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12 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER February 2019 Charbonneau Art Association starts 2019 on very solid footing the student artists at Wilsonville and Canby High Schools. You can check out our new website at www. charbonneauarts.org. By ERIC HOEM CHARBONNEAU ART ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT T he Charbonneau Arts Association donated $4,000 each to the art program at Canby and Wilsonville High Schools in an Award Reception at Charbon- neau Country Club, Sunday, Jan. 13. These donations represent proceeds from the 2018 Charbonneau Art Festival, which was held Nov. 2- 4, 2019. The Charbonneau Arts Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is providing an exhibit opportunity and financial support for these two art program. We believe that art education is an important part of high school education; however, it has gotten less funding in recent years, and so our organization has come forward to help. At Wilsonville High School, 400-480 students take art classes each semester, reports teacher Christopher Shotola-Hardt. “We have designated a special account to help cover entry fees and tuitions for competitions and workshops for our students, opportunities for young artists outside the normal classroom routines and in-house exhibitions,” Shotola- Hardt says. “We want to continue supporting students getting involved in the Scholastic Art Awards. We have also talked about bringing in special presenters and artists whose skill sets and work is different than that of any of us,” he adds. Canby High School serves more than 600 students in art education classes, says teacher Jennifer Dorsey. With past donations from the Charbonneau Art Association, the Canby art program has funded field trips and purchased equipment that is not possible Men’s Club ■ From Page 11 or a face that goes with a name. This is the year to solve this memory problem. We have developed a prototype “Gallery of Friendly Faces” on our website under the menu labelled MEMBERS. Take a look around the gallery; faces are organized alphabetically. Scroll through to find the face and discover the name; or scroll through to find the name and discover the face. Later in the year, we may put a printed copy of the gallery in the Club Room at the Pro Shop. Help us expand the gallery by sending Charbonneau Arts Association connects with the Oregon Cultural Trust SPOKESMAN FILE PHOTOS The annual Charbonneau Art Festival generates funds for local student art programs and scholarships. with their ordinary funding. Dorsey also reports, “Recently a portion of the donation has gone into our CHS Visual Arts Scholarship for a graduating CHS student who is majoring in Visual Art in college.” “None of these activities and large equipment purchases would be possible without the donations over the years from the Charbonneau Arts Association,” she concludes. New website We start the New Year with a much improved website thanks to a Community Opportunity Grant from the City of Wilsonville. Our website is more dynamic now with up to date interactive features, and so we are able to recognize our sponsors much more dramatically. We have also added tools to let us analyze our impact and fine tune our programs. With the expanded capability, we hope to highlight Charbonneau artists this year and add a section for one or more photos (i.e. head and shoulders) to [email protected]. Many members are sending more than one photo, one while wearing a hat and one without a hat. Guest Day Policy now allows THREE The Board of Directors has updated the Guest Policy for 2019 golf season. It is now more flexible to invite guests to come and play at Charbonneau. For many events, you will be allowed to invite up to THREE guests to fill out a foursome tee time. There are important exceptions. Please download or read the full “Guest Day Policy” found on the website under the ADMIN menu, then click or touch the “Policies and Admin Rules.” Late in 2018, we applied for membership in the Oregon Cultural Trust, which provides two highly useful opportunities. This program allows folks who make cash contribution to the Charbonneau Art Association to double their impact through an Oregon Income Tax Credit of up to $1,000 per couple. Secondly, membership qualifies us to apply for grants through the Oregon Cultural Trust program. This opportunity has the potential of adding another stream of financial support to our fund-raising and promises to help increase our annual donations to public art education programs. If interested, you can find out details about this opportunity at www.culturaltrust.org. Mark calendar for next year's festival Our 36th Annual Charbonneau Art Festival will be held Nov. 1, 2, and 3, 2019. As we develop our plans, further information will be posted on our website, www.charbonneauarts.org. Artists and artisans can expect to see this year's applications posted in May. And all of you can expect us to develop the very best art festival we can. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help with our Art Festival can contact me: erichoem@comcast. net. The Charbonneau Arts Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is providing an exhibit opportunity and financial support for the art programs at Wilsonville and Canby High Schools. ■ Save the Dates: Chili Contest, Equipment, Fitness, and Season Breakfast event. Don’t wait. Mark your calendars now for the upcoming winter educational and social events hosted by the Men’s Club (CWGA and Niners invited too). Jim Bartlett and Jim Gibbons have organized several winter seminars: New Rules Seminar, Equipment Maintenance and Advancements Seminar, and Fitness Seminar. John Meyers has organized a winter social event: Chili Cook Off Contest For a complete list of this year’s event dates, check out our website menu labelled GOLF to find the “Major Events Calendar.” Event details can be found in the event FLYER download. You will see that plans are in place for another great season of golf, social and educational events at Charbonneau through October. Most Improved Golfer As of Jan. 1, 2019, the leader of 2019’s season-long improved golfer competition is Terry Book. This will likely change as members begin posting scores as the season starts in April. This competition ends Sept. 31. The leaderboard for the “Most Improved Golfer” will be updated monthly, and can be found at http://mc. golfcharbonneau.com under the menu labeled GOLF. ■