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Day camps are already avai lable in al l
flavors and locations…or are they?
“Certainly there is a need for an arts-
focused day camp that encompasses
and presents al l the arts—from music
to pottery,” the Brainstorming Com-
mittee at ARRAC (known as “Brain-
ers”) decided. Last February we
enthusiastical ly dove in to the
planning process. Li ttle did any of us
know how things would turn out!
We now have one week of Camp
under our belt and aside from being
ti red, we have a wonderful feel ing of
having sown (and sewn) some great
seeds into our inaugural group of
Camp ARTumpka campers.
Over the course of five days we
presented opportuni ties to try to play
the ukulele, learn to sew a yo-yo,
paint a mural , design a t-shi rt, make a
clay percussion instrument, and tel l a
story with your hands whi le dancing.
Parents and honored guests got to
witness the closing presentation at
our last day (see
page 2), but we
invi te you to view
the sl ide show on
skydrive or check
our Facebook page.
A picture is worth a
1 000 words…
Alabama River Region Arts Center Providing high quality, affordable programs
Camp ARTumpka .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 , 2, 3, 8
News from the Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors/Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ECCF Grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Out & About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
T-Shirt Sponsors and Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . 3
Keeping Busy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Si t & Sew.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chamber Business After Hours. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Classes & Workshops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Contact Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Three Seasons Art League.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Trash or Treasure?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Music Arts News.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
River Region Sunday Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reborn Harmony/CAGMA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Camp ARTumpka Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
APR-June2012
Camp ARTumpka June’s Fun
Our Mission Statement:The Alabama River Region Arts Center’smission is to bring the People of the RiverRegion together and enhance communitylife through a supportive environmentwhere people of all ages, backgrounds andabilities can study, create and present art.
The Alabama River Region Arts Center is a
501 (c) 3 not-for-profi t organization.
Inside This Issue
The River Region'sFriendly Place forthe Arts
Vol. II /Issue 4
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UPDATE
Percussion rattles and air-dry clay tileswere the result of two days in the PotteryStudio (Above, and below, left). Below,two campers worked on the collaborativecanvas; the results appear in our mastheadat top of page.
2 Alabama River Region Arts Center a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization
TheARRAC UPDATE/APR-JUNE. 2012
May 15 was the Elmore County Community
Foundation grant awards ceremony at Lanark.
I t was a big day for the Arts Center with an
award of $2500 for a chi ldrens' arts camp.
Accepting the award (at left) were ARRAC
Board members Marty McIntyre, Theresa
Wayne and Mari lyn Winborn. The Camp was
a creation of the Brainer Group with the
grant request being wri tten by Theresa Wayne under the ECCF's grant guidel ines.
ARRAC’s plans for hosting a chidrens' Art Camp, cal led Camp ARTumpka, includes
the goal of introducing campers, ages 6-1 4, to a variety of arts such as music,
painting, t-shi rt decorating, sewing, clay and other various arts. Thanks to ECCF for
their fai th in our mission to bring the arts to the River Region community.
ARRAC receives grant from Elmore County Community Foundation
Newsfrom The Center
The Arts Center is avolunteer based,community supportedorganization that derivesits funding from publicand private donations,contributions, grants,benefactors and theproceeds frommemberships, ArtistSpace, Rentals, GalleryArt Sales and specialevents.
About Us
The ARRAC Board of Directors met Saturday May 5th at ARRAC. In attendance were
Rick Bowman, Geoff McIntyre, Frank Sul l ivan, Mari lyn Winborn, and new Board
Member, Theresa Wayne. Business included voting to add addi tional members
Marty McIntyre, Theresa Wayne, Jerry McRay and Connie Morrow; continued
support for the Brainer Committee to handle the dai ly operations of the Center; and
approving instal lation of internet service.
Board of Directors Report
More scenes from Camp ARTumpka, above.Campers performed on stage for friends andfamily at the last day of camp.
ARRAC
Board of Directors
Officers
Rick Bowman - PresidentMari lyn Winborn
SecretaryMembers at Large
Geoff McIntyre
Marty McIntyre
Co-Executive DirectorJerry McRay
Connie Morrow
Frank Sul l ivan
Theresa Wayne
Co-Executive Director
300 West Tallassee Street Alabama River Region Arts Center 3
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Thanks to our Camp ARTumpka t-shirt
sponsors for contributing to make our
t-shi rts a real i ty! We could not have
done i t without you!
2012 Camp ARTumpka
T-Shirt Sponsors
Aluminum Special ties Company
Central Alabama ElectricalCooperative
Dunn & Schreiber Orthodontics
Elmore County Community
Foundation
1 st Community Bank & Trust
Florence Arnold/Qui l ter
River Bank & Trust
Three Seasons Art League
Waci Wireless/Verizon
Anyway you look at it, our t-shirt sponsors deserve thanks!
Out &About
Shirts are only $1 0 and we sti l l
have a few shirts left in most of
the sizes. You may stop in at the
Arts Center on any Saturday from 9 am –
4 pm, or contact Theresa Wayne at 300-
9394 or via emai l to:
arti [email protected] to reserve your
shirt celebrating 2012 Camp ARTumpka.
$10
Civi tan - Camper Sponsorship
Max Credi t Union - Camper Sponsorship
Rumbl ing Waters Art Club - CamperSponsorship
Barry Chrietzberg - suppl ies donation
Cinda & Bi l l Walton - suppl ies donation
June's Camp ARTumpka Volunteers
Sharon Ervin
Jessica Howard
Jon Masters
Col in McIntyre
Marty McIntyre
Dawn Sul l ivan
Frank Sul l ivan
Anna Thibodeaux
Cinda & Bi l l Walton
Theresa Wayne
Thanks for al l you did and wi l l continueto do. We could not have done i t withoutthis great Arts Team!
Look like fun?
Register now for
Camp ARTumpka 2
July 9 - 13
Registration Form pg. 9
Thanks to these individuals,
groups, and businesses for
Camper Sponsorship
assistance and supplies
donations.
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Come finish up one of theprojects on your project stack.
Resume work on one of your projects
with fel low fabric and qui l ting fans in
the Monet room. We' l l meet from
9am – 12pm.
Sit & Sew
Thu Jun 21 4:00pm – 5:00pm Drawing/Painting Club
Tue Jun 26 5:00pm – 6:30pm Brainer Meeting
Thu Jun 28 4:00pm – 5:00pm Drawing/Painting Club
Tue Jul 3 5:00pm – 6:30pm Brainer Meeting
Sat Jul 7 9:00am – 12:00pm Blue Grass Jam
9:00am – 12:00pm Sit & Sew
Mon Jul 9-13 9:00am – 12:00pm Camp ARTumpka I I
Tue Jul 1 0 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
Sat Jul 1 4 9:00am – 11 :00am Jewelry: Basic Bead Stringing
12:00pm – 2:00pm Digi tal Photography
1 :00pm – 3:00pm Jewelry: Basic Wire Wrap
Mon Jul 1 6 9:00am – 4:00pm DIY Websi te Design
Tue Jul 17 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
5:00pm – 6:30pm Brainer Meeting
Thu Jul 1 9 3:00pm – 5:00pm Origami Mini Photo Album
5:00pm - 7:00pm Jewelry: Basic Bead Stringing
Sat Jul 21 4:00pm – 1 0:00pm Wetumpka Jazz Fest-Downtown
Tue Jul 31 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
5:00pm – 6:30pm Brainer Meeting
Sat Aug 4 9:00am – 12:00pm Blue Grass Jam
9:00am – 12:00pm Sit & Sew
12:00pm – 2:00pm Origami Mini Photo Album
Tue Aug 7 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
Tue Aug 14 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
5:00pm – 6:30pm Brainer Meeting
Thu Aug 16 5:00pm – 7:00pm Jewelry: Basic Wire Wrap
Mon Aug 20 9:00am – 4:00pm DIY Websi te Design
Tue Aug 21 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
Sat Aug 25 9:00am – 11 :00am Jewelry: Basic Bead Stringing
1 :00pm – 3:00pm Jewelry: Basic Wire Wrap
Tue Aug 28 4:00pm – 5:00pm Guitar; Drawing/Painting Club
5:00pm – 6:30pm Brainer Meeting
Sat Sep 1 9:00am – 12:00pm Blue Grass Jam
9:00am – 12:00pm Sit & Sew
KeepingBusyUpcoming Events/Classes
ARRAC Hosts Chamber ofCommerce’s Business After Hours
Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce members
met May 8 at ARRAC for Business After
Hours. For some it was a trip down memory
lane, as they once walked the same hal lway
as a high school student.
Chamber guests explored classrooms and the
pottery studio, and heard about the upcom-
ing Camp ARTumpka. Cul inary del ights were
prepared and served by Vanessa Bordlee;
ARRAC members provided punch and tea. A
free membership at the Arts Center was won
by Carl Bledsoe during the raffle.
And FOR FUN, al l attendees were invi ted
and many participated in a col laborative
painting of the Bibb Graves Bridge. The
painting was based on a reference photo
taken from the northwest riverbank and an
outl ine was transferred to a 36" x 44" canvas
by Theresa Wayne, Co-Executive Director.
The finished painting now hangs in the
Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce and
wi l l ci rculate among participating Wetumpka
businesses. At a later date, the painting wi l l
be auctioned for a community project. I f
your business would l ike to participate in
displaying this painting for a month or two,
please cal l Vanessa Lynch, WACC Director.
ARRAC's Theresa Wayne, Co-Executive Director,with finished mural
300 West Tallassee Street Alabama River Region Arts Center 5
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Basic Bead StringingSat July 1 4 9-11 am
Thu July 1 9 5-7pm
Sat Aug 25 9-11 am
Basic Wire WrapSat July 1 4 1 -3pm
Thu Aug 1 6 5-7pm
Sat Aug 25 1 -3pm
Classes &Workshops
* Advance registration is required so that your camera model PDF manual may be incorporated into the materials. No cel l phone photography training.
A two-hour drawing and painting refresherworkshop.
For those who need a slight push to get those paints out of the drawer and
start an art project. . . just to get the colors flowing again. Come to the Arts
Center and let us get you started again with quick exercises and fun
challenges. Call to set up a time that's good for you. $60
Origami Mini Photo Album
July 1 9 3pm - 5pm or
Aug 4 1 2pm - 2pm
Learn to fold and assemble anorigami mini photo album.
Supplies: l iquid adhesive
3-6 students. $23
Clay: SlabBeginner to intermediate students
wil l learn about clays, methods of
constructing with clay, techniques for
working with slab clay. Student
pieces wil l be bisque fired and basic
glazing techniques discussed. $55
Pottery for the Wheel
Digital Photography forBeginners July 1 4 1 2pm - 2pm
Get off the "AUTO" button. Learn to use
all the features on your camera. Pre-
registration required.* Contact instructor
with camera model info. Studio set-ups
and overhead projector by instructor.
$30.In one day you wil l learn to:
1 - PLAN: Follow a roadmap to define,
gather, and organize your website content.
2 - BUILD: We wil l actual ly build and
configure a ful l featured commercial website
and blog using WordPress.
3 - PUBLISH: You wil l learn how to get your
website/blog online.
$249 includes lunch, bring your ownlaptop.
Guitar Club for Kids:Tuesday July 1 2, 1 9, & 26
Join Jon Masters, and his class on
Tuesdays from 4pm - 5pm. $20 per
month. Beginners are welcome.
Instruments available for use at the
Arts Center.
DIY Website Design Class Using:
Mon July 1 6, or
Sat Aug 4, or
Mon Aug 20
9am - 4pm
Do It YourselfWebsite Design
Start with either of these basic workshops to learn the
fundamentals of making your own jewelry with beads on string
or beads wrapped with wire. Learn to select, design, use tools,
other techniques. $50 + supplies.
Jewelry: Start with the Fundamentals
Call the Arts Center at 578-9485 for moreinformation.
Beginners learn the basics, Intermediate
wil l bui ld on knowledge of wheel work:
centering, opening, pul l ing up, &
trimming. Ages 1 4 and up. $90 +
materials fee.
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TUESDAY, MAY 22, Three Seasons Art League
met at the Arts Center to paint their own
col laborative mural . The abstract design was
of their own creation. They suppl ied their
own brushes and paints, whi le Frank Sul l ivan,
ARRAC Board member, had bui l t the frame,
which Theresa Wayne stretched with canvas
and primed. I t was truly a col laborative group
effort from many hands.
Col laborative art projects may be a fun activi ty for your group. Cal l for more
information, 578-9485.
ONE ARTS CENTER’S TRASH i s another arti st’s bird
feeder. We arti sts are very frugal people. We
supported “green” even before i t was popular.
We paint outdoors (“plein air”). Our studios
are often unheated or uncooled garages or
attics. We keep our art suppl ies forever. We
col lect odd things for use in sculpture
projects. . .before we know it our spouse refers
to our creative stash as “junk.”
Yes, even an Arts Center must clean out the
unused i tems, which is precisely what we did
May 12 at our Indoor Yard Sale. We made over
$300 whi le we disposed of many things and
were overjoyed when our customers told us
what they planned to do with their new-found treasures:
“These will be perfect at our church bazaar.” (round wood tables)“This will work to display jewelry on.” (wire display racks)All in al l i t was a great day, made even better the next
week when we trucked off the remainders to Robinson
Recyclers on Tal lassee Hwy.. .
The Update is publ i shed monthly.
Your comments, ideas, and story ideas
are welcome.
Marty McIntyre, Edi tor
Alabama River Region Arts Center
Mai l ing Address:
PO Box 1172
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Alabama River Region Arts Center
Gal lery/Classrooms
300 West Tal lassee St
Wetumpka, AL 36092
The Arts Center welcomes volunteers. I f you would l ike to get involved there are
many tasks avai lable, even Camp ARTumpka! Please contact Sharon Ervin, Volunteer
Coordinator, at 3756374sse@gmai l .com or 514-3420. Do your part for the ARTS in
the River Region.
Volunteer to Get Involved!
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“Reborn Harmony” a band that performed
at ARRAC’s recent “Ways to Praise”
Sunday Special Concert Series, has been
nominated for membership into the
Central Alabama Gospel Music Associa-
tion by the president Tim Stough. Tim
heard “Reborn Harmony” when he
attended their May performance at Frazer
Uni ted Methodist Church on Spiri t N ight.
Representatives from the band, Alan
Mitchel l (the bass player) and Dan Bass,
ARRAC member, attended the CAGMA
meeting last week where they were
formal ly introduced to the CAGMA
members. The band wi l l perform July 3
before the committee and at that time, a
formal vote of the CAGMA membership
wi l l be made.
Membership in CAGMA consists of many
varying styles of gospel music each
unique. Reborn Harmony fel t honored to
be nominated and is looking forward to
the performance next month.
ARRAC is honored to have had the op-
portuni ty to spotl ight “Reborn Harmony”
at our Sunday Special , “Ways to Praise”
and is grateful to have Dan Bass as an
ARRAC member, active on our Brainer
Committee.
Whi le Apri l and May's
Jams were indoors,
June’s Bluegrass Jam
took place under the
old oak tree in ARRAC’s
front yard. I t was a
beauti ful day and chairs
were toted outside to
take ful l advantage.
Bass, mandol in, gui tar,
resonator gui tar, banjo
and fiddle players al l
showed up. Join us next month, fi rst Saturday, July 7th, from 9 am – 12 pm.
Al l acoustic players are welcome, any ski l l level .
Music ArtsNews
Bluegrass Under the Old Oak Tree
Sunday Special performers,“Reborn Harmony” nominatedfor Central Alabama GospelMusic Association
ARRAC’s second Sunday Special was wel l received by our loyal audience.
Performing Sunday May 6 in the Wetumpka Performing Arts Center were:
Laurie Harris on gui tar; Home Remedy; Reborn Harmony; and Grace Point
Praise Band of Grace Point Church in Wetumpka. Four groups brought their
sound equipment and friends and fami ly along with their abundant talent to
the ARRAC fundraiser. This was a great opportuni ty to not only showcase
many different types of gospel -praise music to the community, but i t was a
chance to fel lowship with others and meet new friends.
Keep watching for our next
Sunday Special Concert Series
production. I f your group would
l ike to perform for these fund-
raising events, please contact Jerry
McRay, Board member and Music
Committee Coordinator at [email protected] for more information.
We are planning our next event for August.
Sunday Special 2
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