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The Ankeny Art Center is seeking 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.
A Representative from The Ankeny Art Center will be happy to pick up your donation. Please help us make this the event of the year for the arts! Summer Lovin' It's warmin' up and we are lovin' it! The Ankeny Evening with the Arts was this past Friday at Prairie Ridge Church and it went great! What a great event and a way to help promote the arts here in Ankeny! The Ankeny K12 show is about to wrap up. ALL of our K12 shows were amazing this year! We really love seeing all the talent being cultivated right here in our neck a' the woods. Be on the lookout for all of our upcoming exhibits this year! Two really awesome artists are gearing up to show at AAC, Jeff Bonker and Josh Schwake! See our exhibitions page for more details!
New Intern at the Ankeny Art Center! Carolyn Larson, student from the University of Iowa, has recently joined the Ankeny Art Center staff as an intern. She grew up in Ankeny but attended Des Moines Christian School where she graduated in 2005. Carolyn will receive her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and Studio Art in May and will also be receiving a Museum Studies Certificate. She is currently working at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines as a Collections Intern through the Des Moines Center Internship Program at the University of Iowa. Wanting to have more involvement in an art museum and the Ankeny community, Carolyn has come to the Ankeny Art Center to volunteer, learn, and share her expertise in art and museums.
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 presents award at Conference The Ankeny Art Center is pleased to announce that Director, Barb Vaske, will be presenting an award for the Crossroads annual Marketing competition. The award will be presented at 7 pm December 4th at the Des Moines Social Club. This innovative program matches college marketing teams with emerging musicians to create marketing materials the artists can use in their careers. The goals for the competition included
Participating Schools – 2 teams from Grandview College – 1 team from Buena Vista College. Participating Bands – Brother Trucker – Cashes Rivers – DD Sparks Following Barb’s announcement of the marketing competition winners, Cyndi Peterson of the Iowa Arts Council will be presenting a Foundation Award recognizing individuals and organizations that have set foundation blocks with which the arts and entertainment industry can grow and thrive in Iowa. The Crossroads visual art showcase will also be curated by Assistant Director at the Ankeny Art Center, Brent Houzenga for the third consecutive year. For more information about the Crossroads Entertainment and Art Experience please visit www.crossroadsiowa.com Santa's North Pole Village Craft Sale! (SNPV) This year's show went 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!
AAC Photo Contest Winners Announced! 1st place – John Gotz – Frost Fringed Grass 2nd place – Rod Bergren – Jojo pullin 3rd place – John Gotz – Sneffles Range, Colorado Honorable Mention (gift cert.) – Kara Heinzig – London Eye Honorable Mention(gift cert.) – Celeste Prieto-Alice
AAC Enrichment Gala a Grand Success The Ankeny Art Center’s Enrichment Gala was held on September 19th at the Briarwood Club of Ankeny. 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 Briarwood provided the facility as well as delicious hors d'oeuvres. They also donated a membership and four rounds of golf to our live and silent auctions. 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 Gets New Sculpture
Art Center Fundraiser to Take Place at Briarwood Club The Ankeny Art Center is pleased to announce that their annual Enrichment Gala will be taking place at Briarwood Club of Ankeny on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 6:30 to 10 pm. The Enrichment Gala is an annual event and is one of the Ankeny Art Center’s most important fundraisers. The funds from this event will support the Art Center’s Gallery program and art classes. The evening will include a live and silent auction. Artwork by area artists will be available for sale and well as items and unique experiences donated by local businesses and patrons. Included in this year’s auction items are a sailboat ride at sunset on Saylorville Lake as well as live music, appetizers, and drinks. The Art Center is currently looking for donations of artwork, services and products, and adventures as well as financial sponsorship for this event. This event brought to you in part by sponsorship by Veridian Credit Union. Virginia Ocken Opening This Saturday! The opening for Virginia's show Vulnerable Strength will be held this Saturday, July 18 at the Ankeny Art Center from 6 to 9 pm. Come on out for fabulous nibbles and sips as well as some fantastic sights to see. Virginia's work makes for an excellent show. A must for people who love figurative works as well as warm compositions filled with dazzling emotion and spirit. Hope to see you there! What's Next you ask? The Green Fest was a success! We had a great day with mostly sunny skies - great vendors - and a good amount of traffic from the community! We were also featured on Channel 5 and Channel 13 twice! We have some great new shows up as well! Des Moines artist Arthur Martinez show Floral Fairy Tales is featured in the Side Gallery and Council Bluffs artist Virginia Ocken is featured in the Main Gallery. View the video tour on our home page of Ocken's show. Opening reception for her show is coming up July 18 from 6 to 9. Also - keep an ear out for details about this year's photo competition. Call for entries will be coming out soon! We are also starting to gear up for our annual Enrichment Gala to take place at Briarwood Club of Ankeny on September 19th. We are looking for donated items to auction off as well as sponsorship and volunteers! Contact us! This is one of our biggest fundraisers. Keep an ear out for more updates! Gearing Up Things are coming together for our first annual Green Festival which is scheduled for Saturday, June 13, 2009. We are hearing a lot of buzz around the water cooler. We think this may just be the best fest ever to happen on the AAC grounds! Please look for us on the news that morning and keep an ear out for a mention on the radio!
Very Exciting stuff! We are having some rennovations done to our building and parking lot! Sorry for the inconvenience! But it's going to be great when it gets done. It's a total make over which we have needed for a long long time. Last month we had our lovely K-12 shows featuring artwork from Ankeny Schools, Bondurat, and North Polk. It always great to see the creative energy of the next generation. Always a good way to start off the sprin g as well! Next up in the galleries we have D. Ryan Allen and Frank Hansen which we are really excited about. It's going to be a great mix up from our other recent shows. The opening reception is May 7 from 6-9. Come on out! It's going to be great. Oooh, Also - the Ankeny Evening w/ The Arts was last week and it went off without a hitch! It was a great show with a great crowd and great music. Everyone involved had a really enjoyable experience and we are very glad! If you haven't had a chance yet stop by the call for entries section and get signed up to be in our green festival! June 13 It's Cold! Warm up to some great art! We know that it's winter and it's hard to get out from under the covers in the morning and harder to get your car started but there are still plenty of reasons to stop by the Ankeny Art Center. Right now we have some of the most amazing oil paintings on the planet on display in our main and side galleries. It's our mother daughter exhibit featuring Betty Pope and Jane Graham. There are a series of portraits that are extraordinary along with some animal shots from Betty. Jane's work is more lyrical and you can sense that most of her work comes from a story. She used traditional techniques but her work has a sort of folk feeling. If this amazing artwork isn't enough to get you out of the house, we are working on putting together our winter class schedule. Be on the look out! We are going to make it so that you can sign up online! No paper! More updates soon to come! The Ankeny Art Center's Fourth Annual Photo Contest was a huge success. Thursday night was the big opening and awards ceremony. The Ankeny Art Center was packed with people of all ages and backgrounds to not only see the wonderful photos that everyone submitted but also to see if they won a prize! Unfortunately not everyone can place. There were 115 photos hanging up and over 30 different people in the show. Sam Tuomi and Ryan Omara had a hard time choosing which ones would win. They spent over three hours in the gallery picking through and debating on what should win. Overall this years photo show was a huge success. We had a lot of fun putting it together and we were very pleased that so many people came together to enjoy their success with everyone else. The opening was a lot of fun! This years winners were: Best of Show – Mike Landwehr – Hibiscus Splendor 1st place – Megan Myhre – Untitled (House) 2nd Place – Dean A. Genth - Fog 3rd Place – Barbara McGraw – Night Colors Honorable Mention - Rotten Tomatoes – Linda Diane Brown
The Ankeny Art Center's Third Annual Enrichment Gala was held last weekend and it was a huge success. Many patrons turned out to support the art center and to enjoy an incredible evening filled with great food, drinks, music and of course, many people went home with some new artwork. All proceeds from the sales went to benefit the Ankeny Art Center. The event was held at Albaugh Inc. International World Headquarters in Ankeny. Mr. Albaugh was nice enough to let us use his facility as well as let our patrons visit his private car collection which consists of over 100 classic cheverolet ranging many years. To see some photos and the article that was featured in the Ankeny Register, please Click Here To see some of the many things that people donated to our cause please read our monthly newsletter Sketchbook by clicking the link below or above this article. Thank you to everyone who attended, donated, and supported our cause. It helps make Ankeny a better place to live, work, and play. See ya next year!
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