I would recommend looking at (Google) the website for the John Michael
Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  If it is the kind of thing
you're aiming for, I'm sure the folks there would be very nice to talk
with...it's my hometown!
Good Luck!
Ellen Carrlee
Curator of Collections and Exhibits
Juneau-Douglas City Museum

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Courtman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:03 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: looking for other artspaces
>
>howdy from shreveport, louisiana:  i'm new to the list and did
>some searching of the archives, but didn't find exactly what i
>was looking for...
>
>what i'm looking for is dialogue with similar institutions to
>try and avoid reinventing wheel after wheel after.....
>
>i work for a fledgling institution called 'artspace at the
>west edge.'  it is safe to say we are not exactly a museum,
>nor are we a gallery.  one of the implications is there is
>room for evolution, in terms of how we serve the community.
>to borrow a phrase from the children's museum field which is
>very popular right now, we have the potential to become a new
>kind of 'town square' where there is opportunity for art
>dialogue on many, many different levels:  artist to artist,
>artist to community, community to artist, what kids think
>about art, what art says about kids, etc....
>
>our mission is obstensibly a place where all the arts are
>celebrated. (i know - its a wee bit nebulous)!  our product is
>thematic exhibits coupled with hands-on activities  for kids,
>we're devoting about 5K square feet for the hands-on area -
>we'll use it primarily as an adjunct to whatever exhibit
>(s) we are doing at the time...
>
>our parent organization, the shreveport regional arts council,
>has had a strong commitment of supporting local artists and
>art activities for about
>27 years.  for instance, in our inaugural exhibition on "Peter
>Pan" (the kid who never grows up turns 100 this year! at least
>the play does...) we juried in both visual and literary works,
>we commissioned several dance pieces, etc, to be part of a
>larger exhibiton of borrowed artifacts.
>
>our physical space is about 21,000 square feet, with about 8 -
>10 thousand feet of exhibit space; a coffeeshop/cafe, and a
>small giftstore.
>
>
>shreveport is has an area population base of about 350,000.
>
>
>do you represent such an institution, or can you recommend
>such an institution?
>
>please feel free to respond off-line, although i'm sure most
>on the list would be interested in other's descriptions of
>themselves, or descriptions of outstanding, smaller institutions.
>
>jeff courtman
>project manager
>artspace
>710 texas street
>shreveport, la 71101
>
>318-673-6535
>
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