Just take a gander at this list and know that YOUR membership is important in helping the arts council maintain a space for community gathering, teaching, for artists and creatives.
After reading the list check out how you can win a POT of Goodies at the bottom of the blog post.
What Happened at YSAC in 2015
Foundry Theater-YSAC
Helped Make It Happen
Fiscal Sponsorship for
many art groups and individual artists
Insurance Coverage for
art projects
New PermanentCollection Stewardship Committee formed:
mission written, donor
agreement written, new brochure and up dated map made
Added Local Art
Aquisitions to the Permanent Collection
Art Roulette
Fundraising Campaign designed by Jerome Borchers and the Board
January:
We mentored 2 Antioch
Miller Fellows until the end of June.
“Homegrown Art” A YS Art History Night
Featuring YSAC
Permanent Collection
and The YS HistoricalSociety Art Collection
Antioch University
Midwest Reception
YS Art History Talks-6
Local Speakers
live music by Scott
Randall Lindberg and Amy Blue
January 29th
Sew In
YSTC held auditions
for Godspell in our backroom
YSKP holding their board meetings in our art
space.
We mentored Antioch
student, Aubrey Hodapp in her self directed co op.
She volunteered 15 hours with us per
week.
She designed and taught a 6 week course, at
the gallery
in “Art Journaling.”
February:
“Songwriters Concert Series”
Featuring:
Mitch Coleman, Scott
Randall Lindberg & Amy Blue
February 7th
In the Gallery:
“Family and Other
Animals”
The Members Show
Festuring 36 artists
February 20th-March
15th
Member’s Show and
Party! Wine, good food, games, prizes,
Award Ceremony with 5
Awards given and voting for “People’s
Choice Award”
Live Music by Piano
Player Mitch Coleman
Sew In
March:
“Songwriters Concert Series”
Featuring:
Marianne Kesler, Tony Powers and Mark Laurens
Arts Alive! Performance Series
"IMPLICATED" a new work by Performance Artist Ri
Molnar. IMPLICATED explores the ways in which our lives are interwoven. This is an evening of interactive and
durational performance art.
Saturday March 14th
Art Sampler
Class
Calligraphy and
Handwriting Class
Taught by Ann
Bain
In the Gallery:
#ysgram
Instagram
photographers: Amy Hable, Corrine Bayraktaroglu, Talitha Green, Sandi Sharp,
Steve Ali, Lori Gravley, Julius Eason and Adrian Cosby. March 20th-April 12th
March 20th-April 12th
Sew In
April:
YSAC Building Design Contest
Coloring pages given
out to community to help design new look for the gallery
3 designs chosen-
voting on FB Winner to receive prizes!
After School Kids Art Program
Ran for 6 weeks
Taught by Tricia
Tallman
Rehearsal for WVOL
“Songwriters Concert Series”
Saturday April
4rth
Arts Alive!
Lo Sparks,
A Yellow Springs
Classic Rock Band
Which forays into original and uncharted
music-scapes
Saturday April 11th
In the Gallery:
“Figural Painting”
All About the Human
Body and Face
Work by Tom Verdon
April 17th-May
10th
Art Sampler Class
2/D Mixed Media
Collage Class
taught by
Jennifer Bachelder
April 19th
Sew In
May:
The Permanent Collection Stewardship Committee holds first
meeting-10 volunteers
“Songwriters Open Mic Night”
Concert Series
Saturday May 2nd
Arts Alive!
Songs For All Of Us,
featuring solo vocalist, Jennifer Gilchrist, and Vocal Vortex, a 13
member choral group led by Mark Munger.
Saturday May 9th
In the Gallery:
“Pleasure In a Pathless Woods”
Artist Michael Lynch
May 15th-June 14th
Hootenanny
May 16th
Art Sampler Class
Creative Fun with Water Color
Taught by Libby Rudolf
June
YS High School-End of year Judging the Art Show
Weekly Kids Art Classes
Taught by Anna Burke
Yellow Springs Hootenanny
June 20th
The YS Public Art
group gave out the VIDA award in the gallery during Art Stroll.
We gave advice and
help to get out the word
for The YS Resilience Network logo and Green
Guide Contest
In the Gallery:
“Flora”
A Garden Celebration
Work by
Dianne Collinson , Kit Crawford and Dennie Eagleson
June 19th-July 12th
Art Sampler Class
Paper Mache Wall Masks
Taught by Margrit Tyddings-Petrie
June 21st
“Captivating Jordan”
Jordan Arts and Culture Presentation by Jumana Snow
YSAC Antioch Miller Fellow
June 26th
Henna Classes
Taught by our Miller
Fellow- Jumana Snow
July:
Weekly Kids Art Classes
Taught by Anna Burke
Arts Alive! Performance Series
YS Multi-Arts Fest
Featuring Visual and
Performing Artists of Yellow Springs plus food and art vendors.
Kids Art workshop,
Arron Sanders,
Egyptian Breeze, Borenya W. African Percussion Playshop, Eric williams, Booth
Family Drummers, Maiya Celeste, Yoseph Shepard, Zane Gerlach, Gin Soake
dAngels, with live painting by A. Burke and A. Chereton, Soul Fire Trib,
Saturday July 11th
In the Gallery:
Work by
Monday Morning Artists
July 17th-August
16th
15 Artists in the show
4 different Watercolor
Workshops were taught by the Monday Morning Artists-
Sandy Kinnamon, Libby
Rudolf, Mary Cargan, Yuki Hall
1 Finger Knitting
Workshop- Taught by their youngest member, homeschooler Clara Rose
A 3 piece high school
jazz group played on the inside stage
Hootenanny
July 18th
Sew in
Henna Classes
Taught by our Miller
Fellow- Jumana Snow
August:
YS Japanese Experience group meet
to continue the planning of Antioch/Arts Council
partnership 10 Day Experience.
Weekly Kids Art Classes
Taught by Anna Burke
Arts Alive!
Black Lives Matter, an
evening of poetry and music with members of Miami Valley BLM and Yellow Springs
community. Bomani Moyenda, John Booth, G. Scott Jones, Furaha Henry Jones,
Yolanda Simpson, Cheryl Smith, Lori Askland, Prophessor X, Lindsay Burke, Maiya
Thornton-Hodge, Talis X, and Issa Walker
Saturday August 8th
In the Gallery:
"A Green Desire"
Work by Jeff Mellot
August 21st-September 13th
Hootenanny
August 22nd
Henna Class
Taught by Our Miller Fellow Jumana Snow
Sew In
Art Sampler Class
Essential Ways To See For Drawing
Taught by Margrit Petrie
Groovy Art Market
September:
Art House Hop
September 5th
Seven Yellow Springs’ Art Collectors open their homes for a
one-day
Self Guided Tour of their private art collections.
Arts Alive! Performance Series
“YS Live Poetry
Society”
Poetry Reading
featuring four Yellow Springs Poets,
Maxine Skuba, Yvonne
Seon, Robert Paschel, and Warren Kearney
Saturday September
12th
6 local Artists
holding an Outdoor Art Market
In the Gallery:
“The Sunflower Show”
Group Show of 32 Artists
Presented by Tecumseh Land Trust. Hosted by The YSAC Gallery
September 19th-October 11th
Hootenanny
September 19th
Sew in
Art Sampler Class
Drawing Sunflowers in
Charcoal
taught by Jennifer
Rosengarten
September 20th
October:
The Zombie Walk event organizers
asked to use our patio for face painting etc.
In the Gallery:
“Explorations of Dreams and
Memories"
work by Sharri Phillips
October 16th-November 8th
Hootenanny
October 17th
Art
Sampler Class
Beveled Glass Window
Ornaments
Taught by Talitha
Greene
October 18th
November:
Arts Alive! Performance Series
The Celtic Year with
Irish duo, Four Schillings Short,
featuring music,
poetry, and stories celebrating the Celtic wheel of time.
Saturday November 14th
In the Gallery:
“Locked In: Team 2”
Nathaniel Foley, Brandon Lowery and Jesse Thayer
Can 3
Artists, in 3 Days look through 3 Boxes of random “stuff”
and together
create an Art installation?
November
13th-November 30th
Art Sampler Class
Needle felted Ornaments
Taught by Tricia Tallman
November 15th
Hootenanny
Nov. 21st
December:
In the Gallery:
Holiday Art Jumble
December 5th-31st
First Dibs-Pre Opening party and sale for members
December 4rth
Arts Alive! Performance Series
Holiday Concert with “Heartstrings,”
a four woman group which plays both vocal and instrumental
music with a signature blend of acoustic instruments drawing from Celtic and
Appalachian traditions with tastes of Scandinavian, Italian and Klezmer. And a
Dessert Bake-Off featuring desserts made by community members.
Medals and Prizes to the Winners of the Bake off!
Dec. 12th
Dec. 19th Hootenanny
March Madness Membership Challenge
Win the Magnificent, Much To Be Desired Prize Pot.
To play become a member of Arts Council during March! If you already are a member start playing!
All members are eligible to win the Prize Pot. (Everything in the pot goes to one winner!)
So What is in the Pot?
- A Dozen Homemade Egg Rolls (Nancy's Best) to be delivered whenever you want
- 2 tickets to our own Little Art Theater
- A Batch of Yummy Homemade Cookies or a loaf of Home Made Bread
- A $25 Gift Card to Target or Panera (winner's choice)
- A $20.00 Gift Card to Tom's
- A Gift Card for Sunrise Cafe
- Gorgeous Hand Crafted Jewelry by a local artist
- Wonderful Wine
- Delicious Jamaican Meat Patties
- The Jonatha and Harold Wright DVD: “Pieces from Our Story Quilt”
- The Yellow Springs Tale Spinners 2 CD set of scary adult tales: “Revenge of the Possum and Other Tales That Will Haunt You”
- Plus Jonatha Wright has offered the winner 30 to 40 minutes of storytelling for an event that the winner plans. (Child’s Birthday Party, Adult Birthday, Halloween Party, Family Reunion…for a Sunday through Thursday event.) To be arranged at your and her convenience.
- An Afternoon Tea Party: 6-8 adult guests; served at the winner's home; with 3-4 types of Tea; 12 delectable home made goodies - savory and sweet; with beautiful tea pots, tea cups, tablecloths, napkins, and serving ware provided. The tea will be served and the dirty dishes carted away after the tea. If wanted a short History of Tea can be included. Date that works with Sue Hawkey's calendar and the winner's.
How Do you Win?
The player that gets the most people to join Arts Council during March wins. I'm playing, I want to win the Pot! You can play too! Someone's going to win, can't wait to find out who!
How does it work?
It's easy:
Ask people to join YSAC.
Tell people that the Arts Council's Membership Drive is a Game for all our members, and they can help you to win the Prize Pot!
Give out membership forms (Get them at the gallery, 111 Corry St. Wednesday-Sunday 1-4 or at at Unfinished Creations. Put your name, in the corner, on them.)
Or tell people they can sign up online, at our web site- www.ysartscouncil.org Ask them to fill in the “referred by” space with your name.
Winner will be announced at the beginning of April.
Tip: Look over our great web site, www.ysartscouncil.org to see what we offer- things like the online Artist Directory- which any artist can sign up for for free, or the AmazingPermanent Collection or the online Artist's Resource Directory (great for artists new to town,) or our Local Arts History Project (including a wiki that anyone can add local art history into,) fiscal opportunities for artist projects (you would not believe the number of art projects Arts Council has helped make happen over the years!), artist teaching opportunities, art class taking opportunities and space rental opportunities and even when needed, free shared space with art groups, for meetings and events.)
Tip: pick up some things to carry with you-to give to people you run in to- things like Holly Underwood's wonderful Membership Form and Brochure, the 2016 Season rack card or our new brochure (made by Stephen Rumbaugh) about the Permanent Collection. You can get these at the Gallery.
Why are we having this Membership Drive? It's simple. To keep the Community Gallery Space open. We are teetering on the edge, and need the support of many more members to survive. Every $30.00 membership can help. All together, we can make wonderful art events happen and support our local artists.