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GRAND MARSHALS Mark and Kim Cavatorta will be honored at the 35th annual Clover’s Day parade Saturday, July 2 in downtown Cloverdale.
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ogether, Mark and Kim Cavatorta have played an integral role in the area’s Community Arts Project, which brings art literacy education to local elementary school students and also puts on Slug Soup, a weeklong summer art camp held at Nestucca Jr.-Sr. High School. And now they’re being honored for their decades of creative service with the distinction of being named grand marshals of the 2016 Clover’s Day Parade. The Cavatortas first put down roots in South Tillamook County in 1992 when they purchased a 16-acre piece of paradise on the Nestucca River, where they initially envisioned holding an art retreat. Though that vision evolved into events at the schools, their commitment to the arts remained firm. It wasn’t long before Mark traded in his career as a Red Cross lab technician and took up teaching students at Nestucca High School. He first got involved with the program at the school following a meeting with Mack Pimentel, who was serving as art liaison at the time. “I introduced myself and he said, ‘You know what we really need is an art teacher.’ And that’s how it all started for me.” Mark first teamed up with Ginny Jacobs with Mark handling three-dimensional instruction while Jacobs taught two-dimensional lessons. At the same time, Mark was part of the opening staff for the Pelican Pub & Brewery, where he worked for eight years while also holding down the parttime teaching job. Somewhere between 1995-96, when Jacobs left to pursue other interests, he was hired full-time at Nestucca. Kim, too, made her mark here in art, first serving as associate director of the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology from 1994-99, where she says she learned a lot about running a nonprofit. It was during this time the couple had the idea for Slug Soup, which was started at Hebo Grade School in 1995. When Mark started teaching full-time, Kim took over the role of executive director of CAP, eventually winning the role of executive director of CAP, as coordinator of Slug Soup, and as art literacy instructor. Though Mark had to give up teaching the monthly 90-minute art literacy class to elementary
students when he started teaching at the high school full-time, he has taught at Slug Soup every year. The more than two decades they have served the art community in South Tillamook County has not only been well received, but has been rewarding for the Cavatortas. “One of the extra special things about the experience we’ve had is the support we’ve gotten from the community,” Kim said. “They may have really celebrated the program, but they’ve also supported the program financially. It’s been very rewarding. It’s like Mark used to say — art has a presence here, and that’s a good thing.” Both also said they’ve been appreciate of the relationship with the school district and noted that the district board and staff have been supportive of their projects. “It’s been a pretty amazing time here at the school,” Mark reminisced. “We’ve been truly blessed and are very grateful,” added Kim. Though his 24-year career teaching students the intricacies of art is in the books, Mark isn’t planning on going too far — though he and Kim do plan to spend a fair share of time with their five grandchildren. For the time being, Kim plans on continuing teaching art literacy — though she has given up administrative duties. She’s also still on CAP’s board of directors. “We’re not going anywhere,” Kim said. “We’re sticking around here, but we’ll be doing different things.” “I just want to get back to my studio work,” added Mark. “I’m going to make my studio bigger and do some projects at home.” But first, it’s a date with the 35th anniversary of Clover’s Day, an event they’ve gone to every year since moving to the area. They’ve even participated in the parade a couple of times. “One year we had one of my Slug Soup classes paint my truck,” recalled Mark. “We had it in the parade with the kids in the back. And some of that paint is still on there.” He said they appreciate the parade and activities for its “Americana” feel and sense of community. “Everybody knows everybody,” Mark said. You get to see a lot of the kids. You get to know the parents.”
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