Venue:
Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy Street, was constructed in 1911 for vaudeville and live theater, and later became a neighborhood movie house. It served during World War I as a warehouse for the Michigan Aircraft Company, and in the 1960s, offered the only regional venue for foreign films. It closed in the late 1970s and stood empty, decaying for more than 25 years before the South East Economic Development neighborhood association launched a capital campaign to fund its restoration. The Theatre re-opened in 1998 as a community arts center and heralded a transformation of the entire Wealthy Street business district. Today, the Wealthy Theatre Complex is not only a landmark, community treasure with historic significance, but a pioneer in the infusion of technology into traditional theatre. We’ve evolved the idea of “stage and seats” in a revolutionary way, retaining the old while embracing the new. The CMC Capital Campaign allowed for critical improvements: a concert sound system, electrical upgrades; new projection screen, a grand curtain; a micro-cinema space; renovations, repainting and upgrades throughout. Wealthy Theatre is now celebrating its Centennial with a campaign to “green” the theatre making it sustainable for another 100 years! Learn more here: www.wealthytheatre.org/100
Artists:
Sara Schneider
Art is a way to speak, to communicate. Through my artwork, I try to say the things that I don’t know how to speak. My Fall Festival work focuses in on process vs. final product. It includes two paintings both of which started out very different than the final pieces on display. If you look closely, you can unravel the layers of emotion, and paint, that tell the life story of the painting. Included in my Fall Festival entry is also a series of photographs exploring the development process of my subject, Shaelyn Smith (shown in photo here) as well as 35mm film in color and black & white. Please contact me for more information regarding my works at saradipity@me.com.
Robin Jensen
Patti Wisniewski
Gerrie Karasinski
Gretchen Vinnedge
AniJAM (This will be shown at the Wealthy Theatre Annex, 1110 Wealthy)
What is stop-motion animation? It has several definitions and it is so much more than just the making of animated cartoons:
· animation – the condition of living or the state of being alive
· animation – quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
· animation – the activity of giving vitality and vigor to something
· animation – the property of being able to survive and grow
· animation – the making of animated cartoons
I’ve always attributed my love of animation to the fact that as a very young child I awoke in the middle of the night after having the most amazing experience. At first, I was frightened. My mother came running to see what was the matter? I blubbered, “There was a tiny Indian and a cowboy running around in my room and they were trying to climb up on my bed. “ I then described how they looked (like the characters from a Saturday morning cartoon).
My mother laughed and said, “Sounds like you were dreaming.”
That was the first time I had heard the word “dreaming”, and from that point on, I looked forward to falling asleep and entering my cartoon world. I have never outgrown my love of animation and the moving image. It keeps me in touch with my inner child and provides a never ending source of joy that I love to share through the CMC’s AniJAM workshops.
The animation you see is the result of the workshops that have taken place over the past year. People as young at 6 and as old at 70 have taken part, many experiencing the process for the first time. Imagine being able to bring an inanimate object to life. With stop-motion animation you can just by taking a series of photos and playing them back at a high rate of speed. It creates the illusion of life, its Frankenstein’s spark.
Stop for a second, become inanimate as you enjoy the images on the screen.
Come animate with us here in the CMC Education Annex, 1110 Wealthy SE on the following dates: September 24 and October 1, from 1-5:00pm.
