Arts In Action

» Summertime...brought to you by the Arts Center

The Lawrence Arts Center loads up summertime with the most colorful and exciting experiences of the year.

»Hats off to our Featured Faculty: Summer Youth Arts Academy staff!

Meet the Summer Youth Academy staff .

» Gallery Exhibitions and Events

View the complete lineup of summer gallery activities.

» Upcoming Imagination & Place events

2nd Annual Imagination & Place Environmental Award to be presented April 21 and more.

» Growing up with the Arts Center

The Ford girls literally grew up with the Lawrence Arts Center.

» DRAMA

Hansel and Gretel, First Saturday Players, Drama Education Showcase and lots more....

» DANCE

New works, more performances and lots of summer activity...

» If it rides, bring it on! Art Tougeau Parade: May 6

It's a parade, a celebration and a salutation to creative minds and the beauty of the human spirit!

» Through July 30: American and European photography subject of Spencer exhibition

The North Balcony Gallery at the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus is host to Photography Between the Wars: A Survey of American and European Photography, 1920-1940, through July 30.

» Musicians score in 18th annual Honor Recital

Bravo! to the winners of the 18th Annual Honor Recital: Xander Casad, alto sax;

» As You Like It: Shakespeare in South Park

Gender roles, love, and politics are explored in As You Like It, Shakespeare's pastoral comedy set in the magical Forest of Arden, produced by EMU Theatre.

» Lawrence Art Guild update

The Lawrence Art Guild is an independent, non-profit organization created to promote art awareness in Lawrence and the surrounding areas.

»Take a walk on the mild side

Spring Downtown Friday Gallery Walk: April 28

» JTPS Update

Escape from the summer heat (and hectic schedules!) by taking refuge in the relaxing, cool, welcoming John Talleur Print Studio this summer session.

»University Theatre to stage Kansas Mystery Theatre at KU in July

Turn on the scary lights! Cue the spooky music! This summer, the University Theatre at the University of Kansas will present Kansas Mystery Theatre, a line-up of two British murder mysteries performed in rotating repertory in July.

» Lawrence Civic Choir in concert April 29

The Lawrence Civic Choir will perform Johannes Brahms's Requiem on Saturday, April 29, 8pm at Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive in Lawrence.

» Lawrence Community Theatre

Lawrence Community Theatre's summer presentation will be the patriotic musical GEORGE M! George M. Cohan,"the man who owned Broadway" at the beginning of the 20th century, comes to life in a show featuring many of his signature songs

»Thank you, Imagination Society members!

The Lawrence Arts Center is pleased to thank Imagination Society members for their commitment to the arts in Lawrence by contributing $1,000 or more to the Arts Center this year.

» Young musicians to watch

An Interview with Charlie Albright, first prize winner, 2006 International Institute for Young Musicians International Piano Competition; and Amir Khosrowpour, first prize winner, 2001 Steinway-Music Teachers National Association National Piano Competition

»KU design course explores objects made the"old fashioned" way

In a recent design studio course entitled Furniture Built with Hand Tools, industrial design students in KU's School of Fine Arts learned how fine wood furnishings were created and built the"old fashioned" way.

Summertime...brought to you by the Arts Center

In a few short weeks, gardens will burst with ripe red tomatoes, warm yellow squash, and fresh green beans. The wheat has sprouted and will start maturing from new spring greens to summer golds. Summer is when Kansans make some of our most colorful memories: blue swimming pools, green backyards, orange fireworks, sunny yellow flowers. Soon, the bright colors of the season will warm your summer days like the sun on your face.

As does Mother Nature, the Lawrence Arts Center loads up summertime with the most colorful and exciting experiences of the year. Our summer camps offer young students week-long, art-intensive opportunities to learn new skills, make friends and take a new fresh look at art. Students have the option of enrolling in full-morning or full-afternoon programs, or they can opt for a full day or shorter amounts of time to fit in with other summer activities.

Regardless of what you choose, our schedule allows ample time to combine skills with ideas to bring them to their full creative potential. Our mission is to lead students through the creative process in a way that will refresh old ideas, develop skills and bring colorful new experiences to life. Students concentrate on art in fun, inventive classes. Things that don't easily fit into winter weather patterns and academic schedules can be explored to the creative extremes- design a dragon kite and fly it, create a life-sized junk car, build a giant lollipop sculpture, or even drop a paint-filled balloon off a balcony. In the Arts Center's summertime, teachers and students take their sense of fun to colorful new heights. Fun is serious business here: everyone works in our professional studios with trained educators, using real artist's equipment learning how to throw a bowl on the potter's wheel, create an impressionist painting, develop photographs, weave textiles, perform on a state of the art stage and more.

The celebration of creativity and the beauty of the human spirit sets the tone for our whole season here, and we'll kick it off with the Art Tougeau Parade on May 6. Adult summer classes offer the chance to translate summer memories into works of art. These classes are open to students of high school age to senior citizens, and are great way to meet new friends or get together with an old friend while learning something new. Most classes meet after dinnertime and end around 9:30pm. In that short amount of time you can create a landscape painting, develop artist-quality photographs of your vacation, create a ceramic planter or platter to hold the fruits of your summer garden and more. All classes offer students the technical training of a small college in an accessible, community-based environment that is friendly to all skill levels- from beginners to aficionados. As always, all classes are taught by professional artists who also are experienced teachers.

We invite you in to the Arts Center to try a summer class. Come to experience something new, have fun, meet friends and re-create the colors of your summer in a work of art. For everyone, summer is a time to get outside, feel the heat and maybe get a tan. But when it's time to cool off, come inside to a place where you can create a piece of summer you can hold onto year 'round.

-by Margaret Weisbrod Morris, MA-ATR,
Education Director, Lawrence Arts Center

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Hats off to our Featured Faculty: Summer Youth Arts Academy staff!

Katie Burt is a graduate student in art education at the University of Kansas. In 2004 she received a BFA in painting, also from KU. She has shown her work in Lawrence and the Kansas City area. Most recently she was involved in a two-person show called"Farm and Function" at the Pi Art Gallery. Her work can be seen year 'round at the Pi in the upstairs gallery. Katie has received many awards including the Hollander Award and Nelson Scholarship from KU. She also received a Merit Award for a juried exhibition at the Bergen Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kan. Katie has taught many"ArtSmart" and drawing and painting classes at the Arts Center. Fun Fact: She wishes to someday have a pet donkey and is learning to play the harmonica.

Clark Walter is a native Kansan from Norton. He is finishing his BA in visual art education at KU with an emphasis in painting and a minor in art history. Since moving to Lawrence, he has developed a deep appreciation for the diversity of people and cultures here. He has been active in the Big Brothers /Big Sisters program. He also coaches football, substitute teaches, tutors and has been a Bible school camp counselor. He is a member of National Art Education Association and the Kansas Art Education Association, and was a workshop presenter at the KAEA conference in 2004. Clark loves teaching art because students learn to flex their minds and gain new perspectives. Fun Fact: He loves Thai food!

Bailey Kivett Marable is a high school art teacher in Hoyt, Kan. She has degrees from KU in visual art education, and jewelry and metalsmithing. She is certified to teach in grades K-12. She has taught at the Arts Center for many years, teaching in both the adults' and children's visual art education programs. Bailey is also an accomplished jewelry designer, making and selling her own jewelry"in her spare time." Fun Fact: Bailey is newly married to the Topeka artist Justin Marable and has a lovely stepdaughter, Kassey Middleton.

Kirstin Wiegmann hails from Kansas City, Kan. and is a recent graduate of KU, with a BFA in ceramics. When she isn't teaching at the Arts Center, she works as an assistant muralist and creating her own art. This year she was a visiting artist for a Mississippi mural called the Crossroads Project with Pat Gibson. She also assisted with the Aaron Douglas mural in Topeka. She has taught many classes at the Arts Center and co-organized an exhibit of artwork from the children's program at Ben & Jerry's in March. She likes travel, cultural diversity, teaching and arts administration. Fun Fact: This August, she will be traveling to Egypt!

Michelle Lenihan will graduate from KU in May with a bachelor's degree in visual art education with an emphasis in painting. She will begin student teaching this fall in the public schools. In addition to teaching many different classes at the Arts Center, Michelle also teaches art appreciation classes at the Spencer Museum of Art and is a substitute teacher in Lawrence Public Schools. She is president of KU's Visual Art Education Association, where she has been coordinating and working with KU Med Center to make art with pediatrics patients. Michelle's pri-mary goal as a teacher is help students reach their creative potential, and to help students make connections between the arts and the world they live in. Fun Fact: She is double jointed- she can twist her arm around a full 360 degrees!

Whitney Jacobs is originally from Kansas City, Mo. She is a recent graduate of KU, receiving her bachelor's degree in art education. Her areas of focus are textiles, sculpture, ceramics, photography, painting and drawing. She also earned an associate's degree in liberal arts form Johnson County Community College, is certified to teach K- 12 art education and is a member of the Kansas Art Education Association. She is a member of the Ladies of Lawrence Artists (L.O.L.A.) and the Ministry of Sculpture. Whitney co-organized the exhibit of children's art at Ben & Jerry's. She has taught in many areas including working collaboratively with the Dance and Drama Programs in the Arts Center's afterschool integrated arts program,"ArtSmart." She volunteers with KU Med Center's pediatric unit, creating art with patients. Last summer, Whitney backpacked around Europe to see for herself all the things she had studied in art history! Fun Fact: When she isn't teaching or creating her own art, you might see her trying to master her new interest in dirt bike riding.

Suzie Zitman earned her bachelor's degree in arts education from KU with an emphasis in metalsmithing. This will be her second summer season teaching at the Arts Center. Throughout college, she also taught summer art classes at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Mo. Suzie teaches art in the Olathe, Kan. School District to kids in preschool through 6th grade. Her favorite subjects are jewelry making, painting and ceramics, but she also loves to try out new art techniques. Fun Fact: Suzie can fit inside a laundry basket, although rather uncomfortably! (She couldn't be here to have her picture taken, so we substituted"Visage sure fond Rouge" by Henri Matisse. We look forward to seeing her face around here this summer!)

Stacy Barnes is the Art Center's first full-time Ceramics Artist-in-Residence. She also happens to be a homegrown Kansan- she grew up in the small town of Greensburg in southwestern Kansas, and came to Lawrence from Manhattan, Kan., where she studied with Anna Callouri-Holcomb and Yoshiro Ikeda. She received her BFA in ceramics from Kansas State University in 2005. Stacy is creating a dinner setting group that is about connections with family. Each place setting in the group is designed to reflect the personality of a member of her family. She has been an almost constant presence in the ceramics studio this year, taking on many of the daily tasks that keep it functioning. She has taught pottery classes for both children and adults and is an instructor in the Arts Center's afterschool program. Fun Fact: Stacy is exhibiting her work in the Lawrence Arts Center's Art Center's gallery, May 22-28.

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Gallery exhibitions and events

SPRING EXHIBITIONS:

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Imagination & Place update

2nd Annual Imagination & Place Environmental Award to be presented April 21

The Committee on Imagination & Place, a collaboration of artists, environmental professionals, community activists and scholars based at the Lawrence Arts Center, presents annually the Imagination & Place Environmental Award. The award recognizes Douglas County community members who have made a demonstrable and positive impact on our local, regional and/or global environment. On a yearly basis (in a four-year cycle), one of the following categories is recognized: businesses, educators, artists and outstanding volunteers. One award is presented each year on or near Earth Day (April 22). The 2005 winner was the Community Mercantile.

The 2006 award, recognizing an educator, will be presented in a ceremony to take place at the Arts Center on Friday, April 21 at 5:30pm. The award will recognize an individual Douglas County educator or a team of educators who have demonstrated innovative and effective approaches to environmental education. This will be shown by the nominee's ability to educate other educators, the general public and/or students at any level; achievement of specific goals or projects related to the environment; and recognition as community leaders on behalf of the environment.

The Imagination & Place Environmental Award is an original piece of art, specially created by an artist living in Douglas County who is personally committed to the preservation of the natural environment. This year's artist is Heather Smith Jones. The inspiration, says Paul Hotvedt, creator of last year's award, comes from recognizing the similarities between making art and stewardship of our environment."This year's award recognizes positive contributions made by area educators, who, through their craft and inspiration, instill the roots of stewardship and conservation through environmental education."

The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the award ceremony.

The Wakarusa Wetlands in Word & Image

A Publication of the Committee on Imagination & Place (available now at the Arts Center and selected local bookstores and businesses)

In spring 2003, naturalist, environmental activist and acclaimed author Terry Tempest Williams took part in a five-day residency at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, sponsored by the National Book Foundation. Williams' visit was part of"American Voices," a community outreach project designed to promote reading and writing as means of preserving American Indian culture.

While in Lawrence, Williams gave two public talks- the first sponsored by the Committee on Imagination & Place at Prairie Park Nature Center, and the second on the Haskell campus The talks centered on other subjects, but in both instances, Williams spoke directly to the importance of the Wakarusa Wetlands.

The Committee on Imagination & Place, inspired by Williams' passion for wetlands conservation, published Wakarusa Wetlands in Word & Image in late 2005. The book includes writings by 37 national and local writers and paintings, photographs and prints by 13 area artists, all made in the Wakarusa Wetlands.

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Growing up with the Arts Center

"The arts center has been an integral part of our lives," says Tracy Ford Stacey, speaking for herself and her three sisters.

The Ford girls literally grew up with the Lawrence Arts Center. Their parents, Allen and Joelle, moved to Lawrence in 1976 from Missouri with the first three in tow: Becky was 8, Tracy was 6, and Jennifer was 3. Joelle had majored in art, and it didn't take her long to seek out art programs for the busy girls. The story goes that she enrolled them all in the same class so she could have"one hour a week" all to herself while she was pregnant with their fourth child, Stephanie.

“The Arts Center nurtured creativity in all of us, and it's still a big part of who we are," the sisters say. It's true: Stephanie was one of the original Popcorn Company dancers; today she's assistant manager of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Richfield, Conn. Jennifer is a consultant for McKinsey Company in Minneapolis, Minn. and a gifted painter. Tracy trained as a graphic artist and now has a wedding and event planning company, Ford & Coggins. Becky acted in Summer Youth Theatre and eventually went on to choreograph and direct. She is a member of the Seem-to-Be Players, has taught theatre in the public schools, and has two children who are beginning their own Arts Center experience.

In recent years, Joelle's wood sculptures and assemblages have been displayed at the Arts Center, and she has donated pieces to the Lawrence Art Auction. Allen, a business professor at the University of Kansas,"isn't what you'd call ‘artsy,' but we like to say he funds it all," she says.

Tracy and her husband and their two children moved back to Lawrence from Minneapolis four years ago."When we knew for sure we were coming home," she says,"our first call was to the Arts Center to put our daughter's name on the list at the Arts-Based Preschool.

“I've known Linda Reimond nearly all my life. And I love to watch my kids laugh at Ric Averill's ‘Duck Tape,' because I did. There's a lot of comfort in entrusting my children to the same people I was entrusted to."

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Performances and updates

DRAMA:

Hansel and Gretel, Seem-To-Be style

The Family Theatre Series will present the Seem-To-Be Players in not one but two classic German fairytales. From the Brothers Grimm, Ric's Hansel and Gretel is a faithful telling of the story of two children who outsmart an evil witch. Accompanying that piece will be another short play, Hans in Luck, a delightful"trading down" comedy. In addition to the two plays, the company will perform sing-a-longs and"bits" (or Vaudeville) for children. Starring Ric and Jeanne Averill, Jennifer Glenn, Jeremy Auman, our outstanding student performers Eaton Saylor and Maddie Backus, and student musicians Emma Hoyle and Tim Clark, this play is highly recommended for children ages 4-9 and their families. Don't miss this great closing to the Family Theatre Series.

Performances are sponsored by Brad, Susan and Sophie Tate; Dillons Stores; Gaches, Braden, Barbee, and Associates; and Dr. Dennis Hoss and family.

Hansel and Gretel shows at 2pm on Saturdays and Sundays, April 22, 23, 29 and 30, in the Arts Center's theater. Tickets on sale now! $8.50 for adults, $6.50 for children/students/seniors.

First Saturday Players: May 6

Jennifer Glenn's performance group of 7th-12th graders will perform The Great Alphabet Robbery by Ric Averill on Saturday, May 6 in their final production of the year. The Great Alphabet Robbery shows at 2pm on Saturday, May 6, in the Arts Center's performance studio. $4 per person.

Drama Education Showcase: May 11

Come see the 3rd-4th graders perform Raggedy Ann and Andy and the 5th-6th graders perform Fractured Fairytales. Students have been working on their plays by Jennifer Glenn the entire semester. Fun for the whole family! Thursday, May 11, 6pm. $3 at the door.

Raggedy Ann and Andy and Fractured Fairytales show at 6pm on Thursday, May 11. $3 per person.

Act now! Summer Youth Theatre

Join us for"The Summer of the Anti-Hero: Learning from the Dark Side of the Law"! Auditions for role assignments are April 23-24. Students in 8th-12th grades will rehearse and perform The Threepenny Opera in June and The Caucasian Chalk Circle in July. Students in 4th-7th grades will rehearse and perform Tales from the Arabian Nights in June and Destry Rides Again in July. Kindergarteners through 3rd graders will explore Great Fairytale Villains. See you this summer! (See page 11 for details.)

Summer Art and Drama Camp

Check our class listings for info about our Summer Art and Drama Camp. Join us at the Arts Center,

July 31-August 4, and"put a fractured, wacky, fairytale end to the summer!"

Open House: August 12

Come join us on Saturday, August 12, for an Open House to kick off our 2006-07 season, with drama activities for all ages and a few performances- including excerpts from Summer Youth Theatre and other fun stuff!

2006-07 Family Theatre Series: Sneak preview!

• October 2006: Turns, a new play by Ric Averill about a young girl who reconnects with her father through dance, will allow students to audition for dance roles and acting roles. It will also involve community adult performers and professionals. The play is set at an arts center where a production of The Snow Queen is being developed. (Sound familiar?) Recommended for 2nd-3rd grade audiences and up.
• Late October 2006: Cats and Bats, Ric Averill's classic tale for the very young (ages 3-103), is back! Belfry the Bat and Ranger the Dog will come alive the weekend before Halloween with two (!) episodes to entertain our audiences.
• Late October 2006: Our annual after-school- before-downtown-trick-or-treating Halloween Concert and Costume Contest will feature prizes, songs, stories, sketches and more Halloween fun.
• December 2006: The Snow Queen, this year's"Nutcracker," is another original LAC production is under the artistic direction of choreographer Deb Bettinger and will feature Ric Averill's original script and music, orchestrated by conductor Jeff Dearinger. New sets and vivid bright costumes will bring this Hans Christian Andersen tale to life. Roles will be available for all ages and all levels of performers from both the dance and drama programs. Also featured will be professional actors from the Seem-To-Be Players and professional dancers from the 940 dance company- and all with live music! The two-act event is not to be missed!
• Spring 2007: The Seem-To-Be Players professional company will perform this year's touring productions of The Ant and the Grasshopper, a musical about science, nature, work and play for the younger set, and Great Greek Myths: Icarus and Theseus, Flight or Fight for the upper elementary and middle schoolers. Watch upcoming issues of The Arts in Action and www.lawrenceartscenter.org for dates and times.
• AND MORE! We'll do an experimental show in the performance classroom in the fall for 9th-12th graders, and be sure to look for our annual Cabaret Showcase in the winter. Our 7th-12th graders once again will perform as the First Saturday Players, doing shows for the very young the first Saturdays of October, December, March and May! And we'll be back with film classes, singing classes, drama classes and more for another great year of drama performance and education.

We say thanks!

Our most sincere thanks to the individuals and businesses who have chosen to sponsor shows in the Family Theatre Series. Thank you to these community-minded souls:

Alvamar Inc., in honor of Bob Billings, Anonymous, Elizabeth Averill, Lauralyn Bodle, Mike Boring, CEK Insurance, Candice Davis, Dillons Stores, The Eldridge Hotel, Hilda Enoch, Oliver & Rebeca Finney, Colette and Ron Gaches, Helen Gilles, Hallmark Cards, Bill & Nancy Hambleton, Carol & Don Hatton, Suzan Hill, Dwight and Peggy Hilpman, Anne & David Hollond, Dr. Dennis Hoss and family, Betty Laird, John & Linda Lungstrum, Mass Street Music, Linda & Larry Maxey, McDonald's of Lawrence, Charles and Laurie McLane-Higginson, Durand Reiber and Martin Moore, OneOk Foundation and Kansas Gas Service, Payless Shoe Source Foundation, Bill & Marlene Penny, Sarah & Mike Randolph, Jim Regan and Nadia Zhiri, Joyce Schmid, Seven Trees Foundation, Jan Sheldon & Jim Sherman, Larry & Suzanne Sherr, Greg & Bronda Silvers, Forest & Donna Swall, Brad, Susan, and Sophie Tate, Michael Treanor Architects, Chuck & Karen Warner, Weaver's, and Susan Freinkel & Eric Willis Wolfe.

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DANCE

New Works Concert

940 dance company has been busy around Lawrence and Kansas City, performing two youth concerts at the Arts Center and finishing up its Young Audience school performances in Kansas City. In March our focus was on tours to Satanta and Arkansas City, Kan.. teaching and performing at each site. The bulk of our attention now has turned to the New Works Concert, coming up May 5 and 6 at the Arts Center. The culminating event of the year for the dancers, this is when the dancers perform new works created by artistic director Susan Warden and by the dancers themselves. Look for Tuesday Faust's"House of Yesterday's Events" and Warden's"Coffee Clutch," a hilarious look at America's addiction to coffee, set to the spectacular opera quartet from"Rigoletto."

But reading about 940 dance company and the New Works Concert is like reading about a piece of cake you want to eat- it pales in comparison to the actual experience. Our advice: Come to the show! You will not be bored! You will not wish you had spent your money on something else! You will not break out in a rash from seeing modern/contemporary dance! Take a risk, swell the crowd!

New Works Concert shows at 7:30pm on Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, in the Arts Center's theater.

More Performances

The Dance Program is busy preparing for spring productions and planning an exciting summer with lots of new programs and classes. Upcoming performances include:

• The Secret Garden: Saturday, May 13 at 10:30am and 1:30pm-children's storydance presented by the Peanut, Pretzel, Popcorn and Pistachio Companies
• Dance Gala 2006: Friday, May 19 at 7pm; and Saturday, May 20 at 10:30am, 1pm and 3:30 pm-in these four one-hour performances showcasing the dance program classes, over 250 students, youth and adults, will share what they have learned this year
• Summer Dance Workshop Informal Performance: Saturday, June 3 at 7:30pm-working with Sean Duus, Stefani Schrimpf and Kimber Andrews, workshop students will learn and create short dances and learn about performing from these professionals
• Summer Dance Camp Performance, Peter and the Wolf: Friday, June 30 at 7pm- working with Deb Bettinger, Brandi Green and Kathleen O'Connor, students will create a charming dance around this classic music story
• African Culture in Story, Song and Dance: Friday, August 4, 7pm-a cultural adventure of discovery performed by students aged 4-12 and led by artist/educators Bhola Eberiga and Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka

Here Comes Summer

We're looking forward to the return of some of the Arts Center's popular dance teacher/ artists, Kimber Andrews and Ellie Goudie-Averill for part of the summer. Welcome home!

New this summer: The Dance Program is teaming up with the Children's Creative Arts Education Program to present full-morning and full-afternoon Imagination Station experiences- or add them together for a full day! Imagination Station stops include"Land of Narnia,""HogwARTS Academy,""Secret Agent's Laboratory!" and"Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompaland." What could be more fun? (See pages 5-7 and 13 for details.)

Summer dance camps and workshops

Summer Dance Workshop 2006:

Ballet, Repertory Pointe, Performance Classes, Jazz Styles-May 30-June 3

This workshop (for ages 8 through adult) features beginning, intermediate and advanced ballet classes taught by Kansas City Ballet artists Sean Duus and Stefani Schrimpf. Returning LAC dance artist Kimber Andrews will teach jazz and performance classes. Call the Arts Center at 785-843-2787 or stop by for detailed information.

Tuesday-Saturday, May 30-June 3, afternoons and evenings

Enroll Early!	By May 25	After May 25
Single class:	$ 12	$13
One class per day:	$ 41	$51
Unlimited classes:	$ 59	$77

Performance Dance Camp will run Mondays-Fridays, June 19-30, with a delightful performance of Peter and the Wolf on Friday, July 7 at 7pm.

A special new class will prepare for a performance on Friday, August 4, 7pm- African Culture in Story, Song, and Dance- taught by two wonderful performer/educators, Bhola Eberiga and Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka.

Mexican Folkloric Fiesta performance classes are open to Winter/Spring 2006 class participants only. They will prepare to present dances at St. John's Fiesta, June 23-24.

And don't miss Family and Friends Dance Fun Night! every Friday at 6:15pm, June 9-July 28. Each week will feature different dance forms, different teachers, and lots of fun together- sign up for one night, all eight nights, or anything in between.

The Carmine Ballere Dance Scholarship Audition: Monday, May 22, 5:30-7pm

Designed to recognize excellence and commitment and to encourage the serious study of ballet, this scholarship covers full tuition for four ballet classes per week and for the Lawrence Youth Ballet Company. Those auditioning should be entering Ballet IV or higher level classes. Additional classes are encouraged. Scholarship is for Fall 2006 through Spring 2007. For more information about the audition or the scholarship, please call 785-843-2787.

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If it rides, bring it on! Art Tougeau Parade: May 6

What in the world is Art Tougeau? No, it's not a new video game!

It's"Kansas' hometown wheeled-art parade!" That's kind of a mouthful, so we just say"Art-to-Go." But pronounce it however you wish; that's the whole point! It's a parade, a celebration and a salutation to creative minds and the beauty of the human spirit! It's also a darned fun way to spend a Saturday morning (regardless of the weather). Come join us and revel in the fun!

How: Just make your wheeled art: car, bike, skate board, roller skates, whatever- you're the artist. As long as it rides, you can enter (but we do ask that you tip your hat to safety)! Fill out the entry form and send it in to us at the Arts Center with your $15 entry fee (kids enter for free). If you forget, don't sweat it (especially if you forget because you've been working so hard on your entry)- just sign up at the check-in table the day of the parade before we begin. We prefer it if you enter in advance so we know how much of the street we'll need, but it's all good. All entry fees go directly back into the parade.

Where: Line up in the center lane in front of the Lawrence Art Center, 940 New Hampshire Street (between 9th & 10th Streets, parallel to Massachusetts Street) at 10:30am on Saturday, May 6 for registration, check-in and judging. The parade will begin around noon, and the route will begin at the Arts Center, roll south to 10th Street, west to Massachusetts Street, north to New Hampshire Street, then back south to the Art Center. Awards, presentations and other events will commence at the Arts Center immediately after the parade.

For more info: Call 785-843-2787, email lacedu@sunflower.com, and/or visit www.arttougeau.org for more details.

Awards: What awards?! Don't stress, Art Tougeau is just for the fun of it, to spur the creative juices. Trophies will be awarded immediately after the parade. But really, don't take it too seriously. We don't. It's about celebration, not competition.

To enter: Fill in the entry form, write a check for $15 payable to Art Tougeau, and send them to: Art Tougeau Parade, 940 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence, Kan. 66044. Download a form from www.arttougeau.org.

Coming from out of town? Art Tougeau can help with gas and such for folks traveling 300 miles or more. Our budget has its limits, but we try as best we can. Early entries have priority and we'll offer help until the money is used up. If you need information about places to stay: email us at lacedu@sunflower.com.

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Through July 30: American and European photography subject of Spencer exhibition

The North Balcony Gallery at the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus is host to Photography Between the Wars: A Survey of American and European Photography, 1920-1940, through July 30.

The Spencer currently holds in its permanent collection 520 photographs dated between 1920 and 1940. This exhibition, organized by Brett Knappe of the museum's department of photography, traces this vital two-decade span, which witnessed the birth of the photo-magazine, the popularization of documentary photography and the utilization of the camera for scientific investigation.

In the history of photography, the interwar period presents the contemporary viewer with a provocative era in which photographers explored a multitude of approaches to the medium. Simultaneously, aesthetically minded photographers were creating artistic photographs that re-envisioned many of the traditional genres of art, including landscapes, still-lifes, portraits and nudes, while other photographers, steeped in political or social doctrines, revealed new ways of seeing the world with the camera. This multiplicity of diverse directions greatly expanded thephotographic medium and ushered in an era in which photography became a ubiquitous part of modern life.

Among the photographers whose work is represented in this exhibition are: James Edward Abbe, Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Margaret Bourke-White,

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Barbara Morgan, Alexander Rodchenko, August Sander, Aaron Siskind, Edward Steichen, Weegee and Edward Weston.

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Musicians score in 18th annual Honor Recital

Bravo! to the winners of the 18th Annual Honor Recital: Xander Casad, alto sax;

Alan Shi, piano; Adrienne Willems, piano; Masa Ohtake, trombone; Stephanie Jian, piano; Kyle Chauvin, piano; John William Bond, piano; Dravid Joseph, piano; Raquel Gonzalez, flute; JoAnn Doll, piano; Briana Lee, clarinet; and Allegra Fisher, piano.

The Honor Recital competition is a musical competition for junior and senior high school students designed to recognize the young musical talent in Lawrence. The Honor Recital provides an opportunity for young musicians to give a professional performance and begin building their audience.

We are proud to thank The Stephen Paul Wunsch Foundation for Young Musicians for their generous support of this special event. We also wish to thank Kansas Public Radio, the Community Mercantile, Hume Music, The Lied Center of Kansas, University Theatre, The Lawrence Community Theatre and Rachel Hunter for their kind and generous support of Lawrence's talented young musicians again this year.

The winners were selected by three judges from among more than 50 musicians who auditioned on March 4. The winners each gave an outstanding performance for the public on March 12 at the Lawrence Arts Center. The concert was hosted by Rachel Hunter, radio host and classical music director for Kansas Public Radio. Again this year, Rachel Hunter and Kansas Public Radio invited the top five winners- Xander Casad, Alan Shi, Stephanie Jian, Raquel Gonzalez and Kyle Chauvin- to perform live on the air on Tuesday, March 7. Kansas Public Radio generously provided each student with a recording of his or her radio performance. We wish to give a very special thanks to Rachel Hunter, Kansas Public Radio and KPR staff for providing these young musicians with such an outstanding opportunity.

We thank the judges, Drs. Robert Edwards, Peter Chun and Laura Leisring, for their time and dedication to the students who auditioned this year. We extend a very special thanks and to all the young musicians who auditioned this year. BRAVO!

If you would like more information about the Honor Recital, or would like to be added to the mailing list for next year's auditions, please call the Arts Center at 785-843-2787.

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As You Like It: Shakespeare in South Park

Gender roles, love, and politics are explored in As You Like It, Shakespeare's pastoral comedy set in the magical Forest of Arden, produced by EMU Theatre.

The Bard's classic tale of gender swapping and romance will be presented by EMU Theatre this spring- and, for the first time in EMU history, the show will be held outdoors. Lawrence's South Park, 11th and Massachusetts, will play host on May 4, 5 and 6 at 6pm, with noon matinees on May 5 and 6. The show will move to the Just Off Broadway theatre grounds, 3051 Central in Kansas City, Mo., May 12 and 13 at 6 pm, with a noon matinee on May 13. Tickets are available at the"door" only, $6 per person.

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's earliest and most beloved comedies. It also features more songs than any other Shakespearian play. The music in this production, composed by KU student Jordy Altman, incorporates blue grass and folk genres.

The production stars Christina Schafer and R. Troy Hirsch. It also features Jordy Altman, Blake Bolan, Steve Ducey, Jonathan Matteson, Katherine McRobbie, Laura Rose, Todd Schwartz, Val Smith, Lara Thomas and Jason Bradbury.

Bring your picnic baskets and enjoy the weather- as well as the show!EMU is a not-for-profit independent theatre company based in Lawrence, committed to presenting innovative and exciting new work in the community. For more information, contact the director at laurakcrwsk8@yahoo.com or visit www.emutheatre.org.

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Lawrence Art Guild update

The Lawrence Art Guild is an independent, non-profit organization created to promote art awareness in Lawrence and the surrounding areas. This guild supports the creative growth of our members and area artists. Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, 6:30 to 9pm, in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium at 707 Vermont Street. The public is invited to attend and to become members. Artist Forums on various topics begin at 7pm, following the 6:30pm business meeting:

• April 17-Marybeth Bethel: Encouraging the Creative Process. Marybeth's presentation will focus on the ebb and flow of the creative process. From her research on creativity and human potential, Marybeth has devised strategies to work through creative blocks and encourage creative flow. She will also be sharing insights gleaned from interviewing 30 artists about their creative lives. Marybeth is a personal coach, psychotherapist and teacher with a private practice in Lawrence. Her creative pursuits have included writing, performing and recording music, publishing numerous essays and poems, and creating glass mosaics.
• May 15-Carla Tilghman. Carla learned to spin and weave when she was 12 years old and has been playing with fibers ever since. After working in the medical field for 15 years, Carla decided to turn her hobby into her profession. She received a master's degree in art history from the University of Kansas in 1999, and an MFA in textiles from Kent State University in 2004. In 2002 she took a crash course in parenting and earned a son. Chasing a toddler, teaching art history and weaving like crazy keeps me busy and has taught me how not to sleep."
• June 19-Frank Shopen. Frank, a long-time Art Guild member, recently has sold his bronze sculpture in the gift shop of the Smithsonian Museum. He will share his process with us.

Be sure to join us at South Park at 11th and Massachusetts on Sunday, May 7, for the Lawrence Art Guild's 45th Annual Art in the Park. More than100 artists exhibit at this fine art fair. The day is filled with activities for all ages and a variety of musicians. For more information about the Guild and its upcoming events, or for a membership form, visit www.lawrenceartguild.org or call 785-887-6010.

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Take a walk on the mild side

Spring Downtown Friday Gallery Walk: April 28

As if a mild spring evening isn't reason enough to stroll through downtown Lawrence, here's another incentive. The Downtown Friday Gallery Walk is a celebration of the arts in Lawrence. Participating galleries, the Lawrence Arts Center and the Lawrence Public Library feature special exhibitions, demonstrations and other festivities on selected Fridays, 7-9pm.

Next up is Friday, April 28, so take advantage of this opportunity to see original art in Lawrence. In many cases you will be able to meet the artists themselves. Maps are available at each participating location. Find more information at www.visitlawrence.com or call Sheila Wilkins at 785-842-7187.

Participating galleries include:

2006 DOWNTOWN FRIDAY GALLERY WALKS - April 28, July 28, Oct. 27

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JTPS Update

Escape from the summer heat (and hectic schedules!) by taking refuge in the relaxing, cool, welcoming John Talleur Print Studio this summer session.

Not only are we the only community print studio in Kansas, but our studio is located in probably one of the coolest spots you could imagine- the basement of the Lawrence Arts Center. And we are probably about as tornado-proof as a studio can get (if there is any such thing).

Summer is a great time to work in the JTPS studio- the room is cool, but the presses are hot with many exciting happenings. This summer we welcome local, but nationally recognized, mural artist Dave Loewenstein to the studio to give a workshop on his stencil technique. It promises to be fascinating afternoon for both the novice and expert printmaker.

JTPS Residency Update! LAC is seeking applicants to offer its first Printmaking Artists' Residency, hosted in the JTPS studio facilities. This program is designed to provide young printmakers with press and studio access as they make the transition from or between academic settings. Interested artists can download an application and return it to the Arts Center.

Thanks to a fairly colossal paper donation, JTPS members and students now have access to more cool paper than you can ever imagine. Sign up for our classes now, and revel in the glory.

Stay cool!

JTPS Guest Artist Dave Loewenstein presents stencil workshop

Nationally recognized artist Dave Loewenstein (known also for his murals) will lead participants through the step-by-step, do-it-yourself process to create basic one-color and complex multicolor stencil prints. Using only an X-Acto knife, posterboard and spraypaint, Dave will reveal the secrets to making sophisticated prints that rival what can be done with lithography, intaglio or relief approaches. His stencil prints are in the collections of the New York Public Library and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. They also can be seen in Z Magazine and at www.graphicwitness.org/contemp/stencil1.

The workshop costs $25. See page 10 for information about registering, and use the form on page 15. Sign up early, because space will be limited!

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Now here's the mystery...University Theatre to stage Kansas Mystery Theatre at KU in July

Turn on the scary lights! Cue the spooky music! This summer, the University Theatre at the University of Kansas will present Kansas Mystery Theatre, a line-up of two British murder mysteries performed in rotating repertory in July.

And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians) will be staged July 7, 8, 9, 18, 20 and 22, while Something's Afoot, a murder/mystery musical with book, music and lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach, and additional music by Ed Linderman, will be performed July 14, 15, 16, 19, 21 and 23. Performances in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre are at 7:30pm, except for 5pm matinees on Sundays, July 9, 16 and 23.

A company of 10 actors has been cast to perform in both the summer musical, directed and choreographed by John Staniunas, associate professor of theatre and film, and the straight play, directed by John Gronbeck-Tedesco, professor of theatre and film.

To clear up any mystery, the popular British mystery novelist Christie had been disappointed in previous stage adaptations of her novels so she decided to write her own adaptation of her book Ten Little Indians. She believed the staging of the play required the survival of two characters in order to carry the plot, so the resolution of the play is very different from that of the book, although the identity of the killer remains the same. The stage version, which dates from 1943, is set in a lavish house, high on a mountaintop. A group of people, who are strangers to each other, have been invited for the weekend. When they are all gathered, they hear from their host that each one of them has, in some way, caused the death of an innocent person and that justice has not been served in their cases. There are eight guests and two servants, but one by one, they are knocked off according to the children's poem,"Ten Little Indians." As the number of survivors decreases, they begin to believe the killer is one of the group, but are unable to decide which one he or she may be.

Something's Afoot, on the other hand, is a musical spoof of the whodunnit genre and takes a strong satirical poke at Christie's murder mysteries- especially Ten Little Indians! The comedy is set in the 1930s at Rancour's Retreat, the country estate of Lord Dudley Rancour, located on an island in the middle of a lake somewhere in the English Lake District. Ten people are stranded during a raging thunderstorm. One by one cleverly fiendish devices pick them off. The bodies begin to pile up in the library as the survivors frantically race to discover the identity and motivation of the cunning culprit. Scenic designer for the summer production is Delbert Unruh, professor of theatre and film,

While Mark Reaney, professor of theatre and film, is designing the lighting. Costume designer for both shows is Kelly Vogel, third-year scenography graduate student.

Reserved seat tickets for Kansas Mystery Theatre will be on sale in June at the KU box offices: University Theatre, 864-3982, and the Lied Center, 864-ARTS, and on-line at www.kutheatre.com. Both VISA and Mastercard are accepted for phone and on-line orders. Ticket prices for the summer are:

• Ten Little Indians: public, $12; senior citizens and KU faculty/staff, $11; and all students, $10.
• Something's Afoot: public, $15; senior citizens and KU faculty/staff, $14; and all students, $10.

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Lawrence Civic Choir in concert
April 29

The Lawrence Civic Choir will perform Johannes Brahms's Requiem on Saturday, April 29, 8pm at Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive in Lawrence. A reprise performance will take place on Monday, May 1 at Grace Cathedral, 701 SW 8th in Topeka.

Requiem is Brahms's magnum opus. He labored over it for 11 years (from 1857 to 1868), and it is his longest major work. While he never finished an opera, this is his most theatrical piece. The musical form is a tightly wrought edifice, a seven-movement arch with the music of brightest comfort at its center. It is also a candid glimpse into its composer's heart, a place Brahms was usually reluctant to let his listeners explore. It is one of those special choral works that singers return to with as much delight as audiences, a unique masterpiece of technique and affect expressing the universal longings of mankind.

The 85-voice civic choir, now in its 31st year, is under the direction of Steve Eubank. The orchestral score for Brahms's Requiem will be performed by Geoff Wilcken, accompanist for the choir, and Nathanial Wey, a doctoral candidate at the University of Kansas.

This summer the Lawrence Civic Choir will tour parts of Kansas, performing highlights from the past several concerts, including original works by Geoff Wilcken, the choir's accompanist.

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Lawrence Community Theatre

GEORGE M!

Lawrence Community Theatre's summer presentation will be the patriotic musical GEORGE M! George M. Cohan,"the man who owned Broadway" at the beginning of the 20th century, comes to life in a show featuring many of his signature songs-"You're a Grand Old Flag,""Over There" and"Mary is a Grand Old Name." Cohan wrote more than 600 songs in his lifetime and this high energy song-and-dance show includes big production numbers featuring"Give My Regards to Broadway,""Yankee Doodle Dandy,""You're a Grand Old Flag" and many more.

The show features George, his parents, his sister, his wives Ethel and Agnes, George's partner Sam Harris, and Fay Templeton, a famous actress of the era. It spans the years 1878 to 1937- from George's birth on July 3 to his departure from the theatre in 1937, and traces his uniquely brash, sometimes abrasive and always optimistic rise to fame in the new 20th century.

The show is under the direction of Mary Doveton with musical direction by Judy Heller and choreography by Barbara Wasson. It will open June 9 and run through June 25. For tickets, call 785-843-SHOW (7469).

School's Out, Theatre's In!

Lawrence Community Theatre offers summer theatre programs for children and teens in late July. Kids in 1st-5th grades will enjoy Be Bop with Aesop, July 24-28. Aesop's unforgettable fables stimulate kid's imaginations. Frogs, Ants, Grasshoppers and other creatures will come to life on the LCT stage through these fun-filled songs, creative costumes, props and dance. Kids in 6th-8th grades will develop and present The Princess and the Pea, July 31-August 4.

The Princess and the Pea is a traditional tale told anew. With music, dance and comedy, teens will create a hysterical village to tell the classic fairy tale of a kingdom anxious for their Royal Prince to wed. Participants will make props, sets, learn lines, songs and dance, and have fun presenting it at week's end.

Workshops run from 9am to 3pm. Participants are asked to bring a sack lunch. Class size is limited. Please call the Lawrence Community Theatre office at 785-843-SHOW to enroll. Scholarships are also available.

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Thank you, Imagination Society members!

The Lawrence Arts Center is pleased to thank Imagination Society members for their commitment to the arts in Lawrence by contributing $1,000 or more to the Arts Center this year. The Imagination Society's aim is to support the Arts Center's prominence as a center of excellence for arts education, exploration and appreciation in our community. Imagination Society members believe that the arts are essential to a dynamic, vibrant community. The expectations of members include:

• an annual gift of $1,000 or more to support innovation and excellence;
• advocacy for the arts in the community;
• commitment to making the arts accessible to everyone;
• fostering appreciation of the arts and encouragement of artists; and
• participating in Arts Center events as possible to strengthen the social fabric of our community.

If you are interested in joining the Imagination Society, or want to learn more about it, please contact Noelle Uhler, director of development, at 843-ARTS, or lacdev@sunflower.com. Join us in our commitment to excellence in the arts at the Lawrence Arts Center!

Imagination Society Individual Members:

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Young musicians to watch

An Interview with Charlie Albright, first prize winner, 2006 International Institute for Young Musicians International Piano Competition; and Amir Khosrowpour, first prize winner, 2001 Steinway-Music Teachers National Association National Piano Competition

It's not often that audiences get to hear two prize-winning young pianists in concert on the same evening. But that's exactly what will happen at the International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) recital at the Lawrence Arts Center, Sunday, April 30, at 7:30pm.

“One of the most rewarding parts of being IIYM president is the chance to watch young musicians grow and develop," says Dr. Scott McBride Smith, IIYM president and CEO. "We thought it would be great to give our loyal Lawrence audience the opportunity to see how two of our former stars have progressed- in one night!"

Charlie Albright, 17, and Amir Khosrowpour, 25, both have achieved major success in international competitions. One judge described them both as"at the beginning of what could be major careers." We spoke to them as they prepared for their performances in Lawrence.

What have you been doing since your last visit to Lawrence?

C.A. Some everyday things. I spent time with my family and my Korean grandma, who was visiting, and began my first year of Running Start, which is a program for high school juniors and seniors where you can go to the local community college, Centralia College, for free; I started that full-time, and am still in it. As for piano competitions, in November I participated in the Washington State Music Teachers Association Senior Piano Competition, and got first. In January, I flew down to Tempe, Ariz., where I competed in the first Schimmel Senior International Piano Competition, placing second. I received an honorable mention in Portland, Ore. in the Northwest Division MTNA Senior Piano Competition the next day. I played the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra on March 19, and will be playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue on April 22.

Wow! Really busy. What about you, Amir?

A.K. Musicians are always busy! Since I graduated from KU in 2004, I've been back to Lawrence several times. I played a"pre-concert" of my master's degree recital at the Manhattan School at the home of Dave and Gunda Hiebert in Lawrence. They're always so wonderful about hosting musical events in their home- it's meant a lot to many students, especially me. I was invited to write and perform a piece at Steinway Hall in New York. That was fun. A novel came out called Sleeping with Schubert by Bonnie Marson. Random House put on the publicity event, and three students (one from Juilliard, one from Mannes, and me) were to write a piano version of what we thought the finale written about in the novel might sound like.

When did you start learning piano?

C.A.I've been playing for as long as I can remember. I was told by my parents that at the age of 3, I climbed up onto our old upright, and started playing"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Immediately after that, my mom, who plays the piano a little bit, taught me, until I started with my first teacher. I went through several teachers, until I found Mrs. Nancy Adsit, who I've been with for the past 10 years. She's wonderful!

A.K. My brother first taught me the"Axel Foley Theme" (you know, from Beverly Hills Cop) when I was a little guy. It was awesome. When I was almost 7, I started taking real piano lessons with a neighborhood piano teacher. I guess she thought I was pretty good, so she recommended I find somebody who's more of a professional teacher, and that's when I found Dr. Smith. He was great! I hated taking piano, actually, for about the first four or five years. Then I started doing small competitions and playing in my school talent shows and getting some recognition, and then it wasn't so bad!

What do you like to do when you're not practicing?

C.A.I'm either at school or doing homework, or using my computer, or spending time with friends, etc. We enjoyed hearing you perform themes from television.

Do you do that often?

A.K. I love watching movies. I'm a resident assistant in the dorms, and this weekend I'm putting on a Terminator-athon. Pretty geeky, I know, but I do love films. Other than that, well, I compose, and I play ultimate Frisbee, and I tell myself that I'm going to start working on my Web site. I tell myself a lot of things.

How did you choose the works on your April 30 program? What do you like about them?

C.A.My program resulted from a collaboration of Mrs. Adsit and myself. I like all of the pieces I'm playing. Included in the program is the Beethoven Sonata, Op. 101, which I think is just a wonderful piece.

A.K. You kinda want to choose a central piece to focus on. Like a main course. And then put things around it that complement it by either contrasting it, or setting it up, or coming down from it, or whatever. The Franck is a beautiful piece, and I've been working on it a lot lately, so I thought it would be great to do that. It's an amazing piece, actually. I look forward to performing it! And then I thought it might be fun to put some 20th century stuff on there. But cool stuff- I'm not a big fan of the stuff that sounds like a couple cats walking across the keyboard. So I thought it would be fun to open with a couple etudes, to start the program like being shot out of a canon. The Prokofiev is just this great thing that builds with intensity that could start a riot. And the Ligeti rolls right off of the Prokofiev. It has this constant rhythmic pulse and jazzy-like chords and off-beats that audiences love. I love pieces that focus on sound and bring out the resonance that a piano can create.

-Dr. Scott McBride Smith

Double your pleasure!
The IIYM Two Winners Concert
Sunday, April 30, 7:30pm
Lawrence Arts Center
Reception following
Tickets $12 adults/$8 seniors and students

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KU design course explores objects made the"old fashioned" way

In a recent design studio course entitled Furniture Built with Hand Tools, industrial design students in KU's School of Fine Arts learned how fine wood furnishings were created and built the"old fashioned" way. The course not only covered the conceptual issues and thinking that are part of contemporary design dialogue, but also reinforced the importance of traditional tools and wood working techniques.

Despite the significant strides in materials and manufacturing the furniture industry has made, wood as a material and the techniques of working with this medium are still integral to the industry. What our great grand parents knew about this material and process fundamentally has not changed for thousands of years.

By working with the tools of yesteryear, KU design students gained direct hands-on experience in this body of knowledge. As designers, the students are no longer separated from realizing their ideas by a computer screen or other secondary technology.

The course, taught by Thomas Huang, a nationally recognized studio furniture artist and KU assistant professor of industrial design, was generously supported by a lumber donation from local hardwood and lumber supplier, Shutte Lumber, Kansas City, Mo.

For more information, contact the KU Department of Design at 785-864-4401.

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