2013 • 2014ANNUAL REPORT

LETTER FROM THE 2013-14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMANOnce again, the Lawrence Arts Center reached new levels of achievement and success during the past year. We are on strong financial footing and have stability for our future. We continue to be in a position to offer financial aid to students so that classes are affordable to all. This is made possible through the hard work and generosity of many.

We are thankful to the city and our corporate sponsors who recognize that a vibrant arts community is important to our local economy. Businesses consider this factor when relocating or growing jobs in our community. Art is good business. All of our donors, regardless of size, also contribute to the public/private partnership which is the Lawrence Arts Center.

We are grateful to our CEO, Susan Tate, and her staff and faculty for their dedication to excellence. Students of all ages and back-grounds benefit from their time at the arts center because of you! With the ArtPlace grant award this past year, you are deservedly on a level of national recognition and prominence. The arts center is so much more than a building – it’s a community of teaching artists that are irreplaceable!

Finally, I would like to personally thank each board member for their generosity of time and their support over the past year. We meet as a board monthly, and throughout the month in committees. You are leaders, event coordinators, fundraisers, and ambas-sadors for the Lawrence Arts Center wherever you go in the community.

Thank you! Dan Schriner Chairman, Board of Directors

LETTER FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERDear Friends,

Thank you for your engagement with the Lawrence Arts Center. This annual report conveys so much about what our work has been in our FY 2013-14. As always, this means the best in visual and performing arts education, contem-porary exhibitions, and performance. This version of our annual report is a visual and graphic complement to our audited 2013-14 which is also available to the public.

In visual and performing arts education, we continued to see increases in enrollment from preschool -aged students through adults. Summer enrollments alone saw a 15% increase. We are bursting at the seams! Our STEAM curriculum caught national attention as Margaret Weisbrod Morris and Laurie McLane-Higginson traveled to San Diego as presenters for a national conference for arts educators. Our education team continues to receive requests for con-sulting in this area as well as in arts-based preschool. We decided to add an early start and late departure opportunity for pre-school families who need this support, and we will see how this offering is received by families this year. Hanan Misko, Director of our Dance School presided over reorganization and new dance offerings that have resulted in the need for off-site dance studios to accommodate the expansion.

Our Exhibitions schedule, directed by Ben Ahlvers, included “Creative Observer,” an exhibition of work by William S. Burroughs and other artists who visited him in Lawrence during his long tenure here. A host of other exhibitions, art talks, and related films by and about artists from around the world rounded out the year. One exhibitions highlight was the outdoor digital art projection exhibition curated by Luke DuBois and Ben as part of our Free State Festival 2014.

Performing Arts, led by Ric Averill, offered shows to capacity crowds many times over this year. From Sweeney Todd in October to Spamalot at the end of July, audiences of all ages filled the theaters. The gift of a new Steinway Concert Grand Piano elevated the stature of this program and supported our desire to produce classical and jazz performance programs for children and adults. Watch for Classical940 and Jazz940 performances as part of our 940 Live Series.

Outside the Arts Center, but inside the Lawrence Cultural District, we continued our work with the City of Lawrence on develop-ing the District as a concept, hiring a City Director of Arts and Culture, producing the Free State Festival supported by an NEA “Our Town” grant, and beginning the process of planning for the 9th Street Corridor, a project supported by our 2014 ArtPlace grant and the City. City Manager Dave Corliss and Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, along with commissioners, have been vital supporters of these initiatives.

Please watch closely for what 2014-2015 will bring. There is something for everyone here.

Susan

2013 • 2014BOARD OF DIRECTORSDan Schriner, ChairmanTom Carmody, Vice ChairmanLarry Chance, TreasurerJean AndersonTim CaboniMatt GilhousenJoan GoldenDiane HorningEmily Bowersock HillBrian Horsch Sheryl JacobsTony KrsnichMichel LoomisMolly MurphyJim OttenDru SampsonEvan Williams

NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Rocco LandesmanMike MichaelisDeanell Reece TachaJudith SabatiniRoger Shimomura

GALLERYMonday — Saturday | 9 am to 9 pm Sunday | 1pm to 5pm

The Lawrence Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization. Our members and donors are critical to the success of the Lawrence Arts Center, and we thank you for your financial support.

Photos taken by Ann Dean, Marlo Angell and Amy Albright

On the cover: Curl Studyby Hong Chun Zhang, 2013; Cloud Bottle by Sam Chung

(left) 2014 Free State Festival interactive digital installation Gutless Warrior, by Ali Momeni

2013 • 2014EXHIBITIONS

works by over 150 artists

14 solo shows

6 group shows

15 INSIGHT Art Talks

6 films

3 student shows

the annual Benefit Art Auction raised $188,431

for the exhibitions program

spray painted toy gun by William S. Burroughs

(right) detail of Burroughs, screenprint by

Kate Simon and Shepard Fairey

(opposite page) Premonition Point, Ozark, Calif.,

by Judith G. Levy

JACK COLLINS. NEW WORK JUNE 28 – AUGUST 17

The paintings in this exhibit represent a further explora-tion of an idea Collins began pursuing ten years ago—the idea that painted areas and objects on the canvas are in process of both forming or dis-solving, entering or exiting the two dimensional plane of the painting. For most of his artistic career Collins has explored positive and negative space and how they mesh together and interact in a surreal or dreamlike space through the use of colors and shapes that often simultaneously appear to be advancing or receding.

CLINTON RICKETTS. NICE PAINTINGS AUGUST 9 – SEPTEMBER 21

Clint accidentally took a year off from making art after the birth of his first son. He emerged from this sleepless hibernation feeling in many ways like (in his words) a new man. When Ricketts was ready to return to the studio, he felt a strong pull to do something different. He makes a mark with his paint-brush and then responds with another mark. Clint Ricketts re-ceived his MFA from the Univer-sity of Kansas in 2010 and has taught design and printmaking courses at Emporia State, Wash-burn University and Missouri Western State University.

TERESA DUNN, BEN DUKE, & ROBERT MCCANN. UNNATURAL SELECTIONAUGUST 23 – OCTOBER 12

Whether developed from drawing, collage, photos, or observation, their work shares a ‘more-is-more’ aesthetic, hard-won images and a revela-tion of the craft of painting through vigorous multi-figure storytelling. Teresa Dunn, Ben Duke and Robert McCann are all Assistant Professors of Art at Michigan State University who actively exhibit their art around the country & interna-tionally.

MARTY OLSON. ERGO SUM: PRESENT TENSE SEPTEMBER 27 - NOVEMBER 16

Fall 2011 presented a change in vision and process for Olson. Previously, his work was focused on developing a painting style involving acrylic paint and water-soluble media applied to canvas and wood panel surfaces. He has returned to paper with watercolor, ink, collage and colored pencils. Adding a thread of “roots and wings” as an homage to his parents, his work explores mandalas, New Age, Pantheism/Paganism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah), as well as abstracted perceptions of beliefs.

JOHN GARY BROWN. TIME & PLACE OCTOBER 18 – NOVEMBER 16

John Gary Brown grew up in Kansas, with a spiritual at-tachment to the stark, infinite horizon of the prairie. While essentially non-objective, Brown’s paintings are orga-nized around a horizon line, a light source, or an element that places the image in a par-ticular place. From the North-west to Europe and the Middle East, Brown’s connection to the environment permeates his paintings. Though his work has great range, clearly the landscape - the most elemen-tal of artistic subjects - is his first love.

SHIN-HEE CHIN. MOTHER TONGUE AND MOTHERHOODNOVEMBER 22 – JANUARY 11

Often utilizing needle, thread, and fabric, Shin’s work calls into question the deep-seated bias that women’s work is trivial, menial, marginal and undesirable. Chin is an As-sociate Professor of Visual Art at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. She has exhibited her work both nationally and inter-nationally.

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS. CREATIVE OBSERVER JANUARY 17 THUR MARCH 2

2014 marks the centenary of long time Lawrence resident William S. Burroughs. In 1981, Burroughs moved his home to Lawrence, Kansas, where he began to feverishly create art. He went on to develop a wide range of painting techniques. From 1982 until his late years, he prolifically created visual art. Burroughs’ work has since been featured in over fifty international galleries and museums including Royal Academy of the Arts, Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum, and Whitney Museum of Ameri-can Art. The Lawrence Arts Center presents an exhibition of William Burroughs’ art and collections titled Creative Observer including works from through-out Burroughs’ life. Included in this exhibit is collaborative works with many iconic art-ists panning Burroughs’ life: such as Brion Gysin, Robert Rauschenberg, Kurt Cobain, Keith Haring, and George Condo, among others.

Gallery talks, films, and performances accompanied the exhibit. Creative Observer is a co-project of the Lawrence Arts Center and the William S. Burroughs Estate and is cu-rated by Ben Ahlvers and Yuri Zupancic.

M(I)(A)CRO: A CONTEMPORARY DRAWING EXHIBITIONMAY 16 – JULY 5

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: DAVID MAZURE, GREG FUQUA, BASIL EL HALWAGY, DOUG RUSSELL, SARA SCHNECKLOTH

This exhibition features five artists working to capture the unknown through abstracted natural forms in the me-dium of drawing. The group’s work questions the roots of perception and the observ-able universe, attempting to unravel reality through the act of drawing.

NOT COMPATIBLE: NEW WORKS BY JOHN PAUL MCCAUGHEY, PRINTMAKING ARTIST IN RESIDENCEMAY 23-JUNE 22

Influenced by James BridIe’s definition of the “New Aesthet-ic,” McCaughey’s work explores the intersection where the digital world merges with the actual environment. Finding beauty in the discarded, juxta-posing old with the new, and blurring lines between organic and manmade.

WAGGLE DANCE. EXHIBITION BY KYLA STRID CERAMICS ARTIST IN RESIDENCEJUNE 27 – JULY 25

Borrowed from the bees and inspired by daily experiences in a life of travel, Strid’s work features the places, people, plants, books, conversations, foods, or insects encountered in her changing environments. Translating quiet moments and backyard treasures into the forms and surfaces of pots, her work parallels the waggle dance of bees, translating and communicating sources found along a wandering path of life.

JAN GAUMNITZ. HORSE SENSE JULY 5 THRU AUGUST 16

BETSY TIMMER. HITTING HOMEEXHIBITION JULY 11 TO AUGUST 23

TALL GRASS. DEEP WATER.AN EXHIBITION BY CHRIS WOLF EDMONDS AND PAM SULLIVANJULY 11 – AUGUST 23

Edmonds and Sullivan share a love of nature and creative visual poetry through color, texture, fabric, stitching, paint, and print. This exhibition fea-tures the newest fiber works from both artists and a variety of techniques and mediums.

LACES: WORK BY LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER EDUCATIONAL STAFFJULY 25–AUGUST 27 CIDER GALLERY

Featuring the artwork of over 45 staff and faculty of the Lawrence Arts Center. A mul-tiplicity of work that includes ceramics, drawing and paint-ing, handmade books, jewelry, photos, prints, sculpture, and film & digital media. The impressive collection embod-ies the diversity of experience, perspective and aesthetics present in the faculty and staff at the Lawrence Arts Center.

detail from painting by Jack Collins

STUDENT EXHIBITS

WORLD INSPIRED: COMMUNITY CREATEDOCTOBER 25 THRU NOVEMBER 17RECEPTION OCTOBER 26 | 5 TO 9 PM

Cottonwood, Inc., Retirement Enrichment Services shares a strong and rewarding partnership with the Lawrence Arts Center. The opportunity for creative expression within the community from professional artists in this state of the art facility is incredibly rewarding and important to those served by Cottonwood. A life-enriching retirement experience is what we strive to offer our retirees, and the Lawrence Arts Center is instrumental in helping us deliver on our commitment. We especially appreciate that the instructor strives to understand each of the students to better facilitate the learning experi-ence. The instructor shares the technique, but is spacious and encourages fun and artistic freedom. Each fall, the retirees choose their favorite pieces of art which are featured and made available for purchase during our annual art show.

ARTS-BASED PRESCHOOL EXHIBITIONWORKS OF ART BY OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTSAPRIL 14 —20

The annual Preschool Exhibition is a don’t miss exhibit featur-ing works from current preschool children at the Lawrence Arts Center. Illuminating the roots of imagination through fear-less creativity, this exhibit offers a rare and inspiring glimpse of the origin of ingenuity and inspiration. The Lawrence Arts Center Arts-Based Preschool curriculum allows students the opportunity to work with professional artists. Through rich and varied experiences with the arts in combination with a sound preschool education, creative confidence and innovative skills are clear in the work of these very young students.

USD 497 LAWRENCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXHIBITIONWORKS SELECTED BY USD 497 ART TEACHERSAPRIL 23 — MAY 3

The annual USD 497 Public School show features works selected by public school art teachers of K-12 students from across Lawrence. Showcasing a cross section of the diverse, excellent visual arts programing in Lawrence public schools, this exhibit spotlights the value of arts learning and the importance of fine arts programs in public education. Viewed consecutively after the Lawrence Arts Center Arts-based Pre-school Exhibition, the exhibit is an enlightening window into the trajectory of artistic development and creative growth happening everyday in Lawrence.

6TH THRU 12TH GRADE ARTS INSTITUTES

STUDENT EXHIBITONGOINGPhotos by students in Ann Dean’s darkroom and digital photography classes.

GUEST EXHIBITS & ART SALESLawrence Photo AllianceLawrence Art GuildBizarre BazaarKU School of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition

2013-14 INSIGHT ART TALKSThis lecture series brings visiting and exhibiting artists to the podium to talk about their work, and opens dialogue between artist and viewer. INSIGHT Art Talks bring a deeper understand-ing of works on display in the galleries throughout the year.

BRAD SCHWIEGER | AUGUST 28 | VISITING ARTISTSchwieger has been teaching at Ohio University since 1990 and is presently a professor of art and ceramics area chair. He actively exhibits his work around the country.

CLINTON RICKETTS | SEPTEMBER 5 | EXHIBITING ARTIST

JOHN BALISTRERI | SEPTEMBER 24 | VISITING ARTISTJohn Balistreri is currently a professor of art and the head of the ceramic program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He has been in numerous solo and group exhibits throughout the United States. Balistreri’s work is typically large-scale sculpture. Recently John has been working with Jun Kaneko in Omaha NE. Balistreri is a visiting artist during the Arts Center/University of Kansas Woodfire Spectacular.

MARTY OLSON | OCTOBER 3 | EXHIBITING ARTIST

DAN ANDERSON | OCTOBER 15 | VISITING ARTISTDan Anderson is currently a full-time studio artist following 32 years of teaching ceramics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (1970-2002). An avid wood firing enthusiast, he has his own anagama kiln at his Old Poag Road Clay and Glass studio/home in Edwardsville IL, where he now spends 100% of his time. Anderson is a visiting artist during the Arts Center/University of Kansas Woodfire Spectacular.

JOHN GARY BROWN | NOVEMBER 7 | EXHIBITING ARTIST

SHIN-HEE CHIN | DECEMBER 5 | EXHIBITING ARTIST JOHN MCCAUGHEY | MAY 29 | ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

KYLA STRID | JUNE 30 | ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE CHRIS WOLF EDMONDS & PAM SULLIVAN | EXHIBITING ARTISTS

John Balistreri in his studio

JASON KLINKNETCHICKEN BONE CHOPPERS. SOLO EXHIBITIONSEPTEMBER THRU OCTOBER

This exhibit is the newest incarnation in the Antecedent Gallery and features sculptures created with bone, teeth, and found objects.

Curated by Wayne Propst.

TOM MOORESOLO EXHIBITIONJANUARY 31 THRU MARCH 30

During the 70s Tom Moore was a student in the Art De-partment at KU. He received his MA in painting from the State University of New York at Albany in 1972. Through-out his career Tom continued to make drawings of comic characters that spoke to his wry sense of humor and strong political beliefs. When Tom contracted Parkinson’s Disease that advanced to the stage where he had difficulty drawing he began producing sketches on small scraps of leftover paper and envelopes. The works in this exhibition are just a small sampling of the thousands of sketches that are stored in boxes, files and notebooks.

Curated by Roger Shimomura.

JUSTIN BALDWINURBAN TRIBAL STRANGERS IN PARADOXA SOLO EXHIBITION BY JUSTIN BALDWINJUNE 27 THRU JULY 21

New York artist Justin Baldwin does his best work under-ground in the subway system. Unlike most who use their Metrocard to gain access to a city full of straphanging sub-jects, however, he merely uses the subway car as his studio.

This exhibition of selected subway drawings marks the first time Justin has shown in his hometown of Lawrence, KS since 1996.

Curated by Roger Shimomura.

CHRIS BARTELDES COLLECTIONSELECTED AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHRIS BARTELDES JULY THRU AUGUST

From Ben Franklin to the Beatles, this exhibition features images and autographs of iconic figures.

detail from Greensburg, an oil painting by Stan Herd

FINAL FRIDAYSFinal Fridays began through the cooperation of the Lawrence Arts Center, Downtown Lawrence Inc., the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, and artists, gallerists, collectives and local business-es, all of whom saw the value of the arts in our city and an op-portunity to bring them to a wider public through this monthly free arts festival. Throughout the year on the last Friday of the month, the streets of downtown Lawrence erupt, storefronts convert into flash spaces, and performances and exhibits spill in and out of galleries and businesses. Activities for kids, exhibitions designed to challenge adults, music, dance and theater for all ages are all within walking distance of each other.

THOMAS D. GALLOWAY LECTURE SERIESArchitect Dan Wood, AIA, LEED and Amale Andraos of WORKac, New York City, believe the promise of new possibilities for architec-ture to engage and shape the future lies in the revision of bounda-ries between the urban, the rural and the natural. Their work is committed to moving beyond the projected to the possible as they refashion architecture as a performative process and tool to re-envision our environment.

WORKac’s recent projects include a masterplan for a new cultural center on New Holland Island in St. Petersburg, Russia, a renova-tion and addition to the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, Texas, Edible Schoolyards PS216 and PS7 in Brooklyn and Harlem in association with Alice Water’s Chez Panisse Foundation, and a competition-winning Assembly Hall in Libreville, Gabon to be finished for the 2014 Summit of the African Union.

The Lecture Series was established by the Galloway family in honor of the late Dr. Thomas D. Galloway.

(OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP) Billy the Kid by Stephen T. Johnson

ANTECEDENT GALLERY

BENEFIT ART AUCTION 2014

The Benefit Art Auction is the primary funding source for the Exhibitions program at the Arts Center and features approximately 150 artworks generously donated by invited artists. This spectacu-lar event is also made possible by corporate and private sponsors, volunteers, and hundreds of art patrons. The Exhibitions Director and Auction Committee strive to include artwork in a diversity of mediums and styles, representing a wide range of retail value while limiting the number of works in the exhibition to 150. The silent auction began with the opening of the Benefit Art Auction exhibition on March 14. The live auction was held April 12 and was attended by over 600 people. The 2014 event raised $188,481 for the exhibitions program. Works sold at an average of 102% of retail proce. Morgan Stanley was the major sponsor.

BEN AHLVERS

DAN ANDERSON

SUE ASHLINE

INGE BALCH

JASON BARR

TOM BARTEL

JON BLUMB

BILL BOWERMAN

ANDY BRAYMAN

JOHN GARY BROWN

ELIZA BULLOCK

ANDREW BURKITT

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

VALERIE CAMPOS

GRACE CARMODY

CAROL ANN CARTER

ELLEN CHINDAMO

SAM CHUNG

JACK COLLINS

JIM CONNELLY

JESSICA CONNER

LAURIE CULLING

JANET DAVIDSON-HUES

ANN DEAN

CLARE DOVETON

LUKE DUBOIS

JEFF EATON

CONSTANCE ERHLICH

SHEPARD FAIREY

JOHN FERRY

TIM FORCADE

HERB FRIEDSON

JAN GAUMNITZ

JESSE GRAY

KEN GRIZZELL

LISA GROSSMAN

DIANE GUTHRIE

KEITH HARING

STAN HERD

ANN & STEVE HERTZOG

BRIAN HORSCH

EROK JOHANSSEN

STEPHEN T JOHNSON

TED JOHNSON

LORA JOST

KAY7 STUDIO

ALICIA KELLY

GWEN KERTH

LIZ KOWALCHUK

MICHAEL KRUEGER

STEPHANIE LANTER

ELIZABETH “GRANDMA” LAYTON

LAWRENCE LITHOGRAPHY

JUDITH LEVY

ADAM LOTT

MATTHEW LORD

LIZA MACKINNON

JUSTIN MARABLE

BAILEY MARABLE

EMILY MARKOULATOS

LAURIE MARLOWE

MARIA MARTIN

KAREN MATHEIS

JOHN PAUL MCCAUGHEY

JUDITH MCCREA

JEFF MCKEE

MARIE MCKINZIE

GERRY MILLER

RICK MITCHELL

KRISTIN MORLAND

MARGARET WEISBROD MORRIS

JEROMY MORRIS

MOLLY MURPHY

YOONMI NAM

LORI NORWOOD

MARTY OLSON

JACK OZEGOVIC

GRACE PETERSON

BENTON PEUGH

ANGIE PICKMAN

SALLY PILLER

WAYNE PROPST

JEFF RIDGWAY

DOROTHY RISSMAN

JEREMY ROCKWELL

JESSICA ROLD

LENI SALKIND

NICK SCHMIEDELER

JOHN SEBELIUS

ROGER SHIMOMURA

KENT SMITH

HEATHER SMITH-JONES

BILL SNEAD

RALPH STEADMAN

RICK STEIN

KYLA STRID

RACHEL SUDLOW

PAM SULLIVAN

JOHN TALLEUR

JUNIPER TANGPUZ

JEN UNEKIS

DAVE VAN HEE

MARCIANA VEQUIST

SHANNA WAGNER

THOM WEIK

CHRIS WOLF EDMONDS

BARON WOLMAN

HONG ZHANG

YURI ZUPANCIC

AUCTION ARTISTS

VISITING & RESIDENT ARTISTSThe resident and visiting artists program at the Lawrence Arts Center offers area residents a unique opportunity to study with practicing artists of varied backgrounds and diverse skills.

CERAMICS & PRINTMAKING ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCECeramics and Printmaking 12-month residency programs are designed to provide a creative environment for emerging art-ists and to broaden the center’s students and faculty aware-ness of new approaches and techniques. Residents are pro-vided studio space, $500 per month stipend, an apartment, free firings, and 24 hour access to all studios, including print, metal, photography, and digital media. Residencies provide a multi-faceted experience that includes teaching, community outreach, interaction with other artists, and studio care, and culminates in an exhibition of new work.

PROJECT-BASED RESIDENCYThe goal of these short-term residencies is to help support, sustain, and foster growth in local arts and artists by provid-ing material support for development of special projects with an emphasis on interdisciplinary works, and helping local artists to create works competitive on a national scale.

VISITING ARTISTS are invited throughout the year to work at the Arts Center for varying lengths of time creating exhib-its and installations, participating in performing arts produc-tions, and presenting art talks, workshops, and other innovative and interactive projects. 

ceramic artist Josh DeWeese gives a demonstration in the Arts Center ceramics studio

during the October 2012 Ceramics Symposium

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2013/14John McCaughey, printmakerKyla Strid, Anchorage, ceramist

VISITING ARTISTS 2013/14VISUAL ARTS Dan Anderson, Edwardsville, ceramistJohn Ballistreri, Omaha, ceramist Jeremy Kane, Alaska, ceramistAlicia Kelly, Lawrence, artistBrad Schwieger, Athens, ceramistJesus De La Rose, Texas, printmaker

FREE STATE FESTIVALLuke DuBois, New York City, visual artist, curatorNina Katchadourian, New York City, visual artistTiffany Carbonneau, Kentucky, digital installationsPaul Nelson, Johnny Winter Band guitaristGrant Hart, singer, songwriter, musicianKevin Kling, Minnesota, storytellerMarc Maron, Los Angeles, comic, writer Barry AndersonMichael ArthurFresh Produce CollectiveNick HallettDavid LoewensteinAli MomeniBrock MonroeMiles PeytonSan FaçonJenny SchmidMaddy VarnerNicholas WardPerrine Wettstein

Yuri Zupançic

THEATER/MUSICJill Anderson, Omaha, actressSeth Golay, Kansas City, actorAnna Han, Arizona, pianistSpencer Lott , New York City, puppeteerAlex Kipp, New York City, actorMark Rector, Chicago, actorAmy Kelly, Kansas City, actressRy Kincaid, Kansas City, actorSylvia Stoner-Hawkins, Kansas City, singerJohn Waters, Baltimore, film director, screen writer, actorWayne Hawkins, Kansas City, pianistTom Picasso, New York City, actor Chaeyoung Park, Lawrence, pianistEllen Moore, New York City, directorRyan Kathman, Memphis, director

SCHOOL OF DANCEKatie Gilchrist, Kansas CityPaula Weber, Kansas City, choreographerJenna Dannenberger, CT, choreographerKrystyna Hilding, Lawrence, choreographer Patrick Suzeau, Lawrence, performer Willie Lenior, Lawrence, danceTobin James, Kansas City, danceSean Duus, Kansas City, danceMichelle Hayes, Lawrence, dance

YOUTH ARTSMolly Curtis, Portland, poet

2013/14 ceramics artist-in-residence Kyla Strid throws a pot in the studio.

Rebecca Zinn began writing stories and poems as a young girl. Her delight in writing grew as she grew older, strength-ened by the encouragement of family and teachers. Becky’s parents honor her by bring-ing the joy of creative writing to a new generation. Believ-ing that all children should experience the opportunity to grow intellectually and imaginatively in ways only creative writing can facilitate, the Zinn family and their many friends created the Re-becca Zinn Creative Writing

Project through the Lawrence Arts Center bringing visiting artist Molly Curtis to classroom at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School in the spring of 2013. Student poems and illustrations were compiled into a profession-ally published book of poetry for all participants.

Support for our 2013-14 visiting and resident art-ists program is provided by the National Endow-ment for the Arts, ArtPlace America, Center for Global International Studies, Anne and David Hollond, Jan and Jack Gaumnitz, Beth Schultz, the Thomas D. Galloway Family, Sally Hare-Schriner and Dan Schriner, Nicole and Dan Sabatini, Kay and Tom Carmody, and all who “raised the paddle” at our April Benefit Auction for support of our Visit-ing and Resident Artist Fund.

VISITING ARTISTS + EDUCATION

Visiting artists enrich educational and artistic experiences for people of all ages at the Lawrence Arts Center in dance studios, visual arts studios, theaters, and galleries.

REBECCA ZINN WRITING PROJECT

Visiting performing artists Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stoltz of Drakkar Sauna and Jeff Dearinger of Uptown Mandolin Quartet provided original music and accompaniment in the Arts Center’s spring production of Pinocchio.

Visiting artist Paula Weber taught a master class for advanced ballet students in the School of Dance, and set an original choreographed piece on the Lawrence Ballet Theatre company that won an award at Regional Dance America.

MMMPOETRY FROM THE

IIIDDDThis poetry collection, written and illustrated by seventh grade

students at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School in Lawrence, KS,

is the culmination of the Rebecca Zinn Creative Writing Project.

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This poetry collection, written and illustrated by seventh grade

students at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School in Lawrence, KS,

is the culmination of the Rebecca Zinn Creative Writing Project.

Written and illustrated by seventh grade

students at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School

in Lawrence, KS for the Rebecca Zinn

Creative Writing Project

2013 • 2014EDUCATION

8,000 students participated in visual and performing arts

389 studentsparticipated in performing

arts productions;186 of them received

financial aid

111 school of dance students received financial aid

41 arts-based preschool children received financial aid

245 visual arts students received financial aid

In June 2014, 42 teens from Elk and Grant Counties

attended the week-long Summer ARTS Intensive at the

Lawrence Arts Center.

In 2014, 8 artists also traveled to Elk and Grant Counties to teach visual art to

80 1st thru 5th graders.

663 individual adults and youth received financial aid for

preschool, visual arts, dance, and theater arts classes

over 1,000 students participat-ed in arts education through

our support of CASA, Head-start, Boys & Girls Club, Little Nations Preschool, and other

social service organizations CONTINUING EDUCATIONThe Arts Center offers Art educators

workshops and classes in a range of visual arts. College credit is available to fulfill recertification

needs for teachers.

EARLY EDUCATION PLAY. DISCOVER. CREATE. Preschool, Coloring Outside the Lines and Integrated Arts Arts-Based Preschool A pioneer in the use of art in early educa-tion, the Lawrence Arts Center’s Arts-Based Preschool has been offering an inspired approach to teaching young learners for over 29 years. The arts are central in this thoughtful early educational environment that encourages creative thinking, decision-making, imagination, and cultural awareness. Em-ploying arts-based activities to learn reading, writing, science and math, this award-winning program provides social, motor, and creative experiences inte-grated into a sound preschool curriculum. In addition to the daily creative classroom, chil-dren work with a music, drama or creative movement specialist each week, and meet visiting artists from around the world.Coloring Outside the Lines and Integrated Arts leveraging the pioneering arts-based curricu-

lum developed and utilized in the Lawrence Arts Center Arts Based Preschool, classes for early learners focus on introduce early learners to the creative classroom. Classes are designed specifically with the developmental milestones of young children in mind.

KINDERGARTEN IMAGINE. PLAY. LEARN. Arts Wednesday Kindergarten is a transitional learning stage where early learners bridge from preschool to “big kid” environments. On the public school weekly Wednesday Early Dismissal days, the Lawrence Arts Center offers classes specially de-signed for students in kin-dergarten. Classes are taught by early education staff who incorporate more advanced skills and information while still honoring the developmental skills and milestones that are the hallmark of this age.

1ST-5TH GRADE EXPLORE. IMAGINE. INVENT Youth Art Education and ArtSpace Youth Art Education: Based on an understanding of how arts education impacts literacy, mathematics, science, and overall academic achievement, our youth arts education program supports the capacity of students to make real-world connections, think boldly and creatively, and motivate themselves to learn in an exciting place that supports innovative thinking. From clay to creative writing, painting to plays, graphic design to film, instructors are professional teaching artists who inform and engage.

Art Space ArtSpace is the integrated visu-al art and science program for students 1st -5th grades. Ac-knowledging the vital role art has in teaching innovative and creative thinking, the Art Space program places the Lawrence Arts Center at the epicenter of

the movement to add an “A” for “art,” turning STEM into STEAM. Based on the idea that critical thinking, problem solving, and the ability to innovate are es-sential skills in all educational environments, ArtsSpace is an inspired learning environment in which students try new things, test the limits of their imaginations, practice innova-tion, and build creative con-nections. Art Space camps and classes focus on a key principle of art and connect art concepts with scientific concepts, under a cultural theme relevant to young people. This integrated science and art curriculum meets national art and science standards.

6TH-12TH GRADE EXPERIMENT. INVENT. ACCOMPLISH. Arts Institutes Arts Institutes offer instruc-tion by professional artists in visual arts, dance, theater, and digital media for beginners through advanced students in an accepting, inspired, artistic atmosphere. The institutes

ART FOR ALL AGES The shared vision guiding all Lawrence Arts Center visual arts education programs is to create an environment in which young people develop innovative, disciplined, and enlightened thinking skills while working with artists and arts educators. The guiding principal behind this vision is that these are skills that critically affect long term achievement and are essential qualities in future leaders in all fields.

offer a place for students to begin by exploring and build-ing foundational skills, develop technique, and advance to create work they can add to a portfolio.

Lawrence Ballet Theatre Lawrence Ballet Theatre is a pre-professional ballet company at the Lawrence Arts Center. Its mission is to provide training and performing op-portunities to serious students who are seeking a collegiate or professional career in the field of dance and to provide high quality, rich dance experiences for audiences in Lawrence and the region. Company mem-bers are selected at an annual audition. Participation in the company helps prepare stu-dents for the demands of a col-legiate or professional career in dance by learning classical and original choreography appropriate for the advanced student. The company works to complement and encour-age the passion the advanced student has for the art of dance.

In May of 2014, the company attended the Regional Dance America MidStates Festival held in Chicago where they performed a work by chore-ographer Paula Weber, chair of dance at UMKC, titled “From the Heart”. For this work, Paula received the National Commis-sioning Award Scholarship. The company is one of the fourteen member companies in the Mid-States region and was elevated this year from an “interning” to “performing” company.

Summer Youth Theater SYT is the performance-based theater program for youth grades 3rd—12th. Professional musicians, choreographers, di-rectors, and theater technicians observe the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts National Theater Education Standards in teaching the art of theater.

Students can chose the SYT performance track, which is focused on acting and stage experience, or the SYT tech track, which is focused on theater production behind the scenes.

ADULT ARTS ENVISION. CONNECT. ENERGIZE. With the idea that art is central to the development of vibrant communities, the adult educa-tion program is focused on promoting art in everyday life. For beginners to professional artists, Lawrence Arts Center classes and workshops foster learning, practice and innova-

tion. Classes emphasize the development of skills and the chance to practice technique, while setting the stage for social connection and devel-opment of creative networks. Classes are offered in a diverse range of media and skill levels that cultivate artistic tech-nique and creative practice to bring ideas to life.

A R T S R E A C H ARTSreach means art reaches everyone, and our Financial Aid Fund makes this possible. The Lawrence Arts Center offers access to arts educa-tion for all children, teens, and adults, providing assistance for classes on an individual basis. It also makes possible the part-nerships detailed below.

ARTSREACH FOR ALLIn 2013-2014, the Financial Aid Fund provided $116,588 in financial aid to students of all ages to take classes in visual art, dance and theater arts at the Lawrence Arts Center. 663 individual adults and youth received financial aid for preschool, visual arts, dance, and theater arts classes. Over 1,000 students participated in arts education through our support of CASA, Headstart, Boys & Girls Club, Little Nations Preschool, and other social service organizations.

ARTSREACH FOR PRESCOOLERS ARTSreach supportedPreschool Arts classes taught by Arts Center early childhood faculty:

Head Start at the Arts Center: 64 children weekly Sept-May

Children’s Learning Center at the Arts Center: 16 children weekly Sept-May

Little Nations at Haskell Indian Nations University: 12 children weekly Sept-May

The Lawrence Arts Center’s Early Childhood SmartMoves Project engages children in multidisciplinary physical movement to connect kines-thetic learning with creativity through dance, drama and music at our Arts-based pre-

school. This year 48 students participated in SmartMoves during the 2013-2014 school year.

As part of the ARTSreach project, the Arts Center offered performances and concerts attended by 250 children from Kennedy School, Head Start, Little Nations, and the Chil-dren’s Learning Center.

ARTSREACH FOR YOUTH The Arts Center is in its fourth year of a partnership with Boys and Girls Club to provide all afterschool arts programming at the Arts Center for BGC children.

The Arts Center provides full scholarships to classes for any participants in CASA, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, the Community Shelter, and Family Promise. s

The Arts Center delivered its ArtSpace curriculum to 80 students in Elk and Grant Counties.

The Arts Center partners with the University of Kansas to host 42 teens in Lawrence for the week long Summer Arts In-stitute. Teens traveled from Elk, Grant and Haskell counties for the week long program.

The Arts Center provides weekly arts programming to teens at the Juvenile Deten-tion Center and the County Day School. In 2014-15, the Arts Center provided arts edu-cation to 347 students in JDC and 45 in the Day School.

186 teenagers took part in 2013-2014 performance op-portunities because of support from our Financial Aid Fund.

The Arts Center’s pre-profes-sional Lawrence Ballet Com-pany rehearses 15 hours each week and performs at a variety

of public venues in the region. Seven of these elite young dancers, ages 12-18, receive financial aid.

The Arts Center provided film and digital media classes for 13 Van Go Mobile Arts stu-dents and 10 students from the Boys and Girls Club Teen Center.

ARTSREACH FOR ADULTS10 adult clients of Cotton-wood, Inc. take classes in Printmaking each week.

THE CHALLENGE CONTINUESOur Financial Aid Fund makes ARTSreach possible, providing access to visual and perform-ing arts to all children.

Continuing challenges: We have seen the need for financial aid increase each year, and now with 25% of our preschool population in need of tuition support, we are challenged to continue to increase our fundraising for our financial aid program. Federal assistance has also been cut for many of our ARTSReach partners, and we are helping fill the gaps in funding for those programs so that children and tenagers can continue to come to the Arts Center for arts education.

ARTSREACH RECIPIENTSBig Brother Big Sisters of LawrenceBoys & Girls Club of LawrenceChildren’s Learning CenterThe Community ShelterCottonwood Inc.Douglas County CASADouglas County Youth ServicesElk CountyFamily PromiseGrant County Recreation CommissionHaskell Indian Nations UniversityHeadstart

USD 283USD 282USD 497USD 507Van Go Mobile Arts

Our Financial Aid Fund Supports:

Preschool: $25,155Theater: $5,600Dance: $35,548

Visual Arts Education $50,285

Total financial support distributed was $116,588

in 2013-14

F I N A N C I A L A I D F U N D F U N D R A I S E R Our fall benefit at the home of Evan Williams and Roger Wal-ter and catered by Evan Wil-liams Catering raised $55,600 for our Financial Aid Fund. This fund makes outreach to social service agencies and individu-al financial aid possible.

O U T R E A C HThe Arts Center collabo-rates with USD 497, The Lied Center of Kansas and Theater Lawrence and the Spencer Museum of Art to implement 3rd Grade Arts Day. As part of this program the Lawrence Arts Center provided a half day of dance education to every 3rd grade student in the city of Lawrence.

Linda Reimond presented professional development in the Smart Moves curriculum at 2 preschool education conferences.

Margaret Weisbrod-Morris and Laurie McLane-Higginson led professional development in the ArtSpace curriculum with teachers and art educators at 4 conferences, including the National Arts Education As-sociation in San Diego.

COMMUNITY/STATE OUTREACH

PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

OCTOBER 2013

HALLOWEEN BALLET & COSTUME BALL For pre-schoolers, elementary students and their families! The Lawrence Ballet Theater performed and led a pre-school/family audience in a costume parade.

NOVEMBER 2013

ELFWYN’S SAGACreative Dance Theatre presented this beautiful child’s tale based on Norse folk tales. The story of a child born blind from a curse placed upon her family, Elfwyn learns to use senses other than sight to save her community from discontent. With help from the Hidden Folk, Elfwyn’s Saga took audiences on a quest from darkness into light.

DECEMBER 2013

A KANSAS NUTCRACKERThe Arts Center‘s beloved Christmas ballet set it in 1861, Kansas’ first year of statehood. More than 130 dancers and actors, from students to professionals, and a 13-piece orchestra featuring a mandolin quartet wove together Kansas’ abolition, suffrage and temperance politics with oversized personalities, unpredictable weather, plains landscape and the Civil War into Clara’s surreal ballet dreams.

MARCH 2014

PINOCCHIO This true-to-the-original production of Pinocchio staged the well-known tale of the wooden boy’s journey to become real, learning hard lessons about life and love along the way. A lyrical production that featuring original puppetry and design by puppeteer in residence, Spencer Lott, with the live music of Drakkar Sauna’s Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stoltz, and accompa-nied by A Kansas Nutcracker conductor and Lawrenec musician Jeff Dearinger.

SCHOOL OF DANCEThe Lawrence Arts Center’s dance curriculum is guided by leading professionals in each discipline, and also by the na-tional dance education standards set by the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the National Dance Education As-sociation. With over 200 years of experience in the dance field, our faculty enable students to follow a sequential program, and develop skills appropriate for their age and level. Building the artist as well as the art, we encourage students to become their best within the spectrum of each discipline, develop a sense of artistry and to experience the joy of dance.

Students from the School of Dance perform the dance of the Death Bunnies in Pinocchio.

School of Dance modern contemporary dance class culminated in a stage production of Elfwyn’s Saga, an original adaptation by Arts Center faculty.

THE PIED PIPERFEBRUARY

This interactive family pup-pet show for pre-schoolers, elementary students and their families featured visiting artist Spencer Lott from NYC’s New Victory Theater, with live music from Ric Averill and Rayyan Kamal. Each show was performed in the Black Box Theater and created an en-gaging, up close and personal theater experience for the young and young at heart.

940 CLASSICALOCTOBER–MAY

In October the Arts Center welcomed a new concert Steinway piano to our stage. The Steinway is an acknowl-edgement of our commit-ment to provide access to and develop audiences for classical music for all audi-ences. Children from Head Start, Haskell’s preschool, and our arts-based preschool watch, listen, and participate in Q&A with accomplished classical musicians through-out the school year.

THEATER ARTS EDUCATIONWatching and participating in theater fosters literacy, stimulates interest in a wide variety of subjects, introduces diverse cultures and characters, and encourages compassion and tolerance. Students develop a love for theater that enriches their devel-opment in many ways, offering them a safe place to express themselves, explore issues, take risks and come together with performance artists of all ages and skill levels who share their interest in theater.

APRIL 2014

EMERGENCE: LAWRENCE BALLET THEATRE An annual production starring the Art Center’s pre-professional ballet company with the original choreographies of Jenna Dan-nenberger, Hanan C. Misko, Paula Weber, Krystyna Hilding, and company artistic director Cynthia Crews. In addition to current creations the company presented the beautifully haunting restaging of Michel Fokine’s Les Sylphides set to the music of Frederic Chopin.

MAY 2014

END OF YEAR SCHOOL OF DANCE SHOWCASE & GALAThe End-of-Year Dance Showcases are a crucial component of the dance curriculum to demonstrate the progress of each class. These unique performances highlight the focus, hard work and dedica-tion taking place in the School of Dance throughout the year.

JUNE-JULY

SUMMER YOUTH THEATER Summer Youth Theater is the performance-based theater pro-gram for youth grades 3rd—12th. Each summer four shows are produced. One musical for each age group is offered. 2014 SYT junior productions included Peter Pan and The Hobbit for students 3rd—8th grade. 8th—12th graders performed Twelfth Night and Spamalot.

AUGUST 2014

RED RIDING HOODAudiences trekked over the river and through the woods with Little Red Riding Hood as she danced her fateful journey. On the way to Grandmother’s house, unlucky Little Red contended with townspeople, forest animals, a field of daffodils, a noble hunts-man, and of course, the sly Wolf who changed all of her plans.

Anna Han performed a classical music concert for preschool students.

2013 • 2014PERFORMING ARTS

During the 13-14 season, the Lawrence Arts Center

produced more than 63 performances

of 22 separate productions, with participants

totaling over 1,400 and audi-ences totaling over 10,500.

More than 11 guest performing arts productions

took place in the Lawrence Arts Center main theater, lobby, and

Black Box Theater, featuring more than 450 community and

guest artist participants and audiences of over 5,400.

(LEFT) John Waters performed for a sold out crowd in February, 2014

MOTHER %$!# HOOD: A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM A TO XANAXAUGUST & OCTOBER, 2013

You didn’t have to be a mother to love this original musical by Julie Dunlap and Sara Stotts. With musical direction by Ric Averill and the Free State Lib-eration Orchestra Rock Band,Mother%$!#Hood” followed three very different moms as singing and dancing their way through the world’s second-oldest profession.

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREETOCTOBER, 2013

Sondheim’s R-rated musi-cal thriller is a suspenseful masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime. Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd mixes a chilling tale with howlingly funny mo-ments of dark humor.

A KANSAS NUTCRACKER, SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITIONDECEMBER, 2013

The Arts Center‘s beloved Christmas ballet set it in 1861, Kansas’ first year of state-hood. More than 130 dancers and actors, from students to professionals, and a 13-piece orchestra featuring a mandolin quartet wove together Kansas’ abolition, suffrage and tem-perance politics with oversized personalities, unpredictable weather, plains landscape and the Civil War into Clara’s surreal ballet dreams.

THE NERVOUS SET, A JAZZ MUSICAL OF THE BEAT GENERATION: STAGED READINGFEBRUARY, 2014

This original beat generation jazz musical was first per-formed at the Crystal Palace in St. Louis, a mecca for jazz musi-cians, poets and beats of the 50’s, and enjoyed a short – but bright – Broadway run in 1959. The Lawrence Arts Center ‘s revival production brought the musical home to the Midwest to claim its birthright. The

principal characters are based on Jack Kérouac, Allen Gins-berg with lyrics and writing by the iconic beat intellectuals Fran and Jay Landesman and music by the the jazz great Tommy Wolf.

Produced and directed by Ric Averill, the February, 2014 stage reading was a develop-ment workshop to introduce the re-tooled script, music and artists who will perform the finished work during the 2014-15 performing arts season.

PINOCCHIOMARCH, 2014

This true-to-the-original production of Pinocchio stages the well-known tale of the wooden boy journey to become real, learning hard les-sons about life and love along the way. Imperiled by dangers brought about by Pinocchio’s want of responsibility and self-discipline, the journey is, in fact, a metaphor of the passage from childhood to maturity. A lyrical production that features original puppetry and design by puppeteer in residence, Spencer Lott, with the live music of Drakkar Sauna.

AN EVENING WITH JOHN WATERS FEBRUARY, 2014John Waters is famed the world over for his trash epics including Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Polyester, Serial Mom, Pecker, Cecil B. Demented, and A Dirty Shame. Two of his more surprisingly commercial films have been adapted for the stage. Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards and Cry Baby - The Musical nominated for four Tony Awards. Waters came to the Arts Center as part of a series of events related to the exhibition William S. Burroughs. Creative Observer in January, 2014.

940 CLASSICALJANUARY, 2014FIVE PIANISTS PERFORM ON THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER’S STEINWAY & SONS GRAND PIANO

Anna Han, Sarah Rasmussen, Zhou Mingtian Yang, Chae-young Park, and Professor Jack Winerock

APRIL, 2014DR. STEVEN SPOONER

A New Recital of SensationsDebussy Preludes, Book I

NAKED LUNCH RAW. FRESH. PUBLIC.

FEBRUARY THRU APRIL, 2014

In celebration of the 100th birthday of iconic beat writer, artist and Lawrence resident, William Burroughs, the Arts Center host-ed Naked Lunch on Fridays at noon featuring new, in-progress, unfiltered and unique work.

STORY SLAMTHE AUDIENCE AS PERFORMER (AN 18+ EVENT)

SEPTEMBER–MAY, 2013-14

Stories are told live. Extraordinary, witty, suspenseful yarns are told by audience members MOTH–style the second Friday of each month. Raconteurs step up to the mic to bring laughs, tears, surprise, amazement, and the occasional awkward mo-ment. All are welcome to bring a tale to tell on the theme.

Comedian Marc Maron performed

for a special sold out event to kick off the

Free State Festival in June.

NINE FORTY LIVE 40 WATT DREAMSWITH WELLS THE TRAVELLER

AUGUST, 2013

40 Watt Dreams play high energy music with a distinctive sound combining rock’n’roll, bluegrass banjo and power-ful vocal harmonies. Their live shows feature songs from Ka-tie’s solo CD, “40 Watt Dreams”, released this year on Squirrel Records.

MATT PRYORWITH OBI AND GHOSTY

JANUARY, 2014

Sometimes Matt Pryor makes very loud music with The Get Up Kids. Sometimes he makes very quiet music by himself. This special hometown event was backed by a rogue orches-tra of horns and strings and many other things.

JOHN CALEWITH DRAKKAR SAUNA OPENING

APRIL, 2014

Welsh violist, pianist, composer, and singer John Cale’s singular career began in contemporary classical music, where he was mentored by Aaron Copland and worked with John Cage and minimalists Terry Riley and La Monte Young in the 60s. He co-founded the influential band Velvet Underground along with Lou Reed.

ANNOUNCING 940CLASSICAL AND 940JAZZ

This year, we received the gift of a new Steinway Grand Piano. An anonymous donor who believes in the joy of excellent music and transcend-ent artistic moments supports these for adult audiences as well as for children. Watch for more beautiful musical moments in classical, jazz, and alternative performance.

John Cale played in the Lawrence Arts Center main theater for a 940 LIVE concert

NINE FORTY LIVENine Forty Live features artists who are creating innovative, new, and original sounds in multiple genres of music. The theater at the Lawrence Arts Center provides a unique opportunity for audiences to see and hear great music. Building on a strong music scene in downtown Lawrence, Nine Forty Live provides an intimate theater setting for dynamic performers and revels in the contributions of diverse artists in music performance and songwriting.

John Cale peformed on the mainstage for

a 940 LIVE concert.

Image from the documentary film Civil War on Wheels, directed by Patrick Sumner

and featured at the 2013 Free State Film Festival

Quixotic Fusion performs aerial acrobatics and dance, accompanied by live music,

suspended in front of the Arts Center.

FREE STATE FESTIVAL FILM. MUSIC. ART. IDEAS.

JUNE 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 2014

Entertaining new independent films, innovative outdoor art instal-lations and performance events, live music, and thought-provoking discussions about art, film, and ideas throughout downtown and along the 9th Street corridor in the Lawrence Cultural District for the Lawrence Arts Center’s Free State Festival during five amazing summer days!

FILMIn it’s fifth year, the Free State Film Festival features select films from the national festival circuit programmed with accompanying guests for post screening q&a’s for those interested in delving deeper.

MUSICConcerts celebrating Lawrence’s vibrant music scene were held in outdoor and indoor venues for audiences of all ages.

ARTOutdoor digital art installations and public projections were displayed in surprising places and unexpected ways after dark throughout downtown and east on 9th Street. Adults and children alike were delighted by these creative summer light shows.

IDEASPartnering with the Lawrence Arts Center, the University of Kansas curated a series of talks, panels and inventive presentations on new, fresh, interesting and innovative ideas on diverse topics.

(TOP) Projection on Bowersock Dam structure by Yuri Zupançik (MIDDLE) Johnny Winter performed in a street concert outside the

Arts Center for an enthusiastic crowd of thousands (BOTTOM) Artist Michael Arthur created drawings projected real time during a music

performance by KU Jazz at St. Luke A.M.E. Church

STAFFCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Susan Tate

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Stacy Galloway Haywood

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & PARTNERSHIPS Margaret Weisbrod Morris

EXHIBITIONS DIRECTOR Ben Ahlvers

MARKETING DIRECTOR & GRAPHIC DESIGNER Amy Albright

DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Marlo Angell

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, PERFORMING ARTS Ric Averill

DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING COORDINATORRuth DeWitt

PERFORMING ARTS ASSISTANTErika Gray

TECHNICAL DIRECTORChuck Grunau

DANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Hanan MiskoSTUDIO COORDINATOR Jessica Conner/Kyla Strid

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Heather Hoy

CURATOR OF EDUCATION Laurie McLane-Higginson

OFFICE MANAGER Beth Murphy

LEAD INSTRUCTOR & STUDIO ASSISTANT Grace Peterson

ARTS-BASED PRESCHOOL & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DIRECTOR Linda Reimond

FACILITY MAINTENANCE MANAGERSteve Richardson

EXHIBITIONS ASSISTANTJeremy Rockwell

2013 • 2014STAFF & FACULTY

MEMBERSSPONSORS

DONORS & GRANTSFINANCIALS

over 150 artists were employed as faculty, staff, and visiting

artists throughout the year at the Arts Center

supporters answered our annual appeal for year-end

giving with donations totaling over $98,062

Souper Bowl Saturday raised $12,105 for visual

arts education

our preschool earned $8,385 selling poinsettia plants,

home baked cookies, and silent auction artwork

fall benefit dinner raised $55,600 for our

education & financial aid fund

the annual Benefit Art Auction raised $188,431

for the exhibitions program

PRESCHOOL GREEN SPACEOur Arts-based preschool expanded outdoors and to the south. In partnership with the Salvation Army, we created a safe outdoor play space with gardens and more. Thanks to Vinland Valley Nursery for planting and caring for the new Arts Center space.

FACULTY

VISUAL ARTSGina AdamsKatie AlldrittMarlo AngellKelly BarthCarolyn BerryAshley BoyackHeather Branham-GreenKim BrookTraci BunkersAmanda ClarkJessica ConnerJosh ConnerLouis CoptMolly CurtisDan DakotasAnn DeanJennifer DooresAnn FosterHerb FriedsonKristin Robbins GantzNeil GossChuck GrunauJohn HulseyHannah HurstWhitney JacobsJenny JenksLora Jost

Monika LaskowskaAmy LenharthRobbin LoomasLiza MacKinnonSarita MahinayJohn McCaugheyLarry MitchellKaylyn MunroPat NemchockTrish NeuteboomTim O’BrienJohn OrzulakGrace PetersonSally PillerPat PisaniJuli PitzerJoel PollockHollie RiceJeff RidgwayJason RomanishinDerek SellensSarah SmarshKyla StridRachael SudlowHelen SwanElizabeth SullivanJuniper TangpuzRichard VarneyShanna WagnerCheryl WeaverDoug Weaver

SCHOOL OF DANCEAlice SteuerwaldPaige ComparatoCynthia CrewsChristie CurtisDonna Jo HarkriderJerel HildingBetsy McCaffertyShannon PickettJosh RomeroDaniel XaysongkhamSarah YorkCaitlin Mordan

THEATERPatricia AhernJeanne Averill Ric AverillHeather Branham-Green Amanda ClarkLarry MitchellTrish NeuteboomKip NivenDon Schawang

ARTS-BASED PRESCHOOLHeather Smith JonesMegan HayMegan KingMiriam Cain

Andria DevlinAllison HaworthKim RackWhitney JuneauRichelle MechemErin DvorakGracie RinkeLauren BraccianoIan ScheckBecky RogersKendra KuhlmanConnie DetweilerPat PisaniBecky O’KeefeHolli RiceAnn JohnsonKelly ClineLinda WildgenAmanda ClarkDonna Jo HarkriderSpencer LottChaeyoung ParkAnna HanLinda Reimond

THE LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER RELIES ON DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES, MAJOR CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS TO SUPPORT 44% OF OUR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOW-ING FOR THE INVALUABLE SUPPORT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO THE ARTS CENTER DURING THE 2013-14 FISCAL YEAR:

up to $999—Mark Aaron

Patty Ahern

Virgie and Dudley Alexander

Mary Kate and David Ambler

Alan and Susan Anderson

Marnie Argersinger

Ken and Katie Armitage

Jill Shelley and Dave Baldwin

Andrea and Dave Baloga

Colette and Jeff Bangert

Marge and Price Banks

Krista and Neal Barbour

Jill and Philip Baringer

Paula and Mark Bastemeyer

Charles and Katie Becker

Helen Bennett

Jennifer Berquist

Carolyn and Gordon Berry

Markie and Peter Bieri

Judy and David Billings

George and Beth Ann Bittlingmayer

Nancy and Gary Bjorge

Janet Bouley

Marion Boyle

Cynthia Bracker Sturm

Anne Bracker

Irma Brasseur-Hock

Simon Brody

Mark and Marsha Buhler

Barbara and Warren Burket

Anna and Bill Busby

Kit Carlsen

Carol Ann Carter

Emily Casey

Joyce Castle

Elizabeth and David Cateforis

Jerree and Harley Catlin

Nancy Cayton Myers

Laura and Darren Klish

Megan Chang

Mary Jo Cink

Katy Clagett

Jeanne and Gary Clark

Lois Clark

Shelley Clark

Alice Clayton

Sarah Coleman

Ardis Comfort

Kathryn Conrad

Terry Copeland

Susan Craig

Robin Crawford

Molly Crook

Bill Crowe

Pamela Cullerton

Judith Culley

Jaime David

Candice Davis

Laura Van Sickle-Deavours and Da Deavours

Mary-Elizabeth Debicki-Guinness

Bill Dentler and Kathy Suprenant

Steve Ellsworth and Dee Ann DeRoin

Lee Beth and Mike Dever

Stacey and Reed Dillon

Jennifer Divine

Jean Younger and Scott Dold

Christi and Mark Douglas

Jana White and Kevin Doyle

Don and Teresa Duncan

Patricia Graham and David Dunfield

Carol Eades Delnevo

Roma Earles

Becky and Doug Eason

Jason and Machaela Edmonds

Steve and Chris Wolf Edmonds

Jane and Charlie Eldredge

Pat Ellebracht

Connie Emerson

Amanda Enfield

Susie and Mark Fagan

Hans and Iris Fischer

Marcia Fisher and Aaron Ketchell

Eileen Flink

Julie and Theodore Fountain

Stephanie Freeman

Allison and Tripp Frizell

Linda and Victor Frost

Amy Lee and Rick Frydman

Louie Galloway

Dan Tian and Fei Gao

Shirley and Goodwin Garfield

Shelly and Steven Gaudreau

Helen and Norm Gee

Ruth and George Gibbs

Susan Giggey

Julee and Kurt Goeser

Elsa Goosen

Pam Gordon

Cap and Kitty Gray

Sue Greene

Andrea and Christopher Greenhoot

Roy and Marilyn Gridley

Talie Griego

Elizabeth Hageman

John Mattes and Heidi Hallman

Sheri and Alex Hamilton

Gail and Peter Hansen

Kim and George Hanson

Liz and Jerry Hare

Sharyn Harley

Judy Harris

Stephanie Harris

Elizabeth Hatchett

Carol and Don Hatton

Jay and Dan Haugh

Lois Lorene Hawk

Julie Heatwole

Kristin and Blake Hedges

Ann Hedrick

Rick Hennig

Jene and Don Herron

Hilary Brown and Scott Allegrucci

Barbara and Justin Hill

Suzan Hill

Eric Nelson and Sarah Hill-Nelson

Jackie Hyland and Tim Hindman

detail from artwork by Kristin Ferrell titled

From the Top

ENGAGING THE COMMUNITYFifty older adults from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute attended an after-noon lecture about Stephen Sondheim and Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street in October, 2013. The lecture, given by University of Kansas Profes-sor Paul Laird and Lawrence Arts Center Artistic Direc-tor of Performing Arts Ric Averill, was accompanied by favorite tunes from this Sondheim classic. Osher participants also attended an evening performance of the musical.

Shannon Hodges

Lee Blackledge and Tom Hoffman

Julie and Mark Holmberg

Lindsey Hoover

Diane and Al Horning

Janet Howard

Linda Howard

Kim Hubbel

Nancy Hubble

Jane and Mickey Imber

Sheila and John Immel

Nancy and Scott Jackson

Tamara and Jim Jarrow

Alice Ann and Don Johnston

Marsha and David Jones

Jackie Juhl

Elaine and Mike Kautsch

Angie and Tom Keegan

Amy and Patrick Kelly

Jeffrey Kennedy

Joan Kenny and Bill Kutilek

Devon Kim

Ralph King

Larry and Elizabeth Kipp

Kathy Kirk

Jill Kleinberg

Donna Koepp

Kim and Kevin Krannawitter

Karan Krna

Linda and Gary Kroeger

Aline Hoey and Bill Kummerow

Becky and Lisa LaBlanc-Willis

Betty Laird

David and Sacie Lambertson

Sarah and Troy Landers

Meredith and Anthony Lang

Whitney Lang

Alison Langham

George Langworthy

Sharon Zehr and David Learned

Susan and Stuart Levine

Yvonne Lim

Kate Lindsay

Linda and John Lungstrum

Pam MacDonald-Stallworth

Lisa Mahoney

Nicole Maneth

Julia Manglitz

Paulette Manville

Anita and Bob Markley

Erika and Rick Marksbury-Page

Katherine Marples

Janet Marquis

Helen Martin

Jonathan Martin

Richard Martin

Claudia Mayberry

Suzanne and Steve McAllister

Marilyn and George McCleary

Jeannie and Kirk McClure

Carr McDonald

Julie and Greg McDonald

Kathy and Steve McDowell

Roxie and David McGee

Sally McGee

Linda and Doug McKay

Catherine Merritt-Edington

Diane and Robert Meyers

Gerry Miller

Phil Minkin

Rick Mitchell

Virginia and Bill Mitchell

Amanda Monaghan

Jeff Moran and Susan Kang

Laura Moriarty

Edward Morris

Jim Beach and Nora Murphy

Lynn Murphy

Virginia and Noah Musser

Karen and Tony Mynsted

Penny Ng

Christina Nipper-Karnowski

Jerry Nossaman

Lucila Olea

Karen Olson

Georgia and Dick Orchard

Uma Outka

Dalton Paley

Gerald and Jeanne Pees

Mary and Paul Pendry

Mike Penner

Cindy and Craig Penzler

Kathy Perkins and Stan Davis

Becca and Blake Peterson

Kate Pickert

Jarek and Maura Piekalkiewicz

Ardith and John Pierce

Katie Pierson

Mark Potts

Sandy and Mark Praeger

Cathy Pringle

Joni and Stephan Pro

Carol Schmitt and Wayne Propst

Julie Ranjbar

Teresa and Stan Rasmussen

Catherine Reed

Dorothy Hoyt-Reed and Ralph Reed

Sonia Reeder-Jones

Nancy Maloney Rich

Beth Ridenour

Delores Ringer

Marcia Roberts

MAJOR GRANTSIn July of 2013, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded the Arts Center a $150,000 Our Town grant for the Free State Festival. Originally the Free State Film Festival, the 2014 and 2015 festivals were expanded to include public art and digital media education for youths from Van Go Inc. and Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. The effort is called the Free State Cultural Connection Project.

In June of 2014, the Arts Center was awarded a $500,000 grant from Art Place for the Free State Boulevard Project. The project will be a partnership between the Arts Center and the City of Lawrence, and engage artists with urban design-ers and civil engineers to reimagine and transform the six-block stretch of 9th Street that connects the Warehouse Arts District with the downtown Lawrence Cultural District.

Van Go, Inc. students worked with the Lawrence Arts Center‘s Digital Media Director and Free State Festival Film Director Marlo Angell to create short films. The project was

part of the Our Town grant.

Pascale and Norman Roberts

Jill Rogers

John and Valerie Roper

Margaret Rose and Steve Ramberg

Ali Rosenblatt

Mary Ross

James Rowland

Bob and Ann Russell

Lucy Russell

Whitney Baker and James Russo

Michelle Sale

Vaughn Salisbury

Janet Satz

Ron and Elaine Schmidt

Nicole Schneider-Delano

Gregory and Linda Schnose

Ron Schorr and Georgann Eglinski

Paul Schmidt and Julie Schwarting

Margaret Ann Schwartzburg

Virginia Seaver

Penelope and John Seavertson

Amanda Sedlick

Margaret and Will Severson

Julia and Tim Shaftel

William Sharp

Kathryn Sheedy

Jean Shepherd

Jan Sheldon and Jim Sherman

Suzanne and Larry Sherr

Jan and Stan Shumway

Spencer Sievers

Betsy and Steve Six

Glee and Jerry Smith

Marilyn and Val Smith

Rebecca Smith

Ruth and Randall Sneegas

Connie and Gary Sollars

Laura Soyland

Diane Spicer

Mary and Matthew Stein

Alice Steuerwald

Steven Hughes

Annie and Paul Stevens

Philip Stevens

Aimee Stewart

Nikki Stewart

Emma Scioli and Philip Stinson

Alisa Stucky

Marie Taylor

Theresa Tedrow

Leanne Tekolste

Richard Texada

The Singpiehl Household

Jessica and Chris Thompson

Judith and Peter Thompson

Tania and Neil Thompson

Marilyn and Benjamin Tilghman

Amy Trettel

Ruth and Austin Turney

Kathryn and Bill Tuttle

Ellie and Wes Unruh

Bruce Vaughn

Sharon and Jeff Vitter

Shanna Wagner and Alec Miller

Karen Wakefield

Agnes Walsh and Craig West

Michelle Walter

Lori and Tom Walton

Karen and Chuck Warner

Eva Horn and Steve Warren

Melissa Watson

Brian Watt

Mary and Jeff Weinberg

Kay Wertzberger

Gretchen West

Linda and Mike Wildgen

Patricia Willer

Jewell Willhite

Lorie Williams

Susan Elkins and Jack Winerock

Kathleen Wiseman

Lindsey Witthaus

Amy Wolf

Anne and Norman Yetman

John Younger

Robert Zerwekh

Hong Zhang and John Kennedy

Diane and Dick Zinn

IMAGINATION SOCIETY

$1000—$4,999

Ben Ahlvers

Ashley and Matt All

Jean and Justin Anderson

Jeannie and Ric Averill

Linda Bailey

Jennifer and Eric Barton

Susan and Jim Bateman

Robin Bayer

Neeli and Venkata Bendapudi

FEBRUARY 2014

LANGSTON HUGHES CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS

Growing up in Lawrence prepared Langston Hughes to understand the difficulties of a racist society as well as the complexities of life itself. He responded by writing in diverse genres — po-etry, fiction, drama, memoir, travel narrative — and in diverse styles, drawing on the rich culture of African Americans and the many voices of American democracy. The Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards encourage and support contemporary poets and writers who present their life experiences creatively through poetry, stories, and non-fiction prose.

Two awards of $500 each are given annually, one in the area of poetry and one in the area of fic-tion. The Lawrence Arts Center and Raven Book Store sponsor the awards.

LANGSTON HUGHES CREATIVE WRITIN

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Beverly Smith Billings

Kerry and Scott Bixby

Charles and Dee Blaser

Mary Wharff and Andy Bloomer

Amanda Clark and Reid Bork

Dorothy and Bob Bowline

Karen and Keith Braman

Anne and Wally Brockhoff

Jolisa and Don Buchner

Tim Caboni

Judith and Ken Calhoun

Grace and Tom Carmody

Carol Ann Carter

Steve and Betsy Clark

Margie and George Coggins

Phyllis and Louis Copt

Janice and Paul DeBauge

Sandra and Jeffrey Deitering

Vicki and Joe Douglas

Kaye and Chris Drahozal

Elizabeth Miller and Lindy Eakin

Ann Evans

Dana Fertig

Herb Friedson and Martha Taylor

Colette and Ron Gaches

Brenda Gadd

Melody and Joe Gatti

John and Virginia Gaunt

Sandra Gautt

Matt Gilhousen

Bobbie and Steve Gish

Emily Hill and Burke Griggs

Erin and Justin Hamilton

Tree and Chris Hanna

Terri and Tom Harper

Kelly and Tanja Harrison

Tracy Harrison and Vic Peterson

Leslie and Blake Hawley

John and Megan Hay

Stacy Galloway Haywood and Derek Haywood

Sandra and Don Hazlett

Barbara and Jon Heeb

Nancy Helmstadter

Marcia and Stephen Hill

Barbara and Steven Hillmer

Heather and Matthew Hoy

Stephen Johnson

Betsy and Maurice Joy

Patty and Marty Kennedy

Laura Kirk and Paul Fellers

Diane and Robert Knapp

Karen and Ed Komp

Anthony Krsnich

Jill and Mark LaPoint

Judith Levy

Michel and Burdett Loomis

Karen Matheis

Cindy and Michael Maude

Katherine and Bill McGillivray

Carol and Gene Meyer

Dee and Mike Michaelis

Brianna and Brett Mosiman

Melissa McCormick and Ed Noonen

Molly Murphy

Debra and Mike Orozco

Vicki and Jim Otten

Nancy and John Parker

Amy and Chris Phalen

Katie and Ty Porter

Kim and Mike Rack

Saralyn Reece Hardy

Durand Reiber and Marty Moore

Mike Roark

Nicole and Dan Sabatini

Leni and Neil Salkind

John and Karry Salvino

Dru and Bill Sampson

Carol and Sherry Schaub

Sally Steuerwald

Pam and Mike Sullivan

Sidney and Tod Sutton

Deanell and John Tacha

Giles Thompson

Jennifer and Dave Unekis

Kevan and Gail Vick

Dale and Jan Willey

Kimberly and Tim Wingate

Judy and Jack Wright

INSPIRATION SOCIETY

$5000—$9,999Joan and Web Golden

Gunda and Dave Hiebert

Diane and Al Horning

Marilyn and Brian Horsch

Sheryl and Bud Jacobs

gallery installation by 2013/14

artist-in-residence John McCaughey

Molly and Robert Krause

Christine and Mike McGrew

Marna and Bob Moore

Gary Nemchock

Sally and Lynn Piller

Sherri Soule and Tom Ruddy

Nicole and Dan Sabatini

Paula and Miles Schnaer

Lori Norwood and Doug Stull

CREATIVE PLACEMAKERS

$10,000 and UpKay, Tom, Tyler and Jeff Carmody

Marilyn and Tom Dobski

Sarah Fayman

Ray Fleming

The Thomas D. Galloway Family

Jan and Jack Gaumnitz

Mary and Doug Glasnapp Family Charitable Fund of the Douglas County Community Foundation

Harrison Family Fund of the Doulgas County Community Foundation

Anne and David Hollond

Deborah and Rocco Landesman

Ellen LeCompte

Barbara Nordling

Sally Hare-Schriner and Dan

Schriner

Elizabeth Schultz

Susan and Brad Tate

Evan Williams and Roger Walter

SPONSORSGENERAL DONORS

Architectural Titanium, LLC

AT&T Foundation

City Wine Market

Cottin’s Hardware

Dennis Brown Painting

First Management

The Granada – Mike Logan

Graham Enterprises

J&S Coffee

Kennedy Glass

Microsoft Corporation

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Peoples Bank

Pew Charitable Trusts

Prairie Elf Tree Farm

Slimmer Automotive

Sunflower Rentals, Inc.

Evan Williams Catering

Mainline Printing

Douglas County Community

Foundation

City of Lawrence

Yarn Barn

Weaver’s

PERFORMANCE DONORS

715

AesthetiCare

American Century Investments

Au Marche

Fun & Games

Gaches, Braden, and Associates

Grandstand Sportswear

Images

Johnny’s Tavern

Laugh Out Loud

Love Garden Sounds

Mass Street Sweet Shoppe

Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Crown Automotive

INTRUST Bank

P1 Group, Inc.

TCK - The Trust Company of Kansas

Treanor Architects

US Bank

Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council

Kansas Humanities Council

Wilkerson, Saunders, Anderson, DDS

Toyota

Jim & Susan Hasselle

Ty & Katie Porter

Anne & David Hollond

O’Connor Company, Inc., Piller

Family Foundation

EXHIBITIONS DONORS

Balloon Arts

Beimer’s BBQ

Bittersweet Garden & Floral

Boulevard Brewing CompanyA Certain Glow, cut paper by Angie Pickman

Checkers

City Wine Market

Gould Evans

Invisible Hand Gallery

Lawrence Paper Company

Mass Street Music

Maceli’s

Phoenix Gallery

Dr. Dan Ranjbar

Stephens Real Estate

Allen Press

Auto-Owners Insurance

Callahan Creek

CEK Insurance

Emprise Bank

Jim Otten Advanced Restorative Dental Studio, DDS

Truity

Morgan Stanley

Pix Ninja Studios

Kansas Humanities Council

Sunflower Rentals

EDUCATION DONORS

Arizona Trading Company

Berry Plastics

Biemer’s Barbecue

Bracker’s Good Earth Clay

Dillon’s

Enel Green Power North America

Fuzzy’s Tacos

Hill’s Pet Nutrition

Jimmy John’s

McAlister’s Deli

McDonald’s of Lawrence

Papa Kenos

The Raven Bookstore

Stoneback Appliance

Sylas & Maddy’s

Terracon

TradeWInd Energy

Westar

Wal-Mart

Wheatfield’s

SCHOOL OF DANCE DONORS

Ann Dean Photography

Dr. John Hay, DDS

Sabatini Architects

Signs of Life

Teresa Mulinazzi Kempf, CFP

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

The Burger Stand

University of Kansas School of Dance

PRESCHOOL DONORS

Allen Press

Creative Road Studio

Great Harvest Bread Company

Hallmark Cards

Hy-Vee

McDonald’s of Lawrence

Munchers

Pendleton’s Country Market

Phoenix Gallery

Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation Foundation

Dr. Dan Ranjbar

Royal Crest Lanes

US Bancorp

Vinland Valley Nursery

York Children’s Foundation

FREE STATE FESTIVAL

105.9 KISS FM

1320 KLWN

2014 Tour of Lawrence

90.1 KKFI

92.9 The Bull

Abe and Jakes Landing

Cider Gallery

City of Lawrence

Crown Automotive

Downtown Lawrence Inc

Free State Brewing Company

Grandstand

Ingredient

Kansas Public Radio

Laugh Out Loud Family Zone

Lawrence Convention and Vistors Bureau

Lawrence Hits

ART BEESIn May, 2014 local

beekeepr Jay Hermanoid set up the Arts Center’s

art bee colony on the roof of the building. The

hive was painted by students in the arts-

based preschool.

Lawrence Journal World

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Lawrence Public Library

National Endowment for the Arts

Pachamamas

Prairie Fire Entertainmnet

Show Pro Audio

Silverback Enterprises

Sprint

The Eye Doctors

The Granada

The Olivia Collection

The Toy Store

Theater Lawrence

University of Kansas

WOW

FOUNDATIONSArtplace AmericaDouglas County Community FoundationDouglas County Heritage Conservation CouncilEthel and Raymond Rice RoundationKansas Humanities CouncilLawrence Rotary ClubNational Endowment for the ArtsO’Connor Company, Piller FoundationPrairie Band Potawatomie Nation FoundationRoss and Marianna Beach FoundationShumaker Family FoundationSprint FoundationUS Bancorp FoundationWilliam T Kemper FoundationYork Children’s Foundation

Arts-based preschool students experiment with paint using salad spinners!

Sug Easy leads a summer work-shop in the School of Dance

FUNDING* $2,308,229

donations, foundations, and memberships (44%)

* UNAUDITED FINANCIALSAudited financials available upon request

installation byShin-hee Chin

City of Lawrence

(4%)

earned income (52%)

(tickets, tuition, art sales)

EXPENSES* $2,221,489

arts education

(48%)(includes preschool

and dance)

performing arts (27%)

exhibitions (16%)

scholarships and financial aid (5%)

visiting and resident artist program (4%)