2008 Woodie Awards
New venue for art opens in September
Sara Siekierski
Issue date: 7/4/07 Section: Arts & Lifestyle
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The arts will soon make its introduction into downtown Whitewater with the opening of the Whitewater Cultural Arts Center in September.
The proposal for the Cultural Arts Center came from the Whitewater Arts Alliance, a group that supports the visual and performing arts through an alliance of local artists, performers, patrons, business people and people from the university.
The new Cultural Arts Center will be used to hold small theatrical, musical and dance performances as well as art classes.
Whitewater Arts Alliance co-President Roni Telfer, wife of UW-Whitewater Interim Chancellor Richard Telfer, said the performances and classes will serve to inform the public about the arts and their importance.
"It will be a place where the community can have access to artistic performances, visual arts … and share their talents with other people in and around the community," she said.
The Cultural Arts Center will be located on the main floor of the White Memorial Building, 402 W. Main St.
According to the Whitewater Arts Alliance Web site, the Whitewater Common Council approved a three-year lease for the upper level of the building in January. The lease began June 1 and has the potential to be extended if the development of the Cultural Arts Center goes as planned.
Now that the lease has begun, the alliance has met in the facility to examine the building and decide what needs to be done in order to make the environment suitable for the purposes it will serve.
The alliance is currently addressing the lighting and electrical equipment. They have received bids and are in the process of receiving funds to help aid in renovation of the building.
On June 12, the alliance had an open house for the community to get their suggestions. Since the Cultural Arts Center will officially open in September, the summer will be spent renovating the building.
While UW-Whitewater has the Center of the Arts and the Young Auditorium to showcase both the visual and performing arts, the community has never had a place of its own.
The proposal for the Cultural Arts Center came from the Whitewater Arts Alliance, a group that supports the visual and performing arts through an alliance of local artists, performers, patrons, business people and people from the university.
The new Cultural Arts Center will be used to hold small theatrical, musical and dance performances as well as art classes.
Whitewater Arts Alliance co-President Roni Telfer, wife of UW-Whitewater Interim Chancellor Richard Telfer, said the performances and classes will serve to inform the public about the arts and their importance.
"It will be a place where the community can have access to artistic performances, visual arts … and share their talents with other people in and around the community," she said.
The Cultural Arts Center will be located on the main floor of the White Memorial Building, 402 W. Main St.
According to the Whitewater Arts Alliance Web site, the Whitewater Common Council approved a three-year lease for the upper level of the building in January. The lease began June 1 and has the potential to be extended if the development of the Cultural Arts Center goes as planned.
Now that the lease has begun, the alliance has met in the facility to examine the building and decide what needs to be done in order to make the environment suitable for the purposes it will serve.
The alliance is currently addressing the lighting and electrical equipment. They have received bids and are in the process of receiving funds to help aid in renovation of the building.
On June 12, the alliance had an open house for the community to get their suggestions. Since the Cultural Arts Center will officially open in September, the summer will be spent renovating the building.
While UW-Whitewater has the Center of the Arts and the Young Auditorium to showcase both the visual and performing arts, the community has never had a place of its own.
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