Our popular ON STAGE series continues on Sunday, February 26 at 3 pm with a solo concert by cellist Rebekah Hood. J. S. Bach’s Suites 1 and 2 for Solo Violoncello will be the centerpieces of Form and Freedom, a Sunday afternoon concert by Rebekah Hood, Cellist and Co-founder of the Veridian Symphony Orchestra, Yuba-Sutter’s young and already-acclaimed ensemble. Also on the program, which moves from the formal Baroque to freer contemporary styles, are an Impromptu by Viennese composer Ernst Toch and a signature piece by San Franciscan Mark Summer.

The concert will be held at the Lee Burrows Arts Center Theatre, 7th and E Streets, Marysville. Seating is limited to 110. Doors open at 2:30 pm. Tickets, only $10 per person, may be purchased in advance from the Arts Council’s two locations at 624 E Street (open Tuesday to Friday, 12pm – 4pm) and 419 D Street (Gallery 34 – open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 7pm). Unsold tickets will be available at the door at the same price, but due to demand, advance purchase or reservation is recommended. For more information, call us at (530) 742-ARTS or email@yubasutterarts.org.

The concert is being underwritten by The Fontayne Group, Inc.

More information about California WorldFest at their website: www.worldfest.net.

Through the Artist Outreach Project, The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation awards grants to accomplished visual, performing and literary artists, age 55 and older. These grants are intended to support the artists’ efforts to give back to their community. Artists awarded the grant spend six to eight hours a week with an underserved group served by a non-profit organization of their choice, sharing their talent in arts-based services that are both educational and therapeutic.

*Application Information: The Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2012 Artist Outreach Project. The application deadline is March 30, 2012. Artists interested in the Artist Outreach Project are encouraged to contact the Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation to discuss their ideas. Victor Nelson, the Foundation Executive Director, can be reached at 949-267-1517 or via e-mail.

Click here for more details about the Artist Outreach Project and how to apply.

Always held on the first Saturday in May, selected gardens in the Yuba and Sutter Counties area are open for self-guided tours between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. rain or
shine. This year’s AAUW Garden Tour will feature local artists who will display their artwork in the gardens. Several artists will show their work at the reception as well. The reception will be held at the Yuba Sutter Regional Arts Council gallery, 624 E Street in Marysville, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will be hosted by the Harkey House Bed and Breakfast Inn, The Brick Coffee House Café, and Cakes By Request. To attend the reception, tickets for the Garden Tour are required.

Tickets are $15 per person and are available April 1 at these locations in Yuba City and Marysville: The Flower Petal’er, The Candy Box, Sperbeck’s Nursery, Union Lumber, Yuba City Florist, Botanica Landscapers, and Yuba Sutter Regional Arts Council, or from any AAUW member.

Tour maps are not available until the day of the event and can be picked up between 9:30 and 1:00 at the island at Plumas and C Streets in Town Center, Yuba City, west of the fountain. Tickets can also be purchased at that location. After 1:30 maps and tickets are available at Sperbeck’s Nursery. In case of rain, bring an umbrella.

Annual Garden Tour proceeds benefit the local educational programs and projects of Marysville-Yuba City Branch of American Association of University Women. Projects
include Math-Science Conference for 8th Grade Girls, Tech Trek Science Camp, and other scholarships. For more information contact Garden Tour Chairperson, Barbara Kenney, 671-5995.

White Egrets, 14 X 21 inches

The Hoffman Foothill Art Society in Brownsville, California is hosting a Watercolor Workshop instructed by Lian Zhen from September 15 – 18.

The cost for the workshop is $240. The workshop will take place in Brownsville at Hoffman Foothill Art Society. $30 deposit are accepted as of January, and $30 a month there after until paid off. There will be no refunds due to the fact that a required amount of people must sign-up to qualify for the class. If someone drops out they may find a replacement and regain their money. If we have more than the qualified amount of people for the class and someone drops out, the Foothill Art Society will gladly give a refund. The spots reserved for the class will be on a first come basis.

Please contact Juanita Coleman from Hoffman Foothill Art Society with questions or to reserve your spot.
530-741-1415 or e-mail at cuzzy1@sbcglobal.net

To see examples of the artist’s work, please visit. www.lianspainting.com/Gallery.htm

Poetry Out Loud! National Recitation Contest comes to the Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council on Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 16. 6 PM

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with U.S. state arts agencies to support Poetry Out Loud, a contest that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.

After successful pilot programs in Washington, DC, and Chicago, Poetry Out Loud was launched in high schools nationwide in the spring of 2006 with tens of thousands of students participating. POL has grown every year with over 365,000 students competing in 2010-2011.

Contest Structure and Awards
Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure that starts at the classroom level. Winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals.

Each winner at the state level receives $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip with an adult chaperone to Washington to compete for the national championship. The state winner’s school receives a $500 stipend for the purchase of poetry books. The first runner-up in each state receives $100, with $200 for his or her school library. A total of $50,000 in awards and school stipends is awarded annually at the National Finals.

Awards are made in the form of lump sum cash payouts, reportable to the IRS. Tax liabilities are the sole responsibility of the winners and their families.

The Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council is pleased to host the county competition for Yuba and Sutter counties at the Lee Burrows Arts Center, 630 E Street, Marysville. Sutter County contest occurs Wednesday, February 15th, 6 p.m. And the Yuba County contest occurs Thursday, February 16, 6 p.m.

Monday • February 27 • 9:00 AM-12:00 PM • no charge
Creating Effective Arts Assemblies for K-8 Students, Part 1* Register now!
Converting your work as a professional artist or arts organization into an effective arts learning experience for students is itself an art form. How do you engage large groups of students? How many (and which) facets of your art should be addressed? What common assumptions, myths, and mistakes should you avoid?
Designed as an introduction for artists and organizations developing their first assembly, this workshop explores the elements of an effective arts assembly for school settings, from the ground up.
John Bertles, Kennedy Center Presenter.
Location: Artisan Building (1901 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento)

Monday • February 27 • 1:30-5:00 PM • no charge
Creating Effective Arts Assemblies for K-8 Students, Part 2* Register now!
Building on the concepts presented in PART 1, this workshop will look at ways to strengthen your existing arts education assembly through examining some live examples. John will engage us in reflection and discussion about our educational offerings as we experience segments of programming from pre-selected local artists, applying the principals he has developed through 20 years of touring in school settings throughout the country.
John Bertles, Kennedy Center Presenter.
Location: Artisan Building (1901 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento)

Tuesday • February 28 • 5:00-8:00 PM • no charge includes supper
Classroom Management for Teaching Artists* Register now!
Classroom management can often be a source of anxiety for teaching artists, but a culturally responsive approach, a lot of planning and a little practice are the keys to success. In this workshop the focus will include encouraging student engagement by preparing for a wide variety of contingencies and outcomes.
John Bertles, Kennedy Center Presenter.
Location: S. Natomas Community Center (2921 Truxel Road, Sacramento)

* Workshop sponsored by and developed in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Committee for the Performing Arts. It is offered as part of Sacramento’s Any Given Initiative.

Saturday • March 10 • 9:00 AM-4:00 PM • $15 includes lunch
Home is Where the Art Is: Making Art that Makes Connections Register now!
How can we use art-making to find connections with every student and classroom we work with? This question, foundational as it is to our work, can sometimes stump even the most seasoned teaching artist. In this workshop, we look at the work of regional artists of color who explore concepts of home, self and history in their work and discuss strategies for using free media resources to bring these artists and their work to life for your students. These artists from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds ask questions in their art that can spark conversations and art-making with students in any classroom, as well as providing points of entry for integrating your arts lessons with social studies and current event curricula in any grade.
Bonus session: Bring your laptop with iTunes installed and learn how to create your own thematic video playlists for FREE in the last optional 30 minutes of the workshop.
Kristin Farr & Sabrina Klein, Teaching Artists Organized (TAO) Presenters.
Location: S. Natomas Community Center (2921 Truxel Road, Sacramento)

Saturday • May 5 • 9:00 AM-2:00 PM • $15 includes lunch
Documenting Your Work as an Artist: Telling Your Story with Images Register now!
Grant applications, marketing materials, calls-to-artists, archives – there are many reasons why you need quality images of your work as an artist and a teaching artist. But often, these needs are greater than the resources available to get the job done. And even if you have the means, how do you know which images will best tell your story? In this workshop, you will learn to use simple video and photo equipment to document and market your work in an effective and compelling way.
Robert Ansell, Gary Dinnen & Chelsea Greninger, Presenters.
Location (tentative): S. Natomas Community Center (2921 Truxel Road, Sacramento)

For more information about these workshops visit the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission website a www.sacmetroarts.org/professional-development.html

A group exhibition will be held in March 2012 based on the entries. The deadline to enter is February 27, 2012. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity.

For further information and to apply online visit www.lightspacetime.com

Exhibition dates: April 20 – June 2, 2012

Awards:

1st Place winner will have a full page color picture in May Ceramics Monthly Magazine
2nd Place $300.
3rd Place $200.

Eligibility:

• Open to all artists, minimum age 18.
• Open to all original works of ceramic art.
• Work cannot have been exhibited previously with Roseville Arts.
• Plates must have integral wire to hang directly on wall–no plate hangers.
• Totems must be stable to sit directly on the floor (no pedestals).
• Size limitations – Plates should be no larger than 24″ diameter. Totems may be up to 10′ tall and must be able to enter through doors with clear entry of 94 h x 91 w inches.

For more information and details visit www.rosevillearts.org/clay.html
Contact Julie Hirota at tony@rosevillearts.org or (916) 783-4117 with questions.

This show will feature work that includes the figure in a non-realistic way (gestural, implied or anything in between) or include the figure in a fantastic or imaginary scene. In your description of work, specify how your piece relates to the theme.

Online Submissions Only
Deadline for entries is May 7, 2012
Notification of Jury Results on May 14, 2012
Show dates: June 7, 2012 – July 14, 2012

For information, please go to rosevillearts.org/education/calltochildren.html

Contact: Kathleen Mazzei
email: info@rosevillearts.org
Phone: (916) 783-4117
Website: rosevillearts.org