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_________________________________________________________ Date: November 10, 2005 Join the Humboldt Arts Council and the Morris Graves Museum of Art this Holiday Season in a community tradition. We encourage you to bring the family to visit our 2005 Antique Christmas tree on display beginning November 15, 2005. This beautiful Christmas tree has been generously sponsored by The Patrick Brogan Foundation. Take a glimpse into an Antique Christmas at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Lovingly displayed by Antiquarium Antiques in Los Gatos, California and featuring the lifelong collection of Shirley Henderson, gaze at some of the earliest and rarest ornaments from Victorian times through the 1930's. The old children's stockings are hung with care and the antique toys hint that St. Nicholas has already been there! In addition to viewing the Antique Christmas Tree, you have the opportunity to support the Humboldt Arts Council and the Morris Graves Museum of Art by selecting The tradition of Handel’s Messiah Sing Along happens Sunday, December 4th at 1:30 p.m. for rehearsal and 3:00 p.m. for performance. $5.00 donation at the door. Happy Holidays from the Humboldt Arts Council and the Morris Graves Museum of Art! ___________________________________________________________________ Date: October 18, 2005 NEWEST
HISTORIC BUILDING ORNAMENT: The Humboldt Arts Council
proudly announces its 2005 Collector’s Historic Building Ornament
featuring the “Historic Sweasey Theatre” 412 G Street,
Eureka, Other Collector’s Limited Edition ornaments available are the historic Gross Building, Professional building, William Carson Mansion, the Eureka Inn, the Carnegie/Eureka Free Public Library, now the Morris Graves Museum of Art, the historic Vance Hotel. Ornaments that are sold out are the historic Pink Lady and the historic Washington School. The limited edition ornaments sell for $10.00 each and are available at the Morris Graves Museum of Art gift shop, 636 F Street Eureka, and numerous businesses, including the Eureka Blood Bank, Humboldt’s Finest, the Irish Shop, Plaza Design, and the Spa at Personal Choice in the historic Vance building. For more information call the Humboldt Arts Council at 442-0278 Ext 203. ____________________________________________________________________ FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Come see the new Gift Shop at the Morris
Graves Museum The Morris Graves Museum of Art, located at 636 F Street, Eureka is open to the public Noon-5p.m., Thursday through Sunday. Museum admission is by donation: $4 for adults, $1 for seniors age 55 and older; HAC Members and children age 12 and under are admitted free. Admission is always free for everyone during each First Saturday Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m. ________________________________________________________________ Date: September 21, 2005 On Friday, October 7, 2005, the fifth annual celebration of California Arts Day will take place in cities and towns across the state. The purpose of these statewide efforts is to demonstrate the impact the arts have on California’s economy, the education and job preparation of its children, and the health and vitality of civic life in the state. By coming together under the unifying banner of the arts, Californians will show how important the arts are to the California experience. Through California Arts Day, the California Arts Council hopes to demonstrate the value, strength, and beauty of the arts and generate media coverage on the role the arts play in California’s culture. California Arts Day, as the first Friday in October, coincides with the national celebration of Arts and Humanities month. _________________________________________________________________ Contact:
Connie Rose Phone: (707) 442-0278 ext. 204 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Don’t Miss the Celebration of the Arts 2005: Grand Gala at the Graves, the Humboldt Arts Council’s Annual Art Auction on September 24, 2005 You can still buy a ticket to the Humboldt Arts Council’s Celebration of the Arts 2005: Grand Gala at the Graves,” to be held at the Morris Graves Museum of Art on Saturday, September 24, 2005. The annual Celebration of the Arts is HAC’s major fundraising event to support Museum programs and activities. This year’s event includes the 2005 Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award to artist Glenn Berry, for his many years of stewardship of local artists and the North Coast art scene. Also featured this year is the cuisine of eight local Celebrity Chefs bringing specially created hors d’oeuvres, to be paired with select Humboldt County wines. Joining us will be Avalon Restaurant, Restaurant 301, Curley’s Bar & Grill, Folie Douce, Hurricane Kate’s, Moonstone Grill, Samurai, and Ramone’s Bakery & Café. Hosted wine and cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and Silent Auction bidding begins at 5:00. Following a toast to Glenn Berry at 7:00, local celebrity auctioneer Rex Bohn will entertain the crowd with an energetic Live Auction of fine art and exciting gift packages including vacation get-aways, wines, special event performances, and dinners at the best local restaurants. Expect a delightful evening of incredible food, fine wines, terrific items contributed to local businesses and individuals, and fabulous art generously donated by more than 50 local art luminaries. Individual tickets to the festivities are $100 each. Sponsorships are also available for $500 (includes two tickets), $1,000 (includes 4 tickets), and $5,000 (includes 8 tickets), and also include tickets for an exclusive drawing of a Glenn Berry painting. All proceeds from the event help support programs and services of the Humboldt Arts Council/Morris Graves Museum of Art, including our Art Banks Touring Program and Third Thursday Family Arts Nights, Sunday Afternoon at the Graves performing arts programs showcasing the finest talent in music, dance and the literary arts, monthly musical presentations at Saturday Nights Arts Alive, and 30 unusual and inspiring art exhibitions each year. ___________________________________________________________________ Contact:
Connie Rose Phone: (707) 442-0278 ext. 204 Humboldt Arts Council/Morris Graves Museum of Art Selected to Participate in the North Coast Co-op’s Register Donation Program Here’s an easy way to help keep the arts alive on the North Coast – each time you shop the Co-op and the cashier asks, “Do you have a member number you want to use?,” give them the number 80538 and your one percent donation will go to the Humboldt Arts Council and the Morris Graves Museum of Art! The HAC and MGMA were recently selected by the Co-op Community Fund to participate in the Co-op’s ongoing and successful Register Donation Program from now until the end of June, 2006. Every time you shop the Co-op (either store) and use the number 80538, one percent above your grocery total will be added to your purchase as a donation to the Humboldt Arts Council/Morris Graves Museum of Art. At the end of the year, HAC will receive a check from the Co-op for the total collected through the Register Donation Program. All funds contributed will help support arts programming for local youth including Third Thursday Family Arts Nights!, as well as 30 unusual and inspiring art exhibitions each year. Donations will also help underwrite monthly Saturday Night Arts Alive! music presentations and “Sunday Afternoons at the Morris Graves” performing arts programs showcasing the finest talent in music, dance and the literary arts. Show your support for the arts on the North Coast by using the number 80538 when you shop the Arcata or Eureka Co-ops! ___________________________________________________________________ FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JOIN THE HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL AND THE MORRIS
GRAVES MUSEUM OF ART FOR AN OVERNIGHT ART TOUR TO LOS ANGELES TO
SEE KING TUT, THE GETTY MUSEUM AND A PERFORMANCE AT THE HOLLYWOOD
BOWL ______________________________________________________________________________ Mark your calendars now for the Humboldt Arts Council's new Third Thursday Family Arts! program, starting Thursday, June 16, 2005, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Third Thursday Family Arts! is a connecting thread between the Museum, the local families and youth we serve, and the artists and artistic groups in our community as a whole. On the third Thursday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m., Third Thursday Family Arts! offers activities throughout the Museum for youth and families, including musical participation events in the Performance Rotunda, hands-on arts projects in the Youth Classroom, and interactive experiences with authors and storytellers in the Galleries. Members of the Museum's Docent Council will welcome and guide participants to different activities, and encourage developing an understanding and appreciation of the arts currently on exhibit in the Museum. In the first year alone, HAC anticipates collaborating with over 35 local arts groups to provide entertainment and arts education to monthly Third Thursday Family Arts! participants. Third Thursday Family Arts! is an outgrowth of the HAC's success with First Saturday Arts Alive! over the past 10 years. Over 2,500 visitors come to the Museum monthly for Arts Alive!, many with their children. Third Thursday Family Arts! is expected to bring record numbers of families and children to the Museum to experience the excitement of the arts in a very personal way. Groundbreaking research shows that the arts play a powerful role in building social capital, economic development and community identity, and in fostering productive youth development. With funding for arts programming virtually non-existent in the schools these days, the Humboldt Arts Council views its mission of "providing leadership in support of the rich heritage of North Coast arts and bringing this legacy fully into community life" as critical to providing creative opportunities for our local youth. Art teaches about making choices, about collaboration, about memory, and about problem solving. Every chance to present a child with art education is precious, if only as a counterweight to the mass media culture which children absorb daily, a culture which encourages homogenized thought rather than individualized, unique responses to what life presents us. For more information on this event or the Humboldt Arts Council, call the Morris Graves Museum of Art at (707) 442-0278 ext 204. _____________________________________________________________________ Reception for Donors of George & Muriel Dinsmore Historic Entrance Stairs An appreciation reception was held on Saturday, May 7 to honor the donors to the George & Muriel Dinsmore Historic Entrance Stairs dedication at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. As part of the Carnegie Centennial Campaign and to honor the Dinsmores' lifetime service to the community, Sally Arnot, board president presented the Dinsmore family, who hosted the gathering, with a proclamation and unveiled the plaque placed at the base of the stairs. Community members as well as out-of-the-area residents participated in the campaign and were among those present at the event, as well as the adult children, a daughter-in-law and two of the grandchildren of George and Muriel's. The fundraiser for the staircase is ongoing. Donations may be mailed to 636 F Street, Eureka, CA 95501. For information call 442-0278. Below(left to right) James & May Littlefield, two major donors to the Dinsmore Historic Entrance Stairs and Sam Dinsmore. Muriel Dinsmore and Sally Arnot, Sally Arnot, Muriel Dinsmore & Tamara Dinsmore.
______________________________________________________________________ Date: January 28, 2005 Jody Rusconi,
owner of Graystone Jewelers, presents a check to Sally Arnot, President
of the Humboldt Arts Council in the amount of $1,330. The donation
represents a percentage of sales during the Council’s recent
fundraising event “Breakfast at Graystone’s” and
benefits the many programs at the Morris Graves Museum of Art.
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