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2010: Joanne Caputo releases the film, [|"Cutting Loose";] a seven-year documentary study of an American prison artist.

2010: Maskmaking workshops with Louise Smith through Non-Stop Institute.[|more.]


 * 2010: Yellow Springs artist David Battle shows at Springfield Museum of Art.

2010: Davis Street Propeller Bush- Sculpture by Bruce Parker.

2010: [|Thirty-five years or research and writing by Yellow Springs author Virginia Hamilton was given to the Library of Congress]. A new book of Hamilton’s essays was published this month, and a new literary award was established in her name.

2011: Peeps in the Park. Outdoor installation of 14 artists on the walls of the Village Artisans at 100 Corry St. Project coordinated by the Jafagirls. Artists: Claire Bayraktaroglu, Corrine Bayraktaroglu, Sue Brezine, Michael Flieshman, Jennifer Float, Talitha Greene, Leah Grommon, Cynthia McDonald, Nancy Mellon, Kathy Moulton, Karen russell, Alice Young-Basora, and Elizabeth Zaff. [|More about JafaGirl projects.]

2011: [|Antioch College] reopens.

2011: [|Mills Lawn Graffiti wall] is created by Community Enrichment students after school at Mills Lawn, led by artist London Lee. Some controversy in the school community arises over writing Skills for Life (west side of the wall) with the stylized spelling "skillz".

2012: Interim Village Manager Laura Curliss is hired as the Village Manager.

2012: (January): Joanne Caputo is hired as the YS Arts Council Arts & Cultural Manager (part-time, 10 hours per week).

2012: National Bronze Sculpture Symposium planning begins under a local advisory committee. Joanne Caputo is hired as the Project Coordinator.

2012: A Village employee moves painting by artist Steve Rumbaugh that was hung in the permanent collection at the John Bryan Community Gallery. This community gallery, provided by the Village, is the second floor hallway of the John Bryan Community Center. This floor also houses the Mayor's Court and numerous Village government offices including the Village Manager's office. The Yellow Springs Arts Council write a letter to the Village asking that any changes to an art exhibit by requested through the Yellow Springs Arts Council

2012 (March): Interm Village Manager, Laura Curliss, objects to three pieces of art in the Women's Voices Out Loud art exhbit (the 33rd year of WVOL, held for 21 years in the John Bryan Community Gallery). [|Community Artists hear of the controversy and respond by hanging over 20 nudes in the show].

2012: Beth Holyoke & Kathe Seidl public art piece Sally the Snake, a gigantic earthenware snake that curled around the front of the new YSAC space. was installed in April 2012 in front of the YSAC Gallery at 111 Corry Street--It was made out of straw, chicken wire and a slurry of clay and straw that is normally used over straw bail houses. It smelled like a well used barn for a week.

2012: [|"Piece Sign"], by Mills Lawn students and led by artist Johanna Smith and art teacher Amy Minehart

2012: "Knots on the Lawn" by Mills Lawn Students led by Deb Housh as part of the Community Enrichment Program, after school at Mills Lawn.

2012: Village Council hosts an "Arts Forum" asking villagers to speak about a public art policy. YSAC follows up with an interactive forum. The public is invited to discuss focused topics about the arts in the public eye. Presenters include: John Booth, Jerome Borchers (YSAC president), Deborah Housh, Nancy Mellon, Megan Miller, Josephine Wilson and Dennie Eagleson.

2012: WYSO moves the Radio station into new space at 150 East South College Street.

2012: (July): Joanne Caputo resigns. Deborah Housh is hired as the Arts & Cultural Manager of the YSAC (part-time at 20 hrs./week).

2013: Yellow Springs Arts Council Bylaws are rewritten to reflect structural changes (bylaws last updated in 1988). New bylaws are uploaded to the Ohio Attorney General website.

2013: The National Bronze Sculpture Symposium project receives grant funding including local foundation money and an Ohio Arts Council grant.

2013: A new YSAC Board of Trustees is voted in by membership at the February gallery member's show "Art For Change", which also acts as the 2013 annual meeting. While some board members are re-elected, the full board is new due to the recently adopted bylaws. Board members include: Jerome Borchers, Nick Gaskins, Andrzej Bloch, Cheryl Hainey, Marie Gonzalez-Slatery, Linda Parsons, Dennie Eagleson.

2013: WYSO is purchased by Antioch College from Antioch University. The deal includes a reversion clause, providing more freedom for the college.

2013: YSAC fosters a partnership with Antioch University Midwest to house the YSAC Permanent Collection in its halls. [|more.]

2013: [|Project Peace: Confronting Bullying through Art], a artist residency through the YS Arts Council through Mills Lawn School. Artists Allison Paul and Deb Housh present classes to all students K-12 toward a final painting tryptic depicting Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Ghandi. [|Project Peace blog.] [|more.]

2013: (Nov) Deb Housh resigns and Holly Underwood is hired as the Office Manager of YSAC (8 hours per week)