Art Center Ukiah & Corner Gallery

Member Ann Maglinte to be Presented Award on Oct 25

The Corner Gallery artist cooperative congratulates Ann Maglinte as the 2009 Mendocino County Art Champion in the category of Artist!

Come to the presentation of awards and public reception:
Tuesday, October 27th at 10:30 am
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Meeting
County Administration Building, 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah

The Arts Council will host a public reception in Conference Room B, nearby the Board of Supervisors chambers, immediately following the awards presentation. Please join the Arts Council on October 27th in recognizing the contributions of these exceptional individuals and organizations!

Willits artist, musician, and educator Ann Maglinte is being honored for her artistic excellence in painting, drawing, and sculpture, her tireless promotion of the arts countywide, her service as a teacher, and her leadership and collaboration with others in creating the First Fridays Art Walk in Ukiah. Ann has taught art privately as well as in local charter and public schools. She has served in two schools (La Vida Charter School and Sherwood School) as an artist-in-residence. She is a recipient of multiple grants including a California Arts Council grant to teach history through the arts, and a Get Art in the Schools Program (GASP) grant to present arts programming in Mendocino County public schools. Ann is co-owner and art designer for the business Midnight Moon, which she and her husband started in 1975. She is a founding member of the Ukiah Art Center/Corner Gallery, as well as a member of the Northcoast Artists Gallery in Fort Bragg. She is also a new commissioner for the Willits Art Commission (Willits Center for the Arts). Ann is being honored for her work as an artist and performer and for her contribution to the community through teaching, exhibiting her own work and the work of others, and through her activism promoting the arts. 

The Mendocino County Art Champion awards are annually presented in October to coincide with National Arts and Humanities Month. National Arts and Humanities Month is a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America, dedicated to giving millions of Americans the opportunity to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives and encourage them to begin a lifelong habit of active participation. To learn more about National Arts and Humanities Month, visit the website for Americans for the Arts at or the website for the California Arts Council .

Other recipients of the award are: Helen Klembeck in the category of Individual Patron; Harvest Market in the category of Business; and Dana Gray Elementary School in the category of Education. Nominations for the Art Champion awards were received from members of the community and the winners were selected by the Board of Directors of the Arts Council of Mendocino County.

 
For more information on the awards, click here or call (707) 961-5449.

Draw til You Drop, a Fundraiser for Art Center Ukiah

Draw til you drop will take place at Art Center Ukiah starting 10 am Saturday morning, November 14, 2009.

Participating artists will find sponsors to pledge money for each hour the artist draws. The minimum individual sponsorship is fifty cents (.50) per hour. The minimum total sponsorship for an artist to participate is $12. per hour. This could be 12 sponsors @ $1. per hour, 2 sponsors @ $6. per hour, 2@ $5. + 4@ fifty cents per hour — or any combination totaling at least $12 per hour. Remember, this is a minimum — the Max is up to YOU. There will be prizes for the 3 artists who help the Art Center bring in the most funds, as well as for the 3 artists who draw the longest. (an artist may win in BOTH categories!)

There will be breaks at designated times. We are following Guinness Records rules for marathon events: after each hour completed, there will be a 5 minute break. Some breaks will be combined (ie. 15 minute break after 3 hours drawing).

There will be a public reception on the evening of Sat, Nov 14. We would like each artist to commit to drawing at least until the end of the reception — 12 hours from the marathon start. We are anticipating that the marathon will last FAR longer — the only other time it was done, 4 artists were still drawing at 63 hours from the start!

Art Center will try to sign up additional sponsors during the reception.

Food and drink will be served to the artists throughout the marathon.

There will be plenty of black tea & coffee on hand, but PLEASE, no illegal stimulants!!!
There will be a platform in the center of the room where musicians will be playing some of the time and still life objects will be set some of the time. There is no obligation to draw any of these things – your subjects and number of works produced are up to you. Materials are limited only what will not disturb other artists (no solvents, hammering, etc.) If you have a question about this, please ask ahead of time!
There will be table space for each artist, but if you'd like to have an easel or special drawing board, please bring it. We will have some supplies & materials on hand for artists' use – but you should bring your own with you. You may bring in some unfinished work to finish on site if you wish. Each artist will be given a small sketch-pad so they won't be tied to their own table.
There will be some room to informally hang finished work for visitors to see.
You may have a friend/supporter there to wake you at the end of breaks,if you wish. ACU volunteers will ring a bell & gently ask if you are ready to draw at the end of each break – but will not shake artists, or make loud noises to wake someone who's fallen asleep. .
You may also have a support person to drive you home at the end of your time drawing, but anyone who has been drawing may NOT drive themselves home! We will provide napping space at the gallery or in a near-by home as needed.
The last artist drawing wins, in addition to other prizes, one drawing from each participant. Each participating artist must agree to leave one piece of work done during the marathon as part of this prize.
If you'd like to join us - call or email for sponsor forms.  We hope you'll join us for a fun, exciting event & successful fund-raiser for Art Center Ukiah!!!