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Published March 11, 2009, 10:41 AM

Phipps Calendar

Call for artists

Submissions from artists are currently being sought for two shows:

  • The annual Afton Art in the Park; postmark deadline is March 15; visit www.ThePhipps.org, click on visual arts, then artist opportunities, or send a SASE to The Phipps, 109 Locust St., Hudson WI 54016, Attention: Afton Art in the Park.

  • The annual Area High School Art Exhibition, on view April 4-26 in The Galleries. All high school-age students from western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota are invited to submit one recent original work in any media. Art teachers whose students are participating in the show are invited to submit one piece of their own artwork for a concurrent exhibition in The Commons.

    All submissions must meet the specified guidelines and be dropped off at The Phipps on Tuesday, March 31, or Wednesday, April 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Guidelines are available at www.ThePhipps.org, or by calling Anastasia Shartin at (715) 386-2305, ext. 103. High-schoolers may also apply for the Alice M. Stolpe Scholarship for the Arts.

    Organist performs

    Dave Wickerham will perform a diverse program spanning Broadway shows to pop and Joplin rags to Bach on the Wurlitzer theater pipe organ on Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults and $15 for all students with a current ID.

    Private violin lessons

    Private violin lessons for students ages 7-adult are offered throughout the year by Sarah Bertsch, (715) 381-5735.

    Private voice lessons

    Elizabeth Hawksford Schaefer offers private voice lessons for ages 12-adult. Adults and homeschooled teenagers are especially welcome to call for available daytime openings. For more information, call The Phipps center at (715) 386-2305, ext. 101.

    Ballroom dance parties

    Tom Larson will offer ballroom dance parties Saturday, March 21 and April 18, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the dance studio. Larson will offer a ballroom dance lesson from 7:30 to 8:30. Dancers of all experience levels are welcome. Refreshments are provided. Admission is $10 per person.

    Yoga classes

    Vinyasa Flow yoga classes continue Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. Beginning yoga is offered Tuesdays and Fridays, 9-10:30 a.m. Classes are ongoing and may be taken at any time. Punch-cards may be purchased for $120 per 10 classes. Punch-cards are good for any of the three classes offered each week. Students only pay for the classes they attend. Students should wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat.

    Photography club

    The Western Wisconsin Photographic Club meets regularly at The Phipps. Photographers of all levels of ability and experience are invited to these meetings. For more information, contact Margaret Strehlo, (715) 386-5048.

    Concrete and mosaic classes

    Local mosaic artist Wouterina “Riana” de Raad is offering a Concrete Sculpture Workshop ($185) on Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, and a Mosaic Workshop ($145) on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26. The workshops run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. Participants will learn to make a metal armature and concrete statue in the Concrete class. In the mosaic one, students will learn how to cut and break glass and ceramic tile, grouting and more.

    Rosemaling

    Marlys Hammer is teaching Beginning Rosemaling on March 27 and 28 and Advanced Rosemaling April 17-19. For more details, visit www.ThePhipps.org or call (715) 386-2305.

    Healing Arts at Hudson Hospital

    Currently on display are the works of Teita Amberg, Chuck Avery, Robyn Stoller Awend, Bernel Bayliss, Barbara Bend, Patricia Lange, Andrea Larson, Susan McDonald, Tom McGregor, Chris Meyer, Gregg Rochester and David Sebberson.

    Gallery exhibits

    “Ordinary/Extraordinary: The Art and Life of Stories,” an exhibition of visual storytelling by artists from across the globe, will be on view in The Galleries through March 29. In this exhibition, artists from Liberia, Russia, Japan, the Midwest, East Coast and Belgium use painting, drawing, mixed media and video to bring to life all sorts of stories, both real and imagined. Artists are Susan Armington, James Disney, Heidi Hafermann, Catherine Kennedy, Tadashi Onoda, Alexandra Rozenman and Marie Simcox. Special events with the exhibition are a performance event (storytellers, musicians) Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m., in the Black Box Theater, for ages $5 and older (tickets $3 to $5); and a free artist roundtable discussion on sources of artistic inspiration, Sunday, March 29, 2 to 4 p.m. in The Galleries. Galleries hours are Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4:30 p.m., as well as one hour before and through intermission of all performances in The Phipps theaters.

    The Gift Gallery

    The Gift Gallery offers unique fine art and traditional crafts by noted area artists. Gift certificates are also available.

    For more information, contact The Phipps Center for the Arts at (715) 386-2305, (715) 386-8409 (box office) or www.ThePhipps.org.

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