LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tippecanoe Arts Federation will hold an informational meeting open to those interested in submitting artwork (visual, literary, or other) for the upcoming TAF exhibition Renaissance Magic: Plants, Potions, and Poetry.

Illustration of an apothecary lesson Hieronymus Brunschwig, Liber de Arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

The meeting will be at the held at Hicks Undergraduate Library ROOM: I-LAB, G959 on Wednesday, February 24th from 6:30-7:30pm. All interested artists and arts and cultural organizations located in the Region 4 Arts Partnership district are invited to attend and learn more about the exhibition, how they can participate, and to help brainstorm ideas.

Artists are encouraged to create works based upon the theme, in whatever medium they prefer.

The Region 4 Arts Partnership district is comprised of the following counties: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jasper, Montgomery, Newton, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, and White.

Renaissance Magic: Plants, Potions, and Poetry is offered collaboratively with Purdue University Hicks Undergraduate Library in support of their Harry Potter exhibition, opening this March.

The TAF collaborative exhibition, open to all artists and art forms, will be on view April 2 – May 9, 2010.

Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. The exhibition tour is coordinated by the American Library Association Public Programs Office, Chicago.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Through a grant that the Tippecanoe Arts Federation was awarded from Chase Bank, 11 counties and thousands of community members will receive enhanced arts and cultural experiences.

The Tippecanoe Arts Federation announces the following 2010 Artist in Residency Award Recipients servicing eleven counties: Lake Village Elementary (Newton County), Lafayette Symphony Orchestra (Cass, Clinton, Newton, and White Counties), Monticello Public Library (White County), Prairie Arts Council (Jasper, Newton, and Pulaski Counties), Delphi Public Library (Carroll, Cass, Tippecanoe, and White Counties), Covington Elementary (Fountain County), Tipton County School Corporation (Tipton County), Ladoga Elementary School (Montgomery County), and Hershey Elementary (Tippecanoe County).

Each artist residency was designed to place trained, knowledgeable, practicing professional artists into settings where they can share the joy and benefits of the creative process with others. In school settings, residency artists provide a meaningful and inspiring curricular connection while exposing students to a unique arts experience.

Lake Village Elementary students will work with visual artist Stacey Bogan to create a mural in their school. The thematic mural will involve one on one interaction with students.

Hershey Elementary will team up with Purdue Galleries’ Art Cart to provide an opportunity for a multi-cultural experience that enriches a cultural awareness of African and African American history and culture.

Ladoga Elementary will utilize the funds to revitalize their after school program highlighting their local artists and arts organizations to serve as instructors.

Lafayette Symphony Orchestra will travel the region with an orchestral quartet visiting students in Cass, Clinton, Newton and White counties. Students will have an opportunity to touch and try the various instruments in an orchestra.

Delphi Public Library will work with Fiber Artist Brigid Manning-Hamilton to expose students throughout Carroll, Cass, Tippecanoe, and White counties to the visual art of sewing and design.

In conjunction with Purdue Galleries, Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, and Words on the Go, Tipton County students will have the opportunity to design, paint, and present a graphic novel with several comic frames, live actors, backdrops, pros and costumes. Living Graphic Novel takes the graphic novel to the next level, by bringing it to life.

The Tippecanoe Arts Federation is the umbrella organization and arts council for fourteen counties. The Federation provides educational opportunities in the visual, performing, and literary arts, outreach programs for both underserved communities and at-risk youth, and funding for operational expenses to fellow arts organizations region-wide.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs has been awarded economic stimulus funding to offer nutritional meals free of charge to low-income, elderly and disabled individuals who are at or below 200% of poverty and living in affordable housing complexes or homebound living independently in Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe or White Counties. Area IV will work with Mid-Land Meals of Lafayette to provide five frozen meals per week to individuals who meet these criteria.

Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs has been awarded economic stimulus funding to offer nutritional meals free of charge to low-income, elderly and disabled individuals.

The program is available now through September 30th or as long as funds are available. For additional information or to order meals, contact Mid-Land Meals at (765) 477-7189.

Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs is a non-profit, social service organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of individuals, families and communities. The Agency serves Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren and White Counties. Main office is located in Lafayette with satellite offices in Crawfordsville, Delphi, Frankfort, Monticello and Williamsport. Area IV Head Start Pre-School locations are Flora, Frankfort and Monticello.

All services are provided without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin and ancestry. Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs, Inc. is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. The Council on Accreditation partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying and promoting accreditation standards.

Mid-Land Meals has been providing meals since 1974, and now prepares approximately 1,900 meals a day that are delivered to homes, housing complexes, senior centers, nutrition sites , day cares and schools. Meals are delivered in Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren and White Counties.

FRANKFORT, Ind. — Freelance writer, editor, and media relations consultant Lisa Munniksma will be among the presenters at the inaugural Clinton County FEST on Saturday, April 19, where local business leaders and community members will have the chance to learn about educational and employment opportunities available in Clinton County.

Munniksma will present two interactive sessions. “Networking: Marketing Yourself” will explore networking ideas and how the process of networking can improve career and business opportunities. The session begins at 1:15p.

“Promoting Your Business”, beginning at 2:15p, will assist small business owners with options for effectively marketing their products and services to the community.

As a follow-up to her presentations at the Clinton County FEST, Purdue Extension’s Learning Network will host a four-part image-building seminar led by Munniksma. The seminar will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursdays in May (May 1, 8, 15, and 22). Pre-registration is required at $105 for the series or $30 per session.

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