Lawrence Arts Center by Lawrence Arts Center

F A L L 2 0 1 3 classes • performances • events • exhibits

you make the difference Creative Placemakers, 2013 Anonymous Kay and Tom Carmody Sarah Fayman Thomas D. Galloway Family

Jan and Jack Gaumnitz Anne and David Hollond Debby and Rocco Landesman Ellie LeCompte

Barbara Nordling Sally Hare-Schriner and Dan Schriner Susan and Brad Tate

Inspiration Society, 2013 Chris Barteldes Ray Fleming Gunda and Dave Hiebert Diane and Al Horning

Sheryl and Bud Jacobs The Bob Moore Family Pete Rowland Nicole and Dan Sabatini

Dru and Bill Sampson Paula and Miles Schnaer Doug Stull and Lori Norwood Evan Williams and Roger Walter

The Arts Center, a qualified 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is a creative gathering place, a place to be captivated by the power of art. Each year we welcome more than 200,000 patrons through our door and provide job opportunities to more than 150 visual artists and performers. We ask for the support of local businesses and individuals to make sure we can continue to be a resource for all in our community — scholarships, workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibits, and performances are just a few of the ways your support can make a difference! Thank you to all Arts Center donors.

Imagination Society, 2013 Ben Ahlvers Anonymous Jean and Justin Anderson Jeanne and Ric Averill Linda Bailey Jennifer and Eric Barton Susan and Jim Bateman Beverly Smith Billings Jack Collins and Bob McCaffrey Amanda Clark and Reid Bork Dorothy and Bob Bowline Karen and Keith Braman Anne and Wally Brockhoff Jolisa and Don Buchner Tim Caboni Grace and Tom Carmody Barbara and Bill Carswell

Carol Ann Carter Betsy and Tim Forcade Ellen and Brad Chindamo Colette and Ron Gaches Amy and David Clark Brenda Gadd The Stephen J Craig Family Melody and Joe Gatti Fund of the Douglas County Virginia and John Gaunt Community Foundation Sandra Gautt Ann Dean Matt Gilhousen Marilyn and Tom Dobski Bobbie and Steve Gish Vicki and Joe Douglas Kerry and Jeff Glasgow Clare Doveton Joan and Web Golden Kaye and Chris Drahozal Emily Hill and Burke Griggs Kelly and Gordon Dumesich Erin and Justin Hamilton Elizabeth Miller and Lindy Eakin Teresa and Chris Hanna Chris Wolf Edmonds and Saralyn Reece Hardy Steve Edmonds Terri and Tom Harper Gretchen and Mark Edwards Tracy Harrison and Vic Peterson Dana Fertig Tanja and Kelly Harrison

Susan and Jim Hasselle Jay Hauptli and Cindi Kroll Hauptli Deborah and Mike Orozco Sandra and Don Hazlett Tony Krsnich Vickie and Jim Otten Barbara and Jon Heeb Lisa Lala Nancy and John Parker Marcia and Stephen Hill Sacie and David Lambertson Amy and Chris Phalen Barbara and Steven Hillmer Jill and Mark LaPoint Angie Pickman Jackie and Russell Hilton Michel and Burdett Loomis Sally and Lynn Piller Marilyn and Brian Horsch Lois Orth-Lopes & Steve Lopes Katie and Ty Porter Heather and Matthew Hoy Alli and Shane Lopez Kim and Mike Rack Scott McBride Smith and Grace and Chito Manalo Mick Ranney Charles Hung Carrie and Jim Mandigo Durand Reiber and Marty Moore Robin and Terry Jacobsen Cindy and Michael Maude Sherri Soule and Tom Ruddy Stephen Johnson Kathy and Steve McDowell Jamie Rutledge Kay and Monte Johnson Carol and Gene Meyer and Deborah Woodall Betsy and Maurice Joy Dee and Mike Michaelis Leni and Neil Salkind Patty and Marty Kennedy Leigh and Greg Moore Elizabeth Schultz Laura Kirk and Paul Fellers Molly Murphy Lisa and Dolph Simons Karen and Ed Komp Melissa McCormick and Ed Noonen Alice Steuerwald

Pam and Mike Sullivan Marianne and Giles Thompson Jen and David Unekis Gail and Kevan Vick Margaret Weisbrod Morris and Jonathon Morris Annette and Ken Wertzberger Mary Wharff and Andy Bloomer Susie and Steve Wilson Judy and Jack Wright Doug Wolff and Nancy Yost

Thank you to these Lawrence businesses for their support of the Lawrence Arts Center (also see major sponsors on page 5) 715 AesthetiCare American Century Investments Ann Dean Photography Arizona Trading Company AT&T Foundation Au Marche Bartlett & West Beimer’s BBQ Berry Plastics Bittersweet Garden & Floral Black Hills Energy Boston Financial Data Services

Boulevard Brewing Company Bracker’s Good Earth Clay Capital City Bank CEK Insurance Checkers City Wine Market Community Mercantile CornerBank Cottin’s Hardware Creative Road Studio Dennis Brown Painting Douglas County Bank Dr. John Hay, DDS

First State Bank & Trust The Floor Trader Free State Brewing Company Fun & Games Gaches, Braden, and Associates Gould Evans Grandstand Sportswear Graham Enterprises Great Harvest Bread Co. Images Ingredient INTRUST Bank Invisible Hand Gallery

The Write Design Radiologic Professional McCaffrey-Collins Interior Design Johnny’s Tavern Toyota Services, P.A. McAlister’s Deli J&S Coffee Vinland Valley Nursery SafeCo McDonald’s of Lawrence Kennedy Glass Wal-Mart Security Benefit Morgan Stanley Smith Barney KU Credit Union Weaver’s Select One Security and Munchers Landmark National Bank Wheatfield’s Communications O’Malley Beverage Laugh Out Loud Wilkerson, Saunders, Anderson, DDS Stephens Real Estate Pachamamas Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists Yarn Barn Sunfire Ceramics Pediatric and Adolescent Lawrence Paper Company Sunflower Rentals, Inc. Medicine Liberty Hall Sylas & Maddy’s Pendleton’s Country Market Love Garden Sounds Teresa Mulinazzi Kempf, CFP Peoples Marinello School of Beauty Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Pew Charitable Trusts Mass Street Music The Raven Bookstore Prairie Elf Tree Farm Mass Street Sweet Shoppe

find yourself inside

Arts tutorials

Event rental space

Financial aid

The Arts Center teaching staff offer individual sessions in the areas of theater and film, acting, dance, metals, jewelry, glass, ceramics, photography, printmaking, and digital media. Rates begin at $35 per hour. To inquire or enroll, contact us at 785.843.2787.

The Arts Center is available for rental. Consider the lobby spaces and galleries for weddings and receptions. The versatile theater offers the perfect space for professional seminars and presentations. LEARN MORE ONLINE or contact Heather Hoy: heather@lawrenceartscenter.org.

Access to art is vital. Financial aid is available throughout the year for children and adults. Applications are available at the front desk and online at lawrenceartscenter.org.

enrolling is easy The Lawrence Arts Center offers progressive, sequential educational programming for preschoolers through adults in visual and performing arts. We invite beginners and adventurers of all ages as well as students who wish to follow a sequence of classes from early childhood through Arts Institutes for teenagers. Member prices are shown in parenthesis throughout class listings—become a member when you enroll! • Member enrollment begins July 28 • Open enrollment begins August 4 CALL 785.843.2787 and our staff will assist you in finding the perfect class to suit your interests and schedule.

VISIT 940 New Hampshire St. in Lawrence, KS and ask a staff member to assist you at the front desk.

BROWSE lawrenceartscenter.org and find class listings at the click of a button!

Once enrolled, you will receive a confirmation email from Arts Center staff with instructions on where to come, when to arrive, and what to bring. Classes are sometimes cancelled due to lack of enrollment. In this event, notification will be made two business days before the scheduled start date of the class. You will receive a full refund or helpful suggestions on possible substitutions when applicable. To receive a refund if you are cancelling your enrollment, please contact the Arts Center no later than five business days before the start date of the class to insure the Arts Center may fill classes.

join our community of supporters Become a member Members and donors are essential to the success of the Lawrence Arts Center, and we thank you for your financial support. If you are not currently a member, please consider joining us to support our mission of bringing arts education, performance, and contemporary exhibition to our community. Every membership and donation is vital to our ability to survive and strengthen our offerings. The Lawrence Arts Center is a qualified 501(c)(3) organization, so your contribution is tax-deductible as allowed by law. BE THE FIRST IN LINE! Members enjoy a full week of early enrollment, insuring availability of popular classes. MEMBERSHIP PAYS FOR ITSELF! Members enjoy a 10% discount on all class enrollments! Membership discounts cannot be used with other special offers, preschool tuition or for private sessions.

fall 2013 volume xv | no 3

CLASSES preschool and kindergarten......................8 1st-5th grade..........................................10 Wednesday early release days................ 10 6th-12th grade Arts Institutes.................12 adults arts........................................ 13/19 school of dance......................................21 performance opportunities..................... 23 special events........................................ 28

PERFORMING ARTS performing arts pullout calendar............ 16

EXHIBITIONS exhibits and art talks ............................24.

on the cover detail from Sliced Life, by Teresa Dunn, 2013

This catalog is published four times annually by the Lawrence Arts Center, and is made possible by our advertisers. If you would like to advertise in the course and events catalog please contact Heather Hoy, 785.843.2787 or heather@lawrenceartscenter.org. The Lawrence Arts Center is located at 940 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.

Lawrence Arts Center is a qualified 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization. Our members and donors are critical to the success of the Lawrence Arts Center, and we thank you for your financial support. If you are not currently a member, please consider joining us. Photographs in this catalog are by Ann Dean, Marlo Angell, Jessica Conner, Michael Manly, and Amy Albright.

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ROTARY OF LAWRENCE

O’CONNOR COMPANY, INC.—PILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION The Ross & Marianna Beach Foundation, Inc.

YORK CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee

STAY INFORMED! Sign up to receive weekly eBlasts with the week’s highlights at www.lawrenceartscenter. org or text LAC to 22828

fall highlights WOODFIRE SPECTACULAR featuring visiting ceramists John Balistreri and Dan Anderson, and Lawrence ceramic artist Ben

Ahlvers. Six weeks of classes and public events culminating in the October 19 anagama kiln opening. An Arts Center/ KU partnership. Limited space enroll now to reserve space. DINNER UNDER THE STARS | September 14

Lawrence Arts Center Dinner Under the Stars benefits our education scholarship fund, which opens the door to quality creative visual and performing arts education for all children. Join us for an evening where culinary distinction meets educational excellence under the extraordinary Kansas sky. The company, the food provided by Evan Williams Catering, and the reason are a don’tmiss experience. $250 per person. Watch for more information to come or contact Heather Hoy at heather@lawrenceartscenter. org. More information about Dinner Under the Stars can be found on page 6. Lawrence Print Week | September 14—21

Celebrate printmaking! Enjoy a week of demonstrations, exhibitions, collector’s presentations, studio visits and a print fair. This exciting project is a collaboration with Wonder Fair, the Printmaking Department at the University of Kansas, and the Spencer Museum of Art. For more about Print Week, see page 28. SWEENEY TODD | October 25 THRU November 2

Start your the Halloween season off right with Sondheim’s R-Rated musical thriller. Sweeney Todd is a chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime. Audiences will find themselves laughing hysterically and gasping in surprise with Chicago- based visiting artist Mark Rector, a Shakespearean actor, and the Free State Liberation Orchestra. See the Performing Arts pull out section, pages 16-17, for the 2013-14 season schedule.

introducing the 2013-2014 artists-in-residence 2013-2014 printmaking artist in residence John McCaughey holds a BFA in

printmaking from Rhode Island College and his MFA in printmaking from Ohio State University. John is interested in knowing more about the things people frequently ignore during their daily “point A to point B” routines. He works with commonly overlooked objects, such as advertisements, public bulletin boards, QR codes, surveillance cameras and abstract painted shapes that are used to conceal graffiti. Together, he sees these objects as part of a peripheral canvas; the colorful blur of unimportant information that becomes the backdrop of an urban experience. He utilizes these things as tools to begin a dialogue between the viewer and his work. Learn more about John and his work at j o hnmcc au g heyar t.co m.

2013-2014 ceramics artist in residence Kyla Strid was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska

and graduated with a BFA in ceramics from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Upon graduating she adopted a nomadic lifestyle, crossing the country to work at Alfred University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Clay Studio of Missoula, Red Lodge Clay Center, and with Andy Brayman in Kansas City. Her work focuses on exploring notions of home as an emotional space. Her work is infused with the people, places, moments and things that are associated with the feeling of home in the form of everyday objects that might at first be unnoticed, but hold a depth of emotion. Her pots are fortified with drawing patterns and rhythms from nature that she encounters in the day to day cycles of life. See her work and complete bio on her website, kyl astri d.com.

John and Kyla will live in Lawrence, work at the Arts Center, and teach in our studios all year. Both artists bring a wealth of experience, enthusiasm, and skills to Lawrence. Thank you to these donors for their generous support of our Visiting and Resident Artist Program: Ellie LeCompte, Anne and David Hollond, Sarah Fayman, Lori Norwood and Doug Stull, the Thomas D. Galloway Family, Jan and Jack Gaumnitz, Sally Hare-Schriner and Dan Schriner, Nicole and Dan Sabatini, and Kay and Tom Carmody, as well as many who joined in to “Raise the Paddle” at our 2013 Benefit Art Auction. Funding is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The mission of the Lawrence Arts Center is to enrich individuals and the community by nurturing love of the arts through arts education, performance, and exhibition. We embrace 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 publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support of the arts.

Chief Executive Officer Susan Tate | susantate@lawrenceartscenter.org

Stacy Galloway Haywood, Chief Operating Officer, Ric Averill, Artistic Director of Performing Arts, Susan Tate, Chief Operating Officer, Margaret Weisbrod Morris, Executive Director of Programs and Partnerships, and Ben Ahlvers, Exhibitions Director

from the director

Chief Operating Officer Stacy Galloway Haywood business@lawrenceartscenter.org Executive Director of Programs and Partnerships Margaret Weisbrod Morris margaret@lawrenceartscenter.org Exhibitions Director Ben Ahlvers | ben@lawrenceartscenter.org Marketing Director and Graphic Designer Amy Albright | amy@lawrenceartscenter.org

Dear Arts Center Friends,

Director of Digital Media Marlo Angell | marlo@lawenceartscenter.org

This summer, as always, we are immersed in the organized and creative chaos of thousands of children, teenagers, and adults working and playing in galleries and studios and on stages. Our elementary ArtSpace camps, designed around our Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math curriculum and taught by scientists and artists are bursting at the seams; these students cross paths with artists at work, hundreds of leotard-clad dancers, young actors in SYT productions of MacBeth, Pirates of Penzance, and Hairspray!, as well as gallery-goers and others who visit the Lawrence Cultural District, walking between historical sites, galleries, restaurants, and much more.

Artistic Director, Performing Arts Ric Averill | ricaverill@lawrenceartscenter.org

The Lawrence Arts Center is one of only 59 recipients of the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts 2013 Our Town grant. Through Our Town, the NEA supports creative placemaking projects that help transform communities into even more lively places with the arts at their core. The Lawrence Our Town project will support a 2014 and 2015 Film and New Media Festival in the Arts Center and especially along 9th street in the Lawrence Cultural District. The project also includes partnerships with the Boys and Girls Club and Van Go Mobile Arts.

Performing Arts Assistant Erika Gray | erika@lawrenceartscenter.org

And, also, as always, in the middle of summer, we are preparing for fall and beyond. This catalog is your invitation to join us as a student, actor, visitor, volunteer, artist, audience member, dancer, and patron of everything that happens here.

Development Director Heather Hoy | heather@lawrenceartscenter.org

I hope to see you at the Arts Center soon.

Curator of Education Laurie McLane-Higginson laurie@lawrenceartscenter.org

Sincerely,

Technical Director Chuck Grunau Production Stage Manager Heather Branham-Green stagemanager@lawrenceartscenter.org

Dance Education Specialist Jean Denney Grotewohl jean@lawrenceartscenter.org Studio Coordinator Jessica Conner | jessica@lawrenceartscenter.org

Office Manager Beth Murphy officemanager@lawrenceartscenter.org

PS Our fall benefit dinner, held September 14, will raise money for our Scholarship Fund. Details on page 6. Please join us!

special thanks to our major corporate sponsors McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Lawrence

E VA N W I L L I AM S

Arts-Based Preschool and Early Childhood Education Director Linda Reimond preschool@lawrenceartscenter.org Facility Maintenance Director Steve Richardson stever@lawrenceartscenter.org Board of Directors Emily Hill Dan Schriner, President Tom Carmody, Vice President Brian Horsch Sheryl Jacobs Larry Chance, Treasurer Tony Krsnich Jean Anderson Michel Loomis Tim Caboni Molly Murphy Carol Ann Carter Jim Otten Matt Gilhousen Dru Sampson Joan Golden Evan Williams Diane Horning National Advisory Board Rocco Landesman Judith Sabatini Mike MIchaelis Roger Shimomura Deanell Reece Tacha

Ple a s e j oin us f o r th e Law ren ce Ar ts Cente r

S c ho l ar s hip B e ne fit

Dinner

Under the Stars Saturday, September 14, 2013

Kansas Breeze Cocktails @ 5:30pm Kansas Luau Dinner @ 6:30pm

On the last Friday of every month, the Lawrence Arts Center features exhibitions, artist receptions and special events. Check the Final Fridays tab at lawrenceartscenter.org for scheduled events each month!

Williams House Estate Dinner prepared by Evan Williams Catering and meat provided by 715 Resturaunt Limited Seating RSVP by September 1st $250 per person Pro ceed s b en ef i t t he Law rence Ar t s Center Edu cation a n d S c h olar s h i p Pro grams, maki ng t he ar t s acce ssible to e ve r yon e. O ver t h e l ast 1 0 years, t hanks to t he ge ne orus s u p p or t of do no rs fro m o u r co mmu ni t y, th e Law ren ce Ar t s Center has di st ri bu ted mo re tha n $ 1 m i lli on to fami l i es i n D o u gl as Co u nt y.

Final Fridays are made possible by support from the Lawrence Arts Center, Downtown Lawrence, Inc., and the City of Lawrence

For more information or inclusion in listings, please contact Molly Murphy molly@lawrenceartscenter.org

L AW R E N C E A RTS C E NT E R F IN A L F RID AY E V E NTS A R E SPONSOR E D B Y

art is essential The Lawrence Arts Center promotes individual growth, and supports social, cultural, and economic vitality. The vision guiding our visual and performing arts education programs is to create an environment in which people work with artists and art educators to develop creativity, innovation,

Help us make art accessible. Contact us to find out how you can establish a scholarship fund, memorial, or bequest.

critical thinking, initiative, productivity, and cultural social skills while engaged in creative practice. These skills critically affect long term achievement and are essential aspects of a vibrant community. Community arts education at the Lawrence Arts Center helps to lay the foundation for a successful future for individuals and the community.

WAYS TO GIVE Ellie LeCompte Bequest

Ginny Meserve Art Scholarship Fund

Rebecca Zinn Creative Writing Class

Candi Baker Shoe Fund

“When I worked with an attorney to write my will, I established a bequest to the Lawrence Arts Center because it is a warm, lively and multi-dimensional place. While I am working in the print studio, there may be a dress rehearsal going on. Outside the print room door are various children and adults fully costumed. Another time, there are piano recitals of serious but worried young musicians. The window gallery on the west side has a new exhibit and it looks fun and interesting. There will be four plays/musicals with kids and teens. Even if I don’t go to the performances, just walking through I get to hear them practicing lines and songs. It feels alive, playful, and is generously open to all kinds and ages of people who want to actively engage in an art.....or two.”

Ginny Meserve Art Scholarship Fund has been established by her children to honor their mom and to promote, in her name, the arts in Lawrence. Throughout her years in Lawrence, Ginny freely shared her love of art and her artistic ability. She designed banners for her church, created covers for many community group booklets, and drew posters to help schools and other organizations promote their events. Ginny is a founding member of Art in the Park. She was specifically known for the tiny pictures she sold to children for pennies— she wanted every child to experience the joy of purchasing ‘art.’ She frequently shared her positive outlook on life through the whimsical drawings and notes she sent to the many people with whom she connected throughout the years. Ginny’s children hope the joy their mom shared through her artwork will be continued by the artists encouraged and supported through this scholarship fund.

The Rebecca Zinn Creative Writing Class was initiated as a tribute to Rebecca by her family following her untimely death June 29, 2012, at the age of 37. Rebecca graduated from Lawrence High School in 1992 and from Northwestern University in 1996 with a BA in American Literature. Susan Tate, Lawrence Arts Center director, was Rebecca’s American Lit teacher at LHS. Susan’s class was a favorite of Rebecca’s and influenced her choice of American Lit as her college major. Writing was Rebecca’s constant companion and source of release and refuge from an early age. Journals with personal thoughts, notes, quotes, and descriptive phrases she hoped to use in her writing were everywhere she happened to be. Her love of children influenced her decision to write poems and stories for young children. She was working on several projects at the time of her death. Our sincere hope is that this class will provide an opportunity for other children to find in writing a companion through which, either publicly or privately, their feelings, hopes, and imagination will come alive.

Candi Baker, School of Dance director from 1984-2013, grew our phenomenal program from two weekly creative movement classes to a comprehensive, diverse dance school with over 200 classes and 1600 students a year, encompassing a full school of ballet, contemporary modern dance, tap, jazz, multicultural dance, fitness and yoga, and numerous community dance productions. During her tenure, the dance program at the Arts Center provided a home base for two touring professional dance companies, and became the home of a Regional Dance America pre-professional company, the Lawrence Ballet Theater.

Establishing a bequest for a charitable organization is a simple process during end of life planning that allows donors to make gifts from their estates.

Dance shoes are costly. To help students defray this expense, we honor Candi and continue her legacy of making dance education available to any student who wishes to participate through the establishent of the Candi Baker Shoe Fund.

preschool

YORK CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION McDonald’s of Lawrence

28 YEARS OF INSPIRING THE CHILDREN OF LAWRENCE!

The Lawrence Arts Center’s Arts-Based Preschool offers a creative approach to learning reading, writing, science, and math for children ages 3 to 5. Music, sculpture, painting, drawing, and creative movement are an integral part of this award-winning program that provides social, motor, and creative experiences within a sound preschool curriclulum. This caring, thoughtful early education environment nurtures creative thinking, decision-making, imagination, and cultural awareness. Children must be fully toilet trained. Children who turn 3 years of age in September or October can enroll in the Tuesday/Thursday morning preschool class if space is available. For more information please contact Linda Reimond, preschool director, by phone at 785.843.2787, or email preschool@lawrenceartscenter.org.

Arts-Based Preschool is now enrolling for 2013-2014 school year.

What do young children need to do to get ready for school?

This leads to

•PLAY •EXPLORE •DISCOVER •CREATE •BE OUTDOORS •PROBLEM SOLVING •CREATIVE THINKING •IMAGINATION •CONFIDENCE •KNOWLEDGE—LOVE OF LEARNING •PHYSICAL & MENTAL DEVELOPMENT •GROWTH AS HUMAN BEINGS

youth art education The Arts Center’s youth arts education program encourages students to think boldly and express themselves in an exciting place that supports learning. In addition to building artistic skills, the focus for this age is on creativity, innovation, communication, flexibility, critical thinking and problem solving. From clay to creative writing, painting to plays, graphic design to film, instructors are professional teaching artists who inform and engage. Each week, students are invited to connect, invent, and expand their world.

save the date! October 1 thru November 1

Poinsettia Sale Beat the rush . . . the Arts-based Preschool will be selling poinsettia plants for the holiday season! Order online at lawrenceartscenter.org or call 785.843.2787 to order or have an order form sent to you beginning October 1. Orders will be due by November 1, and plants will be available for pick-up December 3 and 4. Proceeds benefit the preschool!

pre-k thru kindergarten PLAY. IMAGINE CREATE

AGES 2 THRU 5 VISUAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ART CLASSES

Coloring Outside the Lines

Ages 2-3 Linda Reimond This child/adult class allows you and your 2- or 3-year-old to explore the arts together. We will paint and play, sing and play, and print and play in this hands-on atmosphere. Plan to get messy, so play clothes are a must. Include a sibling for $10 day. FRIDAYS, 4 weeks, $60 ($54) FA-APC-1: Friday, Sept 20-Oct 11, 9:30-10:30am, FA-APC-2: Friday, Sept 20-Oct 11, 10:45-11:45am FA-APC-3: Friday, Oct 18-Nov 22, NO class Nov 1 & 8, 9:30-10:30am, $60($54) FA-APC-4: Friday, Oct 18-Nov 22, NO class Nov 1 & 8, 10:45-11:45am, $60($54) SATURDAY, 1 day, $20 ($18) FA-APCS-1: Saturday, Sept 28, 9:30-10:30am FA-APCS-2: Saturday, Oct 26, 9:30-10:30am FA-APCS-3: Saturday, Nov 16, 9:30-10:30am

Integrated Arts

Ages 3-5 Andria Devlin Integrated Arts is ideal for your child’s first class away from home, or as a supplement to traditional preschool programs. Students can enjoy the arts and learn through a variety of creative experiences. Play clothes a must! Child must be fully toilet trained. FA-API-1: Friday, Sept. 13-Nov.1, 1-3pm, $135 ($121.50)

Holiday Integrated Arts Ages 3-5 Andria Devlin

Children can get ready for the holiday season with a variety of creative activities. Some of these activities will include creating gifts, wrapping paper, and holiday cooking. Play clothes a must! Child must be fully toilet trained. FA-API-2: Friday, Nov 15-Dec 13, 1-3pm, $70 ($63)

Kindergarten Art Space: Where Art Pat Pisani and Science Meet

Students will explore art and nature, connecting artistic concepts or materials with scientific principles. Students get a jump start on their understanding of science by putting creative thinking and problem solving skills to use while creating art. New activities this fall. Current kindergarten students. FA-APK-1: Wednesday, Oct 16-Nov 6, 2:30-4pm, $60 ($54)

Holiday Happenings Megan King We will get ready for the fall/winter holidays with a variety of creative activities. Students will discover how various holidays are alike and different, share traditions, and share the holiday spirit. Play clothes a must! Current kindergarten students. FA-APK-2: Wednesday, Nov 13-Dec 11, 2:304pm, $60 For preschool dance classes, please see School of Dance listings on page 21.

December 6 & 7

Cookie Sale The annual Cookie Sale will begin with a “sneak peek” in conjunction with the Art Guild’s Holiday Art Fair. Stock up on wonderful holiday cookies for your seasonal festivities and cookie exchanges. Cookies sold by the pound. Proceeds benefit the preschool!

February 2014

The Pied Piper with Spencer Lott Join the Lawrence Arts Center preschool this coming February when New York City’s New Victory Theater artist Spencer Lott comes to share an interactive puppet performance with preschool families and young audiences. Watch our website and e-blasts for dates and times. All proceeds benefit the preschool scholarship fund.

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1st thru 5th graders Drawing & Painting Hannah Hurst

EXPLORE. DISCOVER. INVENT 1st-2nd Grade

Improv Theater for Kids Larry Mitchell Improvisation develops public speaking skills, fosters the ability to think on your feet and to deal creatively with diverse situations. Students work together as they focus on speaking and acting in front of a group while playing theater games in a playful, fun and laughter filled setting. FA-AYT182: Monday, Sept 9-Oct 14, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYT282: Monday, Oct 21-Nov 25, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) Mudpie Madness

Kim Brook Students will discover the magical qualities of clay to make handbuilt forms, bowls, creatures and anything else they can imagine while developing technical skills. FA-AYC142: Tuesday, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYC242: Tuesday, Oct. 22-Nov.26, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40)

Drawing and Painting Hannah Hurst Students will explore a variety of drawing and painting techniques and hone their artistic skills to discover their own unique artistic style. Students will learn how to draw and paint like some of the most famous 20th century artists. FA-AYD161: Thursday, Sept 12-Oct 17, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40)) FA-AYD261: Thursday, Oct 24-Dec 5, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40)

Arts Studio

Katie Alldritt

Students will explore a variety of 2D and 3D visual art mediums. FA-AYX014: Thursday, Sept 9-Dec 7, 1-3pm, 12 weeks, $172 ($154.80) FA-AYX114: Wednesday, Sept 11-Oct 16, 2:45-4:15pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYX214: Wednesday, Oct 23-Nov 27, 2:45-4:15pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40)

3rd -5th Grade

Clay Creations Grace Peterson / Sarita Mahinay

Students develop their unique artistic styles while learning the fundamentals of working with clay. FA-AYC161: Monday, Sept 9-Oct 14, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYC261: Monday, Oct 21-Nov 25, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYC181: Wednesday, Sept 11-Oct 16, 2:45-4:15pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYC281: Wednesday, Oct 23-Nov 27, 2:45-4:15pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40)

Students discover their unique artistic styles and the hallmark styles of major 20th century artists, while learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting. FA-AYD132: Tuesday, Sept 10-Oct 15, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYD232: Tuesday, Oct 22-Nov 26, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40)

Stop Motion Animation Larry Mitchell Students will explore the world of stopmotion animation using smartphones, tablets, and/or digital cameras. Students will exit the class with enough working knowledge to begin exploring their own projects. FA-AYT014: Thursday, Sept 12-Oct 17, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) FA-AYT114: Thursday, Oct 24-Dec 5, 4-5:30pm, 6 weeks, $86 ($77.40) Arts Lab K atie Alldritt / Heather Branham Green Students discover their unique artistic styles by explore drama, dance, and visual arts. FA-AYX034: Thursday, Sept. 9-Dec.7, 1-3PM, 12 weeks, $172 ($154.80)

wednesday early release days Time for students to think outside the box Read detailed class descriptions under age groups.

Kindergarten

1st & 2nd Grade

3rd-5th Grade

6th-12th Grade

• Kindergarten Art Space: Where Art and Science Meet with Pat Pisani

• Arts Studio with Katie Alldritt

• Clay Creations with Sarita Mahinay

Intro to Ballet with Betsy McCafferty

Ballet IV with Paige Comparato

• New Actors Workshop with Heather Branham-Green

• Holiday Happenings with Megan King

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• Animation with Richard Varney

art space A NEW WAY TO THINK AND PLAY FOR 1 st THRU 5 th GRADERS Gearheads

Grace Peterson Man’s love of mechanized awesomeness has lead to great inventions and terrible flops throughout the modern age. In this class students will discover some of these marvels and invent a few of our own. Cars, robots, planes, rockets, bikes, motors and tools will be the inspiration for paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media mania. FA-AYD276: Saturday, Oct 5-Nov 23, 2:304pm, 8 weeks, $114 ($102.60)

Mudpie Madness

Kim Brook What can be more fun than digging in, playing with and getting your hands dirty in mud? Students will discover the magical qualities of clay to make handbuilt forms, bowls, creatures and anything else they can imagine while developing technical skills. FA-AYC146: Saturday, Sept 14-Oct 19, 9-10am, 6 weeks, $62 ($55.80) FA-AYC246: Saturday, Oct 26-Dec 7, 9-10am, 6 weeks, $62 ($55.80)

The Lawrence Arts Center leads the way in taking STEM to STEAM. In 2009, the White House and the United States Department of Education challenged the nation to find innovative, rigorous ways to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to youth. Acknowledging the vital role art has in teaching innovative and creative thinking, the Art Space program places the Lawrence Arts Center at the epicenter of the movement to add an “A” for “art,” turning STEM into STEAM. Art Space is the integrated visual art and science program for students 1st -5th grades. Based on the idea that critical thinking, problem solving, and the ability to innovate are essential skills in all educational environments, Arts Space is an inspired learning experience in which students try new things, test the limits of their imaginations, practice innovation, and build creative connections. During the school year, Art Space School’s Out Day camps focus on a key principle of art and connect it with a scientific concept. Camps are team-taught and designed to balance experiences in visual art with performing arts. Scientists-in-residence work with instructors and students to connect art with scientific concepts in an atmosphere in which students apply creativity in a new context. Camps often incorporate visits by artists and STEM professionals. This integrated science and art curriculum meets national art education and science standards and was developed for the program through a grant from the Elizabeth Schultz Foundation, Tradewind Energy, Enel Green Power, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and Target. Reading lists and classroom reference material provided by the Lawrence Public Library. Most of all, these camps engage, enlighten, and make learning fun. All students should bring a healthy mid-morning and / or afternoon snack and a sack lunch. No soda, please. Sessions are 9am-4pm, with a break for lunch at 12-1pm with Arts Center staff.

Monster Academy of Higher Learning

In this this day-long camp, young Monsters learn what it takes to be successful as Monsters: inspiration, innovation, fearlessness, art, science, and creative movement … and other monsters!

• Darkroom Photography with Ann Dean • Style Rookies: Pret-a-Porter! with Grace Peterson

Artistic principles: patterns and rhythm STEM subjects: electricity and magnetism Artistic medium: 3D multi-media and creative movement FA-AYX0914: 1st-2nd Grade, Friday, Nov.1, 9AM-4PM, $55 ($49.50) FA-AYX0934: 3rd- 5th Grade, Friday, Nov.1, 9AM-4PM, $55 ($49.50)

ComicCon

Get your ComicCon on! Forget flying to San Diego for Comic Con 2013 this year: the Lawrence Arts Center is hosting its own minicon right here. Students will spend two days immersed in all things science fiction, fantasy, and comic through art, literature and performing arts. They will also learn about the cultural phenomenon of the real ComicCon held in San Diego each year. Come as you are, but just like at the real ComicCon, costumes and characterizations are welcomed and encouraged from the start. Artistic principle: color and value STEM subjects: machines and engineering Artistic mediums: drawing and illustration, science fiction / fantasy literature, dramatic charaterization FA-AYX0911: 1st-2nd Grade, Thursday and Friday, Nov 7-8, 9am4pm, weeks, $95 ($85.50) FA-AYX0931: 3rd-5th Grade, Thursday and Friday, Nov 7-8, 9am4pm, $95 ($85.50)

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arts institutes 6th—12th invent, experiment, accomplish The Lawrence Arts Center Arts Institutes program offers a place for young people in 6th through 12th grades to immerse themselves in a creative environment and discover art outside of academics, explore new mediums, develop a portfolio, and exercise their visions. Arts Institutes offer instruction in visual arts, dance, theater, and digital media for beginners through advanced students in an accepting, inspired, artistic atmosphere. In addition to artistic skill, focus is on building initiative, self-direction, productivity and leadership. Students age 14+ are also welcome in adult classes, unless otherwise indicated in the description. Filmmaking Marlo Angell This workshop is for teenagers wanting to experience the dynamic process of filmmaking. Learn the basics of digital cinema production: storyboarding, screenwriting, camera work, scheduling, sound, lights, directing, and acting for the camera while making a short film. FA-AYL041: Tuesday, Sept 17-Nov 5, 5-6:30pm, $115 ($103) New Actors Workshop

Heather Branham-Green This class is designed for kids new to theater or those who are interested in discovering acting talents they may not even know they have! In a safe and judgmentfree zone, even the shyest person can begin exploring how to form a character through fun, non-scripted exercises. Students will also receive an introduction to the ever-important acting skill: pantomiming. The class will conclude with a low pressure sneak-peak into the group exercises for parents and friends. FA-AYT91: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 2:30-4pm, 12 weeks, $172 ($154.80)

Animation Richard Varney Learn the fundamentals of digital animation: storyboards, animatics, sound editing, scene editing and production. Flip Boom Cartoon animation software will be introduced as well as other digital software applications in the production of basic animation. 8 weeks. FA-AYL143: Wednesday, Sept 11-Oct 30, 3:305pm, 8 weeks, $115 ($103)

Beginning Printmaking

Greg Stone This introductory course to printmaking provides a survey of various techniques, including relief, screenprint, intaglio, and monoprint. A broad range of methods and approaches will be be explored, while providing historical context, and encouraging the creative practice of young artists with various skill levels. FA-AYR121: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 4-5:30pm, 12 weeks, $172 ($154.80)

Darkroom Photography

Ann Dean Explore art photography in this fun, informative class for young photographers. Students will learn the basics of 35mm photography including composition and how the camera works, and will develop and print their own film in the darkroom. Students should bring a 35mm film camera and 2 rolls of TMAX 400 36 exposure black & white film, available at Jayhawk Bookstore or Wolfe’s Camera in Topeka. FA-AY0894: Wednesday, Sept 18-Nov 6, 4-5:30pm, 8 weeks, $115 ($103)

Style Rookies: Pret-a-Porter!

Grace Peterson Students begin class creating a “look book” a visual planning journal used by fashion designers that contains drawings, color pallets, notes, patterns, swatches and photographs, collecting ideas and design elements based on fashion yesterday and today. In addition to their “look books” students will experiment with hands-on fashion design by altering existing garments and using low sew or no sew techniques to create personal fashion pieces and accessories. FA-AYX063: Wednesday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 4:30-6pm, 12 weeks, $172 ($154.80)

Scene Study for the Serious Young Actor

Heather Branham-Green This class is designed to develop important skills for the serious young actor. Students will learn to approach an age appropriate dramatic character within a modern classic play, such as Glass Menagerie, The Crucible, Waiting for Godot, or Death of a Salesman. Each class will include voice and breathing work, exploration of text, character development, and partner work. FA-AYT191: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 6-8pm, 12 weeks, $172 ($154.80)

Downtown Documentary

Ann Dean Photograph cultural treasures in the Lawrence Cultural District. Document the Warehouse Arts block, the site of Langston Hughes’ childhood home, quirky architectural elements and brick street patterns, the point of John Brown’s departure for Harper’s Ferry, and more. You will need your own digital camera, all skill levels are welcome. 6 weeks. FA-AYL036: Saturday, Sept 28-Nov 2, 2-4pm, 6 weeks, $115 ($103)

For High School Students & Adults Only Life Drawing Wednesdays

Pat Nemchock Learning to draw the figure from life is immensely important in your growth as a visual artist. The only prerequisite is a desire to learn how to draw the female model from life. All supplies are included. FA-AAD044: Wednesday, Sept 11-Oct 16, 3:30-6pm, 6 weeks, $235 ($211.50)

adult arts imagine, connect, energize Creative experiences at the Lawrence Arts Center encourage students to experiment, explore, and deepen understanding of art while making lasting connections. Work with experienced teaching artists to develop skills and expand knowledge in classes that fit a variety of schedules and interests. Most materials are provided, except where indicated. In addition to artistic skills classes focus on making social connections and developing creative networks. Arts Center faculty offer private lessons in all mediums. These lessons are meant for those who need individual attention from a professional to create a work of art or to fine tune a technique, and for students who can‘t find a class that fits their schedule. Meeting times are arranged on an hourly basis and are to be arranged by teacher and student. Choose from our highly qualified staff. To learn more about them, go to www.lawrenceartscenter.org.

CERAMICS

1st Time Potter

This class teaches throwing on the wheel. Weekly demonstrations focus on understanding the fundamentals of clay and gradually developing skills on the wheel. Students learn to make cylinders, bowls, plates, cups and altered forms. Glazing and surface decoration will also be taught. 12 weeks. FA-AAC012: Kyla Strid, Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 5:30-7:30pm, $225 ($202.50) FA-AAC017: Neil Goss, Wednesday, Sept 11Dec 4, 7:30-9:30pm, $225 ($202.50) FA-AAC015: Amy Lenharth, Friday, Sept 13Dec 6, 10am-12pm, $225 ($202.50) FA-AAC016: Kim Brook, Saturday, Sept 14Dec 7, 10:15pm-12:15pm, $225 ($202.50)

Ceramics Revolution Hollie Rice

This class focuses on fresh, new and exciting approaches to ceramic sculpture and functional art. All skill levels are welcome. The only requirement is an openness to clay and a willingness to experiment with new ideas in ceramics. 12 weeks. FA-AAC024: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 8-10pm, $225 ($202.50)

Returning Potter

Refine your technique achieve new goals. The class will review the basics, then incorporate more advanced work such as creating lidded vessels, pulled handles, and assembling separate components. 12 weeks. FA-AAC023: Kyla Strid, Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 7:30-9:30pm, $225 ($202.50) FA-AAC025: Amy Lenharth, Friday, Sept 13Dec 6, 12:30-2:30pm, $225 ($202.50)

Handbuilding Kim Brook Students will learn basic hand building techniques through pinch pots, coiling and slab construction and transition into more advanced forming and surface decoration techniques. For intermediate to advanced students. 8 weeks. FA-AAC011: Saturday, Sept 14-Dec 7, 1:303:30pm, $170 ($153) The Handbuilding Potter

Neil Goss This course will focus on skill building in both categories of hand-building and throwing on the wheel. We will be using traditional and unconventional pottery techniques while incorporating coil, slab, extruder, and mold methods. You will be directed in the creation of flower pots, tea pots, watering cans, netti pots, and more! Experience is recommended. 8 weeks. FA--AAC012: Tuesday, Oct 15-Dec 3, 5:307:30pm, $170 ($153)

Sculpting the Human Form

Jennifer Doores Learn to hand-build the human figure. Close attention will be given to individual projects which can take a naturalistic or stylized approach. No experience necessary. More advanced potters &/or hand-builders are also welcome. Life drawing is a great adjunct to this class but not required. 12 weeks. FA-AAC041: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 5-7pm, $225 ($202.50)

Ceramics Open Studio

Open Studio is for advanced-level students who want to work independently. Fees include equipment use, firing, and basic glazes. Participants must provide their own clay. Unless posted otherwise, participants have open access to the studio during business hours; however, scheduled classes have studio right-of-way. Students must attend a mandatory meeting on Monday, Sept. 9 at 6:30 pm in the studio. 12 weeks. FA-AAC0100: Monday- Friday, Sept 9 - Dec 7, 9am-9pm, $230 ($207)

Private Ceramics Sessions

$35 per hour, minimum 1 hour, 9am-9pm FA-AACKB: Kim Brook, Sept 9-Dec 7, 9am-9pm FA-AACJC: Jessica Conner, Sept 9-Dec 7, FA-AACNG: Neil Goss, Sept 9-Dec 7, FA-AACAL: Amy Lenharth, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AACHR: Hollie Rice, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AACKS: Kyla Strid, Sept 9-Dec 7

DIGITAL MEDIA, FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY Beginning Digital Photography

Ann Dean Take better pictures and develop photographic technique. Students will explore basic camera functions, exposure, composition, and lighting through weekly assignments and slide lectures. Students will cover several different areas of photography while getting to know the camera better. Bring a camera and a flash drive to class. 10 weeks. FA-AAL013: Monday, Sept 23-Nov 25, 7-9pm, $176 ($158.40)

Basic Photoshop Robbin Loomas This class will explore photo manipulation and image editing and is open to beginners and intermediate students. Learn how to improve your current photographs, how to restore old photographs, and build collage and composite artwork. Students must provide their own flash drive to store work. FA-AAL022: Tuesday, Sept 10-Oct 29, 7-9pm, $150 ($135) Adobe Illustrator

Carolyn Berry Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator, an essential software for creating professional graphics for web or print. You’ll learn the basics of menus, workflow, tools and tips for creating art, logos, vector graphics and page layouts. 4 weeks. FA-AAL017: Wednesday, Sept 11-Oct 2, 7-9pm, $75 ($67.50)

Wordpress 1,2,3 Marlo Angell Have you been putting off building your website because of the cost of software, design, and maintenance? This class offers help getting started, access to a computer, and a few weeks of play. 2 weeks. FA-AAL021: Wednesday, Nov 13-Nov 20, 7-9pm, $60 ($54) iPhonography Robbin Loomas You have an amazing camera in your pocket with you at all times. Learn how to get the most out of your camera, edit right on your phone with incredible app’s and share those images with others. Come to class with your apple ID. 2 weeks. FA-AAL036: Thursday, Nov 7-Nov 14, 7-9pm, $60 ($54)

WOODFIRE SPEC TACUL AR

WOOD FIRING WITH JOHN BALISTRERI, DAN ANDERSON, BEN AHLVERS September 3 thru October 8 | Tuesdays | 6:30-9:30pm | $225 ($202.50) Instructors will demonstrate wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques with a focus on forms that will be enhanced by this unique firing process. Students will participate in one firing in the anagama kiln . Experience with clay, and attendance at the kiln prep and cleanup is required. This class is in partnership with the University of Kansas Ceramics Department. Check the website for details.

adult arts Photoshop for Photographers: Portraits Robbin Loomas In this class students will learn the art of photographing people. This class will cover shooting and post production work, including camera settings, posing, lighting, and composition. Students will learn how to bring image files into Photoshop and give them a professional look. 6 weeks. FA-AAL110: Thursday, Sept 12-Oct 17, 7-9pm, $115 ($103.50)

Darkroom Photography

Jason Romanishin Learn fundamentals of darkroom photography from processing film to developing prints. Increase knowledge using various darkroom techniques including multiple exposures, solarization, photograms, reversals, and toning. Bring a manually adjustable 35mm single lens reflex camera and provide your own film and paper. Chemicals are supplied and access to lab outside of class is available. Cameras also available for loan. 12 weeks. FA-AAH014: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 7-9pm, $180 (162)

Photography Open Studio

For experienced photographers only: at least two classes, or equivalent experience mandatory to enroll in open studio. Participants have access to the studio equipment and darkroom during Arts Center hours, but the scheduled classes have the priority. Must provide your own materials and chemistry. 12 weeks. FA-AAH0301: Monday- Friday, Sept 9-Dec 7, 9am-9pm, $190 ($171)

Private Digital Sessions

$35 per hour per student, minimum 1 hour, 9am-9pm FA-AALRL: Robbin Loomas, Sept 9-Dec 7, FA-AAHMA: Marlo Angell, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AALCB: Carolyn Berry, Sept 9-Dec 7

Private Photography Sessions

$35 per hour per student, minimum 1 hour, 9am-9pm FA-AAHAD: Ann Dean , Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AAHMA: Marlo Angell, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AAHJR: Jason Romanishin, Sept 9-Dec 7

DRAWING & PAINTING

Watercolor Painting Workshop

Louis Copt Students will work from a live model and learn the fundamental skills of drawing the figure. A variety of media and poses will be explored. Through hands-on exercises and individualized instruction, students will expand skills and explore new ways to draw. 6 weeks. FA-AAD084: Thursday, Oct 24-Dec 5, 10am12pm, $140 ($126)

Louis Copt A fun, entertaining and informative daylong workshop. Louis will talk about his working methods, materials demonstrate color mixing, papers, and how to use watercolor with mixed media. After lunch the afternoon will be devoted to painting individual projects and trying new techniques. Bring a work in progress, reference material (photo) or a finished painting for critique. Students should bring paper and pencil for taking notes and their watercolor supplies. One sheet of 22x30 Arches watercolor paper will be provided. FA-AAP088: Friday, Sept.13, 9AM-4PM, 1 day. $130 ($117)

Open Model

Oil Painting in the Afternoon

Beginning Drawing

Jenny Jenks, John McCaughey This class is for adults new to drawing. Students will practice a variety of approaches to depicting pictorial space. 12 weeks. FA-AAD117: Artist-in-Residence John McCaughey, Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 4, 7-9pm, $195 ($175.50) FA-AAD017: Jenny Jenks, Tuesdays, Sept 10-Nov 26, 6-7:30pm, $195 ($175.50)

From Sketching to Imaginative Drawing Lora Jost

This fun, beginning-level drawing class will introduce students to a broad range of drawing techniques. Students will practice using a range of materials and discover different ways to make marks, mix media, and incorporate doodles. Students will need to provide their own sketchbooks and some additional paper. 12 weeks. FA-AAD076: Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 6:308:30pm, $195 ($175.50)

Life Drawing Jeff Ridgway Students learn to draw the human figure working from a live model. Instructor will focus on developing skill in a variety of drawing media. Open to all levels. Students will need to purchase basic drawing supplies. Must be at least 18 to enroll. 12 weeks. FA-AAD024: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 7-10pm, $250 ($225) Life Drawing Wednesdays

Pat Nemchock Learning to draw the figure from life is immensely important in the growth of a visual artist.Learn how to do this type of drawing in this class. The only prerequisite is a desire to learn how to draw the female model from life. All supplies are included. 6 weeks. FA-AAD044: Wednesday, Sept 11-Oct 16, 3:30-6pm, $160 ($144)

Portraiture

Jeff Ridgway The class will work from a live model. Students learn the basics of drawing the head, using values to define the planes of the face, lighting and the mixing of flesh colors. The preferred medium for this class is oil but those using watercolor or acrylic are welcome. Please bring a note pad, sketch book and a canvas (16 x 20) along with your art supplies. Be prepared to start working at the first class. A suggested material list is available at the front desk. 12 weeks. FA-AAP033: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 7-10pm, $240 ($216)

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Life Drawing with Louis

Jeff Ridgway Draw from the model each week using your choice of media. The models will do quick gesture poses at the beginning of each session and then a longer pose for the group. This class is not for beginners, and enrollees must provide their own art supplies. Must be 18 to enroll. Photographic devices not allowed. Students enrolled in Life Drawing receive a 50% discount on Open Model class. 12 weeks. FA-AAD117: Sunday, Sept 8-Dec 2, 1-3pm, $210 ($189)

Louis Copt With and emphasis on landscape painting, this fun and informative class will help students get started in oil painting or sharpen skills. Learn fundamental color mixing, working from photographs, basic composition, and framing. Students should bring a canvas to work on plus their favorite materials. 12 weeks. FA-AAP081: Tuesday, Sept 10-Nov 26, 10am-12pm, $195 ($175.50)

Open Studio Sessions with Louis Oil Painting Workshop Louis Copt

Louis Copt This class is for self-directed students and artists who like to work in a group and share ideas and encouragement. Students can work in the media of their choice including watercolor, oil, pastel, collage or acrylic. All styles of painting and drawing are welcome. Louis will meet with students individually to guide them through their painting process. Students provide their own materials. 12 weeks. FA-AAP089: Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 10am12pm, $195 ($175.50)

Introduction to Painting

Jason Romanishin Learn the fundamentals of painting from composition and color theory to paint application. Create works from the figure and chosen subjects. The first day of class will address terms and needed materials and a look at the current exhibitions.12 weeks. FA-AAP012: Tuesday, Sept 10-Nov 26, 7-9pm, $195 ($175.50)

Watercolor John Hulsey Learn the watercolor secrets of the pros from nationally recognized award-winning professional artist John Hulsey, whose work has been featured in Watercolor, American Artist and International Artist magazines. John has been painting and teaching watercolor for over 30 years will lift your work up to a new level. Beginners and advanced students are welcome. Bring sample of current work to first class, along with all painting supplies and tools. 6 weeks. SU-AAP037: Tuesday, Oct 22-Nov 26, 5-7pm, $110 ($99)

Louis will spend the morning doing oil painting demonstrations and discussing the working methods and materials he uses. Topics to be covered will include color mixing, canvas stretching and paint application. After lunch students will work on individual projects with Louis offering advice and suggesting strategies. Bring a work in progress or a completed painting for critique. Students should bring a canvas to work on, their favorite materials, and a photo to work from. 1 day. FA-AAP078: Friday, Sept 27-Sept 27, 9am4pm, $130 ($117)

Beginning Oil Painting

Kaylyn Munro This class will introduce the basics of painting with oil. Working with a still life, students will learn the basic tools, chemistry, and control of the paint with fundamental exercises. Students will learn how to creatively use photographs as reference for developing paintings and composition, focus and color. Basic supplies will be provided. 12 weeks. FA-AAP023: Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 7-9pm, $195 ($175.50)

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Learning

AT T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K A N S A S

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Ageless A�vent�re The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas—along with our outreach partners—offers noncredit enrichment short courses and special events specially developed for folks 50 and better. No homework. No tests. No pressure. It’s learning just for the joy of it!

Courses offered in: Lawrence Lenexa Mission Olathe Ottawa

Overland Park Prairie Village Topeka Clay County, Mo. Kansas City, Mo.

To receive the Osher Institute’s catalog, call 785-864-5823, or visit osher.ku.edu.

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FREE STATE FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY

Anne and David Hollond

PINOCCHIO SPONSORED BY

See page 25 for information about the January 2014 William Burroughs gallery exhibition!

Susan and Jim Hasselle Katie and Ty Porter

THE NERVOUS SET SPONSORED BY

Barbara and Steven Hilmer Kaye and Chris Drahozal

A KANSAS NUTCRACKER SPONSORED BY

SWEENEY TODD SPONSORED BY

RPS—Lawrence’s imaging specialists for over 40 years

RADIOLOGIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, P.A.

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MedSpa | Skin Body Wellness

MOTHER%$!#HOOD SPONSORED BY

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NINE FORTY CONCERT SERIES SPONSORED BY

2013/2014

September 6 & 7 | 7:30 pm | $25 reserved seating

$29 adults | $26 seniors | $23 students

November 1 & 2 | 7:30pm

Halloween performance—audience costumes welcome!

October 31* | 9pm

Champagne matinée

October 25 & 26 | 7:30pm October 27 | 3pm

Admission is FREE

February 8 | 8pm

Performed in conjunction with the commemoration of the 100th birthday of William Burroughs.

$20 adults | $17 seniors | $14 students

March 7 | 7pm March 8 | 3pm & 7pm March 9 | 3 pm

Kansas City based Jazz group will perform for the featured KU Jazz Concert, co-produced with the Lawrence Arts Center. A must-see for all jazz fans.

A l at u r k a

November 7 | 7:30pm | $10 adults $7.50 seniors $5 students

Second Friday of every month (except December) | see schedule and themes on page 28

STORY SL AM: Re al sto r ie s, l ive & u n c e n so re d.

come joins us for independent films, guest directors, actors writers, musicians and more in the third annual Free State Film Festival. Includes a short film competition.

Free S tate Fil m Fe st ival

This true-to-the-original production of Pinocchio stages the well-known tale of the wooden boy journey to become real, learning hard lessons about life and love along the way. Imperiled by dangers brought about by Pinocchio's want of responsibility and self-discipline, the journey is, in fact, a metaphor of the passage from childhood to maturity. A lyrical production that features original puppetry and design by puppeteer in residence, Spencer Lott, with the live music of Truckstop Honeymoon.

Translation from the Italian by Louis Lippa from the story by Carlo Collodi Directed by Heather Branham Green Live Music from Truckstop Honeymoon Puppets by Visiting Artist Spencer Lott

Pin o c c h io

Produced and directed by Ric Averill, February 8 is the development workshop that will introduce the re-tooled script, music and artists who will perform the finished work in next year’s performing arts season. Admission is free but reservations are required (availble beginning August 21). Reserve a seat to be amongst the first to see the unveiling of a hidden American classic.

This original beat generation jazz musical was first performed at the Crystal Palace in St. Louis, a mecca for jazz musicians, poets and beats of the 50’s, and enjoyed a short – but bright - Broadway run in 1959. The Lawrence Arts Center ‘s revival production brings the musical home to the Midwest to claim its birthright. The principal characters are based on Jack Kérouac, Allen Ginsberg with lyrics and writing by the iconic beat intellectuals Fran and Jay Landesman and music by the the jazz great Tome Wolf.

Original book by Jay Landesman & Theodore J. Flicker Original music by Tommy Wolf Lyrics by Fran Landesman Additional book by Tim & Lorraine Treanor Additional music by Simon Wallace

The Ner vo us S e t, A Jaz z Mu sic al o f t h e Be at Ge n e r at io n

With support from the Douglas County Natural and Cultural Heritage Grant Program and in honor of the sesquicentennial, A Kansas Nutcracker will debut new period costumes and take actor/teachers into public schools and events to educate cast, audience members and the Douglas County community about the fashions of dressing, living, working and thinking that made mid-19th Century Kansas so unique. A scavenger hunt, public presentations and educational materials will all combine with artistic performance to pique the community’s interest and create learning opportunities.

The Arts Center‘s beloved Christmas ballet is set it in 1861, Kansas’ first year of statehood. More than 130 dancers and actors, from students to professionals, and a 13-piece orchestra featuring a mandolin quartet weave together Kansas’ abolition, suffrage and temperance politics with oversized personalities, unpredictable weather, plains landscape and the Civil War into Clara’s surreal ballet dreams. The production revolves around the intensity of the politics of the time that paved the way for Quantrill’s Raid just two years later.

$20 adults | $17 seniors | $14 students

artistic direction & choreography by Deb Bettinger script & stage direction by Ric Averill orchestration & conducting by Jeff Dearinger

WITH THE FREE STATE LIBERATION ORCHESTRA, FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE UPTOWN MANDOLIN QUARTET

A K ans as Nutcracker, S e sq u ic e n te n n ial Ed it io n

Sondheim’s R-rated musical thriller is a suspenseful masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime. It is the shady tale of Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison by an immoral judge who both ruins and covets Todd’s family. Upon his release, Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a rage-filled man who uses his trade to kill and rob his clientele. Falling in with a neighbor, the eager Mrs. Lovett, the pair soon have the people of London lining up in droves for their mysterious new meat pie recipe. Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd mixes a chilling tale with howlingly funny moments of dark humor.

Book by Hugh Wheeler Music Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond Directed by Ric Averill Musical Direction by Patricia Ahern with the Free State Liberation Orchestra Costumes by Steffani Day

Swee ney To d d : Th e De m o n Bar b e r o f Fl e e t S t reet

Don’t miss the the Grand Opening of Jerry’s Bar with specialty Mother%$!#hood cocktail! Each performance will feature surprise prizes, courtesy of Aestheticare. Register to win beauty packages valued at more than $2,000. Visit lawrenceartscenter.org for more information!

Rachael, Angie, Marcia, and friends are back for another run after a sold-out production last April. You don’t have to be a mother to love this musical. Mother%$!#Hood” follows three very different moms as they sing and dance their way through the world’s second-oldest profession. From pregnancy tests to empty nests, you’ll laugh your %$!# off!

August 30 & 31 | 7:30 pm

by Julie Dunlap and Sara Stotts | Musical Direction by Ric Averill with the Free State Liberation Orchestra Rock Band

Mo the r %$! # Ho o d : A Mu sic al Jo u r n ey fro m A to X an a x

with Wells the Traveller August 17 | 7:30pm | $10 general admission

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THEATER. MUSIC. FILM.

performing arts

Anne & David Hollond

Gaches, Braden and Associates

Get ready for another great summer of youth theater, presenting Mary Poppins and The Hobbit for 3rd thru 8th graders, and Twelfth Night and Monty Python’s Spamalot for 8th thru 12th graders! More information is coming soon . . . watch the website.

next June and July!

S NE AK PE E K !

2 0 1 4 Bri ti sh Invasi o n SU MME R YO U TH TH E ATE R

This interactive family puppet show for pre-schoolers, elementary students and their families features visiting artist Spencer Lott from NYC’s New Victory Theater, with live music from Ric Averill and Rayyan Kamal. Each show will be performed in the Black Box Theater for an engaging, up close and personal theater experience for the young and young at heart.

February 21 | 5pm & 7pm February 22 10am | 11:30am | 2:30pm | 4pm $10/adults $7.50/seniors $5/children

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Creative Dance Theatre presents a beautiful child’s tale through movement. Based on Norse folk tales explaining the origins of the Aurora Borealis, it is the story of little Elfwyn, a child born blind from a curse placed upon her family. Elfwyn learns to use senses other than sight to save her community from discontent. With help from the Hidden Folk, Elfwyn’s Saga takes young audiences on a quest from darkness into light.

$10/adults $7.50/seniors $5/students

November 16 3pm & 7 pm

Story & Illustrations by David Wisniewski Artistic Director & Choreographer Paige Comparato Co-Director Donna Jo Harkrider

E l fw yn’s Saga

For pre-schoolers, elementary students and their families! Lawrence Ballet Theater will perform and lead a pre-school/family audience in a costume parade.

Saturday, October 26 10 am & noon Donation is $1 per year up to $6!

featuring the Lawrence Ballet Theatre

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September 6 & 7 | 7:30 pm | $25 reserved seating

$29 adults | $26 seniors | $23 students

November 1 & 2 | 7:30pm

Halloween performance—audience costumes welcome!

October 31* | 9pm

Champagne matinée

October 25 & 26 | 7:30pm October 27 | 3pm

Admission is FREE

February 8 | 8pm

Performed in conjunction with the commemoration of the 100th birthday of William Burroughs.

$20 adults | $17 seniors | $14 students

March 7 | 7pm March 8 | 3pm & 7pm March 9 | 3 pm

Kansas City based Jazz group will perform for the featured KU Jazz Concert, co-produced with the Lawrence Arts Center. A must-see for all jazz fans.

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November 7 | 7:30pm | $10 adults $7.50 seniors $5 students

Second Friday of every month (except December) | see schedule and themes on page 28

STORY SL AM: Re al sto r ie s, l ive & u n c e n so re d.

come joins us for independent films, guest directors, actors writers, musicians and more in the third annual Free State Film Festival. Includes a short film competition.

Free S tate Fil m Fe st ival

Translation from the Italian by Louis Lippa from the story by Carlo Collodi Directed by Heather Branham Green Live Music from Truckstop Honeymoon Puppets by Visiting Artist Spencer Lott

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Original book by Jay Landesman & Theodore J. Flicker Original music by Tommy Wolf Lyrics by Fran Landesman Additional book by Tim & Lorraine Treanor Additional music by Simon Wallace

The Ner vo us S e t, A Jaz z Mu sic al o f t h e Be at Ge n e r at io n

$20 adults | $17 seniors | $14 students

artistic direction & choreography by Deb Bettinger script & stage direction by Ric Averill orchestration & conducting by Jeff Dearinger

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A K ans as Nutcracker, S e sq u ic e n te n n ial Ed it io n

Swee ney To d d : Th e De m o n Bar b e r o f Fl e e t S t reet

August 30 & 31 | 7:30 pm

by Julie Dunlap and Sara Stotts | Musical Direction by Ric Averill with the Free State Liberation Orchestra Rock Band

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with Wells the Traveller August 17 | 7:30pm | $10 general admission

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November 16 3pm & 7 pm

Story & Illustrations by David Wisniewski Artistic Director & Choreographer Paige Comparato Co-Director Donna Jo Harkrider

E l fw yn’s Saga

For pre-schoolers, elementary students and their families! Lawrence Ballet Theater will perform and lead a pre-school/family audience in a costume parade.

Saturday, October 26 10 am & noon Donation is $1 per year up to $6!

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KIRK CARSON, THE EAST HILL SINGERS’ CONDUCTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LEADS THE SINGERS during a rehearsal Tuesday at the Lansing Correctional Facility. The group, made up of inmates, gives performances throughout the area and will be singing at 4 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.

SINGING SINGING for a second chance

Inmates say chorus a path to EVERY redemption, one note at a time

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arry Swinson, a slight, 75-yearold retiree, regularly slides into church pews at Lansing Correctional Facility between much burlier, blue-uniformed men with more tattoos and less singing experience. The Lawrence resident has been volunteering five years for the East Hill Singers prison chorus, where having a guy in the mix who once carried tunes in barbershop quartets can only help when it comes to staying on key.

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Veterans Day, all day throughout Lawrence Several events throughout Lawrence will honor and celebrate veterans. At 9 a.m., the KU Veterans Day Run, which raises proceeds to support scholarships for disabled veterans and their family members and the KU Memorials Fund, kicks off at South Park. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St., will host a program exploring World War II history in Kansas, and Matthew Thompson of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene will give a presentation. Both the program and

He had tears in his eyes. He said, ‘Nobody ever applauded for me before.’ It brought tears to my eyes, too.” — Larry Swinson

Perhaps his most disquieting moment happened a few years ago at the finale of an off-prison performance when, as audience members smiled and clapped, an inmate standing next to Swinson leaned

over and whispered a confession. “He had tears in his eyes,” Swinson says. “He said, ‘Nobody ever applauded for me before.’ It brought tears to my eyes, too.” That memory stuck with Swin-

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son and helps inspire him to keep working with the East Hill Singers. The chorus of minimum-security inmates, organized through the Arts in Prison program, leaves the prison to perform four times a year, and their last performance of this year will be today at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence. The last time the East Hill Singers came to Lawrence, several Please see CHOIR, page 4C

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exhibit are free. Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 Indian Ave., will host its traditional Veterans Day Powwow from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Coffin Sports Complex. Little Stomp fundraiser, 3 p.m., Barnyard Beer, 925 Iowa St. The second-annual Little Stomp, a downhome, country-musicand-barbecue-beef party this weekend, will feature several popular local bands 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Barnyard Beer, the brewery and venue behind the Merc at 925 Iowa St., to benefit the Lawrence Community Nursery School, the cooperative, parent-run, smilingMike Yoder/Journal-World File Photo red-barn childcare center at Kansas University School of Music’s Holiday Vespers concert will 645 Ala. be at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 today at the Lied Center.

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Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series, speaker Lilly Ledbetter, 7:30 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd., free Equal-pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter comes to KU to speak as part of the Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture series. Ledbetter’s pay-discrimination case against Goodyear helped inspire the 2009 law that was the first signed by President Barack Obama after taking office.

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“The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, KU cam-

pus, free Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic and author Stephen Greenblatt will discuss his most recent work, “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” which received both the 2011 National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. An Evening with Newt Gingrich, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics Former U.S. Speaker of the House and GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will discuss the presidential election, what to expect on upcoming policy changes and his new book, “Victory at Yorktown: A Novel.” This event will include a book sale and signing.

Oil Painting Revisited Kaylyn Munro

Students should have some painting experience. Students will have the opportunity to work on projects of their own choice while learning more advanced oil painting techniques from lectures, demonstrations and one on one instruction. Exploration of new skills and expanding knowlege of composition, color, and personal techniques will be encouraged. Students should bring their own paints and supplies they are accustomed to using. 12 weeks. FA-AAP033: Saturday, Sept 14-Dec 7, 3-6pm, $220 ($198)

Advanced Encaustic Gina Adams

In this three day workshop students will continue to explore processes while developing ideas and content for building a body of work. Students will have a pre workshop phone or email session to meet the instructor and plan for the class. During the workshop the goal will be to create several pieces of artwork that are connected with a common theme either visually or conceptually. Encaustic process on layering, photography, collage, and sculptural qualities will be covered for all skill levels. A full supply list will be sent to participants one month before the workshop begins. 3 days. FA-AAP068: Friday, Oct. 18-Oct. 20, 9AM5PM, $425 ($382.50)

The Abstract Artist Workshop Sarita Mahinay

An open, fun, free-thinking abstract drawing and painting course in which the students will focus on finding the particular material, marks, lines, shapes and colors they are drawn to. Students will explore the idea of art as personal representation of an idea. 12 weeks. FA-AAP013: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 10am-12pm, $195 ($175.50)

Private Drawing & Painting Sessions

$35 per hour per student, minimum 1 hour, 9am-9pm FA-AADLJ: Lora Jost, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AADKM: Kaylyn Munro, Sept 9-Dec 7

INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA Experimental Print Media

John McCaughey This experimental class will merge painting, printmaking, and collage. Participants will engage in the techniques demonstrated by the artist-in-residence which include monotypes/prints, collographs, and collage. All experience levels will enjoy these accessible approaches to art making. 12 weeks. FA-AAR075: Saturday, Sept 14-Dec 7, 1-3pm, $215 ($193.50)

Introduction to Natural Dyeing

Neil Goss This class will cover the basics of natural dyeing aimed at environmentally friendly art making. It will include using historical dye stuffs and foraging local dyestuffs in our surrounding landscape while using primitive and modern dye techniques. Different dyeing techniques will be introduced such as handprint and resist, immersion dyeing, and paint applications. Focus will be on dyeing a variety of natural fibers such as wool, hemp, cotton, etc. No experience necessary. 12 weeks. FA-AAX013: Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 6-9pm, $215 ($193.50)

Intro to Bookbinding

Liza MacKinnon Learn fundamental book binding techniques to create beautiful hand bound journals, sketchbooks, and artist books. Students will complete samples of binding methods. The class will finish with the construction of custom display boxes to house each collection. In addition to their finished products, students take home comprehensive hand-illustrated instructions for each technique. 12 weeks. FA-AAR072: Monday, Sept 9-Nov 25, 7-9pm, $205 ($184.50)

Coiffure Confections Liza MacKinnon & Hair Bling

For admirers of Pippa and Kate Middletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair accessories and lovers of vintage style. Students learn fabric embellishment techniques and put them to use creating tiny hats and fascinators. Skills learned in this class are directly applicable to handmade brooches and wreaths as well as pillow, garment, and purse embellishment. All materials, such as feathers, felt, ribbon, beads, fabric, hair hardware (except French birdcage netting) are included in the supply fee. 12 weeks. FA-AAX021: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 7-9pm, $205 ($184.50)

JEWELRY AND METALS Beginning Metalsmithing

One Day Enameling Workshop

Herb Friedson A quick introduction to the fundamentals of enameling in this one day intensive workshop. Students will learn the process of design and application of translucent pigment made from powdered class to create a beautiful one of a kind bowl. No experience is necessary to take this class. All materials included. 1 day. FA-AAJ036: Saturday, Oct. 12, 12-5pm, $78 ($70.20)

Joel Pollock Learn basic metal working techniques to saw, texture, color, rivet and solder small scale metal projects. Everyone is welcome, no experience necessary. Bring your ideas and the instructor will provide technical guidance and inspiration. 12 weeks. FA-AAJ014: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 6-8pm, $245 ($220.50)

Beginning Enameling Dan Dakotas In this class you will learn the techniques of inlaying enamel on copper using glass powder, glass threads, glass beads and experimental techniques. No experience with enameling is required to take this class. 6 weeks. FA-AAJ132: Tuesday, Oct 22-Nov 26, 6:308:30pm, $135 ($121.50)

Jewelry Design Rachael Sudlow Learn techniques to make quality jewelry pieces working in copper, brass & sterling silver. Students will refine techniques such as sawing, filing, drilling, soldering, forming & stone setting. Each class will involve a new project, while allowing plenty of time to work on your own designs. Focus of the class will be on producing basic jewelry pieces- rings, chains, earrings & pendants. Materials will be available for purchase. Some basic understanding of metal work is helpful. 12 weeks. FA-AAJ023: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 7-9pm, $245 ($220.50)

Enameling Revisited Herb Friedson

Stained Glass

Shanna Wagner Stained glass is one of the most precious and revered mediums in the decorative arts. Explore fundamental stained glass techniques while creating a unique piece. Class is project focused: students will leave with a small stained glass window. No experience necessary. 6 weeks. WI-AAJ046: Saturday, Sept 14-Oct 26, 9-11am, $125 ($112.50)

Stained Glass Ornaments

Shanna Wagner Stained glass is one of the most precious and revered mediums in the decorative arts. Experience fundamental stained glass techniques while creating unique glass ornaments. Class is project focused: students will leave with unique artwork as well as a basic understanding of the art form. 4 weeks. FA-AAJ046: Saturday, Nov 2-Nov 23, 9-11am, $78 ($70.20)

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In this 6 week advanced class, students will explore innovative enameling techniques including wet inlay, puddling, finger painting, the use of copper mesh, stencils, and overglaze for design elements. Students will create 25 enameled tiles to be assembled into a mosaic wall piece. All supplies included. Previous enameling experience required. 6 weeks. FA-AAJ032: Tuesday, Sept 10-Oct 15, 6:309pm, $150 ($135)

Metals Open Studio Rachael Sudlow Finish a project from your last class, or continue to explore jewelry making and metalsmithing in the metals studio. You must have prior metals experience to enroll. Equipment and tools will be available but students must supply their own materials. Min 5/Max 14. 12 weeks. FA-AAJ110: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 5-7pm, $245 ($220.50) Private Metals Sessions

$35 per hour per student, minimum 1 hour, 9am-9pm FA-AAJRS: Rachel Sudlow, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AAJSW: Shanna Wagner, Sept 9-Dec 7

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Moku Hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodcut Sally Piller

PRINTMAKING & PAPERMAKING Beginning Printmaking

John McCaughey Survey the foundations of relief print, etching, collagraph, and monoprint techniques. Lightly seasoned printmakers can pick up more tricks, and those who have not yet experienced printmaking can delve into the joys of this arts media. Open to all levels of experience. 12 weeks. FA-AAR012: Wednesday, Sept 11-Dec 4, 7-9pm, $215 ($193.50)

Experimental Print Media

John McCaughey This experimental class will merge painting, printmaking, and collage. Participants will engage in the techniques demonstrated by the instructor which include monotypes/prints, collographs, and collage. All experience levels will enjoy these accessible approaches to art making. 12 weeks. FA-AAR075: Saturday, Sept 14-Dec 7, 1-3pm, $215 ($193.50)

Letterpress

Tim O’Brien If you like the written word and making images, this class gives you a chance to combine the two. Tim O’Brien will teach how to design, set and print type to create stationery, business cards and broadsheets, or the student’s own project. Basic supplies included. 12 weeks. FA-AAR044: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 5, 7-9pm, $215 ($193.50)

Screen Digital Print

John McCaughey Screen-printing, or serigraphy, is an accessible approach to image-making made famous by Andy Warhol. This course explores different techniques and application of screen-printing with an emphasis on digital processes and design applications to create dynamic imagery. Other digital methods will be introduced as well. Open to beginners as well as experienced screen printers. 12 weeks. FA-AAR031: Tuesday, Sept 10-Nov 26, 5:307:30pm, $215 ($193.50)

Private Printmaking Sessions

Learn the elegant technique of Japanese woodblock printmaking made famous by artists such as Hokusai (The Great Wave) which inspired and were collected artists such as Van Gogh, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec. This exacting and challenging technique is non toxic, using water based pigments, rice paste and hand pressure. A familiarity with block printing (linoleum or woodcut) as well as fine motor skills and hand strength for wood carving is recommended. FA-AAR011: Monday, Sept. 9-Nov.25, 7PM9PM, 12 weeks, $215 ($193.50)

Printmaking Open Studio

This studio class is for experienced printmakers interested in working independently. At least two printmaking classes, or the equivalent experience, are recommended before signing up for Open Studio for the first time. Included in the fee is equipment use, basic inks and tools. Participants have access during the times the studio is open, but the scheduled classes have the right-of-way. Participants must provide their own paper and specialty inks. Students must attend a mandatory meeting the first day of the session on Mon. Sept. 9 at 6pm. 12 weeks. FA-AAR0110: Monday- Friday, Sept. 9-Dec.7, 9AM-9PM, $215 ($193.50)

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$35 per hour per student, minimum 1 hour, 9am-9pm FA-AARTO: Tim O’Brien, Sept 9-Dec 7 FA-AARJM: John McCaughey, Sept 9-Dec 7

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Memoir Writing

Kelly Barth In this class, students focus on wirting standalone personal essays or selections from larger works. Review each other’s work in a standard workshop format, and read and discuss examples of contemporary non-fiction. FA-AAW023: Wednesday, Sept. 11-Oct. 30, 5:30PM-7:30PM, 8 weeks. $115 ($103.50)

Screenwriting Marlo Angell Learn & explore the fundamentals of writing a screenplay such as character, dialogue, and plot structure. Bring an existing idea, create a new one to create work in a supportive and collaborative workshop setting. (*No class October 31st). 8 weeks. FA-AAW023: Wednesday, Sept.11-Nov.6, 7PM-9PM, $125 ($112.50)

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Little Movers young children’s classes are designed to introduce dance through an exploration process that respects age and ability. The goals of the classes are to improve motor skills, foster self control and encourage the understanding of movement within a playful environment. Classes are designed to prepare children for the study of ballet, modern dance, sports and other physical activities. Enroll in age appropriate classes. Preschool Dance I

Comprehensive technical training based on the major disciplines of dance: ballet, modern dance, jazz, and tap.

Superior instruction that builds the knowledge, strength, flexibility and coordination appropriate for each discipline.

(age 3-4) 14 weeks. FA-CDYPD16: Saturdays, Donna Jo Harkrider, Sept 7-Dec 14 (no class Nov 30), 9-9:45am, $156 ($140.40) Check the website for required attire for all dance classes

(Kindergarten) 14 weeks. $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYKB16: Saturdays, Donna Jo Harkrider, Sept 7-Dec 14, 11:30am-12:15pm FA-CDYKB11: Saturdays, Betsy McCafferty, Sept 9-Dec 16 (no class Nov 25), 4:15-5pm

Introduction to Ballet

Guest artists’ residencies, master classes and intensive workshops to broaden understanding and awareness of the larger world of dance.

(1st Grade) Betsy McCafferty 14 weeks. $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYIB13: Wednesdays, Sept. 11-Dec.18, 3:15PM-4:00PM FA-CDYIB11: Mondays, Sept 9-Dec 16, 5:30-6:15pm

Ballet I

(2nd Grade +) Cynthia Crews 14 weeks. $163 ($146.70) FA-CDYB16: Saturdays, Sept 7-Dec 14, 11:45am-12:45pm FA-CDYB25: Fridays, Sept 13-Dec 13, 4:155:15pm

Teen Ballet I Unique performance opportunities that offer age- and training-appropriate stage experiences.

Preschool Dance III (age 4 - 5)

14 weeks. $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYPD36: Saturdays, Donna Jo Harkrider, Sept. 7-Dec 14, 10:40AM-11:25AM

Preschool Dancing Fairy Tales

Little movers increase locomotor skills, refine small movements, and become aware of space and other movers while creating shapes and characters. Activities are designed to encourage the practice of basic elements of dance performance. There is plenty of room for large imaginations and joy in motion. 8 weeks. FA-CDYS13: Wednesdays, Paige Comparato, Sept 11-Oc. 30, 2-2:45pm, $83 ($74.70)

BALLET students follow a sequential program in which the syllabus for each level is designed to encourage greater awareness of musicality and coordination as well as increased flexibility and strength. As students improve, ballet practice requires an increased time commitment; however, students are encouraged to study at an appropriate pace and often remain in one level of technique for at least a full year or until he/she masters critical skills for that level. Kinder Ballet

Exploration & enrichment programs throughout the year developes dancers as thinking artists.

Preschool Dance II (age 3.5 - 4.5) 14 weeks. $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYPD21: Mondays, Betsy McCafferty, Sept 9-Dec 16, 3:30-4:15pm FA-CDYPD26: Saturdays, Donna Jo Harkrider, Sept 7-Dec 19, 9:50-10:35am

(age 11-18) Paige Comparato For teens interested in beginning, or returning to, ballet training. 14 weeks. $163 ($146.70) FA-CDYBT12: Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 3:30-4:30pm

Teen Ballet II

(age 11-18) Paige Comparato For teens interested in beginning, or returning to, ballet training. 14 weeks. $163 ($146.70) FA-CDYBT24: Thursday, Sept 12-Dec 19, 3:30-4:30pm

Appropriate point work follows each of the following level’s regular weekly classes. Refer to placement letter or consult instuctor for more information. See page 22.

Ballet IV (5th Grade + completion of Ballet III or equivalent ) Ballet II (3rd Grade + and completion Four classes a week recommended, three classes a week are required. 14 weeks. $211 of Ballet I or eqivalent) ($189.90) Two classes a week are recommended. FA-CDYB41: Mondays, Cynthia Crews, 14 weeks. $163 ($146.70) Sept 9-Dec 16, 5:30-7pm FA-CDYB21: Mondays, Donna Jo Harkrider, FA-CDYB43: Wednesdays, Paige Comparato, Sept 9-Dec 16, 6:15-7:15pm Sept 11-Dec 18, 2:45-4:15pm FA-CDYB24: Thursdays, Shannon Pickett , FA-CDYB46: Saturdays, Cynthia Crews, Sept 12-Dec 19, 4:30-5:30pm Sept 14-Dec 21, 10:15-11:45am Ballet III

(4th Grade + and completion of Ballet II or eqivalent) Cynthia Crews Three classes a week are recommended, two classes a week are required. 14 weeks. $186 ($167.40) FA-CDYB31: Mondays, Sept 9-Dec 16, 4:15-5:30pm FA-CDYB33: Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 4:15-5:30pm FA-CDYB36: Saturdays, Sept 14-Dec 21, 9-10:15am

Ballet V (6th Grade + and completion of Ballet IV or equivalent) *Starred Ballet V classes must be taken with Pre or Beginning Pointe classes. Four classes a week are recommended, three are required. 14 weeks. $211 ($189.90) *FA-CDYB52: Tuesdays, Paige Comparato, Sept 10-Dec 17, 4:30-6pm *FA-CDYB54: Thursdays, Shannon Pickett, Sept 12-Dec 19, 5:30-7pm FA-CDYB563: Wednesdays, Cynthia Crews, Sept 11-Dec 18, 5:15-6:30pm. 14 weeks. $186 ($167.40)

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with Jenna Dannenberger August 16 | Level IV & up Guest choreographer Jenna Dannenberger, will teach a master class in classical ballet for levels IV and up. Her visit is made possible with by matching funds assistance from Regional Dance America’s Choreography Connection program. Jenna has been a company member of Vineland Regional Dance (New Jersey) since 1982, and is a recipient of the Emerging Choreographer Award and scholarship from RDA Festival 2013. SP-DYBMS: 4:30-6pm, $5 for LAC School of Dance students/$15 non-enrolled students

Ballet V & VI

Students at this level have made a full commitment to the serious study of ballet. They have potential for a career in dance or to focus their studies in dance at the college level. They are integrating the artistry, complexity, and challenges of dancing en pointe in every class. 14 weeks. $211 ($189.90) FA-CDYB563: Wednedays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 5:30-6:45pm

Ballet V, VI & VII

(7th Grade + and completion of Ballet IV or equivalent) Deborah Bettinger Four classes a week are recommended, three are required. FA-CDYB5676: Saturdays, Deborah Bettinger, Sept 14-Dec 21, 12:15-1:45pm

Ballet VI & VII (8th Grade + and

completion of Ballet V or equivalent) Four classes a week are required. FA-CDYB671: Mondays, Jerel Hilding , Sept 9-Dec 16, 5:30-7pm FA-CDYB672: Tuesdays, Cynthia Crews, Sept 10-Dec 17, 6:30-8pm FA-CDYB674: Thursdays, Deborah Bettinger, Sept 12-Dec 19, 7:30-9pm

Ballet VII

(9th Grade + and completion of Ballet VI or equivalent) Cynthia Crews Four classes a week are required. FA-CDYB73: Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 7:30-9pm

Ballet Pointe

Contemporary Modern dance Classes center on a holistic approach that respects a dancers’ individual development level and needs. Based on the philosophy that every child is an artist, these classes focus on discovery of dance as an aesthetic experience in which technique grows from clear emotional expression and imagination. Studio experiences encourage free play, structured improvisation, locomotion, balance, and conditioning within a group of social peers.

Students should read the information below and consult with class instructor about when to wear pointe shoes. All pointe students must be taking a minimum of three regular ballet classes a week to dance en pointe.

Pre & Beginning Pointe *Starred Ballet V classes must be taken with these Beginning Pointe classes. Students must have recommendation by their teacher, 3-4 years consistent ballet training, and be at least 11 years old. Pre-pointe and first year pointe students have class twice a week for half hour in order to carefully begin the training process and accustom the body to the challenges of dancing en pointe. 14 weeks. $153 ($137.70) FA-CDYBP2: Tuesdays, Paige Comparato, Sept 10-Dec 17, 6-6:30pm FA-CDYBP4: Thursdays, Shannon Pickett , Sept 12-Dec 19, 7-7:30pm Intermediate Pointe Cynthia Crews Intermediate pointe students must take Ballet VI & VII on Wednesdays that precedes the Pointe class and wear Pointe shoes for part of their regular Ballet classes. 14 weeks. $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYBP3: Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 6:45-7:30pm Adult Ballet I Donna Jo Harkrider FA-CDAB11: Mondays, Sept 9-Dec16, 7:158:30pm, 14 weeks, $186 ($167.40)

Adult Ballet II

Cynthia Crews FA-CDAB22: Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 8-9:30pm, 14 weeks, $211 ($189.90)

Adult Ballet I, II Deborah Bettinger 14 weeks. $211 ($189.90) FA-CDAB122: Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 10:15-11:30am FA-CDAB124: Thursdays, Sept.12-Dec 19, 10:15-11:30am

Adult Ballet II/III Deborah Bettinger WI-CDAB33: Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 7:30-9pm, 18 weeks, $253 ($227.70) Adult Only Pointe Deborah Bettinger FA-CDAB43: Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec.18, 9-9:30pm, 14 weeks, $85 ($76.50)

Performing Companies Lawrence Ballet Theatre

Cynthia Crews A member company of prestigious MidStates Regional Dance America, Lawrence Ballet Theatre is a pre-professional ballet company performing classical pieces and new work under the artistic direction of Cynthia Crews. The company works to train and encourage advanced students to prepare them for the demands of a collegiate or professional career in dance. Students may audition in June to be a full company member or apprentice. Through May, 2014. FA-CDYBX61: Mondays beginning Aug 19, 7-9pm (last rehearsal of 2013, Dec 2) FA-CDYBX65: Fridays beginning Aug 23, 5:15-6:30pm (last rehearsal of 2013, Nov 22) Annual fee schedule: Aug 15, $200; Sept 15, $100; Oct 15, $100; Nov 15, $100; total $500

Feel great all day. Stretch and Tone focuses on Yoga-based stretching and strengthening exercises that center your body and get your blood flowing. Intermediate to advanced level class.14 weeks. $163 ($146.70) FA-CDWBC16: Saturdays, Sept.14-Dec.21, 7:45AM-8:45AM

Yin Yoga

Alice Steuerwald Yin Yoga is a transformational journey focused on bringing your attention inward while undulating the spine and opening the hips. Every class is different and focuses on the development and integration of the whole nervous system. FA-CDWBA1: Mondays, Sept.9-Oct. 28, 12:00PM-1:00PM, 8 weeks. $85 ($76.50) FA-CDWBA2: Mondays, Nov.4-Dec.9, 12:00PM-1:00PM, 6 weeks. $64 ($57.60)

This all-cast production features original choreography adapted from David Wisniewski’s story and illustrations. Artistic Director Paige Comparato and Co-Director Donna Jo Harkrider lead a creative process that transforms Wisniewski’s story of Old Norse tales into movement. Little Elfwyn, born blind due to a curse placed upon her family, learns to use her other senses to save her community from discontent. Join the Hidden Folk as they help Elfwyn in her quest from darkness to light. 14 weeks. $225 ($202.50) Ages six and up, new dancers welcome. Performances November 16, 3pm & 7pm

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New Dance Works

Artistic Direction by Jean Denney Grotewohl with Paige Comparato & Donna Jo Harkrider New Dance Works is a performance-based company of advanced youth dancers in collaboration with faculty and guest choreographers. Works represent a range of contemporary dance styles and choreographic processes from classic modern and jazz to post-modern and world dance. 14 weeks. $150 ($135) A-CDYM66: Saturdays, Sept 14-Dec 21, 3-5pm

fitness & well-being Stretch & Tone Deborah Bettinger

Youth Contemporary Modern classes are run as rehearsals for the production of Elfwyn’s Saga. Class tuition includes performance fees.

Youth Modern Dance I

(1st - 2nd Grade) FA-CDYM14: Thursdays, Sept. 12-Dec.19, 5:30PM-6:30PM

Youth Modern Dance II

(3rd-5th Grade) FA-CDYM24: Thursdays, Sept. 12-Dec.19, 6:30PM-7:30PM

Body Journeys

Alice Steuerwald Body Journeys is designed to help participants develop an awareness of self through breathing exercises, strength training and proprioception experiences. Find a sense of peace and freedom in your body while empowering yourself. FA-CDWBB1: Mondays, Sept.9-Oct. 28, 10:45AM-11:45AM, 8 weeks. $85 ($76.50) FA-CDWBB2: Mondays, Nov.4-Dec.9, 10:45AM-11:45AM, 6 weeks. $64 ($57.60)

Youth Modern Dance III

(6th - 8th Grade) FA-CDYM34: Thursdays, Sept. 12-Dec.19, 4:30PM-5:30PM

Adult Modern Dance I/II

Donna Jo Harkrider FA-CDAM122: Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 7:30-9pm, $211 ($189.90)

Jazz

Donna Jo Harkrider Jazz students learn classic techniques including dynamic leaps and kicks, body part isolation, syncopation, counter rhythm, and unique styling. These high energy classes are an exuberant way to build strength, movement vocabulary, and confidence.14 weeks.

Jazz/Hip Hop I

(4th Grade +) FA-CDYJ13 Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 5:15-6:15pm, $163 ($146.70)

Jazz II/III

(5th Grade +) FA-CDYJ233 Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 6:15-7:30pm, $186 ($167.40)

Adult Jazz

FA-CDAJ12 Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 6:307:30pm, $163 ($146.70)

Percussive Dance

Introduction to Percussive Dance

(1st & 2nd Grade) Jean Denney-Grotewohl Basic skills in rhythmic, percussive dance are introduced so that students may successfully continue study in Irish Dance, Tap, Hip Hop, Jazz, and/or Improvisation. Lessons will focus on identifying rhythmic patterns and structures, syncopation, counterpoint, and call and response. Experimentation with the whole body as musical instrument! 14 weeks. $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYT12 Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 4:15-5pm

Youth Tap

Donna Jo Harkrider Basic skills in rhythmic, percussive dance are practiced. Lessons will focus on identifying rhythmic patterns and structures, syncopation, counterpoint, and call and response. Rudimentary tap dance sequences such as time-steps and technical components of more complex vocabulary regularly rehearsed. Experimentation with the whole body as musical instrument!

Youth Tap II

(3rd Grade + and completion of at least 1 year of Introduction to Percussive Dance or Tap) FA-CDYT26: Saturdays, Sept 7-Dec 17, 12:451:30pm, 14 weeks, $156 ($140.40)

Youth Tap III (3rd Grade + and

completion of Tap II) FA-CDYT36: Saturdays, Sept. 14-Dec.21, 1:30PM-2:30PM, 14 weeks, $163 ($146.70)

Adult Tap I/II

Basic skills in rhythmic, percussive dance are practiced. Lessons will focus on identifying rhythmic patterns and structures, syncopation, counterpoint, and call and response. Rudimentary tap dance sequences such as time-steps and technical components of more complex vocabulary regularly rehearsed. FA-CDAT122: Tuesdays, Sept 10-Dec 17, 5:30-6:30pm, 14 weeks, $163 ($146.70)

Irish Dance

(3rd Grade +) Jean-Denney Grotewohl This class is an introduction to Traditional Irish Step dance and will include identifying 2/4, 4/4, 6/8, and Sept. 8 rhythms, musical phrasing, and beginning dance vocabulary for both percussive dancing (hard shoes) and light dancing (ballet-like shoes). Irish dance follows a sequential syllabus of increasing complexity and dancers study in levels appropriate for age and ability. This new offering is open to dancers from 3rd Grade and up. 1st and 2nd Grade dancers can enroll in Intro to Percussive Dance to prepare for future Irish Dance study. 14 weeks, $156 ($140.40) FA-CDYT123: Wednesdays, Sept 11-Dec 18, 4:15-5:15pm

Step Up Your Game I

Josh Romero / Jean Denney-Grotewohl This class concentrates on agility, flexibility, and strength training especially important to young athletes utilizing dance training to provide new moves for on and off the field. Jump higher, leap further, move with increased confidence in athletics, and in life. This program is for boys interested in athletics as well as the performing arts. Curriculum development made possible by Bill Self’s Assists Foundation. 14 weeks. FA-CDYS25: Fridays, Sept 13-Dec 20, 4:155:15pm, 14 weeks, $163 ($146.70)

Step Up Your Game II

Josh Romero / Jean Denney-Grotewohl Prerequisite: Step Up Your Game I. 14 weeks. FA-CDYS35: Fridays, Sept 13-Dec 20, 5:156:15pm, 14 weeks, $163 ($146.70)

BBoys & BGirls Dance Jam

Josh Romero / Jean Denney-Grotewohl This new offering allows dancers to practice, share, and learn the athletic art of BBoys and BGirls. This improvised form is practiced in social gatherings or “cyphers”. In a Cypher, participants form a circle and dancers enter the center to practice rhythmic stepping and athletic tricks known as top rock, footwork, freezes, and power moves. BBoys and BGirls specifically listen to and relate to the music. Instructor will introduce a new move or sequence each class. For 3rd Grade and up, all levels welcome. The best way to learn is to do it! 14 weeks. $163 ($146.70) FA-CDYS35: Fridays, Sept 13-Dec 20, 6:157:15pm

performance opportunities 18+ actors (singing & dancing)

The dark fictional story of 18th Century serial killer Sweeny Todd has frightened theater-goers for over a century. This musical production is the classic award winning version by Stephen Sondheim, and is intended for a mature audience just in time for Halloween! Auditions Tuesday, August 20, 7 PM, casting18 and up only. Open Audition. Rehearsals begin September 29 Performances October 25, 26, 27 & 31, November 1 & 2 all ages; actors & dancers

Auditions Sunday, September 15, 1-6 PM, for actors and dancers age 6 and up. Open audition. Audition times by age — call to sign up for time slot. Sponsored by TCK-The Trust Company of Kansas all ages; actors & dancers

Swing & Salsa

FA-CDAS24: Thursdays, Nov 7-Dec 19, 7:308:30pm, 6 weeks, $70 ($63)

Pinnochio Directed by Heather Branham-Green

Pinocchio will be a large-cast family theater production featuring professional actors and students, dancers and members of the community similar in scale to A Kansas Nutcracker. This production will integrate the work of puppeteer artist-in-residence, Spencer Lott, with the live music of Truckstop Honeymoon. Families are encouraged to audition together. Production for audiences of all ages. Auditions January 13th, times TBA, casting ages 8 and up. Open Audition. Rehearsals Monday – Thursday, 6-9pm starting January 22 Performances March 7-9

Blue Barrand & Christie Curtis FA-CDAS14: Thursdays, Sept 12-Oct 31, 7:308:30pm, 8 weeks, $91 ($81.90)

A Kansas Nutcracker Directed by Ric Averill Choreographed by Deb Bettinger

The Arts Center’s beloved annual holiday production returns for the sesquicentennial of Quantril’s Raid. Join more than 130 dancers and actors of all ages, from students to professionals, and a 13-piece orchestra featuring a mandolin quartet. There is no participation fee for adult actors. No preparation necessary for auditions. Production for audiences of all ages.

Social Dance Beginning Ballroom

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Directed by Ric Averill

youth dancers

Performing Companies Lawrence Ballet Theatre & New Dance Works, and Contemporary Modern Dance

Youth dance companies enjoy performance opportunities throughout the year. The spring production Emergence features Lawrence Ballet Theatre. See page 22.

exhibitions Jack Collins. New Work |

June 28 – August 17

The paintings in this exhibit represent a further exploration of an idea Collins began pursuing ten years ago—the idea that painted areas and objects on the canvas are in process of both forming or dissolving, entering or exiting the two dimensional plane of the painting. For most of his artistic career Collins has explored positive and negative space and how they mesh together and interact in a surreal or dreamlike space through the use of colors and shapes that often simultaneously appear to be advancing or receding. Collins is challenged by making illusionistic space that can only exist on canvas while using images that do not attempt to depict the natural world.

ClintON Ricketts. Nice Paintings |

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August 9 – September 21 Reception August 30, 5-9pm | INSIGHT Art Talk September 5 @7pm

Clint accidentally took a year off from making art after the birth of his first son. He emerged from this sleepless hibernation feeling in many ways like (in his words) a new man. When Ricketts was ready to return to the studio, he felt a strong pull to do something different. He makes a mark with his paintbrush and then responds with another mark. Then cancel, edit, make more marks and repeat. Looking for what’s right and destroying what’s wrong. Clint Ricketts received his MFA from the University of Kansas in 2010 and has taught design and printmaking courses at Emporia State, Washburn University and Missouri Western State University.

Teresa Dunn, Ben Duke, & Robert McCann. Unnatural Selection August 23 – October 12 | Reception August 30, 5-9pm Whether developed from drawing, collage, photos, or observation, their work shares a ‘more-is-more’ aesthetic, hard-won images and a revelation of the craft of painting through vigorous multi-figure storytelling. The worlds created by each artist also share a vision in which tension keeps everything bound dramatically together; or wound too tightly, things fall apart. Teresa Dunn, Ben Duke and Robert McCann are all Assistant Professors of Art at Michigan State University who actively exhibit their art around the country & internationally. www.teresadunnpaintings.com | www.robertmccannpainting.com | www.bendukeart.com

Mart y Olson. Ergo Sum: Present Tense

September 27 - November 16 reception September 27, 5-9pm

Works on Paper 2011-2013

Fall 2011 presented a change in vision and process for Olson. Previously, his work was focused on developing a painting style involving acrylic paint and water-soluble media applied to canvas and wood panel surfaces. He has returned to paper with watercolor, ink, collage and colored pencils. Adding a thread of “roots and wings” as an homage to his parents, his work explores mandalas, New Age, Pantheism/Paganism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah), as well as abstracted perceptions of beliefs.

John Gary Brown. Time & Place |

October 18 – November 16 Reception October 25, 5-9pm | INSIGHT Art Talk November 7 @7pm www.johngarybrown.com

John Gary Brown grew up in Kansas, with a spiritual attachment to the stark, infinite horizon of the prairie. While essentially non-objective, Brown’s paintings are organized around a horizon line, a light source, or an element that places the image in a particular place. From the Northwest to Europe and the Middle East, Brown’s connection to the environment permeates his paintings. Though his work has great range, clearly the landscape - the most elemental of artistic subjects - is his first love.

Shin-hee Chin. Mother tongue and Motherhood |

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November 22 – January 11 | Reception November 22, 7-9pm | INSIGHT Art Talk December 5 @7pm Often utilizing needle, thread, and fabric, Shin’s work calls into question the deep-seated bias that women’s work is trivial, menial, marginal and undesirable. She converts the conventional “feminine” activity of needle works into a useful medium for the making of art, showing that seemingly ‘menial female work’ can be a source of pleasure and power for women. Chin is an Associate Professor of Visual Art at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally.

U P C O M I N G E xhibition S & A rt T al k s Jack Collins. New Work June 28 – August 17

Clinton Ricketts. Nice Paintings August 2 – September 21 Reception August 30 | 5 to 9pm Final Fridays August 30 | 5 to 9pm

INSIGHT Art Talk Brad Schwieger August 28 | 7 pm Schwieger will give a presentation on his art and teaching. Schwieger has been teaching at Ohio University since 1990 and is presently a professor of art and ceramics area chair. He actively exhibits his work around the country. INSIGHT Art Talk September 5 | 7 pm Clint Ricketts will talk about his exhibit Nice Paintings. Rickets is a printmaker, painter, and teacher currently living in Lawrence, Kansas. He received his MFA from the University of Kansas in 2010 and has taught design and printmaking courses at Emporia State, Washburn University and Missouri Western State University.

Lawrence Print Week September 14 – 21 Final Fridays outdoor block party & concert September 27 | 5 to 9pm Teresa Dunn, Ben Duke, Robert McCann Unnatural Selection. Paintings August 23 - October 12 Reception August 30 | 5 to 9pm Marty Olson Ergo Sum. Present Tense September 27 – November 16 ReceptioN September 27 | 5 to 9pm

John Gary Brown Time and Place October 18 – November 16 Reception: October 25, 5-9pm INSIGHT Art Talk: November 7, 7pm

INSIGHT Art Talk September 24 | 7 pm John Balistreri is currently a professor of art and the head of the ceramic program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He has been in numerous solo and group exhibits throughout the United States. Balistreri’s work is typically large-scale sculpture. Recently John has been working with Jun Kaneko in Omaha NE. Balistreri is a visiting artist during the Arts Center/University of Kansas Woodfire Spectacular (see page 13).

William S. Burroughs

January 2014

An exhibition in honor of Burrough’s centennial birthday featuring his artwork, collaborations, and collections commemorating his influence on popular culture. William S. Burroughs was an iconic American novelist and short story writer who lived in Lawrence late in his life.

INSIGHT Art Talk October 3 | 7 pm Marty Olson will discuss works in his exhibit Ergo Sum: Present Tense. INSIGHT Art Talk October 15 | 7 pm Dan Anderson is currently a full-time studio artist following 32 years of teaching ceramics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (1970-2002). An avid wood firing enthusiast, he has his own anagama kiln at his Old Poag Road Clay and Glass studio/ home in Edwardsville IL, where he now spends 100% of his time. Anderson is a visiting artist during the Arts Center/University of Kansas Woodfire Spectacular (see page 13). INSIGHT Art Talk November 7 | 7 pm John Gary Brown will discuss works in his exhibit Time and Place.

Final Fridays October 25 | 5 to 9 pm Shin-hee Chin Mother tongue and Motherhood November 22 – January 11 INSIGHT art talk. December 5, 7pm Reception: November 22, 7-9pm Final Fridays November 29 | 5 to 9 pm ARTS CENTER FINAL FRIDAYS SPONSORED BY

INSIGHT Art Talk December 5, 7pm Shin-Hee Chin will talk about her show Mother tongue and Motherhood, work that draws connections between her experience as a woman, a mother, and an immigrant. INSIGHT Art Talks brings visiting and exhibiting artists to the podium to talk about their work, and opens dialogue between artist and viewer. INSIGHT Art Talks bring a deeper understanding of works on display in the galleries throughout the year. Check website for late- breaking scheduled talks. INSIGHT ART TALKS sponsored by

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