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| may - june 2005 |
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LOTS OF BUILDING GOING ON.................
City Kicks Off Restoration
Redwood City kicks off its ãRestoration Celebration,ä a yearlong $5 million project that involves rearing down the historic San Mateo County Fiscal Building and restoring the old county courthouse, plus adding a new plaza.
Crews are already clearing out the interior of the fiscal building, which was built in l939. It will be demolished gradually over the next six weeks, according to Paul Willis, associate engineer for Redwood City. Once the fiscal building is cleared away, the front of the courthouse will have its 1910 facade rebuilt, including Roman-style columns and a portico. As the restoration continues, crews will also build a 26,000 square foot plaza that will serve as a venue for a variety of city and county events.
The project is slated for completion in July of 2006. The work is being performed by two Redwood City firms, DPR Construction and DES Architects.
New Performing Arts Center at Woodside High School
Woodside celebrated the opening of its new performing arts center , 199 Churchill Ave. in Woodside by a performance of ãCelebration of Theater: A Musical Revue.ä
Performed by 50 students, the revue featured songs from several Broadway shows, including 42nd Street, West Side Story and Guys and Dolls. Students also performed monologues from a variety of plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Diary of Anne Frank.
Menlo Atherton High School Planning Performing Arts Center
Potential designs by various architectural firms for a new Menlo Atherton High School Performing Arts Center, (which will also function as a community theatre for Menlo Park and Atherton) will be presented to the public May 31 and June 2. The $17million dollar design project is based on the concept of a 500 seat theatre in the range of 24,000 to 27,000 square feet.
The winning design is slated to be chosen by June 4 according to Kent Brown, construction program manager for the Sequoia High School District. The building will be located at the front of the school near the current multi-use building. . |
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2005 Diamond Award Winners Announced
Each year the Diamond Awards are presented to give recognition to individuals and organizations for their artistic achievements and contributions to the arts in San Mateo County. Awards are given in eight categories, and on May 6 the 2005 Diamond Awards will be presented to Congressman Tom Lantos (Government Support), Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society (Arts Organization), Olga Parr (Individual Artist), Ryan C. Courtin (Young Artist ö 18 or younger), Brad Friedman (Arts Educator), Lee Foster (Volunteer in the Arts), Kitty Burns (Individual Donor), and SamTrans (Foundation/Corporate Support). Congressman Lantos is being honored for his long-standing commitment to the arts, including his role in starting the Capitol arts competition for high school students. He has received an A+ rating from the Congressional Arts Caucus, earning a perfect score for his votes on arts and arts education policy issues, including funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Smithsonian, and National Endowment for the Humanities. Lantos represents the 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society on Miramar Beach in Half Moon Bay is being recognized for its more than 40 years of bringing to San Mateo County audiences talented musicians performing a wide spectrum of music from classical to all types of jazz to world music. The non-profit organization was founded in 1964 by Pete Douglas to present world class musicians in a relaxed, intimate setting. He says it has been ãa musical adventure.ä Douglas feels it is important for people to have the opportunity to hear, to be exposed to, the widest possible selection of music genres. Burlingame artist Olga Parr is being recognized for her excellence as a visual artist and judge of numerous arts competitions and her dedication as a teacher. She has won many awards for her paintings, including first place the last two years in a row at the San Mateo County Fair. Parr teaches free classes to students and often donates her art to charity groups. Jan Corcoran, who has studied with Parr, notes that ãOlgaâs approach to painting is her approach to life, to be open to all life experiences....In a time where the world is in crisis, Olga reminds us that art saves us all.ä Young artist Ryan C. Courtin, a Foster City resident, is receiving the award in recognition of his talent as an actor who demonstrates admirable dedication to his craft while maintaining a better than 4.1 average at San Mateo High School, where he is a junior. From his first role as master of ceremonies for a class play in the 4th grade at Brewer Island Elementary School, Courtin has demonstrated his gift for theater in numerous school roles and in Broadway By the Bay productions. In 2004 he played the lead in San Mateo Highâs productions of Will Rogers Follies, As You Like It and The Secret Garden. In 2005 he played the Mayor in Seussical the Musical and has just been cast in the spring production of The Laramie Project. Arts educator Brad Friedman is being recognized for his inspiring teaching of drama and musical theater to students at San Mateo High School and his important work as Arts Coordinator for the San Mateo Union High School District. Sandy Mallory, a parent in the Drama Boosters organization, calls him ãa champion of the arts and a champion for our children.ä Fellow boosters member Sharon Rice says Friedman is ãan educator with heart and vision who takes the time to invest in the youth of today for their success tomorrow.ä Friedman also hosts the television program ãBay Area Quiz Kids.ä Lee Foster has been selected as Volunteer in the Arts for her contributions to the growth of the performing arts, arts education, and community involvement in San Mateo County. Fosterâs volunteer work with Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City started when she joined the Board of Directors in 1998. She soon assumed the position of part-time manager of Hillbarn, performing business management, making capital improvements, founding the Hillbarn Conservatory for youth, creating the Readersâ Theatre presenting new works by local playwrights, and forging a number of community partnerships. She was selected for and graduated from the respected program ãArts Leadership for the Future.ä Foster now serves Hillbarn as its Executive Director. Kitty Burns, an actress and playwright, is the founder of ãThe Vampire Tour of San Francisco.ä She has devoted time from her busy schedule to do benefit tours, donating 100 percent of the proceeds to each charity involved. Her plays include ãPsycho Night at the Paradise Lounge,ä which has been produced several times around the United States and has been translated into Dutch, ãA Slice of the Blarney,ä which premiered in Burbank, and the one-act ãIdentity Crisis,ä which premiered in Hollywood and now is headed for Basel, Switzerland. Burns lives in San Mateo. SamTrans (the San Mateo County Transit District) is being recognized for the visibility it has provided to RecycleWorksâ Earth Day festivities, putting art from the youth poster competition in SamTrans buses, and for its ongoing support of numerous local arts organization activities and programs. The Diamond Awards Luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 6, at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores. The special guest chair of the 2005 Diamond Awards is former San Mateo County Supervisor Michael D. Nevin. The public is welcome to attend the luncheon. Tickets are $50. Call ARTshare at (650) 591-2101 |
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12 Organizations Receive ARTshare Grants
Belmont, CA÷Twelve San Mateo County arts organizations have been awarded grants in the ARTshare 2005 Regranting Program. Funds for the grants have been made available to ARTshare by the San Francisco Foundation.
The two largest grants, $2,000.00 each, were awarded to Art in Action in support of its arts education programs in county schools and to Zohar Dance Company for its IndepenDANCE and Juvie Jazz outreach programs.
Art in Action, based in Menlo Park, provides arts programs to 18,000 students in 50 schools during the regular school year and to 5,000 children in summer art camps. With a professional approach, Art in Action fills in a vacuum where the arts have been disappearing from the curriculum. To engage the community at large as well as the children, student work is displayed at public library art shows. One such exhibit will be on view at the Willow Oaks and 49er Academy at the East Palo Alto Public Library from March 3 to March 31.
Zohar Dance Company seeks to make dance accessible, inclusive, vibrant, relevant and integral to its community. IndepenDANCE is an outreach program for at-risk and special education children and Juvie Jazz serves incarcerated youth. They have garnered national and international recognition as model arts education programs.
Three grants of $1,000 were awarded:
The Atherton Arts Committee was awarded $1,000.00 for its mural project at Selby Lane School, which serves a population of which 70 percent are English language learners.
City Arts of San Mateo has received a $1,000.00 grant for its High School Visual Arts and Literary Arts Recognition Program.
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program, based in Woodside, was awarded $1,000.00 to support artist residencies.
Seven grants of $500.00 each were awarded:
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula was awarded $500.00 to support the Modern Painting Project for at-risk youth.
East Palo Alto Commitment to Performing Arts was awarded $500.00 to help launch the new organization.
Kainos Home and Training Center was awarded $500.00 in support a hands-on arts program, led by a professional artist, for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Peninsula Cantare was awarded $500.00 for operational expenses.
The Peninsula Museum of Art was awarded $500.00 for a copier and printing supplies for its library and docents.
The San Mateo Dance Association was awarded $500.00 to support choreography for its annual dance performances.
The West Coast Songwriters Association was awarded $500.00 to support website development.
The distinguished grant selection panel included Gerald Brett, a writer, art collector, and Founder/Director of Language Pacifica, and currently Vice Chair of the Palo Alto Public Art Commission and a former member of the Board of Directors of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art; Peter Foley, an internationally recognized artist and writer working in Palo Alto; San Francisco multi-media artist and arts educator Deanne Morizono Meyers, currently an Artist/Facilitator for Community Works California; William Moreno, Executive Director of The Mexican Museum in San Francisco and formerly on the boards of San Franciscoâs Galeria de la Raza, Business Volunteers for the Arts and the Oakland Youth Chorus; and Oakland dancer/choreographer Regina Thompson, a human resources professional.
The panel was impressed with the breadth and quality of arts programs on the Peninsula, the varied forms of outreach, the sensitivity to bringing together diverse communities, and the creative energy in new and developing organizations.
ARTshare is a non-profit organization serving San Mateo County with an expansive website at www.artshare.org, the Diamond Awards recognizing valuable contributions to the arts in San Mateo County, exhibits showcasing county artists at ARTshare 25 and the County Government Center Gallery, and other activities advocating on behalf of the arts and linking artists, arts organizations, and the communities in which they work. |
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| California Poets in
the Schools (CPITS) spring events to celebrate its 40th anniversary Friday, April 8: Have A Poem On Me A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books is hosting a free lunch-time event that will give the community a taste of the magic that happens in a CPITS classroom. This one-hour presentation, noon to 1pm, will celebrate National Poetry Month. The program will consist of 4 parts: a reading by a few student poets; a brief lesson by a CPITS poet-teacher; an opportunity for each audience member to write a poem of his/her own; and a 5-10 minutes for some of the attendees to share their poems. Friday, April 8: CPITS LIT (Laureates in Training) Statewide Winner Announced: California Poets in the Schools will announce the winners of the statewide ãLaureates in Trainingä program. The annual ãLaureates in Trainingä program was developed to support CPITS commitment to identify the next generation of leaders in the poetry community. Poet-teachers from eight different counties (Alameda, Madera, Marin, Mendocino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Yolo) will recognize exceptional students who regularly engage in the poetry-writing process and contribute to their literary community. Each county will select a student to represent three grade categories: elementary, middle and high school as the County Wide "Laureate in Training." The CPITS Board of Directors will select a statewide student representative in each of these categories. |
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| PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST March 22, 2005 Volume 11, Issue 12 Arts-Related Businesses a Significant Employer, Study Finds A new study from Americans for the Arts ( http://ww3.artsusa.org/ ), a national nonprofit organization that works to increase public and private sector support for the arts, reveals that arts-centric businesses are present in every congressional district in the country and represent 4.4 percent of all businesses and 2.2 percent of all jobs in the U.S. Combining Dun & Bradstreet data and geo-economic analysis, the study, Creative Industries 2005: The Congressional Record, tracked and mapped arts-related entities in six creative industries -- museums and collections; performing arts; visual arts and photography; film, radio, and TV; design and publishing; and arts schools and services. Among its findings, the study reveals that more than 578,000 arts-related businesses in the country employ almost three million people, that forty-nine congressional districts have more than 10,000 employees in arts-related businesses, and that more than half of all congressional districts have at least 5,200 people employed in arts- related businesses. "The arts have become an economic and employment power-house throughout the nation," said Americans for the Arts president and CEO Robert L. Lynch. "This study shows, in addition to the intrinsic value of the arts, that arts- centric businesses contribute significantly to local economies in all U.S. Congressional districts." To read or download the complete report (20 pages, PDF), visit: http://fconline.fdncenter.org "New Study Reveals That Arts-Related Businesses Provide Significant Employment in Every U.S. Congressional District." Americans for the Arts Press Release 3/15/05.
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Music at Kohl Mansion hosts its Gala "Rite of Spring"
featuring Paula West,
Wendy Hillhouse, Swing Fever, and more!
Thursday, May 12, 2005,
6:00 - 11:00 p.m. Black tie optional.
Also performing: Student
chamber ensembles from Mercy High School, Burlingame, and Taylor
Middle School, Millbrae. Benefits "Kohl for Kids" music education
programs.
Call 650-762-1131 to
receive an invitation with ordering information. Location: Great Hall, Kohl Mansion
2750 Adeline Drive,
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