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ACA celebrates 25 years of fostering the arts in Addison On Friday, Sept. 6, the Addison Center for the Arts is hosting its 25th anniversary benefit event to be held at the Empress Banquets, 200 E. Lake St., beginning at 6:30 p.m. Art enthusiasts will enjoy an open wine and beer bar, dinner, fine art by local artists, silent auction, and music by the Papo Jazz Quartet. For tickets and information, call 630-862-9268. Celebrating 25 years of history Founded in 1994 Addison Center for the Arts, a not-for-profit art agency, was to advance the arts as an integral part of life in Addison and the surrounding communities. The ACA dedicated itself to creating quality art programs in order to provide self-exploration, skill development, and aesthetic awareness. The ACA seeks to empower creators, performers and the community as a way to enhance and enrich the world around us. For many years, civic and cultural groups, as well as involved citizens of Addison, had recognized the need for a home for cultural arts in Addison. In 1986, those groups, along with the Addison Cultural Arts Development Commission joined together to fully explore the need and feasibility of building a cultural arts center in Addison. With the support from local and state agencies, like the Village of Addison and the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Commission was able to prepare the first stage of development that would become the Addison Center for the Arts. In September of 1994 the Center was incorporated as a not-forprofit organization to advance the arts as an integral part of life in Addison and the surrounding communities. Founder offers reflections on history Annette Leiber, founder and Pres-
ident Emeritus of the Addison Center for the Arts, reflects back on the agency’s long history. “I personally remember back in 1982 bringing the idea for an arts center to the Addison Village mayor and trustees,” she said. “Back then, our community theater and art guild were meeting at various places around town--they needed a ‘home of their own.’ As a member of the Addison Cultural Arts Development Commission, I was given approval to start writing grants for this project. “I’m proud of what we have accom-
plished over the years working with the village board, school administrators, visual artists, musicians, and theatrical artists. We are grateful that the people of Addison and the surrounding area are a great audience!” Over the years, the Center partnered with numerous organizations like the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Salt Creek Ballet Company, Fantasia Ballet Company of Russia and the Mexican Folkloric Dance Co. of Chicago to bring culturally diverse arts programming to our ethnically diverse population. The ACA’s art gallery has hosted the
artworks of hundreds of professional Illinois artists and others worldwide. In addition to the professional artists, the Art Center has displayed and nurtured the talent of up-and-coming student artists from the local schools and Girl Scout troops. In the fall of 2010, after a successful capital campaign in partnership with the Village of Addison and DuPage High School District 88, the Addison Center for the Arts opened the doors of its current home located in Addison Trail High School that features an art gallery, a 120-seat Studio
Theater, a 1200-seat auditorium and shared classrooms. The new gallery is a focus of educational visits from the local elementary school students and is a valuable and convenient resource for the Addison Trail High School students. The Addison Center for the Arts looks forward to embellishing the cultural life of its community far into the future. All are invited to attend the 25th anniversary celebration. Call 630-8629268 by Aug. 30 for banquet reservations.
DEE LONGFELLOW PHOTO Addison Independent
Ribbon is cut at Clarendale of Addison
On Thursday, Aug. 21, the ribbon was cut and the doors were opened at Clarendale of Addison, a new senior residential community located at 1651 Lake St. Dignitaries including Addison Mayor Richard Veenstra, Robert Anderson, president of the Addison Chamber of Commerce & Industry, David Erickson, vice president of real estate development for Ryan Companies, and Michael Heselbarth, director of operations management for Life Care Services, and other elected officials, staff and administrators are pictured here at the official ribbon-cutting. Full story and more photos inside this issue.
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