marion arts festival

22nd annual
marion
arts festival
saturday may 17
9 am - 5 pm city square park
Presenting Sponsor
An advertising feature of
The Gazette - Sunday, May 11, 2014
Major Sponsors
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The Gazette • Sunday, May 11, 2014
The Gazette • Sunday, May 11, 2014
Festival
Sponsors
Glaze away at this year’s Art in the Depot project
Presenting Sponsor
Major Sponsors
2014 Jurors
Benefactors
• Don Rinner, Iowa City, jeweler
• Laura Young, Mount Vernon, painter
• Clary Illian, Ely, ceramist
Food vendors
Campbell Steele Gallery
Food judges
• Members of the Marion City Council
Contributors
Show off your creative side through the Art in the Depot project presented by FSB
• Best Western Plus Longbranch
Hotel & Convention Center
• Cedar Graphics
• Fosters Heating and Air
Conditioning
• Garment Designs
• Hills Bank and Trust Company
• Iva C. Robb Fund for Artistic
Initiative, a Liars Theater Legacy
Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids
Community Foundation
• LAMAR Outdoor Advertising
• Linn County Rural Electric
Cooperative
• Linn County Supervisors Witwer
Trust
• Marion Times
• Nesper Sign Advertising, Inc.
• Signs, Etc.
• THE chocolate SHOP
As Marion Arts Festival organizers
like to say, everyone is an artist. And
the annual Art in the Depot project
offers an opportunity for everyone to
show their creative side by contributing to a piece of public art.
Supporters
• Noodles & Company
• Dairy Queen
• Urb Garden and Catering • Hy-Vee
• Premier Kettle Corn
• Nelson’s Meat
• Sugar Shack Concessions Market
and Catering
• Take the Cake Gourmet
Cupcakery
• American Association of Wood
Turners, Corridor Chapter
• John Schwartzkopf
• Travel & Transport Vacations
• Witte’s End Coffeehouse
• Zoey’s
Marion, Year Around!
www.uptownmarion.com
This year’s project is a mobile for
the Linn-Mar Community School
District’s Learning Resource Center,
2999 N. 10th St., Marion, which
houses administrative and support
staff and serves as the meeting site
for the district’s board of education
meetings. The finished work of art
will be installed in a stairwell with
large windows looking out to N.
10th Street.
In addition to the large-scale
public art project, The Ceramics
Center will set up pottery wheels
and a clay table where visitors can
play with clay. Volunteers and staff
will be available to demonstrate
techniques and answer questions.
Cliffe Jette/The Gazette
Katelynn Lefebure, 6, of Marion, uses the pottery
wheel with guidance by Dave Kent, of Center Point,
at Art in the Depot during the 2013 Marion Arts
Festival at City Square Park in Marion.
“It’s going to be an abstract topographical map of the area surrounding Indian Creek, which runs through the
area and is a unifying factor for the whole
district,” says Ben Jensen, who designed
the sculpture and is executive director of
The Ceramics Center, a not-for-profit
2nd Saturday of June through August
City Square Park,
Uptown Marion
For more information on upcoming Marion Chamber events, go to www.marioncc.org
arts center housed in the Cherry Building
in southeast Cedar Rapids.
Festivalgoers of all ages are invited to
glaze the more than 400 bowl-shaped
clay pieces that will make up the mobile.
Because finishing a clay project is
a multiday process, clay from the
wheels and the community table
will be recycled. But even though
participants aren’t taking a home
finished piece, they are getting the
experience of working with a raw
material, and, possibly, a new perspective on the art they’re viewing
at the rest of the festival.
“I think creating something just
helps with making new connections,” Jensen says. “When you come to
the festival, start at the Depot. Come and
make something, and you’ll find that your
whole body’s a little more engaged as you
go out and look at the work. “
Sale raises money to fight hunger
Handcrafted bowls for sale in the Empty Bowls
project, presented by Veridian Credit Union
Now in its 16th year, the Empty Bowls
project has become a family tradition.
The project invites students in kindergarten through 12th grade to create
and donate a ceramic bowl. The bowls
are then sold, for $5 to $15 each, at the
Marion Arts Festival. Proceeds support
local hunger relief organizations. Area
artists also contribute both ceramic and
wood bowls to the sale.
City of Marion
Thursday evenings in City Square Park, Uptown Marion
Aug. 7 — Bob Dorr & The Blue Band
Aug. 14 — The Danny Whitson Band
Aug. 21 — Crazy Delicious
Aug. 28 — Brass Transit Authority
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“Many former students now in college
or adults with kids of their own return
to visit and, in some cases, bring their
children to purchase their bowls,” says
Jen Thilges, who organizes the project
with fellow Marion High School teacher
Barb Schultz.
Art in the high schools
Staff from The Ceramics Center recently
wrapped up a month of festival-sponsored
artist-in-residence workshops in Linn-Mar and
Marion high schools.
The workshops focused using printmaking
techniques to create with clay.
For example, silk-screening, monoprint transfers
and laser decal transfers.
“We showed the students that they can take
what they’ve done with two-dimensional art
and bring in into the three-dimensional world,”
says Ben Jensen, executive director of the
Ceramics Center.
All workshops were done at the schools. “I think
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it’s important
to show the students that they
have all the tools there to do some really cool
processes,” Jen
Jensen says.
Photo Op!
Over the last 15 years, the project raised
more than $76,000 to benefit local
hunger relief agencies, each year helping
to serve more than 8,000 people needing
assistance.
For the students who participate, creating
bowls for this project adds a memorable
lesson to their usual school art class.
“It creates an awareness of helping
people within their local communities
and the impact they can have in helping
those in need,” Thilges says.
Hundreds of bowls will be for sale on
Saturday, but they go fast, Thilges says.
So for the best selection come early.
Photo via Oh Happy Day
Cliffe Jette/The Gazette
People peruse the Empty Bowls project
during the 2013 Marion Arts Festival.
Pose for a “famous artist” portrait
inspired by the “little artist portraits” on
party and lifestyle blog Oh Happy Day
(ohhappyday.com). We’ll have costumes
to outfit the whole family.
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The Gazette • Sunday, May 11, 2014
The Gazette • Sunday, May 11, 2014
50 artists, 23 brand-new exhibitors, 27 returning favorites for 2014
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Bekah Ash
Iowa City,
Iowa
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David Barthel
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Edward
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Mission, Kan.
2D Mixed Media
Leroy Bayerl
Marshfield, Wisc.
Marilyn
Cuellar
Cambridge,
Minn.
Drawing
Wood
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Brian Beam
Fulton, Mich.
Ceramics
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Julie Berndt
Dawson, Minn.
Ceramics
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Melissa
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Hannibal, Mo.
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Rhinelander,
Wisc.
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Leslie
Emery
Sun Prairie,
Wisc.
Painting
Alison Fox
Naperville,
Ill.
Glass
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Paul Eshelman
Elizabeth, Ill.
Ceramics
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Bonnie Blandford
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jewelry
29
Tom Bloyd
Stilwell, Kan.
Glass
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Sean Brown
Denver, Colo.
Jewelry
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Ted Gilmer
Empire, Mich.
Fiber
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Rick Hintze
Johnson Creek, Wisc.
Ceramics
18
Bob & Cheryl Husby
Duluth, Minn.
Ceramics
30
Jesper Johansen
Denver, Colo.
Photography
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Mary
Johnston
Carmel, Ind.
Painting
Pam KehoePeterson
Rockford, Ill.
Jewelry
Laura
Kochevar
Chicago, Ill.
Fiber
Stephen
Kostyshyn
Cedar, Mich.
3D Mixed
Media
Jimmy Lange
Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Painting
William
Lemke
Waukesha,
Wisc.
Photography
Charlene
Marsh
Nashville,
Ind.
Painting
Mark Meyer
Atlanta, Ga.
Painting
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Linda Lewis
West Des Moines, Iowa
Sculpture
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Connie Morrison
Mineral Point,
Wisc.
2D Mixed Media
James Mosier
Ballston Lake,
N.Y.
3D Mixed Media
Gena Ollendieck
Cresco, Iowa
2D Mixed Media
Rita Orr
Osage Beach, Mo.
Painting
Carole Osburn
Des Moines, Iowa
Fiber
Jeanette Payne
Port
Washington,
Wisc.
Jewelry
Marion’s “Main Street”
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Angela Peterson
Franklin, Wisc.
Sculpture
Roberta Polfus
Oak Park, Ill.
Ceramics
Jake Rhoads
Marquette, Kan.
2D Mixed Media
Craig
Richardson
Oakdale, Minn.
Wood
Sundie & Brad
Ruppert
Norwalk, Iowa
3D Mixed Media
Jill Schienle
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Madison, Wisc.
Jewelry
Laurie Pollpeter Eskenazi
Naperville, Ill.
Ceramics
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Steven Skinner
New Carlisle,
Ind.
Ceramics
Amy Taylor
Glenview, Ill.
Jewelry
Jon Walton
Middleton, Wisc.
Photography
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Leah Staley
Milwaukee, Wisc.
Jewelry
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Julie Sutter-Blair
Belleville, Wisc.
Printmaking
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Sadie Wang
Silver Point, Tenn.
Jewelry
Demonstrating
Artists
Ana Petercic
Lincolnwood, Ill.
Fiber
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Rick Martin
Englewood, Colo.
Sculpture
Food Vendors
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Art in The Depot
Family Activities
Restrooms located along 6th Avenue
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The Gazette • Sunday, May 11, 2014
The Gazette • Sunday, May 11, 2014
Marion Arts Festival races offer something for everyone
Run for your art with the MAF Half Marathon and 5K Run & Fun Walk,
presented by Benchmark, Inc. and JMS Racing Services
It’s not just one thing that sets the Marion
Arts Festival Half-Marathon and 5K Run
& Fun Walk apart from other races in
the area. It’s a lot things. A lot of small
thoughtful details that make this race
experience fun, friendly and creative —
just like the rest of the festival.
finishers’ certificates, and the halfmarathon medal, making distinctive keepsakes for walkers and runners.
The courses are lined with volunteers and
deliberately designed to show off the city
of Marion. Organizers give away close to
300 awards and prizes, plus a registration
packet filled with coupons and goodies.
And you’ll see the annual festival poster
artwork everywhere — it’s incorporated
into not only the official race T-shirt, but
also the race number bibs, custom-made
Plus, you can’t beat the atmosphere.
“We provide a lot of things that most
other races don’t,” says John Snitko,
owner of JMS Racing Services in Marion
and organizer of the MAF races.
“It’s a great event for anyone looking
to do something and bring the whole
family,” Snitko says. “There are activities happening all throughout the day, so
people can come for the race, then go
walk through the festival.”
Sponsors:
Best Western Plus
Longbranch Hotel
Bill’s Drinking Est.
Cabot Cheese
Carlos O’Kelly’s
Carlson College of
Massage Therapy
Cedar Rapids Metro
YMCA
Cedar Valley Amateur
Radio Club
Chick-fil-A
Culligan Water
Garment Designs
General Mills
Linn County Physical
Therapy
Mercy Cedar Rapids
MSI Marketing
My Chiro
Panera Bread
Bakery-Café
Play It Again Sports
Quaker Oats
Quinn Storage Garages
& U-Haul Rentals
Raw Revolution
The Retreat Massage & Spa
Running Wild
Second Story Promotions
Udderly Smooth
Zio Johno’s
Zoey’s
MAF Half-Marathon & 5K Run/Walk schedule
Friday, May 16
Saturday, May 17
5 to 8 p.m. — Late registration and packet pickup at
City Square Park.
6 to 7:15 a.m. — Race-day registration and packet pickup at City Square Park
7:30 a.m. — Half-marathon and 5K Run/Walk begin
9 a.m. — 5K awards ceremony
10:15 a.m. — Half-marathon awards ceremony
Register online at www.pigmantri.com/races/marion-arts or in person on Friday or Saturday. Fee for the 5K is $25 in advance; $30 on race day.
Fee for the Half-Marathon is $40 in advance; $50 on race day. Combined registration will be capped at 2,000 participants.
Young faces, fresh work: Emerging Artists program invests in the future of festivals
Discover new favorites and support up-and-coming student artists through
the Emerging Artists program, presented by Alliant Energy Foundation.
Looking toward the Marion Arts Festival’s
future, the Emerging Artists Program presents five young artists from Eastern Iowa
colleges, universities and residency programs,
each mentored by the MAF and selling his or
her work alongside the festival’s professional
exhibitors.
Kirkwood College, drawing and painting;
Will Rimmel, The Ceramics Center, ceramics;
Xena Fitzgerald, Grinnell College, drawing, printmaking and 2D mixed media, and
painting; Halle Siepman, University of Iowa,
painting; and Wendy Thoreson, The Ceramics Center, ceramics.
Participants were selected from a pool of
students recommended by their program’s
art faculty, and work in a range of media.
These young artists are: Trenton Andersen,
Surveys conducted by artist advocacy groups
reveal upward of 40 percent of festival-circuit artists are making plans to retire.
“Investing in the future of festivals is
imperative,” says Deb Bailey, director of the
Marion Arts Festival. “Creating a positive experience for students helps demonstrate festivals as a source of viable, reliable income.
We hope to encourage students to further
explore the making of fine art and fine craft
as a bona fide career.”
Painting by Trenton Andersen,
Kirkwood Community College student
Director
Festival board and volunteers
• Deb Bailey
2013 MAF Advisory Board
• Lorna Barnes, Farmers
State Bank (treasurer)
• Annette Busbee, Rockwell
Collins
• Shannon Costanzo, Abbe
Center
• Deb Engmark, Artist
• Michelle Havener, Michelle
Havener State Farm
• Shawn Havener, art
educator, Center PointUrbana High School
• Andrea Jilovec, artist
(secretary)
• Elisabeth Klug Kissling,
Foundation 2
• Tamra Lang, designer
• Cindy Motsinger, Cedar
Rapids Museum of Art/
artist
• Tami Mysak, Best Western
Plus Longbranch
• Tina Patterson, LinnMar Community School
2014
Graphic
Design
District/artist
• Larry O’Brien, Windstream
Communications
• Zhen E. Rammelsberg,
artist
• Priscilla Steele, Campbell
Steele Gallery/artist
• Diane Stickney, Travel &
Transport Vacations
• Brad Thomason, Ryan
Companies US, Inc. (chair)
• Grace Weber, artist
• Janice White, Cedar
Rapids Community School
District/artist
• Mary Zeran, artist
• Jill Ackerman, Marion
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Chamber of Commerce
• Jill Ackerman, president
• Rachel Krug, member services director
• Nick Glew, director, Uptown Marion — A Main Street Iowa District
• George Lake, Marion Economic Development Company
• Sue Tate, administrative assistant
• Becky Shanahan, administrative assistant
• Cindy Motsinger
Empty
Bowls
• Barb Shultz, faculty,
Marion High School
• Jen Thilges, faculty, Marion
High School
• Marion High School Art
Club
• Veridian Credit Union
volunteers
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Art in the
Depot
• Ben Jensen, The Ceramics
Center
MAF Half
Marathon
and 5K Run
& Fun Walk
• John Snitko, JMS Racing
Services
• Carla Ulveling
• Bob Andresen
• Jill Meimann
Special thanks to the Marion Parks
& Recreation Department
• Mike Carolan, director
And all the hardworking members of the department who make
and keep City Square Park the treasure it is.
MAF Friends
• Teresa Bennett
• Amber Bisinger
• Boy Scout Troops 35
and 360, Marion, Iowa
• Mary Blackwood
• Craig Campbell
• Lynn Ciha
• Kim Colberg
• Elizabeth Cwik
• Melody Dusil
• Donna Garland
• Russ Gerst
• Jim Hoffman
• Hassan Igram
• Jim Irvine
• David Kaplan
• Anne Kapler
• Nancy Koestner
• Al Lewis
• Steve Lorenz
• Kent Mattison
• Traci Miller
• Mark Morgan
• Doug Neighbor
• Morris Neighbor
• Mike Potter
• Melanie Richert
• Jennifer Roberts
• Leah Rodenberg
• Jeff Rogers
• Stacey Rogers
• Deanne Ross
• Mike Sanders
• Daniel Schirm
• Dr. Charles Scholl
• Amy Skilling
• Michelle Thomason
• Roy Tompkins
• Vernon Middle School,
Marion, Iowa
• Bryan Willger
• Sharon Woodward
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Support art education through
crowdfunded scholarships
The Marion Arts Festival launches two new
programs to benefit the community in 2014
This year, the Marion Arts Festival is
introducing two new opportunities to
support student artists in Eastern Iowa.
• Contribute to a fund to award four
$1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors
(one each in the Marion Independent
School District, Linn-Mar Community
School District, College Community School
District and Cedar Rapids Community
School District). The Marion Arts Festival
Community Scholarships for the Visual
Arts will be raised $5, $10 and $20 at
a time, as funded by you and other
contributors. Learn more about this
crowdfunded scholarship campaign at www.
marionartsfestival.com.
• Donate art supplies to benefit the
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, a non-profit
after-school arts organization created for
kindergarten through 12th-grade students
in the greater Cedar Rapids metro area.
Find the art supply wish list at www.
marionartsfestival.com. Bring your donation
to the park for this one-day art supply drive.
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Friday, May 16, 5 to 8 p.m.
Half-Marathon and 5K Run/Fun Walk late registration and packet pickup,
Depot, City Square Park
Saturday, May 17
6 to 7:15 a.m.
Race-day registration and packet pickup,
Depot, City Square Park
7:30 a.m.
Half-Marathon and 5K Run/Fun Walk
9 a.m.
5K awards ceremony
Festival opens to public
Empty Bowls sale — all day!
Art in the Depot with The Ceramics
Center — all day!
Introducing Emerging Artists — all day!
Family activities — all day!
Noon
Artist “Best in Show”
winners announced
Food vendor “Best in Food”
award presented
5 p.m.
Festival closes
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