AG #5 A Dining Table Fit for a...[fill in the blank]

ART GUMBO #5 = B-Day #1 = Biggest dining table in the Tri-States! 

AG #5's big-assed table at Voices Gallery boasted yellow daisies, crayon bundles, butcher block paper, multi-colored bowls, baskets of whole wheat oatmeal bread, and seating for 90. We wished big and Gene Tully & Ali Levasseur of the Voices Team made our b-day wish come true: Big-Assed Table for 90! 

Big-Assed Dining Table

Popcorn Cake! Happy B-Day, AG!

82 patron votes and $850 sent two winning projects out the door with funding for their "what's next?" to impact the arts in Dubuque. This funding cycle was open to creative groups/arts orgs & 5 diverse projects competed for funding including The Medicine Band, Dubuque365, Julien International Film Festival, Hempstead HS Art Dept., and Ruix Zine. Perhaps the most all-arts-encompassing funding round yet, the proposals covered music, exhibition, film, a community-based art club, and a literary zine. 

Dean Wellman, The Medicine Band, "Blackhawk (Maka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak) A Rock Opera" 

Michael Coty, Julien International Film Festival, Screening of SIXTEEN FORTY-NINE

Ryan Werner, Ruix Zine: Sustaining Local Music, Art, & Literature

Mike Ironside, Dubuque365, Exhibition of Ashanti Collection, from the estate of Ruth & Russ Nash

Brad Manternach, Hempstead HS Afterschool Community-based Art Club & "The Pottery Super Bowl"

And the winners are... 
Runner Up, Julien International Film Festival was awarded $100 toward screening the documentary film SIXTEEN FORTY-NINE in Dubuque in 2011-2012 as part of their mission to bring great film to our City. 

AG #5 Runner Up Winner Michael Coty of JIFFD accepts $100 from AG Co-Founder Paula Neuhaus

 The patron's favorite  and winner of $750 was Brad Manternach of Hempstead HS with his proposal to launch an Afterschool Community-Based Art Club and "The Super Pottery Bowl" project.  Manternach plans to use the funds to begin an after-school art program that uses community-based art projects as a method of teaching high school students how art can promote social change. "Through the program students will be able to experience art beyond just process or a letter grade, but experience making art that builds community," Manternach said, "Our first project will be “The Super Pottery Bowl" which will require the students to develop a set of bowls, cups, and other pieces of dinnerware that focus on the issue of homelessness and poverty here in Dubuque." The AG funds will help purchase supplies for the Art Club's first project.

AG #5 Winner Brad Manternach accepts $750 in cash from AG June Winner, artist Katie Duffy

AG is never complete without a final report from the winner of the previous funding cycle. AG June Winner Artist Katie Duffy had the unique luxury of having her installation in the room with us for her gallery talk. (As an extra perk, Duff helped us create the popcorn b-day cake!)

"Pop Quiz" by Katie Duffy, exhibiting at Voices Gallery through October 7

Katie Duffy gives AG some props!

 

AG# 5 would not have been possible without dedicated patrons (aka: GumboHeads), Voices Gallery, Green Dubuque, Trusted Earth Farm & Forage, Dubuque Rescue Mission, Loras College Food Service, Inside Decor, Welu Printing, musical guests Bob Bucko JR & David Morrison, Katie Duffy, Fran & Ellen Henkels, Helynn Starr, Gene & Jane Tully, our Loras College Interns, and, of course, no one looks better than when Sindi Mueller of Luxe Photography is in the house!  

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread & Cherry Tomatoes by Trusted Earth Farm & Forage

 

What we learned? ALWAYS have crayons on the table.

                                                                                                                        
Mark your calendars for Thursday, December 29, 6-8 p.m. as ART GUMBO embraces winter with our new permanent venue (TBC). The evening will feature Soup & Bread by Trusted Earth Farm & Forage CSA and Catering, craft brews by the Dubuque Area Society of Brewers, glamorous photo ops by Luxe Photography, a special musical guest, an update by Sept winner Brad Manternach, and the next innovative individual artist's/creative's projects to rock Dubuque. Check it.
 
FYI: Since our launch in September 2010, ART GUMBO has funded 6 proposals raising a total of $4,350 for Dubuque art projects. 

AG #5 Trust the Harvest by Sowing the Seeds

Gumbo Patrons unite to reap the bounty of the harvest and to sow the seeds for growing creativity in our community. Join us to break bread, eat soup, and fund art!

Mark your calendars for Art Gumbo #5

Happy #1 Birthday to AG!

Check it: Thursday, September 29, 6-8 p.m.

Venue: Voices Warehouse Gallery, 10th & Jackson Streets in Dubuque

Yum: Potato Kale Soup and Greek Bean & Carrot Soup by Green Dubuque, Beer Bread by Trusted Earth Farm & Forage CSA & Catering

B-Day: Grandma Skoko Starr's famous popcorn cake

Special Guests: AG June Winner Katie Duffy will offer a gallery talk about her installation at Voices (you will be in the gallery that her work is exhibiting in!)

Musical Guest: Bob Bucko JR & David Morrison

On TAP: Potosi Brewing Company's "Good Old Potosi" lager

Proposals by: The Medicine Band, Dubuque365, Julien International Film Festival, Hempstead HS Art Dept., and Ruix Zine.

Your hosts: Paula Neuhaus & Megan Starr 

YOU: Grab your tenners & your homies & git yer art on!

TWEAK: to make tiny adjustments in or to; fine-tune

B-Day:

Art Gumbo turns 1 this September. With this b-day, we have indulged in self-reflection, evaluation, and the need to tweak the AG project to employ the same sustainable tactics that it preaches. Fancy way of saying: "We changed some shit, so read up, yo:"

• You must be present to win.
• You must attend the dinner to vote.
• All votes will be cast AFTER all presentations. No early voting allowed.
• Application Narrative has been reduced to 500 words (approx. 1 page).
• Applicants will offer an enhanced verbal pitch of their proposal at the dinner.
• *Applicants will pay a small fee to submit their application: sliding scale of $5-$20. 
• If the proceeds from the door exceed $750, a Runner Up will be awarded the remaining funds.

*Application fee goes toward sustaining the AG project: printing copies, posters, handbills, etc. 
Upcoming in 2011-12:
AG is seeking funding to commission potters to create AG Soup Bowls that will be sold at the Soup Dinners. Patrons are encouraged to purchase a bowl & bring it with you every time you attend AG.This "bring-your-own-place-setting" concept reduces waste, volunteer time, employs local potters, and creates a revenue source for AG. 

Happy B-Day to us!


FYI: Since our launch in September 2010, ART GUMBO has funded 4 proposals raising a total of $3,500 for Dubuque art projects.    

AG Dubuque included in PHONEBOOK 3 Publication

Art Gumbo Dubuque has been included in the upcoming publication PHONEBOOK 3, a directory of independent art spaces, programming, and projects throughout the United States and a collection of essays written by the people who run them. PHONEBOOK 3 includes artist-run spaces, public programming, unconventional residencies, alternative schools, and community resources; all of the projects that form and support art ecologies across the nation, as well as historical documents marking their past.

PHONEBOOK 3 is an essential guide for artists and arts administrators looking to connect with others in this ever-changing realm of independent artist-run culture, including everything from nonprofit and community institutions to flexible and self-organized art spaces. Art Gumbo Dubuque is included as a general listing, culled from hundreds of projects across the nation.   

Check out/purchase PHONEBOOK 3 here. As FEAST Brooklyn co-founder David Michael says, "Show some love."

Hells yeah. The hits keep comin'.

AG #4 A tutorial on atmospheric moisture including the properties of water, changes in physical state of water, latent heat, & humidty.

4 artist proposals, 99 patron votes, $1,010 dollars, 103 turkey brats, 83 degree weather, 3 homebrewers, 4 photographers, several cute babies, stifling humidity, a toward-zero waste event, and quote of the night by winning artist Katie Duffy; "Holy shit! Thanks, everyone!"

Winner Katie Duffy

Full of brats & beer, 99 patrons survived the heat to raise a toast to artist Katie Duffy who was awarded funding for her “Generation Y" project that combines three mediums: painting, sculptural installation, and film. “Generation Y" will be a part of Dubuque's acclaimed annual Voices From The Warehouse District exhibit in September.  Duffy claimed, as an emerging artist, one of the greatest challenges has been, "Borrowing equipment from other artists, which has seriously curbed my potential, particularly as a film maker. Art Gumbo funding will help me not only purchase the equipment needed for the Voices exhibit, it will assist me tremendously in my artistic growth far beyond Voices." Duffy, who is active in & inspired by, the local art scene says, "The issues that I will be tackling in “Generation Y" are ones that permeate our international society in ways that most of us may not even recognize. These issues will reshape the future and redefine what it is to be American."   The Voices exhibit opens on  September 10. voicesgallery.org

AG #4 was held at Eagle Point Park overlooking the Mississippi River with the EmCee stylings of local hero and sustainable neighborhood grocer Jeff Cremer. 4 artists competed for the summer funding cycle including Michele Chillook, Katie Duffy, Samantha Jones, and David Young. 

David Young

Michele Chillook

Samantha Jones

Katie Duffy

March AG winners, Connie Twining & Stormy Mochal of Outside The Lines Art Gallery presented updates on their upcoming Gumbo-funded project "The Great Draw" scheduled for September 2011. Stay informed by visiting otlag.com

AG# 4 would not have been possible without Jeff Cremer & all of the GumboHeads who donated food, sound equipment, home brew, coolers, composting bins, salad tongs (oh, so many tongs!), documentation (Sindi & Steve Mueller of Luxe Photography!), painted signs, carried ice, spread the word, and sweated on each other 'til the sun went down. (The homebrewers were still deep in it when we left).                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 29, 6-8 p.m. as ART GUMBO celebrates its' first birthday. We return to Voices Warehouse Gallery and our hosts the Dubuque County Fine Arts Society. The evening will feature craft brews by Potosi Brewing Company, Farmers Market Soup by Green Dubuque, a killer birthday cake by a local sweet-treat-master (we have a list of faves), a special musical guest, and the next innovative art projects to rock Dubuque. Check it.     FYI: Since our launch in September 2010, ART GUMBO has funded 4 proposals raising a total of $3,500 for Dubuque art projects.                                                                                                                                                                                                

AG #4 "In summer, the song sings itself." ~William Carlos Williams

Gumbo Patrons unite for the summer cycle of Art Gumbo! We're hosting this one Dubuque-Style: brats, beers, watermelon, summer salads, and Eagle Point Park!

Mark your calendars for Art Gumbo  #4

Check it: Thursday, June 30, 6-8 p.m.

Venue: Riverfront Pavilion, Eagle Point Park, Dubuque, Iowa

Yum: Turkey Brats by Cremer's Grocery with summer salads & watermelon

Special Guests: AG March Winner Outside The Lines Art Gallery will discuss their project's progress.

On TAP: Beer Tasting by Dubuque Area Society of Brewers 

Your host: Jeff Cremer of Cremer's Grocery

Proposals by: Michele Chillook, Katie Duffy, Samantha Jones, & David Young

YOU: Grab your tenners & your homies & git yer art on!

AG #4 Seeks Individual Artists & Creatives!

Art Gumbo is now accepting applications from individual artists for the summer funding cycle. Applications for Art Gumbo mini grants for the summer funding cycle are available now through Tuesday, June 23. 


New submission guidelines include the separation of individual artists and organizations or groups during funding cycles. Arts organizations and groups are not eligible to apply during the summer funding cycle. The first 8 eligible applications received by 11:59 p.m. on June 23 will qualify for funding.


According to the new guidelines individual artists (or creatives) will be eligible to apply during summer and winter cycles, and arts organizations (or groups) will be eligible during fall and spring cycles. 


The next Art Gumbo Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, June 30, 6-8 p.m. at Riverfront Pavilion @ Eagle Point Park. Turkey Brats by Cremer's Grocery & Fresh Summer Salads by AG volunteers. Beer Tasting by Dubuque Society of Brewers. $10 funds the winner's project.

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

HOW IT WORKS: Artists & Creatives 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/creative will be invited to the next Art Gumbo Soup Dinner to present a progress (or final) report. Volunteer support is expected by the winner at the subsequent event.

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 APPLICATION

JUNE 2011

Application Due: Thursday, June 23, 11:59 p.m.

Event Date: Thursday, June 30, 6-8 p.m.

Event Location: Riverfront Pavilion @ Eagle Point Park, Dubuque, IA

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

Include the following information on each page. Word docs only please.

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  Megan Starr at art.gumbo.dbq@gmail.com