September 2009:
First Annual Carnegie Beer Tasting The Carnegie Arts Center hosted its first annual Beer Tasting fundraiser on Saturday, September 26. The event was a great success, with over 100 participants, most of whom has never visited the Carnegie Arts Center before. The Second Annual Carnegie Beer Tasting is scheduled for September 25, 2010. |
Over 100 different beers were available for sampling at the First Annual Carnegie Beer Tasting. |
Door prizes included Carnegie Gift Certificates, Beer Steins, and merchandise from local retailers. |
Decisions... Decisions... |
Special Thanks to the Participating Artists!
Susan Nelson, local artist and Associate Professor of Art at demonstrated different techniqes used to create hand-built pottery. |
Magician Eric Vaughn (MidAmerica Arts Alliance) performed some slight of hand for party-goers. |
The Carnegie Potters Guild created the beer steins that were sold during the Beer Tasting Fundraiser. |
Special Thanks to our Sponsors!
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| First Presbyterian Church Garage Sale to Benefit the Carnegie Arts Center The staff and faculty of the Carnegie Arts Center would like to thank First Presbyterian Church for donating the proceeds from their September garage sale to help support the Carnegie Arts Center. Each year the church donates the money earned at their garage sale to a different local organization. The recipients of these generous donations are primarily private, non-profit organizations and charities. Thank you for supporting the Carnegie Arts Center! |
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New Teachers at the Carnegie Arts Center The Carnegie Arts Center is pleased to welcome seven new instructors to their faculty: Kenton Lanier, Susan Garrett, Vanessa Reid, Marcia Nodland, and Anna Zeck. Kenton Lanier: Kenton Lanier recently graduated from Thomas Edison State College with a BA in music composition and theory. He is currently teaching piano, viola, and violin ages 6+. Susan Garrett: Susan Garrett has forty years experience playing and teaching piano. She is available to teach beginning piano to ages 6+ on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Vanessa Reid: Vanessa Reid has been teaching piano from her home for over five years and is excited to join the Carnegie’s faculty. She will be teaching beginning and intermediate piano on Tuesday evenings. Marcia Nodland: Marcia Nodland received her BS from Iowa State University. She will be teaching “Kinder Art” to children ages 5-6 and “Doodles to Drawings” to children ages 9-12 beginning in October, and “Tot Art” to children ages 2-5 beginning in November. Anna Zeck: Anna Zeck has actively supported the Carnegie Arts Center as a volunteer for quite a while now, and is excited to be developing a children’s theater program. She received her BFA from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied theater performance. |
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Philip Clark Piano Recital Philip Clark returned to the Carnegie Arts Center for a piano recital on Sunday, September 20, at 3:00 PM. This concert marked 20 years of performances provided by Mr. Clark for the Carnegie. His program included Beethoven’s, Sonata No. 8, and Schubert’s Sonata in A major. Mr. Clark is a resident of Leavenworth, and is currently employed at Combined Arms Research Library at Fort Leavenworth. He is also the organist at All Nations Seventh Day Adventist Church, Leavenworth and pianist at Christ Unity Church, Leavenworth. Clark received his Bachelor of Arts from Doane College, Nebraska and his Masters of Music from DePauw University, Indiana. He continued his studies at Indiana University and the University of Southern Mississippi. While Assistant Professor of music at Tougaloo College, Mississippi, his produced his opera titled "No Game for Kids." Clark continues to compose keyboard, chamber and vocal music. Donations went to help support the Carnegie Arts Center’s scholarship fund. |
October 2009:
| Abraham Lincoln Exhibition at the Carnegie Arts Center The Carnegie Arts Center hosted a Lincoln exhibition in the Stacks Gallery for the month of October. The exhibit opened on October 3 with a book signing and Lincoln lecture by Tom Mach, author of Sissy! and All Parts Together. The exhibition was part of a month-long celebration of Abraham Lincoln and his visit to the Kansas Territory and the city of Leavenworth in 1859. The items on display are on loan from the University of Saint Mary and First City Photo. |
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Book Signing with Tom Mach Tom Mach, author of the Jessica Radford trilogy, spoke at the Carnegie Arts Center on Saturday, October 4, about Abraham Lincoln and the second installment in Mach's Jessica Radford trilogy, “All Parts Together.” Inspired by true events, “All Parts Together” is a different kind of Civil War story. Jessica Radford survives the Quantrill raid of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863, and turns to the power of her pen to help emancipate slaves. While at the nation’s capitol, Jessica meets Walt Whitman, who inspires her to write a novel about slavery. When her friend Tinker, a soldier and a former slave, receives a ceremonial medal from Abraham Lincoln, Jessica is convinced the president will free slaves throughout the land. Jessica witnesses Lincoln’s assassination and abandons her cause, but it isn’t long before an unexpected visitor gives her hope for the future.
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Tom Mach talks to a member of the audience about his books.
The Heart of America Woodwind Quintet performs at the Carnegie Arts Center several times a year. |
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Currier and Ives Lecture with Dr. Bryan Le Beau
Dr. Bryan Le Beau spoke to an audience of approximately 40 adults about Currier and Ives varied representation of Abraham Lincoln during his political career.
The Assassination of President Lincoln, Currier and Ives, lithograph, 1865 | On October 4, Dr. Bryan Le Beau with the University of Saint Mary gave a presentation on Currier and Ives’ portrayal of Abraham Lincoln during his political career. Currier and Ives are recognized as the creators of Ameicana. Proudly proclaiming themselves the “Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints,” Currier and Ives produced more than 7,000 prints that sold uncounted millions of copies. The prints represented nearly every aspect of American life in the 19th century. While not always flattering, the prints did portray the American people. Abraham Lincoln was one of Currier and Ives favorite subjects. In this illustrated lecture, Dr. Bryan Le Beau will explore how Currier and Ives as well as their audience, the American people, “pictured” Lincoln. Bryan F. Le Beau earned his Ph.D. from New York University. He has taught and held administrative positions in higher education for over twenty years, including an endowed faculty chair in the humanities. Dr. Le Beau is currently a Professor of History, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Dean of the College at the University of Saint Mary. Dr. Le Beau is the author of several books on American cultural history, including Currier and Ives: America Imagined, which was published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 2001. |
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John Brown Lecture with Dr. Jonathan Earle Dr. Jonathan Earle spoke at the Carnegie Arts Center on October 24 about John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and the raid’s role in the election of Abraham Lincoln. In 1859, after several violent years in Kansas, abolitionist John Brown and his followers raided the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. The result? John Brown’s capture, trial, and execution. But how did John Brown shape the 1860 presidential election? This presentation explores how Abraham Lincoln was able to navigate a tricky course of political moderation to win his party’s nomination and, ultimately, the presidency. Dr. Jonathan Earle is a Professor of History at the University of Kansas and is the Associate Director for Programming at the Dole Institute of Politics. |
Early Day Pioneer, thought to be John Brown, ca. 1855-1856, Photograph, First City Photo |
September 2009:
First Annual Carnegie Beer Tasting The Carnegie Arts Center hosted its first annual Beer Tasting fundraiser on Saturday, September 26. The event was a great success, with over 100 participants, most of whom has never visited the Carnegie Arts Center before. The Second Annual Carnegie Beer Tasting is scheduled for September 25, 2010. |
Over 100 different beers were available for sampling at the First Annual Carnegie Beer Tasting. |
Door prizes included Carnegie Gift Certificates, Beer Steins, and merchandise from local retailers. |
Decisions... Decisions... |
Special Thanks to the Participating Artists!
Susan Nelson, local artist and Associate Professor of Art at demonstrated different techniqes used to create hand-built pottery. |
Magician Eric Vaughn (MidAmerica Arts Alliance) performed some slight of hand for party-goers. |
The Carnegie Potters Guild created the beer steins that were sold during the Beer Tasting Fundraiser. |
Special Thanks to our Sponsors!
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| First Presbyterian Church Garage Sale to Benefit the Carnegie Arts Center The staff and faculty of the Carnegie Arts Center would like to thank First Presbyterian Church for donating the proceeds from their September garage sale to help support the Carnegie Arts Center. Each year the church donates the money earned at their garage sale to a different local organization. The recipients of these generous donations are primarily private, non-profit organizations and charities. Thank you for supporting the Carnegie Arts Center! |
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New Teachers at the Carnegie Arts Center The Carnegie Arts Center is pleased to welcome seven new instructors to their faculty: Kenton Lanier, Susan Garrett, Vanessa Reid, Marcia Nodland, and Anna Zeck. Kenton Lanier: Kenton Lanier recently graduated from Thomas Edison State College with a BA in music composition and theory. He is currently teaching piano, viola, and violin ages 6+. Susan Garrett: Susan Garrett has forty years experience playing and teaching piano. She is available to teach beginning piano to ages 6+ on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Vanessa Reid: Vanessa Reid has been teaching piano from her home for over five years and is excited to join the Carnegie’s faculty. She will be teaching beginning and intermediate piano on Tuesday evenings. Marcia Nodland: Marcia Nodland received her BS from Iowa State University. She will be teaching “Kinder Art” to children ages 5-6 and “Doodles to Drawings” to children ages 9-12 beginning in October, and “Tot Art” to children ages 2-5 beginning in November. Anna Zeck: Anna Zeck has actively supported the Carnegie Arts Center as a volunteer for quite a while now, and is excited to be developing a children’s theater program. She received her BFA from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied theater performance. |
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Philip Clark Piano Recital Philip Clark returned to the Carnegie Arts Center for a piano recital on Sunday, September 20, at 3:00 PM. This concert marked 20 years of performances provided by Mr. Clark for the Carnegie. His program included Beethoven’s, Sonata No. 8, and Schubert’s Sonata in A major. Mr. Clark is a resident of Leavenworth, and is currently employed at Combined Arms Research Library at Fort Leavenworth. He is also the organist at All Nations Seventh Day Adventist Church, Leavenworth and pianist at Christ Unity Church, Leavenworth. Clark received his Bachelor of Arts from Doane College, Nebraska and his Masters of Music from DePauw University, Indiana. He continued his studies at Indiana University and the University of Southern Mississippi. While Assistant Professor of music at Tougaloo College, Mississippi, his produced his opera titled "No Game for Kids." Clark continues to compose keyboard, chamber and vocal music. Donations went to help support the Carnegie Arts Center’s scholarship fund. |