An Event for a Special Cause: 

Please join us for a live acoustic performance by acclaimed singer, songwriter Terri Allard, a hometown girl who continues to make good as the host of Charlottesville Inside Out on PBS Station WHTJ. Proceeds and donations will support the Arts Center In Orange Community Outreach Program, a cultural initiative with the goal of making the arts accessible to underserved audiences throughout Orange and the surrounding counties.

“Choosing love, choosing hope, celebrating those choices through life’s twists and turns: Terri Allard’s music looks at the hard and true things of life, celebrating the joys, laughing at the funny stuff, walking with the sorrow, and speaking of it all with a clear hearted grace. She’s been called too folk for country and too country for folk: what she is, really is a writer and singer of remarkable insight and focus.” Kerry Dexter, Music Road

Listen and learn more about Terri Allard at:  www.terriallard.com

Where: The Light Well Restaurant, 110 E. Main St. Orange, phone (540) 661-0004
When: Saturday, March 24, 8:30 – 10:00pm
Tickets: $25 Advance Sales Only.  Available at The Arts Center In Orange, 129 East Main Street, Orange, Hours: Mon-Sat/10-5, phone – (540) 672-7311, email – theartsorange@aol.com

Presented by The Arts Center In Orange, with the kind assistance and gracious hospitality of The Light Well Restaurant.

The Arts Center In Orange (501c3) Community Outreach develops programs with area schools and social service agencies with the goal of bringing the arts to everyone regardless of age, ability and/or economic circumstance.

In 2002 The Arts Center In Orange began a program of twice monthly art lessons at an area nursing home. In 2003 we received $12,500 in grants funding to expand our Community Outreach activities and hired Anna Marie DeMio Dowen to head the program. With the generous support of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Dominion Foundation, the Target Foundation, Bama Works, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, several private family foundations, and the talents of many of our community’s fine artists and musicians, the program has grown to serve Orange County schools and over 24 area social service agencies, bringing art and music into the lives of thousands of underserved individuals throughout our community.

A few examples of The Arts Center’s Community Outreach programming include:

- Resources and artistic support to Orange County Schools, such as Young Visions, the annual gallery exhibit of Orange County School student’s art work in our Morin Gallery, in-school artist residencies, after-school enrichment, student behavioral incentives, clay studio facilities, and in-service teacher training.

- Arts curriculum tailored to the creative and developmental needs of low-income youth at Orange County Head Start and The Boys and Girls Club of Orange, including regular classes in arts and traditional crafts, annual art shows and opportunities for young artists to fundraise for their non-profit through the sale of their own artwork.

- Through programs at Dogwood Village of Orange, the Young at Heart Club and Orange Senior Center, area seniors participate in art classes, exhibit and win ribbons at the Orange County Fair and at the Virginia House of Delegates.

- Mentally disabled adults at facilities in Orange and Culpeper enjoy opportunities to step outside the limits of their situation to sing, dance and create.

Through the arts, we have a unique ability to coordinate and enhance the missions of organizations throughout our community. One example: Outreach instructors presented an after-school enrichment program titled “The Art of Giving” to produce ceramic butterfly wind chimes to be auctioned at the Hospice of the Piedmont’s annual Butterfly Release. This single activity supported Virginia SOL requirements, educated and empowered children as philanthropists, and helped to raise funds for Hospice.

Visit the Community Outreach pages at www.artscenterorange.org for updates and to learn more.

This four week class covers the fundamental principles of portrait drawing:

- geometric principles of simplifying the head,

- basic anatomy of the head and neck

- features of the face and head:

   eye, nose, mouth, ear

- understanding proportion and likeness

Date: Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13

Time: Mondays, 6-9pm

Instructor: Thomas Marsh

Fee: $100, supply list upon registration

 W27 Clay Handbuilding

Learn the how and why of hand building — what you can and can’t do with clay. Choose either a birdbath or wall pocket for a large project. Smaller projects include plant markers, garden plaques, candle holders, soap dishes, bowls, garden faces, vases, tea pots, wind chimes, garden bells and more.

Date: Jan. 23, 30,Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27

Time: Mondays, 10am-noon                       Instructor: Sally Mickley

Fee: $95, $ 35 supply fee

W28  Silk Scarf painting  Techniques

Learn how to prepare and paint on silk, using silk paint and techniques including resists and salt, as well as a simple method for fixing your design.  Each week, students will practice on a 12” x 12” scarf, then have the opportunity to complete an 8” x 54” scarf using the technique learned that day.  Handouts will provide supply source information so you continue your art at home.

Date: Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14

Time: Tuesdays, 10am-12noon

Instructor: Wendy Wiebe

Fee: $65, $35 supply fee

W32  Copper Cuff with Torch Coloring

Learn to make a unique copper cuff out of patterned and square wire. You may polish it to a bright copper sheen, or try heating it with a torch to give a dazzling display of colors!

Date: Feb. 18

Time: Saturday, 10am-noon

Instructor: Trish Shornagel

Fee: $30, $20 supply fee 

W33  Caged Stone Pendant

Learn to capture a stone, crystal, etc. in a unique caged pendant. We will use sterling wire and instructor will bring an assortment of tumbled stones. Feel free to bring your own item to capture.

Date: Feb. 18

Time: Saturday, 1pm-3pm

Instructor: Trish Shornagel

Fee: $30, $25 supply fee 

W34  Beginner Wheel Throwing

Adults learn the basics and brush up existing skills.  This class will introduce the potters wheel.  You will create cylinder, cup and bowl forms, as well as basic glazing techniques.

Date: March 5, 12, 19, 26,April 2, 16

Time: Mondays, 6:30-8:30pm

Instructor: Shari Jacobs

Fee: $95, $ 35 supply fee

W35  Beginner Wheel Throwing

Adults learn the basics and brush up existing skills.  This class will introduce the potters wheel.  You will create cylinder, cup and bowl forms, as well as basic glazing techniques.

Date: March 17, 24, 31,April 7, 14, 21

Time: Saturdays, 10am – noon

Instructor: Shari Jacobs

Fee: $95, $35 supply fee

To Register for Classes, contact The Arts Center In Orange located at 129 East Main Street, P.O. Box 13 in Orange, phone: 540-672-7311 or email: theartsorange@aol.com. Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm.