2017 Winter Performing Arts/Lecture Series Program

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PERFORMING ARTS & LECTURES PROGRAM

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Arts Making an Impact Dear Friends of The Center, The arts represent one of the cornerstones of a vibrant and engaged society. Educational arts experiences develop depth of character, problem-solving skills and creative thinking. These experiences shape our understanding of our roles as citizens.

I am honored and inspired to be part of a community that cares so deeply about and recognizes the importance of the arts.

From The Center’s spring exhibition on letter writing, which engaged 590 students, to Craters of the Moon, our nationallyrecognized exhibition in collaboration with the National Park Service Centennial, The Center’s programs continuously enrich the lives of children and adults through transformative arts and educational experiences.

Every year, more than 1,250 students visit the gallery to engage with art. They learn to look closely, to describe what they’re seeing and what it means to them, and to listen to each other’s observations. When they leave The Center, they do so inspired. I witness Arts Making an Impact every day.

Results from our spring membership drive indicate that those who value The Center range widely in demographics. Over 2,500 people—a significant percentage of the valley’s population—are member donors. The Center is fortunate to have such a dedicated family of supporters who recognize the value of artistic investment in the future.

I invite you to engage with The Center more deeply as we move forward with key initiatives, including arts education programs, Company of Fools and BIG IDEA projects. My support for The Center began 20 years ago as an audience member at summer concerts and Company of Fools productions. Over the years, I have come to trust that when I take my seat at a Center event, I will leave enriched.

We could not inspire, educate or create without you. Working together we connect nearly 40,000 people in our small community through arts and culture every year. You have a powerful impact as participants, audience members, Wine Auction attendees and donor members. Thank you for making our community a wonderful place to live.

This is YOUR Center.

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ARTS EDUCATION — The Center Educates

Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ K-12 Arts Education programs include:

CLASSROOM ENRICHMENT PROFESSIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES STUDENT EXHIBITION TOURS STAGES OF WONDER STUDENT MATINEES

confidence improvisational skills

self-expression problem solving

empathy

ARTS EDUCATION is essential to building engaged, curious, inspired and contributing citizens and communities.

The Center’s programming delivers transformative and engaging arts education.

The Center needs your support to make an impact in the lives of individuals, our community and society at large.

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Program Overview

Professional museum educators and teaching artists work with secondary, core, non-arts classroom teachers to develop a project and co-teach an element of planned curriculum through a hands-on art project.

• Provides students with new tools for interpretation and problem solving • Encourages skill building, three dimensional learning, critical thinking and selfexpression skills • Provides educators with a new model for teaching core material • Reinforces and supports the learning students are doing through more traditional methods • An important skill-building opportunity for teachers

CLASSROOM ENRICHMENT

Program Overview

Professional museum educators offer students and teachers an exploration of visual art exhibitions.

Students engage with the art work, the ideas behind the exhibition, the museum educator and their peers through observation and discussion. Students also create a hands-on art project linked to the content of the exhibition.

• Students engage with art and ideas through object-based conversation and art-making experiences, strengthening critical looking and thinking skills • Students hone visual and self-expression skills through discussion as well as hands-on making • Students develop understanding that art is a means for interpretation of the world around them • Teachers have an experiential learning opportunity that reinforces curricular themes • Students in our rural community have an active, positive museum experience

STUDENT EXHIBITION TOURS

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Program Overview Musicians, actors, dancers, authors and visual artists visit Blaine County Schools to offer performances, presentations, workshops and classes. Residencies range from all school assemblies to one-on-one or small group workshops in classrooms.

• Students learn from professional artists about the value of hard work, commitment and self-expression • Students are exposed to live performance, global cultures and artistic styles; residencies are often a student’s only experience of live performance • Artists work side by side with secondary students and their teachers, refining technique and approach • Students often perform publicly with music professionals, motivating students to do their best work

A special thank you:

The following donors support our education programs in the schools: Cox Communications Robbins de Beaumont Foundation Heart of Gold Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation

The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Geri & John Herbert Idaho Commission on the Arts

Gayle Marie National Endowment for the Arts Wendy & Alan Pesky The POWER Foundation

US Bank Foundation Western States Arts Federation Wood River Women’s Foundation

All of our members, donors and our Annual Wine Auction participants help provide support for our educational programs, all of which are offered free or at a very low cost to students.

Consider joining our Guardians program to increase your investment in arts education.

Program Overview

STAGES OF WONDER

An in-school program designed for elementary students to explore creativity through the theatrical arts, work as a collective, and experience being effective, empowered leaders and followers.

Trained theatre educators lead students through physical exercises that encourage individual expression and appreciation of others’ perspectives.

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The program serves as Blaine County School District’s elementary theatre curriculum Exercises meet National Core Arts Standards for theatre Students develop self-expression skills Program lays the foundation for student understanding of the theatrical and physical arts as a means for self-expression and interpretation • Strengthens team building and respect among students

Program Overview

Company of Fools, The Center’s professional theatre company, presents plays for K–12 students.

Students interact with professional actors during a Q&A session following each performance.

• Provides exposure to live performance and professional actors, reinforcing students’ knowledge of different artistic mechanisms for storytelling, interpretation and communication • Provides link to in-school Stages of Wonder theatre program and deepens understanding of physical expression; also demonstrates reliance on teamwork and team building • Students learn how to become informed and respectful audience members

STUDENT MATINEES

WHY ARTS EDUCATION

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“Students who participate in the arts develop a strong sense and in their ability to affect the world of around them in meaningful ways.”

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BIG IDEAS — The Center Connects

Craters of the Moon

May 20–July 30, 2016: Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho May 20–late September, 2016: Craters of the Moon National Monument, Arco, Idaho

Craters of the Moon is an exhibition in two parts: one at Craters of the Moon National Monument near Arco, Idaho, and one at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum, Idaho. Coinciding with the National Park Service Centennial, the project celebrates a uniquely Western environment: Craters of the Moon National Monument, “a weird and scenic landscape” (in the words of Calvin Coolidge) that evolved over eight volcanic eruptions that occurred 15,000 to 2,000 years ago. Craters is a vast sea of black lava flows, tubes, caves and cones, dotted with sagebrush and other vegetation and punctuated by wind-sculpted limber pines. The area first gained attention when explorer Robert Limbert walked the 50-mile length of its Great Rift in 1920 and then began lobbying for National Park designation.

John Grade, model for Spur, 2016, courtesy the artist

Jason Middlebrook, preliminary sketch, 2015, courtesy the artist

Binh Danh, Cinders at Craters of the Moon, 2013, original camera-exposed daguerreotype, courtesy the artist, Haines Gallery, San Francisco and Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix

The exhibition at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts features work by five artists, each considering Craters of the Moon from different points of view. The Center has commissioned two of these artists to create large-scale sculptures located outdoors at Craters of the Moon National Monument during the summer of 2016 and then relocated to sites in the city of Ketchum in the fall.

Jason Middlebrook, Homage to the Limber Pine (1000 Years of High Winds, Heavy Snow and Countless Gazes), 2016

Cindy Tower, Queen’s Crown, 2011, mixed media on fabric and canvas, courtesy the artist and Ochi Gallery, Ketchum

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS John Grade Jason Middlebrook Cindy Tower Charles Lindsay Binh Danh The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

— The Center Creates

21 YEARS OF THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE Idaho’s Award-Winning Theatre Company Company of Fools, The Center’s theatre company, is driven by the power of the theatrical experience to connect artist and audience. Whether through performing or teaching, we seek to engage, inspire, entertain and transform.

Now in its 21st season, Company of Fools produces live professional theatre at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey. The Company believes strongly in the power of theatre to connect artists and audiences, bringing our community together in a shared experience that can change the way we think about the world.

21ST SEASON MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS Grey Gardens

June 28–July 20, 2016

Liberty Theatre Book by Doug Wright Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie Grey Gardens is generously sponsored by Joyce Friedman in celebration of Norman Friedman’s Life.

ART

August 9–13, 2016 Liberty Theatre

by Yasmina Reza

Grounded

September 28–October 15, 2016 Liberty Theatre

by George Brant

A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine December 14–30, 2016

Liberty Theatre

by Dick Vosburgh & Frank Lazarus

Constellations

February 15–March 4, 2017 Liberty Theatre

by Nick Payne

21ST SEASON PLAY READINGS White Rabbit/Red Rabbit October 27–29, 2016

Liberty Theatre & The Center, Ketchum

by Nassim Soleimanpour

Bright New Boise November 15, 2016 Liberty Theatre

by Samuel D. Hunter

Newly Commissioned Performance Piece Spring 2017

21ST SEASON SPONSORS Ali Long/The Springcreek Foundation The Shubert Foundation High Country Fusion Ken Lewis Priscilla Pittiglio Linda & Bob Edwards Arrow R Storage Scott Miley Roofing Mary Ann & John Underwood Media sponsor The Weekly Sun

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From our Artistic Director The arts play different roles in peoples’ lives but one thing they offer everyone is their ability to connect. They connect us to ourselves, to each other, to ideas and to our present. They serve as inspiration, as release, as sources of insight and joy.

Sitting in the Liberty Theatre watching a story unfold together we laugh, gasp, and sometimes cry. Listening to a concert with our friends and children, we share a sense of wonder as talent sweeps us up in collective rhythm. Walking through an exhibition listening to an artist discuss their approach to their work enriches our understanding of our world, offering a new perspective that broadens our vantage point.

The Center’s winter and spring offerings promise to create new connections as well. P.W. Singer will spark our intellect as he prompts us to consider the changing nature of warfare. International Guitar Night promises to ignite our sense of awe as guitarists from multiple cultures and traditions come together to wow us with their virtuosity.

We hope, too, that you will connect to each other through engagement with our BIG IDEA projects, which are equally rich but very different from each other. This winter we explore the promise and peril of technology through Rayguns, Robots, Drones. This spring, we settle down and in to examine the link between art and contemplation in Contemplative Practice, a BIG IDEA project that allows us to partner with other non-profits whose business is meditation, wellness and spirituality.

The Center organizes BIG IDEAS to provide multiple avenues into the conversation, whether through film or a play reading, a lecture or panel discussion. Family Days and evening exhibition tours are great ways to more deeply experience the art in the museum. All of it is built as an invitation for you to participate and have some fun doing it.

We hope you will come, join us and connect!

Kristin Poole, Artistic Director

All Center programs are supported by public funding for the arts through the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the Idaho Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Winter & Spring Artists' Bios CONCERT: Brett Dennen

Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 7pm Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley Brett Dennen is a nationally celebrated singer songwriter with 6 albums to his credit.

He’s performed at Austin City Limits, Newport Folk and Telluride Bluegrass Festivals and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien. He weaves his wry sense of humor into his beautiful carefully crafted songs. Dennen attributes his unique style in part to being homeschooled by parents who encouraged creative exploration.

In addition to his skill as a musician, Brett is a philanthropist, visual artist, wine maker, environmentalist and avid skier. His love of the environment grew out of his experiences at Camp Jack Hazard, a summer camp he attended and later worked at as a counselor. Located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the camp’s beauty inspired Dennen to create this winter’s “Ski Town” tour. The tour combines Dennen’s love of skiing with his concern over the future of resort towns in the face of climate change.

While in the valley, Dennen will work with 8th grade music students at the Community School and present a concert with those workshop students.

“We think it’s time for the whole world to take notice of Brett Dennen’s expert pop songcraft.”

—KCRW, Morning Becomes Eclectic Part of The Center’s 2016–2017 Professional Artist Residency program.

LECTURE: P.W. Singer

Thu, Feb 9, 2017, 6:30pm Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum P.W. Singer is the author of multiple awardwinning books, and a contributing editor at Popular Science. Dr. Singer is considered one of the world’s leading experts on changes in 21st century warfare.

Singer’s book Wired for War examined the implications of robotics and other new technologies for war, politics, ethics, and law in the 21st century. Wired for War made The New York Times non-fiction bestseller list in its first week of release.

Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (2015) is Singer’s debut novel. It melds nonfiction style research on emerging trends and technology with a fictional exploration of the future of war at sea, on land, in the air, space, and cyberspace.

“The premier futurist in the national security environment.”

—The Wall Street Journal Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Rayguns, Robots, Drones.

Winter & Spring Artists' Bios CONCERT: International Guitar Night Tue, Feb 14, 2017, 7pm Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley

International Guitar Night (IGN) is North America’s premier mobile guitar festival. For over twenty years IGN has brought together the world’s foremost acoustic guitarist composers to perform original compositions and exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. Each season founder Brian Gore invites a new cast of guitar luminaries to join him for a special evening of solos, duets and quartets that highlight the dexterity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar.

This winter gypsy jazz legend Lulo Reinhardt (grand-nephew of the legendary Django Reinhardt) is stepping in as guest host. He’ll be joined by three incredibly dynamic musicians: Italy’s innovative contemporary guitarist Luca Stricagnoli; brilliant Brazilian composer/performer Chrystian Dozza; and India’s ground-breaking slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. Luca’s inventive “tapping” techniques have garnered over 7 million views on YouTube; Chrystian is the recipient of many prestigious awards as one of Brazil’s leading young guitarists; and Debashish has invented his own technique for playing classical Indian music on the slide guitar. These musicians promise a lively and innovative performance.

While in the Wood River Valley, IGN will perform an interactive concert for the 55 students of Silver Creek High School. In preparation for IGN’s visit, students will research the ensemble members’ musical techniques and cultural heritage. Current students at Silver Creek have a deep interest in music. Last spring one of the students built a recording studio within the school. In December 2016, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts donated five guitars to Silver Creek High School to nurture student interest in the instrument and encourage use of the recording studio. The donation was made on behalf of country music artist Keith Urban, who provided the guitars as a way to support The Center’s Professional Artist Residencies.

Part of The Center’s 2016–2017 Professional Artist Residency program.

CONCERT: Las Cafeteras

Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 7pm Wood River High School Performing Arts Theatre, Hailey In 2005, rooted in community and tradition, a group of students learning Son Jarocho music (a regional folk music style from Veracruz, Mexico) became known as “Los Cafeteros,” named after the Eastside Cafe community center in East Los Angeles that they helped found.

They soon changed their name to Las Cafeteras to honor the feminine spirit of the group.

Over the years, Las Cafeteras have developed a genre-bending sound and presented electric live performances with the purpose of sharing the hidden stories of migrant life in Los Angeles.

Las Cafeteras have been inspired not only by Mexican music, but, in true American style, have integrated the sounds that surround them, from rock, reggae and hip-hop to Motown.

Through music, Las Cafeteras is trying to help build “a world where many worlds fit.” While in the Wood River Valley, Las Cafeteras will spend four days visiting over 2000 students with musical performances in valley schools, sharing their music and their message of inclusivity.

Part of The Center’s 2016–2017 Professional Artist Residency program.

Winter & Spring Artists' Bios LECTURE: Arianna Huffington Fri, May 26, 2017, 6:30pm Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley

Lecture Series and Wellness Festival keynote speaker Arianna Huffington is the co-founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and author of fifteen books.

In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet. In 2012, the site won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.

She has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list.

Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics.

Her 15th book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time, on the science, history and mystery of sleep, was published in April 2016 and became an instant New York Times Bestseller.

Co-presented as part of the Lecture Series

by Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Sun Valley Wellness Festival.

Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Contemplative Practice.

2016/2017 Lecture Series Miranda July

in conversation with Marcia Franklin Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 6:30pm Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum

P.W. Singer

Thu, Feb 9, 2017, 6:30pm Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Rayguns, Robots, Drones

Season Sponsors

The 2016–2017 Lecture Series is sponsored in part by Jennifer and Peter Roberts.

Free Student Humanities Club tickets are provided through the generous support of Robin Leavitt and Terry Friedlander for lecture series, performing arts events and play readings.

Arianna Huffington

in partnership with Sun Valley Wellness Festival Fri, May 26, 2017, 6:30pm Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley

Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Contemplative Practice

2016/2017 Performing Arts Series Sharron Matthews

An evening of cabaret

Season Sponsors

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International Guitar Night and Las Cafeteras are supported by public funding for the arts through the National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF, the Idaho Commission on the Arts and the Idaho Legislature.

Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 7pm NexStage Theater, Ketchum Fri, Dec 9, 2016, 7pm Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Idaho Stories

Brett Dennen

Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 7pm Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley

International Guitar Night

Tue, Feb 14, 2017, 7pm Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley

Las Cafeteras

Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 7pm Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey

The 2016–2017 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by Wood River Inn.

The 2016–2017 Professional Artist Residencies are supported by Gayle Marie. Additional support for The Center’s educational outreach programs is provided by Cox Communications, Robbins de Beaumont Foundation, Michael S. Engl Family Foundation, The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation, The Donald and Gretchen K. Fraser Fund and the Heart of Gold Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation and U.S. Bancorp Foundation.

Upcoming Events January BIG IDEA & EXHIBITION: Rayguns, Robots, Drones: Technology’s Peril and Promise Through Mar 25 CONCERT: Brett Dennen Tue, Jan 24, 7pm WINTER OPEN STUDIO: Figure Drawing Wed, Jan 25, 6:30–8:30pm FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR & TALK: Rayguns, Robots, Drones with special guests Taan Robrahn, Captain of Sun Valley Fire Dept & Lieutenant Brian Carpita, Blaine County Sheriff’s Office Thu, Jan 26, 5:30pm FILM: Zero Days Thu, Jan 26, 7pm TEEN WORKSHOP: Don’t Eat that Food!: Creating Theatre Props Sat–Sun, Jan 28–29, 12–3pm

February WINTER OPEN STUDIO: Figure Drawing Weds, Feb 8 & 22, 6:30–8:30pm LECTURE: P.W. Singer Thu, Feb 9, 6:30pm CONCERT: International Guitar Night Tue, Feb 14, 7pm COMPANY OF FOOLS THEATRE: Constellations Feb 15–Mar 4, various dates & times FILM: Oscar Nominated Live Action & Animated Shorts Wed & Thu, Feb 15 & 16, 7pm FREE GALLERY WALK: Rayguns, Robots, Drones Fri, Feb 17, 5–7pm FILM: Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts Program A & B Wed & Thu, Feb 22 & 23, 7pm

FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR & ARTIST TALK: Rayguns, Robots, Drones with Mahwish Chishty Thu, Feb 23, 5:30pm

March FREE FAMILY DAY: Rayguns, Robots, Drones Sat, Mar 4, 3–5pm FILM: City of Gold Thu, Mar 9, 7pm FREE GALLERY WALK: Rayguns, Robots, Drones Fri, Mar 10, 5–7pm FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR & TALK: Rayguns, Robots, Drones with special guests Wood River High School Robotics Team Thu, Mar 16, 5:30pm FILM: Manakamana Thu, Mar 30, 7pm BIG IDEA & EXHIBITION: Contemplative Practice Mar 31–Jun 23 FREE OPENING CELEBRATION: Contemplative Practice Fri, Mar 31, 5–7pm

April FREE FOOLS’ DAY CELEBRATION Sat, Apr 1, time TBD FREE IN-GALLERY MEDITATIONS: led by the Flourish Foundation Dates/times TBD SPRING OPEN STUDIO: Figure Drawing Weds, Apr 5 & 19, 6:30–8:30pm CONCERT: Las Cafeteras Fri, Apr 7, 7pm FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Contemplative Practice Thu, Apr 13, 5:30pm

FILM: Heart of a Dog Thu, Apr 13, 7pm FREE PANEL DISCUSSION: Contemplative Practice: What is the relationship between the practice of prayer and meditation?

Tue, Apr 18, 6:30pm

May COMPANY OF FOOLS THEATRE: Commissioned performance as part of Contemplative Practice Dates/times TBD SPRING OPEN STUDIO: Figure Drawing Weds, May 3 & 17, 6:30–8:30pm

CREATIVE JUMP-IN/ADULT CLASS: Radiant Mandalas: Meditative Drawing & Journaling with Kaleigh Surber as part of Contemplative Practice Sat, May 13, 9am–1pm FREE FAMILY DAY: Contemplative Practice Sat, May 13, 3–5pm FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Contemplative Practice Thu, May 18, 5:30pm LECTURE: Arianna Huffington Fri, May 26, 6:30pm

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AUGUST 11–13, 2017

FEB 15–MAR 4, 2017

By Nick Payne

Liberty Theatre, Hailey

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Company of Fools’ 21st Season Sponsors: Ali Long/The Springcreek Foundation, High Country Fusion, Ken Lewis, Priscilla Pittiglio, The Shubert Foundation, Mary Ann & John Underwood, Linda & Bob Edwards, Arrow R Storage, Scott Miley Roofing and media sponsor The Weekly Sun.

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Visit the box office at: The Center, Ketchum 191 Fifth Street East Ketchum, ID 83340 Hours: Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm, Sats in Feb, Mar, Jul & Aug, 11am–5pm

Company of Fools Liberty Theatre 110 North Main Street Hailey, ID 83333 Hours: Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm

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Please note: Performance dates, times and details are subject to change. Please check our website for the most current information.

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The Center Staff

Tim Wolff, President

Christine Davis-Jeffers, Executive Director

Lisa Stelck, Vice President

Kristin Poole, Artistic Director

David Hanks, Treasurer Tod Hamachek, Secretary Tim Black Robert DeGennaro Charlie Goodyear David Holmes Barbara Lehman Judith Weiss Levy Britt Palmedo Richard Perlman Trina Peters Katherine Rixon Sarah Woodward

Brooke Baker, Finance Manager

David Janeski, Database Administrator

Ilana Becker, Associate Artistic Director Company of Fools

Joe Lavigne, Technical Director/ Resident Scenic Designer

Holly Bornemeier, Marketing Manager

Virginia McConnell, Finance and Database Assistant

Kristine Bretall, Director of Performing Arts

Callan Miranda, Special Events Fundraising Manager and Wine Auction Director

Kelly Eisenbarger, Administrative Coordinator/ Lead Ticket Sales Katelyn Foley, Director of Education and Humanities Courtney Gilbert, Curator of Visual Arts John Glenn, Artistic Director Company of Fools Jessica Hamilton, Development Coordinator

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BIG IDEAS — The Center Inspires

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BIG IDEA?”

The arts bring us together as a community. They create dialogue, build connections and help us define our place in the world. Much of The Center’s programming is built around themes, “BIG IDEAS” that are relevant to the world today.

BIG IDEA projects are multidisciplinary in nature—they feature an exhibition, lectures, classes, film, performing arts and theatre. You can participate in a single event or go deeper, exploring the idea through many different lenses.

Video and digital documentation of programs is generously supported by the Wolfson Family Foundation

Idaho Stories

October 21, 2016–January 6, 2017 What are Idaho’s stories? Who has told them?

How have contemporary artists and writers interpreted those stories? This BIG IDEA project presents a loose narrative informed by Idaho’s literary history. Key figures are Ezra Pound, born in Hailey; author and illustrator Mary Hallock Foote, who lived in Boise; self-taught artist James Castle, based in Idaho all his life; Ernest Hemingway, who visited the state many times before ending his life in Ketchum; and Marilynne Robinson’s novel Housekeeping, set in northern Idaho.

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Rayguns, Robots, Drones: Technology’s Peril and Promise

January 13–March 18, 2017

Can any technology ever exist solely for good?

Science fiction authors have imagined worlds in which technology becomes a threat. But is this more than the stuff of fiction? This BIG IDEA project is an opportunity for a look at the role of technology in our real lives as well as our fictional fantasies. Using robots, drones and rayguns as metaphors for technological advances, the project examines the complex nature of technology’s inherent promise and its potential danger.

Michael Salter

Contemplative Practice

March 24–June 23, 2017 What is the connection between art and contemplation? For centuries, artists have created religious objects meant to offer a contemplative or devotional experience.

But how do art and contemplation intersect outside established religious traditions?

This BIG IDEA project uses work by artists engaged with contemplative practices as the basis for a larger investigation of the role of meditation and mindfulness in our world today.

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MATTERS Thanks to our members’ commitment and generosity, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts presents world-class artists, actors, writers and thinkers of our time and brings arts education to children in the Blaine County schools. By becoming a member you make the strong statement that the arts are essential in our lives and our community.

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Your support matters! THANK YOU! Whether you attend exhibitions, Company of Fools professional theatre, lectures, classes, films or concerts, or just enjoy the fact that our community has an abundance of these opportunities, we count on your support to continue to provide programs that make the Wood River Valley such a special place to live and visit.

Wood River Valley residents live in a very remote part of a very remote state in the Western US, and by car you are limited to a two-lane road to find us. One of the greatest values of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts is that they act as a conduit to the world for our students. Through the efforts of The Center, fabulous pockets of talented individuals are funneled to our schools for rewarding and intimate encounters with worldclass talent.

—Fritz Peters Individual Member Donor & Wood River High School Principal

For our family, The Center is a catalyst for creative thinking, contemplation, culture, conversation…I love the interdisciplinary and interactive exhibits they put together.

There is truly something for everyone, of any age, tied into thought-provoking themes that resonate for us all. We couldn’t imagine this valley without The Center.

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When we moved to the Sun Valley area from San Francisco, its well established cultural environment was a significant factor in our choice. Our expectations have been so far exceeded with the opportunity to see an array of world-class artists, speakers, actors and musicians in an intimate venue and the chance to have dialogue with them as well.

We treasure the fact that these artists go into our local schools and work with children who would never have this kind of exposure in most communities in this country.

—Linda & Clay Bowling Benefactor Member Donors

My husband and I are members of The Center because we want to help support the programming that we find so intellectually stimulating. Yet, equally important to our values is that The Center is dedicated to educating the youth of our valley.

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Thank you to our Member Donors The Center is grateful to the following individuals, businesses, foundations and government agencies for their financial support of our annual operations and programming during the period June 1, 2015–May 31, 2016.

$50,000+

Jill and Frank Dulcich David A. Pyle Sharon and Bill Shubin Carol Swig Karen and Frank Willey Barbara and Stanley Zax

$25,000–$49,999

Liz Brown Susan and Ronald Greenspan Barbara and John Lehman Tim Mott and Pegan Brooke Wendy and Alan Pesky Mr. and Mrs. Michael Quinn Tedde and James Reid Julie and Preston Sargent Roselyne C. Swig Gail and Jack Thornton Robin and Tim Wolff Wolfson Family Foundations The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

$10,000–$24,999

Lyn and David Anderson Mindy Mays and Jack E. Bariteau Leslie Benz Wood River Women’s Foundation Ginger and Don Brandt Peco Foundation—Peter Curran Robbins de Beaumont Foundation Kim Kawaguchi and Bob Disbrow Steven Durels Michael and Lehua Engl Sandy and Jim Figge Sandra and Chip Fisher Barbara and Tod Hamachek Kathy and Joe Hardiman Susan and Richard Hare Family Foundation The Pittsburgh Foundation, Heinz Family Foundation —Teresa Heinz The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Vivian Henderson Geri and John W. Herbert Heather Horton Roy A. Hunt Foundation —Daniel and Jodie Hunt

Idaho Commission on the Arts Tracy and Greg Johnson Sue Kelly Leslie and Michael Lanahan Kenneth Lewis Ali Long Jon A. Masterson Family Trust Rob McGowan Leslie and William McMorrow The Mead Charitable Fund Jeanne Meyers and Richard Carr Kipp Nelson Brittain and Peter Palmedo Richard Perlman and Ellen Hanson Trina and Jake Peters Priscilla Pittiglio The James J. Colt Foundation, Inc. —Stephanie and Robert Rand Jennifer and Peter Roberts The Shubert Foundation Judith and Richard Smooke Pam and Michael Towers Billy and Sis Weidner Trish and Dave Wilson Katie and Fritz Wolff The Works of Grace Foundation —The Castellano-Wood Family Sarah and David Woodward

$5,000–$9,999

Atkinsons’ Market Ted and Joanne Baseler Lisa Stelck and Bill Boeger Penny Eagan and Bob Brennan Deer Creek Fund of the Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Susan and Earl Cohen Cox Communications Cherie and Steve Crowe William Eckholm Linda and Bob Edwards Ginny and Peter Foreman Galen Family Foundation —Nancy and Ross Goldstein Sam and Peggy Grossman Family Foundation Kim and John Hagenbuch Carol and Len Harlig Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Holzman Kathleen M. Jones Kristin and Zach Krahmer

Andrea B. Laporte Constance Lawton and Jim Yoder Lee Gilman Builders Inc. Jerome F. and Judith Weiss Levy Family Fund Gayle Marie Michael E. Marks Family Foundation Denise and Peter Merlone Scott Miley and Jane Rosen Carol P. Nie Linda and Bill Potter Kim and Barron Ressler Kim and Rick Selby The Otis Booth Foundation —Stephanie B. and Steven M. Shafran Q Charitable Fund—Quin Shott Caryn and Robert Tyre Mary Ann and John Underwood US Bancorp Foundation Carole Lewis and Ted Walczak Richard and Penny Weiss Jerry and Maryanne Whitcomb Jennifer Wilson Fritz Wolff, Sr. Jesse Wolff

$2,500–$4,999

Anonymous (1) Gwynn and Mitchel August Bretall Family Fund Colleen and Bradley Bullington Judi and Jeffery Camps Dan & Micki Chapin Fund, Inc. Dr. Michael and Kirsten Coughlin Keller Williams Sun Valley Southern Idaho—Katherine Rixon and Rob Cronin Jeff Dash Marcus J. Dash The Dawson Family Roger and Janet DeBard Kathy and Joe DeFur Andria Friesen and Robert DeGennaro Little Sprout Foundation —Susan and Edmund Dumke Jolie and Robert Dunn Susan Duprey Candace and Richard Emsiek Edsel B. Ford II Fund Elaine and John French

Suzanne and Frank Gerlits Hailey Rotary Foundation, Inc. Heart of Gold Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation High Country Fusion —Tiffanie and David Hanks and Kathleen Bjorkman-Wilson and Steven Wilson Cynthia and Quentin Hills The Sanford Foundation —Nancy Hughes Hull Family Foundation —Gail Severn and Blair Hull Judy Jellinek Michael and Barbie John Elissa and Russ Joseph Dan Kosta Marcia and Don Liebich Frances and Joe Luter Margret and Nevins McBride Judith and Marshall Meyer M Design & Interior, LLC Julie Weston and Gerry Morrison Rebecca and Jonathan Neeley Lisa Nemec and Edward Zbella Linda and Bill Nicholson Jennifer Nordstrom Jay Petkunas Tom and Michelle Praggastis Kathryn and Kirk Riedinger Carlyn Ring Sarah and Bill Robertson Mr. Chris Rossman Ann and Irwin Sentilles Shafran Family Foundation Frank Shrontz Alison and John Shulman Mary Elizabeth and Ian K. W. Snow Kari and Greg Strimple Susan Swig Gregory Trapp Jane P. Watkins Susan and David Weil Lisa and Greg Wendt Wilson Construction, L.L.C. Julie Wrigley Whitefish Community Foundation

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Christie and Timothy Black The Blank Family Foundation, Inc. —Jerry Blank The Borman Family Linda and Clay Bowling Bill and Lindy Buchanan Jack and Elizabeth Bunce Vic and Sara Carlson City of Sun Valley Kirsten and Brad Cleveland Buzz and Penny Coe Robert S. Colman Catherine Corroon Karen and Carter Cox Kingsley and Jack Croul Julia Damasco Maryanne and Richard Davis Fiona de Kerckhove Penelope and James W. DeYoung Jill and Mark Eshman Susan Flynt Damaris and Frank Ford Bunker and Larry Frank Lynda Fredrickson Joyce B. Friedman Peter and Hope Garrett Donna and S. Jon Gerstenfeld Karen and Ned Gilhuly Gilman Contemporary Morley Golden Family Charitable Fund Roger and Margaret Gould Robert and Barbara Grabowski Z. Wayne and Cynnie Griffin Jeff and Sandy Grubb Jolynn Hardiman Michael and Irene Healy Charitable Fund Dick and Betty Hedreen Kitty Hillman Joelle and Greg Hoff Bobbi R. Hunt Philip H. Isles II Glenn C. Janss Buncy’s Charitabe Fund —Eleanor J. Jeffrey Martha and Ross Jennings Katherine Kendrick Kiwanis Club of Hailey and the Wood River Valley Peter and Bonnie Kremer Carol Lacey Dennis W. Lallman Jennifer and Chris Laporte Bill and Jo Lowe

Karen and Bill Lutz Pam and Chuck Lyford Lori Lyle Mariana S. Maricich-Paen Claudia McCain Wilson and Lisa McElhinny Jim and Willa McLaughlin Kathy Miranda Carol Mutzel William and Sally Neukom Judith and Donald Nickelson Esther and Michael Ochsman Robert and Beverly O’Neill Suzanne and Alex Orb Perrin Orr Cindi and Todd Osborn Melanie Paisley The POWER Foundation Joy and Jack Prudek Ann and Philip Puchner Redfish Technology Barbi Reed and Gary Hornbuckle Susan Reinstein and Brian Ross Robert and Elizabeth Reniers Marline and Robert Rennels Susie and Terry Ring Larsen Fund—Muffy Ritz Rhonda Robbins, M.D. Brent and Bev Robinson Beth and Bob Rohe Glenn Salva Marna and Rock Schnabel Martin Selig and Catherine Mayer Vicki and Glen Shapiro Sara and Robert Skousen Linda and Richard Slade Rick Small and Darcey Fugman-Small Selby and Fleet Smith Erin Struxness David and Maggie Sturdevant Susan E. Thurston John and Patsy Todd Tobi and Kevin Travis Tunney Foundation—Dr. Dori Tunney Kathryn Urban Kimm Uzielli Terry and Lara Vehrs Mallory and Diana Walker Lynn and Frank Whittelsey Designated Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation Gail and Rhys Wilkie Kim Wiss Paul Wolff and Rhea Schwartz

Western States Arts Federation Tracy and Pete Wolff Ward and Priscilla Woods Bob and Patience Ziebarth

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Darci Swanson Judith Teller Kaye and David Kaye Dookie and Bill Tingue Kathinka and John Tunney Lois Ukropina Nils Venge Carolyn and Jay Walton Starr Weekes Anita Weissberg Kathleen Westby Michael and Barbara Wilkinson James and Sally Will Wood River Women’s Foundation Member’s Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation —Darci Swanson Jay Young

$250–$499

Anonymous (8) Laurie and Paul Ahern Karen and Scott Alpert Barb and Jack Anderson BigLife Media LLC Carolyn Corvi and John Bates Arnold and Susan Blair Ron and Roberta Bloom Debbe and Franklin O. Booth III Carol Boswell JoAnn Boswell Jason and Deborah Brickley Richard and Patricia Bruder Douglas and Connie Cameron Heidi Campbell Emily L. Carroll Nancy Chapin Courtney Cline Drew Collier Robertson-Conn Family James and Susan Coons Gary and Susan Crowe Jayne Crowley Peggy Dean Robert Deaton Richard and Cris Deposit John and Carey Dondero Patricia M. Draper Willis and Miren duPont Margaret and Charley Durnin Wendy Easterday Diana and Larry Eisenstat Leon and Ann Ellis Michael Faison and Gisela Zechmeister Nancy and Doug Fenn

Jim and Chrissy Field Happy Fitzgerald Roger and Jeanne Foreman Cay Fortune and John Shimer Stephanie and Hod Fowler Samuel Freeman James Gandolfi Nina and W.C. Gardiner III Mark and Betsy Gates Bob and Debbie Gilbert Ellen and James Gillespie Peggy Elliott Goldwyn Putter Goodwin Michelle and Baird Gourlay Peter and Betty Gray Susan and David Haas Carolyn and Bill Harper Dr. Ron and Sylvia Hartman Thomas Hennig and Nancie Tatum Peggy Hicks Mary and Alan Hogg Dan and Barb Hurlbutt Theresa Hyndman Peter and Sally Jarvis Don and Beverly Jefferson Anne Jeffery and Jack Sept Debbie and Jerry Johnson Admiral Jay and Sydney Johnson Laura and Scott Jordan Patricia and Douglas Kaiser Jean and Robert Kapp Cynthia and Steve Kearns Gerry and Kaye Kearns James Keller and Susan Giannettino Diane Coulthard Kneeland Kathleen and Karl Krekow Kimberlee and Mark Krouse Lallman, Feltman, Peterson & Pierce, P.A. Alice and Robert Lane Box L Fund—Inge-Lise and John R. Lane Bob and Alice Lane Nancy Lemaster Debra and Jack Levin Kathie Levison Gary and Melissa Lipton John and Carolyn Lloyd Elizabeth and Scott Lucas Ken Luplow Alex and Gina MacDonald Frances MacDonald Jan and Bob Main Mary and Stephen Malkmus

Kiki and Wayne Martin Suzanne Marvin Elizabeth Mathieu Joe and Trina McNeal Dr. Gerald and Sheila Mells Jennifer Middleton Sylvia and Nicholas Miller Patricia Millington John Milner and Kim Taylor Steve Mitchell and Louisa Moats Peter and Diane Mohn Dana and Danny Moloney Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Monge Leigh Morse and Karin Lindholm Gayle and Corey Myer Amber Myrick Timothy Nelson Albert Norris Tom and Jane Oliver Anita Braker and Dave Olsen Julie Olson Kristin Orr Steve and Marylyn Pauley Susan and Reuben Perin Linda Perry William L. Pierpoint Phoebe Pilaro Liz and Larry Questad Viki and Al Rankin Feli Funke-Riehle David and Barbara Rognlien Kate and Bob Rosso

Pfeifer-Rothner Family Nina and Larry Rothstein Michelle and David Rudd Robert and Lynda Safron Angelo Santinelli Garth Schlemlein Irv and Sylvia Scott Susan and Eric Seder Nancy and David Sheffner Jennifer Hoey Smith and Cory Smith Janet and Allan Starr Carol and Bob Stevens Frann and Carl Stremmel Betty Swanson and Sten Sorensen Sun Valley Garden Center Dick Taylor Lynn and Mikal Thomsen Sally and Roger Turner Rusty and Mary Lynn Turner Helen and Bruce Ullman Taylor and Mark Ullman Charlotte Unger Joan and John Valaas Bill and Annie Vanderbilt Christine Warjone Art Richard and Sandra Webel Colby Williams and Missy Higgins Risa and Terry Williams Doug Wilson Nancy L. Winton Daniel Young

WE APPRECIATE ALL OUR MEMBER DONORS! Individual and family members have access to special member benefits and help us support on-going programs and we thank them for their commitment to the arts.

Our members at the $250 level and above provide significant support above the value of their benefits and ensure that we can continue free programming for the community and high-quality education programs in our local schools.

For a full list of donors, please visit our website.

We strive to be accurate with our lists. Please notify us of any errors or omissions.

Sun Valley Center for the Arts enriches our community through transformative arts and educational experiences.

The Center needs your support. We are so grateful for the support of all the individuals, businesses and foundations who believe in the impact the arts make in the lives of individuals, our community and society at large.

Thank you!

The Center's History

Founded in 1971, Sun Valley Center for the Arts is the largest arts organization in the state and oldest in the Wood River Valley.

The Center has grown from a few people presenting classes and events to an organization that serves more than 40,000 attendees every year (in a valley with a population of 22,000).

In 2006, The Center received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in recognition of its adherence to the highest standards of operation and programming.

Only five percent of America’s arts and cultural institutions share this distinction.

Since its founding in 1997, Company of Fools has contributed to the rich cultural life of the Wood River Valley and the national theatre arena. Governor Dirk Kempthorne honored Company of Fools as a recipient of the 2004 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and in 2000, the Company became the first theater in Idaho’s history to receive Constituent Theatre status from Theatre Communications Group.

In 2012, The Center merged with Company of Fools, ensuring that the Wood River Valley remains an Idaho hub of professional, world-class theatre.

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