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A PUBLICATION Of THE ScHOOL Of fiNE AND PERfORMING ARTS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY foRT WAYNE
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The Vista of Synergy
Art Seen: from the perspective of the dean
I was inspired by Anna Graham's article in the
last issue of The ArtScene to follow up the coverage of
the Fort Wayne Philharmonic's partnership with the
IPFW School of Fine and PerforrningArts
with a panoramic
view of IPFW's partnerships
in the arts, some in place and
others in varied states of evolution.
The tableau is exciting.
As an arts educator, who everyday
pursues the goal of
enhancing arts literacy in each
citizen, I am enthusiastic about
reinforcing and expanding partnerships that have been
solidified over the years, and equally eager to identify
and support new partners and build new audiences.
Graham, education director for the philharmonic,
detailed in her article the extensive relationship ofiPFW
and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic-including her joint
responsibility to coordinate and represent the interests
of both the philharmonic and IPFW; the work of
philharmonic musicians who teach at IPFW; and the
support of education/performance opportunities for students,
such as the Fort Wayne Youth Orchestra and scholarships
for university students provided by the orchestra.
On the horizon is the philharmonic's outdoor Fourth
of July concert at IPFW, another collaborative first for
these two organizations.
In the realm of art, IPFW and the Fort Wayne
Museum of Art are linked by the museum's education
director who regularly teaches at IPFW and coordinates
special events, such as the campus and museum
lectures of Joyce Scott and Janet Fish. Special
opportunities at the museum are made available for
IPFW art students to study the exhibitions. For instance,
this past fall's Honors Program reception was
held at the museum, and the children's exhibit on
architecture was designed by IPFW architecture faculty
and students. IPFW students also gain internship
experiences at the museum through special
projects such as a study analyzing the museum's educational
programs to prepare an outreach plan for the
future and working with museum staff on other
projects. The Plogsterth Lecture Series is a shared
endeavor with presentations at both IPFW and museum
facilities.
IPFW partnered with the Indiana Professional
Standards Board in March to present the IPFW Forum
in the Arts. The forum, a focus group of teachers and
other arts professionals, provided recommendations to
the IPSB on the proposed standards for what teachers
entering the profession must be able to do. N. Carlotta
Parr, the state arts consultant, addressed the meeting
and clarified the process and goals of the IPSB. The
event was hailed as the most ambitious focus group in
the state and attracted attention throughout Indiana.
IPFW's Department of Theatre and the Fort
Wayne community work together through the regular
casting of community members in Mainstage productions.
The department and the philharmonic collaborated
in the eminently successful West Side Story, and a
Gershwin gala is planned for the fall of 1997. Conversations
with the Lincoln Museum are leading toward a
1998-99 Lincoln Theatre Festival that would comprise
a summer playwrights' workshop with secondary school
students' original plays centering on the life of Lincoln
and performed at the Lincoln Museum in conjunction
with an IPFW Mainstage production of a play on the
great president. The Fort Wayne Youtheatre performs
annually at IPFW, and additional collaborations with
this renowned organization are being explored.
The Fort Wayne media are regular partners with
IPFW in many ways. WBTU-93.3FM radio cosponsors
Fan Fair, our annual country music pilgrimage to
Nashville, and the proceeds of this and other endeavors
with the station are leading to. an endowed scholarship
for our deserving arts students. WBNI-89.1FM frequently
broadcasts the concerts of IPFW Department
of Music faculty and students, cosponsors musical
events, and is exploring the broadcast of IPFW's History
of Jazz course for credit over the air waves. Among
several other stations, Radio Hollywood, WHW0-
1380AM, began its relationship with IPFW by cosponsoring
the Jazz Ensemble's Valentine's Day Dance, a
fundraiser fornext year's European tour. The Fort Wayne
television and newspaper media regularly cover IPFW
arts events, helping us to connect with the community
through performances and exhibitions.
The Foundation
for Art and Music in Elementary
Education
(FAME) has become an
IPFW partner through
the university's
Multicultural Services
and the School of Fine
and Performing Arts.
Each year, FAME
brings visiting artisb
from diverse cultures to
-photo by Bill Kercheval
IPFW theatre students and community actors performed together in this year's
production of West Side Story. The musical was a collaborative effort between PurdueIndiana
Theatre and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
Fort Wayne to share their arts and talents with school
students and teachers as well as with the general public.
This year, Salaam and Khararnan, Middle Eastern music
and dance ensembles respectively, presented an exciting
combination of teacher workshop and public performance,
complete with Middle Eastern cuisine, in the
IPFW Walb Union. Plans are underway for a South
American collaboration in 1998.
IPFW works closely with school districts throughout
Greater Fort Wayne to promote the arts. The School
of Fine and Performing Arts Career Day brings students
interested in the arts to the IPFW campus for workshops
with professionals who work in the arts. Conversations
are ongoing with the Fort Wayne Community
Schools and Northwest, Southwest, and East Allen
County Schools to identify mutually beneficial projects.
Collaborations in these districts and others will be pursued
and developed in the next year.
The City of Fort Wayne is cooperatively advancing
the arts with IPFW in several ways. The Department
of Parks and Recreation has become a partner with
IPFW through two projects. Arts and the Environment,
a two-week morning summer camp at IPFW in July,
will provide elementary school students with outdoor
science exploration and arts classes in music, dance,
and fine art to allow the students to create art related to
nature. The second project, Art in the Park, is a longterm
program to develop exterior art in parks and other
locations throughout Fort Wayne. The mayor's office
in the City County Building is hosting an ongoing exhibition
program in its office complex featuring art from
the IPFW Department of Fine Arts.
Why are Fort Wayne's arts organizations so cooperative?
One reason is the leadership of Arts United, the
city's local arts council, which provides centricity to the
more than 50 nonprofit arts organizations in Fort Wayne.
Arts United coordinates fundraising, develops common
projects, and maintains communication to keep the arts
united. I believe there are other reasons for this cooperation.
Attempting to distill reality from many possibilities,
I am repeatedly brought full circle to the essence of
the arts: pursuits requiring dedication, discipline, directness,
and communication from humankind's inner being.
The arts are honest-there can be no fabricationand
through that integrity, the commitment to produce
art and share with others supercedes less important distractions.
Synergy, the concept that the whole is greater than
the sum of its parts, is a truth evident in the concerts of
the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the exhibitions of the Fort
Wayne Museum of Art, and the productions of the Fort
Wayne Civic Theatre, as well as in the collaborations
discussed above. Fort Wayne is indeed a fortunate city
benefiting from an incredible vista created through synergy
in the arts. We at IPFW are looking for new opportunities
to make the arts a vital part of everyone's life.
Please contact us with your ideas for partnering. We're
ready to work with you!
-Ben Christy
Dean, School of Fine and Peiforming Arts
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Arts Leadership Initiative
opens minds, enhances learning
One of Arts United's goals is to increase the
awareness of the arts as one of the fundamentals
of a quality education. Not only do we know that
the arts increase the quality of education and produce
more thoughtful students, but that it is important
to future audience development to have
generations already sensitized to the arts. In addition,
business leaders are realizing that arts education
develops the abilities they want high
school graduates to have: creative problem-solving,
analytical thinking, and collaborative skills.
In 1992, Arts United commissioned an assessment
of the arts programs offered in Allen
County schools and by Arts United's member
groups. The goal was to identify strategies that
could help make the arts basic to education. Arts
United's assumptions about arts in education were
confirmed by the statistical data in the
assessment's final report. Eighty-seven percent
of classroom teachers said they would use arts
lesson plans if they were available; 81 percent
indicated they would attend a workshop on how
to cross-curriculum the arts into classroom curriculum;
and 89 percent of principals would be
likely to support such planning.
The Arts Leadership Initiative was developed
in response to this data. The program is a
seven-month, in-depth lesson on the relationship
between the arts and education. It includes:
• a discipline-by-discipline introduction to
the community arts groups
• instruction on how to integrate arts programs
into classroom instruction across subjects
• actual curriculum development.
The Arts Leadership Initiative, now in its
third year, is composed of 28 teachers from eight
school districts. The teachers are divided into
teams comprising an elementary teacher and an
arts specialist from the same school. The goal is
to eventually spark an interest in this type of cur-
Culture clash recorded and
remembered at historic park
Fort Wayne first became the leading city in
northeastern Indiana not only because it sat at the
junction of two rivers, but because it sat aside one of
the main lines of transportation between the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. Summit City sits
on a section of high land that divides water drainage
between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
basin. At the other end of that land, on the west side
of the city of Huntington where the Little and the
Wabash rivers meet, is the Forks of the Wabash with
a historic restoration and museum operated by Historic
Forks of the Wabash Inc. The Forks of the
Wabash Historic Park tells the story of what happened
when two cultures met at this place during the first
half of the 18th century.
Before 1835, travelers bound from Lake Erie
to the Wabash River valley would take their boats
to a loop in the St. Marys river at the north end of
Swinney Park. There they would pick up boats and
baggage and carry them nine miles to the Little
River at a point about a half mile south of the Village
At Coventry shopping center. They would then
bump and slide their boats 20 miles down the Little
River to the Forks of the Wabash. If the waters in
Little River were low, which was true most of the
year, then boats and baggage had to be carried the
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entire distance to the Forks, some 30 miles.
Because of its function as entryway to the
Wabash and its distance from the city, the Forks became
an important center of Miami Indian culture.
As more and more white settlers arrived in Fort
Wayne, bringing with them new ways and customs,
many of the Miami became increasingly uncomfortable
and moved from the center of white culture to
the Forks. Several villages were established there in
the early 1800s.
The Forks soon became the administrative center
of the Miami Nation, and as such was home of the
U.S.-Miami treaty negotiations that took place on four
separate occassions between 1833 and 1840. It was
at the council house at the Forks that the Miami agreed
to leave the upper Wabash Valley and move to Kansas
Territory. And in 1846, canal boats stopped at Peru,
the Forks, and Fort Wayne to pick up Miami Indians
and start them on their way west.
White settlers began flooding this new land and
taking advantage of the easy transportation provided
by the Wabash and Erie Canal, which were created in
1835. The produce of the rich farmlands near the Forks
was shipped back east to the ready and lucrative market.
It is this important segment of Indiana history
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riculum for the nonarts teacher.
A significant investment is made in each of
the teachers involved in the program with the
expectation that they, in turn, carry out an appreciation
of the arts through their curriculum. One
committee of curriculum experts has developed
a thematic unit that uses the arts as an integral
part of the whole curriculum. This ongoing development
empowers teachers to go back to their
schools and develop their own cross-curriculum
lesson plans in the future.
As the curriculum is shared with other teachers
and schools each year, the base of arts-focused
educators broadens. And, as the interaction
continues, the individual arts groups will develop
programs that better accommodate teachers'
needs. One of the problems in the past had
been the lack of communication between educators
and the arts. This gap is bridged by the Arts
Leadership Initiative.
The beauty of this program is that Arts
United's Arts in Education Committee-composed
of representatives from area school districts
and all of the arts disciplines-and its member
groups will be able to sustain this program as long
as there is a need. Currently, Arts Leadership Initiative
is funded by a three-year Knight Foundation
grant. It is hoped that in the future art groups
will build the program expenses into their bud-that
is memorialized at the Forks of the Wabash Historic
Park. The exhibits focus on the first half of the
18th century, on the treaties that turned over more
and more of the land to the United States, on the
traders who pressed in to relieve the Indians of their
annuity money, on the settlers who came to make a
new life in a new land. Memorialized are the stories
of the Miami leaders who saw the inevitable
future of their people and who used what resources
they had to delay demise and then cushion it as best
they could. The park teaches even more about the
canal that hastened the settling of the land and the
removal of the Miami. Historic Forks of the Wabash
is the only public site in Indiana that tells the story
of what happened when the European-based culture
of the white traders and settlers met the tradi-
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gets and the schools will continue to pick up
costs of having teachers spend time outside the
classroom for curriculum development and
training programs. The program is certified for
Certification Renewal Units (CRU) and
master's credits at IPFW.
Arts Leadership Initiative is attracting a lot
of national attention as a model for future arts
education. Arts United knows that impacting education
with the arts is a long-term process, but
one that is vital for us to undertake. The goal is to
reach the children and help create a generation
whose view of the world is broadened and enhanced
by its contact with the arts.
-Madelane Elston
The author serves on the boards of ARCH,
Arts United, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic,
Leadership Fort Wayne Advisory, Allen County
Courthouse Preservation Trust Inc. , and
IPFW's School of Fine and Performing Arts
Community Advisory Council. She is president
of the Indiana Association of Figure Skating,
and a U.S. Figure Skating Association Judge.
A native ofWinona, Miss., the author is a graduate
of the University of Mississippi and has
lived in Fort Wayne for over 20 years.
tiona} culture of the Native American.
Historic Forks of the Wabash is no more than an
hour drive from any place in Fort Wayne. On the
grounds are the house in which Chief Francis
Lafontaine lived until the time of the removal, a twostory
pioneer log house built about 1847, a reconstructed
pioneer schoolhouse, a museum, visitor's center,
and gift shop. There are also outdoor exhibits related
to the Miami Indians and to the Wabash and
Erie Canal.
Historic Forks of the Wabash opened for the season
in early May with an 1800s rendezvous, The Feast
of the Whippoorwill Moon and will maintain regular
hours until the end of October.
WHAT: Forks of the Wabash Historic Park
WHERE: Take US 24 to Huntington. Stay on US
24 around the north side of Huntington until it descends
into the Wabash River valley on the west
side of Huntington. Historic Forks is located where
State Road 9 and US 24 join.
HOURS: Park hours are 1-4 p.m. ThursdaySunday.
COST: $2 adults, $1 children, $5 family
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Director
Jeannie Reagan at 219-356-1903.
-Dwight Ericsson
The author is the Community Arts Council representative
for Historic Forks of the Wabash as well
as the Northeast Indiana Chamber Music Society Inc.
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Sum.m.er program. uses arts
in life lessons for youth
Continuing its tradition of reaching out to
the community's young people, IPFW is helping
to introduce 25 minority and low-income students
to occupations in which women and people of
color are typically underrepresented.
With an emphasis on fine arts, the Summer
Youth Initiative program, Life After High School:
Challenges, Choices, Careers and College Selection,
will offer valuable education and career-development
activities from classroom lessons to
hands-on learning and field trips.
Open to all high school students in the Fort
Wayne area, the program is sponsored by the
Allen County Postsecondary Education Consortium
Youth Initiative which is composed ofiPFW,
Ivy Tech, Saint Francis College, and Taylor University
and funded by the Foellinger Foundation.
IPFW Multicultural Services and School of Fine
and Performing Arts have teamed up to head the
program and invited visiting instructors from the
community to assist them in giving participants
optimum instruction.
From July 7 to Aug. 1, the students-primarily
sophomores and juniors-will engage in
five concentrated areas of study: self-awareness,
Scholastic Aptitude Test preparation, college selection,
high school-to-college transition, and finally
career selection. The program and its activities
are designed to help ease the students'
transitions from high school to college and then
into the work world.
Students will be exposed to academic information,
practical situations, and personal experiences
through networking opportunities, role
playing, limited shadowing, and focus groups.
Daily activities are planned for the students from
9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Mondays through Fridays
during the monthlong program.
Mondays through Thursdays will be devoted
to on-campus activities. Students will be asked
to design collages with accompanying essays to
describe themselves. Using instant cameras, they
will be asked to create a photographic record of
a day in their lives. Other lessons will include
summarizing personal goals and values, identifying
preferences for colleges in terms of both
campus and curriculum, identifying a favorite
song and explaining why it is a favorite, writing
a resume, developing interviewing skills, conducting
a mock interview, and more. Fridays will
be devoted to field trips to the Fort Wayne Museum
of Art, a local theatrical performance, Sweet
Water Sound, Labov and Beyond, the Foellinger
Foundation, and an awards luncheon at the
Hilton.
In the self-awareness category, the fine arts'
lessons will highlight photography, cinematography,
graphic design, and art business. In the
area of study for the transition from high school
to college, the fine arts lessons will highlight art
administration, public relations, and development.
Organizers hope merging fine arts activities
with more traditional forms of learning will generate
maximum program results by making students
consider careers in fine arts. They also hope
it will lead the young people to seriously consider
their roles as college students and eventually
as members of the work world.
"I thought the activities we came up with
would be fun for the students and they would
learn a lot from them," said Paulina A. Salvador,
a Summer Youth Initiative project coordinator.
"I think the activities are going to promote active
learning. The arts seem to bring out the creative
spirit in all of us, so I think the two working
together to develop a better understanding of
oneself is the best of both worlds. I think it's going
to be a wonderful match because it will encourage
them to really put themselves at the center
of every decision they make," she said.
The most recent study of career-development
trends conducted by Harvard University's
Gary Orloff and the University of Chicago's Faith
Paul found that many students are not being supplied
with enough information about the changes
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involved in moving from school to work and being
an employee instead of a student. The 1992
study, titled "High Hopes, Long Odds," also
showed that even when enough information is
available, there is frequently still a lack of guidance
in helping the students decipher and co.ndense
the data into useful, applicable comp•
nents.
A lack of information is not the only problem
plaguing the students this program targets.
The Commission for Higher Education's "Trends
in Minority Parti cipation in Indiana
Postsecondary Education," a report published in
1995, showed that few of the state's students of
color even go to college. IPFW and its fellow
sponsors are stepping in to help fill these voids
locally.
This is the third year for the Summer Youth
Initiative. A different theme is selected each year,
but it always focuses on an area of employment
that women and people of color have been virtually
locked out of or uninterested in. Showing
participants that these unchartered territories of
employment are open and creating minority interest
in filling them is a primary goal.
We try to look at areas where low income
students and students of color are
underrepresented. Looking at the Fort Wayne
community in general there is a wealth of cultural
activities. Yet, I find very few people of color
who work in these professions locally.
Students interested in the program must apply
to Multicultural Services before June 13. An
interest in fine arts is a plus but not a necessity
for participation. All instruction cost, materials,
transportation, and daily lunches will be provided
free to all participants.
Staffing the program will be Salvador,
project coordinator; Timothy L. Lake, project
coordinator; Shontael Harmeyer, project assistant;
Lynette Johnson-Lewis, project assistant;
and faculty from the School of Fine and Performing
Arts.
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For more information or an application,
please call Multicultural Services at 219-481-
6608.
-Christine A. Patterson
The author is project director for the Summer
Youth Initiative as well as director of IP FW's
Multicultural Services, whose mission it is to
serve as a support system for African American,
Hispanic, Native American, Asian American, and
international students as well as at-risk students
at IPFW. The unit also assists in the development
of recruitment and retention efforts.
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JUNE
8-14
Germanfest. Fort Wayne's annual celebration of its
rich and varied German heritage. Performances, lectures,
workshops, and classes at Headwaters Park and
other locations. 219-424-3700.
11
Artwear '97 Fashion Show. News Channel 15 sponsors
this event to kick off the sale of artists' original
clothing and jewelry from around the country. 7 p.m.
at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. 219-422-6467.
13
German-American Experience in Fort Wayne
During WWI. A reception and lecture focusing on
the experiences of the local German-Americans during
WWI. Sponsored by Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society in conjunction with the German
Heritage Society. 7 p.m. at Old City Hall Historical
Museum. 219-426-2882.
13
Arts AdYocates*IPFW. Monthly meeting organtzed
to unite friends. alumni. and student' of IPF\\ in
\Upport of the arts. Noon at IPFW Fine Art Building.
Room 110.219-48:-6977.
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Fan J•ai r. A s1x-day. five-night excursiOn for a wild
week ot \:Ountry music in l 'ashville, Tenn. for ol9
(per ptTon, double occupancy). Tickets to Fan Fa1r
concerts, the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall
ol Fame. Studio B. Opryland USA Showpark. and
much more. An IPFW Fine and Performing Arts tour.
219-481-6977.
JULY
12, 13
Three Rivers Festival of the Arts. Two days of cultural
events during the Three Ri ve rs Festival.
Noon-6 p.m. at Headwaters Park. 219-745-5556.
19,20
Three Rivers Festival Heritage Days. A new and
expanded event that focuses on Fort Wayne history
through stage performances, demonstrations, and exhibitions
by local artists and historians. Saturday,
noon-6 p.m.; Sunday, II a.m.-5 p.m. at Headwaters
Park. 219-745-5556.
26
Indiana Highland Games. Enjoy a wee bit of Scotland:
bagpipes, highland dancers, caber tossing, meat
pies, folklore, and much more. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at
Zollner Stadium. 21 9-486-9543.
AUGUST
23
Ninth annual WBNI Classic Bicycle Tour. Cyclists
ride at their own pace through rural Allen and Dekalb
counties on 15-, 30-, 45-, or 58-mile routes. Registration
7-9 a.m. at Leo Jr./Sr. High School. 219-452-1189.
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PIT Season Kickoff Party. Following auditwn~ lor
the Purdue- lnd.ana Theatre sea. on. the public 1 tn\
ited to a party featuring music. food. and pnzes.
4:30p.m. at IPFW William~ Theatre. 219-481-6551.
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continuing thru June 30
IPF\\ Foundation S ho,~. An exh1b1t of artwork by
freshman and sophomore IPFW fine arts majors.
Monday-Saturday. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.: Sunday, nnon-6
p.m. in the IPFW Fme Art\ Budding foyer. 219-481-
6705.
continuing thru October 1997
Over Here: Fort Wayne and World War I. Exhibit-
including liberty bonds, posters, uniforms,
helmets, photographs, scrapbooks, and Red Cross
memorabilia-features the history of WWI and Fort
Wayne. Sponsored by Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical
Society. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday
and Sunday, noon -5 p.m. at Old City Hall
Historical Museum. 219-426-2882.
continuing thru October 1997
The Beginnings. Exhibit explores the history of the
canal era in Fort Wayne. Sponsored by Allen CountyFort
Wayne Historical Society in conjunction with
the Canal Society. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, noon-S p.m. at Old City Hall
Historical Museum. 219-426-2882.
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This year's Three Rivers Festival of the Arts will
take place in Headwaters Park. A map of the park
and it's attractions appears here. See related
story, page 7.
JUNE
through July I 0
Seventeenth Annual National Print Exhibition. For
17 consecutive years, Artlink has presented the best
in printmaking. This exhibition is no exception with
printmakers participating from all over the United
States. Tuesday-Saturday, noon-S p.m.; Sunday,
1-5 p.m. atArtlink. 219-424-7 195.
7-Aug. 17
Memories of Childhood. Display of books written
and illustrated by artists reflecting on their families,
communities, and countries. Tuesday-Saturday,
10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-S p.m. at Fort Wayne
Museum of Art. 219-422-6467.
JULY
13-Aug. 15
Fourth Annual Three Rivers Art Exhibition.
Showcases the artwork of regional artists who work
in various media. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at
Saint Francis College Weatherhead Gallery. 219-434-
3235.
18-Aug. 28
Members' Show. This regional exhibition features
artwork of members of Artlink. Tuesday-Saturday,
noon-S p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m. 219-424-7195.
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1) Dance Stage
2) Juried Art Show
3) Juried Craft Show
4) Festival Plaza
5) Kid Art
6) Artists Guild/Arts Source
7) Activity Stage
8) Trails and Tales
9) Old Fort Area
1 0) Food Alley
11) Emporium
12) Ice Sculpture
*Pedestrian Crosswalk
19,20
Three Rivers Festival Crafts in the Meadow. A new
juried event focusing on the artistic talents of crafters.
Saturday, lO a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a. m.-5 p.m. at
Great Meadow of Headwaters Park. 219-745-5556.
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JUNE
10
"Battle of the Somme." Lecture by Bruce Smith on
the losses experienced by the Germans and the English
during WWI. Sponsored by Allen County-Fort
Wayne Historical Society in conjunction with the
German Heritage Society. 7 p.m. at Old City Hall
Hi storical Museum. 219-426-2882.
16-20. 23-27
Art Classes for Young People. Phntography and
ceramiLs classes for high school \tudents. Sponsored
by Artlink m collaboration with IPFW School of Fine
and Performing Arts. 1-3 p.m. at IPFW\ Fine Art.
Bu1lding. 219-424-7195.
23-Aug. I
Music Works. Various instrumental classes offered
weekly for adults and children. Sponsored by Jay
County Arts Council Inc. Offered at Center for the
Arts, Portland. 219-726-4809.
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30-July 26
Bournville Workshop. Workshop focused on teaching
the Bournville style of dance. 9:30 a.m.-4:30p.m.
at the Fort Wayne Ballet Academy. 219-484-9646.
JULY
13
"The Story of Fort Wayne's Parks." Jon Rupright,
chancellor of Ivy Tech State College, relates the history
of the parks of Fort Wayne. Sponsored by Allen
County-Fort Wayne Historical Society. 2 p.m. at Old
City Hall Historical Museum. 219-426-2882.
28-Aug. 16
Vaganova Student and Teacher Workshop. Workshop
to learn the Vaganova style of dance. 9:30a.m.-
4:30p.m. at the Fort Wayne Ballet Academy. 219-
484-9646.
AUGUST
"The Metis in Northeast Indiana." Elizabeth
Glenn, historian from Ball State University examines
the relationship between French Settlers and
American Indians in Fort Wayne during the 18th and
19th centuries. Sponsored by Allen County-Fort
Wayne Historical Society. 2 p.m. at Old City Hall
Historical Museum. 219-426-2882.
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AUGUST
24
Purdue-Indiana Theatre Season Auditions. :-\uditions
for the fall '97 season followed by a k1ckoff
part). Plays Include Marat-Sade, Uncle Vanw,
Antigone, and Daddr's Dy111~ (Who's Gm the Will!)
I :30 p.m. at IPF\\' Williams Theatre. 219-4b 1-6551
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JUNE
6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15
London Suite. Neil Simon's hilarious farce follows
four American couples spending the night in a London
hotel suite. Presented by the Fort Wayne Civic
Theatre. Thursdays at 7:30p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Performing
Arts Center. 219-424-5220.
6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27-29
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Musical involving
a group of spirited women's fight against a
crooked televangelist. Cocktails at 6:30 p.m.; dinner
at 7 p.m. ; show at 8 p.m. at Arena Dinner Theatre.
Call for matinee information. 219-493-1384.
I I. 12, 13. 14
Tile Outsiders. Drama dealing with real people seen
through the e;es of a young "greaser" who is caught
up in terri tonal battles between the ha\e-it-made rich
k1ds and h1s tough underprivileged "grea~er" famtl)
and friends. A Fort Wayne Youtheatre production.
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Leslie Beauchamp, seen
here in the 1994 American
Classics Summer Theatre
Series I, will be an invited
community guest artist in
this summer's PurdueIndiana
Theatre
production of Funny Girl.
As Fanny Brice, she will
play opposite another
guest artist, Gary Lanier.
Performances are set for
June 27-29, July 2, 3, 5,
9-12 at 8 p.m. in Wzlliams
Theatre. Matinees are set
for 2:30p.m. June 29,
July 6.
Call the box office at 219-
481-6555 for more
information.
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8 p.m. nightly; Saturday matmee at 2:30 p.m. at
IPFW Studio Theatre, Kettler Hall G32. 219-422-
6900.
27-29. July 2. 3, 5. 9-12
Funny Girl. Biographical musical about the great
Broadway legend Fanny Brice. Zan) exuberance
and human warmth combine to create this rare
classic. 8 p.m.; June 29 and July 6 at 2:30p.m. at
IPFW Williams Theatre. 219-481-6555.
JULY
25, 26, 27, 31 Aug. I, 2, 7, 8, 9, lO
Fiddler on the Roof Tevye, his wife, Golda, and
their five daughters are a hard-working Jewish
family in Russia observing the "old ways" in this
classic musical. Presented by the Fort Wayne
Civic Theatre. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays
and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. at the
Performing Arts Center. 219-424-5220.
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JUNE
10
Blood Simple. A cuckolded husband hires a slimy
character to kill his wife and her boyfriend in the
debut of writing/directing team Joel and Ethan
Coen. Part of the Cinema Center/IPFW Film Noir
Series. 7:15 p.m. at Cinema Center. 219-426-
3456.
12
Asphalt Jungle. The plot of this classic film, in
which two small-time losers plan a jewel heist,
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has been borrowed many times, but John Huston's
tight direction gives the film an unrivaled urgency.
Part of the Cinema Center/IPFW Film Noir Series.
7:15p.m. at Cinema Center. 219-426-3456.
17
Reservoir Dogs. Quentin Tarantino's debut feature
film is an intense, in-your-face crime drama about a
failed jewelry robbery and its gruesome aftermath.
Part of the Cinema Center/IPFW Film Noir Series.
7:15p.m. at Cinema Center. 219-426-3456.
19
Gun Crazy. A misfit couple is drawn to each other
by their mutual love for guns and turn to robbing
banks when married life gets tough. Part of the Cinema
Center/IPFW Film Noir Series. 7:15 p.m. at
Cinema Center. 219-426-3456.
24
The Last Seduction. Linda Fiorentino stars as one
of the screen's most formidable and evil femme
fatales ever in this marvelously sardonic, fast-paced,
and truly diabolical thriller. Part of the Cinema Center/
IPFW Film Noir Series. 7:15 p.m. at Cinema
Center. 219-426-3456.
JULY
11-19
Three Rivers Cinema Center Film Festival. Cinema
Center brings back Microcosmos, a movie
about endearing bugs, and holds the Fort Wayne
premiere of Man with a Plan, in which 76-yearold
Fred Tuttle decides, after a lifetime of milking
cows on a small farm in Vermont, to run for Congress.
Call Cinema Center for times and information.
219-426-3456.
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JUNE
23
Organist Ken Double. The Embassy Theatre Foundation
sponsors organ music with the Summit City
Chorus. 2 p.m. at Embassy Theatre. 219-424-5665.
JULY
11
Music Under the Stars. The spirit of Three Rivers
Festival is found in the Fort Wayne Summer Symphony.
Enjoy an evening filled with light classics,
marches, and show tunes. 8 p.m. at Foellinger Theatre.
219-426-9096.
12
Three Rivers Parade Pre-Concert. Get in the festive
mood with pre-parade marches and patriotic music
played by Fort Wayne Area Community Band. 9
a.m. at the City County Building Plaza. 219-481-
6727.
14
Ice Cream Concert. Old-fashioned ice cream concert
wtth the Fort Wayne Area Communi!) Band
playing marches, popular tunes. and children/family
favorites. 7 p.m. at IPFW's Walb Union Plaza. 219-
481-6727.
20
Fireworks Concert to close Three Rivers Festival.
Fort Wayne Area Community Band plays
marches, popular arrangements, and patriotic music
before and during the fireworks. 8 p.m. at Friemann
Square. 219-481-6727.
25
Summer Concert. Light classics, marches, show
tunes, big band music, popular arrangements, and
patriotic music performed by the Fort Wayne Area
Community Band. 8 p.m. at FoellingerTheatre. 219-
481-6727.
AUGUST
12
Fort Wayne Area Community Band Summer Concert.
Light classics, marches, show tunes, big band
music, and popular/patriotic arrangements. 8 p.m. at
Foellinger Theatre. 219-481-6727.
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JUNE
9-Aug. l
Arts in the Parks. Free summer classes in a variety
of art forms are taught by professional artists from
around the world. Sponsored by Jay County Arts
Council Inc. Call Bill Adkins for time and location.
219-726-4809.
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16-20, 23-27
Art Classes for Young People. Classe~ in drawmg
and patntmg for students K-8 sponsored by Artlink.
In-11:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. at lPFW's Fine Arts
Building. 219-424-7195.
23-Aug. I
Music Readiness. Classes for children ages 4-8 to
learn basics of music. Sponsored by Jay County Arts
Council Inc. Offered at Center for the Arts, Portland.
219-726-4809.
JULY
12,13
Three Rivers Festival of the Arts KidArt. An area
within the Three Rivers Festival designed to give
children hands-on experience with art. 1--6 p.m. at
Headwaters Park. 219-745-5556.
20-25
FAME Fine Arts Camp. A weeklong sleepover
camp incorporating drawing, painting, music, ballet,
and drama at Camp Potowatomi. 219-471-FAME
(3263).
21-25
Fine Arts Camp. Community School of the Arts presents
this camp for third through eighth graders. 9:30
a.m.-3 p.m. at Founders Hall, Taylor University. 219-
456-7015, ext. 32204.
AUGUST
11-15
Choralfest '97. The Fort Wayne Children's Choir
sponsors a day camp for voice, chime, improvisation,
and dance. 4:30 p.m. at IPFW's Walb Union.
219-436-0110.
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The film, Microcosmos will be shown by the Fort Wayne Cinema Center in
conjunction with the Three Rivers FestivaL Close range shots of the cast
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of bugs and narrative voice-over done by Kristin Scott Thomas make this an
enjoyable as well as educational film. The film festival is scheduled for
July 11-19. For more information, call219-426-3456.
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Enthusiasts log on to arts infortnation
From advocacy to exposure, Web key for arts connections
Artists are goal-oriented people. They are
inspired by thoughts and feelings, then journey
through a process to create a finished piece. Those
who love the arts usually fit this criteria as well.
Artists and patrons of the arts know that finding
opportunities to explore avenues of artistic involvement
toward achieving creative goals is
sometimes a mammoth endeavor. With the advent
of the Information Age and the personal
computer's role in contemporary society, many
opportunities have become accessible through the
Internet.
The Internet is a component of late 20thcentury
life that can be daunting to the computer
novice. The wealth of information on the Net can
be a testament to the wonders of technology as
well as a focal point of frustration on the road to
progress. A vision of terminally bound Internet
gluttons sliding from link to link for eternity may
parallel that of a parent downloading a new recipe
in a futuristic kitchen. Speculation is endless
when considering the utilitarian destination of the
Internet in American society. For
now, the World Wide Web represents
the major development of the
Internet in terms of reaching the
common man. As its first mass manipulators,
the people of the '90s
are just beginning to explore and grasp its benefits.
The opportunity for artistic representation
in such a forum and the goals that can be realized
in terms of expressing art and advocacy for
art's survival are featured on the Web. Having a
starting spot from which to begin a journey on
the information highway can aid in gripping this
virtual font of information.
The Internet lends itself to a variety of purposes
centered around the retrieval of information.
Generally speaking, the arts, like sports,
health, science, politics, or news, garner a lot of
space on the Web. There are thousands of Web
sites dedicated to arts organizations, event listings,
and artists themselves. These can be accessed
through a search involving a variety of
programs designed to guide the user through the
Web. Using a search service such as WebCrawler
(http://webcrawler.com/), Excite (http://
www.excite .com/), or Lycos (http ://
www.lycos.com/) as a guide to locating information
on the arts is fundamentally easy, yet to sift
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through the unwanted information can be an unsavory
task.
The Web sites discussed below are intended
to aid in the arts enthusiast's search for desirable
information. They were chosen for their relevance
to the arts and their variety of artistic concentrations.
Each site incorporates into its text multiple
links to more-specific collections within the artistic
spectrum. Also taken into account is the
layout of the Web page, including the design,
content, and individual personality, which can be
indicative of the time and effort put into the page.
The Internet is an ever-evolving animal, so additions,
changes, and deletions of information and
services on each page occur often, but the mission
of each page guarantees its fundamental
worth to artistically endeavoring individuals.
• American Arts Alliance
For a beginner's Web lesson, point your
browser to one of the aforementioned search engines
and type in "American Arts Alliance" (with-out
quotes). The engine results
& will provide you with a link to a
page dedicated to advocacy of
nonprofit arts organizations in the
United States. The text is insightful
and helpful to those who advocate government
agencies that support the arts. The links connect
to nationally based organizations such as National
Public Radio (NPR) and the National Endowment
for the Arts (NEA). This is a good starting
point for the user interested in national news
about federal arts programs and especially their
endangerment through legislation.
• Arts United
http://www.ft-wayne.in.u I
arts/au/artsunited.html
Information about the arts in
and around Fort Wayne comes
from one of the oldest arts organizations
of its kind, Arts United. The arts in
northeastern Indiana are greatly affected by the
efforts of this organization. For someone interested
in the arts in the region, this Web page is
essential. Information on special programs such
as CAP on Violence and links to local arts organizations
are this page's strengths.
• Hole World
http:/ /holeworld.cornl
For those wanting to tap into a less mainstream
art scene, Hole World offers offbeat and
sometimes bizarre insights into music, art, and
cinema. The page is less of an information siphon
and more of a journey. The user is transformed
into an ant who tunnels to different destinations,
most notably the Art Dump. From here
the links are seemingly endless with possibilities
ranging from the Smithsonian Institute's
National Museum of American Art and Bill
Plymton's cartoon shorts to a gallery of '70s cereal
boxes and artist Keith Haring's web page.
The music featured is predominantly contemporary,
and the blues and jazz connections are excellent.
• Art Links
http://www. iquest.net/% 7Esimba/art.htm
This page is dedicated to linking the user
and the arts organization.
Information can
be found readily under
the categories of museums
and galleries ,
sculpture, literature, painters, architecture, music,
movies, and theatre. From Art Links, theatre
enthusiasts can access Playbill On-line, a page
with quintessential information on the professional
theatre world. Composers and artists are
featured, and the museum listing is excellent. The
Louvre and the Pulitzer Prize Web pages are
major links found here.
• ArtsUSA
http:/ /www.artsusa.org
As the American Council for the Arts'
(ACA) homepage, this is another advocacy site
informing the public of threats on national arts
funding. The links here are different from those
represented on the American Arts Alliance page
and encompass a larger artistic sphere. The page
is under development, and one of the services
put on hold during the electronic reconstruction
is a "cafe" designed to create a dialogue between
online artists in a chatroom setting. Services in-elude
a clearinghouse dedicated to dispersing information
about the arts and a good list of resources
for those wishing to focus on arts education.
This interactive page has won awards from
Internet review committees.
These five arts-related starting points on the
Web outline some of the capacity for exploration
the Internet offers. While the list is obviously not
inclusive, it hopefully will spark further exploration.
The stream of evolving information produced
by the Internet gives the arts-interested
individual an outlet for their fascination and a
guide to their curiosity.
From exploring the information available on
the Internet, further opportunities arise. Email
addresses appear on each homepage so that contact
can be made between the reader and the sponsoring
organization or individual. Involvement
in the activities of an organization can begin with
an initial contact or pledge of membership.
Chatrooms are places of public forum and some,
like the Arts USA Cafe, center on conversations
involving varied aspects
of the arts. Also, creating
your own Web page is an
option, especially if you
are involved with an organization
that would
benefit from exposure and the conveyance of information.
Ultimately, the Internet provides opportunities
to access information conducive to a wide
range of 20th-century goals. The manipulation
of those opportunities for organizational and personal
benefit lies within the user's prerogative.
Arts organizations and artists are prevalent in the
virtual world and have taken advantage of opportunities
offered by the Web to further their
ideals and missions. This reflects the importance
of the arts in the Information Age as well as the
centrality of the arts to the people who have created
and enjoyed the Internet's offerings.
-Patrick Foster
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Perseverance brings
center to 20th year
The office walls are covered with eclectic
pictures of film stars, advertisements for movies,
personal photos, and information on what is
going on in Hollywood, Sundance, and Toronto.
The office equipment is nonprofit material: not
shiny new, a bit temperamental at times, and definitely
worked hard upon. The people are a group
of movie-lovers-some who show up for work
here, but most who contribute in other ways. The
place is Fort Wayne Cinema Center, and it is celebrating
20 years of bringing artistic films to the
Summit City.
Cinema Center has gone through a lot of
changes since its founding. It is now entering its
third decade of featuring film as an art form with
stability and vigor. Cinema Center began as an
idea in the summer of '76 and was turned into
reality by a few persevering founders. Through
the efforts of dedicated individuals, generous
support from the Fort Wayne community, and a
social resurgence in the acknowledgment of film
as art, the Cinema Center has become a solid fixture
in Fort Wayne's cultural spectrum.
The need for a venue to showcase artistic,
classic, and foreign films became a priority after
the closing of The Spectator, the last theatre in
Fort Wayne committed to presenting these genres.
On July 29, 1976, Fort Wayne Cinema Center
became an official nonprofit organization. The
organization's purpose, as stated in its incorporation
papers is:
1. To provide an educational and historical
perspective of artistic films and filmmaking
through weekly showings available to the public
at a reasonable cost.
2. To provide a resource center and educational
program for the continued appreciation of
film as art.
These objectives have carried Cinema Center
through some of its most tenuous times. Capitalizing
on the resources of the community has
enabled Cinema Center to realize these goals and
become the cultural forum that it is today.
Snow storms in the winter of 1978 and a summer
film festival with minimal attendance left Cinema
Center in debt by the end of that year. Through
affiliation with Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne in the form of a joint film class, as
well as the support from Lincoln National Corp.,
Cinema Center survived their debt crisis. The affiliation
with IPFW allowed the organization to take
advantage of educational resources in line with its
objectives. This relationship has grown and been
mutually beneficial for Cinema Center and IPFW.
This past semester the film class dealt with the Holocaust
and a summer class will be offered on film
nair. The classes are a rare opportu-called
New York home before returning to take
on Cinema Center in 1993, has guided this organization
through the invigorating storm of the
Indie Revolution. Recently Cinema Center went
through an intense downpour of commu-nity
for IPFW students to study
film, and the viewings are open
c~ nity interest and support during the
~~::=;:::~~"")-.~. ,. first public showings of In the Comto
the public.
Another of Cinema
Center's difficulties was its
search for a permanent home.
Over the years, Cinema Cen- .-_.-
ter has shown films at various
venues around Fort
Wayne, including the Allen County
Public Library and the Fort Wayne Museum of
Art. In 1991 Cinema Center found its permanent
home in the Hall Community Arts Center, which
is shared with other Arts United member organizations.
The Edward T. Schele Theater in the Hall
Center gives Cinema Center the stability to now
show over 60 films a year to over 16,000 people.
The general interest in the kind of films Cinema
Center shows has also helped to put them in
their present position of stability and acclaim. The
boom of independent film that occurred in the
late '80s and '90s has sparked interest in Cinema
Center's focus. That focus has been evident as
the popularity and acclaim that independent films
have been receiving lately finally hit Hollywood
and this year's Academy Awards.
Cinema Center Executive Director
Catherine Lee, a native of Fort Wayne who had
pany of Men. The film, which was
shot completely in Fort Wayne and
written and directed by a former
assistant professor at IPFW, Neil
LaBute, garnered a Filmmakers
Trophy at the 1997 Sundance Film
rS Festival. The viewings of this
film brought Cinema Center into
the forefront of the Fort Wayne cultural spotlight
and widened the community's general knowledge
of its existence.
On the horizon for Cinema Center is the
Three Rivers Film Festival, July 11-19, and continuing
dedication to preserving an outlet for
filmgoers interested in film as an art. Lee makes
it clear that Cinema Center's direction in the future
is dependent on where artistic film goes in
the coming years. By all accounts, Cinema Center,
with the support of the Fort Wayne community,
will continue as a vital and significant piece
of Fort Wayne's diverse cultural scene.
- Patrick Foster
Headwaters new home for Three Rivers Festival
Three Rivers Festival is Greater Fort
Wayne's premiere civic celebration. Every year
since 1969 hundreds of thousands of people attend
Three Rivers Festival events designed to
promote Greater Fort Wayne's sense of community.
Festival29, July 12-20, will be highlighted
by a move to Headwaters Park in downtown Fort
Wayne.
The 22-acre Headwaters Park has been divided
into four phases. Phase I is located on the
west side of Clinton Street and can be recognized
as the home of the Foellinger Pavilion.
Phase II, on the northeast side of Clinton, is the
home of the Chief Little Turtle and the Tree
Chapel. Phase Ill is under construction, but will
be called Festival Plaza. The plaza will be the
home of Club TRF and the Event Tent. Food
Alley and the Emporium will be located to the
south of Phase III on Duck Street. Phase IV,
which is designed to mirror Phase III, will include
the Armory and the area around it.
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Headwaters Park will be Three Rivers
Festival's home for events including Festival of
the Arts and Heritage Trails and Tales (formerly
known as History Lane). Festival of the Arts is a
magical two-day event where fine arts take center
stage, and the festival visitor may enjoy the
kaleidoscope of color, form, music, and dance
offered by the local arts community. Local and
regional artists will showcase their work in the
juried art show in Phase II, The Great Meadow.
Exhibitors and demonstrators from the local arts
community will be throughout Phase II as well.
The Great Meadow will be the new home
of KidArt. This event, which has been staged in
a parking lot, will have a chance to be in the midst
of the Festival of the Arts exhibitors for the first
time. Not only can adults experience the arts, but
children ages 4-14 can experience hands-on arts,
music, and literature activities at KidArt.
Large audiences will enjoy the relaxing atmosphere
of the grassy area below Sandbaggers
Walk on the south end of Headwaters Park, Phase
II. This area will be the combined home of the
dance stage and the NIPSCO stage. Festival visitors
can enjoy the Fort Wayne Youth Symphony,
Philharmonic musicians, Woodwind Quintet, the
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, and many other
groups. The Jazz Club will present musicians
on the Activity Stage located on the north end
of Phase II.
For a fourth year, Heritage Trails and Tales
(a.k.a. History Lane) will showcase Fort Wayne's
rich history. This two-day event, July 19-20, includes
a juried craft show, exhibits, demonstrations,
tours, and stage performances. Festivalgoers
can relive history with a visit to a 17thcentury
American encampment or witness a
Native American longhouse being built. As they
stroll the Great Meadow, visitors may run into
Alice Hamilton, Sam Hanna, or even George
Washington. Tours include those of Historical
Fort Wayne Homes, Allen County Historical
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Museum, Lincoln Museum, Allen County Courthouse,
and the Cass Street Train Depot.
Each day more than 40 activities, performances,
and demonstrations are offered at the
Three Rivers Festival of the Arts and Heritage
Trails and Tales at no charge to festival visitors.
The annual events offer festival-goers an opportunity
to experience the world of art and history
in a variety of adventures. Festival 29 will offer
even more adventures in the new Headwaters
Park.
- Harriet Haxton
The author is the Three Rivers Festival director
of programming. Since moving here from Iowa
just under two years ago, she has become involved
with the arts in Fort Wayne as a member of the Fort
Wayne Museum of Art and Civic Theatre Guild. She
is also the Three Rivers Festival board representative
to the Community Arts Council.
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Trips and Travel with SFPA
Travel packages have become an important
part of the IPFW School of Fine and Performing
Arts' service to the northeastern Indiana
community. Through small jaunts and international
journeys, the school has strived to
provide unique, artistic, and entertaining experiences
for our patrons. SFPAsponsored
trips range from a day
in Chicago to almost a week in
Ontario, Canada. All profits from
these trips benefit student scholarships
and projects of the school.
So, while enjoying the adventure
and experience, the traveller can
find satisfaction in knowing their
involvement is helping to continue
the tradition of education in the
arts.
Those with a passion for classical
theatre will love the trip to
the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
Ranked as one of the three great theatres in the
English-speaking world, the festival features
Shakespearean, classical, musical, and contemporary
works on its three stages. The School of
Fine and Performing Arts will host the trip Sept.
11-14. The trip package includes round-trip
luxury motorcoach transportation, three nights'
lodging at the historic Queen's Inn, three evening
performances, and a day trip to the nearby town
of St. Jacobs. This annual trip promises to be as
fulfilling as ever with scheduled performances
of Death of a Salesman, Richard III, Little Women
and Camelot.
June 16-21 the School of
Fine and Performing Arts is traveling
to Nashville, Tenn., to see
Fan Fair, the wild week of country-
music concerts and activities.
WBTU-93.3FM is cosponsoring
this travel package, which includes
round-trip luxury
motorcoach transportation, five
nights' hotel accommodations including
daily continental breakfast,
admission to the entire week
of Fan Fair concerts (30 hours of
shows) and autograph sessions,
and an official Fan Fair program. Rounding out
this exciting trip are bonuses such as a reserved
seat ticket to the Grand Ole Opry, admission to
Opryland Showpark, a sightseeing bus-tour of
Nashville, admission to the Country Music Hall
of Fame, admission to Studio B, two lunches at
Fan Fair, a visit to the Grand Ole Opry Museum
and a visit to the Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff
Museums. Spots are still available.
This year there have already been two trips
to Chicago. The first, to see the production of
Show Boat at the Auditorium Theatre, took off
in early March and the second brought a Hoosier
audience to the recent Tony Award-winning Sunset
Boulevard. Both excursions were successes
and plans are in the works for more outings like
them in the future.
The Broadway Theatre Excursion in midMarch
gave IPFW patrons access to nationally
acclaimed stage performances. The trip took theatre-
lovers to New York City over spring break
to enjoy four Broadway musicals and one Broadway
play as well as the delights of the city. These
trips are definitely on the horizon come next
school year, so keep an eye out for information
on what SFPA trip is around the comer.
A little farther down the block is a trip to
New York City to celebrate the New Year. The
first moments of the next millennium are rapidly
approaching and SFPA is planning to experience
them in New York. The excursion to
celebrate Millennium Weekend in New York
City will take place Dec. 29, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000.
This trip is still in the planning stages, but if
you think you might be interested in knowing
more about this trip or any other mentioned
here, contact the IPFW School of Fine and Performing
Arts, and information will be sent to
you as details are finalized.
NONPROFIT ORG.
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PAID
FORT WAYNE, IN
PERMIT NO. 92
Fourth Annual Summer
Strings Camp
IPFW Department
of Music with
the support of Fort
Wayne Community
Schools, South
Side High School,
and Fort Wayne
Philharmonic volunteers
present this
summer day camp.
The camp features
a string orchestra,
small ensemble,
private lessons, and
master classes. The first 30 students with at least
one year of violin, viola, cello or bass instruction
will be admitted to one of the two sessions
between July 28 and Aug. 8. For full details,
please contact IPFW Department of Music at
219-481-6714.
