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Celebrating the Arts
Peninsula College actively supports the arts both on and off campus because we believe
that an understanding and appreciation of the arts is an essential component of a liberal
education and that the individual who appreciates the arts is a better world citizen.
To this end, during the 2003-2004 academic year, we:
Supported the debut of an original musical in two acts by college staff
member Patty McManus. The play, The Red Stone, was backed by
the Associated Student Council and was performed in the
college’s Little Theater during March 2004.
Presented an all-student production of Eve Ensler’s
The Vagina Monologues in observance of V-Day
and donated $5,000 to the Healthy Families of
Clallam County from the revenues the production
earned. More than 600 community members saw the
play over a three-night run, which was made possible by
the 75-plus volunteers who donated in excess of 12,000 hours
of personal time to ensure that the production was a success. In
presenting this play, Peninsula College joined an elite group: We were
one of only three community colleges in the state to stage the play, one of
15 colleges in Washington state, and one of 602 colleges worldwide.
Collaborated with the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center in its observance of the 100 th
Anniversary of the center’s founder, Esther Barrows Webster, by hosting a satellite
exhibition of her work in the college Art Gallery.
Sponsored the return of the Sunday Afternoon Chamber Music Concert Series by the Peninsula
Chamber Players after an absence of several years.
Celebrated the college’s fourth Writer-in-Residence program with a three-day residence by Debra
Magpie Earling, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Supported our Peninsula College Music Department on a concert trip to perform with the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Observed the Thirtieth Anniversaries of Studium Generale and Foothills Writers Series with a special
celebration.
Celebrated the Fortieth Anniversary of Tidepools, the college’s literary journal.
“We were
one of only three
community colleges
in the state to stage the
play, one of 15 colleges
in Washington state,
and one of 602
colleges
worldwide.”
Ensuring Our Future Through
Planning and Funding
Peninsula College actively seeks alternative
funding to help support new initiatives
and sustain existing programming. During the
2003-2004 academic year we:
Received a 2003-2005 biennial appropriation
of $1.4 million from the State Capital budget.
This will fund Phase One of a new Cultural
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