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Educational Programs
In keeping with the mission of the Art Center, every year the Education Department plans special activities to involve the community in art appreciation and creation.
March is Youth Art Month
March 1 – April 13, 2008
Terra Gallery
March is designated as Youth Art Month to proclaim the importance of art in education. This exhibition is an annual juried exhibition featuring area students and is sponsored by the Art Center to remind us all that art is a necessity for the full development of the youth of our country. The 2008 annual exhibition, which rotates between grade school, middle school and high school students, will feature the work of high school students.
High School Artist-in-Residence Program
Each year, the Art Center invites a practicing artist to work at the Center with talented high school art students from the tri-state area. The students are nominated by their art teachers. The experience challenges the students to go beyond any classroom experience and enables them to work in a studio environment with a practicing artist. The culmination of the experience is a collaborative project, normally in the form of an exhibition or site-specific installation, showcasing the artist’s and students’ accomplishments. Each year the artist and the medium change.
In recent years, the program has engaged students in an interactive discovery in such areas as: large format photography, public murals, site-specific sculpture, video installation, and computer-generated art. The number of students and the length of the program are dictated by the resident artist and scale of the project.
Artists interested in submitting a residency proposal or teachers who wish to nominate a student may contact Nan Wilson, Education Coordinator, nwilson@sioux-city.org or 279-6272 ext. 201.
Martin & Seamster Endowment
The Martin & Seamster Endowment, established in 1997 by the Martin and Seamster families, honors Sioux City art patrons Margaret Ann and Hubert H. Everist, and long-time Sioux City businessman, T.S. Martin. While commemorating their generous contributions and steadfast support of the Sioux City Art Center, the endowment fund enables the Art Center to develop new and exciting educational programs specifically for its younger audiences.
Since its birth, the Martin & Seamster Endowment has funded numerous art and education related events at the Art Center. In 1997, the Art Center organized a project with Sioux City native Ron Clements. Clements, an established animator, has written and directed many Disney animated features, including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, and most recently, Treasure Planet. Two years later, the endowment helped fund an exciting project with independent illustrator Gary Kelley. A Cedar Falls, Iowa resident, Kelley has received numerous awards and citations for his wonderful illustrations, including the prestigious Hamilton King Award and 18 medals from the Society of Illustrators. Kelley gained international recognition for his book illustrations in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which received a major award at the 1991 Book Festival in Bologna, Italy. The Art Center hosted Kelley’s premier exhibition of original pastel illustrations for his book Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina.
Projects made possible by the Martin & Seamster Endowment included The Animation Art of Ron Clements: Modern Disney Magic, a retrospective exhibition focusing on five Disney films produced by Clements. The exhibition opened on September 27, 2003 and was up through December 14, 2003.
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