Creative Arts Council Programs

Visit the Creative Arts Council’s Balentine Gallery at the Arts, Commerce & Visitors Centre, 211 West Water Street, Bluffton, Indiana 46714. (260)-824-5222 or wellscocreativearts.com Find event & membership information, view exhibits, purchase tickets, take classes, or volunteer.
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays in August from 5 to 6:30 p.m. or by arrangement.
IN THE BALENTINE GALLERY
Caribbean Paintings by Glenda Jones, through Aug. 30. No admission charge. Ethnic jewelry exhibit by Laurel Steffen.
“Free for Wall” art sale, Sept. 1-10, shown by the artists themselves and on display at the CAC. To arrange for free wall space, artists may contact the CAC office at (260) 824-5222.
SCHOOL OF BALLET
FALL CLASSES—will begin in September. Registrations welcome! Ask for a registration packet to be mailed in August.
EVENTS.
KEHOE CONCERTS—Free Sunday concerts, 7 p.m. Popcorn and pop and JBG’s Ice Cream available for purchase. Rain site the Life Center in Bluffton. Concerts include: Aug. 16. Auburn Dixielanders; Aug. 23, Jennie Devoe; and Aug. 30, Gospelfest (New Chapel Quartet). Before the concert visit the Balentine Gallery at the Arts Commerce & Visitors Centre to view Caribbean Paintings and Jewelry, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
OUTDOOR SUMMER SHOWCASE—Trash Bash, see the entries on the Main Street Pedestrian Bridge.
OSSIAN DAYS ART EXHIBIT—Open call for entries for Ossian Days event see www.wellscocreativearts.com for more information.
OUTDOOR PAINT OUT—Saturday, Sept. 26th.
‘HOOSIER ARTISTS IMPACT ON AMERICAN ART—by Fort Wayne Museum of Art Director Charles Shepherd III, September date to be announced.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
SPOTLIGHT ACADEMY—Instruction for voice and choreography with Susie Wood this fall. Call for registration form, 10 weekly lessons this fall on Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
GROUPS
CAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS—Monday, Aug. 17, 5:15 p.m., Carolyn Coleman, president.
READERS CIRCLE —Tuesday, Aug. 18, noon to 1:30 p.m. Kelly Potter reports on memorable memoirs.
ARTISTS IN ACTION—Fridays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by arrangement in Studio B.
WELLS WRITERS—All writers welcome! Tuesday, Aug. 11, 5-6:30 p.m. Visit their new blog: HYPERLINK “http://www.cacwww.wordpress.com”
CULINARY ARTISTS—Thursday, Aug. 13, to Toscani’s Pizzeria in Fort Wayne and Castle Gallery exhibit. Required registration by Aug. 10, $3 (cost of lunch on your own).
THANK-YOUS
* To Carol Riley and participants at the Hummingbird Feeder workshop.
* To families and young artists enrolled in last week’s Drawing Camp.
* To students who attended art camps and private art students.
* To Joe Five and Mossburg Strings for entertaining their concert crowds.
ART QUOTE
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” —Aristotle, (348-322 B.C.)

Activities of the Creative Arts Council are supported by memberships, sponsors and grants from funders including Arts United, a regional agency; the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, a national agency. “A great nation deserves great art!”