Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tina Wing to Offer Summer Music and Voice Lessons
Tina Wing, located within Central School Arts & Humanities Center, will offer a series of music and voice classes this summer for a variety of ages. Tina has performed music for over 25 years, and she was self-taught before being classically trained and performing in award-winning choirs. She studied vocal education, jazz, and guitar at McNeese and has been teaching guitar since 1986.
Tina's summer music lessons include:
Fun with Music: June 4th - June 8th, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., for ages 5-8.
Future Pop Singers: June 4th - 7th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., for ages 9-13.
Hand Drum Classes: July 9th - July 12th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., for ages 8-12.
Students need not provide their own instruments for these classes. Call (337) 527-3509 or email songbirdish@aol.com for details. For more information on Tina Wing, visit www.tinawing.com.
Tina's summer music lessons include:
Fun with Music: June 4th - June 8th, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., for ages 5-8.
Future Pop Singers: June 4th - 7th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., for ages 9-13.
Hand Drum Classes: July 9th - July 12th, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., for ages 8-12.
Students need not provide their own instruments for these classes. Call (337) 527-3509 or email songbirdish@aol.com for details. For more information on Tina Wing, visit www.tinawing.com.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Become a Member of LCA!
Your help is needed to ensure the arts have a future in Louisiana. Louisiana Citizens for the Arts is a statewide nonprofit organization devoted to acting as the voice for the arts in Baton Rouge, and it is comprised of each region's arts council and arts leaders.
The majority of LCA's activities revolve around advocacy which include attending Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., tracking the State's cultural agenda, promoting arts education, advocating for increased arts funding, and maintaining strong relationships with legislative floor leaders. Their work is essential in giving the arts a presence during legislative sessions, and the membership fees they receive cover the cost of our arts lobbyist, Kevin Hayes, who works one-on-one with senators and representatives.
Last year, Kevin was able to secure an additional $500,000 for our Decentralized Arts Funding grant program at the 11th hour. We must do our part to make sure we have enough money to keep Kevin, and you can help us achieve this by renewing or becoming a member of LCA today for as little as $25.
Each dollar counts, and without a strong lobbyist, it will be easy for the arts to lose their voice in Baton Rouge. Visit www.louisianacitizensforthearts.org to join today!
The majority of LCA's activities revolve around advocacy which include attending Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., tracking the State's cultural agenda, promoting arts education, advocating for increased arts funding, and maintaining strong relationships with legislative floor leaders. Their work is essential in giving the arts a presence during legislative sessions, and the membership fees they receive cover the cost of our arts lobbyist, Kevin Hayes, who works one-on-one with senators and representatives.
Last year, Kevin was able to secure an additional $500,000 for our Decentralized Arts Funding grant program at the 11th hour. We must do our part to make sure we have enough money to keep Kevin, and you can help us achieve this by renewing or becoming a member of LCA today for as little as $25.
Each dollar counts, and without a strong lobbyist, it will be easy for the arts to lose their voice in Baton Rouge. Visit www.louisianacitizensforthearts.org to join today!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Teaching Artist Workshop
The Louisiana Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation (ICI) initiative presents a one-day training for individual artists interested in learning how to work in the classroom. The training will take place at the 2012 ICI Institute and will train artists to work in schools and the surrounding community for after school, enrichment, and residency programs.
- Where: The LSU School of Music Building on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge (once registered, participants will receive a map with directions).
- When: Saturday, June 23rd, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Cost: The registration fee is $15 which includes all materials and lunch.
Workshops Include:
- Crafting an Effective Lesson Plan
- Educational Psychology 101: Childhood Development and Learning
- Networking Lunch: Artist Meet & Greet
- Classroom Management for Teaching Artists
- Artist-in-Residence: Teaching Art in the Classroom
How to Register:
- To register, go to www.eventbrite.com/event/3568596769.
- Be sure to submit active contact information for the summer.
- Registration payments can be made online through Eventbrite.
- Registration must be completed by June 15th, 2012.
ICI is a program of the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, and is administered by KID smART, an arts education nonprofit in New Orleans. For further information, contact KID smART at 504-410-1990 or email ICI@kidsmart.org.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Contact your Legislators TODAY!
Contact your legislators today to save the arts in Louisiana! Here's how!
The time is NOW to contact members of the Senate Finance Committee and ask them to vote for an increase in arts funding. You need to do it NOW because this is our LAST chance to have funding restored. The timing could not be better for us because of Wednesday's highly successful Advocacy Day in the Capitol! To those of you who were able to participate, thank you! For those of you who were unable to make the trip to Baton Rouge, here's your chance to shout out for the arts! We need you to contact Senate Finance twice: once today and again on Saturday morning.
The Lieutenant Governor will be testifying today in the Senate Finance Committee with Public Testimony being taken on Saturday. Louisiana Citizens for the Arts will have representatives testifying about the need to increase funding for the arts in House Bill 1, the Budget. We need your help to get the message out to the legislators on the committee.
;Here's how to do it:
1. First, click here to reach our ACTION ALERT page.
2. Under the first alert -- which reads "Louisiana: Urge Members of Senate Finance Committee to vote FOR an INCREASE in Arts Funding!" -- click the "Take Action" button.
3. On the next page, you'll see the action alert, and as you scroll down, you will see the message to the members of the Senate Finance Committee. School down to the sender information. If you have never sent a CapWiz message, you will need to provide the information requested. Once that's done, hit "send message."
4. Use the "Tell-A-Friend" feature at the bottom of the next page to get your fellow arts advocates involved.
5. That's it! You're done! Remember, with your help we were able to have the arts funding reinstated last year. We need everyone's help again this year to do it again!
What's happening now?
Both the Decentralized Arts Funding and the Statewide Arts Grants programs have been targeted with crippling cuts. In the current bill, all that's remaining for DAF is $1 million and only $959,000 remains for SAG, which represents a 60% reduction in funding levels from fiscal year 2009. Louisiana Citizens for the Arts is requesting that the Legislature restore both grant programs to the 2009 funding level by adding $1 million to each program in the Division of the Arts budget. It is extremely important that you contact the members of Senate Finance to show your support.
Louisiana Citizens for the Arts is urging the full restoration of $1 million of funding to the DAF program to remain funded at the $2 million level. The DAF program supports organizations in each parish on a per capita basis and creates cultural projects with an economic return of $11 per $1 spent in your communities.
Louisiana Citizens of the Arts is urging the full restoration of $1 million of funding to the Statewide Arts Grant program to remain funded at the level of $1.95 million. The Statewide Arts Grants program provides stabilization, capacity building and arts in education grants to our major arts organizations and local arts agencies, with a $28 return per $1 spent in your communities.
How are you affected?
If these cuts come to pass, they will cripple the cultural economic engine and tourism industry of Louisiana. These cuts affect artists, teachers, non-profit organizations, festivals, libraries, museums, and theatres alike. No community will remain untouched, and the economic loss will rank second only to the loss in social profit, community, and quality of life.
Culture is Louisiana's finest natural resource. We need to nurture and protect it for it to flourish. Now is the time for you to have a voice!
Click here to send a message NOW asking the Senate Finance Committee members to support our request for the increase in funding.
Thank you for your support!
The time is NOW to contact members of the Senate Finance Committee and ask them to vote for an increase in arts funding. You need to do it NOW because this is our LAST chance to have funding restored. The timing could not be better for us because of Wednesday's highly successful Advocacy Day in the Capitol! To those of you who were able to participate, thank you! For those of you who were unable to make the trip to Baton Rouge, here's your chance to shout out for the arts! We need you to contact Senate Finance twice: once today and again on Saturday morning.
The Lieutenant Governor will be testifying today in the Senate Finance Committee with Public Testimony being taken on Saturday. Louisiana Citizens for the Arts will have representatives testifying about the need to increase funding for the arts in House Bill 1, the Budget. We need your help to get the message out to the legislators on the committee.
;Here's how to do it:
1. First, click here to reach our ACTION ALERT page.
2. Under the first alert -- which reads "Louisiana: Urge Members of Senate Finance Committee to vote FOR an INCREASE in Arts Funding!" -- click the "Take Action" button.
3. On the next page, you'll see the action alert, and as you scroll down, you will see the message to the members of the Senate Finance Committee. School down to the sender information. If you have never sent a CapWiz message, you will need to provide the information requested. Once that's done, hit "send message."
4. Use the "Tell-A-Friend" feature at the bottom of the next page to get your fellow arts advocates involved.
5. That's it! You're done! Remember, with your help we were able to have the arts funding reinstated last year. We need everyone's help again this year to do it again!
What's happening now?
Both the Decentralized Arts Funding and the Statewide Arts Grants programs have been targeted with crippling cuts. In the current bill, all that's remaining for DAF is $1 million and only $959,000 remains for SAG, which represents a 60% reduction in funding levels from fiscal year 2009. Louisiana Citizens for the Arts is requesting that the Legislature restore both grant programs to the 2009 funding level by adding $1 million to each program in the Division of the Arts budget. It is extremely important that you contact the members of Senate Finance to show your support.
Louisiana Citizens for the Arts is urging the full restoration of $1 million of funding to the DAF program to remain funded at the $2 million level. The DAF program supports organizations in each parish on a per capita basis and creates cultural projects with an economic return of $11 per $1 spent in your communities.
Louisiana Citizens of the Arts is urging the full restoration of $1 million of funding to the Statewide Arts Grant program to remain funded at the level of $1.95 million. The Statewide Arts Grants program provides stabilization, capacity building and arts in education grants to our major arts organizations and local arts agencies, with a $28 return per $1 spent in your communities.
How are you affected?
If these cuts come to pass, they will cripple the cultural economic engine and tourism industry of Louisiana. These cuts affect artists, teachers, non-profit organizations, festivals, libraries, museums, and theatres alike. No community will remain untouched, and the economic loss will rank second only to the loss in social profit, community, and quality of life.
Culture is Louisiana's finest natural resource. We need to nurture and protect it for it to flourish. Now is the time for you to have a voice!
Click here to send a message NOW asking the Senate Finance Committee members to support our request for the increase in funding.
Thank you for your support!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Bicentennial Mural Unveiling and LPB Screening
As
part of the state’s Bicentennial celebration, Louisiana Public Broadcasting
(LPB) will present a free screening for Louisiana: 200 Years of Statehood
on Thursday, May 17, at the Central School Arts and Humanities Center, 809
Kirby St. in Lake Charles. The documentary film is being planned in
conjunction with the Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana and
the Louisiana Bicentennial Commission.
The
documentary, narrated by Harry Connick, Jr., will begin at 7 p.m. in the
theatre with a special presentation by Shelley Johnson, executive director of
the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau; Fred
Stark, Bicentennial mural artist; and Beth Courtney with LPB. The film
will follow a glimpse of the newest downtown public art mural located on the
side of locally-owned dessert shop, Sweets & Treats. Local artist
Fred Stark, whose work appears in 16 states, is creating a large scale
Bicentennial-themed mural to illustrate our Southwest Louisiana connection to
the state’s 200 year legacy. Composed in three different layers and
timelines, the mural will show the visual history of Louisiana from 1812 to
2012 and include local ties with the centennial anniversaries of four local
historic landmarks.
Join us for the unveiling of the mural that same day at 2 p.m. in the parking lot of Sweets and Treats, located at 411 Ryan Street, Lake Charles.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Arts Advocacy Day is Tomorrow!!
Dear Friends and Arts
Supporters,
Wednesday, May 16 is another
important date for you, for our Louisiana artists, arts organizations and for
our communities large and small. Citizens from throughout Louisiana will travel
to Baton Rouge for Louisiana Citizens for the Arts’ 2012 Arts Advocacy Day.
This is OUR opportunity to personally remind representatives and senators that
funding for the arts benefits EVERY parish in Louisiana.
This year, Arts Advocacy day will be
a featured component of Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne’s CULTURE CONNECTION initiative,
which brings together stakeholders (i.e. voters like you and me) to connect
with the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to move cultural
development forward. We hope you will join in as many of the day's events as
possible! Details and directions are below.
Here are a few hints to make the day
more enjoyable and effective:
- Wear blue!
- Be sure to get your “Art WORKS for Louisiana!” sticker at the 11 am LCA meeting at the Capital Welcome Center or one of the display tables in the Capitol lobby.
- Enjoy learning about the work done by our wonderful non-profit arts organizations throughout Louisiana
- Be on the lookout for mini-arts experiences throughout the day
- Join a caravan/carpool from your area or come on your own
- Take a moment to send your representative and senator a note (we’ll help you if you are a first-timer!), telling them that their constituent (YOU) believe that funding for the arts is essential for the health and well-being of our communities.
Your Advocacy Update:
First and foremost, your emails and
calls have been critical to keeping arts funding on lawmakers’ radar. As House
Bill 1 moves to the Senate Finance Committee, we will continue close
monitoring. When you receive an Action Alert to contact committee members,
PLEASE respond immediately! Just as they did for House Appropriations,
representatives of LCA will provide public testimony before Senate Finance. Our
message will focus on the decreased funding proposed by the administration, the
crucial part decentralized arts funding (DAF) plays in every parish, and the
economic impact that proposed cuts will have. Stay tuned – we will keep you
updated!
As always, THANK YOU for making your
voice and convictions heard! It makes a difference for our young people, our communities
and our economy. We look forward to seeing many of you Wednesday!
Christie Weeks, Chair
Gerd Wuestemann, Vice-chair for Advocacy
Tommy Usrey, Past Chair
LOUISIANA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS
Gerd Wuestemann, Vice-chair for Advocacy
Tommy Usrey, Past Chair
LOUISIANA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS
To become a
contributing member of LCA, go to http://LouisianaCitizensfortheArts.org
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