Community Foundation of the Ozarks

The Arts Programming Sustainability Initiative (APSI), an effort led by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, is pleased to announce the second annual Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival, a collaborative event that highlights ten weeks of more than 100 arts events and performances throughout the city to raise money for arts education opportunities and also for children in Springfield Public Schools through the Care to Learn fund.

The 10 Weeks Festival will run from March 12, 2010, through May 23, 2010, and will feature existing arts events, festivals, performances and concerts by the following arts organizations:

Dance
Missouri State University Theatre and Dance Department
Springfield Ballet

Music
Boys Choir of Springfield
Children’s Choirs of Southwest Missouri
C-Street Jam
Drury University Music Department
Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
Missouri State University Music Department
Springfield Chamber Chorus

Springfield Mid-America Singers
Springfield Regional Opera
Springfield Symphony Orchestra

Theatre
Drury University Theatre Department
Evangel University Humanities Department
Gillioz Theatre
Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
Missouri State University Theatre and Dance Department
Skinny Improv
Springfield Little Theatre
Springfield Contemporary Theatre
Springfield Playhouse
Swan Repertory Theatre
Vandivort Center Theatre

Visual Arts
Childhood in its Landscape Juried Competition/Good Girl Art Gallery
Drury University Art and Art History Department
First Friday Art Walk
SATO48 – Springfield And The Ozarks 48 Hour Film Challenge
Springfield Art Museum

All the Arts

Artsfest on Historic Walnut Street and Arffest on Commercial Street presented by the Springfield Regional Arts Council
Cherry Blossom Kite Fest and Arts Fiesta!, Presented by Springfield Sister Cities
Self-Employment in the Arts OzArts Conference

Attendees will be asked to donate $1 (or more) per ticket throughout The 10 Weeks Festival with a goal of raising at least $10,000 in 10 Weeks. Donated funds will then be split evenly between a new Arts in Education Endowment at the Community Foundation of the Ozarks that will provide funding for arts organizations to take programs into area schools and the Care to Learn Fund (with a fund match of 3 to 1), established to help meet the basic needs of Springfield Public School students.

Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival provides an opportunity for arts organizations to come together in a series of events that will benefit children and the arts, believing that to sustain the arts; the arts have to help sustain the community.  The Festival was created by the Arts Programming Sustainability Initiative (APSI) as an effort funded by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
For more information, call 417-864-6199, ext. 14 or visit our website at www.the10weeks.com.

APSI Panel Members include Dr. Carey Adams–Missouri State University Dean of the College of Arts and Letters- (Chair); Janice Bennett-Executive Director, Springfield Symphony; Sally Baird- Past Board, Chair of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks; Lester Brown- Springfield Regional Opera, Board President; Katie Cornwell–Springfield Ballet business affairs manager; Beth Domann–Springfield Little Theatre artistic/managing director; Dr. Gloria Galanes–MSU professor of communication studies and Springfield Regional Arts Council, past president; Vickie Giesen-Interim Managing Director, Springfield Regional Opera; Leah Hamilton Jenkins-Executive Director of Springfield Regional Arts Council; Jeff Jenkins–Skinny Improv Creative CEO, and Gillioz Theatre; Jane Munson-Berg–Assistant Professor of Voice, Evangel University; Anjie Nowell-Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts; Kay Osborne–Drury University special instructor of arts administration; Lil Olive–Good Girl Art Gallery owner, First Friday Art Walk Board Member; Dr. Thomas Russo–Drury University professor of art and art history; Ron Spigelman–Springfield Symphony Orchestra music director; Randy Russell, Bridget Dierks–Community Foundation of the Ozarks Staff Representatives; Jessica Roussin-Missouri State University, PR Intern.

More than 30 regional arts’ leaders and elementary art teachers came together  on Saturday, Feb. 27th at the Creamery Arts Center in Springfield, Mo. to learn more about the Greater Ozarks Art Tour. The event, hosted by the Springfield Regional Arts Council (SRAC), featured an informational webinar for regional arts’ leaders in the morning and then provided a working lunch where art teachers and community leaders learned about SRAC’s regional programming opportunities.

The lunch premiered the new Vincent Van G.O.A.T. DVD which features five new artists from the Ozarks’ area. Vincent Van G.O.A.T. is a colorful goat sculpture partnered with an interactive computer program that features film clips of Ozarks’ artists.  Vincent is geared toward elementary-aged students, who are invited to climb on his back and learn about Ozarks’ art forms through kid-friendly computer software. This is the second DVD released for Vincent and was made possible by a generous grant from the Kirby Foundation.

Other offerings of the Greater Ozarks Art Tour include:

• Greater Ozarks Arts Tour Performance Series brings performance arts (voice, dance, instrumental, theatrical, literary) to rural schools and their respective communities.
• The Artist-in Residence Program is available to participating schools for a one-day program that includes a “mini-gallery” of the artist’s works, an assembly, work with individual classes, and the on-site production of an artistic piece that is presented to the school at the end of the day.
• Claymobile is a mobile ceramic education program.  Developed by Springfield Pottery, the Claymobile is a fully-stocked van that transports all materials needed for clay workshops—including the teachers!  Participation in the Claymobile program requires a 50% match at the local or school level.

SRAC is a partner of the Rural Schools Partnership as it works to enrich rural schools through the arts. For more information on the Greater Ozarks Art Tour, please call the SRAC at (417) 862-2787 or visit SpringfieldArts.org. For more information on the Rural Schools Partnership, please visit www.ruralschoolspartnership.org.

PHOTO: Leah Hamilton Jenkins (far left), executive director of the Springfield Regional Arts Council, talks with regional art teachers after lunch. Each attendee received a copy of both Vincent Van G.O.A.T. DVDs.

The Arts Programming Sustainability Initiative (APSI), an effort led by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, announced that a total of $11,690 was raised from Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival and presented a check to the Care to Learn Fund, accepted by Doug Pitt on Wednesday, June 3 in the Exhibition Hall of The Creamery Arts Center.

Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival highlighted over 100 arts events and performances to raise money for the Arts in Education Fund and the Care to Learn Fund. The monies raised from the festival will be split evenly between the two funds. The Care to Learn Fund is matched 4 to 1. The initial goal was to raise $10,000.

Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival provided an opportunity for 28 Springfield arts organizations to come together in a series of events linked under one umbrella to tangibly benefit children and the arts, believing that to sustain the arts, the arts have to help sustain the community.

Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival was created by the Arts Programming Sustainability Initiative (APSI) as an effort funded by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks to promote the Springfield Regional Cultural Plan and address sustainability efforts. Future efforts as part of the initiative will include arts education coordination with local schools and a focus on endowment building through planned giving.

APSI Panel Members include Dr. Carey Adams (Chair) – Missouri State University dean of the College of Arts and Letters, Katie Cornwell – Springfield Ballet business affairs manager, Sally Baird -Chair, Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Judy Billings – Community Foundation of the Ozarks Staff, Lester Brown – Springfield Regional Opera Board President, Beth Domann – Springfield Little Theatre artistic/managing director, Dr. Gloria Galanes – MSU professor of communication studies and Springfield Regional Arts Council Board President, Jan Hyde – Hyde Gallery owner/director, Jeff Jenkins – Swan Repertory Theatre executive managing director and Skinny Improv Creative CEO, Jane Munson-Berg – Evangel University Assistant Professor of Voice, Kay Osborne – Drury University special instructor of arts administration, Lil Olive – Good Girl Art Gallery owner, Randy Russell – Community Foundation of the Ozarks Staff, Dr. Thomas Russo – Drury University professor of art and art history, Ron Spigelman – Springfield Symphony Orchestra music director