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Bowlus Fine Arts Center

Our Purpose: ‘Keeping The Arts Alive’My first experience at the

Bowlus Fine Arts Center was as a child watching the Iola High School production of “Winnie the Pooh.”

That very first exposure, my very first opportunity to watch a live performance, has affect-ed my entire life.

Today, almost 50 years later, our children have a multitude of opportunities to participate in art, drama, music programs and more through the Bow-lus. These programs are pro-vided with little or no expense because of the underwriting by private trusts such as the Sleeper Family Trust and the Whitehead Trust.

This year alone the Sleeper

Family Trust will provide nearly $100,000 in funding to support arts programming for area stu-dents.

Trusts bequeathed by gen-erous donors also provide funds to pay for the Storyteller-in-Residence that visits every elementary classroom in Al-len County schools, the Allen County Young Authors’ Cel-ebration, the Iola Reads One Book, One Community event

and the Family Reading Fes-tival hosted by the Iola Public Library.

And this year for the first time, funds for fine arts pro-gramming for SAFE BASE — USD 257’s after-school pro-gram — will be provided.

Each summer numer-ous programs are held in the Bowlus in art, drama, and the heritage arts for area children. The classes are reasonably priced, again because of gen-erous donations.

For the past several sum-mers the Missoula Children’s Theatre has come to Iola. The group travels all over the Unit-ed States working with local children to produce a musical

in just one week’s time. Mis-soula staff shared with us how amazing it is that we do not charge our participants. In oth-er communities the average cost for a child to participate in their program is $125 to $185 per student with ticket sales running $10 to $15 per person. Our children participate in the week long camp for no fee and the tickets prices to see the show were $3 for adults and $2 for children with those un-der five year attending for free.

Finally, the Sleeper Trust provides funds to be used by fine arts teachers at Allen Community College and Iola High School to bring artists-in-residence, clinicians and work-

shops directly to their class-rooms to help supplement their subject matter. I have not heard of any school district whose fine arts teachers have this type of support year after year.

The Bowlus Fine Arts Cen-ter plays a significant role in how Allen County schools can provide outstanding fine arts opportunities for their stu-dents beyond the classroom curriculum. What a gift Mr. Bowlus, Mr. Sleeper and Mrs. Whitehead have given to our community and our children. I can only imagine how our chil-dren’s lives may be impacted by what they see, hear, and learn at the Bowlus.

2 Saturday, August 25 Register & August 28 Shopper The Iola Register 2012 Bowlus Center Special

SusanRaines

Bowlus CenterExecutive Director

Tom Bowlus

“I have always been dedicated to the proposition that the best tool with which to equip our youth to confront the future is an education, and that such education should include an appre-ciation of things artistic, musical and cultural as well as things academic and scientific. It is to that end and for such purposes that I dedicate the aforedescribed premises.”

— Thomas H. Bowlus

(The Center) shall be one of which our citizens, but particularly our youth, may be proud. The purpose is to further the education of our youth.

My aim is to provide students and citizens cultural facilities, programs and entertainment perhaps not otherwise available.

Thomas H. Bowlus(1874-1960)

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By SUSAN RAINESBowlus director

Working in a fine arts center with a theater and an education wing is a demanding job, and definitely not a 9 to 5 position. Though the hours may be long, the job is personally rewarding.

The Bowlus Fine Arts Center staff gets to watch and listen as the children of our community are provided the opportunity to discover the arts and the role they can play in their lives. We hear music every day of the week, get to see works of art created and watch drama stu-dents practicing and finally per-forming their scenes and plays.

We are allowed to work for the Bowlus Trust that provides a venue for the community to take part in the fine arts through college music and drama per-formances, the symphony or-chestra, the community theatre, and host high-caliber profes-sional performers and speak-ers.

It may be hard for outsiders to fathom that we have main-tained this in a town of less than 6,000 for 48 years.

I was recently asked what it took to work at the Bowlus. I found this an interesting ques-tion; one worth sharing.

First and foremost, the Bow-lus staff must believe in our mission: “making available to the citizens of the area cultural facilities, programs and enter-tainment perhaps not otherwise available.”

Second, we must have the desire to help all, whether pre-senters or attendees who walk through our doors.

Finally, we must have the desire to share our creative tal-ents in whatever our job may be at the Bowlus with our com-munity.

JUDY COCHRAN holds an associate of science degree with an emphasis in business administration. She began serving as the Bowlus volun-teer coordinator in 2005 after serving as a volunteer for more years than I can remember. She has played an active role in many organizations affiliated

with the Bowlus including serv-ing on the Iola Community The-atre’s board of directors and on the Iola City Band as board president. Judy also serves as our marketing assistant to Can-dace McRae and keeps our website and Facebook page up to date. Judy took fine arts classes at the Bowlus in high school in the late 1960s before graduating in 1970. She and her husband, Bruce, have three children and four grandchildren who have taken advantage of Bowlus cultural and education-al events while enrolled in USD 257 schools.

JEFF JORDAN, facility man-ager and technical director, has a degree in graphic design and worked five years at Memo-rial Auditorium in Pittsburg as an assistant technical director before joining the Bowlus staff in 2006. During Jeff’s time, he has overseen the installation of a new rigging system, the refinishing of the stage floor, purchasing new lighting instru-ments and a new advanced

technology light board, replac-ing all of the stage curtains, helping design and build the new light and sound booth at the rear of the auditorium, and overseeing the installation of an entirely new auditorium sound system.

“The show must go on!” is a term that applies to Jeff and his work at the Bowlus. In his time away from the Bowlus, Jeff and Rhi are raising their two chil-dren, River, 9 and Piper, 1. Riv-er can be seen in the upcoming production of “Willy Wonka, Jr.” presented by the Iola Commu-nity Theatre.

TRACI PLUMLEE joined the Bowlus staff a short year ago and has already vital team member. Traci holds a bachelor of arts in economics and busi-ness administration and is our box office manager and book-keeper. Though any of the of-fice staff are happy to accept your ticket orders, Traci is the one in charge. In the summer Traci directs the Heritage Arts program, where children of all

ages get an opportunity to dis-cover art forms popular several generations ago. Traci and hus-band Brian have three children, Braden, Bret and Josie.

CANDACE MCRAE is the Bowlus marketing director and assistant projects director, join-ing the Bowlus staff in January 2011. Candace is the creative genius behind our logo and all of the graphic art work that we use to promote the many Bow-lus series events, including our season brochure.

She is also responsible for our advertising in all genres – newspaper, radio, Facebook, web, programs, posters, fly-ers, postcards and more. As you might guess, this keeps Candace extremely busy. but she still has time to enjoy her family, husband J.D. and their 7-month-old daughter, Ella.

DAN STOTLER has worked at the Bowlus Center for almost 20 years as our daytime main-tenance man. It is no surprise that Dan is a wizard at keeping

our 48-year-old building and its equipment looking and running like new. Dan worked at Agri Farm & Home for 16 years and for two years with USD 257 in maintenance prior to joining the Bowlus Center staff.

Dan is one of our building’s strongest assets. His experi-ence and knowledge from past employment as well as his years maintaining his own farm equipment has made him the perfect fit for the Bowlus. Dan and his wife Uanna have two children, Janna and Dan, and one granddaughter, Baliegh, who have all attended school in Iola and participated in Bowlus classes and activities.

RON HIGGINBOTHAM joined the Bowlus maintenance staff in May 2011. In his early years after graduation, Ron-nie worked as a maintenance man for one of the USD 257 elementary schools and later at Home Detail for 20 years as a master carpenter. The Bowlus has already taken advantage of Ron’s carpentry skills, as you will note in a photo included in this tab about the new light and sound booth that was one of our improvement projects this summer. We are thrilled to have Ron’s talents and skill on the Bowlus staff. Ron and his wife, Debbie, have two children, Melissa and John, who both attended numerous classes in the Bowlus while in middle and high school. Melissa has worked a few of our cultural at-traction series events, and John is a regular at several events a year.

The Staff: Many Talents Make Fast Work

Front row from left, Judy Cochran, Jeff Jordan, Susan Raines, Traci Plumee, Candace McRae; back row from left, Dan Stotler and Ronnie Higginbotham.

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Each day, 160,000 students across the United States miss school for fear of being bullied. One in four students will be involved, either as victims or perpetrators, in a hate crime.

Peer pressure can make your child do illegal activities such as drink and take drugs.

“STAND UP! Change Teen Statistics,” is a powerful and poignant musical that address-es prejudice, peer pressure, physical violence and bullying.

The production is produced by R.Ed.I, which stands for Reach, Educate, Inspire, an arts & education foundation. The hour-long show is based on the real life stories and experiences of more than 90

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For parents and others in-terested in seeing the pro-duction, space in the balcony should be available.


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August 28

9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Musical message for youths

Drug abuse

Roald Dahl’s timeless sto-ry of the world famous can-dy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Choco-late Factory. The memo-rable score features “The Candy Man”, “Pure Imagina-tion”, “Oompa Loompa” and “I Want it Now,”

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2 p.m. Sept. 16

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Foremost historian, filmmaker, and film preservationist. Acad-emy Award recipient 2010.Melissa Talmadge Cox

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Preeminent restor-er and preservationist of films from the silent era.

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Join us and our guests Friday evening for a spe-cial Buster Keaton Ban-quet and Reunion Dinner at the Allen County Coun-try Club.

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Reception for Bob Ross, “Drawing From Experiences,” 1:30 p.m. Oct. 7, Mary L. Martin Art Gallery. Exhibit lasts from Oct. 7 to Oct. 18.

Passing Zone defies gravityOwen Morse and Jon Wee

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The Passing Zone’s act is clean and appeals to all ages and walks of life.

7:30 p.m.October 20

The Story Pirates cast takes stories written for the 2012 Young Authors’ Cel-ebration and recreates them as plays.

The student authors of the stories will not know their story has been se-lected as a portion of the performance until they are presented by the profes-sional actors.

Each author will be brought up to the stage and will take a bow with the cast, have their photograph taken and be given a special Story Pirates T-shirt.

The Story Pirates is a nationally re-spected education and media organi-zation founded in 2003 to celebrate the words and ideas of young people.

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October 23

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Bowlus attractions: Music, theater, Art

Katie Armiger’s powerful vocals and skillful songwriting are clear in her mu-sic. At the ripe age of 19, Katie does not hold back and has an inspiring combination of determination and pas-sion that shines through in her music.

Her latest video, “Best Song Ever,” was voted No. 1 on GAC’s Top 20 Countdown for four weeks.

Katie reached out to her faithful fans to choose the album title for her latest release, “Confessions of a Nice Girl.” Katie has learned from her unique ex-periences and has grown in her artistry, totally giving herself over to the music. The new record is full of the heartfelt confessions of an assertive, hopeful and vibrant young woman.

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Kimberly Young’s art journey began in the late 1980s when she enrolled in a ce-ramics class.

After filling their home with statues and sculptures, her husband encour-aged her to enroll in various art and drawing courses. This is where Kim-berly found her love of painting and consequently her passion for oil painting. Her art has taken her to Italy and throughout the United States.

Young’s work will be displayed at the Mary L. Martin Art Gallery Jan. 27-March 10.

She is a member of the Oil Painters of Amer-ica. Her art is in private collections throughout the Midwest.

She has studied with Decorative Artists Mary Jo Leisure, Michael Fulton and Fine Artist Eliza-beth Robbins.

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November 16

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“Birdhouse Factory,” presented by Cirque Mechan-ics, is a nostalgic tale set in a 1930’s Depression era widget factory, transformed by the resourcefulness and creativity of the American worker.

The performers went on to tour the United States and Europe inspiring and entertaining audiences and critics. The New York Times found Birdhouse Factory “exceptional, evocative, ... and engrossingly entertain-ing.”

Cirque Mechanics was founded in 2004 by Boston native and German Wheel artist, Chris Lashua, after the success of his collaborative project with the Circus Center of San Francisco, Birdhouse Factory. Cirque Mechanics quickly established itself as a premiere American circus, with its unique approach to perfor-mance, inspiring storytelling and innovative mechani-cal staging. Spectacle Magazine hailed it as “the great-est contribution to the American circus since Cirque du Soleil.”

Cirque Mechanics, although inspired by modern cir-cus, finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. The shows, rooted in re-alism, display a raw quality, rarely found in modern cir-cus, that makes their message timeless and relevant. The stories are wrapped in circus acrobatics, mechani-cal wonders and a bit of clowning around.

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November 18

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Entertainers Fill the Bowlus With Magic

Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. When he ends up in Mrs. Granger’s language arts class, he has his best idea ever. He decides to create his own word…FRINDLE! Before long Nick’s word creates a buzz in his school, his town and then to his surprise it spreads all around the country, and a power struggle erupts with the strict Mrs. Granger. Will the word “Frindle” win? Based on the multiple award winning novel by Andrew Clements, this quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have young audi-ences inventing their own words.

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Just when you think that you have seen the best that Irish music has to offer, a fresh new show from Ire-land is taking the art form to an entirely new level. Celtic Crossroads presents Irish music like never before, set to do to Irish music what Riverdance has done to Irish dance.

The name Celtic Cross-roads originates from a time in Ireland when neighbor-ing communities met at the crossroads between towns and villages to socialize – long before the pub tradi-tion began. With a focus on keeping the tradition of Irish music alive, each performer nurtures this bygone con-cept, but by virtue of their young age and raw talent, they high-kick this tradition into the 21st Century. True high-kicking from some of Ireland’s best-respected Irish danc-ers also intensifies the pulsating rhythms of the show.

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7:30 p.m.,March 9

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March 12

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SEPTEMBER 14-15-16 – Iola Community Theatre Presents

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28-29 – Annual Buster Keaton Celebration All- day event

4-10/2 – Buster Keaton Remembered, Mary L. Martin Gallery

OCTOBER 6 – Friends of the Bowlus Annual Dinner @ 6

p.m. – North Community Building 7-18 – Artist Bob Cross”Drawing From

Experiences” Mary L. Martin Gallery Reception 10/7 @ 1:30

11-12-13 – Allen Community College Theatre Musical Dept., presents “Dames at Sea”

15 – 26 - Beth Honer. Storyteller-in-Residence for all Allen County elementary schools

20 – “The Passing Zone” @ 7:30 p.m. 23 – Bowlus Children Shows “Story Pirates” @

9:30 & 1 p.m. 27 – SEK Christian Artist Series presents

“Whisnants” @ 6 p.m.

NOVEMBER 8-9 – IHS Fall Play @ 7 p.m. 10 – Recital Hall, Katie Armiger Trio @ 7 p.m. 11 – Iola Area Symphony Orchestra Concert @ 3

p.m. 16 – Speaker Series, Marci Penner “Eight

Wonders of Kansas” @ 7 p.m. 18 – BFAC Event “The Birdhouse Factory” @ 3

p.m.

DECEMBER 4 – Jefferson School Winter Program @ 7 p.m. 6 – McKinley School Winter Program @ 7 p.m. 11– Lincoln School Winter Program @ 7 p.m. 13 – IMS Band & Choir Winter Program @ 7 p.m. 17 – IHS Band/Choir & Strings Winter Program @

7 p.m. 21-22 – Cooper Dance Studio’s “Nutcracker” @

7 p.m.

JANUARY 5 – SEK Christian Artist Series presents “ The

Talleys ” @ 6 p.m. 16 – D.A.R.E. Program @ 6 p.m. 27- 3/10 – Art Gallery of Kimberly Young “An

Artist’s Journey - Perceiving the Way” Reception - 1/27 @ 1:30, Mary L. Martin Gallery

29– Bowlus Children Shows “Frindle” @ 9:30 & 1 p.m.

FEBRUARY 1 – IHS Spelling Bee @ 1 p.m. 8 – Recital Hall, Harlem Quartet @ 7 p.m. 10 – Iola Area Symphony Orchestra Concert @ 3

p.m. 16– BFAC “Celtic Crossroads” @ 7:30 p.m.

MARCH 5 – SEK Christian Artist Series presents “The

Collingsworths” @ 6 p.m. 7 – Bowlus Childrens Shows “Skippyjon Jones”

@ 9:30 & 1 p.m. 9 – BFAC Event “The Unexpected Boys” @

7:30 p.m. 12 – Speaker Series, Reed Timmer @ 7 p.m. 12 – Bowlus Childrens Shows , IMS Reed

Timmer @ 1 p.m.

APRIL 6 – BFAC Event “The Cleverlys” @ 7:30 p.m. 4/5 - 5/16 – Art Gallery of Mike Roach “Greece

& The Hands of Time,” Mary L. Martin Gallery, Reception - 4/6 @ 6 p.m.

18-19 – IHS Spring Play @ 7 p.m. 27 – SEK Christian Artist Series presents “ Mark

Trammel Quartet & Crist Family” @ 6 p.m.

MAY 31– Classique Dance Recital @ 7 p.m.

JUNE 1– Classique Dance Recital @ 7 p.m. 7-8 – Cooper Studios Showcase @ 7p.m.

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