Yellow+Springs+Art+History+2000's

2000: Winter classes at JBC - belly dancing, pottery, ballet, watercolor, and drawing.

2002: Winds Mural in Keiths Alley by Pierre Nagely 2002: Cave Painting in Keiths Alley by Pierre Nagely commissioned by Bette and Wayne Kelly 2003 – 2007: Mogwaves - a women artists collective who met monthly. Artists brought art to discuss and did 2 shows at Winds during time of their collective. Sue Brezine (founder), Corrine Bayraktaroglu, Mary Peirano, Margarit Petrie, Anna Arbor, Kathleen Mcmillon, later Nancy Mellon, Sherraid Scot, Dione Greenberg.

2003: [|The Song Shoots out of My Mouth] is published by Jamie Adoff.

2004: Beth Holyoke President of YSAC 2005: Yellow Springs Community Information Project, including a list of arts and cultural assets. [|more.] 2005: [|Portrait of Hamilton], painted by Leo and Diane Dillon, who illustrated many of Hamilton’s books, is presented to the Yellow Springs Library. 2005: Writer/Director Joanne Caputo's first documentary, **On A Roll: Family, Disability and the American Dream**, was broadcast nationally in 2005 by PBS ([|www.pbs.org/onaroll]), where it won the Independent Lens Audience Award. Recommended by The New York Times, Anti-Defamation League and others, On A Roll continues to represent the USA at international disability film festivals around the globe.

2005: *(take photo at library) Hooked rug by Toby Baker and Georgia Glass is endowed to the Yellow Springs Library. The rug, which took 300 hours to research, 700 to plan and dye and 2,400 hours to hook, depicts scenes and characters from Virginia's books and life in Yellow Springs. It took a first place ribbon at the annual Pearl H. McGown Rug HookCrafters gathering from Oct. 27 to 29 in Des Moines, Iowa. 2005: Jennifer Veutling/sister commissioned by Les Gilford Corry Str...s Gilford. 2005: Joanne Caputo's film, "On a Roll: Family, Disability and the American Dream", was broadcast nationally by PBS where it won the Independent Lens Audience Award. It was recommended by the New York Times, Anti-Defamation League and others. On A Roll Continues to represent the USA at international disability film festivals around the globe. [|more.] 2005: Unknown Graffiti on Free Wall Keiths Alley 2006: Yellow Springs Arts Blog created by Corrine Bayraktaroglu, as a vehicle for the Arts Council to promote, share and catalog art in Yellow Springs. 2006: //__The Family Tree of the Rainbow __//, written by Mauri elder Raymond Ruka, and illustrated by YS artist Libby Rudolf. It is a Mauri story of the colors of the rainbow and their meanings and why we should care for the earth. It also includes a CD with Mauri language and a reading. 2006: Gregory's Studio of Wonder, 136 dayton Street. Owned by New Orleans artist Gregory Frank. He moved in after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his Studio of Wonder in New Orleans. [|more.] 2006: Nancy Mellon/Corrine Bayraktaroglu Chamberpot Gallery Art Inst...in Station

AP News Washington Post ChamberPot Gallery Website 2006: Pierre Nagely A Celebration of Yellow Springs Keith’s Alley

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2006: Joann McKee President of YSAC

2006: John Bryan Community Pottery Tile Mural started with a soup fundraiser. All the bowls were hand made and donated by members of JBCP. Kaethi Seidl headed this public art project. Kaethi and Beth Holyoke went out into the community to work with different groups to make tiles. Installation of tiles started in May 2007. the mural was finished by summer of 2008.

2007: Mary Chapman's Bench - corner of Xenia and Corry Streets. The idea came out of a workshop by Shel Neymark held at JBCP. Beth Holyoke, Kaethi Seidl and Dennis Moore built a bench structure during the workshop members of JBCP designed and created some of the tiles for the bench. The bench was dedicated to longtime member Mary Chapman who died in 2005. It was finished in the summer of 2007. [|more.]

2007: Jafagirls, Nancy Mellon/Corrine Bayraktaroglu, Knit Knot Tree Xenia Ave

[|USA Today Associated Press]

2007: "Saving the Planet" YSI Mural by Jason Morgan.

2007: Springs Motel Murals by Sarah Dickens.

2008: Writer/Director Joanne Caputo self-published __Margaret Garner__, a dual non-fiction book based on an American Slavery research project for a screenplay.

2008: Beth Holyoke and Kaethi Seidle Public Library Bench

YSNews Mural to honor Dr.Fishbain


 * other public works by Beth Holyoke and Kaethi Seidl

2008: [|Antioch College is closed] by Antioch University system.

2008: Launch of [|Non-stop] [|Liberal Arts Institute] in the response to the closure of Antioch College.

2008: mural by Sarah Dickens at 309 Xenia Ave. Woman and Child. .
 * (When? Michael said he would write a paragraph about it): In the first decade of 2000 Karen Shirley and Michael Jones opened The Shirley Jones Gallery- It was open for 4 years at 233 Corry St. Each year they did one Yellow Springs show with a theme.

2008: HaHa's Pizza Mural on their side wall at 108 Xenia Ave. By Travis Hotaling and Jade Wolfe.

2008-2011: Village Manager Mark Cundiff.


 * 2008: Eighty couples took part in [|‘The Kiss,’]. A Jafagirl project sponsored by the [|The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce] and organized by local artist Nancy Mellon.


 * 2008: Yellow Springs Arts Council and the Yellow Springs Center for the Arts Steering Committee jointly opened an office at 108 Dayton Street.

2008: Yellow Springs Arts Council offered a summer “Art and Service Youth Program”, coordinated by local art educator, Deb Housh. Artists worked with young people to create exhibition and performance experiences. One result was a [|wood relief mural] dedicated to the Yellow Springs Library. The project was led by Deb Housh and Michael Fleishman.


 * 2008: Yellow Springs Arts Council partners with Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse for "Summer in the Springs", a summer-long event and education series.

2008: “Artists of Yellow Springs,” a film by Joanne Caputo produced by Beth Holyoke for the Yellow Springs Arts Council, premiered at the Little Art Theatre on June 28. It features local artists and performers Gerry Fogarty, Louise Smith, Jim Rose, Chris Till, John Booth and Janet Mueller.

*(details and links) [|2009 Outdoor Sculpture Contest] Contest Winners: Beth Holyoke [|"Springs"] Migiwa Orimo "Telephone Booth Project" Olga Ziemska "Flock of Hands"


 * 2009: Yellow Springs Arts Council is named as the coordinator for a community partnership, "Yellow Springs Experience" and kicks of a 10-day Chitaqua-like summer event.

2009: memorial bench on bike path for Dough Scott created by Kaethi Seidl and Beth Holyoke

2009: Village disallows use of rooms A & B (in what building?) for nude figure drawing classes during the work day. This workshop had been offered after business hours in rooms A & B, but due to participant needs, a request was made to meet during the 9-5 work day. Request was denied by the Village. Figure drawing groups meet at Yellow Springs Arts Council at 108 Dayton until YSAC moves to 309 Xenia Ave.

2009: Tile Mosaic Bench on the Little Miami Bike Trail. Artists: Beth Holyoke and Kaethi Seidl

[|2009 Controversy] erupts over Lisa Wolters' banner festival submission depicting [|President Obama as Superman].


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