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What's happening currently with the Colton School art grant
.OVERVIEW: The Inland Northwest Community Foundation's Community Strategies program has funded the Barn to bring enriching creativity experiences to each grade level at the school throughout the school year. Those art sessions are now complete and the May exhibit at the Barn of student work is in place. Every piece created by the students may be seen. The exhibit runs through May 26.FUNDRAISING FOR NEXT YEAR IS UNDERWAY:Sunday, May 19, brings the close of the silent auction and some very special live auction items in a party atmosphere. Enjoy live music, a no-host bar and delectable light hors-d'ouevres from 4 to 6:30 pm. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION on the creativity program, go to the school’s website - http://www.colton.k12.wa.us/. Using the menu on the left margin, you will see that the creativity program has its own section with sub pages of various headings. There you can view pictures of each creativity session for each age group after they take place.
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Phase 3 in yellow.
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Spring 2013 will bring long-awaited expansion construction
.Grants and donations from individuals and businesses are enabling us to begin phase 1 of our expansion. A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will cover the cost of architectural design by Hutchison and Maul and funds from the Whitman County .09 economic development fund will be used to take utilities to the loafing shed and pour a slab inside it. As funds allow, a structure will be built on the slab that has two accessible restrooms and a large kitchen. The remainder of the space will be a multi-purpose room we can use for classes and large gatherings. The shell of the loafing shed will stay in place until funds are available to disassemble it, saving the old barn wood, and building a new structure on the perimeter of the slab, which will create a heated, fully weather tight space.The last phase, 3, will be an addition to the west that will allow larger studios for artists such as wood workers, sculptors, etc. and will include a covered bandstand for our outdoor concerts using the hillside behind the Barn.This is a long range plan, done on the pay-as-you-go plan as we have approached the renovation of the Barn.If you can help with a donation of cash or your time, we would welcome your participation. Donations may be made by going to the Join Us page under the Sustaining the Barn section of this website. If you can provide some hands-on help, please email info@artisanbarn.org and let us know how you can contribute.
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The WINNERS are ..........
.We had two contests going at our 6th Annual Old Fashioned Sunday in Autumn on September 16.Apple pie contest winners:1st - Marilyn Dahmen2nd - Steve Watson3rd - Jeff Moser3rd - Keith DahmenThis was a close contest judged by Bill and Aaron Jolleymore, chefs from the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston. There were only 7 points separating 1st from 3rd places. All the men who entered pies placed in the contest. Next year we may do a competition between the guys and the gals!Assisting the judges in the photo is Artisan Barn Board member Ann Skelton.We had 10 entries, some as far away as Spokane (90 miles!) and Pierce, Idaho. More pies were donated for our ala mode sales, which raised record dollars this year.Outdoor stove raffle winnerArtist Paula Lahti won the drawing for the cast iron outdoor stove. Congrats Paula!We appreciate all those who participated in the raffle.The stove was made by the equipment division of the McGregor Company and was donated to the Barn for the raffle by Mary McGregor, Artisan Barn Board member and her husband John Bolles. Thank you Mary and John. A total of $718 was raised with the raffle.
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