NEWS:Utah Arts & Museums Announces Grant Deadlines and New Grants Manager

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is pleased to announce the selection of Laurie Baefsky as its new Grants Manager.

Baefsky comes to Utah Arts & Museums with a wealth of experience as a performing artist and arts administrator. She is a master grantwriter and is familiar with Utah Arts & Museums' grants process as both applicant and panelist. She has received more than 150 grants from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

“We are so excited to work with Laurie to bring financial and capacity-building support to arts and museums in Utah,” said Utah Arts & Museums Director Lynnette Hiskey. “Her extensive experience with grants — as well as museums, many arts genres and creative placemaking — will be a great addition to our team and a tremendous resource to Utah’s arts and museums community.”

“I am looking forward to working with the many vibrant arts organizations, museums and artists throughout the state,” said Baefsky. “Grants can serve as a powerful transformational tool for any arts or museums project, big or small. As a musician and arts educator, I recognize how the grant application process can be intimidating and, at times, overwhelming. I’m excited to interface directly with our broad range of applicants, making the grant application and reporting experience positive and relevant.”

Most recently Baefsky worked as a fundraising and creative placemaking consultant for the Virginia Arts Festival. At Utah State University and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, she established an ArtsBridge program, which connects university art and arts education students with area schools through interdisciplinary service-learning projects. Baefsky has also led professional development efforts for northern Utah schools for the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program.

Baefsky recently completed a Doctorate of Musical Arts in flute performance at Stony Brook University in New York and also holds degrees in music from the University of Michigan and California State University, Fullerton.

The Grants Manager administers the distribution of $1.3 million through Utah Arts & Museums’ 10 grant categories for individuals, organizations, communities and educators.

•             Arts Education Teacher-Initiated Projects, due March 1

•             Arts Education Artists-in-Residence Grants, due March 10

•             Arts Education Project Grants, due March 10

•             Museum Development Grants, due March 28

•             Museum Project Support Grants, due March 28

•             Museum Office Grants, due March 28

•             Arts Project Grants (including folk arts), due May 30 and Oct. 31

•             Local Arts Agency Grants, due June 14

•             Arts Organization Sustainability Grants, due June 27

•             Arts Organization Capacity-Building Grants, due Aug. 1

Information about Utah Arts & Museums grants can be found at artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling Baefsky at 801.236.7550. All grants are competitive and peer- or board-reviewed.

Photo: Laurie Baefsky

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About Utah Arts & Museums

Utah Arts & Museums is a division of the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah’s arts and culture community. The division provides funding, education, and technical services to individuals and organizations statewide so that all Utahns, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status, can access, understand, and receive the benefits of arts and culture. Additional information on the programs and services can be found at artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling 801.236.7555. 

Valentines Evening of Elegance and Magic @ American West Heritage Center (Wellsville: Feb 14 & 15)

Valentines Evening of Elegance and Magic

Jan. 15, 2014 - WELLSVILLE, Utah -- Valentine Evening of Elegance and Magic at the American West Heritage Center.

Celebrate Valentine's Day the old-fashioned way with dinner and a vaudeville style show of magic and music featuring deceptionist Richard Hatch, violinist Rosemary Hatch and pianist Jonathan Hatch.

On Friday February 14^th and Saturday February 15^th The American West Heritage Center will offer a special dinner for two, prepared by Elements Restaurant, followed by a vaudeville style program of magic and music in the opera house. Wagon rides to and from the venue and historically attired staff will all be a part of both special evenings! Seating for dinner will begin at 6 p.m. with the performance in the opera house to follow at 7:00 p.m. The performance will feature selections from the Hatch Academy's acclaimed ensemble performances, and again this year several new feats of magic will make their debut.

Tickets are just $59 per couple for dinner and the show and just $29/couple for the show only. Individual tickets for dinner or the show are available at half the couple price. Dinner reservations are required by February 12th. For tickets and more information, call the American West Heritage Center at 435-245-6050.

Contact
American West Heritage Center
4352456050
hr@awhc.org

Art Exhibition of Susan A. Johnson @ CenterPoint Theatre & BDAC (Centerville: Jan 13 - Feb 8)

CenterPoint Theatre in Partnership with Bountiful/Davis Art Center presents the Artwork of Susan A. Johnson, at the Legacy Gallery on the second floor.

 

This year BDAC is partnering with CenterPoint Legacy Theatre to bring you a new exhibit each time CenterPoint puts on a new show! Visit the Legacy Gallery at the Theatre to see artist Susan Johnson's beautiful landscape oil paintings. The exhibit will run as long as the current CenterPoint show, Forever Plaid (Jan 13 – Feb 8)

  

Sculpture Exhibition of Russell Wrankle @ SUU's Art Insights (Cedar City: Jan 23)

WHAT:             Russell Wrankle, an Assistant Professor at SUU and sculptor will present as part of the Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series Art Insights.

WHO:               Art Insights, Southern Utah University, Department of Art and Design

WHEN:             Thursday, January 23, 2014

TIME:               7pm

WHERE:           Gilbert Great Hall, Hunter Conference Center

TICKETS:         Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/pva/arts

PRICES:           Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.

SUU’S ART INSIGHTS TO FEATURE

RUSSELL WRANKLE, SCULPTOR AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

JANUARY 23, 2014

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Russell Wrankle is a sculptor who chooses ceramics as his primary medium. His subject matter is personal narrative through the use of animal imagery. As part of the Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series Art Insights, Russell Wrankle will showcase his own art as well as discussing his inspirations. Wrankle’s presentation is scheduled for Thursday, January 23, 2014. The lecture begins at 7:00pm Gilbert Great Hall, Hunter Conference Center. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Russell Wrankle received his MFA from Southern Illinois University in 1999 and returned to the West to create an art centered life in Toquerville, Utah in 2001. In 2012 He joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Art at Southern Utah University. He’s interested in taking familiar animals such as rabbits and dogs and reinterpreting them through the filter of his own sensibilities. Russell exhibits at Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Montana, as well as various invitational and group shows around the country. View his work aswww.toquervilleclay.com and www.toquerville.blogspot.com.

Join us for an enjoyable evening of reinterpretation with Russell Wrankle. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/pva/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a Center for Shakespeare Studies and a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. The Center for Shakespeare Studies offers a minor in Shakespeare Studies. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

NEWS: Professional Development Workshops Offered by Cedar City Arts Council Board Member

Professional Development Workshops Offered by Cedar City Arts Council Board Member

CEDAR CITY - Debbie Drake, Board Member and Director of Professional Development for the Cedar City Arts Council, will offer a series of workshops for artists in the visual, performing, and literary arts over the next three months at the Cedar City Aquatic Center. Drake, who is a multi-media artist and Business Technology Program Coordinator at the Southwest Applied Technology College, said, "Many artists have not been prepared to approach their art form from both the business and creative side, and therefore wonder why success eludes them."

            The first workshop on Saturday, February 8 from 10:00a.m. until noon will focus on "How to Write Artists' and Vision Statements." Artists' Statements are directed toward the viewing public's understanding of the artist, the work, and the intentions behind the work. Vision Statements communicate artists' ultimate goals in working in their field.

            The second workshop on Saturday, March 8 from 10:00a.m. until noon will address "Creating Artwork as a Business." Most artists are not prepared to invest time in marketing, public relations, resource management, and record-keeping, yet most successful artists report up to 50% of their time is spent in these critical areas.

            The third and final spring workshop will take on Saturday, April 12 from 10:00a.m. until noon, focusing on "The Critical Keys: Finances and Profit." Drake will take an in-depth look at costs, inventorying, profit margins, how to price one's expertise, and strategies for staying in the black on the ledger book.

            The workshops will take place in the conference room of the Cedar City Aquatic Center at 2090 Royal Hunte Dr. (phone 435.865.9223). Admission is free to members of the Cedar City Arts Council; non-members pay $10 per session. Anyone in Southern Utah or beyond is welcome to attend.

            The Arts Council Board has recently rewritten its mission statement to focus on Advocacy, Appreciation, Education, and Support for all artists, arts organizations, and arts business in Iron County. Toward that end, the Professional Development series will continue next fall. Drake plans to develop an Arts Incubator Certificate Program for those who wish to bring their creative ideas and energies to fruition in the expanding arts scene in Southern Utah. For further information, please call Debbie Drake at 435.463.1546 or email her at ddrake1546@gmail.com.

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For Public Service Announcements:                Who?                     Debbie Drake, Director of Professional Development, Cedar

(Radio, TV, Internet)                                                                                          City Arts Council Board Member (435.463.1546;

                                                                                                                                ddrake1546@gmail.com)

                                                                                What?                    Professional Development Workshop Series

                                                                                When?                   February 8,  March 8, April 12, 2014 from 10:00a.m. until noon

                                                                                Where?                  Cedar City Aquatic Center, 2090 Royal Hunte Drive

                                                                                Why?                     To assist artists in the visual, performing, and literary arts, arts

                                                                                                                                organizations, and arts business in skill-building toward

                                                                                                                                economic viability

                                                                                Costs?                    Free for Cedar City Arts Council Members; $10 per session for

                                                                                                                                non-members

Cedar City Arts Council, P. O. Box 2655, Cedar City, Utah 84721 - www.cedarcityartscouncil.org

JOB: Education Coordinator @ Bountiful/Davis Art Center

There is a job opening for an Education Coordinator of established community art center.

EDUCATION COORDINATOR         

Open until position is filled but urgency is needed as the position will be available in early February.

Description:

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Education Coordinator plans, develops and implements all the  activities and events  relating to the Education Program and Initiatives of Bountiful/Davis Art Center. 

These include: 

• Classes for children and adults
• Educational activities such as the monthly Family Art Night
• Maintain and improve BDAC  Traveling Exhibits to Davis County Schools
• Children's Art Center at BDAC
• Research and promote exhibit related educational content
• Develop programming for children at the annual Bountiful/Davis Summerfest International Art and Folk Festival.
•  Advocate for the Art Center and arts education
• Prepare an annual budget for education
• Interface and network with local officials including elected officials,  leaders in the community and colleagues  in the non-profit sector
• Assist with grants to fund education
• Assist with posting educational activities on the website and social media
• Prepare visual media for educational purposes
• Assist with the annual Davis County High School exhibit
• Administrative duties as outlined by the Director
• Explore ways to keep the Education Program relevant and vibrant
• The Coordinator will also run committee meetings and help with recruiting volunteers
• Attendance will be required at Summerfest meetings and some board meetings
• Tours of the Art Center to the public 

Qualifications:

 

Bachelor's degree in Arts Education or a closely related field plus four years of professional experience in working within a non-profit or arts organization. Experience and education may be substituted, one for the other, on a year-for-year basis.

·         Experience in grant writing and fundraising

·         Public relations and publications experience

·         Have a good knowledge of the arts and its importance in education

·         Excellent oral communication and writing skills

·         Technical/IT expertise  is  greatly desired

·         Be willing to work some weekends and evenings

·         Proficiency in PhotoShop, InDesign (or related software),  Word

·         Have a desire to engage children, students and adults in the arts thereby fulfilling the mission of  BDAC

 A ten year personal, criminal and employment background check will be required.  $13-$15/hr.  30 hrs. per week to eventually become 40 hours per week after a probationary period of 60 days.

Please send a letter of introduction, two letters of support and a resumé to:

 Emma J. Dugal

 P.O.Box 221

 Farmington, UT  84025

or email:  emmadugal@bdac.org. 

Muslim Journeys @ Utah Humanities Council (WVC: Feb 3, Feb 10, & Feb 24)

“Muslim Journeys” Film Series Explores Three Films from the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Series

WHAT: The Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Cultural Celebration Center present a series of films and discussions exploring Muslim themes.  The films are accompanied by glass sculpture and artwork by artist/scholar Andrew Kosorok, interpreting the “99 Names of God” in Islam.

               

WHEN:

Feb 3:     Prince Among Slaves

Feb 10:     Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

Feb 24:     Koran by Heart

                               

Films begin at 7:30 p.m.  The Feb 10 and 24 films will be preceded by a short discussion with special guests introducing the film.

WHERE: 

Utah Cultural Celebration Center

1355 West 3100 South

WVC, UT 84119

                                                                                               

WHO: Everyone is invited to this film series; Free Admission

WHY: Prince Among Slaves: In 1788, the slave ship Africa set sail from West Africa, headed for the West Indies filled with a profitable but highly perishable cargo—hundreds of men, women, and children bound in chains. Six months later, one of its human cargo, a twenty-six-year-old man named Abdul Rahman, was transported and sold in Natchez, Mississippi. According to legends that developed around Abdul Rahman in antebellum America, he made the remarkable claim to the farmer who purchased him at the auction that he was an “African prince” and that his father would pay gold for his return. The offer was refused, and Abdul Rahman did not return to Africa for another forty years. During his enslavement he toiled on the Foster plantation, married, and fathered nine children. His story also made him one the most famous Africans in America for a time, attracting the attention of powerful men such as Secretary of State Henry Clay.

                               

     Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World: This ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and more than 1,400 years of history. It explores the richness of Islamic art in objects big and small, from great ornamented palaces and the play of light in monumental mosques to the exquisite beauty of ceramics, carved boxes, paintings, and metal work. It revels in the use of color and finds commonalities in a shared artistic heritage with the West and East. The film also examines the unique ways in which Islamic art turns calligraphy and the written word into masterpieces and develops water into an expressive, useful art form. 

     Koran by Heart: This ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and more than 1,400 years of history. It explores the richness of Islamic art in objects big and small, from great ornamented palaces and the play of light in monumental mosques to the exquisite beauty of ceramics, carved boxes, paintings, and metal work. It revels in the use of color and finds commonalities in a shared artistic heritage with the West and East.

For more information about this and other exhibits or events at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, please call 801-965-5100 or visit www.culturalcelebration.org, ‘like’ us on facebook atfacebook.com/CulturalCelebration or follow us on twitter @WVCUCCC.