October 2005
Pictures from the Richardson auction on October 21
Waiting for the auction to begin!
Liza Zenni and Jennifer Willard
The auction and other sales raised more than $11,000 to benefit the Community School of the Arts and the Arts & Culture Alliance!
[updated 10/24/05]
Pictures from Richardson opening on October 7
Jeanie Hilten and John Richardson in front of their father's artwork
[updated 10/10/05]
Governor's Regional Conferences on the Arts Coming to Knoxville - October 13
NASHVILLE --- With a strong emphasis on technology, the Tennessee Arts Commission presents E-Arts. . .The Governor’s Regional Conferences on the Arts this fall. The regional conferences will be held in three locations across the state, beginning October 13 at the University of Tennessee Conference Center in Knoxville. The conferences arrive in Middle Tennessee on October 19 with a day at the Renaissance Center in Dickson and conclude in West Tennessee at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre on October 28.
The popular conferences feature a full schedule of informative sessions with nationally recognized speakers and workshop leaders. Sessions are planned in the areas of board development, strategic planning, arts advocacy, fundraising, partnerships, website development, marketing, and arts education. Additionally, all three conferences host special sessions on e-grants during which participants are introduced to e-grant technology and learn about its unique benefits and possibilities. “These regional conferences provide a broad variety of technical assistance to strengthen and improve arts organizations and arts programs throughout the state. The sessions provide valuable information and opportunities to network with peers, meet new and old friends, and share innovative ideas,” says Rich Boyd, executive director of the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Known for its outstanding speakers, the Governor’s Regional Conferences on the Arts presents an impressive list of arts leaders for this year’s sessions. Thomas Birch joins participants at all three conferences; he has served as legislative counsel in Washington, D.C. to a variety of nonprofit organizations including the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). Birch has worked closely with NASAA, representing the state arts agencies on Capitol Hill and the interests of artists and arts organizations, directing advocacy efforts, and advising state and local groups on advocacy strategies. He is joined by Nashville government relations consultant Molly Pratt in presenting sessions on Arts Advocacy. Irma Kaplan presents sessions on fundraising. Kaplan has worked as an independent consultant since 1992 and currently serves as an adjunct consultant for the Center for Nonprofit Management in Nashville. Kaplan conducts her sessions at the Germantown and Dickson conferences. Mike Kopp, senior vice president of MMA Creative, presents a marketing session in Knoxville and a website development session in Dickson. Kopp has more than 25 years of government, corporate, and media experience, and he has been on the front lines of more than 120 political campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels. Mike McCloud, MMA CREATIVE CEO and President, a specialist in visionary strategic planning, brand development, and media implementation, joins Kopp.
E-Arts… Governor’s Regional Conferences on the Arts has a strong Arts Education component, and two outstanding presenters will conduct those sessions at all three conference locations. Barbara Shepherd, director of national partnerships in Education at the Kennedy Center, presents sessions on teacher training using the Kennedy Center model at the Knoxville conference. At the Kennedy Center, she directs the Partners in Education Program, the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, and the Imagination Celebration national sites. Shepherd also participates in the Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education (TAAE)/Kennedy Center Partners sessions. Rodney Van Valkenburg of Chattanooga, president of TAAE, joins Shepherd. Another clinician in the Arts Education track is Karen Erickson, a professional classroom teacher who teaches language arts and theater. She presents sessions in Dickson and Germantown to teach artists how to incorporate state curriculum standards in classroom residencies. As executive director of Creative Directions, she trains artists and teachers in curriculum planning, arts integration, and assessment development.
Other sessions involving the Tennessee Arts Commission staff include: “Tips for Writing Good Grant Applications,” “Arts Education Grant Changes,” and “Introduction To E-Grants”. Rod Reiner, deputy director of the Commission and coordinator of the conferences encourages anyone interested in the arts to attend. “We have been planning for months, and we have put together a program that offers quality and substance. Participants will leave with information they can put to immediate use. We expect a large turnout at all locations, so we certainly encourage everyone to register early.”
Regular registration is $35 per person for each conference attended. Participants may pre-register two weeks prior to a specific conference and pay only $25. For more information on E-Arts…The Governor’s Regional Conferences on the Arts, contact Rod Reiner at 615-741-2093, or e-mail: rod.reiner@state.tn.us. Information is also available online at www.arts.state.tn.us/govsconferences2005.htm.
[updated 08/11/05]
Arts & Culture Alliance presents John Richardson Watercolors: An Era of Innocence
The Arts & Culture Alliance presents over 40 watercolor paintings of John Richardson, a benefit for the Community School of the Arts in Knoxville. The exhibit is on display during the month of October at the Emporium Center and includes a live auction on Friday, October 21.
John Richardson’s works have shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Nashville, Memphis, Richmond, and Cape Cod. Richardson (1906-1998) was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and his career as a painter and professor spanned more than 40 years. Art and music played an integral role in Richardson’s life; as a self-taught tenor banjo player, he joined major jazz bands in Nashville during the 1920s. This income subsidized his tuition at Vanderbilt as well as private lessons with Nashville artists. After graduating from Vanderbilt, and with the support of his wife, fellow artist and teacher Margaret Burkhardt, Richardson enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in Philadelphia to pursue work toward a career as an artist. He served as head of the Art Department at Watkins Institute in Nashville for several years before moving to Chicago to get a Master of Fine Arts. He then taught as professor in the Department of Art and Architecture for more than 20 years.
Sales from this exhibit benefit the Community School of the Arts. The Community School of the Arts was established in 1991 to provide affordable, quality instruction in the visual and performing arts to children of all ages, abilities, and economic backgrounds in Knox County and the surrounding area. Housed in First Presbyterian Church in downtown Knoxville, the Community School of the Arts offers individual instruction, choral ensembles, and group classes in an accredited after-school program conducted by professional faculty five days a week throughout the school year.
This exhibit and benefit is made possible through the generosity of Jeanie Hilten and John Richardson, the artist’s children, and Margaret Burkhardt, the artist’s wife. Special thanks to Bennett Galleries.
The opening reception on Friday, October 7, from 5:30-8pm, is free and open to the public, and light hors d’oeuvres are served. A sale and live auction take place on Friday, October 21; suggested donation of $25. John Richardson’s extraordinary watercolors are on exhibit from October 7-28 at the Emporium Center for Arts & Culture, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Gallery hours are Mon-Fri, 9-5pm. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance.
[updated 09/19/05]
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