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Keeping
Our Mailing List Up-To-Date:
Please
let us know if you no longer wish to receive direct
mail from us aboutr events and exhibits. We hpe to keep
you informed on our activities, but we don't want to
wast postage if your circumstances have changed.
LAC
P.O. Box Address:
Wel no longer have a P.O. box
for mailing. The South Union Gallery is our only mailing
address. Please change your listing for LAC to 85 S.
Union Blvd., Lakewood, CO 80228. Thanks!
You
won't want to miss any of the exciting opportunities
and events we have planned for next year. Help the Arts
Council continue to bring the arts to the community
by showing your support through a renewed or new membership.
Go to Membership
Application.
Outreach
to Other Art Groups:
Bring in your season's schedule of events, invitations
& flyers to specific events, membership forms. We
will be glad to insert your printed materials (8-1/"2
x 11" or smaller) with our Focus publication. Priority
is given to member organizations, but other material
is included as postage weight allows. Deliver from 200-300
inserts by the submittal deadline to the South Union
Gallery.We're here to help each of you spread the word
about your group.
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2008
Board Members
President:
Saundra Galloway
Saundra holds a BA in Art Education from York Christina
College. She teaches art at Newton Middle School in
Littleton and has also taught for 3 years in Texas and
for 4 years in Jeffco. She currently is a member of
the City of Lakewood's Visual Arts Committee.
Vice President: Kathy Berls
Kathy is a retired high school and middle school art
teacher. She holds a BFA from the University of So.
California, with a teaching credential from Cal State
Long Beach. She currently serves on the City of Lakewood's
HCA Commission. She also is currently co-chairman of
the City's Visual Arts Committee and is a past Co-chairman
of the Sculpture in the Parks program.
Treasurer:
Loraine Miller
Loraine worked for the Colorado Division of Wildlife
for 23 years in the Environmental Resources section
and the Personnel Office. She currently teaches watercolor
classes in Lakewood. She is a member of the Colorado
Symphony and Colorado Ballet, the Miners Alley Playhouse,
and the Museum of Nature & Science.
Secretary:
Barbara Tobiska
Barbara has been an arts educator and organizer since
1945. She has taught art through Jeffco Adult Education,
through a home schooling program, with the City of Lakewood,
and now at the South Union Gallery. She has worked as
a swimming instructor for Lakewood's Parks and Rec.
Program. Barbara has served on numerous Mayoral appointed
committees as well as being associated with various
art groups such as Shows on Loan and Mountainside Art
Guild.
Members
at Large
Barbara Benik:
Barbara has a broad music background having studied
piano, french horn, guitar, mandolin, and violin. She
played violin in school orchestras, the Colorado All
State Orchestra, and the Longmont Symphony. Barbara
also has an extensive scientific and mathematical background
and is retired from an engineering career. Barbara now
is an avid digital photographer and painter, and currently
provides web design services for LAC as well as for
individual artists.
Charlie
Casper:
Charlie served as a graphic artist in the USAF for four
years. in 1977, he opened his own business, Lakewood
Graphic Arts, which he continues to operate today. He
is the drummer for the rock and roll band "Crossroads"
as well as a visual artist who specialized in digital
and computerized art.
Jim
Chamberlain:
Before retiring in 2005, Jim worked for the West Metro
Fire Protection District for 27 years. He currently
teaches raku firing at Lakewood's Washington Heights
Center. His technique used in Raku firing was a featured
article in the 2002 publication of "Pottery Making
Illustrated."
June
Davis: June
is a retired elementary school teacher who is now pursuing
a visual arts career. She is an award winning pastel
and colored pencil artist who provides demonstrations
and workshops throughout the area.
Andy
Dubois:
Andy is an active volunteer for the City of Lakewood
and at the Arvada Center. Among other places, he has
studied art at Red Rocks Community College specializing
in watercolor painting. He currently serves as coordinator
for Lakewood's drop-in figure and still life painting
classes.
Cindy
Haase:
Before becoming a full-time colored pencil and fiber
artist, Cindy worked in the corporate world for 25 years.
She also spent 8 years as a woodcrafter and several
years working in a quilt shop. She is currently a member
of the Colored Pencil Society of America and the International
Guild of Realism.
Marje
Walsh:
Marje holds an MA from DePauw University with a major
in microbiology and a minor in chemistry, zoology and
psychology. She has taught in high school, middle school,
and college. In addition, she has worked as a supervisor
in a microbiology hospital lab. Marge currently volunteers
at the Morrison Natural History Museum and is a mentor
for disabled adults at the Clements Community Center.
The
Lakewood Arts Council - Touching People, a Few at a
Time:
The Lakewood Arts Council continues its long-standing
tradition of bringing a wide range of arts activities
to the community through numerous activities aimed at
small audiences. Our goal is to create friendships through
the arts and to provide people with personal contact
with artists and fellow patrons. These gatherings may
be as small as 15 - 20 people or medium size groups
for 50 - 75. The thing that makes them unique is that
rather then serving large audiences of 200-300, these
programs bring a much needed social and friendly encounter
for the patrons - a relaxed atmosphere that uses the
arts to bring people together. At our concert series
at the Miners Alley Playhouse, visitors have a chance
to hear a wide range of usic in a small, intimate setting.
Following the performance, they can mingle with the
performers, enjoy refreshments, and visit with new or
long-time friends. The same personal touch is felt at
the enrichment luncheons where guests not only hear
from an interesting speaker discussing a unique art
topic but also get to gather over lunch for a pleasant
afternoon. Larger gatherings occur at LAC's visual arts
receptions - but the same sense of personal contact
prevails. Guests are greeted at the door, often by LAC
president Loraine Miller. Artists wear nametags in recognition
of their participation in the exhibit, volunteers are
publically recognized, and award winers are honored.
The large group ends up with a feeling of comraderie
that is often missing at other gatherings. In a time
when people's lives are so hectic and busy..when everything
has to be bigger and grander, how nice that LAC continues
to add the personal touch and brings people together
in friendship through the arts.
ArtVentures:
Artventures is an educational resource and an arts enrichment
vehicle to help make the arts accessible to everyone.
Schools, families, and community organizations can journey
through the visual and performing arts with comprehensive
tours, investigation, instruction and interactive workshops
at the Lakewood Cultural Center and Washington Heights
art Center. For more information, call 303-987-7876
or visit
their website.
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