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2008 Arts Dollar$ Award Recipients
Barbara Bianchi:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project BUILDING CHARACTER
THROUGH FOUND OBJECT ART: A “CHARACTER
COUNTS! THROUGH THE ARTS” ACTIVITY. Barbara will
expand her professional development workshop for
teachers, Building Character Through Found Object Art,
from 3 hours to 15 hours, create marketing materials,
and promote the workshop to area educators.
Big Brothers Big
Sisters of the Mississippi Valley
Awarded
$1,620 for the project RECYCLED ART.
Artist
Heidi Moran-Sallows will run six sessions – three in the
spring and three in the fall – where children in Big
Brothers Big Sisters’ campus-based mentoring program
will learn how to create pieces of art from found and
recycled materials.
Joel
Connell:
Awarded
$920 for the project COLORING BOOK
CREATING WITH JOEL “CON” CONNELL. Joel will
brainstorm ideas
with schoolchildren, creating a 20 page
coloring book by combining
their suggestions and his
illustrations, then printing and selling
it locally.
Steve Couch:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project PERFORMING 10 “I
LIKE
TO READ SHOWS” IN AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
The “I Like
to Read” Show is an interactive live
performance by Steve Couch of
original music that
promotes good behavior to children ages 2 to 7
years.
Kara Fedje:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project ALTERNATIVE ART…
CREATING ART FROM TRASH. She will teach fine art
and art
exhibition while using green art methods with
teens-at-risk through
the Black Hawk College Optional
Education Program.
Great Sounds
Promotions:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project BLACK HISTORY
MONTH:
YOUTH ON BROADWAY MUSICAL REVUE. Youth on
Broadway
will be a musical revue production that
features works by and about
black composers, artists
and black experiences. The project strives
to engage
and involve and build pride in at-risk and inner-city
young
people, 95% of whom have African-American heritage,
using the
medium of theater. The project, coordinated
by literary artist Gaye
Burnett, culminates in 2 public
performances at the close of Black
History Month.
Horace Mann Choice
School:
has been awarded
$774.21 for the project STEP INTO
SCHOOL! “Step Into School!” is designed to build a
pathway from the students of Horace Mann Choice
School to the new
Villa site by creating mosaic pavers
with artist Jeanne O’Melia.
J.B. Young
Intermediate:
has been awarded
$2,000 for the project STEEL
BAND RHYTHMS.
This project’s goal is to engage
students at-risk and students of
color at J.B. Young
in Davenport in ongoing percussion-based musical
learning and performance on steel drums under the
direction of Brian Zeglis.
Carolyn Krueger:
has been awarded
$2,000 for the project
EXPRESSING YOURSELF
THROUGH THE
ARTS. Carolyn, artist and instructor, will
guide
Black Hawk College Optional Education
at-risk youth through an
exploration of the
fundamental art forms of drawing, painting, clay,
photography, collage and fabric design.
Longfellow Elementary:
Awarded
$1,700 for the project
WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES. 200 students
enrolled at Longfellow Elementary School will
be taught weekly art lessons by local artist,
Andi Naab, on a rotating basis so that each
class will receive one hour lesson per month,
4 lessons minimum per class during second
semester 2008.
Courtney
Lyon:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project NEW
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE PRE-PROFESSIONAL
DANCERS IN BALLET QUAD CITIES II. Courtney,
co-director of Ballet Quad Cities II, will choreograph
a new ballet specifically for the talented pre-professional
dancers in BQC II. This new ballet will premiere at
“Ballet Under the Stars” in June 2008.
Midwest Writing
Center:
Awarded
$1,900 for the project POETRY FOR ALL AGES.
Published poets Tracy White, Ryan Collins, Sarah
Gardner, and Max Molleston will offer free poetry
workshops for all age groups in the Quad City Arts
service region at the Midwest Writing Center.
Moline Public
Library:
Awarded
$1,700 for the project EL DIA DE LOS
NIŅOS / EL DIA DE LOS LIBROS. The Moline
& Rock Island Libraries will to host a joint
celebration of El Dia de los Niņos / El Dia de
los Libros for the general public, targeting
Hispanic and at-risk groups. Artistic personnel
include visual artist Gloria Burlingame and
Eulenspiegel puppet theatre company.
Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico:
Awarded
$1,660 for the project QUAD CITIES BALLET
FOLKLORICO PRESENTS MEXICAN FIESTA 2008: a
showcase of Mexican culture through music, dance,
and education. Children and adults between the ages
of 4 and 16 will take part in sharing their culture with
the Quad Cities. Artistic personnel includes dance
instructors Ashley and Raymond Terronnez.
Thurgood
Marshall Learning Center:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project FINDING HEALTHY
PASSIONS. The aim of this project is to encourage
at-risk students to develop healthy interests through
a nine-week arts class. Artistic personnel include
visual artist Jeanne O’Melia, actress/director Angela
Rathman, and blues musician Hal Reed.
Friends of
VanderVeer:
Awarded
$2,000 for the project GARDEN OF OZ.
VanderVeer Botanical Park partners with Kit Sayles
to create mixed media displays that will recreate a
“Garden of Oz” horticultural experience for the
entire community.
WQPT, Quad
Cities PBS:
Awarded
$1,736 for the project CURRENTS AT THE
CROSSROADS. 10 episodes of a 30 minute
television music program hosted by Ellis Kell,
featuring performances at the River Music
Experience Redstone Room; WQPT’s potential
audience is 309,000 households in Iowa and Illinois.
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