Evansville has landed on a nationally distributed art magazine's list of "10 great towns for working artists."
Evansville is the second city listed in the story, which appears in the March issue of Art Calendar , a business magazine for visual artists.
Picturing success
Development director seen as friend to arts district
Saturday, February 9, 2008
In the more than four years Heidi Krause has operated Penny Lane Coffee House on Southeast Second Street, she's seen artists come and go from the neighborhood.
Lately, she says, more have been sticking around, forming a core group in what's known as the Haynie's Corner Arts District.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
When Tom Barnett came to Evansville last year to speak about the city's arts community, he left quite an impression.
Barnett, planning director for Paducah, Ky., said Evansville needed to find a niche and not try to duplicate revitalization programs that have been successful in other cities, said City Councilman Keith Jarboe.
Representatives from real estate, banking, small business, community outreach and the arts will fill six of seven seats on the Haynie's Corner Arts District Advisory Committee.
Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel announced four appointments Wednesday, two days after the City Council approved its two appointments.
Advances mark busy year for arts community
Sunday, December 30, 2007
It's been a remarkable year for the arts in Evansville, with noteworthy advances and innovations for a couple of organizations, national recognition for a native talent and the final exits for some major players in the area's arts.
$3.6 million: Ellsworth's earmarks bring needed funds to 8th District
The news that Congress had approved more than $3.6 million for Vanderburgh County projects gave Betsy Hopkins a warm Christmas glow.
Hopkins, president of the board of the Alhambra Theater in the Haynie's Corner Arts District, learned that the 1913 neighborhood movie house is one step away from getting $200,000 for its repair, restoration and upgrading campaign.
So you want to restore a drooping Victorian home to its original splendor.
Put in a Greek revival dining room, perhaps, with a fancy foyer and a formal parlor.
And, of course, plenty of chandeliers dangling from the high ceilings.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Some Ball State University architecture students are drafting sketches of projects they believe would improve the Haynie's Corner Arts District.
Art appreciation students from Ivy Tech State College will join students in the after-school Arts and Smarts programs at Patchwork Central to celebrate El Dia de los Muertos, the Hispanic Day of the Dead, from 4 to 4:30 p.m, Wednesday, Nov. 7, with a procession through the Haynie’s Corner Arts District.
Cheers as well for news that the City Council has changed zoning laws so that artists can open galleries in their homes in the newly designated Haynie's Corner Arts District. It is another step to encourage artist to locate their homes and workplaces within the near-Downtown neighborhood in hopes that it will become an attraction.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Evansville artists living in the Haynie's Corner Arts District now will be able to sell work from their home.
An ordinance passed Monday night at a City Council meeting changing zoning laws within the district to allow artists to open galleries within their homes.
The push to develop the Haynie's Corner Arts District took another step forward this past week when the City Council approved the ordinance to establish a seven-member advisory committee to work on growing the district, which includes the Culver, Wheeler and Goosetown neighborhoods. Cheers for this ongoing effort.
Evansville residents interested in helping shape the future of the Haynie's Corner Arts District, step forward. The city wants to hear from you.
The City Council on Monday approved an ordinance to establish a seven-member advisory committee to improve and develop the arts district, an area encompassed by the Culver, Wheeler and Goosetown neighborhoods.
If the Haynie's Corner Arts District is to be successful, if it is to become a known attraction, it will need some help.
The Haynie's Corner area, with its large, older houses, has always had a certain appeal to artists, but never in the numbers needed to allow it to take off on its own and become an attraction for people looking to enjoy and buy the works of local artists.
The Alhambra Theater and Funk in the City will celebrate a landmark's birthday and renewed efforts to revive the movie house and develop the Haynie's Corner Arts District this week with a three-day lineup of events some are calling "Rock the Block."
It commences at 6 p.m. today under the marquee of The Alhambra, at 50 Adams Ave., where Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel and Betsy Hopkins, president of the Alhambra Theater Inc., will mark the 94th anniversary of the neighborhood movie-house's grand opening in 1913.
Construction on the first Front Door Pride homes will begin next month, Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel said Tuesday. Two homes will be built in vacant lots between 114 and 120 Madison Ave. Weather permitting, the homes should be finished early next year, said Tom Coe, executive director of Our Greater Community, a nonprofit developer.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tom Loesch Jr., who left New Orleans for Evansville after Hurricane Katrina, still misses the culture of his old hometown but has embraced the perks that come with living in a smaller city.
The City Council will introduce an ordinance at tonight's meeting that would create a Haynie's Corner Arts District Advisory Committee.
Five members would be appointed by the mayor and two by the City Council. The mission will be to develop and propose incentives to stimulate growth in the district, encourage residents living in historical homes to enhance and preserve their property and develop a strategic plan for the area.
The Evansville City Council is considering an ordinance that would change zoning laws in the Haynie's Corner Arts District to allow artists to open galleries in their homes.
"Basically what they'll be able to do is have an in-home gallery," said City Council President Keith Jarboe, who sponsored the ordinance
Sometimes fortunate coincidence can come out looking like intelligent design.
The board for Funk in the City, the organization that puts on the Haynie's Corner Art Festival, hit that kind of luck when it scheduled this year's festival for Saturday, which just happens to be two days after Alhambra Theater's 94th birthday celebration and one day after the theater's monthly outdoor movie screening.
The Alhambra Theater will open an early birthday present next month with the arrival of a check for $15,000.
That's how much an Indianapolis family foundation has awarded The Alhambra Theater Inc. for exterior repairs and restoration of the deteriorating 1913 Moorish-style movie house in the heart of the Haynie's Corner Arts District.
A pair of local road projects and a historical theater could get $900,000 in federal funding next year under provisions in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations measure approved Tuesday by the House of Representatives.
Of that, $350,000 would go for construction of the University Parkway in Vanderburgh County, $350,000 for a perimeter road at the University of Southern Indiana and $200,000 for repair, restoration and upgrading of the Alhambra Theater in the Haynie's Corner Arts District.
Alhambra still waiting for boost in funding
By Roger McBain (Contact)
Monday, July 16, 2007
Alhambra Theater supporters were delighted in March when Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel contacted U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth to request $600,000 in federal funding for structural, safety and equipment upgrades to the nearly century-old theater. The mayor went on to pledge $150,000 for the project in local matching funds.
Introducing the people of the neighborhood
By Good Morning Tri-State
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Even on streets often stereotyped as the most downtrodden in the city, there live people who both offer and deserve hope.I learned this after spending a day talking to the folks who live on Adams Avenue, between Haynie's Corner and U.S. 41.
Editorials
Public art
The Issue: Guides for local works are in the offing. Our View: What the city needs is much more of a good thing.
July 12, 2007
In regard to public art in Evansville, we are not there yet — we're not even close to being there. Even so, proponents have some progress to report, so today we will not be throwing a bucket of paint on anyone's efforts or lack of efforts. Regular readers of this page might recall that every few years we have done a scold on the lack of priority and broad interest given to the promotion of public art in Evansville. There have been some disappointments since last we visited this subject, but today let's first talk about the positives.
Art Beat
Andy Cook, an artist, poet and musician from Louisville, Ky., takes star billing Tuesday at William Sovern's Poet House Emporium. For more on the Tuesday reading series or the gallery, e-mail Sovern at wdsovern@insightbb.com or call 598-4573.
Editorials: Public art
The Issue: Guides for local works are in the offing. Our View: What the city needs is much more of a good thing.
Creative industries revitalizing community's economy by Bill Medley (Contact)
July 6, 2007
Artists, photographers, curators and musicians do more than entertain and enlighten. They also help drive local commerce, a new report says.
Local Entertainment
Diversions for July 5, 2007
FRIDAY, JULY 27 FOURTH FRIDAY FILM CLASSICS, "North by Northwest" (1959), 8:30 p.m., outside on the west side of the Alhambra Theater, in the Haynie's Corner Arts District (free, but donations will be accepted).
Eager for improvement Residents question street's 'rebirth'
By KATE BRASER Sunday, July 1, 2007
Arts Beat By Roger McBain (Contact)
Friday, June 15, 2007
Alhambra side shows
Cinema al fresco returns to the Alhambra Theater with a free, monthly summer film series in the Haynie's Corner Arts District. The Fourth Friday Film Classics series opens June 22 with "Touch of Evil," a 1958 thriller written and directed by Orson Welles, featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Welles. Like all the films in the series, it will begin at 8:30 p.m. with digital projection on a 12-foot canvas screen stretched on the west side of the Alhambra. The Alhambra's board of directors invites the audience to bring "chairs, snacks, family and friends" to the shows. Admission is free, but donations for restoration and renovation of the Alhambra, a 1913 neighborhood theater, will be welcome.
The series will run into September. Here are the dates and films:
July 27 — "North by Northwest," Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 spy intrigue, featuring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason.
Aug. 24 — "Sabrina," Billy Wilder's 1954 romantic comedy, featuring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden.
Sept. 28 — "Lady Eve," a 1941 film featuring Henry Fonda as a rich, naive man enraptured by a fetching con artist played by Barbara Stanwyck.
Haynie's Corner will launch film series
Gleaner staff Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Evansville's Alhambra Theater in the Haynie's Corner Arts District will launch its "Fourth Friday Film Classics" series later this month.
Dragons roar on Ohio Fastest dragon
By John Martin (Contact) Sunday, June 10, 2007
Evansville residents know all about summer boat races on the Ohio River, but the annual Dragons on the Ohio event is adding a new wrinkle.
Dragons to paddle on Ohio
By Roger McBain (Contact)Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Jason Ludwig and the rest of the Dragaloons would love to repeat last year's double victory in the Dragons on the Ohio Dragon Boat race, but they know it will be tough.
Focus Festival offers live music, movies
By Jacob Bennett Friday, May 25, 2007
Tonight and Saturday are the main events of an art, music and movie festival aimed at supporting local artists and human rights.
Art Exhibits Blooming Around City
Art blooms in likely and unlikely spaces in the Evansville area, from galleries and museums to regular displays in public libraries, colleges and universities, banks, empty storefronts and coffee houses.
Several new galleries have opened this year, in the newly designated Haynie's Corner Arts District
Evansville Focus Festival runs through Saturday
By JACOB BENNETT, May 21, 2007
All this week, you can view art, hear music, watch movies, and support local artists and human rights.
Snapshots of Evansville history: Haynie relative fills in some of the gaps
John Gottcent Sunday, May 20, 2007
One of the real pleasures of writing this series on Evansville history is the opportunity to hear from the relatives of the people we write about. And so it was that, after our recent article on Haynie's Corner, I received a nice reply from Bob Haynie, great-grandson of the druggist who gave his name to that well-known Goosetown location.
Haynie's Corner is being revitalized
By JAMIE MORRIS Advisory Editorial Board
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Celebrating success is critical, especially when we are dealing with large-scale change. Such is the case with the Front Door Pride program and the effort to revitalize the Haynie's Corner area through art and culture.
Arts Beat
Six artists' works are featured this month in Penny Lane Coffeehouse. The May exhibition showcases the art of Ric Epley, Jessica Ellis, Brooke Stevens, Lisa Condi, John Farless and Neal Taylor. A public reception for the artists will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. May 12. Penny Lane's weekly Art Market continues, with sales from noon to 6 p.m. each Saturday.For more information, call Penny Lane at 421-8741
"I Married an Artist," a new exhibition in the ArtWorks Gallery, inside River City Foods at 116 Washington Ave., features works by two married couples of artists: mixed-media work by Jenny Smith and teapots by her husband, Joe Smith; and handmade books by Leah Eads and pots by her husband, John Eads. Artist Billy Hedel will join the reception, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, which will include glass-blowing and drawing demonstrations.
Goosetown project expanded
By BYRON ROHRIG Wednesday, May 2, 2007
A city official acknowledged pressure from a minority real estate group resulted in a resolution designating a black Realtor to serve as acquisition agent in the Front Door Pride area.
What's happening today? LOCAL NEWS
May 1, 2007
The Redevelopment Commission today is expected to declare a second section of the Goosetown neighborhood as a redevelopment area. The declaration will, in part, allow the city to acquire property for another piece of the Center City rejuvenation program known as Front Door Pride.
Second area of Goosetown slated for renewal
By BYRON ROHRIG Monday, April 30, 2007
The Redevelopment Commission on Tuesday is expected to declare a second section of the Goosetown neighborhood as a redevelopment area. The declaration will, in part, allow the city to acquire property for another piece of the Center City rejuvenation program known as Front Door Pride.
Diversions for April 29, 2007
ART COLONY GALLERY, 56 Adams Ave., the annual University of Evansville Senior Art Student Show, through May 10. Call 428-7911.
PENNY LANE COFFEEHOUSE, 600 SE Second St., an exhibit featuring Ric Epley, Jesika Ellis, Brooke Stevens, Lisa Condi, John Farless and Neal Taylor, through April. Call 421-8741.
ARTWORKS GALLERY, Haynie's Corner Arts District, 116 Washington Ave., "New Beginnings," through Monday, features garden art by the children and young adults at Patchwork Central. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 401-7301.
Alhambra has ally in mayor
By ROGER McBAIN
Courier & Press
Friday, March 23, 2007
Even if Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel's lobbying doesn't win federal appropriations for The Alhambra Theater, his public call for $600,000 in public funding for the project bolsters renewed efforts to raise money for the historical theater's restoration and renovation, say members of the Alhambra Theater Inc.'s board of directors.
One board member, Lynn Miller Pease, was in the audience Tuesday, when Weinzapfel announced in his State of the City speech that he'd written Rep. Brad Ellsworth requesting $600,000 "to renovate the Alhambra so it can serve as a focal point for artistic and cultural activities in the (Haynie's Corner) Arts District and further ensure the success of this neighborhood revitalization initiative."...read more
Foot Door Pride has growing pains
By Bryon Rohrig (Contact)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Department of Metropolitan Development Director Gregg LaMar has acknowledged some missteps in conceiving Front Door Pride, a city government work-in-progress aimed at rejuvenating Evansville's oldest neighborhoods.
Events planned all about town to celebrate Earth Day
By Mark Wilson (Contact)
Friday, April 20, 2007
With major events planned Downtown, at Howell Wetlands preserve and Angel Mounds, there should be plenty of "green" activities for people of all ages seeking to celebrate Earth Day in Evansville this weekend.
There will be lots to do at the Urban Sisterhood's Earth Day Garden Party. The event will take place from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday in the Haynie's Corner Arts District at Southeast Second Street and Adams Avenue.
Sisterhood fundraiser at Haynie's Corner
By Susan Orr (Contact)
Thursday, April 19, 2007
It's no accident that the Urban Sisterhood's Earth Day Garden Party will include youth-friendly activities. The event takes place from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday in the Haynie's Corner Arts District area at Southest Second Street and Adams Avenue. It is a fundraiser for the Urban Sisterhood, a local group that promotes organic gardening.
Rhyme Rock to present two shows
By Jacob Bennett
Thursday, April 19, 2007
The members of Rhyme Rock grew up in the 1980s, when socially conscious hip-hop was making its way through the Midwest, before gangsta rap and P. Diddy came along and blanketed the airwaves with songs about money and murder and bling.
Redevelopment OKs second portion of Front Door Pride
By BYRON ROHRIG
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
A second portion of the Goosetown neighborhood within the city's expansive Front Door Pride district is on track to be declared a redevelopment area in early May.
The Redevelopment Commission OK'd a resolution Tuesday, making official a finding by Metropolitan Development staff that city blocks bounded by Washington Avenue on the north, Garvin Street on the east, Madison Avenue on the south and Judson Street on the west are in need of redevelopment.
Goosetown will be first on Front Door agenda
By BYRON ROHRIG
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The city will begin acquiring properties soon within a small slice of Center City - the first declared redevelopment area within the expansive Front Door Pride district.
On Tuesday, the Redevelopment Commission declared as Goosetown Area 1 the blocks bordered on the north by Washington Avenue, on the east by Judson Street, on the south by Madison Avenue and on the west by Second Street.
Jacobsville proposed as arena site
By BYRON ROHRIG
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Be warned: It could startle you to read the place where a local retired homebuilder and real estate appraiser-broker would have the city build a new arena.
The location is only three to four blocks from Main Street Downtown and four to five blocks from either the Executive Inn or Casino Aztar. It's virtually the same distance from Downtown as Memorial Community Development Corp.'s Walnut Centre town house development and a tad closer than the Haynie's Corner Arts District.
Editorials/Cheers and Jeers
March 24, 2007
Cheers to Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel for pushing ahead with efforts to clean up and revitalize city neighborhoods. This week he announced an effort to redevelop part of the Goosetown neighborhood, part of where the Haynie's Corner Arts District is envisioned.
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Slice of Goosetown neighborhood in redevelopment project area
By BYRON ROHRIG
Courier & Press
Thursday, March 22, 2007
In a neighborhood that is a mix of everything from elegantly restored homes to others boarded up and condemned, 24 Jefferson Ave. is reflected in a window of 23 Jefferson Ave. The homes in the Goosetown 1 Redevelopment Area will allow the city to buy vacant properties. Dustin Barrows has been pushing ahead with his personal Center City neighborhood revitalization program at Haynie's Corner. He owns five houses across eight consecutive lots on Adams Avenue just north of the Arts Colony Gallery and Alhambra Theater. Barrows also is owner of ...read more
Goosetown development gets big lift
By BYRON ROHRIG Courier & Press
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
An Evansville city councilman called it a major step for the city's efforts to reverse blight and rejuvenate Central City neighborhoods when the Redevelopment Commission directed Metropolitan Development staff Tuesday to create paperwork for declaring part of Goosetown a redevelopment area.
"This is huge," said Keith Jarboe, a Democratic councilman at large and a resident of an adjoining near-Downtown neighborhood. The Redevelopment Commission's two-step move on Goosetown should be completed with a vote in early April...read more
Exhibit reveals pain, suffering
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
For six days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, artist Billy Hedel kept a small sketchbook with him as he lived with about 200 other storm victims huddled in their neighborhood church in the ...more
City Council creates Haynie's Corner Arts District
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Betsy Hopkins, a member of the Haynie’s Corner Arts District and president of the Alhambra Theater Board, answers questions from City Council members after she asked them to pass a resolution establishing the district on Monday.
"It is the beginning," said Alhambra Theater Board President Betsy Hopkins as arts supporters gathered Monday evening to drink champagne toasts in plastic cups under the theater's lights.
The lights were on for a gathering of 20 people celebrating City Council passage of a resolution that created the Haynie's Corner Arts District...read more
Haynie's Corner grocery to become art gallery
By RICH DAVIS
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Tim and Tyra Mills sit with their daughter, Madeleine, outside the Oliver House Bed and Breakfast Friday on Riverside Drive. The couple is converting the former Red & White grocery store near Haynie’s Corner into an art and events gallery.
Arts Colony exhibit celebrates the gothic motif
ROGER MCBAIN, Arts Beat
October 27, 2006
Monty Helm will celebrate his birthday, Halloween and his latest series of paintings with music, costumes and a gallery opening Saturday. Helm's "The Gothic Series" will open a two-week run in the Art Colony Gallery with a reception from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Arts district could gain approval
By BYRON ROHRIG
Monday, October 23, 2006
Boosters of the Haynie's Corner Arts District are expected to crowd into today's Evansville City Council session to witness expected passage of a resolution designating the district.
Arts district ready for vote of support
By BYRON ROHRIG
Friday, October 20, 2006
The Haynie's Corner Arts District is set for an official vote of support from city hall.
A resolution to designate the district, envisioned by city officials as a key piece of the city administration's Front Door Pride program, was filed in the city clerk's office Thursday. It is on the Evansville City Council's agenda for Monday.
Haynie's Corner to show 'Nosferatu' on Alhambra
By ROGER McBAIN
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The district isn't officially a district, and the theater still isn't a working theater, but that's OK. Those behind the proposed Haynie's Corner Arts District already are acting like it exists, with events such as a Friday night movie at the Alhambra Theater.
Art fest pride of Haynie's
By GAVIN LESNICK
September 17, 2006
Where some people see a pile of scrap metal, Jacob Schmitt sees a world of possibilities.
Schmitt, 22, a student at the University of Southern Indiana, gathers scrap metal from old cars and transforms them into the likes of dogs, cats and even a buffalo.
He was one of more than 70 artists at the 4th annual Haynie's Corner Art Festival who displayed and sold their work Saturday. More than 3,000 people visited the event, perusing tents and tables full of pottery, paintings, jewelry, necklaces, photographs and more.
Editorials
'Where Art Lives'
The Issue: Haynie's Corner initiative has a name and a slogan.
August 25, 2006
An artists colony was taking root around the Haynie's Corner long before anyone talked about it in any sort of official way. That's because artists have naturally been drawn to the near-Downtown neighborhood, partly because of its affordable older housing, and partly because of its architecture and structures, its location and its history of attracting interesting people.
But it has flowered about as much as it is going to without help.
Arts district is born
By ROGER McBAIN
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
The proposal to create a designated arts enclave in Evansville's near-Downtown got a name, some boundaries and maybe even a marketing slogan Tuesday.
In a consensus of nods, murmurs and raised hands, some 40 people in a meeting Tuesday evening at Patchwork Central agreed the area should be called the Haynie's Corner Arts District.
Neighbors dream of Haynie's future dreams
By ROGER McBAIN
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Two weeks after challenging people to dream what Haynie's Corner could become, Lynn Miller asked for something more Tuesday.
"What we're looking for now is strategic action," said Miller. "Look at what we can do in a week and in a month."
Editorials
Artists Colony
The Issue: Effort is afoot to create a special district around Haynie's Corner.
July 16, 2006
The look, the feel and the history of Haynie's Corner make it natural for an artists colony, and slowly, that's what is evolving in the near-Downtown neighborhood. It's a development citizens throughout the city should welcome.
An artists colony is an area where artists live, work, perform and display and sell their works. As these special areas often do, the Haynie's Corner art colony has been taking shape through a natural process, one artist at a time.
Artist colony dreams unleashed
By ROGER McBAIN
July 12, 2006
They asked for dreams, and did they ever get them Tuesday.
Art studios, galleries, art walks, ghost walks, ice cream shops, restaurants, public murals, public fountains, "full moon parties" and an open, lighted Alhambra Theater playing host to concerts, stage shows, dance performances, poetry readings, independent and foreign films and other events.
Art colony in the making: Artists endeavor to sculpt Haynie's Corner into work of, well...
July 8, 2006
How many artists does it take to revitalize a neighborhood? There is no specific number, but a group of Evansville artists, organizers and officials is convinced that regardless the number, a critical mass of artists can play a leading role in reinvigorating neighborhoods and cities.
