Spring is a time of awakening, shaking off those winter time blues and reemergence… not so for Columbia Basin Allied Arts… we didn’t slow down all winter!
After a busy fall and winter season starting with Art on Third and UMANI festivals in September, then barreling through Green Turtle outreach, Premier performances, community events, grant writing and employee hiring… spring has become a time for Allied Arts to sit on the (Easter?) egg of its next season. We will be training our new Communications and Event support, signing up musicians for Music at the Market at the Moses Lake Farmers Market, finalizing vendors and schedules for this year’s September festivals, and inking contracts for Season 48 performers – and wow have we got some exciting shows in the works!
We will also be doing some team building to get to know our newest board members – six in the last year and four in the last six months, including Paul Carney, Alan Park, Lilia Hueso, Samantha Copas, Genevieve Gray and Lily Tun. It has been amazing to see our events become a pathway for drawing people into deeper relationships with Allied Arts, including our work with UMANI, Missoula Children’s Theater and the (newly certified – congratulations!) Soap Lake Creative District. Allied Arts believes in abundance, that if we all join together there will be enough for all of us – and our work is proving that.
Our Premier Series will finish up March 28 with CelloBop playing live soundtrack during Buster Keaton’s silent film, Sherlock Jr., voted top-100 comedy ever. This work which Keaton directs and stars in includes film-within-a-film elements and follies that make it perfect and inviting for both film aficionados and children alike. Gideon Fruedmann, player and founder of CelloBop, creates a plethora of sounds and emotions with his cello and other cool sound effect tools. Rounding out the season is our annual fundraiser on May 3: sign up online for a table to “Make Waves for the Arts”, a yacht rock-themed luncheon! It’s a great way to support the arts, meet others who support our mission and spend an afternoon with games, lunch, hosted drinks, live music and auction.
You are invited to join us! With events that cover film to theater, visual arts to local music – we’ve got something for everyone. Our motto is “All the arts for all the people” and that means you!
We look forward to rolling out our new season later this summer and starting the cycle all over again. See you at the theater – and at the market and in the streets!
