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BOARD of DIRECTORS
info@springgreenarts.org 34099 Old Mill Drive 608.583.4041 |
W E L C O M E to the Spring Green Area Arts Coalition website. This site is constantly undergoing many changes and we are eager to hear your input. If you have ideas or suggestions, please contact us. Serving an area already rich in arts and culture, the Spring Green Area Arts Coalition (SGAAC) strives to build enthusiasm for and accessibility to the arts so they become meaningful, irresistible and indispensable to each of our 10,000 residents/constituents. The Coalition embraces the performing arts, literary arts, visual arts and crafts, as well as local and regional history and culture.
Art In The Park Returns This
Summer “Art in the Park” is a free art program for area youth, sponsored by the Spring Green Area Arts Coalition with a grant from the Sauk County Arts, Humanities, and Historic Preservation Committee. It is held in the local part shelter of each community from 9am until 2pm on the following dates:
Please bring a sack lunch, drinks and a snack. Call artist Leah Griffith Boyce at 608-588-7586 to register beginning June 8. Reserve early because space is limited!
Save the date for the 2009 Slow Food Social: AUGUST 19TH, 6 PM The third annual Slow Food Social was held at the Spring Green Community Church in August, 2008. A large group enjoyed the delightful dishes brought for the competition and the tasting. A new feature last year was the participation by four local food producers who showcased their products and spoke to the group about their operations. First prize in the competition went to Gretchen Spicer for her Ground Cherry Maple Upside Down Pie. Second place went to Susan Jannotta for her Vegetable Torta and third place for her Sour Cream Raspberry Pie was awarded to Sara Rath. Prizes were donated by Panacea, Local Choice and Convivio. Our thanks go to Kim and Gail Petersen for chairing this popular event. The River Valley area thrums with activity all year long. Check out the NEW 2009 Calendar of Area Arts and Cultural Events for the latest happenings. And keep checking back; events are added regularly. There have been nearly 500 activities each year to choose from! Send Us Your Events for 2009: Do you have an arts or cultural event you’d like listed on the website? We’ve begun collecting events for the 2009 calendar year—email us at calendar@springgreenarts.org to add your event, or submit it using our online form. In addition to our online calendar, a calendar of events is printed once a month in the summer River Valley Buyer’s Guide, as well as distributed to local businesses. All this is offered as a free service to anyone within a 20-mile radius of Spring Green. Over the past four years, SGAAC has created a new tradition that we like to call “community socials.” The socials are vibrant, fascinating events held five times a year to offer members a chance to discover and celebrate the history, culture, artists, and performers of our local area. Our various River Valley communities play host and gather to enjoy spectacular entertainment and refreshments, all centered around a basic theme. Themes have included music, history, quilts, movies, woodcrafts, poetry, “country living”, beer brewing, architecture, domestic arts of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, dance, Cinco de Mayo, restored cars, a visual arts Gallery Walk, watercolors, a garden walk, and an annual “slow foods” competition. The events are free, and the public is highly encouraged to attend. Watch this website for more details on our upcoming socials:
You can also view images from the quilting social in Lone Rock. Many thanks to photographer, Dick Ainsworth! SGAAC is very pleased to continue the Small Grant Award program. The continued high quality and innovativeness of the requests makes the process of selection very difficult, but we are pleased to announce our 2008 recipients:
Congratulations to all of our awardees and thank you to all who applied. Read about past SGAAC grant recipients. The Arts Coalition has accomplished some amazing things since its inception in August 2003. Read the newsletters below for more details.
Winter 2009 (PDF 115KB*) This membership form (PDF 91KB*) can be completed with your keyboard and printed from your computer. The fees for 2009 remain the same: $5 students and seniors (55+), $10 individual, $15 family, or $35 organization/business. *You’ll need the Adobe Reader software to access any PDF documents on this site. If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can download it for free from the Adobe website. |
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SGAAC logo designed by Erin (Anstett) Fuller of Spring Green. Read more about our logo competition winner! |
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