Arts Council of Southeast Missouri Newsletter – Volume 3: Issue 33

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Arts Council of Southeast Missouri Newsletter. Volume 3: Issue 33.
August 19, 2015.
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Arts Council of
Southeast Missouri

Vol 3: Issue 33

In this Issue:

Welcome Back to School!
Thank You to Summer Interns!

Now Enrolling at On Cue

Arts Out & About
Calls for Artists
Have a special arts-related announcement you would like for us to include? Email us at:
artscouncil@capearts.org!
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The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri would like to welcome students of all ages on their adventures back to school! What sounds better than colorful new notebooks, pencils, folders and art supplies? After all, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

Do you know to whom this quote is attributed to? No? Here’s a hint:

The benefits of art in education are numerous and backed by rigorous research. Americans for the Arts has published a comprehensive e-book Facts and Figures on the data available, as well as a video highlighting some of those key-data points. Here are a few statistics we found noteworthy, taken from Facts and Figures:

One discipline that sometimes gets lost in the conversation of band, art class, and creative writing is POETRY! We were pleased to find “Adventures in Anaphora” by Rebecca Hazelton linked in a recent email newsletter from the Poetry Foundation.

In the article, Hazelton walks the reader through how using anaphora in poetry can help her students, new and advanced, develop their own poetry. It is developed with many fantastic examples, including political speeches given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Winston Churchill and Homer Simpson! She also referenced the following poems:

“Howl,” by Allen Ginsberg

“Song of Myself,” by Walt Whitman

“I Remember,” by Joe Brainard

“The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee,” by N. Scott Momaday

“Hospital parking lot, April,” by Laura Kasischke

 “Some Feel Rain,” by Joanna Klink

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri supports arts education through various programming, including our Children’s Arts Festival, ArtReach, Poetry Out Loud, and the Summer Art Academy.

Students (of all ages) who want to continue to learn the arts outside of school have growing opportunities here in Southeast Missouri – they can learn acting and dancing from On Cue Performing Arts Studio, enroll for the Music Academy at SEMO, ask Shivelbine’s Music for instructor suggestions, or take lessons in the visual arts at various studios: Open Window, Cateye Glasses, The Artist Studio, and with Dave Carter. This is all in addition to the fantastic weekly arts resources provided by the Cape Public Library.

Want to help support Arts Education in Missouri Schools? Visit the website for Missouri Citizens for the Arts to become an arts advocate!

The Board of Directors and Staff of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri would like to thank our interns, Samantha Schaefer and Britney Hubbard, for their assistance this summer! In addition to having them stack and un-stack our chairs and fold our letters, they had significant personal projects they worked on throughout the summer.

Samantha has used her graphic design skills to undertake the task of updating the comprehensive Cape Girardeau Public Art Booklet from 2012. This consisted of a new design layout, new photographs for many of the pieces, and a few new details as well. We will be getting the updated version to you later this fall! Samantha will be graduating this semester from Southeast Missouri State University with her BFA, and we will keep you posted with the date of her show as it approaches.

Britney has focused on keeping our social media up-to-date and full of interesting posts (her Art History posts are favorites within the office). She has been a huge help getting information about the arts out on Twitter and Facebook, not to mention completely reviving our Instagram and Pinterest! Fortunately, Britney has agreed to be a Social Media Correspondent for us and will continue to help out throughout the year as she studies at the University of Missouri.
Fall Registration for Dance Classes on August 25 at OnCuePerformingArtsStudio.com
ARTS OUT & ABOUT
Internship Opportunity: Ipseity Creative
 Cape Girardeau & Jackson, Missouri

Are you a college student interested in interning at a small but fast-growing firm that specializes in Branding, Marketing, Advertising, Graphic Design, Web Design, Social Media Management, and Corporate Photography? Ipseity Creative is looking for interns in the following areas: Web Design & Web Development. This will be an unpaid internship that has the potential to turn into a paid position.

Potential Web Design Interns must have basic to moderate knowledge of: WordPress (and other template-based design), Composition, Hierarchy, Color Theory, Typography, Usability, Interactive Design (IxD); Information Architecture (IA); etc.

Potential Web Development Interns must have basic to moderate knowledge of: HTML 4-5; CSS; Javascript/Ajax.

If you are interested in these areas of the company, please contact Jericho Phire, Vice President and Creative Design Director of Ipseity Creative, at jphire@ipseitycreative.com. Interviews are scheduled to begin next week.
Tunes at Twilight
Common Please Courthouse

Tunes at Twilight is a free Friday evening outdoor concert series held at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, located at the corner of Lorimer and Broadway, in historic Old Town Cape. For six weeks in the spring and six weeks in the fall, families and friends from around the region come to enjoy an evening of entertainment and community. This week’s performance will be by Jimmy Davis.

Friday, August 21 at 6:30 pm
Art Sale – 50% Off
BLack Door Gallery

This weekend the BLack Door Gallery is having a 50% off sale on all artwork and materials!

Friday August 21st, 2015 from 5 – 9pm

SaturdayAugust 22nd from 9am – 2pm
Wednesday Night Drawing Group
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri

This group meets every Wednesday evening, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm at the Arts Council galleries, to hone their drawing skills. The majority of the sessions will draw from a live model.

There is a $5 fee per night to cover cost of models.
Contra Dance
Christ Episcopal Church

All moves are taught and the dances walked through. Free beginners’ workshop will be held from 6:45 – 7 pm on the day of each dance. Tonight’s music will feature Mound City Slickers.

August 22, at 7:00 pm

For more information, please call John Coffman at 334-7406.
CALLS FOR ARTISTS

Third Annual Member’s Exhibit
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri is excited to host it’s Third Annual Member’s Exhibit. The members show is a chance to celebrate and showcase the work of our members, and also gives the staff and exhibit committee an opportunity to identify talent for future exhibits!

All members of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri (including new members), 18 years and older, are eligible. There will be three cash awards selected on September 4 by Angela Walleman, Vice President of Best of Missouri Hands.
The 2015 FL3TCH3R Exhibit- Socially and Politically Engaged Art
Deadline for Entries: August 26,2015

The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN is open to all artists and designers 18 years of age and older residing in the United States or any other country as long as entry fee is paid in US dollars. All work must be original. The entry fee is $35 for the first 3 entries by August 19, August 20-26: $40, $7 each additional entry.
Missouri Folk Arts Program: Arts Apprenticeship Program
Deadline for Applicants: August 31, 2015

Since 1984, the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program has worked with some of the state’s finest master folk artists to keep Missouri’s artistic heritage alive and well. The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program funds teams of master artists and apprentices who are committed to conserving their artistic traditions and cultural heritage. Priority is given to masters and apprentices who share the same cultural community. Priority is also given to living art forms with few remaining practitioners. The Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program seeks new applicants each year to better represent the spectrum of cultural communities across the state.
More upcoming Calls for Artists can be found on our website here>
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