The Singing Winds. Summer 2014 FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS PAINT OUT. Newsletter of the Friends of T. C. Steele State Historic Site

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1 The Singing Winds Newsletter of the Friends of T. C. Steele State Historic Site Summer 2014 Friends of T.C. Steele SHS 2014 Board President Stephanie Dean Vice-President Mary Jo Benedict Secretary Yael Ksander Treasurer Charlie Matson At-Large Members Nan Brewer Lowell Dawson Susan Fernandez Patti Pizzo David Steele T.C. Steele State Historic Site Staff Historic Site Manager Andrea detarnowsky FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS PAINT OUT Over 90 artists participated in the Festival of Flowers Paint-Out at the T.C. Steele State Historic Site on Saturday, May 17. Following in the footsteps of Impressionist painter T. C. Steele, artists created plein air (outside in the open air) works of art on site. Winners were chosen by a panel of judges in seven categories. Adult artists were divided by media while children/teen artists were divided by age. First-place winning artwork will be displayed in Steele s Large Studio through June 15. Teens Age 13 through 18 First: Leander Lerch, Bloomington Second: Jacob Patenaude, Martinsville Third (tie): Michelle Pokorny, Bedford; Ransom Patenaude, Martinsville Honorable Mention: Meredith Metz, Bloomington; Meg Sperry, Indianapolis; Hannah Dewey, Martinsville Children Age 12 and Under First: Jud Dewey, Martinsville Second: Lucas Dewey, Martinsville Third: Isabel Frost, Nashville Adult Oil First: Mary Ann Davis, Indianapolis Second: Donna Shortt, Indianapolis Third: Thomas Gridley, Indianapolis Honorable Mention: Jackie Frey, Bloomington; Kathy Blankenheim, Brownsburg; Steven Haigh, Carmel; Erin Brock, Morgantown; Troy Kilgore, Bloomington Adult Acrylic First: Dick Ferrer, Nashville Second: Steve Miller, Westfield Third: Dennis Barron, Nashville Honorable Mention: Rick Ford, Columbus; Matthew Patenaude, Martinsville Adult Watercolor First: Marjory Burkholder, Plymouth Second: Libby Gruneninger, Indianapolis Third: Robert Burris, Columbus Honorable Mention: Nancy Metz; Cassidy Young, Rita Orchelletto; all from Bloomington Adult Drawing Media First: Keith Howard, Hebron, KY Adult Mixed Media First: Lydia Burris, Columbus Second: Kevin Carlson, Madison People s Choice (selected through secret ballot by artists and visitors). Adult: Steven Haigh, Carmel Youth: Michelle Pokorny, Bedford Arts Program Developer Megan Richards Interpreters Mary Ann Woerner John Moore Grounds & Maintenance Supervisor Anthony Joslin Assistant Eric Engleking The Festival of Flowers Paint Out is co-sponsored by the Friends of T. C. Steele State Historic Site. To see more pictures of winners from the Paint-Out, visit us on Facebook.

2 2 Summer, 2014 The Singing Winds David E. Steele Joins Friends Board David Eric Steele of Indianapolis has been elected to the Friends of T. C. Steele State Historic Site Board of Directors. David, an Indianapolis business executive, has been on the faculty of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business (Indianapolis) for the past 17 years. David s grandfather Harry Steele and T. C. Steele were second cousins (both were great grandsons of Ninian Steele). David has been married to Lynne Tarlton Steele for 29 years. They have two children, Ben 26 and Emma 24. David, Lynne, Ben and Emma are all Indiana University graduates. David and Lynne are Lifetime members of the Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site. David and Lynne pose beside T.C. Steele s painting in the collection of Los Angeles Art Museum. Summer Interns Amanda Moore, a senior at Indiana University majoring in Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Human Ecology, is serving as naturalist intern. Her duties include researching and becoming familiar with indigenous and historical plants on the site, developing one project pertaining to interpretation of the gardens and grounds, assisting with site related programs and events and updating the Interpreters Manual. From Peru, Indiana, Amanda s hobbies include hiking, camping and reading. Alexandria Price from Pittsboro, Indiana, is a 2014 graduate of Indiana University with a major in Human Development and Family Studies. As the arts program developer intern, her goal is to find ways to improve and integrate family and community needs with site programming. She enjoys camping, gardening, making crafts and playing music. Currently, Alexandria is learning to play the banjo. Eric Engleking (far left) has been hired as a seasonal staff person. A Brown County native, Eric has been assisting Supervisor Anthony Joslin with grounds and maintenance. Eric helped with the renovation of the office space (at right) in the small studio. The reorganized area provides a bright welcome to our visitors and guests.

3 Summer, Artist-in-Residence July 11, 12, 18 and 19 Joshua Mark Phillippe, a photographer, painter and printmaker, lives in Indianapolis. He studied studio art and art history at Indiana University Bloomington and has an MFA from City College of New York/CUNY. During his residency, Josh will be creating a Photographic Journey Along #Indiana46. While he is documenting people and places along Indiana State Road 46 between Bloomington and Columbus, he invites the public to do the same. Hashtag all your great discoveries along this historic cultural district with #Indiana46 on Instagram. Joshua will have a special exhibit at the Great Outdoor Art Contest and Local Tastings event September 13. Sunday at Home Series $7 per person, free tour admission included. July pm Recycled Art Program Join Anne Fairchild, from the Lanier Mansion, as we tame chaos into creation with items we use in our daily lives. Guests will have a wide selection of typical and unusual art materials to choose from to create their own work of art. Appropriate for all ages. August pm Liar s Bench This lively program engages audiences of all ages as they are confronted by a variety of objects representing the museum s collection. The audience will hear three stories about each object, and then must decide which is true. Appropriate for all ages. Great Outdoor Art Contest and Local Tastings September 13-7 am to 4 pm Pre-registered artists create artwork while visitors have the opportunity to observe the plein air process. All work submitted for judging must be started and finished on site the day of the contest. While awaiting the results of the judging, listen to an outdoor music concert and enjoy a taste from a variety of local food artisans. Check our website for more details. Creative Corner Program staff will be setting up new and fun art activities for our daily visitors this summer. Check our website for more information. Site Admission Fees Increasing Effective July 1, admission fees at T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Lanier Mansion State Historic Site, and Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site will increase to $7 for adults and $5 for seniors age 60 and over. Admission for children will remain at $2. One new family-friendly feature has been added however; a cap of $20 per family regardless of the number of children. Admission for current members of Friends of T.C. Steele is still free at the site as well as the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis and most state historic sites.

4 Friends of T.C. Steele Newsletter 4 Summer, 2014 Arts Outreach Program Site staff and volunteers just completed the first year of the Arts Outreach Program. The project goal was to increase awareness of the famous Hoosier artist T.C. Steele, provide quality art educational program to rural communities and to create new community partnerships throughout our region. We reached out to public libraries, schools and art and history organizations throughout our region to help us coordinate and market these programs to the community. We gratefully acknowledge the sponsors of this program: National Endowment of the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County, IVY Tech Bloomington, the Friends of T.C. Steele and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. Last October, three short training sessions were conducted for our volunteers and then two test runs were made at the BETA Club in Nashville in November. In January, another round of volunteer training was held, then the programs began. From January to June, the program implemented 17 art educational workshops in 7 different counties for 302 participants and with over 150 hours of volunteer time. From adult workshops with working artist, to children painting murals, to informative presentations for adult clubs, these programs took various shapes and sizes. The organizations that we visited in 2014 were Brown County Public Library, Brown County Historical Society, Village of Nashville Art Walk, Bloomfield Public Library, Hatfield and Burris Elementary Schools in Mitchell, Lawrence County Historical Society, Monroe County Public Library -Ellettsville Branch, Hinkle-Garton Farmstead (in partnership with the Creative Aging Festival), Morgan County Public Library- Monrovia Branch, Mooresville Public Library, Melton Public Library and the Owen County Art Guild. The real stars are the volunteers and artists: Debbie Bartels, Laura Bulla, Ellen Cramer, Brenda Jackson, Tina Jernigan, Wyatt LeGrand, Kesha Minns, Amanda Moore, Alex Price, Betty Wagoner and Rick Wilson. (Visit us on Facebook to see more photos of our outreach project.) Book on Hoosier Group Artist William Forsyth Author and Indiana art expert Rachel Berenson Perry discussed her latest book, William Forsyth: The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist, June 15 at a Sunday at Home program at the T.C. Steele State Historic Site. The work describes this early Indiana artist and explores his art. It offers insights into Forsyth s sometimes mercurial personality, his relationships with his students, and his devotion to educating the public about the importance of art. Forsyth and Steele were colleagues. The book is on sale in the Friends of Art Museum Shop at T.C. Steele State Historic Site. Ms. Perry is the former fine arts curator of the Indiana State Museum, where she organized and curated all of the art exhibitions from 2003 to She has written numerous articles for American Art Review and Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Indiana Historical Society). Her books include Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place (Indiana University Press, 2013); Barry Gealt: Embracing Nature (Indiana University Press, 2012); Paint and Canvas: A Biography of T. C. Steele (Indiana Historical Society, 2012); T. C. Steele and the Society of Western Artists (Indiana University Press, 2009); and Children from the Hills: The Life and Work of Ada Walter Shulz (Artist Colony Press, 2001).

5 5 Summer, 2014 Improvements Continue at Steele s Boyhood Home The Palladium window, a central feature of the Colonial Revival house, has been rebuilt and installed. This window faces due east so it provides for a great sunrise. Upstairs renovation, including electrical and fixtures, is fully completed. The second floor will be a dormitory for visiting artists. The original railing around the stairwell (seen in foreground of the picture below) has remained in place all these years and is absolutely beautiful, albeit it very simple; no new wood or patch work was needed. The wood plank floor has been restored to the best condition possible with the red paint left on the floor. John Moore, interpreter/guide at the T. C. Steele State Historic Site, recently visited the Boyhood Home in effort to gain a better understanding of Steele, his life and work. Steele s Boyhood Home Hosts Painters On June 14, Tim and Meg Shelly welcomed the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association (IPAPA) to the recently restored Boyhood Home of T.C. Steele. The fine weather encouraged 26 painters, including the Treasurer of the Friends, Charlie Matson, to make the trip to Waveland and put their impressions on canvas. Local residents inspected the works and shared refreshments with the artists. The President of the Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Stephanie Dean, attended the wrap up activities and presented the Shellys with a framed print of T.C. Steele recently recovered painting as a gift of appreciation from the Friends. Tim and Meg are also showing their support of Indiana artists by rotating an impressive collection of paintings in the restored home which has already been visited by several school groups. To learn more about the Home and related activities, go to T.C. Steele Boyhood Home on Facebook. If you come to Waveland, be sure to visit the Waveland-Brown Township Library, it boasts a large T.C. Steele oil that was a gift of the artist. The scene is local, although no one is sure exactly where. The library is a short three minute/ two block walk from Steele s boyhood home and is an outstanding architectural example of the typical small town Indiana Andrew Carnegie Library design. The Steele boyhood home is located at 110 South Cross Street in Waveland, IN. Tim and Meg Shelly of Elkhart, IN have purchased the home where the artist lived from age five through attending college prep school at the Waveland Collegiate Institute. The Shelly's are distant relatives of T.C. Steele.

6 Steele Painting in California Board Member David Steele and his wife Lynne visited the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art in April, 2014 and were given a private viewing of T.C. Steele's "Sunlight, Late Summer" (1913), currently in storage at the museum (detail of painting shown below). SITE HOURS Tuesday-Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm Sunday: 1 to 5 pm Closed Mondays and some holidays Guided tours of home and studio available on quarter hour beginning at 9:15 am. (1:15 pm on Sundays) Admission to House and Studio Adults: $7 Seniors: $5 Children: $2 Free to Friends of TC Steele Contact Information (812) friendsoftcsteele@gmail.com Friends of T.C. Steele State Historic Site, Inc T. C. Steele Road Nashville, IN