Lawrence Arts Center 2009-2010 Annual Report

To enrich individuals and the community by nurturing love for the arts

through exhibition, performance, and education.

From the Board President

For the Lawrence Arts Center, 2009-10 has been a significant year. We completed a search for a new Executive Director and were delighted to appoint Susan Tate in that role. Susan has a background in education and has served widely on arts related non-profit Boards in the City. Susan began her duties in December 2009 and has had a dramatic positive impact on the Center. She has managed the Center in these tough economic times and has dedicated her effort wholeheartedly towards the mission of the Center, “To enrich individuals and the community by nurturing love of the arts through education, exploration and expression.”

As many organizations have during the past couple of years, the Arts Center has felt the impact of the downturn in the economy. However, with patron and staff loyalty, a dedicated Board, the good will of leaders in the community, and the exceptional efforts of the new Executive Director, we are closing the year in a relatively strong position. As we celebrate the Lawrence Arts Center’s 35th Birthday, we look forward to renewing the Center for its next phase of operation. Thirty-five years is considered a statistical “generation” and so next year we begin our own re-generation.

This year, artists, volunteers, businesses and citizens of Lawrence also responded to our needs with support and generosity. My sincere thanks go to you all. We have lately seen increased individual and corporate charitable giving to the Center and had the best fund-raising outcome in many years during the donated-art Lawrence Arts Center Art Auction in April. We have seen an increase in attendance at Center events, especially encouraging for new ventures such as Story Slam. The Center is developing as a hub for the community’s interests, especially in the area of new media. We have enjoyed increased event activity and public visibility through the Center’s use by ancillary organizations in Lawrence. The Arts Center also received support or assistance from external agencies such as the Kansas Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Mid American Arts Alliance, providing additional valid credibility for our reputation and mission.

This past year we said farewell to some stalwarts on the Board who completed their Board terms and whose immeasurable effort sustained the Center through its leadership transitional days. These include June Jones, Mike Maude and Phil Rademacher. A sincere thank you to them for their service to the Center.

Happily, wonderful new community Lawrencians have joined the Board of Directors this year, bringing an array of skills, talent and dedicated energy. These include John Bullock, Carol Ann Carter, Julie Carter, Ellen Chindamo, Kate Harding Pohl, Dan Schriner, Lisa Leroux Smith and Evan Williams.

I close my tenure as Board President optimistic that the Center is in a positive state of change and, with the support of the public, we look forward to presenting the city with a community Arts Center that engages the people of Lawrence for many years to come.

—Bill Carswell, Board Director

Board President Bill Carswell with artist Carol Ann Carter during 2010 Benefit Auction.

Arts Education: Preschool, Visual Arts, Dance, and TheaterThe Lawrence Arts Center offers arts education for preschoolers through adults. We have a sequential curriculum that students may follow to develop expertise in multiple mediums, but we also offer beginning courses for all ages.

The Lawrence Arts Center Arts-Based preschool began September 2009 by planting a garden in the new raised beds made by Steve Richardson with a grant from the Rotary Club of Lawrence. We planted fall crops that provided food for our guinea pigs—George and Oreo. Gardening is an ongoing activity in the preschool. In January, we added an additional class on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons.

Teachers Leslie McCaffrey and Linda Reimond were invited to present a workshop “50 Ways to Use the Easel” at Creativity: Where the Future Begins May 14-15. This early childhood/art conference was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Allegheny County Family Support Policy Board.

594 preschool children attended classes at the Arts Center this year, and approximately 900 preschoolers attended programming supported by the Arts Center in partnership with Head Start, Little Nations, the Ballard Center, Children’s Learning Center, and Sunshine Acres.

Preschool

Over 1,500 students in classes for children, teens, and adults enrolled in a Vi-sual Arts Curriculum at the Arts Center that includes drawing, painting, ceram-ics, metal smithing, glass, printmaking, digital media, photography.

Visual Arts

DanceWonderful dancing filled the Lawrence Arts Center stage throughout the year as close to 3,400 audience members laughed, cried, sighed and applauded during Dance performances. In December, A Kansas Nutcracker once again delighted the Lawrence community with close to 150 actors, dancers, directors, musicians, and tech personnel. 1,560 attended the six performances. The 27-member Youth Ballet Company directed by Deborah Bettinger presented a charming Snow White and Rose Red to close to 300 audience members. In May 40 youth came together to create a Peanut, Pretzel, Popcorn, Jazz Ensemble original dance theater production of Jedi Knights and Galactic Princesses: The Fight 2NotB Polluted. Seen by over 240 audience members, the show celebrated Earth Day. June featured an intensive dance workshop with Sean Duus of Kansas City Ballet and Ben Wegman of The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Washington D.C.

The annual Dance Gala 2010 in May featured youth and adults showcasing what they had learned in their dance classes since September. Nearly 300 students took part in our 2010 Dance Gala. 1,100 community members attended these performances.

In July 25 students brought the story of Charlotte’s Web to life in a dance version that was “Terrific! Stupendous! Awesome!” 175 were in the audience for this production.

In all, the 2009-2010 Dance Education Porgram held 300 classes with over 2,600 enrollments. The 940 Dance Company under the artistic direction of Susan Rieger had an outstanding year: receiving over $20,000 in grants, hosting and outstanding 3-day Choreography Festival with Liz Lerman as a special guest and two regional showcases of work. Additionally, they toured to Greensburg, Liberal, Salina, Stockton, and several Kansas City area communities; created an all-new school performance about the Two Faces of the Wind; performed in a collaborative event with Kansas University dancers held at the Freedom Rings Sculpture site near Clinton Lake; did 22 preschool workshops through the Lied Center and created several thoughtful, elegant, and humorous new works to delight Lawrence andarea audiences.

940 Dance Company

Theater280 children and youth took part on stage and behind the scenes in theater productions. The year had three particularly wonderful performance highlights.

THE COPPELIA PROJECT; A CLOWN BALLET, toured Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sharing Heidi Van’s wonderful physical theatre piece across the country.

OLIVER! was the first ever age-appropriate musical production for family audiences at the Arts Center. Involving more than 60 community members in a wonderful celebration of Lawrence talent, professional and community, this production was attended by approximately 850 audience members.

HAIR! sold out all its performances as the most successful Summer Youth Theatre musical ever. More than 55 students worked for an entire month and learned through a Kansas Humanities Council grant that allowed us to share speakers on Myth and Magic; Lawrence in a time of change, with both the students and the general public. As a result, HAIR! was attended not only by friends and family, but by the general public as well.

In all the Theatre program mounted 33 productions, including final productions in children’s classes, Saturday Players, City Youth Theater, our family musical, and Summer Youth Theater.

TheaterThe Arts Center Theater program enrolled 478 students in 2009-2010 in both acting and performance-based classes. Over 25,000 audience members attended Theater and Film events.

FilmAs our film program began to expand this year, we began to use new terminology, like Media Studies and Digital Cinema.

We held our second annual short film festival in April and received 28 entries. 130 students enrolled in new media classes and workshops.

The biggest event of the 2009-2010 year was the Film Intensive, held in conjunction with the University of Kansas Film and Media Studies department. We sponsored a showing of THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN, feature film by Kevin Will-mott and MARIACHI ESTRELLA, a documentary by Peter Jasso and Marlo Angell.

The Intensive also featured workshops by local professional and university film makers. Well attended and enjoyable, the Saturday night screening include live Mariachi music. As a result of the Intensive, we were able to get Joel Feigenbaum, Hollywood writer, director, and producer to become the lead teacher/mentor for this Fall’s Digital Cinema class. Marlo Angell also agreed to coordinate our Digital Media studies program and will be arranging classes and teachers for the upcoming year.

ExhibitionsThe fall of 2009 Ben Ahlvers began as Exhibitions Director.

Ben and Kris Hermanson presented an exhibition called Common Ground, featuring student art work from the past 8 years at the Lawrence Arts Center. Every available wall space was filled with over 300 works of art. The 2008-09 Printmaking Artist-in-Residence, Donika Wiley held her exhibit in the small gallery, while a Lawrence Arts Center Faculty Exhibit filled the large gallery. The opening reception hosted hundreds in the Arts Center. Staff from the Eye Doctors Optometrist & Peoples Optical then welcomed all to the visual arts studios for demonstrations by Arts Center Instructors. In conjunction, art collectives from Lawrence were invited to present to the public their organizations’ goals and activities. Capping off 3 nights of presentations by local art groups were our key note speakers, Bruce Hartman, Director of the Nerman Museum, the cast from Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations and one of the curators of Heartland, Kerstin Niemann.

Jan Gaumnitz filled both galleries at the Lawrence Arts Center in one of the most highly attended solo exhibitions in the Lawrence Arts Center. A series of themed exhibits curated by Ben Ahlvers brought a diverse range of artists together from the region. Place, Character Building/Building Character, Animalia, and POP highlighted great art being created in Lawrence while introducing artists usually associated with Kansas City to the Lawrence Community. The 2009 - 10 Artists-in-Residence, Alison Filley and Sarah Gross brought new energy and talent to Lawrence during their year here.

Following the success of Common Ground, the Arts Center has committed to exhibiting art in the lobby areas on an ongoing basis and to “Art in the Open,” an project that invites artists to work in our lobby. Thirteen artists took us up on this invitation the last few months of 2009-2010.

Our 30th annual Art Auction, featuring the work of Carol Ann Carter and work by 140 other artists, attested to the enthusiasm our artistic community feels for our exhibitions program. This year marked many changes to this event. The 2010 Auction was the first for our new Exhibitions Director and Executive Director. Together they oversaw the cultivation of new and familiar donating artists and patrons. This year’s Auction raised $101,000 and captured the highest percentage of retail value for art in many years. We are very thankful to all the artists, volunteers and event sponsor, Peoples Optical & the Eye Doctors Optometrists, for making this year a success. Without the success of this event, the Exhibitions program would not survive. 2009-2010 saw the work of 345 artists exhibited in our galleries and lobby spaces. In addition, three public school exhibits offered the work of hundreds of public school students and Common Ground featured the work of 275 Arts Center students.

Davin Watne

Dylan Beck

Artists-in-ResidenceOur artists-in-residence Sarah Gross (ceramics, MFA Rhode Island School of Design) and Alison Filley (printmaking, MFA University of Iowa) taught classes, created their own work resulting in exhibitions, and brought their energy into our studios.

Alison Filley

Sarah Gross

ARTSreachThe Lawrence Arts Center is committed to providing art and arts education to all children, teens, and adults. Our major partnerships include:

First Step House, Boys and Girls Club, Douglas County Youth Services, and Cottonwood, Inc. In addition to these partnerships, ARTSreach extends to providing financial aid to children, teens, and adults who take Arts Center classes as individuals.

Approximately 14% of our students received financial aid in 2009-2010.

ARTSreach for ChildrenHead Start @ LAC--16 children weekly Sept-May Little Nations @ Little Nations--10-12 bi-weekly Sept-May

Kansas Pre-K Project: The Arts Center is a site for this project designed to equalize the prekindergarten experience across programs by setting uniform standards for delivery of the educational experience. The Arts Center provides the arts program

intended to enhance learning skills and brain development.

As part of this ARTSreach project, the Arts Center offers:

1. Theater and dance performances attended by 915 children (and their teachers) from Head Start, Little Nations, the Children’s Learning Center, and the Ballard Center.

2. Preschool Arts classes attended byHead Start @LAC: 32 children weekly Sept-May At Ballard: 12 children weekly Sept-May At Children’s Learning Center: 16 children weekly Sept-May At Sunshine Acres: 16 children weekly Sept-May Total 76 weekly

Arts Center dance, visual arts, and theater instructors taught one class a week at two Boys and Girls Club sites for eight weeks this summer, serving 100 children.

ARTSreach for TeensThe Arts Center provides weekly arts programming to teens at the Juvenile Detention Center and the county Day School. Arts Center art instructor Laura Ramberg serves approximately 30 teenagers a week. In 2009, the Arts Center provided arts education to 381 students in JDC and 54 in the Day School. To date in 2010, 197 JDC students have taken arts classes provided by the Arts Center.

ARTSreach for Adults and FamiliesSusan Rieger, licensed clinical social worker and Artistic Director of the 940 Dance Company, provides a movement group to women in recovery from substance abuse at First Step House. This weekly group uses creative movement to physicalize the process of change. The group consists of a warm up and group bonding exercises, then culminates in an activity that asks the women to create movement, which reflects some facet of their inner work.

In addition, the Arts Center’s 940 Dance Company provides a yearly concert, entitled “Transformations,” for the residents, their families and the staff of First Step House, seeking to recognize the incredible courage and strength required for addiction re-covery. Approximately 175 residents, 5 staff and 75 family members benefit annually from the direct services of this ARTSreach program.

Financial

Hale, Thadd and Eliza Hanna, Chris and TreeHaugh, Dan and JayHauptli FamilyHardy, Randy and SaralynHerd, StanHiebert, Dave and GundaHill, Stephen and MarciaHinton, Ron and BarbHodge. Kathleen and TomHollond, David and AnnHougland, Bill and CarolieHorning, Al and DianeHorsch, Brian and MarilynHoy, Matt and HeatherJacobs, Bud and SherylJacobsen, Terry and RobinJohnson, Monte and KayJones, Mark and JuneJoy, Maurice and BetsyLoomis, Bird and MichelLaPoint, Jill and MarkLees, Andy and MeganMaude, Mike and CindyMeyer, Gene and CarolMcDowell, Steve and KathyMichaelis, Mike and DeeMiller, Gerry and DonMoore, Marty and Durand ReiberNoonen, Ed and Melissa McCormickNordling, BarbaraOrozco, Mike and DeborahOtten, Jim and VickieParker, John and NancyParker, JoanPiller, Lynn and SallyRack, Kim and MikeRademacher, Phil and Rachel

Imagination SocietyMany thanks to the following members of the Lawrence Arts Center Imagination Society for generously supporting the Arts Center through annual gifts of $1,000.00 and above.

Ashton, NancyBass, Peter and Laura BuhrBateman, Jim and SusanBillings, BevBillings, Judy and DaveBlitt, RitaBrown, John Gary and ChristieBullock, John and ElizaBuchner, Don and JolissaCarmody, Grace and TomCarmody, Kay and TomCarswell, Barbara and BillCarter, Carol AnnCarter, Julie and WayneChance, Larry and KathyChindamo, Brad and EllenCopt, Phyllis and LouisCromwell, Aron and HannahCullen, Matt and Terri LintecumDobski, Tom and MarilynEakin, Lindy and Liz MillerDoveton, ClareEdmonds, Jason and MachaelaEdwards, Gretchen and MarkEvans, AnnFertig, Dana and PhylFleming, RayFrederickson, Steve and Thea RademacherGaches, Ron and ColetteGadd, BrendaGarrett, SidneyGaumnitz, Jan and JackGaunt, John and VirginiaGolden, Joan and WebGriggs, Burke and Emily HillGronbeck-Tedesco, Susan and JohnGrossman, Lisa and Kelly BarthHack, Sue and Al

Rowland, PeteSabatini, Dan and NicoleSamp, Jerry and Mary KaySampson, Bill and DruSatz, JanetSchnaer, Miles and PaulaSchriner, Dan and Sally Hare-SchrinerSchultz, BethShimomura, Roger and Janet Davidson-HuesSimons, Lisa and DolphStein, RickStewart, John and LindaTacha, John and DeanellTate, Brad and SusanThellman, Nancy and ScottTourtellot, Elinor and MichaelWalter, Roger and Evan WilliamsWeisbrod-Morris, Margaret and Jonathon MorrisWertzberger, Ken and AnnetteWharff, Mary and AndyWiklund, Pete and AnnWilson, Steve and SusieWinter, DanWinter, Mary and WintWright, Jack and Judy

Major Program Sponsors

Arts-Based Preschool SponsorMcDonald’s of Lawrence

Visual Arts EducationHill’s Pet Nutrition

Print Studio ProjectHallmark Cards

Dance Program Sponsor Sabatini Architects

Benefit Art Auction SponsorsPeople’s Optical and The Eye Doctors

Theatre Program SponsorUS Bank

Exhibitions SponsorEmprise Bank

Special thanks for Graphics RedesignCallahan Creek

Special thanks for printing work all year Mainline Printing and Printing Solutions

Jana White & Kevin DoyleKaye & Chris DrahozalLaurence DraperPatricia Graham & David DunfieldNatalie Anne DyeJohn Pultz & Susan EarleJason & Machaela EdmondsSteve & Chris Wolf EdmondsConnie EdwardsMark & Gretchen EdwardsConstance EhrlichJane & Charlie EldredgeJohn & Rosy ElmoreLinda ElwellConnie EmersonAnn EvansKathryn FairchildPhyllis FarrarDilesh FernandoJohn FerryPhyl Johnson & Dana FertigGary FiffeJill FincherHans & Iris FischerJane & Philip FlandersLucy & John FlynnDaniel & Brenda FlynnBecky & Matt FoerschlerTim & Betsy ForcadeJoelle & Allen FordJoe Bickford & Marci FranciscoThea Rademacher & Steve FredricksonHoward & Tracy FreedmanKaren FrickMartha Taylor & Herb FriedsonVictor & Linda FrostAmy Lee & Rick FrydmanDuane Kalman & Andrea FuhrmanColette & Ron GachesBrenda GaddMary & David GageRalph & Martha GageLouie GallowayCarolyn GangelRebecca & Joe GantGoodwin & Shirley GarfieldSidney GarrettD.W. GatesJan & Jack GaumnitzJohn & Virginia GauntRuth GennrichBob GentDaniel GeorgieSherilyn & Thomas GibsonPhyllis GiffinE. Gaele GillespieRobin GingerichSteve & Bobbie GishLarry Hoyle & Jennifer GlennPhillip & Phoebe GodwinWeb & Joan GoldenDennis GooddenMargaret GordonTheresa & Alex GordzicaShannon Criss & Nils GoreRoxann & Steve GraberSusan GraceJack GrahamBeth GramlyCap & Kitty GrayRamona GrayWill GrayLynne GreenJennifer GreenAndrea & Christopher GreenhootColleen GregoireCarol GriebJim GriffithEmily Hill & Burke Griggs

Individual Members and DonorsJanet AdamsBen & Staci AhlversAdrienne Boyd-Akers & Pete AkersNorman AkersLance Adams & Andrea AlbrightBetty AldersonVirgie AlexanderJohn & Maria AlexanderSven AlstromDavid & Mary Kate AmblerPatricia Hayden & Nathan AndersonJill Shelley & Dave BaldwinAndrea & Dave BalogaColette & Jeff BangertMarge & Price BanksOfelia BaradiJane BarberJill BaringerJason BarrBlue BarrandTom BartelEric & Jennifer BartonGene & Judith BauerMiriam BaurMargaret BayerRoss & Marianna BeachAnnette BeckerMary BeckerRandall BennettGeoff BenzingChuck & Beth BergCarolyn & Gordon BerryDeborah BettingerFrancisco & Valerie BidoPeter & Markie BieriDavid & Judy BillingsBeverly Smith BillingsErika BinnsDaina & Shawn BittersNancy & Gary BjorgeEllie BlairRita & Irwin BlittMichael & Catherine BlumenfeldLawrence & Lynne BodleDaniel BontempoJean Pierre BoonJudith BouskaCarolyn Roy & William BowermanRobert BowlineHoward & June BoyajianMarion BoyleAnne BrackerJames Immel & Mike BradfordJudy BrawleyVernon BrejchaRoxanne & Robert BrennanAnne & Wally BrockhoffPatricia BrooksGrace & Bill BrooksLarry BrowChristine Brandt & John Gary BrownLinda Putthoff & Harlan BrownleeKatie Turner & Alan BrummellJames A. BrundageJolisa & Don BuchnerDaphne Fautin & Bob BuddemeierMark & Marsha BuhlerPeter Bass & Laura BuhrEliza & John BullockAnna & Bill BusbyLinda BushPhilip AndersonJustin & Jean Anderson

Lynda AndrusKen & Katie ArmitagePatricia Anne AronSusan AshlineNancy AshtonRic & Jeanne AverillJeffrey Ann Goudie & Tom AverillRenee BabinBarbara Huppee & Jerry BaileyJanet BaileyTwila BakerMarcia BuzhardtKit CarlsenKay & Tom CarmodyTom & Grace CarmodyJesse L. CarneyKatherine Carr GieleBill & Barbara CarswellCarol Ann CarterJulie & Wayne CarterEd & Becky CarterPeter & Rosalea CarttarNaomi CashmanEmily CatesJerree & Harley CatlinGeorge & Sherry CattLaura Cea-KlishDonald ChambersGinger ChanceChung-Fu ChangDavid T. ChasePaul & Deb ChausseeBrad & Ellen ChindamoDiane & James ChurchLinda ClarkSteve & Betsy ClarkShelley ClarkLois ClarkGary & Jeanne ClarkJerry Willis & Kathleen Clausing-WillisDaniel CoburnMartha CoffmanJack CollinsAnnette & Bill CollinsArdis ComfortJim & Cara ConnellyJessica ConnerAlbert B. CookLouis & Phyllis CoptJane CotittaSylvia CowdenVaughn CowdenSusan CraigSteve & Joan CraigMonica Biernat & Chris CrandallHannah & Aron CromwellKaren CrusinberryPamela CullertonJudy CulleyLaurie CullingCathy DaicoffDan DakotasChrista DalienAmy Albright & Doug DavisonJan & Tom DeanAnn Dean & Ryan JohnsonStanley & Alice Jo DefriesSteve Ellsworth & Dee Ann DeRoinJon Hafker & Mary DillonEric DobbinsTom & Marilyn DobskiAimee & Jared DolichChristi & Mark DouglasJoe & Vicki DouglasClare Doveton

Cliff McDonaldSteve & Kathy McDowellE.W. & Arlyne McGaughSally McGeeMegan McGlinnLinda & Doug McKayTara Wenger & Ben McKayCharles Higginson & Laurie McLane-HigginsonTom MersmannLynn MetzgerEd & Marie MeyenGene & Carol MeyerMike & Dee MichaelisKathy MillerGerry MillerPat Phillips & Lisa MillerLindy Eakin & Elizabeth MillerSara MingesBill & Jean MitchellNancy MitchellRick MitchellJanine & John MonaghanGordon & Carolyn MontneyDurand Reiber & Martin MooreBob & Marna MooreDarren MooreTimothy & Kristin MorlandEdward K. MorrisMargaret Weisbrod Morris & Jonathan MorrisLauraine MulallyJim Beach & Nora MurphyJackson Clark & Brigid MurphyMolly MurphyColleen MurphyTony & Pete MynstedDr. Steve & Lori MyrickJohn & Carol NalbandianYoonmi NamJon Eric NarumMatt & Michelle NeedhamDebra NelsonJohn & Connie NeuteboomMarge NewmarkFaye & John NewsomJohn & Katy NitcherMelissa McCormick & Ed NoonenBarbara NordlingThomas NorthJerry & San Dee NossamanDanny & Tiffany NovoDave & Sue NuttDiane OakesBecky & Brian O’KeefeLucila OleaMarty OlsonKaren Kressin & James O’MalleyDeborah & Mike OrozcoWill OrvedalLida & Mike OsbernVickie & Jim OttenJack & Ann Carlin OzegovicGeorge & Judy PaleyJohn & Nancy ParkerJoan ParkerCatherine & Fred PawlickiGerald & Jeanne PeesPaula & John PepinJeff Aube & Janet PerkinsLew & Gwen PerkinsDenise PerpichSuzanne PerryJulie & Chris PetrJohn & Ardith PierceSally & Lynn PillerAmy Plymat

Ken & Suzanne GrizzellJohn & Susan Gronbeck-TedescoKelly Barth & Lisa GrossmanJim & Diane GuthrieSue & Al HackTed & Nancy HaggartGary & Kay HaleSusan & Buster HallTudy Youngberg HallerSusan Buehler & David HamillSharon & James HammondJohn L. & Carol HamptonTeresa & Chris HannaPeter & Gail HansenBrooks HansonSandra HareSusan & Billy Joe HarrisJim & Susan HasselleDana HassettDon & Carol HattonDan & Jay HaughA. John & Barbara HauptliHunter HauptmanLois Lorene HawkJohn & Megan HayKathy & Dennis HaywardDon & Sandra HazlettAnn HedrickDr. Jon & Barb HeebDianna HenryJoe & Kathleen HeppertStan HerdPaul HerpichDick HerpichJene & Don HerronMark Zumalt & Marla HerronAnn Frame Hertzog & Steven HertzogDave & Gunda HiebertDennis HighbergerStephen & Marcia HillSuzan HillBarbara & Steve HillmerEric Nelson & Sarah Hill-NelsonDavid HiltnerDick & Sue HimesJackie Hyland & Tim HindmanGary HinmanRon & Barb HintonKathleen & Tom HodgeMargo & Joshua HollandAnne & David HollondJeanie Wells & Mike HoranDiane & Al HorningMarilyn & Brian HorschPaul & Chris HotvedtBill & Carolie HouglandMary Morningstar & Peter HoustonStephanie HowarterMatthew & Heather HoyGeorge Whitney & Donna HughesJanis HutchisonKarmen HuyserJill And Evan IcePam IreyHobart & Shakura JacksonBud & Sheryl JacobsCaroline JewersBarry Fitzgerald & Lori JohnsTed & Mary JohnsonSimone JohnsonLiz JohnsonDebbie Goldberg & Stephen JohnsonAnn & Steve JohnsonDon & Alice Ann JohnstonJune & Mark JonesLora JostMaurice & Betsy JoyMary & Joel KaczorDiane Kappen

Cynthia & Tait KarlsonMike & Elaine KautschMarshall & Beth KelleyK. Vance KelleyPatrick & Amy KellyMarty & Patty KennedyJohn Kennedy and Hong ZhangMichelle KennedyGwen & Robbin KerthErik KessingerLee KetzelBernadette Gray-Little & Shade Keys LittleBeverly KippMatthew KirbyFrances KiteDr. Jeanne KleinMargo KrenKatherine KriderJay Hauptli & Cindi Kroll HauptliNelson & Judy KruegerLiz KundinMeghan KunzHeather LairdBetty LairdDaniel & Carolyn LambertDavid & Sacie LambertsonChristopher & Sarah LandryDennis & Kristine LaneMeredith & Anthony LangJill & Mark LaPointEllen Le CompteAudrey LebanMegan & Andy LeesMary Beth & Steven LeiningerAmy LenharthAlice LeonardStuart & Susan LevineKathleen & Rick LevyRichard & Karen LindMatt Cullen & Terri LintecumJohn ListermanDave LoewensteinSusan LomasLarissa & Jim LongDavid & Nancy LonghurstRobbin LoomasBurdett & Michel LoomisLois Orth-Lopes & Steve LopesHaining LouLeah LuckerothJohn & Linda LungstrumMartha LuskTom MacDonaldLiza MacKinnonPam MadausMr. W.L. MagnusonSandy MalikM. Sue MalloyCarrie & Jim MandigoJustin & Bailey MarableBob & Anita MarkleyEmily & Mark MarkoulatosLaurie MarloweJanet MarquisNancy & Rob MarshallKurt Falkenstien & Paula MartinHelen MartinRandy & Kathi MastenMarshall & Zia MaudeMichael & Cindy MaudeSteve & Suzanne McAllisterGreg & Mary McCabeMichael McCaffreyPaul J. & L. Jean McCarthyPeg & Steve McCartyKirk & Jeannie McClureStephen Fawcett & Kathleen McCluskey-FawcettMargaret McCorkendaleJanette & Kent McCullough

Edith Black & John PoertnerSally PokornyMark & Sandy PraegerMaria Preston-CargillRobert PriceLaurance & Johanna PriceJim Peterson & Katherine PryorMollie & Shon QualsethKim & Mike RackRachel & Phillip RademacherArdys RambergLaura RambergMargaret Rose & Steve RambergLisa & Pete RamlerSarah & Mike RandolphTeresa & Stan RasmussenKen RatzlaffNadia Zhiri & Jim ReganJoan & Fritz ReiberBarbara ReidLinda & Jerry ReimondBill & Ruth RemmersMadison RheaElizabeth & Bill RiceBeth RidenourPaul & Millie RiegerGail & Jeff RiegerSharon RileyDelores RingerCarol RobertsScott & Linda RobinsonLinda Stone Ferrier & Mark RoeyerBecky RogersMerrill RomigFrank & Ashley RonanMartha & Jack RoseLeslie Bennett & Joshua RosenbloomHoward & Beverly RosenfeldDave Kingsley & Jean RosenthalMary RossCheryl RothGreg Rupp & Jennifer RothPete RowlandJames K. RowlandC.E. & Joan RussellLeni & Neil SalkindJerry & Mary Kay SampDru & Bill SampsonMs. Sandy Lee SandersSandra SandersArthur SandquistJennifer & Bob SannerJanet SatzKathryn & Kelvin SchartzRon & Elaine SchmidtDan SchrinerElinor SchroederElizabeth SchultzMargaret Ann & David SchwartzburgBrad SchwiegerDr. Catherine SchwoererAnthea ScouffasJames & Virginia SeaverPenny SeavertsonJohn Downey & Shannan SeelyJane & Albert SellenKatie SenecalSimran SethiMargaret & Will SeversonTim & Julia ShaftelDel & Carol ShankelDoug & Bo SheaforCarolyn & Bob SheltonJan Sheldon & Jim ShermanLarry & Suzanne Sherr

Janet Davidson-Hues & Roger ShimomuraBob & Jackie ShmalbergStan & Jan ShumwayVictor Contoski & Carmela Sibley-ContoskiBetty SimeckaRobert SimpsonDiane SimpsonFred & Lillian SixJames SloughKelsey SmithCelia SmithMarilyn & Val SmithBill & Dona SneadGary & Connie SollarsEric & Ann SoreboChristina SpanosNorine & Rod SpearsMarilyn & Herb SpencerMargaret & Dave SpringeDeb StavinRick SteinPhilip StevensLinda & John T. Stewart, IIILinda SturgeonRachael SudlowMuriel Cohan & Patrick SuzeauJulie & Tom SwankLeah TachaJohn & Deanell TachaSusan & Brad TateKimberly & Chris TaylorGlenda TaylorTheresa TedrowScott & Nancy ThellmanScott & Chriss ThomasMaria ThompsonTerese ThonusJerome Scheuring & Sylvia Tidwell-ScheuringMarilyn & Benjamin TilghmanWayne TilsonBarb & Ralph TomlinsonBob TreanorKay TriebAustin & Ruth TurneyBill & Kathryn TuttleLuella G. VaccaroDavid Van HeeTim & Jerrye Van LeerEarl & Sally Van MeterMarciana VequistJane VolkerTim & Leslie vonHoltenAmy WadeShanna WagnerJeanne WaisnerEvan Williams & Roger WalterLori & Tom WaltonIrene WardChuck & Karen WarnerEva Horn & Steve WarrenPam Gordon & Harold WashingtonBarbara WatkinsThad Holcombe & Linda WattsChuck WehnerJerry & Rhonda WellsKen & Annette WertzbergerKay WertzbergerDenise Low & Tom WesoAgnes Walsh & Craig WestAndy Bloomer & Mary WharffMarie WheelerPete & Ann WiklundKaren & Edward WileyMichael Krueger & Donika WileyDori Lewman & Blake Wilkinson

Dar & George WilliamsJim & Virginia WilliamsGeorge & Beverley WilsonSara WilsonSusie & Steve WilsonSusan Elkins & Jack WinerockMary WinslowMary & Wint WinterMatt WoodardGary & Marilyn WoodwardDr. George & Eleanor WoodyardRussell WrankleJosie WrathA. Carol WrightJudy & Jack WrightNorman & Anne YetmanCarolyn YoungMegan & Michael YoungLee F. YoungStan & Lois ZarembaRobert & Marilyn ZerwekhJoAnne ZingoPatrick & Lynne Zollner

Business Members and DonorsAllen PressAmerican Century CompaniesAmeriprise FinancialAnything AquaticBlack Hills EnergyBT Design GroupCallahan CreekCEK InsuranceCentral National BankCity of LawrenceCollective Brands EmployeesComplete Window and Remodeling Services, Inc.Del Monte Pet ProductsDelta Zeta AlumnaeDouglas County Community FoundationEmprise BankEsquinaFrancis Families FoundationGaches, Braden, Barbee & Assoc.Giving Tree, LLC MembersHallmark CardsHill’s Pet NutritionHughes Consulting EngineeringJ&S Coffee Co, IncJo Shmo’sKizer-Cummings JewelersLMH Gift ShopMainline PrintingMcColm OrthodonticsMcCray Lumber & MillworkMcDonald’s of LawrenceMuriel McBrien Kauffman FoundationPaley PropertiesPrinting SolutionsRademacher Financial Inc.Sabatini Architects, Inc.Southwest Junior High Student CouncilSusan G. Hall, DDSThe Eye DoctorsThe York Childrens FoundationTorosian FoundationTravel LeadersUS BankVangent, Inc.Water’s EdgeWeaver’s Inc.Westlake HardwareWilkerson, Saunders & Anderson, DDSYarn Barn

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StaffBen Ahlvers, Director of ExhibitionRic Averill, Theater and Digital Media DirectorCandi Baker, Dance Program DirectorJessica Conner, Education CoordinatorLinda Reimond, Arts-based Preschool DirectorSteve Richardson, Building MaintenanceSusan Rieger, Artistic Director 940 Dance CompanyDanny Rogovein, Technical DirectorPat Russell, Office ManagerSusan Tate, DirectorRick Yarnell, Director of Business Operations

InternsAnita SampatSarah RewJake Poterbin

VISTAsCaitlin BallardJenny DejmalRachael Juhls

The TeachersThe Lawrence Arts Center employed over 120 teaching artists in 2009-2010

VolunteersHoliday Shop: Laura Rose ClawsonAndria DevlinSally Hare-SchrinerJay HaughMary Kate HaworthGloria HopkinsDiane OakesKim Rack

Art Auction: Vickie Otten Judy Paley Ellen Chindamo Connie and Gary SollarsSpencer Museum of Art Student OrganizationJay Haugh 940 DancersThe Tommy Johnson ExperimentRic Averill

Street P’Arty: Sue NuttJay HaughCarol DobbinsEric DobbinsKendra MarableJack CollinsJudy Paley

35th Anniversary Benefit Planning: Deanell TachaEllen ChindamoMatt AllHeather HoyDan SabatiniMarilyn DobskiJoan GoldenVickie OttenRon HintonColette GachesMarki BieriDiane GuthrieEvan WilliamsStacey Dillon

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In-kind DonorsCallahan CreekEsquinaHy Vee Evan Williams CateringLawrence DecoratingMcCaffrey-Collins DesignMainline PrintingPrinting Solutions

GrantsCapitol Federal FoundationDouglas County Community FoundationElizabeth Schultz Envornmental FundFrancis Family FoundationKansas Arts CommissionKansas Humanities CouncilKansas Health FoundationKauffman FoundationLawrence Cultural Arts CommissionPiersol FoundationRotary Club of LawrenceSeven Trees Foundation

Finances2009-2010- unauditedSupport and RevenueExpenses

Support and Revenue: Operating Fund$1,442,633.78

Expenses: Operating Fund$1,438,414.65

Dance Support CommitteeNancy AlbrechtMartha CoffmanDoug DavisonMary DevlinKathleen HodgeGary Laue-MindenBeth Anne MansurBetsy McCaffertyGary MindenPeggy Shopen

Kansas Nutcracker Volunteers: Kathleen AmmelMarge BayerKathy and Russell BryantSusan BuehlerShannon CrissDelight DavisJessica DavisAndrea DennehyMarcia FisherLaura FoxBrenda FrankenfeldMike McKinneyRandi HackerTyler HandyRichard HecklerKathleen HodgeLaurie KrambeerMary Ellen KrieghAnthony LangSusan LomanSylvia MaackStacee MartinLaurie McLane Higginson Kathy McCloskeyMary MenendezBridget MurphyBrigid MurphySharilyn Thomas-McGeeStefanie OlsonJulie PierceRachel RademacherDenise SevernSusan StahlMichele VignolaKyle RogersLori Walton Sara Wilson

Exhibitions Advisory CommitteeMichel LoomisMichael Krueger Celka StraughnStephen JohnsonCarol Ann Carter

Education Advisory Committee Liz KowalchukLaurie McLane-HigginsonAnna JennyAnthea Scouffas

Theater Advisory CommitteeJudy Wright Larry Mitchell Heidi Van

New Media Advisory CommitteeJoel FeigenbaumJeremy OsbernChris BlunkPatrick ReaMarlo AngellPeter JassoJim JewellGreg HurdScot RichardsonKevin WillmottMatt JacobsonBob Hurst

Theater Auxiliary Committee:David HollondAggi WalshPaula PepinTravis BerkleyAmy Albright

Dance Advisory CommitteeMichelle Heffner-HayesPhillip RademacherCathy PattersonAnthea Scouffas

Finance CommitteeLarry Chance TreasurerSteve FredricksonPhillip Rademacher

Board of Directors 2009-2010Bill Carswell, presidentJohn BullockGrace CarmodyTom CarmodyJulie CarterLarry ChanceEllen ChindamoSteve FredricksonBrian HorschJune JonesMichel LoomisMike MaudeMolly MurphyMike OrozcoMaria Preston-CargillPhil Rademacher

From the Director

I was elated to join the Lawrence Arts Center staff this past winter. As we moved through the remaining six months of the 2009-2010 fiscal year together, the dedication of this creative, dynamic, and hardworking staff was humbling and exhilarating.

Our staff offered the best in contemporary exhibitions, arts education, and performance as the Arts Center has done for 35 years. Their ability to keep this “Place to Imagine” alive without a director and during a time when many arts organizations have been closing their doors is a testimony to their work ethic and the support of a community that values the arts. I wish to convey my gratitude to our staff and to a board of directors who have been both generous and diligent in their attentions to the Arts Center. Board President Bill Carswell has been a sustaining force for the Arts Center and for me personally.

The past seven months have proven to me that Lawrence and the region have high expectations of the Lawrence Arts Center that they are willing to support. Thank you to all businesses and individuals who believe in the value of the Lawrence Arts Center as a regional intersection for education, social mission, scholarship, and the arts. I am optimistic about the future vibrancy of the Arts Center as a place where art inspires conversation across our community, where artists gather, teach, create, perform, and exhibit, and where children, teens and adults engage in visual and performing arts classes: where all combinations of these exchanges change lives.

—Susan Tate, Director

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