People Wanted!
During the Art in the Park orientation many people commented, “I’m not and artist, I couldn’t do that!” But you don’t have to be an artist to do any of these activities. It’s about people of all ages getting together to have some fun, maybe learn something new and collectively working to develop attractive projects to beautify Gackle’s Main Street (see illustration at right below).
Next week, July 26, 3-5 pm, Linda Whitney, art teacher from Valley City State University will be teaching drawing. Since the idea is to Capture the Coteau - there will be many collected wildflowers, bugs, butterflies, bird and fish decoys to sketch. If you would like to bring something to 
sketch, appropriate to the theme, particularly if you have a decoy, please do!
The following week, August 2, 3-5 pm, people can use their new drawing skills to go sketching, as the French say, en plein air. We’ll take our sketchbooks and head “into the wild” to sketch the plants and animals where they live. We won’t go far, just south of town a couple blocks.
Download the Coteau Flyer. We will need to know if you are planning to participate in the August 9th photography workshop or 16th sketching in clay, both these activities will require some preparation so knowing how many people plan to participate will be helpful. Look for more information on these and the other activities in upcoming Blog posts.
September is the Planning Phase of this project. During the Farmers Market meetings we will combine different aspects of our artworks into designs to “decorate” Main Street
projects (see illustration at right). During this phase we will need “idea” people, “builder/carpenter” people, and “artists (painters, stencilers, seamstresses, etc.)” to make this happen. So if you want to bring a little “color” to Main Street your help is needed.
All materials (lumber, paint etc.) for the final projects will paid for with a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts. The North Dakota Council on the Arts is the state agency responsible for the support and development of the arts throughout North Dakota, and is funded by the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.
If you have questions or would like more information please call Sally Jeppson, 701-485-3454, or email sjepp@daktel.com.