elcome to the Web Work Group for the Carnegie-Stout Public Library Foundation Centennial Cellebration The Appraisal Art Event Project Committee (that's a mouthful, isn't it?). This site will serve as an information clearing house on the Dubuque Community School's Web for all involved in the project. It's an excellent opportunity to catch up with what's going on and who is involved with the project. Mark this site on your favorites so you can return to it quickly. Information is being added all the time. We hope you enjoy the progress and direction this project takes. You might know, anything involving chickens is going to be a little whacky.

Click here to see the Library's New Chicken Art Project Web site!

Q&A:

My school has been designated to display at the Rocco Buda Art Gallery for May 18th. Will we be displaying inside or outside of the gallery? It may make a difference in how we mount projects. Thanks. --Vicki Recker

Answer from Donna B: Congratulations! All art work will be INSIDE Rocco Buda Gallery from June 1-June 30th. Either free-standing or on the walls. Prepare your work accordingly to be hung. Rocco Buda workers will transport all 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and designated Honorable Mentions to the Rocco Buda Gallery from DBQ FEST to the C-S Library and then to the Gallery. You, must, however, pick up ALL art work on June 30th. Also, all art work at the Gallery MAY BE SOLD. Please designate a price.

Here's a picture of the teeshirt that is available from the Library! Way cool!

Key Documents

Donna has put together and distributed Contact Documents, and here's the entire set in Microsoft Word:

And the Winners are....

1. Remember all entries sent from your school WILL be at Dubuque Fest on Saturday, May 18th. ALL ENTRIES are called WINNERS!

2. The list following are the FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD place Winners for the 2-D and 3-D entries in age divisions and genre divisions. Please note that there are some Honorable Mentions as well (different from the category of "winners.") ALL FIRST,
SECOND AND THIRD place entries AND the Honorable Mentions will first be exhibited at Dubuque Fest on Saturda, May 18th from 9 am to 3pm. After Dubuque Fest, they will go to the Rocco Buda Exhibit (month of June). Specific directons later.

Another list of Performing ARts FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE winners for written work AND for Written Work will come in the following e-mail. Note that there are some "Honorable Mentions" for written work as well.

Even these 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mentions for Performing Arts and written work will also be placed at the Rocco Buda Gallery in the month of June along with 2-D and 3-D work.

More directions and "nuts and bolts" will follow.

1ST, 2ND 3RD PLACE AND HONORABLE MENTIONS:

1st ED elem Mrs Emmert's 2nd gr.
2nd St. Joes' Key West Mrs Krueger's 2nd gr.
3rd tie Nativity Emily Gudenkauf, 2nd gr
3rd tie ED Elem Mrs Rooney 2nd gr

3 - 5

2nd Kennedy Lauren Moore, 4th gr
3rd tie Marshall Natalie & Allison Mitchell 3rd/5th gr
3rd tie Resurrection 5th Gr Class, Mrs Lahey

6 - 8

1st Bryant Dana Gibson 6th gr
2nd ED Elem Nathan Mulgrew & William Neumeister 4th & 6th gr
3rd tie ED JrHi 7th gr Group Project
3rd tie Washington JrHi 7th gr Group (Dellaert)

9 - 12

1st Hempstead Cirie Haas & Dwiju Kumar 10th gr
2nd ED HS Andrea Kirk 11th gr
3rd Cascade Sara McDermott 12th gr

3 - D

K - 2

1st Table Mound 2nd gr Group
2nd tie Table Mound K Group
2nd tie Table Mound 1st gr Group
3rd School ?? Mrs Schemmel's 1st gr. "Chicken Words"

3 - 5

1st Fulton Intermediate Trevor Tuthill & Andy Ott gr 3
2nd tie Bernard Elem/ WD Mrs Foust's 3/4th gr Group
2nd tie Nativity (5th gr selection) "Chicken Parade"
3rd tie Eisenhower 5th gr Mrs Lorenzen
3rd tie Drexler Elem Amira Sufi 5th gr

6 - 8

1st Irving Cody Hayes & Alex Engling 6th gr
2nd Drexler Mid Sch Emily Goedken 7th gr
3rd Audubon Melissa Krepfle 6th gr

9 - 12

1st Cascade HS Josh Koppes & Mason Geraghty gr 10 & 12
2nd Cascade Megan Recker gr 12
3rd Cascade Todd Schockemoehl gr 12

2 -D & 3 - D Honorable Mentions

These pieces did not receive enough votes to place, but deserve attention nonetheless. We want the following

Honorable Mention winners to accompany the 1st , 2nd, & 3rd place winners to the Rocco Buda for the June

Appraisal Project" show. They are not divided into categories… they'll know who they are!

St Joe Worker Class 5 B "Ameri-Chicks"
Marshall, Ashley Tigges, Sarah Wlochal (?) "Grove? Growel? Chicken"
St Joe Worker class 6 - A, "Mona Jewel"
Sageville, Scott Schueller (Hanging Toothpick Sculpture)
Drexler Mid Sch. Stacey Burkle & Rebecca Drees (chicken sculpture)
Drexler Mid Sch. Sara McGovern & Tim Klein Pillow
Drexler Mid Sch Alisa Kluesner, Nick Canley Pillow
Jones JrHi Evan Meyer gr 8
Cascade Jr Hi 7th gr group "The Green chicken Screen"
Drexler Mid Sch Anna Prier gr 5 "Farm Chick"
Drexler Elem WD gr 5 Rachel Yoder "Big Boy"
Hoover gr 4 group Mr Van Vleck "The Cluck"
Nativity gr 3 Willy Bradford, Emma Lazore, Matt Resnick
Nativity gr 1 Adam Bradley "Patterned Landscape"
Eisenhower gr 6 Caitlin Donald "KFC Kolor Freaky Chicken"
ED JrHi gr 8 Group "Reflecting on Grant Wood"
Cascade Elem gr 4, Dylan Garrett, Derrick Laughlin, Maggie Reiter, Brittany Takes, "If You Give a Lady a Chicken"
Beckman gr 7 Liz Meyer "Sunrise Chicken"
Drexler Mid Sch gr 6 Shawna Sauser
Drexler Mid Sch gr 6 Ethan Neumeuler
Washington gr 7 Maria Reichle "Chanticleer"
Eisenhower gr 4 Matthew Sieverding "Chickens On the Loose"
EDHS gr 11 Natalie Klar "My Pet Chicken"
Washington gr 7 Lauren Baumon "Eggs
Hennessy Catholic Kindergarten group "Chicken at Rest"
Nativity gr 2 Nick Ackley "Chicken and Pattern"
Balltown-Sherrill Catholic gr 2 Cadalina (only name we got.. looks like individual entry) "Chicken Pox Rooster"
St Anthony gr 4 Morgan Steines
Beckman gr 7 Rob Williams "Caught in Nature"
Cascade gr 4 group "Hens in a Pen"
Eisenhower gr 2 Taylor Kruse "Crazy Chicken"
Seton gr 7 Jonathan Mausser "The Price of Peace"
Epworth gr 1 Lauren Wentz "First Grade Appraisal"
Kennedy gr 5 Mandy Donnelly
Cascade Hi gr 11 Dan Schlemme "Buck Buck"
Holy Trinity-Sacred Heart Dena Besler gr K "Me & My Chick"
ED Elem gr 6 Cassie Horstman & Gwen Neumeister "The Other Sides"
Audubon gr 4 Cody Cupps "Iowa Landscape"
Seton gr 8 Abby Weber "Simply Fowl"
St Joe Key W gr 5 group "St. Joseph Key West 5th Grade Appraisal Masterpiece"
Kennedy Elem 5th Steven Klosterman "Chicken Visits Dubuque Sites"
Bryant 4th gr Claire Kearney
Eisenhower gr 3 Wade Fuerste "Skateboarding Chicken"
Resurrection PreSchool/Daycare, "The Many Hats We Wear"
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.

At my count, over 25 schools are representened in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and over 30 schools have an Honorable Mention. A great representation.

And thanks, especially to Connie Twining for this part of preparing and collating the judging. And, of course, a great thanks to the judges (see list sent before).

THERE ARE THE WINNERS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND WRITTEN WORK. ALSO A LIST OF HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO PAMELA PECKOSH FOR PLANNING AND COLLATING THIS SECTION OF THE JUDGING! AND, AGAIN, THANKS TO THE GREAT JUDGES!

And the Winners Are…..

Performing Arts
Level K-2: 1st Place "Crazy Cluckers" East Dubuque K &1st grade classes ( Dance 5 minutes); Directors of Entry: Mrs. Fynn, Miss Stierman

Level 3-5 1st Place "The Chicken Dance Song" Holy Ghost Gr.3 (Song Parody 3 minutes) Director of Entry: Patti Steines

2nd Place "The Appraisal Comes to Life" Holy Ghost Gr.4 (Skit 3 minutes) Director of Entry: Patti Steines

3rd Place "Chicken Songs" Nativity" (Piano Compositions 7 minutes) Director of
Entry Anita Wild

Maureen Feyen, Ali Houselog, Katie Houselog, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Jordan Huff, Sarah Alt, Hillary Hanson

Level 6-8 1st Place "The Sale" Washington Jr. High Brooke Vance Gr.8 (Dance 5 minutes) Director of Entry: Mrs. Lorilee Hamel

2nd Place "The Appraisal" East Dubuque Gr. 6 (Written & Performed Play 20
minutes) (Cassie Horstman, Gwen Neumeister, Christine Stochl) Director of Entry: Mr. Heil

3rd Place "The Chicken Dance" Drexler Middle Schoo ( Sarah Hoffmann)
(Composition- recorder performance 30 seconds) Director of Entry: Rachele M. Rickels

Level 9-12 1st Place "Broadway Chicken" Senior High Readers Theater Grades 10-12 (Musical Performance 20 minutes) Fran Hedeman

2nd Place "The Agreement" Wahlert Cory Hanson Gr. 11 MIDI ( computer music 1 minute, 16 sec.) Director of Entry: Barb Ressler

Written Work

Level K-2 1st Place Chicken Hatchastory Hoover Gr. 2 (Book) Director of Entry: Miss Dolphin

2nd Place What Was I Thinking Holy Ghost K (Book) Director of Entry: Patti Steines

3rd Place What Was I Thinking Holy Ghost Gr. 2 (Book) Director of Entry: Patti
Steines

Level 3-5 1st Place "Chickens" Hennessy Catholic Ashley Mensen Gr.5 (Poem) Director of Entry: Mrs. Wright

2nd Place Chicken Soup for the Traveler Nativity Gr. 3 (Book) Directors of Entry:
Mrs. Feyen, Mrs. Gleason

3rd Place "Here Is A Hen" St. Joe's Key West Allison Boyes Gr. 4 (Poem)
Director of Entry: Stacie Lambe

Level 6-8 1st Place The Blue Ribbon Chicken East Dubuque Elementary/Jr. High Katie Leute & Kim Leute Gr. 8 (Book) Directors of Entry: Mr. Heil, Miss Stierman

2nd Place Happy 100th Birthday Resurrection Grades 3-8 (Book) Director of Entry: James Nuti

3rd Place "Psychological Approach Towards the Appraisal" Washington Jr. High
Michelle Manemann Gr. 8 ( Composition) Director of Entry: Mrs. Leifker

Level 9-12 1st Place "Appraisal" Wahlert James Isaaks Gr. 12 (Poem) Director of Entry: Barbara Ressler

2nd Place "Chicken" Wahlert Cora O'Connor Gr 12 (Poem) Director of Entry:
Barbara Ressler

3rd Place Haiku Response to Grant Wood's "The Appraisal" Wahlert Katie
McFarland Gr. 12 (Poem Sequence) Director of Entry: Barbara Ressler

Honorable Mentions (Written Work)
Level K-2

"How Much Is Your Chicken?" Short Stories Grade 2 St. Anthony Director of Entry: Pam Unsen

Level 3-5

Comic Strip Bryant Paige Triervieler (Gr. 5) Director of Entry: Lori Durley

Level 6-8

"The Unexpected Miracle" Short Story R.C.H.L. Catholic School Nicole DeSousa (Gr. 8) Director of Entry: Miss Welter

Level 9-12

"Unwanted Appraisal" Poem Wahlert Beth Walser (Gr. 12) Director of Entry: Barbara Ressler

MINUTES: Centennial "Appraisal" Group Information Planning Session #7 Posted April 15, 2002

Carnegie-Stout Public Library, 3rd Floor Auditorium

NEXT MEETING: note change of week day and time!! Thursday, May 9th, 4:00 and

4:30 (introductory talk at each time and LOTS of time for questions) ALL ARE WELCOME, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT ATTENDED BEFORE.

In attendance (as signed in) Cathy Krueger (St. Joe, Key West), Janet Marxen (President, C-S Library Foundation, Kim Becker (Nativity), Connie Kessler (St. Joe, Key West),Lynn Kroch ski (Hoover), Jean Gullikson (C-S Library), Connie Twining (DBQ Fine Arts), Pam Peckosh (Nativity), Cheryl Werner (Audubon), Randy Strube (East DBQ), Lori Lahey (Nativity), Charlotte Uhlik (St. Joe the Worker), Donna Bauerly (Coordinator, "Appraisal Project"--DBQ C-S Lib. Foundation). Thanks to this faithful crew. These and a few others have been at almost every meeting and represent you well!

CHECK LISTS, DUTIES AND VOLUNTEERS

ENTRY DELIVERY, VOLUNTEERS: DATE AND TIME (OPENING AND CLOSING AND WHILE THERE)

1. See "Check List" for areas of attention: "Appraisal DBQ FEST DAY," Saturday, May 18th, 2002. (separate e-mail for a copy of the Check List.

2. Volunteers: Individuals are and will be assigned to each area indicated on the Check List. These individuals come from Library
staff, Foundation and Trustee members, School personnel, parents, older students, or any other willing and eager volunteers! PLEASE: each school should begin recruiting individuals to help out at designated sites. Each individual school may determine length of stay at the site--e.g. an hour, two hours…. (We also welcome volunteers to be "free roamers"--folks willing to go from site to site to see that all is well and if anything is needed). These designated sites will be assigned to you by May 1st or sooner. Schools will be at just ONE designated site. No school workers need to be at the Library sites (where all written work, all performances and some art work will be). But those Library entries MUST STILL BE BROUGHT TO THE LIBRARY ON MAY 18TH, 8 am BY A SCHOOL VOLUNTEER.

3. Times are from 8 am (to deliver all entries to designated sites) to 3pm for the closing.

4. All original entries MUST BE AT THE DESIGNATED SITE by 8 am on Saturday, May 18th, 2002.

5. All FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACE AND HONORABLE MENTION entries will also go to the Rocco Buda Gallery after DBQ
FEST for a June exhibit. Connie Twining and her crew will pick up ALL OF THESE ENTRIES from the designated sites at 3pm at
the closing time on Saturday, May 18th.

6. ALL OTHER ENTRIES at each site MUST BE PICKED UP BY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS at 3pm on Saturday, May 18th and
brought back to the individual school.

7. Workers at these sites must be vigilant so that no art work "takes a walk,"--that is, no one steals a piece of art!

8. One person should always be in charge of the money bag and see that there is a next person on watch specifically in charge
of this money bag. Connie Twining will pick up money from each site at least twice during the period from 9am to 3pm (showing time). The money will be from orders for a 2nd printing of Appraisal T-shirts (more directions later in this set of directions).

9. Each site will have 2 tables and 2 chairs (Connie Kessler will bring these to the sites and remove them at 3pm at closing). Thank you, Connie K. and crew!

10. Each school should create a school identification sign (this sign may be free-standing or attached to

one of the two tables. However, do NOT make the signs too big, since there will usually be 3 schools assigned to a site. Use water proof markers just in case it sprinkles. No thunderstorms are allowed on May 18th.

11. Pam Peckosh will have some plastic "hangers" for art work at the sites. If you think your art work should be hung from the table (limited space), ask for those hangers from Jean Gullikson at the Children's Area of the Library. Call ahead to Jean, please. 589-4183, Ext. 5. Probably wise to have your art work with these hangers on (!) before you bring it on May 18th. Twine or fish line should be strung between the plastic hangers. Questions? e-mail Pam Peckosh at scotlandqe2@hotmail.com or peckosh@mchsi.com

12. You could bring a laundry rack or a trellis, if you have them, from which to hang your art work. Be creative! Some hanging art work can also be at the Library, if so designated by the judges--you need NOT have volunteers at the Library for any art or written work there. Just at your site.

13. Once you know your designated site, please go check it out to see the area for dimensions, possibilities. (All sites are along the Cultural Arts Corridor, and yes, I will email another map!--it's also on the Web site.) http://www.dubuque.k12.ia/us/chicken

14. Once you know your table neighbors (others schools with you at your site, you might contact them and make a group plan). About 3 schools at each site. 2 tables available at each site.

15. All written work and performances are at the Library and are under the charge of Pam Peckosh so if you have questions, call her 556-1132 or e-mail: scotlandqe2@hotmail.com or peckosh@mchsi.com

16. All 2-D and 3-D art are in charge of Connie Twining. Questions: call her at 583-6870 or e-mail her at conkybird1@aol.com MOST 2-D and 3-D art work is at Cultural Arts Corridor Sites.

17. All tapes of performances that we already have will be integrated into ONE TAPE by Doug McCullum, and there will be a continuous running of this tape in the room near the Rotunda (2nd floor, near Children's Area). However, any one may request an individual tape to be shown at any time. Someone will be there to run these tapes.

ROCCO BUDA SHOW

1. ALL FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACE WINNERS AND DESIGNATED HONORABLE MENTIONS will go to the Rocco Buda Gallery (Loras Blvd) after DBQ FEST, for the month of JUNE show. Connie Twining and her crew will pick up all these entries from
every site after the closing at 3pm on Saturday, May 18th. School volunteers, please, DO NOT TAKE ANY ART WORK AWAY
WITH A 1ST,2ND,3RD place winner ribbon on it or an Honorable Mention sign at the closing at 3pm on May 18th.

Ribbons will be placed on art works by Appraisal Crew, beginning at 8am on Saturday, May 18th.

Some sign will be placed on the Honorable Mentions as well.

HOWEVER, each school should label their own 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mentions at the your school first--just be sure the label is well affixed!! It may be on the front or back or by a tag but the label should be evident!!

2. All school personnel may pick up these winners from the Rocco Buda Gallery at the end of June. Specific date for that to be announced.

PRIZES: RIBBONS, T-SHIRTS, ETC.

1. All 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners (even individuals in groups) will receive an appropriate ribbon, to be placed on the art work by the Appraisal Crew, beginning at 8 am on Saturday, May 18th. Those ribbons will stay there for the Rocco Buda Gallery Show.

2. All individual first place winners will also get an Appraisal T-Shirt (see separate section for more information). Group first place winners (large groups) will just get ONE T-Shirt and that will go to the individual room or art room. Teachers could let individual students wear the shirt during various days!!

Sorry, we do not have enough money to print ribbons for all students in a group. You could make your own paper ribbons???

3. If we have enough money, we will have ribbons for Honorable Mentions too, but--at least--there will be a special certificate for
these HM's.

4. Remember: ALL entries that have come to the Library are already WINNERS and will be shown during DBQ FEST, Saturday, May 18th. Lots of pride to go around!!

CERTIFICATES FOR ALL WHO ENTERED:

1. We MUST know how many students from each individual school did any kind of entry, whether or not it made it to the final 10!!

2. Do NOT send me the individual names--just e-mail me the NUMBER of students who should receive a certificate of entry. This
number includes your 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Honorable Mentions.

3. We will send that number of certificates to your school and you may write in the names--maybe you have someone who does beautiful printing or even calligraphy! Thanks for that help.

T-SHIRTS

1. All 1st place individual winners will receive an Appraisal T-Shirt

2. These T-Shirts are being created by Bryce Parks who will come around soon to various schools to take some pictures of art
work and/or children. He will be sure he has permission before "shooting."

3. Peter Healy will put this integrated design on the front of T-Shirts at his Plane Art Gallery. He has given us a really great price break and thanks, Peter!

4. We will try to deliver all 1st place T-Shirts before Saturday, May 18th so students can wear them to the show!

5. Appraisal Crew will also be "cooped out" in Appraisal T-Shirts, as well--and certainly Gary Olsen will deserve one! Thanks again to him for the continuing marvelous Web Site.

6. We will have a 2nd printing of Appraisal T-Shirts. Samples of the T-Shirts will be at each designated site. Order forms will be there at each site. The cost of a T-Shirt is $10.00 and we MUST have the money up front (when you order your shirt). Checks are acceptable. But no Credit Cards, please. There will be money bags at each site and a responsible person to hold the money. Connie Twining will pick up the money twice during the day of May 18th.

A sample of a LARGE T-Shirt will be at each site. You can order, S, M,L, XL or XXL accordingly. These are all first-run T-Shirts.

7. In about two weeks, you may pick up your ordered and paid-for T-Shirt from Jean Gullikson at the C-S Children's Area. She too, well deserves a T-Shirt and much more. Thanks to Jean for ALL. We will inform you when the shirts arrive.

PERMISSION FORMS

1. I will forward (separate e-mail) a sample permission form for names, etc. to be published ; form created by Nativity School. This is the kind of form you can send home to parents, if you have not already done so! Some Districts have different rules. We will abide by those. For example, if NO NAMES are to be attached, put all information on the back where it is NOT visible. We need some identification to be sure art work goes back to the owner school and child.

2. See publicity area for more information on permissions.

ART WORK FOR SALE

1. All students MAY sell their individual art work at the ROCCO BUDA GALLERY (1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mentions). If the
individual work going to Rocco Buda is NOT for sale, please mark that clearly on the art work in some form or other.

2. If the work is for sale, the price must be clearly marked somewhere on the work. Connie Twining will affix a common price marking after the piece is brought to the ROCCO BUDA GALLERY. Remember she and her crew will pick up the Rocco Buda entries (all 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners and designated Honorable Mentions).

3. No piece may be taken from the Rocco Buda Gallery until the end of June.

4. Any questions about sale should be referred to Connie Twining. See phone and email listed in these mintues. Conkybird1@aol.com

5. East Dubuque Public School held its own silent auction of their art work at their own site. However, all that art work will STILL be at DBQ FEST and prize winners will still be at the Rocco Buda Gallery until the end of June, even if it is already bought.

6. Any school may do as East DBQ did--hold an auction, if you like. If you want direction about such an event, get in touch with Randy Strube. 588-9144 or e-mail randystrube_78@yahoo.com

7. HOWEVER, all pre-sold art work must still come to DBQ FEST on May 18th and, if a prize winner, go to the Rocco Buda Gallery for the month of June.

PUBLICITY

l. The continuous tape of performances that Doug McCullum is compiling may run many times on Channel 8. We will let you
know when and where as that time approaches.

2. We will also contact Media Com with Tim McClain to see if they will run the tape on Channel 45.

3. Janet Marxen will send out a Press Release to all news stations, TV stations and local papers (DBQ, E.DBQ and areas that
serve W.DBQ).

4. All information will be on the main Web Site http://www.dubuque.k12.ia.us/chicken

5. All schools may contact their churches--to have information in church bulletins.

6. All school web sites should post information and scanned pictures, if possible.

7. Connie Twining is contacting editors at JULIEN'S JOURNAL.

8. The C-S Library Newsletter will have an article about the Appraisal Project in the May edition.

9. We will also contact Eric Mahlberg at Fox News.

10. EAST DBQ is also binding all their entries (photos, Xerox) into one booklet that they will publish and also sell. Another idea you can use? Again, contact Randy Strube for more information, if you like.

Any other suggestions for publicity? Word of mouth is great, too. Encourage all your students, their parents and other relatives and friends to visit ALL the art work sites at DBQ FEST on Saturday, May 18th, from 9 am to 3pm.

AT THIS POINT, FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE ADDRESS DONNA BAUERLY

DBAUERLY@LORAS.EDU

Two Great Books Available on Grant Wood

This book is written and illustrated by Mike Venezia. It's a somewhat humorous look at the works of Grant Wood. Excellent for middle and high school students. This book and the one below are available at the Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library.
Wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated, this best selling book is more interpretive and comprehensive as it depicts the life and times of Grant Wood and it explores more deeply the artist's inspiration and methods.

Some Project Background:

Carnegie-Stout Public Library is celebrating it's 100th anniversary in 2002. In anticipation, there have been committees established to help plan and execute the centennial activities. One such event is going to involve students in our area in a creative enterprise based on the famous painting which is in the Library's collection, Grant Wood's, The Appraisal.

As you will see in the details covered by this Web site, there are all kinds of creative possibilities to involve students and teachers in this celebration. The rewards of inspiring our education community, both public and private, to help us celebrate the virtues of our splendid Public Libarary along with Grant Wood's connection to our community are limitless.

Okay, what's a Web Work Group? It's a way of keeping in touch in a virtual way on the Internet. We use the Web at the District to keep everyone connected to a project. We can put a calendar of events and deliverables here, save on paper by not publishing exhaustive handouts. We can also post a diary of events and recognition. Organizers can use the site as a way to pump up the project to potential sponsors. This is also a way we can keep instantly in touch with one another without overloading each other's e-mail boxes.

The Artist and the Painting

The painting at the center of our creative endeavors is entitled The Appraisal by celebrated Iowa Regionialist artist Grant Wood (his self portrait at right). Originally purchased by the Carnegie-Stout Public Library at the 1934 Iowa State Fair, it was purchased with donated funds from a Dubuque patron. The acquisition was not entirely without controversy since it occurred during the depths of the Great Depression in 1934, an event that hit Iowans particularly hard. There were actually two paintings purchased from the exhibition, The Appraisal and a somewhat unusual woman's portrait entitled, Victorian Survival, which depicts an elderly woman with an elongated neck wearing a cameo brooch on what seems to be a velvet ribbon.

These paintings have been among the collection of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library ever since, and they are presently housed at the Dubuque Museum of Art among several of Wood's works. The painting is currently on tour of the United States, but will be returning to Dubuque very soon, and in time for the Centennial Celebration of the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in 2002. What is the painting worth today? Though the painting is not for sale, conservative estimates put its value at approximately $4.5 million, according to Nelson Britt, Director of the Dubuque Museum of Art which now maintains the Wood paintings as part of a larger collection of his drawings and prints.

At right is perhaps Wood's most famous works, American Gothic. The painting has been the subject of parody the world over, a particular favorite among political cartoonists. The painting is among the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is considered by many art historians among our great American masterpieces.

Please Note: Reproductions of The Appraisal are permitted for education only and no resale of the image in any form is allowed. Any questions about reproduction should be addressed to Nelson Britt, Director of the Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA 52001, 563-557-1851.

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Click here to see the virtual Gallery of student work! It's fantastic!

Chicken Art Event Brochure is available for you to download and print. It contains a map of the venues and wonderful content about the exhibits. Two pages in PDF format (Acrobat). Printable on any computer that has a printer attached. Click here.

These are the awards of Honor and Merit designed by Gary Olsen.

The Winner's List Click Here!

Webmaster: Gary Olsen, Dubuque Community Schools