Bryce Parks - Dubuque365
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10 { march 3 - 16 } 365ink<br />
if you say “gumbo” and then serve me soup that isn’t gumbo, i’m goinng to be very upset.<br />
Fresh Art. Fresh Soup .<br />
Art Gumbo Soup Dinner<br />
Dubuque Museum of Art<br />
The spring installment of Art<br />
24<br />
MAR<br />
Gumbo, a quarterly soup dinner<br />
that supports local art<br />
projects with community-<br />
supported micro-funding, is scheduled for<br />
Thursday, March 24, 6-8 p.m. at the Dubuque<br />
Museum of Art, 701 S. Locust Street.<br />
Art Gumbo is an independent community-based<br />
initiative that funds local<br />
arts projects using money collected at<br />
quarterly soup dinners. During each Art<br />
Gumbo funding cycle, artists and arts<br />
organizations are invited to submit a<br />
brief project proposal that demonstrates<br />
an impact on the Dubuque community.<br />
The public is invited to attend and vote<br />
for their favorite proposal. A $10 donation<br />
at the door entitles the attendee to an<br />
organic soup and bread dinner prepared<br />
by The Food Store and the opportunity<br />
to review all submitted proposals and<br />
to vote for their favorite. The Art Gumbo<br />
fund’s nightly proceeds will be awarded<br />
to the proposal that gets the most votes.<br />
Art Gumbo sessions will be hosted at new<br />
locations each quarter featuring soup by<br />
a regional food source.<br />
Art Gumbo soup dinners and micro-funding<br />
program are an independent effort initiated<br />
by local arts activists Paula Neuhaus<br />
and Megan Starr. The project’s mission is<br />
to bring artists together with art patrons to<br />
explore and fund projects, create working<br />
relationships, and build a network.<br />
Artist Tim Olson was awarded Art Gumbo’s<br />
Winter mini-grant during the December<br />
soup dinner for phase 1 of his project<br />
that involves a set of historical photographs<br />
taken during a two-week shoot by<br />
an unknown photographer in 1912.<br />
“The photos capture workers in factories,<br />
offices, shops and other businesses,”<br />
Olson said, “I intend to recreate this project<br />
using the same technology and processes<br />
as the originals and create a second<br />
set of photographs of Dubuque factories,<br />
offices, and shops in 2012. Exhibited<br />
together, these two sets of photographs<br />
will make up a remarkable portrait of<br />
Dubuque during two weeks in 1912, seen<br />
literally through the same lens.”<br />
Olson will provide volunteer support and<br />
present a progress report of his project<br />
as part of the March 24 Art Gumbo Soup<br />
Dinner.<br />
Art Gumbo has joined a network of likeminded<br />
projects across the nation. You<br />
can visit this network called Sunday Soup<br />
at www.sundaysoup.org to see what<br />
other communities are doing to support<br />
their local artists.<br />
For more information visit<br />
artgumbodubuque.blogspot.com.<br />
www.<strong>Dubuque365</strong>.com
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