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Educational/ Program Improvment 2013
The Ankeny Art Center Potter Studio is overfilled and we need to expand the studio. We ask that you assist us in any way that you are able! We are accepting donations of both cash an in-kind goods and services to make this goal a reality. Whether you can offer building materials,plumbing, services, class room equipment, or a monetary donation to support this effort, your gift is gratefully and truly appreciated. We are a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax-deductible. For additional information click here Paper donation for click here
Warmer weather and summer camp in the forecast. The Ankeny Art Center offers week long art camps for students K-4th grade and 5-8th grade. Our classes provide students with hands-on experience in a variety of materials. In addition to learning art techniques, our classes provide opportunities for students to improve interpersonal, problem-solving, and team-related skills. Lessons are designed to encourage creativity and promote individuals expression. All supplies are provided in summer camp fees. All classes require a minimum of 4 students. June 11- June 14 Art Exploration-This is a project based class; children will use a variety of media in 2D and 3D. They will explore art techniques and traditions, giving them a solid base for branching out in their artistic pursuits. NEW! Drawing Camps- Learn the mechanics of drawing to develop one-of-a-kind artwork. Students will discover artistic styles, drawing tools, and special techniques as they develop their unique creations. Pottery Hand-building- In this project based class, children will learn a variety of hand-building techniques to create with clay. Students explore sculpture and glazing, as well as making functional pottery. Fees for classes are $50, all materials included. A 20% discount is available on all classes with a family membership of $50. The membership entitles you to a 20% discount on classes for an entire year. Parents, why not take a class too? Selected classes are offered for adults during the summer session. We are now taking paper registrations. On line registration will be available May 1st. More information available at the Ankeny Art Center and on line at http://www.ankenyartcenter.com
Iowa Winter Weather The Ankeny Art Center will close and reschedule classes when the Ankeny School district cancels classes or activities. For up to date information on events, news, and weather alerts vist "Ankeny Art Center" on Facebook. Please contact us with questions about winter weather closing.
Members Photography Contest: Viewer’s Choice Award
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2012 Award Winners From the Digital Photography Contest ,Best of Show: Paul Nye with"Just a Light" Best of Category, Adult Color, Places: Shauna Humrich with " Old Reflecting New Best of Category, Adult Color, Things: Kay Gettler with "Globcmallow" Best of Category, Adult Color, People: Michelle Johnson with "Remains" Best of Category, Adult Black & White, Places: Cindy Reits with "Contrasts" Best of Category Adult Black & White, Things: Paul Nye with "Just A Light" Best of Category, Adult Inovative: Shauna Humrich with "Evolving" Viewers Choice Award: will be given January 27th, Stop in and vote for your favorite!
Holiday Hours at the Ankeny Art Center The Ankeny Art Center will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 for the Holiday. We will resume regular hours on Saturday, November 24. It's the season for Santa's Santa's North Pole Village is one of the most popular craft shows in Iowa and features hand-crafted items such as jewelry, furniture, clothing and holiday decor. Local organizations provide meals and drinks and the shuttle will take you from location to location all day for only a dollar. There are about 300 crafters and vendors in attendance at this event, from fine art crafters to jewelry, candle makers and more. The cafeteria opens at 8 am and there is an array of food vendors throughout the event as well. Saturday, November 3, 2012. Hours: 9am-4pm Three locations: Northview Middle School, Prairie Ridge Middle School and Parkview Middle School. Santa’s North Pole Village Craft Sale is the Ankeny Art Center’s biggest fundraiser of the year. This event began several decades ago as a means to raise operational funds for the Ankeny Art Center as well as financial support for dozens of other local nonprofit groups. Please click on 'events' tab for $1.00 coupon and more event information. The Ankeny Art Center will be Closed Saturday, November 3rd because we will be staffing this event. Thank you to everyone for supporting the arts! Ankeny Art Center Member Show The Ankeny Art Center is now accepting work for 2012 photography contest. Registration is avaiable under 'call for entries'. Work can be drop today. Deadline for entries in November 17th. The Ankeny Art Center will be closed Wednesday, July 4th Annual K-12 Exhibit The Ankeny Art Center is pleased to present their annual K-12 art exhibits February 7th through April 28th. The AAC presents three K-12 exhibits annually including Bondurant, North Polk, and Ankeny Schools. The Ankeny Art Center’s K-12 exhibits are part of our extended outreach programming, intended to introduce and familiarize students with the gallery setting. Familiarizing students with the gallery will bring about individual self-worth of students within the community, increased community involvement; promote culture and diversity, along with the insight of the interworking of becoming an exhibiting artist. The vision is to make creative, unique, and innovative art experiences accessible to every person in the community of Ankeny and surrounding communities. We fully believe that unique art experiences will enrich the lives of the public and teach children how to be better members of the community. Please join us as we celebrate the creativity of the youth in our area. All receptions are free and open to the public.
Iowa Winter Weather The Ankeny Art Center will close and reschedule classes when the Ankeny School district cancels classes or activities. For up to date information on events, news, and weather alerts vist "Ankeny Art Center" on Facebook. Please contact us with questions about winter weather closing.
Member's Art Collection Exhibit & Celebration Every December and January the Ankeny Art Center hosts a member’s only gallery event. This year we will be hosting a Members Art Collection exhibit. Are you an art collector? Do you have an heirloom artwork? If you have purchased, owned or have been given a piece of art, we encourage our members to share this wonderful work with the community. This year at our member’s celebration we will be having a silent auction featuring jewelry, prints, ceramics, original art work and more. While you must be a member to exhibit work, our member’s celebration is free and open to the public. Drinks and appetizers will be served. We look forward to seeing you there! “This is a wonderful exhibit that promotes the arts in our community. It gives art lovers a chance to share their love of art with the community. Often art lovers are not necessarily art creators. This is the perfect exhibit for all people in the community to not only show their art collection, but to see how active the visual arts are in Iowa.” Deadline for Entries For entry form & entry information currently under 'Exhibitions' Members Celebration & Reception Exhibit Date
Santa's North Pole Village Craft Sale! (SNPV) This year's show is going extremely well! It's always a sure tip off that it's holiday season when you see all the vendors start to setup in Ankeny and THEN see all the happy shoppers come in to see their wears! SNPV is the AAC's biggest fundraiser and a big part of why we exist. Funds raised from SNPV helps us do all the wonderful things we do here at the AAC throughout the year. So if you attended! Thanks! And be sure to stop by the Art Center and say hello, take a class or just stop by to see our new exhibits. There's something here for everyone, just like the craft sale! Ankeny Art Center hosted Santa’s North Pole Village Craft Fair on Saturday, November 5th. The event is one of the largest craft fairs in the Midwest, with crafters traveling from Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas to participate. Over 5000 people attended the fair, which boasted almost 300 craft booths in 3 buildings; Northview Middle School, Prairie Ridge Middle School and Parkview Middle school. The craft show included a drawing for several prizes to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Santa’s North Pole Village. A $100 gift card provided by Banker’s Trust of Ankeny was won by Teresa VanLoon and a Sticks original handmade lamp was won by Deb Kuhnlein.
Santa’s North Pole Village is the main fundraiser for supporting the Ankeny Art Center, providing funds for staffing, art classes and art exhibitions in its gallery. Special thanks to the organizations and individuals who generously donated their time and talent to making our fair a success- our Santa’s North Pole Village committee, volunteer groups of Boy Scouts and other organizations who provided help with admissions, food, and set up of booths for our vendors. Without their support, we could not present the high quality craft show that we have! Other thanks to Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Matthew Wendt, for partnering with the Ankeny Art Center, allowing us to use school buildings for our event. Another thanks to Store It America for providing shopping bags for our visitors.
Summer Camps 2011 The Ankeny Art Center would like to thank all wonderful young artists that attended this year's summer camps. We had over 300 young artists in attendance for this year's summer camps. The art work was exceptional. A reminder for students and parents, all ceramics will need to be picked up by Saturday, August 27th. Fall schedules will be released the end of August. Please check our web site, or stop by the gallery to view our class schedules.
The 'Spring Clean' at the Ankeny Art Center The galleries will be closed for the month of May for refurbishing, classroom remodeling, and clean up. The Ankeny Art Center is currently looking for volunteers to assist in this effort. Primary clean up dates: Tuesday, May 17th- Thursday, May 26th during office hours. Tu-Fr: 9am-1pm, Thur 4pm-7pm, Sat 9am-noon. Thursday, May 19th 4-7pm & Saturday, May 21st 9am-noon: 4-10 volunteers able to lift 25lb-75lb. Primary tasks:
Other Volunteer Opportunities: These groups will be delegated by a ‘committee head’: a volunteer board member. Tasks and schedules will be coordinated by the committee head. Designated times and date may vary.
Volunteer clean up: Tasks can include but not limited to: Lot clean up, washing walls, dusting, cleaning windows & doors, washing tables, moving supplies, ect.
-Please contact Barb Vaske at barb@ankenyartcenter.com or 515-965-0940
FRIENDS OF THE ARTS Program Polk City Partnership In 1981, artists, teachers and citizens of Ankeny began a long and productive journey to ” bring art to the people and the people to art”. They started an Arts Council for Ankeny and the greater metro area. The Ankeny Art Center is now embarking on a new phase for our community by increasing the cultural resources available through a new program called “Friends of the Arts”. In addition to its regular schedule of art exhibits, the Ankeny Art Center also does community outreach, bringing art out of the gallery and into the everyday lives of people. Known as the “Friends” program, the Ankeny Art Center organizes complete professional art exhibits for selected organizations. This year, the Art Center is proud to be “a Friend” with the city of Polk City. The Center will create 2 exhibits for Polk City and also an art education unit for West Elementary students. The current show, “A few of our favorite things”, is the first exhibit for Polk City. It will be held at TCI, tournament Club of Iowa, on Friday, February 25, and Saturday February 26th. The public is invited to a reception on Friday from 5-7pm at TCI. There will be appetizers and a cash bar. The event is free and open to the public.
(Left to Right) Valerie Culp from Polk City, Ankeny Art Center Board President-Annette Vance, Polk City Mayor-Gary Heuertz, Mary Kay Madden from Polk City, Ankeny Art Center Director- Barb Vaske
2011 Membership Year The Ankeny Art Center is seeking members & sponsors to support its activities and events. Your involvement will help create cultural visibility for the community of Ankeny and form a path for generations to enjoy the arts. Your support will assist the Ankeny Art center in continuning to bring high quality communty events & education. Santa’s North Pole Village Craft Sal , semi annual Photography Contest, K-12 Public School Exhibition, Gallery Exhibitions, Art Education Classes & Workshops, Members Art Exhibition
2010 AAC Photo Contest Winners Announced! Best of Show- Dean Genth- Through the Hole 1st place –Danyell Klein –Forgotten Road Trip 2nd place –Jerry Ranch –Genesis 3rd place –Jerry Ranch –Technique Composition Intrest Honorable Mention–Dean Genth- Bat Colony Honorable Mention –Larry Overton-Snake Falls Honorable Mention- Megan Kampen- Traped/ Self Portrait
Dean Genth-Through the Hole
Danyell Klein- Frogotton Road Trip
Jerry Ranch-Genesis
Jerry Ranch- Technique Composition Intrest
Dean Genth- Bat Colony
Megan Kampen- Trapped/ Self Portrait
AAC Enrichment Gala a Grand Success The Ankeny Art Center’s Enrichment Gala was held on August 23rd at the White Oak Winery. The Ankeny Art Center is a non profit organization. The Enrichment Gala is one of its largest fundraisers. The evening included hors d'oeuvres, drinks, as well as a silent and live auction. This year White Oak Winery provided the facility as well as delicious hors d'oeuvres. They also donated a wine tasting for 10 for the live auction. The AAC sold over $5000 of art by area artists, including pottery by Nancy Briggs, a canvas print by Larry Zack, and Larry Anderson wildlife prints donated by ACME printing. Dr. Philip Kohler donated an amazing animal wood carving that won 1st Place at the Iowa State Fair. Rick Herman was our auctioneer. Veridian Credit Union was the official sponsor. Overall this years Enichment Gala was a grand evening and a huge success. The Ankeny Art Center is very pleased to have such great support from the community and it’ businesses. Next year’s event should be an even bigger success!
Ankeny Art Center presents Annual K-12 Exhibits The Ankeny Art Center is pleased to present their annual K-12 art exhibits March 8 through the end of April, 2010. The AAC presents three K-12 exhibits annually including Bondurant, North Polk, and Ankeny Schools. The AAC K12 exhibits are part of the AAC’s extended outreach programming, introducing students to the gallery setting and the gallery to the students. Exhibit Schedule Bondurant Exhibit: March 8 – March 20 North Polk: March 22 – April 3 Ankeny Schools: April 6 – April 30 Please join us as we celebrate the creativity of the youth in our area.
Ankeny Art Center Gets Sculpture
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