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2012 Gallery Deadline Coming

Friday night was the last Gallery Opening of 2010.  The year has flown by again.  We are looking ahead to to the future... 2012.  If you have ever thought of showing in our galleries, get your images ready and application together because the deadline for 2012 Exhibition Series Applications is next week.  Don't miss out on your opportunity to exhibit in the Tippecanoe Arts Federation Galleries in 2012!  The TAF Gallery Committee is now accepting applications for visual art exhibitions in the Wells Community Cultural Center galleries.  All applications are due next Friday, November 12, 2010 by 5:00pm (est).  Applicants will be submitting to exhibit during the 2012 calendar year.

All artists, art groups, arts organizations, and schools from the Region IV counties are eligible to submit an application and electronic portfolio for panel review. Those located in the following counties are eligible to apply: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jasper, Montgomery, Newton, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, and White.

Applications and guidelines can be found on the TAF website at www.tippecanoearts.org.  For more information about the TAF Gallery program, contact Paige Sharp, Director of Arts Education and Regional Services at rsd@tippecanoearts.org or 765-423-2787.

ASAP Partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters

How much fun is this?  We are taking ASAP on the road.  Earlier this month, Purdue Beat Society visited the Boys and Girls Club.  Now, we are teaming up with Big Brothers Big Sisters.  

Tuesday, October 19^th at the Morton Community Center in West Lafayette, volunteer artist Gail Johnston will lead a group of Big Brothers Big Sisters, or "Bigs and Littles" in an exciting clay class.  The class, offered as a meaningful activity for volunteer mentors and their young partners, is a new expanded component of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation After School Arts Program (ASAP). 

Bethany Shaw, Case Manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wabash Valley recently heard about the ASAP program at an Our Kids meeting held at the Community and Family Resource Center.  She quickly called TAF to inquire about a possible partnership. 

Paige Sharp, who directs the ASAP program, worked with Shaw to construct a tailor-suited class.  "TAF was happy to find a way to build this new partnership into the ASAP program, working with Big Brothers Big Sisters deepens the program's impact while meeting community cultural planning goals," said Sharp.  All artwork created in the clay class will be included in the ASAP Exhibition which opens Friday, December 10th from 5-7pm.

"Everyone I've talked to thus far is thrilled!" extolled Shaw.