JOIN US IN CELEBRATING OUR 16TH ANNIVERSARY!
Join us in celebrating our 16th by donating $16 to go towards art supplies for YSS of Marshall County's foster care and therapy services! Our goal is to raise $316 for art supplies during the month of June!
Click DONATE to Support our Art Supply Drive!
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In honor of the Arts & Culture Alliance’s 16th anniversary on June 24th, we are partnering with YSS of Marshall County during the month of June to raise funds for art supplies to support art therapy through their foster care and therapy services. Since March, YSS has seen a 75% increase in therapy cases due to an increase in anxiety, stress and fear from COVID-19.
Youth are especially vulnerable as they are often unable to naturally express how they feel verbally. However, therapists at YSS can connect with their feelings more effectively through creative means. Art provides an avenue to express how they feel through color and content. The value of art – written poetry, drawn pictures, etc., often says more than the spoken word, especially those with limited language.
Executive Director of YSS, David Hicks, said, “by supporting the Arts and Cultural Alliance’s art supply drive, you are providing a tool to which some of the most vulnerable will be able to safely communicate their worries and fears. Our young people will build hope and understanding through creativity. What’s often difficult to discuss, can be more easily relatable through art”.
With the youth in YSS’s AMP (Achieving Maximum Potential) program, many are experiencing new homes or school settings due to foster placement; having an artistic form of outlet can be a safe way to express their emotions. New AMP members often draw their journey, both past and future, as a way to share their story with one another. Art becomes a format for bonding with other youth in AMP. Due to YSS’s rapid growth in behavioral health, they will be hiring an additional in-home counselor and anticipate the art supplies to be utilized in-home and in-office.
The mission of YSS is to provide prevention, education, treatment and residential services to children, youth and families; to advocate on their behalf; and to help them solve problems, grow and be self-sufficient, responsible, contributing members of society.
To mail in a donation towards art supplies for YSS of Marshall County: All donations are 100% tax deductible!
Please make checks out to Arts & Culture Alliance and send to PO BOX 386, Marshalltown, IA 50158
YSS of Marshall County's Facebook Page & Website
Full Press Release
Youth are especially vulnerable as they are often unable to naturally express how they feel verbally. However, therapists at YSS can connect with their feelings more effectively through creative means. Art provides an avenue to express how they feel through color and content. The value of art – written poetry, drawn pictures, etc., often says more than the spoken word, especially those with limited language.
Executive Director of YSS, David Hicks, said, “by supporting the Arts and Cultural Alliance’s art supply drive, you are providing a tool to which some of the most vulnerable will be able to safely communicate their worries and fears. Our young people will build hope and understanding through creativity. What’s often difficult to discuss, can be more easily relatable through art”.
With the youth in YSS’s AMP (Achieving Maximum Potential) program, many are experiencing new homes or school settings due to foster placement; having an artistic form of outlet can be a safe way to express their emotions. New AMP members often draw their journey, both past and future, as a way to share their story with one another. Art becomes a format for bonding with other youth in AMP. Due to YSS’s rapid growth in behavioral health, they will be hiring an additional in-home counselor and anticipate the art supplies to be utilized in-home and in-office.
The mission of YSS is to provide prevention, education, treatment and residential services to children, youth and families; to advocate on their behalf; and to help them solve problems, grow and be self-sufficient, responsible, contributing members of society.
To mail in a donation towards art supplies for YSS of Marshall County: All donations are 100% tax deductible!
Please make checks out to Arts & Culture Alliance and send to PO BOX 386, Marshalltown, IA 50158
YSS of Marshall County's Facebook Page & Website
Full Press Release
Marshalltown Central Business District Coloring Page - Marshall the Bee
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In partnership with the Marshalltown Central Business District, the Alliance commissioned local artist, Missy Sharer, to create a custom coloring page featuring Marshalltown's Historic Downtown and Marshall the Bee!
Learn more about the MCBD: www.marshalltownmainstreet.org 
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Window Art in the 13th Street District
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The Arts & Culture Alliance and 13th Street District have partnered to bring vibrant window art to the District. The Alliance is thrilled to continue to celebrate and amplify the arts during these uncertain times by providing the community with hope and inspiration. Participating local artist, Kayla McGehee, said “it’s easy right now to feel disconnected. Projects like these remind you that you are a part of a greater whole”.
The Alliance is committed to providing opportunities to connect the community to arts and culture on a regular basis, in unique and creative ways. “We highly value partnerships with local organizations to support and promote the arts in our community. We believe we are stronger together and we are continuously in awe of the creative organizations and individuals we have in this community. Additionally, we are dedicated to supporting, engaging and amplifying our local artists”, stated Alliance Executive Director, Amber Danielson. Businesses in the District have been connected with a local artist to create temporary window art displays. The artwork will be vibrant, inspirational and thank our essential workers during this time. The hope is to have the project completed over the next few weeks as our community starts the process of lifting restrictions and re-opening. Full Press Release Times Republican Article |
Participating Businesses and Artists
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Masking Marshalltown Challenge
Our Marshalltown Police Department leading by example in the #MaskingMarshalltown Challenge!
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Winner of the Masking Marshalltown Challenge. The most creative mask went to, Kelly Schwartz
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Marshalltown Icons Coloring Contest
The Alliance, in partnership with the Times Republican and local artists, created a coloring contest of Marshalltown Pride Points!
Here are links to printable copies:
Here are links to printable copies:
Joe Casey, Orphem
Missy Sharer, MHS Round House
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Michelle Illum, 13th Street District
Julie Bousum, Court House
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Meet the 2019 Iowa Artist Fellows - virtually held on April 23rd, 2020
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• Ange Altenhofen is a sculptor, performance artist, costume designer and illustrator diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition whose artwork considers how blind people experience art and process visual information.
• Scott Bradley is an Iowa-born writer, performer and stage director, whose work includes We Three Lizas (book/lyrics), Alien Queen, Carpenters Halloween, Mollywood, Tran: The Atari Musical, and regular cabaret engagements. • Matthew Kluber's work explores the realm between the physical world and the virtual world, illuminating traditional paintings with digital projections that enliven the works with an element of time and code-derived content. • Rachel Merrill is an interdisciplinary artist exploring themes of spectacle, American sports and competition as they relate to motherhood and the feminine. • Amenda Tate is a visual artist who works in the intersection between painting and science, using the robotic painting device "Manibus" to address identity, individuality, longevity and the culture of social interaction in a digital era. |
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