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An Artist’s Journey for Creative Renewal Writer & Photographer / Megan Jefferson

Corey Jefferson is currently a ceramic artist and Senior Lecturer at Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI. Jefferson had been yearning to explore new imagery in the form of boats and learn techniques that would deepen his understanding of design and clay, inspire his future work, and pass this knowledge onto his students.

The support he needed to study and explore his new ideas and gain new skills came from a fellowship. He was awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship.

The Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship program is a two-year grant program that awards $10,000 to 30 selected artists and arts administrators. The fellowship program was established in 1999 by the Arts Council of Indianapolis, with generous support from the Lilly Endowment. It was created to provide a renewal opportunity similar to an academic sabbatical. This program celebrates the work of artists and arts administrators and gives them the chance to renew and refresh their creativity.

Jefferson grew up in Delaware, New York and Maryland.

“Being close to the coast influenced me in many ways that I did not realize at the time,” Jefferson says. “Seeing the vast landscape, hearing the ocean, seeing boats and collecting driftwood were things that shaped my aesthetic sensibility and gave me a sense of wonder about our connection with sea and self. The boat — its form, its design, its role in humanity — influences my art. In books, in poems, in film, the boat is a vessel for physical, mental and

spiritual travel. I enjoy kayaking on the White River and marvel how easy it is to be at one with nature. Nature gives us everything we need and asks so little from us but to be respected and taken care of. I wanted to create a body of work that addresses that concept.”

By spending time visiting maritime museums, and exploring bodies of water along the seacoast, Jefferson was able to expand his research and get a deep and much needed experience of creative renewal.

“This fellowship allowed me to gather information firsthand as well as collect found items to incorporate into my sculptures,” he says. “My work has developed in personal expression and concept. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity to immerse myself in renewal.”

You can see Corey’s new work at The Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Retrospective Exhibition at the Indianapolis Art Center. This exhibit serves as a retrospective for the current round of Fellows, allowing them to gather, share stories, show their artwork and results of their fellowship period. It is also a time to celebrate the newest round of fellows as the next 30 artists and arts administrators to receive the Creative Renewal Arts Fellowships will be announced.

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They also make sure that the pups are always engaged and playing in a group or have task-oriented games and toys at their disposal. They have bubble time so they can chase flavored (and completely safe) bubbles to their hearts content as well as play and tumble on agility equipment.

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You’ve heard the narrative before — a student drops out of high school because their family needs extra income to help put food on the table. Unfortunately, it’s a narrative that still happens too often in the U.S. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is trying to combat that problem in the Hoosier state.

Currently, there are 53 school-based food pantries in Indiana, but the most impressive one might be right in our backyard in Hamilton County.

Arcadia, Indiana is a small town of just under 1,700 people, and it is home to Hamilton Heights High School, which contains the only student-led, school-based food pantry in Indiana. That’s right, the food pantry is completely operated by high school student volunteers.

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“I think that giving back is always a great opportunity,” says junior Madelyn Merrell, president of Service With a Goal (SWAG) and the Hamilton Heights food pantry.

“What has been exciting for me is seeing how many students want to get involved and give back to our community.”

When the Hamilton Heights food pantry started four years ago, they only had roughly four students involved. At their callout meeting this year, about 60

students showed up expressing interest and an eagerness to volunteer.

The food pantry has even gotten the attention of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana.

On Feb. 28, representatives of Gleaners made the journey down State Road 19 to visit the Hamilton Heights food pantry and host a committee meeting there.

“These young people are so committed to service and so proud of what they do in their pantry,” says Debbie Dreiband, Director of Corporate Partnerships for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. “Hamilton Heights is a great model for school, student and community collaborations.

“It is really exciting to get that recognition,” Merrell added. “We are a small school, so I don’t think people see us as one that can do big things like this.”

The food pantry isn’t simply a walk-in closet pantry, either. Hamilton Heights’ pantry is located in an old classroom now stocked with a refrigerator for meats, several shelves of canned goods, cereals and even toiletries, including toothbrushes and toothpaste.

helping, and everyone truly cares about it. The students here have seen the impact and how amazing it is to help people. Even watching the freshmen jump in and get involved, it is awesome.”

The school-based pantry is also open in the holidays, with students volunteering to provide food for families that need it most.

Hamilton Heights provided turkeys for families in need during Thanksgiving last year.

One of the greatest benefits of school-based pantries is they help keep kids in school.

Young adults who feel the pressure to drop out early and help put food on the table for their families can instead turn to the food pantry for those essentials.

Merrell says the impact has been noticeably wide-reaching, and it is all because of the work of the students.

Gleaners hopes that more schools will join the fold in providing food pantries. Merrell says it’s an easy decision.

“There have been a lot of people say that it means so much them,” Merrell says.

“Some have said that Hamilton Heights is the nicest food pantry they go to. Most are simply grateful to be able to put food on the table for their families. We are all students

“I would encourage other schools to do this because it changes lives,” Merrell says. “If you want to be fulfilled, helping people out is a great way to do that. I get a ton of joy seeing other people happy, and that is what community service does.”

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COLTS COO PETE WARD REFLECTS ON 36-YEAR CAREER

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through a possible move to Arizona, but the deal fell apart.

No one will ever forget that snowy March morning in 1984 when the former Baltimore Colts rolled into town and changed the city of Indianapolis forever.

Few people can say they were a part of the ball club from its Indianapolis beginnings.

Chief Operating Officer and Zionsville resident, Pete Ward, was part of that unforgettable experience that brought the Colts to a rebirth in Naptown.

“All hell broke loose,” Ward says. “Fans were furious with us.”

“It was March 28, 1984,” Ward says. “They called me into the office and said, ‘take care of your personal business and be back here at 10 p.m. ready to roll.’”

Ward was shocked.

At one point, Colts’ staff were sorting

The fire died down, then rumors of a possible move to Memphis started flying, followed by more rumors about Indianapolis. Since it was already late March, staff dismissed it all as a ploy to be used as a bargaining tool.

Reality hit fast for Ward, a young bachelor who’d been working for the Colts for just three years. Employed as the organization’s administrative assistant, Ward was hired not long after graduating from the University of Virginia. His degree was in Sports Business, a degree for which Ward designed his own course of study since schools didn’t offer a Sports Management degree at the time.

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As a young boy living in Virginia, the Washington Redskins’ team headquarters was close. So, when Ward wanted a summer job, he asked the team if they needed volunteers. They had no openings, so he went up to Baltimore and knocked on their door.

The Colts welcomed Ward and put him to work in any spot that needed a job to be done. When it was time for Ward to go back to school, the team still needed help, so they asked him to stay on. So, he took a semester off of school and learned first-hand as much as he could about the business.

Ward returned to school and finished his degree, returning whenever possible to the Colts to do whatever the team asked him to do. Upon graduation, he sent out resumes, but no teams were hiring. Ward returned to the Colts to help as he had in the previous summer. His lucky break came one day

when the team’s administrative assistant resigned. Ward was hired on the spot.

Ward’s new title meant that his duties were a “catch-all,” involving any job that needed to be done. Sometimes he was asked to take players to and from the airport, fill in at someone’s desk or work in the ticket office.

No task was too great or too small for Ward because as far as he was concerned, he was building his dream career.

So, on that fateful March day when Ward was asked to take care of his personal business and be ready to depart for Indianapolis, saying no was impossible. The idea of leaving his family, friends and life behind for a city he’d heard of as “Naptown” gave him pause, but Ward was excited by the idea of a fresh start and the promise of pursuing his dream.

metro Baltimore and the DC area. On my first commute to work I thought it must be a state holiday. One night I drove downtown, and pretty much everything was shut down after dark. I remember thinking this city really is Naptown.”

But Ward saw the city transform before his eyes. Union Station was revitalized, and soon the entire downtown area seemed to follow suit. Circle Center Mall arrived and everything else grew up around it.

“It was nice to think that the Colts were part of that rejuvenation and change,” Ward says.

As things changed around him, Ward became more settled. He found a small starter home in Zionsville village in 1987.

The team rolled out of town on schedule, and the news broke to the public around midnight.

“I had mixed emotions about leaving the devoted Baltimore fans,” Ward says. “We were leaving a huge fan legacy behind.”

But when the team arrived in Indianapolis, Ward says, “We were treated like royalty.

The celebration was a bit like the liberation of Paris.”

Ward described the time that followed in those early days as a blur because there was so much to do.

“It was the hardest time of my life,” he says.

“We had the hours of a college kid working long days and getting very little sleep.”

The Colts quickly settled into its first headquarters, occupying the former Fall Creek Elementary School on the northeast side. Ward dove right in, helping grow the organization, figuring it all out as he went along. His hard work paid off and he was quickly promoted to Director of Operations.

Though there was little time to stop and consider his first impressions of his new city, Ward says, “I do remember noticing how little traffic Indy had compared to TownePost.com / APRIL 2017 / INDY METRO

“I liked the small-town feel and charm of the area,” Ward says. “Plus, the house was $54,000.

He had no idea the area would grow so fast or the location of his first home in the village would later become prime real estate. The small-town charm of Zionsville never lost its appeal to Ward. So, he stayed, eventually marrying and raising his family there.

“The community is wonderful,” Ward says.

“Everyone knows you, and the people are friendly.”

The Colts saw many changes in the years that followed. Moving into their new headquarters on 56th street, coaching

changes and more kept Ward constantly on his toes.

“After the challenges of the big move, everything else that came our way seemed like a piece of cake,” Ward says. “But times always change. You can’t be complacent.

You’ve got to stay ahead of the curve.”

The team definitely stayed ahead. With the arrival of Colts’ legend Peyton Manning

Marvin Harrison, Coach Tony Dungy and others, the team’s popularity and success skyrocketed.

It was around that time when Ward was named Vice President of Administration.

Among the many memories Ward has of the Manning era, he has two that are his favorites.

The first was in the 2006-2007 season.

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championship game over the ‘evilempire’ New England Patriots,” Ward says. “We were down 21-3 and came back to win it in the final minute, earning our first trip to the Super Bowl. It was Hollywood at its finest.”

Another favorite memory is a 2009 game, against the Patriots once again.

With two minutes left in the game, the undefeated Colts stopped the Pats on an infamous fourth-and-two attempt and came back to win the game in the final seconds. With a broad grin, Ward says, “The drama and adrenaline in this business is unmatched.”

Through the team’s ups and downs, Ward has seen far more successes than failures. Winning Super Bowl XLI and helping host Super Bowl XLVI just a few years after opening the beautiful, new Lucas Oil Stadium (a stadium which Ward played a key role in designing) were certainly proud moments for Ward.

It was only fitting that Ward was appointed COO just two years after the opening of Lucas Oil Stadium.

“Indianapolis has proven over and over that it can compete on the world stage with the big dogs,” he says. “It is extremely fulfilling to see the Colts playing a role in that.”

The Colts compete with the big dogs off the field too.

Colts ownership, players and coaches bring their A-game by sharing their winning spirit with the team and by staying involved in the community.

“We’re aggressive on all fronts,” Ward says. “We try to touch all parts of our state and even Louisville, with fanfests, school shows themed around such topics as bullying or literacy, fitness camps and youth football clinics. We are also fortunate to have the Irsay family so involved with our community.

“I’M PROUD OF THIS CITY AND WHAT IT’S BECOME.” And of course, now we have Andrew Luck, approaching his sixth season with the team, and he’s an incredible ambassador for us.”

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As nice as it is to reflect on the many successes, Ward never stops thinking about what is next.

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“I want to see us win the Super Bowl again, and I’d love to see Indy host it again,” Ward says. “I have yet to see anything excite and bond our community more than our Super Bowl run in 2007, and that’s a feeling you cannot get enough of.”

The Indianapolis Colts are now in their third generation of fans, making their time here longer than their time in Baltimore. The fan landscape has changed from the early days when fans in Indy were divided in their loyalties to the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers or the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, of course, Indianapolis fans are united behind the Colts.

“It’s fulfilling to know the Colts are a pillar in this city and help make it a place where good people want to live and companies want to come and grow,” Ward says. “It’s also terrific to know Indiana is now a football state just as much as we are a basketball state.”

No matter what the next play of the game is by the Colts, Ward is here to stay.

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The awards ceremony saw seven community leaders named Mentors of the Year in their respective fields.

Allison Melangton, Senior Vice President, Hulman Motorsports Corporation, also took home the Lifetime Achievement Award in Mentoring. Melangton, who has given her time and talents for many years to mentor youth and business leaders, delivered a teary-

eyed, thank you speech to the hundreds in attendance.

“Allison Melangton is an exceptional leader and mentor in our community,” said Shelley Hunter, Executive Director of College Mentors For Kids. “The impact she has made on young professionals and other business leaders is remarkable. She is an incredible asset to Indianapolis, as a mentor, as a business professional and as a leader of events that bring significant economic impact to the community.”

The 2017 Mentors of the Year include:

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JASON REESE

ACCOUNTING, LEGAL & FINANCE MENTOR OF THE YEAR Jason Reese is a partner at Wagner Reese. As an accomplished lawyer, he encourages other young lawyers in their careers and has also used his expertise to teach legal professionals in Rwanda how to fight corruption and represent the underprivileged in their communities. As an EDGE mentor, Jason regularly meets with six, young men to encourage them as

they grow personally, professionally, and spiritually, inspiring them to pass it on.

“Jason is humble in his approach, but he is abundant in what he has to give,” said one mentee. “His actions inspire the people that he gets in touch with, who then pass on that inspiration, positive energy and actiondriven mindset to someone else.”

DON KINSEY,

BUSINESS, RETAIL & SERVICES MENTOR OF THE YEAR Don Kinsey is the Facility Manager at Caterpillar. He is described by many as a “model of integrity” and a “terrific leader of leaders.” Kinsey believes that people are his greatest asset, so he consistently treats them with dignity and respect. Through his commitment to community involvement and service, he has inspired others to make individual commitments to become involved

in the community where they live and work.

“Don is a leader who provides opportunity for growth by investing in the people that he leads,” one mentee said. “He has always taken time to help me grow as a person and a leader. Don encouraged me to take challenging roles and get out of my comfort zone.”

JONATHAN BAKER

EDUCATIONS, GOVERNMENT & NONPROFIT MENTOR OF THE YEAR Jonathan Baker is a sergeant with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Baker was introduced to a hopeful but anxious police academy applicant by a friend at church. Without hesitation, Jonathan guided him through the application process, spending hours answering questions and preparing him.

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a police officer.

“Being a police officer is a unique job that often puts you in stressful and dangerous situations,” Baker’s mentee said. “On several occasions, I have called Jonathan after witnessing a horrific scene or situation.

He has helped me process what I’ve experienced in a healthy and helpful way. I know without his discussions with me over the past few years, I would have struggled.”

JIM WIESLER

CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MENTOR OF THE YEAR Jim Wiesler is an Associate Senior Consultant Engineer at Eli Lilly & Company. Wiesler is the lead recruiter for Purdue Engineering because he has a passion for helping young engineers find their strengths and discover opportunities to thrive in their careers and lives.

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Sara Barnett is a Child Life Manager at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health.

She cultivates the passions of each team member, incorporating their ideas into her vision for excellent patient care and seamlessly balancing the needs of the hospital with the needs of her employees.

“Sara has been a listener, a coach, a confidant, a professional ethics consultant, and a cheerleader,” her nominator said. “She has provided honest feedback including ways to improve in all aspects of professional service.

She is responsible for supporting my aspirations and for pointing out potential opportunities to develop all areas of professional and personal expertise.”

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“Brian has been one of my greatest motivations and mentors throughout my entire life,” one mentee said. “I have never met someone who genuinely cares about those he is mentoring as much as Brian. He has taught me so many skills and helped me turn from a shy, young guy to a confident young man.”

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Sonya Hopkins is the Coordinator of Academic Services for Athletics at Butler University. She is described as selfless and humble. Hopkins makes sure that student athletes have the tools they need to accomplish their goals, and her support has resulted in impressive results of graduation and career success.

She also engages the student-athletes in community service, modeling The Butler Way. “Her passion is seeing young people graduate, and she has firmly planted herself in the trenches with the students,” her nominator said. “She offers sound advice and gives unconditional support.

Her passion and pride in her job are on display every day, and that is contagious around the department.”

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In March 2016, Leah Blackford was playing cards with her family and husband, Chris, when suddenly she threw the deck across the table, went stiff as a board and stopped moving. At first Chris thought she was joking around. When she didn’t respond, however, he began to panic. Thirty seconds later, Leah’s eyes popped open, though they were unfocused, and she seemed disoriented.

what happens, remove the tumors through surgery, or take medications to slow tumor growth. Without hesitation, Leah asked when she could schedule surgery.

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The diagnosis provided answers to nagging questions that Leah had prior to the “We are really looking forward to a night seizure, such as why she was struggling to out, I can’t tell Hoosier Park ‘thank you’ understand the tasks she was to perform at enough,” added Leah. the new job she’d started three weeks earlier.

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The ER team wasn’t initially concerned, on the operating table. Chris paced the chalking the bizarre experience up to the hospital floors, waiting anxiously as the “I’m just grateful for how it all turned out,” body’s need to “reset” itself from time to surgery, scheduled for three hours, took a Chris says. “The brain tumor was in the time, the way a boxer does after getting whopping six and a half. The doctor said best place it could be. It was accessible. We knocked out. A CAT scan, however, that in order to reach one of the tumors, he were blessed.” revealed something more ominous. had to remove a small piece of Leah’s brain.

Six months post-surgery, Leah was given “When the doctor walked in…” Chris When Leah woke up an hour later, she was the all-clear, enabling her to suspend whispered, his voice cracking with disappointed to find she didn’t have a bald medication and resume driving, flying and emotion, “You never want to see the head. even parasailing. When she and Chris went look that doctor had on his face. I knew to San Diego, she eagerly signed up for the something was very wrong.”

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The pressure the tumors were putting on husband, mother, coworkers and friends. the outside of her brain was what caused the Leah was listening to WZPL 99.5 FM radio memory loss and seizure.

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As a Broad Ripple resident, I’ve driven down Kessler Drive countless times.

I’ve always been curious about the large, historic, stately home at 1215 Kessler Boulevard East Drive, about two blocks east of the Monon Trail. The property sat vacant from 2013 until recently when Glenn Bill purchased it and moved in with his wife, Colleen.

The home has a rich history that dates to the late 1800s and is just as intriguing as its new owner.

Bill knows Broad Ripple well. Both he and Colleen grew up in the Broad Ripple

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Bill started his real estate career in Broad Ripple at the age of 19.

After three years of becoming a top salesperson, he purchased his own franchise at the age of 23. Over the next 15 years, that company grew to 150 agents, three offices and earned more than $9 million in revenue.

Bill sold the company at the age of 37.

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meetings that built and grew the company.

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Attitude is the way you dedicate yourself to the way you think.

I believe a lot of emotion is involved with attitude.

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Attitude is the process of thought and emotion.

incredible mentors and, most importantly, a positive attitude are the keys to success, Bill says.

Because of his love of attitude, Bill has created Global Attitude Awareness Day on April 15. He is inviting everyone to take one of these three pledges to unify and build our communities by changing our attitudes:

“Attitude is the way you dedicate yourself to the way you think,” he adds. “I believe a lot of emotion is involved with attitude.

1. Attitude Walk: Change your state and That ignites action. Attitude is the process of move your body to positively change thought and emotion.” your attitude.

The ABC’s of Attitude teaches one how to get rid of a bad attitude and offers tools to change that attitude and move through life positively and successfully.

2. Attitude of Gratitude: Show gratitude to someone you appreciate to positively change your attitude.

3. Attitude of Volunteering: Help someone to Bill is also an engaging public speaker. A positively change your attitude. favorite topic of his is getting an attitude to live in a proactive state — make things better now. As I talked with Bill and saw his passion for a atBrip.com / APRIL 2017 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / 31

positive attitude, I realized that a good attitude produces a kind spirit. It seems that new ways of thinking to help a person reassemble themselves and emotional intelligence and positivity is an energizing way to do this.

The phrase, “living legend”, is a good way to describe Bill. A living legend is a person who is famous while still living for doing something extremely well.

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When Sandy Sasso graduated from Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1974, she became the second woman rabbi in the U.S. The first woman rabbi, Sally Preisand, had graduated just two years before from Hebrew Union College, the seminary of Reform Judaism.

Regina Jonas, ordained in Germany in 1935, was the first woman rabbi, but she was murdered in Auschwitz. It would take almost 40 years before another woman would be ordained.

“I didn't anticipate the amount of opposition that I experienced," shares Sasso, a Philadelphia native before she became a Hoosier. “Congregations were reluctant to hire a woman. This was the beginning of a strong feminist movement.

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When I applied for my first job, I was asked, 'What happens if you have a baby?’

‘Are you afraid to drive in the dark?’ I was told by another rabbi, ‘When you grow up you will change your mind.’”

“I didn't anticipate the amount of opposition that I experienced. Congregations were reluctant to hire a woman. This was the beginning of a strong feminist movement."

As an author, she wanted to explore ways in which artists could bring new perspective to sacred text. With the generous help of Lilly's Religion Endowment and support from the Central Indiana Community Foundation, she created the Religion, Spirituality and the Arts (RSA) Initiative at Butler University in partnership with Christian Theological121 Seminary.

The initiative has brought together individuals from diverse, artistic disciplines and religions for a sustained study and reflection on a specific Biblical text. Each year, 12 to 15 selected artists explore how that text has taken shape in music, literature, visual art and religious interpretation. By studying with faculty in each of those areas, they seek inspiration to create new work within their art form. The works are shared in the seminar and in a final community exhibition.

I’ve admired for many years through her books and articles. She is respectful of all faith traditions and creates a comfortable atmosphere in which participants feel free to share. I’ve particularly appreciated what I’ve learned from her about the rabbinical tradition of scripture interpretation, a tradition which assumes that interpretation is ongoing and that one enters into dialogue with a text.”

“The artists have created a community, feeding off each other's creativity,” Sandy says. “They have formed collaborations across disciples that never would have happened otherwise. As someone who has studied these sacred scripture for decades, this experience has been personally transformative. Through the eyes of the artists, I have come to understand the ancient narrative in new ways. I have developed new friendships and done community workshops with Sandy was called to serve a small “I love how this seminar brings together some of the seminar participants. One congregation in Manhattan where the artists of different disciplines to contemplate artist and I have created an adult coloring membership was very supportive. Three years and create something new from the same book with accompanying reflections later, in 1977, Sandy and her husband, Dennis stories that have inspired so many other entitled ‘Coloring the Silence.’ One artist (who had been serving a Congregation on artists throughout the centuries,” shares commented that the seminar was the first Long Island) became spiritual leaders of Shari Wagner, Butler faculty member time he could combine his spiritual life and Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis. in literature for RSA and Indiana’s Poet his art.”

They were the first rabbinical couple in Jewish Laureate. "It’s exciting to see how the artists history. Sandy was also the first rabbi to give interpret these sacred texts in ways that Sandy has always had a love of writing. birth to a child. David was born in 1976, and speak to their own personal histories or to Storytelling is at the core of her preaching then Debbie in 1979. what they see in contemporary society.” and, through her work with children, she began to explore her writing in different Sandy and Dennis served Congregation Shari collaborated with composer Steven ways. This exploration has resulted in 14 Beth-El Zedeck for 36 years until Sandy Hecking by providing lyrics for a musical children’s books and two books for adults. retired in 2013. Dennis has continued as the composition of his, which was performed She has four other manuscripts that have congregation’s Senior Rabbi. by the Butler University Chorale. The piece been accepted for publication. celebrated the “First Night” of creation and “Brilliant, fascinating, too young to retire began as a group poem Shari helped RSA As a strong, Jewish feminist, Sandy worked from the synagogue,” says friend Mickey artists to write. for change by offering new stories, prayers Mauer of Sandy. “I miss her stories from and rituals that gave women a voice and the pulpit.”

“It was an honor and delight to work with were reflective of the entire community.

Rabbi Sandy Sasso and faculty members, Since her retirement, Sandy has combined Julie Moore and Michael Schelle, on this “Tradition is not what you receive, it is what her interests in the arts and religion. project,” Shari says. "Sandy is someone you pass on,” Sandy says. atBrip.com / APRIL 2017 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / 33

“All my life has been a search for that hidden light.”

In retirement, she co-founded with Jennifer Williams Women4Change Indiana. It was founded in response to the concerns of women after the 2016 election.

Women4Change Indiana is an inclusive, bi-partisan and grassroots organization to promote the health, safety and respect of all Hoosiers.

The group is committed to address the escalating rhetoric of hate and the increasing acts of intimidation and violence that demean minorities, immigrants and women. The response has been overwhelming.

There are 2,800 members on Facebook, and 1,350 registered to attend a Summit back in February at St. Luke's Untied Methodist.

hidden and we just need to know where to find it.

“All my life has been a search for that hidden light,” Sandy says. “I have discovered it time and again in exquisite language, evocative art, the imagination of children and the energy of community.

The rabbinic tradition speaks of the light When my first grandson was born, I of the first day of creation, different than looked into his eyes and there I saw that the light of the sun and the moon, as a light again, glowing as brightly as it did on spiritual light with which one can see from the first day of creation. In my children's one end of the earth to the other. Some say book, “Creation’s First Light”, I gave that that light was lost and will never be found light a name. It is called a soul.” until the end of time. Others suggest it is The art, the activism and the writing are all connected. They are all languages that speak to the core of what it means to be human.

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The “Greatest Band on Surf ”, Yacht Rock Review (YRR), is docking at the Vogue Theater in April to soothe the always sold-out crowd into swooning Midwest surfers.

One part tribute band and one part comedic act, crowds are filled with nautical fare and many, many captain hats. YRR’s jokey demeanor and fun, on-stage antics bring a bit of flare to the somewhat cheesy, but also classic, music they play from the 70’s and 80’s. It must be catching on because Yacht Rock Review plays all over the country. It seems everyone enjoys the escape.

I had the chance to chat with Nick Niespodziani, one of the singers, to talk about how Yacht Rock Review came to be, how they approach each show and what the Indy audience can look forward to at the next show.

WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO START YRR? We didn't really decide to start Yacht Rock Revue, it decided to take over our lives. We'd all tried to make it as musicians and were starting to head off into different careers when we did the Yacht Rock show as a one-off lark. It sold out, the next one sold out and before we knew it we had an office and a van and our mortgages were getting paid on time.

FOR THE UNINITIATED, WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND YACHT ROCK? IN YOUR OPINION, WHY HAS IT GAINED SUCH GROUND, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER CROWDS, RATHER THAN "THAT'S OLD CHEESY MUSIC." IS IT ATTITUDE? HUMOR? At Yacht Rock shows, it's always 72 degrees with a 20 percent chance of rain with a cool breeze. Always. It's popular first and foremost because the songs are so great. They are happy tunes with great melodies, complex musical changes and timeless hooks. It's music that creates an escape from the day-to-day, which people need now more than ever. I think all generations identify with that vibe. I would like to think part of it is because, as cover bands go, we're pretty great too. But maybe I am outpacing my polyester dry cleaning bill with that statement.

I'VE BEEN TO YOUR SHOWS, BUT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, MAYBE GIVE A TASTE OF WHAT SORT OF ANTICS THEY CAN EXPECT? We're just up there having fun. We take the music very seriously, but don't take ourselves seriously. We're singing and dancing for a living!

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W E TA K E TH E M U SIC VERY SERIO U SLY, BU T D O N ' T TA K E O U RSELVES SERIO U SLY.

WHAT MAKES A GREAT CROWD? WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO SEE (BESIDES AN ARRAY OF CAPTAIN'S HATS)?

fun — “Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys or maybe Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

The exchange of energy between the band and the crowd is my favorite part of playing music for a living. We make jokes and say, "The crowd goes mild!" or "Keep the excitement level at six out of ten, any more than that will rock the boat." But in reality, I prefer when the crowd are like a bunch of crazed zombies ready to eat each other's brains if we stop playing Hall and Oates songs.

DO YOU GUYS EVER GO INTERNATIONAL?

WHAT IS A SONG YOU'D LOVE TO TACKLE, BUT HAVEN'T YET AND WHY? We're always looking for the biggest challenges to face down. Next month we're doing a show of Led Zeppelin vs. The Who, recreating the Talking Heads movie "Stop Making Sense" live and performing Prince's "Purple Rain" album in its entirety. So, we keep our brains busy. In terms of Yacht Rock songs, we've tackled the big epics but there are a few on the periphery of the genre that could be

We're WAY into international action. We've been to Mexico three times this year already. Tropical destinations and Yacht Rock are a natural fit, so our travels take us to the ocean on the regular.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR? A shot of tequila.

Join me, Nick’s shot of tequila and Yacht Rock Review on April 21 at the Vogue Theater. I’m crossing my fingers they play Rupert Holmes’ “Escape.” You can also keep tabs on Yacht Rock Review at pleaserock.com/tribute/yacht-rock-revue.

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