Thanks:
The Oxford Arts Alliance is grateful for two recent grants. The Brandywine Valley Conference & Visitors Bureau helped support promotion efforsts for our May Decorator Showhouse & Gardens to the tune of $2,500. We also received $800 in November from the Neil Joines Foundation.
October Festival
The Newark Senior Center Oompah Band and dancers from the Oxford Center for Dance teamed up to perform Oct. 15, 2011 in Oxford Memorial Park
First Open Mic Night, Oct. 9, 2011
More than 30 people came out to see or be seen, with a jam session to round out an evening of poetry and singer songwriters. Open Mic Nights are slated for Second Sundays each month, from 5 to 8 p.m. All are welcome. Admission is free for performers, $2 for audience members. Refreshments.
MEMBERS EVENT
One feature of the May 2010 art exhibit, "Artists of the Carlson Trust," was a special Members Event. Members were invited to come to the Gallery on First Thursday to preview the art show and enjoy a discussion about the Carlson Cultural Trust art student award process.
They heard from Richard Beards, standing in for Dan Miller, who is responsible for selecting a student at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for an annual monetary award. They heard from Ernie and Karen Saniga, who host the students each summer at their home in Lancaster County. They heard from Ediene Ringler, Treasurer of the Carlson Trust, who is responsible for distributing the grant monies. Ediene and Ernie traced the history of the grant awards and talked extensively about Charlie and Lois Carlson. They heard from Lilly Woodworth, one of the featured artists in the show. She said the summer program changed her life in terms of making her art a major function in her life.
The Panel: (l-r) Ediene Ringler, Richard Beards, Karen & Ernie Saniga
Pennsylvania Partnership for the Arts awards grant to Oxford Arts Alliance
January 21, 2010
(l-r) Richard Beards, Jahan Sheikholeslami, Tom Kaiden (Acting Director, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance), Jay Eaton
NOTE: Photo taken at PPA Check Presentation Ceremony by Edward Savaria, Jr., New Communications, Inc.
MAYOR'S AWARD
May 18, 2009
Oxford Mayor Geoff Henry presents the Mayor's Award to
Jahan Sheikholeslami, President of the Oxford Arts Alliance
