> ART SHOW ANONYMOUS
December 15, 2006
6PM In The Foundry
3405 S. Hammons Blvd.
Joplin, MO 64804
#417.206.6886
- "The best" local art
- Live Music
- Coffee Bar & refreshments
- $5 Admission
http://www.thefoundrymusic.com
> THE COUSE FOUNDATION
E.I. Couse Historic Home and Studio
"...preserving the past for the future"
In 2001 The Couse Foundation was formed to preserve the home and studio in Taos, New Mexico, of Eanger Irving Couse, the prominent early 20th century painter of American Indian subjects. Couse was one of the founders of the Taos Art Colony and first president of the Taos Society of Artists. The mission of The Couse Foundation is to preserve the Eanger Irving Couse home and studio, along with its contents and archive, as well as two studio buildings owned and used by Joseph Henry Sharp, in order to give the public an authentic window into the past and to stimulate scholarly research and training in the fields of historic preservation and Southwest art history.
The E.I. Couse Historic Home and Studio is a National Trust Associate Site.
Color Photographs: George S. Marcek, Virginia Pringle
Vintage Photographs: Couse Family Archive
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
Volume 6 Number 6 December 2006
> SPECIAL BULLETIN
ArtServe Michigan
GRAAND
GrassRoots Arts Advocacy Network Distribution
Editor: Drew Buchholz
2006 Issue 20
Just in case you haven't heard...
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm unveiled details of the Michigan Business Tax (MBT), her new plan to replace the out-going Single Business Tax (SBT). Michigan's proposed new business tax will allow the state to compete more effectively with other states, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday, due to a rate that is among the lowest in the nation and preservation of incentives. In submitting the $2.4 billion plan to the Legislature, the Governor continued to draw a hard line on keeping it revenue-neutral and not letting it get caught in negotiations on other issues.
Granholm is recommending a new business tax based on three factors - gross receipts at .125 percent, assets at .125 percent and profits at 1.875. Granholm said the first two rates are the lowest in the nation.
The proposal, now embodied in a five-bill package slated to be introduced by Senate Minority Leader Bob Emerson (D-Flint) and House Minority Leader Dianne Byrum (D-Onondaga), exempts commercial and industrial users from the 6-mill state education tax and the 18-mill school operating tax, amounting to a 46 percent personal property tax cut statewide.
Small businesses that make less than $350,000 a year would still not be required to pay the MBT. Currently, these small businesses are not required to pay the SBT either. But for those small businesses that make between $350,000 and $700,000, the tax liability is phased-in, eliminating what Granholm called the "cliff effect."
Michigan-based insurance companies would see their gross receipts tax of 1.07 percent raise to 1.25 percent, which is less than the 2.0 percent Granholm wanted to tax insurers in 2005. She said that even with this increase, Michigan's insurance tax rates would still be the sixth lowest in the country. However, the insurance company's tax credits would be eliminated. The industry argues this will hurt its ability to give discounts to good drivers. The tax increase would make Michigan look less attractive to companies and likely increase rates.
Other economic development credits such as MEGA, Brownfield, Renaissance Zones and Historic Preservation credits would be preserved in MBT. A new $500,000-per company research innovation credit would be established. It also cuts taxes for knowledge-based industries by $125 million.
Overall, the Governor's proposal is projected to collect $2.53 billion in 2008 ($2.445 billion from the MBT and $90 million from the higher insurance company rate), but $600 million would be giving back to local schools through the School Aid Fund to compensate for the 24-mill personal property tax cut.
Under the SBT, the tax base is made up with 73 percent by compensation, 7 percent by income and 20 percent through other factors. The MBT is made up of 45 percent assets, 36 percent sales and 21 percent income, according to the Department of Treasury.
Click Here for a copy of the Michigan Business Tax PowerPoint presentation presented on November 29, 2006.
ArtServe Michigan
GRAAND
GrassRoots Arts Advocacy Network Distribution
Editor: Drew Buchholz
2006 Issue 20
Just in case you haven't heard...
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm unveiled details of the Michigan Business Tax (MBT), her new plan to replace the out-going Single Business Tax (SBT). Michigan's proposed new business tax will allow the state to compete more effectively with other states, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday, due to a rate that is among the lowest in the nation and preservation of incentives. In submitting the $2.4 billion plan to the Legislature, the Governor continued to draw a hard line on keeping it revenue-neutral and not letting it get caught in negotiations on other issues.
Granholm is recommending a new business tax based on three factors - gross receipts at .125 percent, assets at .125 percent and profits at 1.875. Granholm said the first two rates are the lowest in the nation.
The proposal, now embodied in a five-bill package slated to be introduced by Senate Minority Leader Bob Emerson (D-Flint) and House Minority Leader Dianne Byrum (D-Onondaga), exempts commercial and industrial users from the 6-mill state education tax and the 18-mill school operating tax, amounting to a 46 percent personal property tax cut statewide.
Small businesses that make less than $350,000 a year would still not be required to pay the MBT. Currently, these small businesses are not required to pay the SBT either. But for those small businesses that make between $350,000 and $700,000, the tax liability is phased-in, eliminating what Granholm called the "cliff effect."
Michigan-based insurance companies would see their gross receipts tax of 1.07 percent raise to 1.25 percent, which is less than the 2.0 percent Granholm wanted to tax insurers in 2005. She said that even with this increase, Michigan's insurance tax rates would still be the sixth lowest in the country. However, the insurance company's tax credits would be eliminated. The industry argues this will hurt its ability to give discounts to good drivers. The tax increase would make Michigan look less attractive to companies and likely increase rates.
Other economic development credits such as MEGA, Brownfield, Renaissance Zones and Historic Preservation credits would be preserved in MBT. A new $500,000-per company research innovation credit would be established. It also cuts taxes for knowledge-based industries by $125 million.
Overall, the Governor's proposal is projected to collect $2.53 billion in 2008 ($2.445 billion from the MBT and $90 million from the higher insurance company rate), but $600 million would be giving back to local schools through the School Aid Fund to compensate for the 24-mill personal property tax cut.
Under the SBT, the tax base is made up with 73 percent by compensation, 7 percent by income and 20 percent through other factors. The MBT is made up of 45 percent assets, 36 percent sales and 21 percent income, according to the Department of Treasury.
Click Here for a copy of the Michigan Business Tax PowerPoint presentation presented on November 29, 2006.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
November 2006 Page 13
> FINE ARTS MUSINGS
PLEASE POST OR CIRCULATE
Ruth Ann Knapp, Fine Arts Coordinator DECEMBER 2006
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Saturday, December 2
• Saginaw High Band performs at Black Arts Festival Bazaar, 10:00-10:30 am, CAC
Tuesday, December 5
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", matinee performances for 3rd grade, Auditorium
• Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra concert with All-Star Youth Chorus including students from AHHS, SHS & SASA, Temple Theatre, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, December 6
• Kempton's Tree Decorating Carol Sing in the Courtyard, during the day
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", Auditorium, matinee performances for 3rd grade and
6:00 pm for general public
• South Middle School 8th grade Spanish class will perform Christmas carols in Spanish and do Latin dancing, St. Joseph Novena, 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 7
• SASA V/K PM class performs for Communications Workers Retirees at Horizons Conference Center, 2 pm
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", Auditorium, matinee performance for 3rd grade and 6 pm for general public
Friday, December 8
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", matinee performances for 3rd grade, Auditorium
• SASA V/K PM class performs at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 2110 Brockway, 1:00 pm
Saturday, December 9
• Saginaw High Drum Line performs at Competition in Southfield, MI
Sunday, December 10
• South Middle School 8th grade choir performs at the Saginaw Children's Zoo, 2:00 pm
Monday, December 11
• Zilwaukee Holiday Program, 6:00 pm, Gym [K-5, 6/7/8 choir, Beginning and Advanced bands (5-8)]
• Saginaw High Vocal Holiday Concert, 6:30 pm, SHS Auditorium. Admission $4.00
• Holiday Music Concert at the White Crow Conservatory of Music on Monday, December 11th from 7:00-9:00 pm (Donations encouraged)
Tuesday, December 12
• South Middle School choir performs at Edgewood Assisted Living Center, 10:00 am
Wednesday, December 13
• Saginaw High Concert Choir will perform at the Heartland Nursing Home, 10:30 am
• Kempton AM Pre-K, Kdg, 1st, 3rd and 5th grades present December Lights/December Nights, Cafetorium, 1:30 pm
Thursday, December 14
• SASA V/K and Dance Living Arts/ Elementary Concert, Temple Theatre, 12:45 pm
• Stone Holiday Program, Gym, 6 pm
• SASA V/K and Dance presents “WINTERLUDE” Concert, Temple Theatre, 7:00 pm
• Arthur Hill Vocal Holiday Program, Auditorium, 7:00 pm
Friday, December 15
• South Middle School choir performs at Healthsource, 11:30 am and at Community Village at 1:30 pm
• Herig Holiday Program, Gym, 1:30 pm
• Arthur Eddy Academy K-5 Holiday Prog., 1:00 pm, Gym
Monday, December 18
• Houghton Elementary presents "A Traditional Christmas", 1:30 pm, Gym
• Webber Elementary Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
Tuesday, December 19
• Saginaw High Choir Students will perform at Central Middle School, Auditorium, 1:00 pm
• Jessie Rouse Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
• Loomis' Program is December 19th
• Nelle Haley Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
• "A Holiday Celebration" featuring all SASA bands, 7:00 pm, Dow Event Center
Wednesday, December 20
• Kempton PM Pre-K, Kdg, 2nd and 4th grades present December Lights/December Nights, Cafetorium, 1:30 pm
• SASA V/K and Dance students see White Christmas at the Fox Theatre, Detroit
• Coulter Holiday Program, 2:00 pm, Gym
• Webber Middle School choir and band Holiday Concert, Auditorium, 2:00 pm
• Handley Holiday Walk-thru, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
• South Middle School Band and Choir Winter Holiday Concert, 6:00 pm, South Auditorium
• AHHS Holiday Band Concert, Auditorium, 7:00 pm
• Saginaw High Bands perform at "Holiday Celebration", 6:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, December 21
• Heavenrich Holiday Program, 10:30 am & 1:30 pm, Gym
• Jerome Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
• SASA V/K PM Bravo Group performs at Horizons Con-ference Center, 1:00 pm
• SASA V/K PM students perform for Field Neurological Institute Christmas Party, Bay City Country Club, 7:30 pm
Friday, December 22
• Merrill Park Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
A-Musings – “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” -- Robert Frost
> SHAMELESS PLUG
³Poems and Pictures From the Natural World² is the topic of the final 2006
³Nurturing Nature² presentation Wednesday at the Green Point Environmental
Learning Center, 3010 Maple.
Roz Berlin, Marion Tincknell, Pat McNair and Ramona Dente, all members of
the River Junction Poets, will read their own poems about the natural world
as well as nature poems written by Henry David Thoreau, William Blake,
Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, Saginaw¹s own Theodore M. Roethke and others.
And nature photographer Janet I. Martineau will show slides she has taken of
flowers, birds, insects, New Mexico and Michigan landscapes, and animals
ranging in size from a chipmunk to a lion.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, the
program begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Cookies and cocoa are complimentary.
Admission $2.
PLEASE POST OR CIRCULATE
Ruth Ann Knapp, Fine Arts Coordinator DECEMBER 2006
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Saturday, December 2
• Saginaw High Band performs at Black Arts Festival Bazaar, 10:00-10:30 am, CAC
Tuesday, December 5
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", matinee performances for 3rd grade, Auditorium
• Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra concert with All-Star Youth Chorus including students from AHHS, SHS & SASA, Temple Theatre, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, December 6
• Kempton's Tree Decorating Carol Sing in the Courtyard, during the day
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", Auditorium, matinee performances for 3rd grade and
6:00 pm for general public
• South Middle School 8th grade Spanish class will perform Christmas carols in Spanish and do Latin dancing, St. Joseph Novena, 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 7
• SASA V/K PM class performs for Communications Workers Retirees at Horizons Conference Center, 2 pm
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", Auditorium, matinee performance for 3rd grade and 6 pm for general public
Friday, December 8
• AHHS Children's play "Cinderella Confidential", matinee performances for 3rd grade, Auditorium
• SASA V/K PM class performs at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 2110 Brockway, 1:00 pm
Saturday, December 9
• Saginaw High Drum Line performs at Competition in Southfield, MI
Sunday, December 10
• South Middle School 8th grade choir performs at the Saginaw Children's Zoo, 2:00 pm
Monday, December 11
• Zilwaukee Holiday Program, 6:00 pm, Gym [K-5, 6/7/8 choir, Beginning and Advanced bands (5-8)]
• Saginaw High Vocal Holiday Concert, 6:30 pm, SHS Auditorium. Admission $4.00
• Holiday Music Concert at the White Crow Conservatory of Music on Monday, December 11th from 7:00-9:00 pm (Donations encouraged)
Tuesday, December 12
• South Middle School choir performs at Edgewood Assisted Living Center, 10:00 am
Wednesday, December 13
• Saginaw High Concert Choir will perform at the Heartland Nursing Home, 10:30 am
• Kempton AM Pre-K, Kdg, 1st, 3rd and 5th grades present December Lights/December Nights, Cafetorium, 1:30 pm
Thursday, December 14
• SASA V/K and Dance Living Arts/ Elementary Concert, Temple Theatre, 12:45 pm
• Stone Holiday Program, Gym, 6 pm
• SASA V/K and Dance presents “WINTERLUDE” Concert, Temple Theatre, 7:00 pm
• Arthur Hill Vocal Holiday Program, Auditorium, 7:00 pm
Friday, December 15
• South Middle School choir performs at Healthsource, 11:30 am and at Community Village at 1:30 pm
• Herig Holiday Program, Gym, 1:30 pm
• Arthur Eddy Academy K-5 Holiday Prog., 1:00 pm, Gym
Monday, December 18
• Houghton Elementary presents "A Traditional Christmas", 1:30 pm, Gym
• Webber Elementary Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
Tuesday, December 19
• Saginaw High Choir Students will perform at Central Middle School, Auditorium, 1:00 pm
• Jessie Rouse Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
• Loomis' Program is December 19th
• Nelle Haley Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
• "A Holiday Celebration" featuring all SASA bands, 7:00 pm, Dow Event Center
Wednesday, December 20
• Kempton PM Pre-K, Kdg, 2nd and 4th grades present December Lights/December Nights, Cafetorium, 1:30 pm
• SASA V/K and Dance students see White Christmas at the Fox Theatre, Detroit
• Coulter Holiday Program, 2:00 pm, Gym
• Webber Middle School choir and band Holiday Concert, Auditorium, 2:00 pm
• Handley Holiday Walk-thru, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
• South Middle School Band and Choir Winter Holiday Concert, 6:00 pm, South Auditorium
• AHHS Holiday Band Concert, Auditorium, 7:00 pm
• Saginaw High Bands perform at "Holiday Celebration", 6:30 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, December 21
• Heavenrich Holiday Program, 10:30 am & 1:30 pm, Gym
• Jerome Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
• SASA V/K PM Bravo Group performs at Horizons Con-ference Center, 1:00 pm
• SASA V/K PM students perform for Field Neurological Institute Christmas Party, Bay City Country Club, 7:30 pm
Friday, December 22
• Merrill Park Holiday Program, 1:30 pm, Gym
A-Musings – “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” -- Robert Frost
> SHAMELESS PLUG
³Poems and Pictures From the Natural World² is the topic of the final 2006
³Nurturing Nature² presentation Wednesday at the Green Point Environmental
Learning Center, 3010 Maple.
Roz Berlin, Marion Tincknell, Pat McNair and Ramona Dente, all members of
the River Junction Poets, will read their own poems about the natural world
as well as nature poems written by Henry David Thoreau, William Blake,
Robert Frost, Mary Oliver, Saginaw¹s own Theodore M. Roethke and others.
And nature photographer Janet I. Martineau will show slides she has taken of
flowers, birds, insects, New Mexico and Michigan landscapes, and animals
ranging in size from a chipmunk to a lion.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, the
program begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Cookies and cocoa are complimentary.
Admission $2.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
November 2006 Page 12
> 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION PARTY
You are cordially invited...
> Who:
You, and friends of VISUAL ART ACCESS or the AMERICAN SURREALIST INITIATIVE are invited to attend the 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION of VAA.
> When:
January 28, 2007 @ 3-5:00 PM
> Where:
801 25th St. (Sculpture studio of Jerry Barrish)*
San Francisco, CA
(415) 641-8100
*[Just south of China Basin district, on corner of Illinois and 25th St., 2-story green structure, NO STREET ADDRESS ON BLDG. Good parking.]
> What:
Bring snack food (nothing needing heating) and beverages, and portfolio, photos etc.
> Why:
To visit with old friends and colleagues
Please fwd, help spread the word as widely as possible. VAA has served more than 1250 artists and other clients since 1987.
I hope to see you and yours there,
You are cordially invited...
> Who:
You, and friends of VISUAL ART ACCESS or the AMERICAN SURREALIST INITIATIVE are invited to attend the 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION of VAA.
> When:
January 28, 2007 @ 3-5:00 PM
> Where:
801 25th St. (Sculpture studio of Jerry Barrish)*
San Francisco, CA
(415) 641-8100
*[Just south of China Basin district, on corner of Illinois and 25th St., 2-story green structure, NO STREET ADDRESS ON BLDG. Good parking.]
> What:
Bring snack food (nothing needing heating) and beverages, and portfolio, photos etc.
> Why:
To visit with old friends and colleagues
Please fwd, help spread the word as widely as possible. VAA has served more than 1250 artists and other clients since 1987.
I hope to see you and yours there,
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