The Leaf Project,
Trees…Branching Out
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Dear Friends of the Arts,
We have been joyfully overwhelmed by the number of people who have renewed their memberships or started new memberships during July, many sending additional donations, knowing this is a hard time for the Arts. We can’t thank you enough for your votes of confidence in the Center! It warms our hearts, and gives us courage for the future.
While it still is not safe for us to be together, we continue to encourage artists to create, and to make art accessible to all via virtual content. We find that people from other states, and even other countries, are watching it! A surprise benefit for all.
I hope you have been following our “Celebrating Art in Our Lives” videos on our YouTube channel. The last one in that series, “Inside a Table Reading”, created by Susan Barg, will be published on August 4.
We have links to all of the videos below.
There are some exciting new projects in the works. Stay tuned!
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Become a Member
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Please Donate
Please help us to advance our mission to
elevate and celebrate regional arts and artists.
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To donate online click on
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, or send your check to:
The Galena Center for the Arts, 219 Summit Street, Galena, IL 61036.
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Our galleries will reopen when it’s safe
for our patrons, artists, and staff.
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Trees…Branching Out
A Virtual Exhibit
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Our virtual exhibit continues on our website. Over twenty artists have contributed to the flip-book in photographs, paintings, sculpture, stitchery and poetry.
Robert Rivoire’s beautiful slideshow is also in our exhibit and on YouTube. An essay, read by
Ron Jenkins, accompanies the photos. It is a tranquil homage to the gentle trees that inhabit our landscape.
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Click on the image above to view the exhibit
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Celebrating Art in Our Lives
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Videos were released on YouTube every few days. We had
fun putting it together and hope you like it!
Here’s the schedule (
blue
are active):
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- Aug 4 -- Inside a Table Reading
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Songwriters Showcase
August Schedule
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While it's not safe to welcome you into the Center’s performance space for a Songwriters Showcase, we will still be bringing you music by posting a new virtual Songwriters Showcase on YouTube every Thursday until we can get back to regular live performances.
We’ll let you know whose performance we are posting each week on our
Facebook
page.
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The schedule for August is:
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Check out the active videos below!
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So many of us miss singing with a choir. We look forward to the end of the pandemic, when it will be safe to sing together again.
Galenians Carole Sullivan and Jean Dregne were able to sing in
the
new Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir, which recently premiered the recording of “Sing Gently,” which included 17,572 singers from 129 different countries. This project was an amazingly large undertaking, including music in Braille for blind singers, and having the song signed for the deaf, which is equally beautiful to watch. Eric, the composer, feels that music is an art form that truly brings people together…and that now, of all times, we need to be gentle with each other, and come together.
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Here is a
YouTube
link to an
interview
with Eric
Whitacre.
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Here is a
YouTube
link to the
song.
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The Center has an exciting new project, generously supported by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council.
We will be putting together a virtual concert to premiere in October, called “COVID-19 Galena, the Story in Song”. The concert will consist of all new music created by our regional Songwriters, about their experiences during the pandemic. The final concert will also be put into a CD format, which will be both an artistic and historic reflection of our time in isolation.
Songwriters are requested to go to our website using this link,
Galena Center for the Arts
, where they will find an application form, details of the project, suggested theme ideas, where to send files, and deadlines.
Selected artists will receive a stipend, and will record the song in their own place of shelter. Songs must be entered by September 15 to be considered.
You don’t have to be a professional Songwriter to enter. We look forward to hearing your music and inspirations!
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Call for Art -- Looking Up!
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Karen Wilson’s thread painted interpretation of Barbara Baird’s photograph of Texas Green Jays
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With the success of
Trees…Branching Out,
we are moving on to the next exhibit, which will launch September 8.
Looking Up! is
the theme. This is all about what you see: clouds, birds, rainbows, kites, planes, the night sky, or possibly superheroes! Use your creativity to share what you might see if you simply looked up. Photography, paintings, sculptures, stitchery, poetry, short essay—all welcome!
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Art that Stands Out in its Field
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Galena Center for the Arts is seeking Scarecrows! Dig deep into your closet and discover some worn out clothes to dress a wooden frame to be displayed at the Center or anywhere around Galena. We encourage you to make a scarecrow and put in your yard, place of business, or our field. If you would like to display it
in
our field, we’d like it delivered to the Center by September 15. We’ll give you more specifics when we get closer to that date for a socially distanced drop off. We will have signs available to display with your 'crow with the Galena Center for the Arts logo.
There will be no security for them, and we are not responsible for any vandalism or theft. Therefore, don’t use a diamond tiara for your scarecrow, or expensive alligator shoes! Use whatever materials you prefer, with the knowledge that they will be displayed outdoors for several weeks. We expect a height range of 5–7 feet.
The scarecrows will be reviewed for appropriateness and should one be found to be offensive, controversial, or political, the creator will be asked to either change its message or remove the display.
This could be a great family or friends project, and all ages are welcome to participate. Please let us know if you would like to join in the fun of promoting Galena Center for the Arts with a scarecrow in Galena.
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We now have one studio immediately available to rent for $100 a month. A dedicated space may be just the thing you need to get back to your creative expression. Join a group of like-minded studio artists, be inspired by the regional artists who display work in our galleries, and display your art on the adjacent wall in the Artists Circle.
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for a tour and information about renting studio space.
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- Aldrich House
- Josie Asta
- Susan Barg
- Ben Behlke
- Elizabeth Boggess
- Marty Busch
- Paul Chase
- Marcus de Jesus
- Jay Dickerson
- Larissa Distler
- Janet Eggleston
- Al Elsbree
- Megan Gloss
- Richard Hess
- Ron Jenkins
- Jan Lavacek
- Patricia Lehnhardt
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- Carol Mantey
- Paul and Nancy McMenamin
- Courtney Moser
- Will Mueller
- Emily Painter
- David Resnick
- Bob Rivoire
- Margaret Scott
- Patricia Terry
- Irene Thraen-Borowski
- Ronn Toebaas
- Denise Tollensdorf
- Dennis Waltman
- Lenny Wayne
- Mackenzie Witman
- John Woodin
- Rob Woodin
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- Spread the word to join the Galena Center for the Arts as a member!
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Support us with AmazonSmile Foundation Donations
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We invite you to show your support for the Center when shopping on Amazon. We are now established as a charitable organization for contributions via the AmazonSmile Foundation. The Foundation will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to us whenever you designate the Center as the charitable organization of your choice.
Here’s how to support the Center:
- Visit smile.amazon.com (you need to follow this step each time you designate donations).
- Log in with your regular Amazon account information.
- Select “Galena Center For The Arts Inc” as your charitable organization choice.
- Begin shopping.
Thank you for your support! We truly appreciate your thinking of us when shopping with Amazon!
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Become a Member
Did you know you can become a member online?
Click
HERE
for information about our membership program.
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Please Donate
Please help us to advance our mission to
elevate and celebrate regional arts and artists.
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To donate online click on
This Link
, or send your check to:
The Galena Center for the Arts, 219 Summit Street, Galena, IL 61036.
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Please forward our newsletter to your friends and relatives. They can click below to receive their own monthly update. Thanks for sharing our news with others!
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This program is supported in part by an award from The Chicago Community Foundation, from the Arts Work Fund – Arts for Illinois Emergency Relief Fund housed at The Chicago Community Trust.
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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 funded in part by
the Illinois Humanities.
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This project is supported in part
by an award from
the National Endowment for the Arts.
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This program has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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Newsletter produced by Dennis Waltman
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