3 proposals, 440 patron votes, $440 in proceeds, 3 styles of home brew, Hungarian Mushroom Soup & Corn Chowder from the Bank Bar & Grille sent DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival ($308) and Loras College Creatives ($132) each home with a cash stack to launch their projects. The March funding cycle was open to arts orgs or group creatives.
Robert Dunn, Loras College Creatives, took the audience on a sweeping visual journey of landscape & song with his proposal
“The Driftless Land Project” a collaborative video piece featuring the non-fiction work of Kevin Koch, original score by Dunn, & video production by Craig Schaefer.
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| Put your money where your heart is! |
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| Robert Dunn, Loras College Creatives, "The Driftless Land Project" |
"When combined, the literary
works form a rich statement of not only place, but also humanity as it relates
to and is transformed by place. The “Driftless Land” media project incorporates
excerpts from these two volumes with stunning visual images of the Upper
Mississippi Valley and an original musical score, composed by local musician
Robert Dunn, to create a piece of art that encompasses literature, music and
film. The completed film, with its emphasis on land and history, strengthens
the communities of the Driftless Land."
Paula Neuhaus, DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival, won the audience's favor with their project "Collaborative Community Painting with artist Keith
Huie”. The project took home $308. "DubuqueFest has commissioned painter Keith Huie to lead a
community collaborative painting that will be created on-site during the
festival, May 18-20, 2012, in the Washington Park area in conjunction with the
Art Fair on Saturday & Sunday. The community/festival-goers will have the
opportunity to stop by and paint with Keith throughout the weekend. Anyone can
participate and there is no pre-registration needed. It is collaborative art in motion. Keith will lead/guide the
collaborative painting so the result is a cohesive piece suitable for
exhibition."
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| "Childhood Detail" by Keith Huie |
"This community collaboration serves as a model for the role
that the arts play in helping to develop the broader cultural landscape of the
Dubuque community. This sense of ownership and collective results in a cultural
vibrancy that aids in the retention of young people in our city, initiates a
sense of commitment to meeting our neighbors, serves as ongoing testimony to
the power of collaboration, stimulates creative thought, and raises the
awareness that fine arts exploration can be accessible to everyone." The finished work will be donated to a community organization for permanent exhibition.
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AG Co-Founder Megan Starr awards cash & December Winner Artist Gail Chavenelle awards an original sculpture to Paula Neuhaus on behalf of DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival. |
The night also included a proposal by Suzie Wright, Colts Drum & Bugle Corps Supporters, for a video production entitled "Capturing the Colts".
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| Suzie Wright with Team "Capture the Colts" |
AG is never complete without a progress report by the last cycle's winner. Gail Chavenelle and her student co-creators Holly Brimeyer & Brianna Manning won $750 in December to create the a public sculpture. The group displayed the prototypes (maquettes) of their 5-foot public sculpture project that will be installed at Hempstead HS in May 2012.
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| Holly Brimeyer with a maquette of her collaborative piece created with Brianna Manning & Gail Chavenelle |
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| Maquette of the soon-to-be-named courtyard sculpture.
Always a big thanks to our sponsors...
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Mark your calendars for the June 21 Art Gumbo Soup Dinner at our new permanent home St. Mark Community Center! June funding cycle is open to Individual Artists or Creatives.
CLICK HERE to view all the fun photo booth pics by Luxe Photography!
CLICK HERE to view all the fun photo booth pics by Luxe Photography!
FYI: Since our launch in September 2010 ART GUMBO has funded 10 projects raising a total of $5,650 for Dubuque art projects.
