be up through September 24.
Special thanks to Exhibit Sponsor: Eagle Ridge Realty
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Elevator tours - one night only - with Office Manager Stephanie! | |
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Golf Outing
Thursday August 3, NOON
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The enthusiastic group at the 2022 Golf Outing. | |
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Galena Center for the Arts
Junior Advisory Board
Monday, August 7, 5pm
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We welcome additional members to our newly forming Junior Advisory Board! Please join us Monday, August 7th at the Center.
Requirements:
- At least 17 years old.
- Become either an individual or student member of the Galena Center for the Arts at $40 or $15 a year, respectively. Sponsorships could be available.
- One meeting per month – must attend at least 8.
- Commit to at least one-year on the Board.
For more information, please contact Stephanie Beck at officemanager@galenacenterforthearts.com
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Quilters Auditions
Sunday, August 6
2-3:30 pm
Tuesday, August 8
7-8:30 pm
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Announcing auditions for our production of Quilters, which will be performed October 12-15 and 20-22. Directed by Carole Sullivan, with musical direction by David Resnick.
Quilters, a musical about pioneer women in the 1870’s, calls for an ensemble of women who sing and act, ages late teens through 50’s.
Auditions will take place in the theatre at the Center. Bring a song, we will have an accompanist available.
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Songwriters Showcase
Jim Burnham and Rich Matz
Thursday, August 10, 7:00pm
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The August Showcase features two great local talents! Jim Burnham (left) is a photographer, programmer and songwriter from Illinois - with a love of time-lapse, clouds and composing both photos and music. Rich Matz (right) has been playing and writing music as a solo artist for decades. His musical influences vary from classical to jazz, blues, hard rock, folk, bluegrass and reggae.
We’ll be outdoors if it’s nice weather, or we can go into the performance space if weather is bad. Bring a picnic if you like! Beverages will be available.
Special thanks to sponsors Mark and Mary Ellen
Free, donations appreciated.
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Red, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Play, will be offered as a table reading on Thursday, August 24.
Written by John Logan, Red is a moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Mark Rothko. The action unfolds over the course of two years as Rothko and his young helper work on the famed murals that were to have hung at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York.
Red will feature Ron Jenkins as Rothko, and Ben Jenkins as Ken, his helper. Tracy Jenkins will be the narrator.
Suggested donation: Students $5, Adults $10
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Youth Scene Study
July 31-August 4
Ages 10-13
Use your voice, body, and imagination to create believable situations and characters. Learn how putting your attention on your partner builds a compelling relationship onstage. Friends and family are invited to attend a Friday afternoon showcase to watch students perform improvisational or scripted scenes. Instructor, Cindy Tegtmeyer
Ages 10-13. Class size max of 12
Only 4 spots left!
$125 for the week
scholarships available
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After a brief hiatus in July, figure-drawing classes will resume from 1:30 -3:30 p.m. every Thursday in the downstairs classroom. We provide the model and props; artists need to bring their own supplies. $10 per session. | |
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Space Scapes Felting Class
by Larissa Distler
Thursdays, September 7, 14 & 21, 5-6:30pm
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Milky Way felted piece by Larissa Distler | |
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If you have visited our Center, you have likely admired Larissa Distler’s felted jewelry in our gift shop and her art in past gallery exhibits. Larissa, a self-taught felter of nearly twenty years, will teach an introduction to pictorial needle felting for beginners through slightly more intermediate. In this class, students will learn about the different supplies, needles, and roving needed for needle felting, which is a dry technique - no water is used. By the end of the class, students will have a finished felted space scape, mounted in an embroidery hoop for hanging and a set of needles, foam, wooden grip, and leftover roving to keep.
The felting class will run on three consecutive Thursdays, beginning on September 7 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Click here for additional information and to register.
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Shades of Blue
An introduction to indigo, the world’s oldest natural dye
by Patricia Lehnhardt
Friday-Saturday, September 8-9, 9am-4pm
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You still have time to register for this fascinating class that combines the plant world with the art world. In this two-day class, Patricia Lehnhardt will guide you through how to grow the plants in your own garden, process the leaves into a dry pigment to use later, and do fresh leaf dyeing on wool yarn and silk fabric. Lehnhardt will guide participants in using powdered indigo from India to make a ferrous vat to dye cotton and linen fabrics, paper, and learn more ways to use the pigment, such as ink and watercolor paint. Click here for additional information and to register. | | |
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Start warming up those vocal cords! Summit Street Singers, our community chorus, will start again in September.
We are in process of interviewing for our choral director, so if you have someone that you think would be a good fit, tell them to contact Carole at info@galenacenterforthearts.com.
Details to come in next month's newsletter!
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Sept 22 Cemetery Walk Performance
Oct 12-15, 20-22 Quilters
Oct. 19 Embrace the Experience Gala
Oct. 30 Julien Chamber Choir concert
Nov. 24 Opening of Model Train Show
Nov. 30 Dec.1 John Erickson Trio Christmas concert
Dec. 10 Tuba Christmas
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Recent Activities
at the Center
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Many hands made light work as we kicked off our membership drive with an envelope stuffing party. | |
Our Teen Theatre Intensive camp was great fun, and offered many learning experiences for young actors. Subjects covered were Audition Techniques, Stage Combat, Improvisation, Scene Study, Technical Tips, and How to Sell a Song. Thank you to instructors Cindy Tegtmeyer, Joe Klinebriel, Jay Dickerson, Jan Lavacek, Carole Sullivan, and helper Sam Klinebriel and accompanist Sarah Roodhouse. | |
Calvin Coohey (L) and Feast of Mutton (R) put on a fantastic July Showcase | |
K. Kreisler Gender Art Discussion | | |
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K. Kriesel led an eye-opening discussion of Gender in the Art World. | |
Thanks to volunteers Julie Ferring, Kathy Filipiak, and Matt Orbell, we finished painting the white pedestals in record time, and they look great. Watch for an upcoming date to paint the black pedestals. | |
- Elizabeth Boggess
- Lovie Campbell
- John Cox
- Michael Crawford
- Jay Dickerson
- B'Ann Dittmar
- Mike Doland
- Cathy Dorwick
- Janet Eggleston
- Cathie Elsbree
- Cathy Elwell
- Ilisa Farrell
- Kathy Filipiak
- Sheila Haman
- Joan and Dick Harmet
- Terri Jackman
- Al Jirkovsky
- Nancy Kenney
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- K. Kriesel
- Patricia Lenhardt
- Nancy McMenamin
- Paul McMenamin
- Marion Roberts
- Denise Spielman
- Carole Volerie
- Dennis Waltman
- Leslie Waltman
- Connie Warnsing
- Lenny Wayne
- Teresa White
- Andy Willis
- Karen Wilson
- Sandy Winge
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- Scotch tape
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- Postage stamps
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Time to get involved! We still need greeters for the gallery and volunteers to help with serving at openings, ushering at music and theatre events, garden maintenance, painting, and more!
If you would like to help out as a greeter, please go to
Signupgenius.com and scroll down to choose the dates you would like to help. It’s not hard, and it’s so much fun to meet other art lovers and show off our wonderful new space. For other volunteer opportunities, email Carole.
Thanks so much!
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Please help us to advance our mission to
elevate and celebrate regional arts and artists.
To donate online click on This Link, or send your check to:
The Galena Center for the Arts
971 Gear Street, Galena, Illinois 61036
(815) 402-3111
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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. | |
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This program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. | |
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Newsletter produced by Dennis Waltman | | | | |
