Attention Guttenberg/Esmann Island residents!!! This includes all island residents, year round or summer! Or even visitors!!
I volunteer at the Guttenberg Creativity Center, located just across the street from the school on River Park Drive. This center is open year round and has been providing an after school arts program for Clayton Ridge schools for the past six years. It also houses the Shepherd Gallery, which is an art gallery featuring retail sales of paintings, photographs, jewelry, pottery, fused glass and many other interesting items. Most of the art available in the gallery is created by local artisans.
Upstairs is an open studio space where the after school program is held. It is also where ANYONE can come to create their own piece of art. It’s an ideal place to bring grandchildren on a rainy day! They can paint ceramics, do mosaics, learn how to fuse glass or even create their own pottery on one of our new pottery wheels. It’s a non-profit organization so any contributions you make or pieces you purchase are tax deductible. The center also depends on grants from corporations or foundations to maintain operations.
Currently we are in competition for a grant from the Isle of Capri Casinos. This $15,000 grant comes with no strings attached. We hope to use the funds to get our outdoor courtyard area ready for summer and to put the final touches on our cafe.
This is where YOU come in! There is no financial cost to you, we just need your vote. First, you must be signed in to Facebook in order to vote. The easiest way is to go to the http://www.
Voting goes until March 20th and you get one vote per day. PLEASE consider sending this on to your FB friends so that we can get as many votes as possible. In 2010 we were able to win a similar grant award through the Pepsi Foundation. Help us do it again!!
At the very least I hope you will stop by the website to check out all the center has to offer. And, better yet, stop by sometime to see the wonderful art work created by others and perhaps you’ll be inspired to do something yourself!
Cindy Lynch