Island Arts League closes; donates to school and IMA
Posted December 1, 2014 at 5:32 am by Tim Dustrude
After almost eighteen years of running high-quality and popular art workshops on San Juan Island, the Island Arts League is discontinuing operations.
According to the bylaws, they are to give any remaining funds to another arts education organization. The IAL board has chosen to donate funds to the San Juan Islands Museum of Art for two specific programs:
- First, IAL gave $1000 to support IMA Family Arts Days summer workshops.
- Second, via IMA, they donated $3854 to support arts in the grade school of the San Juan Island Public School district.
The Island Arts League is happy to contribute to the children and families of San Juan Island in an effort to broaden participation in the arts. The check was presented by IAL president, Diane Martindale, to Maude Cumming the chair of the Education Committee for IMA.
The Island Art League was founded in 1997 by Teri Cooter, Trudy Dallas, Nancy Maron, Pat O’Shea, and Gloria Upper under the tutelage of Joe Miller. Throughout the years many art classes were available to more than 130 IAL members. To name a few past classes; watercolors with Caroline Buchannan, oils with Annie Howell-Adams, acrylics with Kristy Gjesme, textile art by Patti Barker, drawing with Marsha McAllister, Debbie Daniels, Chinmayo and many, many other gifted instructors . Classes were held in studios, private studios and plein air. The classes were welcoming to beginners as well as professional artists.
The very popular annual Art Raffle Booth at the County Fair offered about 40 pieces of original art donated by many members. The money raised provided for scholarships for graduating seniors from Friday Harbor who were going forward to study art. One of last year’s winners, Alaina Scheffer won a five-state arts competition.
The IAL Board thanks the community for their support through the years and now looks forward to supporting Island Museum of Art as they continue art education and shows on San Juan Island.
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