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councilor spearBag End to open gardens Town heads community geothermal subcommittee By Kate Hill Staff Writer
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“Bag End” in Cazenovia will open its extensive flower gardens to the public June 1-4 from 1 to 4 p.m. By Kate Hill Staff Writer This spring, “Bag End” in Cazenovia will open its extensive flower gardens to the public for four afternoons of viewing, education and inspiration. Jay King and his wife, Anne, will welcome community members and area visitors to their private residence on Fairchild Hill overlooking Cazenovia Lake on June 1-4 from 1 to 4 p.m. Bag End’s traditional open garden events have been timed this year to align with the 2023 American Peony Society (APS) Bag End l Page 11
On May 8, the Cazenovia Town Board appointed members to a new community geothermal subcommittee. According to the resolution adopted by the board, Town Councilor Jimmy Golub expressed an interest in geothermal as an energy source for future projects in the town, and Town Supervisor Bill Zupan suggested that a committee be formed to explore that type of energy and how it might help the community. The following individuals are serving on the committee: Golub; Dave Porter or Kathy Hahn from the Village of Cazenovia; Jim Cunningham, Town of Cazenovia Water Pollution Control Facility operator and Nelson Town Supervisor; Eric Benedict, Cazenovia Central School District director of facilities; Chris Carrick, energy program manager at the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board; Lauren Lines, Cazenovia Area Community Development Association executive
director; and Laurie Dudley of the United Climate Action Network. “I thought the first meeting was excellent,” said Golub. “We will be doing [a] feasibility study [at some point], but we sort of have to focus in on what we are studying.”
In other news
The board approved the use of Ridge Road, Glenwood Road, and Preston Road for the 50th Annual Cazenovia July 4th Foot Race 2023 scheduled for Tuesday, July 4, starting at 8 a.m. The board appointed Linda Cushman to the position of town planning board alternate member for the remainder of 2023 and Joseph Juskiewicz to the town zoning board of appeals for the remainder of 2023. “I think they will be tremendous additions to those boards,” said Councilor Kyle Reger. “[They’re] just a good fit and we are lucky to have them.” During his report, Reger acknowledged the recent passing of “two great public servants.” Town l Page 3
Young artists invited to Carpenter’s Barn for four summer art workshops By Kate Hill Staff Writer
Local art educator Krista Brown and CazArts creative alliance are inviting young creatives to the Carpenter’s Barn arts hub at Lakeland Park in Cazenovia this summer for four five-day workshops. Brown will present “Exploring Color” July 10-14, “Exploring Printmaking & Collage” July 17-21, “Exploring Sculpture” July 24-28, and “Exploring Your Dream Home” July 31Aug. 4. The classes are open to kids ages 6-12 “CazArts wants to create a space where elementaryage children can create and explore art,” said Brown. “These summer workshops aim to engage them and give them a positive creative outlet. There is a need in our community for arts programming outside of school, especially in the summer. The specific topics were chosen because I hope to get kids excited about different ways of expressing art.” The cost of each workshop is $120, plus a $10 materials fee. Scholarships (one per family) are avail-
able for kids with financial needs. During the color-focused workshop, young artists will create original artwork using markers, oil pastels, and colored pencils to explore the power of hue, shade, tone, saturation and contrast. Participants in the second workshop will “travel” the world by learning about a new artist each day while experimenting with printmaking and collage techniques and self-portraits. “We will learn about Japanese artists who do gyotaku — the art of fish printing — and make our own prints using rubber fish,” said Brown. “Frida Kahlo gives campers the opportunity for some selfreflection while learning how to do a self-portrait. We will also focus on Hiroaki Takahashi’s majestic prints of Japanese landscapes and explore this medium with foam prints depicting Cazenovia’s rolling countryside. Finally, we will do a colorful collage [inspired by] Alma Thomas and learn how she distilled beauty into lines of pure colors on large canvases.” Leaving the two-di-
mensional world behind, the sculpture workshop will give kids the chance to use foil to create dynamic aluminum figures, get messy with paper mâché, and explore the endless possibilities of origami. During the final workshop, participants will use their imaginations along with upcycled and natural materials to build original architectural models of their dream spaces. They will first sketch out their ideas and then bring them to life by combining different mediums. Each workshop will conclude with a gallery showing of the kids’ work at the end of the week. All sessions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. and are timed to enable kids to also participate in the 2023 Cazenovia Youth Recreational program, which runs mornings. “We timed the first four weeks of the program so that the kids who are attending the Caz Rec program can be picked up by us and brought to the barn for an additional three hours of art,” said Brown. To find out more about
the Caz Rec program, visit cazenovia.recdesk.com/ Community/Program. According to Brown, the ideal class size for each workshop is 15-20 kids. “More brainstorming and energy comes from a group that size,” she explained. “There will also be the opportunity to have some one-on-one moments with each participant. We are working with high school students interested in art and kids to fulfill their volunteer hours for school, [so] there will be many hands assisting.” Brown, who has lived in Cazenovia with her family since 2013, is originally from Dallas, Texas, where she began her college education as an art education major at Texas Christian University. She then transferred to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she earned a bachelor of fine arts with a concentration in ceramics. Her teaching experience includes developing a homeschool arts curriculum, teaching in an arts magnet school, and creating programming and teaching in arts-centered
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This summer, local art educator Krista Brown is presenting four five-day workshops for kids at the Carpenter’s Barn arts hub. summer camps in Texas, New Mexico and Alaska. She currently teaches art to preschoolers and early elementary students at the Rippleton Center on Thompson Road in Cazenovia. As an artist, Brown has sold her ceramic works and metal sculptures in Alaska. Carpenter’s Barn is also offering adult art pro-
grams this summer, and scholarships are available for adults 65 and older living in Madison County. To register for any of the summer classes at Carpenter’s Barn, visit cazarts.com/carpenters_ barn-classes.html. To donate to the CazArts Kids Scholarship Fund, click the link at the bottom of the “Classes” page on cazarts.com.
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