AG #3 ...[Out Like a Hells Yeah!]

Dang Y'all! 118 patron votes & $1,300 in arts funding last night left  me teary-eyed on the sidelines. Dubuque, WHAT IS UP?! That was awesome! Dubuque Museum of Art had more patrons lining the walls than their permanent collection. We ran out of soup, bowls, bread, dessert, proposal packets, but... folks started sharing, the hits kept coming, and the patrons kept giving.  

While Doug & Dona Schleiser rocked the mic, we enjoyed Ginger-carrot soup and homemade bread by The Food Store racking up 118 patron votes generating $1,300 dollars, marking a record high since our launch in September 2010.

The winning project from Outside The Lines Art Gallery co-owners Connie Twining and Stormy Mochal, along with local artists Elizabeth Roberts and Cole Butler, proposes to hold a “Chalk the Block” contest on September 17 in Cable Car Square.  Chalk the Block participants are given a section of sidewalk where they create an image drawn in chalk. The public is invited to watch the participants create and are encouraged to vote for their favorites.  The proceeds generated from the Chalk the Block event will serve as a fundraiser to establish a visual arts scholarship for a graduating Dubuque high school senior. 

            “Both Chalk the Block and the Visual Arts Scholarship are a perfect fit with our community’s movement towards fostering arts and cultural opportunities,” Stormy Mochal said, “The way we have structured the event gives all of us the chance to pitch in and contribute to the next generation of artists.”

Team OTLAG: Connie, Cole, Stormy, & Elizabeth.
(Photo by Dubuque365)

Several high-profile artists from the community will be recruited to participate in Chalk the Block in order to create a terrific spectator event.  There will also be live music and food to attract an even larger audience.

“This event is colorful, approachable, and interactive, it brings art to the people,” Connie Twining said, “Neighborhood events demonstrate a sense of community which is especially important for young participants to witness, and it will encourage them to get involved and to support the arts.”

Seven projects competed for the Spring Art Gumbo funding including proposals from Brick Road Films, Julien International Film Festival, Hillcrest Family Wellness Center, independent artist David Young, DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival Kids’ Art Tent, and Dubuque Art Theatre.

We must thank DMA for helping us grow this event, grown it so well in fact, that we need to find a bigger home for the June 30th installment.

Local legend says "Build it and they will come." Dang, did we build it.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 30, 2011. Location: Eagle Point Park Riverfront Pavillion. Turkey brats by Cremer's Grocery with summer salads, and a beer tasting by Dubuque Society of Brewers.  Hells Yeah.


FACT: Since our launch in September 2010 we have funded 3 proposals raising a total of $2,490 for Dubuque Art Projects.

Art Gumbo wins 365 Community IMPACT Award!

Art Gumbo received a Dubuque365 Community IMPACT Award on Tuesday, March 8 during the IMPACT Awards ceremony held at the Mississippi Moon Bar. Art Gumbo won an award for the best art project of 2010 to create change in our community. Megan Starr & Paula Neuhaus accepted the award for the project accompanied by die-hard AG volunteers Doug & Dona Schleiser.  

IMPACT Awards
Photo by Ron Tigges of DigitalDubuque.com

"This project functions on a community-supported level, free of politics, and that is it's purpose. It's mission is to bring artists together with art patrons to explore & fund projects, create working relationships, and build a network", Neuhaus said accepting the award, "What motivates us to foster this project is simple: bringing the community together over soup to fund some art, on-the-quick, without a 501 C 3 status, without red tape, just immediate access to funding...We find this incredibly freeing."

AG is thrilled to be included among all the killer and wildly generous volunteer projects that are capturing Dubuque's sense of place and strengthening our community....A two-fisted-double-pump-shout-out to the Du-Ride Team!! Dang, watch those folks, go! 


Check out all the work Team365 does at: http://www.365regionalnetwork.com/

Thanks for sweet night, 365!

AG #3 In Like a Lion, Out Like A... [fill in the blank]

Mark your calendars for Art Gumbo Soup Dinner #3

Thursday, March 24, 6-8 p.m.

Dubuque Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust Street

Organic Soup & Bread by The Food Store, 11th & Iowa Street

Special Guest: AG December Winner Tim Olson will discuss his project's progress

Your hosts: Doug & Dona Schleiser

As always, grab your tenners, & your homies & git yer art on!

March 2011 Mini Grant Instructions & Application

 ART GUMBO MINI GRANT INSTRUCTIONS

MARCH 2011

Application Due: Tuesday, March 22, 11:59 p.m.

Event Date: Thursday, March 24, 6-8 p.m.

Event Location: Dubuque Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust Street

Submit Application via email to: art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com

ELIGIBILTY: Individual artists or arts groups whose project will impact the Dubuque community.

HOW IT WORKS: Artists submit a brief proposal of their project. Submitted projects will be combined into a packet. The public attends the Art Gumbo Soup Dinner, they pay $10 to get in, and this money goes into the Art Gumbo Fund for the night. The attendees enjoy the soup, review the packet of proposals, and vote for their favorite. The proposal with the most votes will be awarded the Art Gumbo Fund proceeds for that night.

FINAL REPORT: The winning artist (or arts group) will be invited to the next Art Gumbo Soup Dinner to present a progress (or final) report.

HOW TO APPLY: Those who wish to submit their project for funding consideration can apply via email by completing the application questions below. All submissions should be attached as word documents or documents compatible with Microsoft word.  Limit your application narrative to 1000 words (approximately 2 pages). 

ART GUMBO MINI GRANT APPLICATON

MARCH 2011

Application Due: Tuesday, March 22, 11:59 p.m.

Event Date: Thursday, March 24, 6-8 p.m.

Event Location: Dubuque Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust Street

Submit Application via email to: art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com

Include the following information on each page.

Name:

Address:

Email:

Telephone:

Project Name:

1. Describe the artistic project an Art Gumbo Grant would help you accomplish:

2. Tell us about yourself and what led you to your current creative goals:

3. Tell us about a previous project of yours, what were your challenges and successes?

4. Discuss the impact your proposed project will have on the Dubuque community:

Limit your application narrative to 1000 words (approximately 2 pages). 

For more information, contact Paula Neuhaus or Megan Starr at art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com. 

APPLY TODAY! 


The March 24 event includes soup by The Food Store and is hosted by Dubuque Museum of Art, with a project update from December AG winner, artist Tim Olson.

AG #2 A little snow didn't stop us...

Despite a heavy snowstorm 50 patrons turned out to slurp African Peanut Soup by Driftless Market and to contribute $530 to fund phase 1 of artist Tim Olson's proposal to revisit some historical photos. Olson wowed the AG crowd with the following project:

"In the spring of 1912, an unknown photographer spent two weeks in Dubuque photographing workers in factories, offices, shops and other businesses. He worked with a large format camera, shot about 450 negatives and sold prints to the subjects and businesses he photographed.

The individual photographs are, for the most part, objective, straight on, extremely detailed portraits of workers and the spaces they occupy. The photographs document the subjects with incredible detail. We see the moustaches, the sleeve protectors, the tin ceilings, the dizzying wallpaper patterns, the Miss Remington calendar, and the price of a chopped ham sandwich. And the photographs are remarkably democratic--picturing company presidents as well as the workers stuffing mattresses. Taken together, these photographs make up a remarkable portrait of Dubuque during two weeks in 1912.

I would like to recreate this project by making a second set of photographs of Dubuque factories, offices, and shops in 2012. An essential part of this recreation would involve using--as much as possible--the same sort of equipment and black and white processes used to make the 1912 photographs. The viewer will look at the two time periods literally through the same lens."

Six innovative proposals...

50 weather-brave patrons...

...and God Bless America watching over us all.

Special thanks to Mark Wahlert & Dubuque Museum of Art, Driftless Market, Dubuque365 Print Services, Gail Chavenelle, Doug & Dona Schleiser, Ana Bissell, Carla Heathcoate, Cole Butler, Ryan Newhard, Gene, Jane, & Laura Tully. The snow was artful too...7 fluffy inches of it.

Word on the street is that one of the other projects submitted that night got privately funded later by a patron in the crowd...win-win. Powerful stuff, yo!

Stay tuned for the March 24, 2011 installment of AG, 6-8 p.m at Dubuque Museum of Art with Soup & Bread by The Food Store.

AG #2: 12 Ways to Warm Your Soul Tonight

Git yer soup on at ART GUMBO tonight! 6-8 p.m. at Dubuque Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust St. Driftless Market Platteville, WI is cookin' up African Peanut Soup and rustic bread. The DMA galleries will be open featuring Patching a Decade, textiles by Teresa Patschke, Biennial Juried Exhibit featuring 49 artists working within 200 miles of Dubuque, and you really can't miss Seward Johnson's 25 foot tall God Bless America statue out front. September GUMBO winner Gene Tully will present on his installation of Warehouse Groteseques. 

Guests of honor: 6 new proposals!

It's cold outside. Come in. Warm your soul. Fund some art.  

December 2010 Mini Grant Instructions & Application

 ART GUMBO MINI GRANT INSTRUCTIONS

 DECEMBER 2010

Application Due: Tuesday, December 14, 11:59 p.m.

Event Date: Thursday, December 16, 6-8 p.m.

Event Location: Dubuque Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust Street

Submit Application via email to: art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com

ELIGIBILTY: Individual artists or arts groups whose project will impact the Dubuque community.

HOW IT WORKS: Artists submit a brief proposal of their project. Submitted projects will be combined into a packet. The public attends the Art Gumbo Soup Dinner, they pay $10 to get in, and this money goes into the Art Gumbo Fund for the night. The attendees enjoy the soup, review the packet of proposals, and vote for their favorite. The proposal with the most votes will be awarded the Art Gumbo Fund proceeds for that night.

FINAL REPORT: The winning artist (or arts group) will be invited to the next Art Gumbo Soup Dinner to present a progress (or final) report.

HOW TO APPLY: Those who wish to submit their project for funding consideration can apply via email by completing the application questions below. All submissions should be attached as word documents or documents compatible with Microsoft word.  Limit your application narrative to 1000 words (approximately 2 pages). 

ART GUMBO MINI GRANT APPLICATON

DECEMBER 2010

Application Due: Tuesday, December 14, 11:59 p.m.

Event Date: Thursday, December 16, 6-8 p.m.

Event Location: Dubuque Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust Street

Submit Application via email to: art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com

Include the following information on each page.

Name:

Address:

Email:

Telephone:

Project Name:

1. Describe the artistic project an Art Gumbo Grant would help you accomplish:

2. Tell us about yourself and what led you to your current creative goals:

3. Tell us about a previous project of yours, what were your challenges and successes?

4. Discuss the impact your proposed project will have on the Dubuque community:

Limit your application narrative to 1000 words (approximately 2 pages). 

For more information, contact Paula Neuhaus or Megan Starr at art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com. 

APPLY TODAY! 

December 16 event includes soup by Driftless Market, Platteville, WI, hosted by Dubuque Museum of Art, with a Final Report from artist Gene Tully, winner of the September 2010 funding.