WLAAC Sponsors Local Art Classes

The West Liberty Area Arts Council announces its 2010 winter classes. There will be three classes offered this year for eight-week sessions: an Intermediate Drawing, Half Knitting/Half Quilting and a Clay Class.? All classes are taught by local artists.

Drawing Class

The Intermediate Drawing Class taught by Karel Cline is a continuation of the beginners class held last year.
The class will meet at the West Liberty Community Center on Saturday mornings beginning Saturday January 30th and run from 9 to 11am.
Registration fee is $20, materials cost is additional. An immediate list of supplies needed is: a pad of 18” x 24” newsprint, a 14” x 17” Canson Drawing pad, a large drawing board, 3 soft lead pencils, 3 hard lead pencils, and a kneaded eraser.
For further class content information and materials fee, please call Karel or contact us and we’ll put you in touch with her.

Knitting/Quilting

The Half Knit/Half Quilt Class will be taught by Marilyn Little and will start with a four week knitting class following with a four week quilting class.
The class will meet at Owl Glass Puppetry Center at 319 N. Calhoun Street West Liberty, beginning Thursday January 28th and run from 7 to 9pm.
The first half of the class will be on beginners knitting, focusing on basic techniques: how to begin projects, varieties of materials, and types of yarn. The quilting will be for those with some background in quilting to intermediate level skills, and will focus on a variety of techniques: appliqué, paper pieces, crazy quilts and embellishments.
Registration fee is $20, class materials fee additional, openings for 6 to 10 students.
For further class information and materials fee, please contact Marilyn Little or contact us and we’ll put you in touch with her.

Clay Class

The Clay Class will be taught by Marty Kiser and will meet at Kiser Art Studio, 601 E. 4th Street West Liberty.
The class will begin on Sunday February 7th and held from 1-3pm with additional time if necessary.
This class will focus on basic and advanced hand-building clay techniques from the humble pinch pot & ball-n-coil techniques to slab rolling, slab building and drape molding that form functional and food-safe containers.
Registration fee is $20 and there is a limit of 8 students for this class. Material Fee is $25.
For further information, please contact Marty Kiser at www.kiserart.com.

All classes are open to anyone 17 years old to adult and all registration proceeds go directly to the West Liberty Area Arts Council.

For questions please contact any of the instructors listed above or WLAAC president Cara McFerren via our contacts page.

WLAAC Event: November One-Man Show on Edgar Allen Poe

Friday November 6, 2009

A WLAAC Fall Performance will be a one-man stage show.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6TH 2009 – STAGE PERFORMANCE OF “IN THE SHADOW OF THE RAVEN”. An interpretation of the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allen Poe rises from the scene of his mysterious death to tell his life story including reciting some of his famous works: Annabel Lee, The Raven, The Tell Tale Heart. This is a one man stage performance by Duffy Hudson.

Doors open at 6:30pm, performance at 7:30pm at Local Grounds, 105 W. 3rd Street, West Liberty, IA

We are fortunate to have the talents of Mr. Duffy Hudson perform in West Liberty. Mr. Hudson comes from Los Angeles California to Iowa for a fall tour to perform and teach at various stage venues including workshops with schools and community libraries. He is an actor, director, writer, teacher and filmmaker that has performed on and off Broadway. On Broadway he performed in “The Misanthrope” and off Broadway he has performed in dozens of productions including: Twelfth Night, Winters Tale, Macbeth and A Report To The Academy at The Actors Studio. He attended Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway and spent 14 years on the New York stage. Duffy has directed over 300 theatrical pieces including workshop productions with Brooke Shields, Jessica Lange, Don Johnson, Tatum O’Neal and Marlo Thomas. Mr. Hudson co-founded several theatre companies most notably, I Comici Confidenti, a troupe of Commedia Dell’Arte in New York City. He currently is co-owner of Cincinnatus Motion Picture, an independent motion picture production company that produces commercials, industrial long forms and its first feature film in 2007 “Tattered Angel”. Throughout his career, Duffy has been active as a teacher on a professional as well as the collegiate level combining his many experiences and talents to a variety of classroom settings. This is a unique opportunity of offer such a talented perspective to our community.

This performance is sponsored by West Liberty Area Arts Council through a generous grant from the Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial Trust.

Please contact us with questions about the performance.

You may also contact Dauna or Marty Kiser at Kiser Art Studios.

Summer Music in the Park Series

Title: Summer Music in the Park Series
Location: Ron De Voo Park
Description: Join us every Friday from 5:30PM to 10PM beginning July 31st to August 28th for the summer music concert series
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2009-07-31
End Time: 22:00

West Liberty Summer in the Park Music Series

Friday July 31 5:30PM to 7PM Al & Aleta Murphy, then from 7PM to 10PM Eugenio & Adalberto Solis

West Liberty is very fortunate to have two outstanding talents that offer an original and exceptional duet of guitar and vocals. The Murphy’s have been dazzling audiences’ throughout for many years sharing a brilliant folklorist repertoire of fiddle, guitar and vocals that speaks directly to the heart.

Eugenio and Adalberto Solis perform a variety of classic Mexican folk. In 1996, they participated in the Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife in Washington D.C. representing Iowa.

Musicians sponsored by West Liberty Foods, Dr. Michael Tharp and Simpson Memorial Home

Friday August 7 5:30PM to 10PM Mutiny in the Parlor

This group is ripe with toe-tapping hot jazz, swing and parlor tunes from the 1910s – 1940s. It is described as “music your dearly departed Great Grandmother made out to. Picture it: Victrola spinning away in the corner, palms damp as Great Grandpa-To-Be leans in to steal a kiss while the chaperone fiddles with her knitting…Is it hot in here, or is it just Grandma?”

Musicians sponsored by West Liberty State Bank

Friday August 14 5:30PM to 10PM Gusto Norteño

This is West Liberty’s own spectacular seven-man band with a Latino Tex/Mex repertoire that includes Cumbias, Guapangos, Boleros, Rancheras and Corridos. This lively group will get you to shake the dust from your boots, cinch your belt buckle and grab your guy or gal and dance throughout the streets of West Liberty. Gusto Norteño highlights an array of instruments like the accordion, saxophone, keyboard, drums, bajo sexto and the guiro to the rhythmic sounds of today’s most popular Latin music.

Musicians sponsored by MidWestOne Bank

Friday August 21 5:30PM to 10PM Kevin Burt and the Instigators

Kevin Burt and the Instigators have been electrifying audiences’ across the country in their steady march on the blues circuit. Their remarkable soul-inspired brand of blues is consistently compared to a range of premium artistry from Bill Withers to B.B. King. Kevin, a self taught musician (harmonica and guitar) whose smooth, warm vocal presentation sets a mood of relaxed exhilaration with a welcome mixture of serious music and infectious humor audiences of all ages seem to enjoy.

Musicians sponsored by Liberty Communications & Iowa Arts Council

Friday August 28 5:30PM to 10PM Koplant No

The musically savvy sophistication of Koplant No debuted on the scene nearly a year and a half ago inspired with the sound of jazz influenced rock. These talents perform with a host of instrumentation like trumpet, sax, keyboard, bass, drums and SPD-S (an electronic sampling pad). The Iowa City group has played a variety of arts venues as well as the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy these cool tunes on a hot summer night.

Musicians sponsored by MidAmerican Energy

The West Liberty Area Arts Council would like to thank the West Liberty Chamber of Commerce, Community Foundation of Great River Bend, the City of West Liberty and all the sponsors for their generous support of the 2009 music series.

Lojo Russo

Title: Lojo Russo
Location: Local Grounds, 105 W. 3rd Street W.L.
Description: Come out and enjoy the sounds of Lojo Russo and her grass roots percussive playing style, enormous stage energy and powerful voice. Through it all she combines a sense of music with a sense of humor – sometimes outrageous, sometimes intense, always original. The performance is free and open to the public. You are welcome to bring in alcoholic beverages of wine and beer for a cork fee of $6 per bottle and $1 per 12oz-16oz can or bottle of beer.
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2009-06-19
End Time: 22:30

WLAAC Chamber of Commerce PM

Title: WLAAC 2nd Quarter Chamber of Commerce PM
Location: Thomas Law Office 127 E. 3rd Street W.L.
Description: As a member of the West Liberty Chamber of Commerce, WLAAC is hosting a Chamber PM on Friday June 19th from 5:30 to 6:30. This a great opportunity to gather and enjoy a beverage or light snack and learn more about the WLAAC or other area businesses and involvement in West Liberty.
Start Time: 5:30
Date: 2009-06-19
End Time: 6:30

Welcome to WLAAC!

This is the home page of the West Liberty Area Arts Council. The Arts Council supports the arts in its various mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture and the performing and theater arts. WLAAC is located in West Liberty, Iowa, a small town near the University of Iowa that boasts a growing cultural population and a progressive vision of the future.

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