Area Libraries Gear Up For 'Arts Alive'
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The Bell Memorial, Milford and Syracuse public libraries will join Warsaw Community Public Library in an Arts Alive @ the Library program Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
The event marks the end of the first year of a Dekko Foundation grant. A group of 16 northeast libraries share $25,000 per year for four years. Visual arts were showcased this year and many programs were built around this theme.
Next month, musical arts will be incorporated into programs and displays, along with visual arts and language arts, will be added the third year and performing arts the fourth.
Calling it the "county grand finale" of phase one of the grant, the libraries are pooling their resources at WCPL, providing "make it, take it" workshops in:
• Jewelry design with Sue Karzewski (WCPL);
• Origami, supervised by the Warsaw Octagon Club (Syracuse);
• Scrapbooking and photography from the Milford Public Library staff; and
• Paper quilting, taught by Merna Eisenbraun of Village at Winona (Bell Memorial).
A mural painted by junior and senior artists from Tippecanoe Valley, Wawasee and Warsaw school districts, under the direction of Bob Vandermark, also will be on display.
Warsaw Christian and Sacred Heart elementary artwork will be on display at the library, too.
The afternoon doesn't begin and end at the library, however.
Eagles building windows will feature Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley elementary school art Saturday through April 21.
Along the way, sidewalk artists and activities are planned downtown, sponsored by local merchants and the Warsaw Community Development Corp.
Fort Wayne magician and origami artist Jim Snapp will "work the crowd" at the library and travel between downtown events.
On Buffalo Street, the Lakeland Art Gallery will feature Warsaw elementary student artwork, an annual exhibit sponsored by the Tri Kappa Sorority.
A couple of doors south of the gallery, in the Scearce-Rudisel Architect building, 120 S. Buffalo St., several local artists will give demonstrations. Terry Armstrong will present watercolors; Robert Hudson, oil painting; Bev Garner and Jennifer Penaherra, drawing and colored pencil; and DiAnne Smith and Michelle Fox will be at a "make it, take it" booth featuring acrylic folk art
Mary Ellen Rudisel-Jordan and Jim Mannan will provide information regarding Center for Arts and Culture future plans and projects.
Margaret Fritzel, WCPL's community services supervisor, said 2,789 people completed art projects at the library this year.
"We learned a lot this first year having the grant and spending the money," Fritzel said. "The next three years will be a little easier."
A committee of youths helped plan library activities, she said.
Two activity cards will be available, one for library events and another at Scearce-Rudisel. Participants can have spaces on the cards stamped at each station in the buildings. Completed cards will be eligible for drawings. [[In-content Ad]]
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The Bell Memorial, Milford and Syracuse public libraries will join Warsaw Community Public Library in an Arts Alive @ the Library program Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
The event marks the end of the first year of a Dekko Foundation grant. A group of 16 northeast libraries share $25,000 per year for four years. Visual arts were showcased this year and many programs were built around this theme.
Next month, musical arts will be incorporated into programs and displays, along with visual arts and language arts, will be added the third year and performing arts the fourth.
Calling it the "county grand finale" of phase one of the grant, the libraries are pooling their resources at WCPL, providing "make it, take it" workshops in:
• Jewelry design with Sue Karzewski (WCPL);
• Origami, supervised by the Warsaw Octagon Club (Syracuse);
• Scrapbooking and photography from the Milford Public Library staff; and
• Paper quilting, taught by Merna Eisenbraun of Village at Winona (Bell Memorial).
A mural painted by junior and senior artists from Tippecanoe Valley, Wawasee and Warsaw school districts, under the direction of Bob Vandermark, also will be on display.
Warsaw Christian and Sacred Heart elementary artwork will be on display at the library, too.
The afternoon doesn't begin and end at the library, however.
Eagles building windows will feature Wawasee and Tippecanoe Valley elementary school art Saturday through April 21.
Along the way, sidewalk artists and activities are planned downtown, sponsored by local merchants and the Warsaw Community Development Corp.
Fort Wayne magician and origami artist Jim Snapp will "work the crowd" at the library and travel between downtown events.
On Buffalo Street, the Lakeland Art Gallery will feature Warsaw elementary student artwork, an annual exhibit sponsored by the Tri Kappa Sorority.
A couple of doors south of the gallery, in the Scearce-Rudisel Architect building, 120 S. Buffalo St., several local artists will give demonstrations. Terry Armstrong will present watercolors; Robert Hudson, oil painting; Bev Garner and Jennifer Penaherra, drawing and colored pencil; and DiAnne Smith and Michelle Fox will be at a "make it, take it" booth featuring acrylic folk art
Mary Ellen Rudisel-Jordan and Jim Mannan will provide information regarding Center for Arts and Culture future plans and projects.
Margaret Fritzel, WCPL's community services supervisor, said 2,789 people completed art projects at the library this year.
"We learned a lot this first year having the grant and spending the money," Fritzel said. "The next three years will be a little easier."
A committee of youths helped plan library activities, she said.
Two activity cards will be available, one for library events and another at Scearce-Rudisel. Participants can have spaces on the cards stamped at each station in the buildings. Completed cards will be eligible for drawings. [[In-content Ad]]