ARTS & HUMANITIES FUND 2003

2003 Arts & Humanities Fund Allocations
BIAHC administers the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund, which encourages and supports cultural activity on the Island. Financial assistance is provided to individuals and organizations for existing or new projects, programs, and events of artistic or scholarly excellence that benefit the community. The following projects have been selected for funding for the year 2003:

Bainbridge Island Parks & Recreation
MULTIDISCIPLINARY • $2,500
To support the annual Outdoor Music and Art
Festival held on the first Sunday in August in
conjunction with Arts Walk. Attended by over
3,000, this community event brings local and
national musical performers to the stage in
Waterfront Park. Local visual artists display
their work at the Bainbridge Commons and in
booths.

B.I. Community Piano Association
MUSIC • $3,000
Towards the purchase of a professional
concert-quality grand piano placed in the
Bainbridge Commons – a public space for
individuals and groups to hold concerts,
student recitals, educational workshops,
master classes, scholarship competitions,
and musical entertainment.

Island Theatre
THEATER • $1,580
Six bimonthly play readings at the Library,
and six potluck readings in private homes,
offered free to the public. Criteria for material
chosen are that it is good literature and
good theater, offering opportunities for
actors and audiences.

Island Music Teachers Guild
MUSIC • $1,150
For presentation of an outdoor dance
concert at the Farmers’ Market square on
July 19 as the culminating event of IMTG’s
annual music summer camp. This public
event features Yerbabuena Orchestra, one
of the region’s premier Latin ensembles,
and includes a pre-concert dance workshop,
a free public lecture on different
types of Latin music, and Latin food.

Kristin Tollefson
MULTIDISCIPLINARY • $1,230
Publication of an artist’s book with maps,
drawings inspired by botanical illustration,
photographs, and writing about native
flora on Bainbridge Island. The 6 x 9-inch
spiral bound book, printed as a run of
200, will contain post-printing drawings
and prints by the artist, making each one
a unique work of art as well as
documentary reference. A public talk at
the Library will detail the research for the
project, which makes the connection
between visual art, the organic world, and
the community.

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Rain Ross
DANCE • $1,600
To create a performance of contemporary dance, newly choreographed and revisited works, featuring dance professionals from the Puget Sound region and students from Bainbridge Island. The production will create an integrated company that fosters strong mentor opportunities, furthers the artist’s choreographic vocation, and provides the community with an evening of dance.

Bainbridge Island Historical Society
HUMANITIES • $1,195
The Bainbridge Island Oral History Project will identify both life-long and long-time residents whose memories and personal experiences can enhance our understanding of this community. Oral histories will be captured and permanently preserved through audiotapes and transcriptions for the benefit of present and future generations of scholars, museum visitors, and community members.

Field’s End
LITERARY ART• $1,264
To support a free monthly Writers’ Roundtable at the Bainbridge Library, a forum for writers to discuss writing that is open to writers and community members interested in writing. Goals are to make Field’s End Writers Community accessible to all, provide an opportunity to learn from other writers, nurture a sense of community, and serve the needs of different types of writers.

Helpline House
HUMANITIES • $1,100
The Empty Bowls Project provides a tool to educate the community on how to fight the global problem of hunger. With artist Jenny Anderson, kids create ceramic bowls and serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl and keep it as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in the world, and in exchange for a meal and a bowl, make a donation to the Helpline food bank.

Charmelle Poole
VISUAL ART • $3,406
For a walking labyrinth in the Park District’s upper Eagledale Park, providing a landscaped meditative retreat with a view of Mt. Rainier. Roman pavers will be used to construct the winding labyrinth, which is designed to create a dialogue with the environment away from everyday noise.

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