Central School Holiday Market - Arts and Humanities Council of

Arts Council Staff
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Lake Charles, LA
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Erica McCreedy
Executive Director
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Paul Gonsoulin
Special Projects Coordinator
2013
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Amie Herbert
Community Development Coordinator
Central School Arts & Humanities Center
809 Kirby Street, Suite 202
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
www.artsandhumanitiesswla.org
Tel: (337) 439-2787; Fax: (337) 439-8009
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Charlotte Rewerts
Administrative Specialist
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Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Mindy Schwarzauer
President
James Babin
First Vice President
Kristin Broussard
Second Vice President
Matthew Welsh
Treasurer
Laura Moreau
Secretary
Holiday
Directors
Missy Abraham
Self-Employed
Chelsi Barfield
Angie Manning
Lake Charles CVB
Carma Manns
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury
Shonda Manuel
Trevor Cooley
City Savings Bank
John Day
Knights of Columbus
Mary Donaldson
Retired
Healthy Image Marketing
Chuck O’Connor
St. Patrick Foundation
Joby Richard
Cameron Parish School Board
Artist
Nancy Sanner
Retired Educator
Patricia Schmidt
City of Lake Charles
Tom Shea
Anjo Elsbury
Denise Fasske
Adagria Haddock
Allen Parish Tourist Commission
Clair Hebert
Entergy
Rachel Hungerford
Calcasieu Parish School Board
Daniel Ieyoub
Retired Educator
Braylin Jenkins
City of Lake Charles
Anna Mallett
Stine
open
house
& Art
Mark Your Calendars!
IBERIABANK
Jason Barnes
Central
School
Retired
Artist
Sanchez Law Firm
Cassie Stroud
Calcasieu Parish School Board
Burt Tietje
Zigler Trustee
Mia Vick
West Cal Cam Hospital
Ashli Waldrep
Lake Area Office Supply
Amanda White
Alliance SWLA
10/18-1/4: Nancy Melton’s Children in Motion, Historic 1911 City Hall
10/18-1/4: Heather Ryan Kelley’s Some Thoughts About Perfection, Historic 1911 City Hall
10/25-12/28: The Curious World of Patent Models, Historic 1911 City Hall
10/31-1/31: Santa’s Wish List, Pottery by Debbie Lavergne, Gallery By the Lake
11/1-12/31: Open Art Surgery, Gallery By the Lake
11/15-1/4: Sally & Ned Cappel’s Images: Real & Imaginary, Imperial Calcasieu Museum
11/15-1/4: Judy Baggett: As I See It, Imperial Calcasieu Museum
11/30-12/31: Christmas at the Railroad Museum, DeQuincy Railroad Museum
12/5: Christmas Under the Oaks & Holiday House, Henning Cultural Center, Sulphur
12/5-6: Central School Open House & Holiday Art Market, Central School
12/6: LA Choral Foundation Christmas Spirits, 7:30pm, Immaculate Conception Cathedral
12/6-15: White Christmas, times vary, ACTS Theatre
12/7: Children’s Theatre Company presents Cinderella’s Holiday Dining, 12pm, Central School
12/7: Light Up the Lake Christmas Celebration, all day, Lake Charles Civic Center
12/7: Taste of the Holidays & Tour of Homes, 4:30pm, DeQuincy
12/7: Jennings Christmas Festival & Gumbo Cookoff, Louisiana Oil & Gas Park
12/8: Handel’s Messiah, 3pm, Dr. F.G. Bulber Auditorium
12/8: LA Choral Foundation Christmas Spirits, 3pm, Immaculate Conception Church, Sulphur
12/13-16: The Nutcracker, times vary, SFAA Performing Arts Center
12/14: Breakfast with Santa, 9am, Central School
12/14: Civic Ballet presents Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, times vary, Rosa Hart Theatre
1/10-11: Louisiana Fur & Wildlife Festival, Cameron
1/17-3/1: Lin Emery: Poetry in Motion, Imperial Calcasieu Museum
1/24: Calcasieu Cinema International presents Pakistani, 7pm, Central School
2/12-16: Untitled: A Devised Theatre Experience, times vary, SFAA Performing Arts Center
2/15-3/2: And the Rain Came to Mayfield, times vary, Lake Charles Little Theatre
2/15: Lake Charles Symphony presents Copland Lincoln Portrait, 7:30pm, Rosa Hart Theatre
2/20: Poetry Out Loud SWLA Regionals, 6pm, Central School
2/22: Banners presents Bidder 70, 7pm, SFAA Performing Arts Center
For details on all events, visit www.artsandhumanitiesswla.org
Market
Thurs. Dec 5th Fri. Dec. 6th
ArtScene Newsletter sponsored by
ASI Office Systems
What We’ve Been Up To Lately
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Lake Area Galleries
& Businesses
Central School
Area business leaders
discussed connecting the
business sector to local
nonprofits at a Regional
Arts Network seminar.
Civic Center
Children worked on a
collaborative mural with
Arts Council staff at
Family & Youth’s
Family Fest.
Gallery Promenade offered
a Lake Area-wide gallery
crawl at over two dozen
venues
Gallery Promenade 2013
From left: MSU Student Art Association displays works at
Dharma; guests visit the Art Shop; a Gallery Promenader
writes on the interactive Before I Die public art wall; bonté
opens up an outdoor crepe café during the event.
Call 439-2787 to discuss details
President: Mindy Schwarzauer, O’Carroll Group
First Vice President: James Babin, ASI Office Systems
Second Vice President: Kristin Broussard, L’Auberge
Treasurer: Matthew Welsh, American Heart Association
Secretary: Laura Moreau, Calcasieu Parish School Board
1st-2nd Grade: Gavyn Duraso (middle image), Western Heights Elementary
3rd-4th Grade: Madeleine Fitkin (right image), Frasch Elementary
5th-6th Grade: Devin Tone (left image), W.T. Henning Elementary
Mayor’s Arts Awards 2013
Award Recipients
Artist of the Year 2013
George Swift, SWLA Economic Development Alliance
Arts Organization of the Year 2013
Common Ground, Culture Fest Louisiana
Citizen of the Arts 2013
Live music concert series
March 14th, 21st, 28th, 2014. 6pm-10pm
Arcade Amphitheater, Lakefront Promenade
The Arts Council is proud to announce the slate of new board members
and new executive committee for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Executive Committee 2013-2014
The SWLA Cultural Economy
Report was revealed to the
public at the November
Regional Arts Network seminar
On October 26, 2013, the Arts Council and City of Lake Charles hosted ArtsFest, a
free arts festival which fosters an interest in learning by providing hands-on art
projects for children. In the weeks leading up to ArtsFest, students submitted artwork
of re-imagined Fairytales, Myths & Legends. The winners received a 31 piece drawing
box set, donated by Walmart, and they are as follows:
Patron of the Year 2013
Become part of the event that rocks the lake
each march! Packages can be customized.
Side Stage: $250
Central School
Arts Council board members hosted
their own art battle at the October
meeting. A board member was
blindfolded then instructed by their
teammates how to re-create a
famous work of art
Lindsey Janies, Lindsey Janies Photography
Sponsor Packages Available
Opener: $500
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ArtsFest Art Contest Winners
Thank you for making this year’s Lake Area gallery crawl a
smashing success! Over two dozen galleries, museums, art
spaces, and businesses opened
their doors for the evening, and
across Lake Charles and Sulphur, locals took to the
streets to experience the best in
Lake Area artists and exhibits.
Headliner: $2000
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Central School
New Board Members
Missy Abraham, Self-Employed
John Day, Knights of Columbus
Clair Hebert, Entergy
Rachel Hungerford, Calcasieu Parish School Board
Anna Mallett, Stine
Carma Manns, Retired
Lance Thomas, From the Attic
Lady Holly Hathaway Kaough, Lake Charles Civic Ballet
Citizen of the Humanities 2013
Rick & Donna Richard, Empire of the Seed
Arts Educator of the Year 2013
Susan Rodgers, Sam Houston High School
Keystone Award 2013
Debbie Howrey & Lisa Schram, Lake Charles Symphony
Central School Holiday
Open house &
Art Market
The City of Lake Charles and
the Arts Council invite the
public to the Central School
Arts & Humanities Center on
Thursday, December 5th,
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
for a festive Holiday Open
House. From top to bottom,
Central School will glow with
the joy of the holiday season
with extensive Christmas lighting and holiday ornamentation. Visitors
will be able to experience the facility's rich heritage as a vital arts center
and learn about the arts organizations, programs, and events that Central
School houses throughout the year.
In rooms 106 and 108 the Holiday Art Market will return from 3:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, and it will offer an array of fine and handmade items by local
artists, with 10% of the proceeds helping to fund scholarships for local
children attending the Calcasieu Parish School Board Arts Camp.
Among some of the displays guests can expect to see are a Nutcracker
Exhibit in the Art Associates Gallery, You Can't Stop the Art, a student
art exhibit from SOWELA Technical Community College in the Black
Heritage Gallery, and fine watercolor and mixed media pieces from
Dewey Fine Art. The Children’s Theatre Company and Itinerant
Theatre will also give sneak peeks of performances, and the S.J. Welsh
Art Club will sell handmade artwork to raise funds for the student club.
Central School's arts organizations, museums, galleries, and studios,
including the Mardi Gras Museum and the Lake Charles Symphony,
will open their doors to showcase the arts initiatives that Central School
has helped to incubate.
Nominations for Mayor’s Arts Awards are accepted year-round,
and the awards ceremony, hosted by the Arts Council and City of
Lake Charles, is held at Central School each October during Donation stations will be set up at the buildings main entrance for art
National Arts & Humanities Month. For more information on supplies (crayons, makers, paint, pencils, etc.) which will be donated to a
school in need. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
this year’s recipients, visit the Arts Council website.