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PAST EVENTS
“Community Unity” Art Sculpture project
The Creativity Unlimited Arts Council's city wide art
project.. Using the Community Unity theme, tiles were
painted on 6 inch square pieces buy the community of all
ages.
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1913 POST OFFICE/ART CENTER
The Phase II Environmental Study by the Environmental Protection Agency is underway. It is unknown how long this will take, but actual renovation can’t take place until the results of this study are received.
Meanwhile, the Building Committee is busy seeking sources of funding, planning the various uses for the building and estimating costs for the project.
Community Unity Art Sculpture Project
The committee estimates that 633 more tiles are needed to complete all five s. The next public tile
painting is Saturday, August 23 at the Platte River Mall. Other dates and times are available for groups by appointment. Please call Sharon (532-2561 or 530-1783), Wava (532-8690) or Patsy (584-3379) to schedule a group tile painting.
There will be a tile painting booth at the North Platte Rail Fest on September 20 at Cody Park.
The committee hopes to begin construction on the five s this fall.
Rail Fest Art Show
Patsy Smith is once again organizing the Rail Fest Art Show. All art must include a railroad theme. The show is scheduled to hang on September 18 at 4:00 p.m. at the Platte River Mall.
For Rules
and entry form click here. If anyone is interested in placing a piece in the show or volunteering to help hang the show, please call Patsy Smith at 584-3379.
Board Elections
After more than four years of giving their lives completely over to Creativity Unlimited Arts Council, artists Wava Best and Patsy Smith have decided not to stand for reelection to a second term. WE WILL MISS THEM! Their contributions to all the Arts Council has accomplished cannot be overstated!
Nebraska Writers Guild
The Nebraska Writers Guild conference will be held in North Platte on October 3 and 4. Creativity Unlimited Arts Council will support this event in lieu of a Literary Festival this year. All members are encouraged to attend.
View the conference flier here..
Richard Haneline new Art Instructor at NPCC
Sharon Skinner has just completed a ceramics course with the new Art instructor at
NPCC and highly recommends him. Contact the college for
a list of classes currently available including Art Structure, Drawing I, Drawing II, Design I, Art Appreciation, 3-D Design and Art History.
Artist-to-Artist Interstate 80 Outreach Relief Project
Patsy Smith presented a request from Mary Jane Lamberson for artists to contribute art supplies to artists who have lost everything in the Iowa flooding. The North Platte collection site is the Platte River Mall, and the pick up date will be on August 20 at 11:00.
CHILDREN’S ART FESTIVAL
Children’s Art Festival offered a wide
selection on art workshops for children of all ages.
DOWNTOWN CLEANUP
Our soon-to-be neighbors in the Downtown Association are holding their Great American Clean-Up event on May 13. The Downtown Association will provide tools, materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and dinner!
COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE
CUAC supports wholeheartedly the efforts of Ann Milton and others working on ongoing drum-making and drumming events. The main event will be during Rail Fest. Please watch the newspapers for announcements about upcoming dates and times for drumming events.
MAY 30 MEMBERSHIP EVENT
On May 30, from Noon to 1:00 p.m. CUAC will host Evelyn Heller to speak about the murals at Nebraska’s State Capitol. It will be held at St. Pat’s High School, and lunch will be provided. Please make plans to attend.
STATEWIDE ARTS COUNCIL CONFERENCE
The Nebraska Arts Council is holding a statewide arts conference, entitled Arts Intersections on June 11-12, 2008 in Kearney and Minden. The goal of the conference is to strengthen the statewide arts community by exploring where we intersect and where we need to build bridges with each other and the communities we serve.
Annual Herb Market and Boutique
a success May 3rd and 4th
The final tally isn’t available yet, but it looks like we made well over $4,500.00 this year, which is earmarked for the Building Fund. Thank you to all who helped create the garden art, helped set up and work at the sale, and who bought art and herbs!
The herbs to be sold at the 2008 Herb Market
grew well, along with a crop of cleaver ideas on other items to sell at the annual fundraiser.
Creativity Unlimited Arts Council will feature two Adirondack lawn chairs, by artists
 Patsy Smith and Artist Kay Cooper, at the its annual Herb Market on May 3 and 4 in North Platte.
CUAC members have been busy creating items such as sand castings, garden baskets for Mother’s Day gift, copper and clay plant markers, dragonflies, butterflies, gourd birdhouses and garden goddesses, and handmade stepping stones. Artist Beth Turner will sell her Yarden Art with part of the proceeds going to CUAC. Waldenbooks will once again partner to CUAC to provide gardening books and books on designing herb gardens, growing and harvesting herbs and cooking with herbs.
The sale will also include hypertufa pots, made out of cement, peat moss and vermiculite.
The herb and plant collection, developed under the direction of Master Gardener Ruth Carson, will include dill, rosemary, thyme, Greek oregano, sage, lavender, marjoram, cilantro, sweet and Genovese basil, chives, curly and Italian parsley, Mexican and French tarragon, variety of heirloom tomato plants.
The Herb Market and Boutique will be at the CUAC parking lot at 312 S. Dewey from the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The event is being chaired by Ruth Carson and Cheri Erickson.
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