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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010
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REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS MANAGER
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THE BIGGEST LITTLE
ARTHOUSE IN OHIO
When I delivered this
report on the state of the ArtSpace last year, I allowed as how I was very
surprised to be doing it for the second year running. You can imagine,
then, my downright astonishment this year. Still, as I’ve said before, it’s
a delight to be here and to report that the state of the organization
continues strong.
We did 16
exhibits this year, in three venues, showing a total of 154 artists in
nearly as many media, from as far away as Berkeley, CA, and as nearby as the
Faurot Park neighborhood in Lima, in age groups ranging from five years to,
I’m told, some who are even older than I am, and just about every age in
between. We showed teachers and their students, amateurs and professionals,
occasional and obsessive artists.
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Alongside our canonical
shows (the Photography, Kewpee, and Spring Shows), we showcased artist-made
books, poster art, photographs of every variety, glass and paper works, and
of course, oils, ceramics, watercolors, acrylics, etchings, sculpture, and
forged steel -- any medium which could be drawn on to produce innovative,
provocative, amusing, ingratiating, and/or even ground-breaking art.
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I will let Kay report
fully on our upcoming class schedule and the phenomenon which is the
Rallies. About those classes, though, I would like to say that this year we
were fortunate to have a number of contributions and sponsorships with which
we were able to offer scholarships to students who might not otherwise have
been able to attend one of our classes. This is a program close to my
heart, and I would like to impose on you long enough to encourage anyone
here tonight who feels the same urgency about getting art and artistic
knowledge into diverse hands and hearts, to feel free to contribute to the
scholarship fund. $50.00 might be enough to turn a life around.
Also on the education
front, we were able to offer several Soup and Salad Lectures, a series of
three on architecture in the fall and, last spring, the first in what is to
become an International Series: we began with Vietnam, will continue next
month with India, and in November, the art of Africa.
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We did lots of music in
2009-2010: the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jazz at the Greenhouse
(aided and abetted by our good friend, Tim DeHaven), and the return of
Buffet on the Beach. And we traveled: to Oaxaca, Mexico, where
sixteen of us spent 8 days soaking up lots of art and other comestibles and
potables. And we watched movies, under the expert tutelage of David Adams,
as The Son of the Artist in the Film fused art, biography, and cinema
with the showing of three splendid artist-centered films.
It has been a full, rich
year, and we can only hope the best is yet to come.
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Finally, there are many
people to thank for helping make this past year as much of a success as it
was. In particular, I’d like to thank those members of the Board of
Trustees, who have been very good at finding a niche for service: I’m
thinking of Bev Miller tirelessly selling tokens at the rallies; Sally
Windle negotiating the educational bureaucracies so we can offer CEUs for
lecture-goers; Kathleen Phipps, who, with husband Gregg, produced our PSA,
which, if you haven’t seen it, I urge you to take a look (it’s on the
homepage of the website and on our Facebook page); Shama Amin who, next
month, will entertain at a Garden Party at her home on our behalf. Beyond
the Board, there are many others, whose pictures you have before you, who
work behind the scenes, and hard, and with our best interests at heart.
Thanks to all of them.
And to all of you, of
course, for your contributions, your loyalty, your goodwill. I never tire
of saying that we couldn’t do it without you, and there wouldn’t be much
point, after all. You are (I know you’re tired of hearing it)
ArtSpace/Lima.
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REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATE MANAGER
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