Jackson County Green Energy Park Spring Gallery Exhibition
Come visit the newly-remodeled
GEP Art Gallery
GEP Art Gallery
Opening exhibition: Art & Energy
April 26 – May 17
Opening reception and glassblowing demonstration
Thursday April 26, 5-7p.m.
What you’ll find::
- A unique gallery, filled with beautiful glass, steel and ceramic artwork created by local artists.
- All pieces made using renewable energy resources.
- Glass blowing demonstration at 6:00 pm.
- Information on Green Energy Park classes and future efforts.
Location:
Jackson County Green Energy Park
Green Energy Park Road (½ mile past Huddle House)
Dillsboro, North Carolina
Need more information?
Visit www.jcgep.com or call 828.631.0271
CIVIC ORCHESTRA CONCERT WITH STUDENT SOLOISTS
The Western Carolina Civic Orchestra will play the final concert of its 2011-2012 season on Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Coulter Building Recital Hall on the WCU campus.
The soloists will be the students who won the 22nd annual Student Solo Competition in January. This competition is sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Council, which funds the awards. WCU students and younger students from Jackson and the surrounding counties are eligible to compete. This year the winners are Samuel McQuitty, Ryan Wall and Ashley Setzer.
Samuel McQuitty is a home-schooled 10th grader from Franklin and studies violin with Oleg Melnikov in Waynesville. He will play the first movement of the Viotti Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor. Ryan Wall is a WCU senior from Kenly NC and studies flute with Eldred Spell. He will play the Bach Flute Concerto in G Minor. Ashley Setzer, soprano, is a graduate student from Hickory, studying voice with William Martin. She will sing the aria “Tornami a Vagheggiar” from Alcina by G.F. Handel.
The full orchestra will perform Mozart’s Overture to “The Impresario,” Vocalise by Rachmaninoff, and the Triumphal March from “Sigurd Jorsalfar” by Edvard Grieg. William Henigbaum is the conductor. Members of the orchestra are student and faculty musicians from WCU, and students and adults from Jackson, Macon, Haywood, Swain, Cherokee and Buncombe counties. The WCU School of Music sponsors the orchestra and it received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, so that the concert is free and open to the public.
Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA) offers Summer Art Portfolio Program
We are pleased to announce the Summer Art Portfolio Program for grades 9-12 and recent high school graduates!
What is it?
SCC’s Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA) in Cherokee will offer a Summer Art Portfolio Program for 30 high school students grades 9 -12 and 2012 graduates to enhance their art skills or prepare a portfolio for college admissions into a fine arts program. The program will be three weeks long in June, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Pack a lunch for the hour lunch break. The students will be divided into three groups of 10 and rotate through three key areas: Printmaking, Drawing and Sculpture. In each of these areas, students will work with both college instructors and generational instructors from the Qualla Boundary. Upon completion of the program, the students will have an art show in the OICA gallery featuring their work. A public reception will be held July 12th from 5pm to 7pm. Refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Why?
Students will have exposure to what it is like to take Art in a college/professional setting while making new connections with professional artists in the area. Each instructor is a practicing professional artist and a professor of art at SCC. Students will learn advanced skills and processes beyond the high school level as well as exposure to native arts and artists from the region. All projects will make up a refined art portfolio for future use.
When:
June 11th – 29th (some students can participate for a shorter duration if requested in advance)
Registration forms are due May 31st at OICA
Where:
Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts in Cherokee, NC
70 Bingo Loop Rd Cherokee, NC 28719 (yellow building behind Tribal Bingo on 19N)
Cost:
$50 per student, payment is due during the day of registration (May 31st ). All checks can be made out to OICA. Students who need some financial support can submit a one page letter of request with your registration form stating your current situation, future plans, and how you think you would benefit from this experience. Those applying for support will be notified Friday June 1st via phone and email. All students and parents will sign a Participation Agreement during Registration.
The registration form is attached. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Jeff Marley
Program Coordinator
Fine & Heritage Arts
Southwestern Community College
j_marley@southwesterncc.edu
828.497.3945
Annual Membership Meeting
We will be holding our annual membership meeting on Monday April 16, 2012 in the Community Room on the second floor of the Jackson County Library Complex. We will host a reception with light refreshments at 5:30 p.m., followed by the meeting at 6:00 p.m.
We will have a Board Member Q & A, Election of Board Members, and a Visual Presentation of arts events in Jackson County.
JACKSON COUNTY GREEN ENERGY PARK
Join Us for the 4th Annual Youth Arts Festival
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 9 am – 3 pm
Kids of all ages are welcome to join us for hands-on art activities such as sidewalk chalk, mural painting, tile mosaics, paper weaving, hand-building with clay, and more.
Over 25 professional artists will be demonstrating their abilities with hot glass, basket-weaving, pottery, blacksmithing, painting, drawing, and more!
Entertainment will be offered throughout the day including local musicians and performing artists, Cherokee traditional dancers, WCU’s Jazz Quintet and Jazz Dancers, the Dancing Trash Dragon, and others. This family-friendly mix of cultural performers will be a highlight of the day!
This event is FREE and open to the public. The GreenEnergy Park is located off Haywood Road near the Huddle House in Dillsboro. a free shuttle will be available with stops every 10 minutes at several satellite parking locations in downtown Dillsboro. Food will be available for purchase on site.
For more information, please contact the Park at 631-0271 or visit JCGEP.org. Click here and here to view photos of last year’s Art at the Park event.
This project receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment of the Arts through the Jackson County Council.
JACKSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL MOVES TO COURTHOUSE LIBRARY COMPLEX
– The Jackson County Arts Council has moved to the second floor of the new Courthouse Library Complex. Coinciding with the physical move, the JCAC is also changing its virtual address. The new web address is www.jacksoncountyarts.org, and is still in development. Grant forms and instructions for application are available at the website as well as membership information. Residents of Jackson County and friends of the JCAC are invited to visit both sites.
“We are very excited about the new office of the Arts Council,” said Board President Victoria Casey-McDonald, “the new office is very accessible and is located on the second floor, just outside the Community Room. We hope that people will stop in and say hello whenever they are attending an event in the complex.” Casey-McDonald added that the Arts Council is actively seeking volunteers to help staff the office and represent the arts council whenever the Community Room is in use. Anyone interested in assisting in this capacity can call the office at (828) 587- ARTS (2787) and their call will be returned by a board member with additional information.
The Jackson County Arts Council is actively seeking new member support to replace diminishing funds from traditional government agencies. “We need members of the community who believe in the value of the arts to join us,” said Vice-President Sylvia Smythe. “We will be calling on our friends to help us grow our membership base so that we can continue to support traditional venues for the arts as well as introduce new ones.”
The Jackson County Arts Council was founded in 1976 by Dr. Perry Kelly, former art professor and head of the Art Department at Western Carolina University. The JCAC believes that exposure to the arts, and participation in the arts, are uniquely important to every community and should be encouraged and supported. The Jackson County Arts Council is located in the Jackson County Courthouse Library complex and online at www.jacksoncountyarts.org.
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JACKSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL AWARDED $11,889 FROM THE NC ARTS COUNCIL
Sylva, N.C. – 8/15/2011. Jackson County Arts Council in Jackson County has been awarded $11,889 from the North Carolina Arts Council as part of their designated county partners program.
The funds will be used to support a wide variety of programs in Jackson County in the arts, including arts in education, community development, and multi-cultural programs.
State funds allow Jackson County to provide quality arts programming for students and adults while also sustaining our local economy.
Last year, Jackson County provided programming for approximately 9,500 individuals. A highlight of our support was the commission of an original composition by David Sampson, performed by the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet at the opening of the new Library Complex. Among other programs that were supported by funding, were Bridging Jackson Communities, the Civic Orchestra, the Community Chorus, and Catch the Spirit of Appalachia.
“The support of our grants program by the General Assemble during these economically challenging times demonstrates the role the arts play in our economy and our quality of life, “ said Mary B. Reagan executive director of the N.C. Arts Council. “Nonprofit arts organizations employ workers, stimulate commerce, generate tax revenues and help communities retain their vibrancy.”
More than 8.7 million people participated in N.C. Arts Council-funded projects last year in schools, senior centers, museums, concert halls and community centers. Nearly 2.9 million of these were children and youth.
The N.C. Arts Council awards grant money each year to provide diverse arts experiences for citizens in all 100 counties of N.C. In fiscal year 2011-2012, the Arts Council is expected to distribute $6.4 million in state and federal grant funds to arts organizations, schools and other nonprofit organizations that sponsor arts programs.
For further information, please contact Jackson County Arts Council, Room 201, 310 Keener Street, Sylva, N.C. 28779 at 828-587-2787. Grant application forms and membership applications may be found on the website: www.jacksoncountyarts.org.
The N.C. Arts Council, www.ncarts.org, is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities and the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic future. Information on Cultural Resources is available at www.ncculture.com.