Greetings,We are excited about the upcoming

year. We are implementing several new ideas, the first of which will be an Artists Reception at Mt Mancelo-na Ski Lodge . It will be held on May 15 from 7:00-9:00. Artists are invited to bring their work to show or sell. Members of the Parkside Arts Council will be there to meet the artists and purchase work. We will have wine, cheese and good company. We feel this will be a great way to introduce our members and hopefully it will open many doors. Many thanks to Joe Omness for hosting this affair at his awesome lodge.

We are having a Spring Art Fair. Sev-eral artists have asked us to hold a spring event. It will be held in Bellaire on June 19. We will be continuing the Fall Show in Central Lake on Sept 11. The artists that apply to both shows will get an even better deal.

Another idea that has come along is a Studio tour on July 18. Please think about offering your studio for this wonderful day. There are many more ideas in the works and we will keep you informed with e blasts.

I would like to offer a warm welcome to our new board members Elly John-son and Eric Klinert. They are full of inspiring ideas and are a pleasure to have aboard.

I would like to thank the board for electing me President. I am very hon-ored and will do my best.

Sincerely,Mary Ellen Murphy

Letter from the PresidentMEMBERSHIP

NEWS ‘10PARKSIDE ARTS COUNCIL

Spooky SpectacularOn Saturday October 10th, 2009,

Parkside Arts Council held the Spooky Spectacular in conjunction with Iron Horse Barn. PAC was visited by hun-dreds wanting to take part in the free family fun. The Spooky Spec-tacular included Pumpkin Carving with Ray Villefane, Movie Effects with

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Brad Kik, Make a Spooky Costume with Sonja Mack, Face Painting with Mary Ellen Murphy, and the Thriller Dance with Jessica Van-derHart. This event was enhanced by an Artist Alley which featured our member’s artwork. Look for the Spooky Spectacular to return again in 2010.

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Ray Villefane demonstrates his carving skills

Jessica VanderHart teaches Thriller to a group of attendees at Spooky Spectacular

Fun carving for all ages

Art, Film, and PhilosophyIn Partnership with ISLAND

This is the third year of AFP, the sec-ond year of ISLAND and PAC partner-ing. This year’s Art, Film, Philosophy topics included presentations and discussions about local foods, com-munity resilience, permaculture, com-munity art projects, artist residency programs, water, and questioning our culture of consumerism.

It also featured local artists Elly John-son and Rachel Krino, writers Holly Wren Spaulding and Stephanie Mills, and community leader Bob Russell of the Neahtawanta Research and Edu-cation Center. Farmers Sharron and Paul May even played Rock and Roll! at their Permaculture for Farmers AFP. Attendance at these events ranged from 12-26 people, which took place at the Antrim County Building. A great chance to come together with members of the community to learn together and have discussions about art, film, and philosophy.

Antrim County RecyclingWe would like to thank PAC Board

Member Brad Kik and Antrim County Recycling and Solid Waste Committee for working so hard to bring recycling to Antrim County. Recycling is now available in:

Alba • Alden • Bellaire • Central Lake • Elk Rapids • Ellsworth • Kewadin • Mancelona

For more information go to: www.antrimcounty.org/recycling.asp

Please Note: Membership renewals are due September 30, for the 2011 membership

year. An application are included with this newsletter

and available online at www.parksidearts.org.

PAC Joins Bellaire Chamber of Commerce

The Parkside Arts Council has joined the Bellaire Chamber of Commerce. They will be very helpful in getting the word out about our events. Infor-mation for joining the council and fli-ers for events will be available at the Chamber office. We will also be listed on their website and they will link up to ours. It will make it easier for more people to find out about us and what we have happening.

Fine Arts Festivals On Sept 12, 2009, Parkside Arts

Council presented its second an-nual Parkside Fine Art Festival at the Bridgewalk Bed and Breakfast in Cen-tral Lake. There were 15 artists and lots of foot traffic throughout the day at our new location.

We will be holding two Art Festivals this year. The first will be on Saturday, June 19th from 10 am - 4 pm on the grounds of the Antrim County build-ing. The second will be on Saturday September 11th from 10 am - 4 pm in Central Lake at the Bridgewalk Bed and Breakfast. The prices are $25 for members and $75 for non-members, $40 for both fairs for members and $140 for non members. You can mail digital images on a CD to us at Park-side Arts Festival c/o Rachel Krino, 6294 Shanty Creek Rd., Bellaire MI, 49615 or email images to tributaries@charter.net. For applications and in-formation you can go to our website: www.parksidearts.org. Deadline for the June 19th show is May 29th, 2010.

Children’s Art Classes Peter and Elizabeth Balestrieri led a

children’s art class, as part of the Grass River Natural Area Annual Harvest Festival 2009. It was held on a cold and rainy day, nevertheless, about 20 children enjoyed making books of leaf rubbings.

2009 Gift to Area SchoolsIn the spring of 2009, Parkside Arts

Council offered area schools the op-portunity to submit an application to receive support funds for their art programs. We awarded $250 gifts to Bellaire Public School, Mancelona Public School, Alba Public School, and Central Lake Public School. Funds were used to buy equipment, bring in visiting artists, and to purchase art supplies.

Bellaire Public School Invites a PAC Visiting Artist

In the fall 2009, Rachel Krino, PAC member was invited into Bellaire Public School to teach a one-week digital imaging workshop to seventh and eighth graders. The project in-volved students learning about Andy Warhol and using his work as inspira-tion to create a self portrait. Students manipulated photos of themselves in Photoshop to create a pop art inter-pretation.

PAC Board Members to Jury JRAC Scholarship Show

In a continuing effort to collaborate with area arts organization, Parkside Board Members Mary Ellen Murphy and Elizabeth Balestrieri have been in-vited by the Jordan River Arts Council to be jurors for the annual scholarship show this May.

Elly Johsnon talks about her time in Honduras

2009 Parkside Fine Arts Festival in Central Lake

The mission of the Parkside Arts Council is to encourage cultural en-richment in Antrim County by pro-moting awareness, education and appreciation of the arts, and sup-porting those who do creative work.

Parkside Arts Council P.O. Box 163 • Bellaire, MI 49615www.parksidearts.org

2010 Board Members:

President: Mary Ellen Murphy

Vice-President: Jessica VanderHart

Secretary: Elizabeth Balestrieri

Treasurer: Rachel Krino

Additional Board Members: Brad Kik, Tom Brown, Elly Johnson, & Eric Klinert

Land, Sky, and Water: Antrim County Through the Eyes of Its Artists

The Parkside Arts Council is ex-tending an open invitation to all of its members to submit one piece of art, visual or written (photography, painting, sculpture, craft, poetry or prose) that they feel best sums up their connection to, vision of, or feel-ings about the Antrim County area. These will be included in a planned full-color volume to be entitled Land, Sky, and Water: Antrim Coun-ty Through the Eyes of Its Artists. For information about submission deadline and requirements, please contact Eric Klinert at 231-676-0752 or eklinert@yahoo.com.

Amy Perrier is a self-taught artist whose earliest memories are as a little girl watching her mother paint and later, attending painting classes with her. After completing high school and a year of college focusing on commercial art, Amy decided to trav-el, and preferred the freedom of artist workshops which allowed her to fo-cus more on her own interests rather than formal education in the arts.

Amy’s spirit of adventure took her to Tarpon Springs, Florida, where she set up her easel on the boat docks and painted the scenery to pay her rent. Amy eventually moved back to the north, continued to take work-shops, raised two sons, and worked

Artist’s Profile: Amy Perrierwith emotionally disabled teens for 15 years.

Now back in her home town of Bel-laire, Amy enjoys recycling old win-dows and turning them into pieces of art. Amy paints with acrylics on the backs in a reverse process, incorporat-ing her style of watercolor, as well as using a more thickly applied acrylic paint.

Amy participates in juried fine art shows through-out northern Michi-gan, and has won two first place awards for her work in creativity. She also displays her work at the Fresh Water Gallery in Boyne City, and at her home studio in Bellaire.

A Day In The Life: Images Of Antrim County

Participate in the first 24-hour Ant-rim county photography project!

This is an invitation to all Antrim county residents! On may 22, wher-ever you are, whatever you are doing, we invite you to take photographs to capture the life and spirit of Antrim County. If you are not a professional photographer, don’t worry! We are looking for contributions from all resi-dents and all perspectives.

Beginning May 22 at 12 a.m. until 12 p.m. get out your cameras and pho-tograph! This is your opportunity to capture the moments that represent our county, our communities and our people. Photos can include, but are

CALL FOR ARTISTSnot limited to, home, work, school, community activities, nature scenes and daily life.

All photographs must be digital and uploaded to the Flickr link found on the Parkside Arts Council website www.parksidearts.org. Click on the Flickr link and follow the instructions to upload your photo. All photos must be uploaded by May 30. If you have any questions regarding the project or problems uploading photos please email Elly Johnson at johnson.elly@gmail.com.

We hope you join us in this visual celebration of Antrim County. Please spread the word and tell friends and family.

Special Thank You To

Diana MilockParkside wishes to honor and thank

Diana Milock, founding member, long time board member and board presi-dent emeritus of Parkside Arts Coun-cil. Diana defies summary, and ren-ders words like “generous” too paltry. Diana gives her time, money, energy, cookies, creativity and kindness with an unmatched spirit of generosity. Parkside is grateful and in honor of her work.

Parkside 2010 Calendar of EventsMay 15 - “Members Wine & Cheese” Party. 7pm - 9pm at Mount Mancelona. Check the website for more information and directions.

May 22 - A Day In The Life: Images Of Antrim County. Check website and article on page 3 for more details.

May 29 - Entry Deadline for Park-side Fine Arts Festival: Bellaire.

May 30 - Deadline for “A Day in the Life” Project Images. Check the website for upload information.

June 19 - Parkside Fine Arts Festival: Bellaire. 10 - 4 pm at the Antrim County Building Lawn.

July - Artist Studio Tours - Infor-mation TBA. Check our website for more up to date information.

August 19-22 - Rubber Ducky Fes-tival in Bellaire, MI. Parkside will fea-ture a children’s art activity. Informa-tion and times TBA.

August 23 - Entry Deadline for Park-side Fine Arts Festival: Central Lake.

September 11 - Parkside Fine Arts Festival: Central Lake. 10 - 4 pm at the Bridge Walk Bed and Breakfast.

Octobr - 2nd Annual Spooky Spec-tacular. Dates and Information TBA.

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