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June Newsletter

Make plans to stop by or compete at Galena ChalkFest

Saturday, June 15 from 8am - 3pm.

Dear Friends,

As I write this, I am feeling so grateful for all the artists and volunteers and friends that make the Center for the Arts a lively and welcoming place. Recently, I had a conversation with a member who spent an hour wandering in the gallery. He explained that he simply needed to turn off the television and take his mind off everything else by looking at the beauty in the room. That made me feel so good.

We want to be a feather in the cap of beautiful Galena, and are so delighted to welcome old friends and to make new ones. I love it when members proudly bring in visitors to the area to show them the art or to attend events. We want the arts to be accessible to everyone and all ages. We happily welcomed three school groups in May, who chose the arts as one of the attractions in Galena.

I hope you, too, will visit us regularly.



Looking forward to seeing you!

Carole

Become a Member!

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renew your membership, or donate online?

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To donate online click or send your check to:

The Galena Center for the Arts

971 Gear Street, Galena, Illinois 61036.

Center Open Hours

11am to 4pm, throughout the summer months, on

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Click here for the Center's Calendar

Current Exhibit

Regional Art Gallery &

Special Exhibit Space

Only several days remain to see this beauty by Nona Hyytinen in the Regional Art Gallery as well as the Barbara Heitzman and Pamela Hiatt special exhibit. The current show ends June 2^nd.

Coming Exhibits

Regional Art Gallery &

Special Exhibit Space

Opening Reception

Thursday, June 6 from 5 – 7pm

All new and amazing art will adorn the walls of the Regional Art Gallery from our valued regional artists for the upcoming show. Watch for your favorite local artists as well as new artists. Please plan to attend the Opening Reception on Thursday, June 6 from 5 – 7pm

This beautiful peony quilt by Amy Ottens will be part of upcoming show.

Planted: Trees

From roots to leaves, the walls of the Special Exhibit Space will feature trees in all their glory. Some ‘tree’ art may veer in abstract, political, or metaphorical interpretations of the theme. We welcome variety and creativity! Whether you love trees for their carbon-eating capacity, for providing shade, or for their inspiration, you are sure to find plenty to love in this show.

A stunning rendition of Effigy Mounds by Julie Ferring

Student Gallery

This month our student gallery features the work of Stockton High School and Middle School Art Students.

Under the direction of the District Art Teacher, Mrs. Dorothy Ramey, students in the Stockton art classes are challenged to explore many forms of making art and to create pieces with personality. With all three levels of art students - beginning, intermediate, and advanced - in the same class period, it encourages mentoring and working together to creatively solve problems and have fun doing it.

Tooling Foil for repurposed boxes

Current Events

Table Reading

Lettice and Lovage

 June 4 and 5 at 7pm

We welcome back to our stage Margaret Scott and Joan McGrath, actresses from Chicago who have graced our stage on several occasions. Don’t miss this charming comedy about an enthusiastic but too imaginative tour guide and the woman who is the official inspector from the historic trust who must deal with the situation. Other actors in the reading will be Bill Boggs, Laurie Malinowski, and Mark Sumpter as narrator.

Margaret Scott

Joan McGrath

Galena Center for the Arts - Illinois ARTS Council

Meeting at the Center Tuesday, June 11^th at 6pm

Galena ChalkFest

Saturday, June 15 from 8am-3pm

Sponsored by First Community Bank of Galena 

Plan to bring the family to chalk or to watch the chalkers in action, enjoy live music, and create in the kid’s drawing zone! Food and drink will be available for purchase.

We welcome featured artist Dan Leick!

Registration for the competition is open now, prizes awarded in five categories!

Entry fee is $20 per block (individuals or teams of up to four people.)

Click to register.

Songwriters Showcase - Solstice

Martin Koop

Thursday, June 20 at 7pm

Songwriters Showcase will take the outdoor stage on Thursday, June 20 from 7-9pm. We welcome singer/songwriter Martin Koop!

Emerging as a nationally touring Americana artist, Koop’s relentless pursuit of grit and groove, tone and well crafted stories are connecting with music lovers on the road on his tours and mini-tours. Funcoast Magazine referred to Koop as “Proof that Folk Music is alive and well.”

The 2016 Blue Sky Tour of the Southwestern US followed his well-received release of the Up Close CD featuring fourteen gritty, groovy songs about life and love and laundry. The Up Close album was selected by John Godfrey’s Radio Troubadour in April of 2018 as a “best new release.”

Refreshments available - Free to attend - Donations appreciated!

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Special thanks to sponsors Mark and Mary Ellen.

Plan ahead for summer!

Theater camp for kids,

led by Jay Dickerson

Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 19, for ages 10-13 (1-4pm each day). In this 5-day intensive acting class, students will have fun with theater games, explore improv skills and dive into some scene study work. Develop your skills in this beginning-level class!

Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26, for ages 13-18 (1-4pm each day). Students will learn--and perform on Friday--a radio show at the Galena Center for the Arts! They will perform sound effects, disappear into different characters, and get the feel of an actual radio show at the center, culminating with a performance of the show 3pm Friday.

$125 per student--Scholarships available.

Click for more information

Upcoming Classes

Guided Open Studio

Open Studio will continue from 1 – 3pm

but only on the second Monday of each month.

This will begin on June 10 and continue monthly thereafter.

• Practice the principles of drawing and painting in these facilitated classes (not instructed).
• Bring your own supplies and reference material.
• All mediums welcome, but please avoid products that emit toxic fumes.
• Cost: 5 dollars a class for members, 10 dollars for non-members.
• Studio open to beginners as well as seasoned artists.
• A still life will be set up in the classroom.

Figure Drawing

A reminder that the next figure drawing session will be Thursday, June 13 from 5 to 7pm and will be held thereafter on the second Thursday of each month.

Do not miss this opportunity to sketch a live model for only $10. Session facilitated by K. Kriesel.



Click for more information.

Intermediate Watercolor

Celebrate and express the light of your inner spirit! Bring your watercolor paintings up to a new level.  Barbara Mathews, a talented watercolorist from Janesville, WI, will be teaching Intermediate Watercolors at the Center on Aug. 10 and 11. Please click to see the Center's website for more information. Click to check out Barbara’s Facebook page to see the beautiful work she does!

Coming Events

Colm & Laura Keegan

with guest star Brian McGrane

Live in Concert on July 30

Celebrate an evening filled with the spirit of Ireland and Scotland, featuring songs that have touched hearts around the globe. Experience the magic of Colm & Laura Keegan's music, live in concert on July 30, in the theatre at the Center.

Get on the Waitlist Now

Want to create, but lack the space, the privacy, the quiet? Studio artists who currently rent a space at the Center cite all these reasons and more for loving their studios, and, currently, the waitlist is short!

If interested in a studio, please click to contact Sandra Evans by email.

Save the Dates

July 15-19 - Students age 10-13 theater camp

July 18 ----- Songwriters Showcase features Megan Bee

July 22-26 - Teen Theater camp

July 30 ----- Colm Keegan Irish Concert

Recent Activities at the Center

WGCA Radio Show

Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan

Many thanks to our sponsors: Baranski, Hammer, Moretta & Sheehy, Exact Pest Solutions, and Eagle Ridge Resort and Spa for your support for the comedy Lady Windermere’s Fan.

Jay Dickerson, Brian Schoenrock, Henry Anderson

and Mark Haman as Cicadas Broods 13 and 19.

Mimi Resnick, Jennifer Wolff and Emily Painter,

with David Resnick at the piano.

Dan Harms, our sound effects expert.---------

Galena High School Theatre Workshop Class

The Center welcomed the Theatre Workshop Class from the Galena High School for their premiere performance of Mystery on the Mountainside. This one act play was a collaborative production completely written, acted and produced by the 10 students in the Theatre Workshop class, guided by teachers Lillie Anderson-Beadle and Lilly Streich.

Songwriters Showcase

An enthusiastic audience greeted

Roy Schroedl and Scott Cornwell at Songwriters Showcase.

Roy Schroedl

Scott Cornwell playing one of

his home made banjos.

Volunteer Garden Cleanup

A small but mighty crew spent hours weeding and mulching the gardens around the Center. Many thanks to Dan Harms for donating a trailer load of mulch, and Karen Lenstra for tending the flagpole garden!

Ralph Hepola Jazz Concert

The audience was mesmerized by the music at the Ralph Hepola Jazz Concert. We were lucky to be one of the cities chosen to be on this tour, and we are so appreciative!

Seth Darby, bass----------------------Ralph Hepola, virtuoso tuba player

-------------------John Strickler, guitar-----------------------------------Daniel Pasquale, drums

Click here for the Center's Calendar

THANK YOU!

WISH LIST

• Smiling volunteers to welcome guests at our gallery reception desk.

Volunteer!

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!

All our volunteer opportunities are easily accessed through www.signupgenius.com.

On the main page, click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right. Don’t let the “Our Mind-reading Device is on the Fritz” message confuse you. Fill the “SEARCH FOR A SIGNUP” box with the email volunteers@galenacenterforthearts.com and all upcoming events will be visible. This includes Gallery Openings, Theatrical events, Gallery Greeters, etc. This should make it easier for everyone to match interests with activities.

Thanks so much!

All River Road Talent hosts a monthly art drive the first weekend of each month. All River Road Talent is a synergy of artists building a cultural and visitor awareness of artistic talent in the Galena region of Northwest Illinois. The next ARRT tour is June 7 - 9.

Please Donate

Please help us to advance our mission to

elevate and celebrate regional arts and artists.



To donate online click, or send your check to:

The Galena Center for the Arts

971 Gear Street, Galena, Illinois 61036

(815) 402-3111

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Newsletter produced by Dennis Waltman