Ball in the House is back!

We've been having great fun with the Ball in the House guys. They are here for five days. They performed last night. See photo of JCAC board member, Kendall Martin, with the guys. Last Friday they were at the Jasper High School and Middle School. Today, we have all the lower elementary coming out to the Jasper Arts Center. Gaggles of kids! Whew! Plus, of course, lots of volunteers to help. Tomorrow, the guys will be performing at the Middle School.

If You Walked a Mile in My Shoes...

...then you would know this about me. Check out our fantastic new exhibit of community-created artwork. This month the theme here at the arts center is diversity. Our exhibit is a hands-on exhibit of shoes decorated to relate to the person who created it. PLEASE TOUCH is the theme. Come on out and check it out. Oh, don't forget that Amy Laakman, our visual arts coordinator also has her student's work of photography and poems about shoes.

Meet our new assistant!

Welcome Karen Grewe who began working here this week. Karen is our new Administrative Assistant / Box Office manager. She will probably be the first voice you hear when you call the arts center.

We're so glad to have you, Karen!

Another exciting ARTventures month

June is ARTventures month at Jasper Arts department. We've hosted a plethora of activities from painting and clay to dance and plays. Kids from 2 to 18 participated in this month of fun.

6th Annual Chalk Walk has record crowd

After a temulous start, the 6th annual Chalk Walk in downtown Jasper turned out to be a beautiful day with record attendance. We were really sweating the weather but everything pulled together in the end.

Although we don't give out prizes for artwork, we noticed a more competitive spirit in the air as teams from local high schools tried to out do each other with sidewalk art. People of all ages participated in this event and enjoyed the music, arts market, food vendors, and many free art activities.

Check out our web site to view some of the photos of this event.

Richie Havens visits Jasper Arts Center

Richie Havens played for the audience at Jasper Arts Center on Saturday, April 18th. He still has that gentle smile. His performance was energetic and compelling. We are so grateful to have been able to present this icon of the Woodstock generation.

The opening act for Richie's performance was an astounding musician, Harry Manx. He entertained with low key humor and a wicked good blues guitar sound. Dog My Cat was my favorite song.