April 2010: |
The Carnegie Arts Center has been adopted by the 40th Military Police Battalion! The battalion has adopted the Carnegie as a "Boots on the Ground" community service project. The battalion will help maintain the Carnegie's historic building and grounds. |
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Toulouse the Cat Interviewed by the Leavenworth Times!
Toulouse the Carnegie cool cat was recently interviewed by Dale Brendel with the Leavenworth Times. The interview was part of the Leavenworth Times's new Q5 portion of the newspaper, in which a different Leavenworth citizen is asked five questions about themselves and their lives in Leavenworth. The interview was published in the weekend edition (April 17/18) of the Leavenworth Times. Toulouse is the first non-human citizen to be interviewed for the Q5, and said that he felt honored to be so distinguished by his local news authority. To learn more about the Leavenworth Times, please visit their website - www.leavenworthtimes.com. | |
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Carnegie Welcomes New Guitar Instructor! No, it's not an April Fools joke. After months of searching, the Carnegie has found a new guitar teacher! The Carnegie Arts Center is very happy to welcome Rich Shelby to its faculty! Rich will begin teaching guitar at the Carnegie Arts Center on Wednesdays and Thursdays on April 7. Rich has been playing guitar for over 16 years, and has been teaching for five years. Rich is well versed in many styles of music including rock, country, blues, metal, and both electric and acoustic guitar. Rich firmly believes that learning the proper technique should be enjoyable and fun, and encourages his students to choose their own music. Rich has experience teaching beginning and intermediate guitar to children, teens, and adults. Rich also has experience as a professional musician. He has worked with a number of bands over the years and currently performs with Fall Down Running. |
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Can you say "Kandinsky?"
On April 13, twenty-eight Howard Wilson Elementary School students and parents gathered at the Carnegie Arts Center for the last parent/child art activity of the semester. "Papas, Painting, and Pasta" was organized by Barbara Carter (Parent Liaison at Howard Wilson Elementary School) and Holly York (Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Carnegie Arts Center). "Papas, Painting, and Pasta" started with a brief art history lesson with Holly York, the Carnegie Arts Center's Education Coordinator. York talked with the students about Russian artist/musician Wassily Kandinsky and how he used color and different types of lines to give his paintings a musical feel. The kids and parents then created their own musical paintings as they listened to Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Tchaikovsky's Ouverture Solennelle, and Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30. After cleaning up the families got to chow down on pasta provided by Mama Mias. Previous parent/child arts activities organized by Barbara Carter and the Carnegie Arts Center, including "Dads, Daughters, and Dance" in February and "Dads, Drama, and Dogs" in March.
Yellow, Red, Blue, Wassily Kandinsky, 1925, oil on canvas |
Kandinsky-inspired works by Howard Wilson Elementary School students. |
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Enroll and Pay Online As of April 2, anyone wishing to enroll in classes* at the Carnegie Arts Center can now do so online! To enroll and pay online, please follow the "Enroll Online" link at the top on the class schedule pages ("Arts," "Music," "Dance," etc.), or follow the "Catalog" link at the bottom of the left sidebar. Many thanks to Joe Wilson and Joe Heaton of J n J Technologies for all of their help building our online class catalog! *The Carnegie Arts Center hopes to offer online payment for private music lessons soon. |
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Carnegie Artist in Action
The work of local artist and Carnegie Arts Center board member Everett Ward has recently been accepted into three area exhibitions. Ward primarily prints landscapes, but he often includes animals in his work. Many of his prints of dogs have been exhibited at dog show sponsored by the American Kennel Club. Ward's lithographs will be featured at "Art Show at the Dog Show," at "Sunflower Cluster Dog Shows," and the "41st Annual Smoky Hills Art Exhibition." "Art Show at the Dog Show" Century II Convention Center & City Arts Building Wichita, Kansas March 3 - April 7 "Sunflower Cluster Dog Show" Kansas Colliseum Park City, Kansas April 9 - April 11 "41st Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition" Hays Arts Council Hays, Kansas April 30 - June 11 |
Everett Ward works in the lithography studio at the Carnegie Arts Center several days a week. |
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Grounded Plains Painting Exhibit by Holly York
 | Some say April showers bring May flowers, but this April brings a new painting exhibit to the Carnegie Arts Center. The Stacks Gallery at the Carnegie Arts Center will host “Grounded Plains” from April 9 until May 21. “Grounded Plains” is a series of landscape paintings created by Holly York. The series focuses on the changes in light and atmosphere in the sky over the Flint Hills, but some of the paintings (including West of Lansing) feature local landscapes. The exhibit will include the original seven works that comprised Ms. York’s BFA show. Ms. York graduated from the Kansas State University with a BFA in painting in 2008. She was also a member of the Kansas State University Painting Society. Ms. York has been a faculty member of the Carnegie Arts Center since late 2008, and her art classes are some of the most popular children’s classes offered at the Arts Center. April 9 - May 21 Opening Reception Friday, April 9, 6:00 - 8:00 pm |