The mission of the Lawrence Arts Center is to enrich individuals and the community by nurturing love of the arts through education, exploration, and expression. Our vision is to be a center of excellence, embracing innovation while honoring tradition and welcoming all people and ages. As the unifying leader in the Lawrence arts community, we will be a vital resource by both attracting artists and promoting the public’s support of the arts.
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Executive Director Susan Tate | susantate@lawrenceartscenter.org Theater and Film Program Director Ric Averill | ricaverill@lawrenceartscenter.org Dance Program Director Candi Baker | candi@lawrenceartscenter.org Exhibitions Director Ben Ahlvers | ben@lawrenceartscenter.org 940 Dance Company Artistic Director Susan Rieger | susanrieger@lawrenceartscenter.org Arts-Based Preschool and Early Childhood Education Director Linda Reimond | preschool@lawrenceartscenter.org Business Director Rick Yarnell | business@lawrenceartscenter.org Technical Director Danny Rogovein | dannyr@lawrenceartscenter.org Board of Directors Lindy Eakin, President Grace Carmody Tom Carmody Bill Carswell Carol Ann Carter Julie Carter Larry Chance Ellen Chindamo Steve Fredrickson Brian Horsch Lisa Leroux-Smith Michel Loomis Molly Murphy Mike Orozco Kate Harding Pohl Maria Preston-Cargill Dan Schriner Evan Williams Lawrence Arts Center is a not-for-profit educational corporation. This program is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Susan Tate PHOTO BY MIKE YODER
This afternoon as I stood in the Arts Center discussing the Lawrence premiere of earthwork with the film’s creators, a troupe of middle school zombies paused in their parade to observe a performance of young ballerinas en pointe. Photographic works by Bill Snead and John Gary Brown lined the wall, Ardys Ramberg had just completed her three-dimensional work “Wild,” CASA’s casitas covered three long tables. One gallery held an installation by our ceramics artist-in-residence, a second the work of 10 regional artists; our front gallery awaited transformation by a textile artist. In the theater, a young tech crew was building sets for HAMLET AND ZOMBIES. Fifty-five high school Summer Youth Theater actors returned from an afternoon at the Spencer Museum of Art studying social protest photographs and posters in preparation for HAIR. Every day, the Arts Center is our intersection of art, scholarship, social mission, and education.
We are committed to constant, dynamic interaction in a highly collaborative environment within the Lawrence Arts Center and across the community. Celebrating our 35th anniversary, we offer organizational stability combined with diversity and the intentional, chaotic interplay that generates creativity and innovation. In these pages, you will see a glimpse of what more than 100 visual artists, teachers, dancers, actors, and musicians will offer this fall. Visual and performance arts play a catalytic role in our lives, spurring creativity and innovation in ourselves and our children. Please join us as an artist, a seeker, a student, a performer, a leap-taker, an audience member, an adult, or a child.
Susan Tate Executive Director
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