| McCallie, GPS Students Celebrate Completion Of 8th Habitat House
McCallie and GPS students will complete their 8th Habitat for Humanity House building effort this Saturday with a day of landscaping, a house dedication and a neighborhood celebration.
The students will be landscaping the grounds surrounding eight Habitat for Humanity homes on Barnes Court, said Habitats Executive Director, John Atherton.
Chattanooga Master Gardeners will be on site to assist in the effort, using materials donated by Lowes and The Barn Nursery.
Following the landscaping effort, the students will pause to dedicate the home they have built this year with and for Angela Crutcher. More than 150 students have worked on Angelas home since Jan. 13, said Mr. Atherton. It is a real blessing to see so many young people giving their time and energy to change a life, and transform part of our community.
Inspiration for art lives in everyday landscape for Hale
Matisse and Picasso both claim that post-impressionist artist, Paul Cezanne is "the father of us all," meaning that he is credited for bridging the gab from 19th Century Impressionism to 20th Century cubism. After much success, Cezanne commented, "art is a harmony parallel with nature."
As Dr. Carolyn Hale walks around her property pointing at various forms of plant life that she finds inspiring, she also makes a comment similar to Cezanne's.
"Art of the everyday world is influenced by landscape," Hale said. "I'm drawn to the different types of landscape and what nature can teach us."
Hale, professor of communication at Missouri Southern, is also a dedicated artist.
"I've always been interested in art, even as a child," Hale said.
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association Presents Excellence in ...
Outstanding landscape honors were recently announced by the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA) at its annual Excellence in Landscape Awards Gala.
The ILCA Awards Program, started in 1972, provides an opportunity for those in the landscape industry to promote public awareness of their role in environmental improvements. In sponsoring this program, ILCA encourages the preservation and beautification of the landscape, while promoting industry recognition of those responsible.
Illinois landscape contractors, landscape designers, landscape architects and others working with homeowners and businesses were among the 415 attendees gathered at Belvidere Events & Banquets in Elk Grove Village in late February.
A total of 78 award-winning with photos and project descriptions were displayed prior to the beginning of the Excellence in Landscape power point presentation which honored 37 Gold, 29 Silver and 12 Merit Awards.
The project entries were anonymously judged by industry peers from surrounding states.
Dorset Theatre Festival announces 2007 Art Exhibits
DORSET - The Dorset Theatre Festival has announced that it will present four Art Exhibitions by local artists in conjunction with its 2007 Summer Season, which runs from June 14 through Aug. 26. The artists to be presented are Sue Westin, John Zaccheo, Brian Sweetland, and Susan Weiss. Each artist's work will be on display at the Dorset Playhouse and will be available for purchase. From June 14 through July 1, in conjunction with DTF's production of Theophilus North, work by Sue Westin will be on display. Westin is a versatile artist, working in stone, watercolor and oil. Although widely recognized for her paintings of buffalo and shorebirds, she enjoys painting a range of subjects, including rural scenes and portraits of people and domestic animals. Westin's works have been exhibited in Canada, Japan, Sweden, Germany and Kenya, and she is a member of the Society of Animal Artists.
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