What began in 1887 as a $20,000, 13-bedroom, one-bathroom, 20-room Queen Anne style Victorian “cottage” Black Point Estate remains one of the finest examples of Queen Ann architecture and is considered to have one of the most intact collections of Victorian furnishings in the Midwest. The property covers nearly eight acres and 620 feet of undisturbed Geneva Lake shoreline.

Monday, October 24th – Reservation deadline Friday, October 14. Save the date on your calendar to see history’s most famous temptress at the Milwaukee Public Museum – a new international exhibition: “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt.”

The Walworth County Arts Council will sponsor a bus to this fascinating traveling exhibit featuring 150 artifacts associated with the famed Cleopatra VII, the queen who lived from 69 B.C. to 30 B.C. and earned a permanent place in history by becoming the lover of two Roman leaders: Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

All the artifacts are on exhibit in the United States for the first time, and the Milwaukee stop will be the show’s last in the U.S. before going overseas. More than a half-million visitors saw “Cleopatra” in Philadelphia and Cincinnati. We will be transported to Cleopatra’s Egypt through a series of galleries displaying golden jewelry, ancient tools and armor, religious relics, statues and everyday items including two 16-foot-tall, 5-ton stone statues of a pharaoh and his queen that once flanked the entrance to an ancient temple. An original papyrus document in the show is thought to have been handwritten by Cleopatra.

“Cleopatra is one of the most enigmatic figures in history, and this exhibition does a wonderful job of exploring who she really was, and depicting the political upheaval that shaped her life,” said Jay Williams, Milwaukee Public Museum president.

The group will depart by bus from the Elkhorn Park and Ride on Wednesday, October 24th, at 9:00 a.m., arriving back at 3:30. Cost for the tour will be $45.00 for WCAC members and $48.00 for nonmembers. Lunch is not included.

“CLEOPATRA”

Monday, October 24, 2011

9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

NAME(S)_________________________________________________________ Phone:

_______ Reservations at $________ Total enclosed:______________________ Email: __________________________

Send reservations and checks payable to Walworth County Arts Council to: Walworth County Arts Council, P.O. Box 446, Delavan, WI 53115.

We will depart by bus 9:00 from the Park and Ride in Elkhorn returning at 3:30. Lunch will not be included in the tour cost. Individuals who are members of Milwaukee Art Museum may deduct $10.00 from the tour cost below.

Please submit your payment with the information below, or click here to download a pdf form to be mailed in to reserve your space.

Walworth County Arts Council Member 34.00
Nonmember 37.00

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______ WCAC members @ $34.00 Name: ____________________________________
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Remit by July 13th to:
Walworth County Arts Council
P.O. Box 446
Delavan, WI 53115

The Walworth County Arts Council has a long history of encouraging students to expand their learning of arts skills. In the early 1970s, each high school teacher was encouraged to name their three top students. They were then invited to display several pieces of their work as part of an exhibit hung in the courthouse hall ways. These works were then judged and the outstanding artist in the show was awarded a scholarship to attend Summer Studio at Wausau and later at U.W. Green Bay.

The number of opportunities to exhibit increased and participation among the schools waned.

Several years ago the Arts Council Board decided to change direction and began offering a $500.00 Scholarship to a graduating senior who was going to pursue a degree that would lead to a career in some field of art.

The size of the scholarship was increased to $1000.00 because of the ever increasing cost of tuition and art supplies. Please note the deadline for application is April 15th. Click on our Scholarship page for the application form.

The number of applicants varies from year to year depending on the number of graduating seniors in the arts as well as the number who are planning to pursue a career in the visual arts.

Applications have ranged as high as ten as low as three. Quality has always been high.

Please advise your graduating art students of the availability of this scholarship.

Thank you.

We are also in for a special treat with our program, which is a part of the “Big Read”, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and coordinated by the Young Auditorium at UW-Whitewater. The great tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe are the focus of this year’s Big Read. In keeping with this them, our speaker will be Erika Janik, a freelance writer and editor from Madison, WI. She is the author of “A Short History of Wisconsin”, “Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin’s Past” to name a few.

We will gather at 11:30 with lunch served at noon. Following lunch we will enjoy Erika multi-media presentation and end with a book signing.

Kirsch’s Restaurant is located on the north side of highway 50, approximately 3 miles west of the city of Lake Geneva. Take Red Chimney Road north to the lake (watch for the Kirsch’s Sign).

Reservations should be sent before March 28th along with a check of $24 per person made payable to WCAC, to:
WCAC
P.O. Box 446,
Delavan, WI 53115-0446.

Click here for this reservation form in a word document format.
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SPRING QUARTERLY MEETING
KIRSCH’S RESTAURANT AT THE FRENCH COUNTRY INN
APRIL 5, 2011 – 11:30 A.M.

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Tuesday, December 7, 2001 at beginning at 11:30 a.m.
At Abbey Springs Club House
South Shore Drive
Fontana, WI

A buffet luncheon will be served.  We will be treated to the voice and music of the Big Foot High School choral program and the Fontana Grade School music program.  In addition, we will be presenting our annual “Friends of the Arts” recognition to an outstanding individual and an organization that have been contributed greatly to the support of the arts in our county.  We will also be electing several members to our Board of Directors.  Cost of the luncheon and program is $23.00.

Please RSVP no later than November 30, 2010.  Send your name and the names of your guests along with payment of $23.00 per person to:  Walworth County Arts Council, PO Box 446, Delavan, WI 53115-0446.

Membership is the backbone of the Walworth County Arts Council. To continue keeping it strong, our “calcium” intake must be in the form of new members along with support of our present ones.

Tell you friends, civic/volunteer groups and businesses about us. We sponsor over ten programs for school children and adults, bringing artists into the schools for “hands-on” learning and awards over $3,500 annually in scholarships.

Perhaps you’d like to volunteer in the Art for Children (Picture Lady) program, in the visiting artist program in grade schools or help on a committee? Do you enjoy the wide variety of quarterly meetings, Milwaukee Symphony series and tours? All our activities are detailed in our newsletter and web-site. Please pass on the information.

This past summer the Arts Council participated in “Art in the Bay,” a juried show in Williams Bay and “Art in the Park” sponsored by the Geneva Lake Art Association in Lake Geneva. Our board members manned a table and distributed WCAC information so more people knew who we are and what we do.

With arts and music programs being cut from school budgets it is imperative that you help be an advocate FOR the ARTS. If not you, then who?

Lois Morava, Presidnet

PS – New Members may join any time during the year.