Artist Community at Sustainable Arts Society

THANK YOU. The Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge would like to thank our members, volunteers, supporters and sponsors for their memberships and generous contributions, without which the artist residency program would not be possible.

FUNDING. Major public and private funding for the Artist Residency program is provided by all of the following sponsors and benefactors: (To be Announced)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Like any new initiative there are many, many people who have worked and contributed to make the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge possible.

Foremost, acknowledgement goes to Elma Weil Ettman, principal founder of the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge, not only for her dedication, perseverance and commitment to the idea of an artist community in Blue Ridge, but for making her home, the Cochran-Davenport farm, the initial home of the residency program, for offering her talents to the creation of the organization- serving as Board Chair and for the financial support to implement the dream.

Deep appreciation for their hard work and service is accorded to each member of SAS’s founding board of directors, Elma Weil Ettman, Sheila Chapman (CPA), Wayne Jenkins (environmentalist), Sarah Ettman-Sterner (biologist and educator) and Carolyn J. Wills (consultant and project manager).

The Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge would like to thank all of the following people for their vision, energy, assistance, advice and encouragement that have made the establishment of the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge and the Artist Residency Program and related community programs possible:

For their loving support and advice, SAS thanks each of our founder’s children, David Ettman (environmental biologist), Daniel Ettman (economist and computer consultant), Sarah Ettman Sterner (biologist and educator) and Jonathan Ettman (entrepreneur).
Deep appreciation for their hard work and service is accorded to each member of SAS’s founding board of directors, Elma Weil Ettman, Sheila Chapman (CPA), Wayne Jenkins (environmentalist), Sarah Ettman Sterner (biologist and educator) and Carolyn J. Wills (business consultant).

For the inspiration and guidance essential to starting a new artist residency program, SAS thanks the Alliance of Artist Communities with special acknowledgement to Deborah Obalil, Caitlin Strokosch Glass and all the members of the Alliance staff. Artist Residency programs from around the country have provided valuable technical assistance and advice with special mention and thank you to Susan Page Tillett of the Ragdale Foundation, Suny Monk of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Scott Browning of Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education and Cheryl Young of The MacDowell Colony.

For those who have worked on the essential elements necessary to establish the program from the organization itself to the SAS brochure and website, SAS thanks and congratulates the following for what they have helped us achieve. Meyer Birnbaum (photographer), Chip Cipcic (dotsgood interactive - SAS webmaster), Candy Day (Ga Dept of Labor), Bill Gignilliat (arts consultant-SAS Executive Director), Chris Heffernen (Foundry Digital Media), Mike Lacy (Blue Ridge Design Workshop), Steve Martin (Blue Ridge Design Workshop), Karen Neal (consultant-SAS Facilities Manager), Libby Stewart (chef-SAS Environmental Manager) and Carolyn J. Wills (consultant and project manager).

The following individuals have made significant and valuable contributions over the last four years in making this possible and SAS says thank you to each of them. David Alfrey (Multitudes Gallery), Bill Alexander (artist and author), Barbara Bane (United in Charity), BusinessLink at Appalachian Technical College, Cheryl Cahill (artist and environmentalist), Walter Cook (environmentalist), Kathie deNobriega (arts consultant), Robert Fagelmann (architect), Linda Fodo (photographer), Nancy Gill (computer consultant), Jeannie Gliebe (computer consultant), Regina Goodman (photographer), Kathleen Gillespie Jackson (artist and educator), Terry Kay (author), Tripp Martin (Georgia Link), Panke Bradley Miller (preservationist and consultant), Lisa Q. Mount (artist and arts consultant), Christina O’Donnell (consultant), Jennifer Stangle (artist), Ruth Trent (studio potter), Joe Webb (United in Charity) and Jane Whaley (artist and entrepreneur) and Alexis Wreden (environmental sculptor).

		THANK YOU. The Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge would like to thank our members, volunteers, supporters and sponsors for their memberships and generous contributions, without which the artist residency program would not be possible. FUNDING. Major public and private funding for the Artist Residency program is provided by all of the following sponsors and benefactors: (To be Announced) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Like any new initiative there are many, many people who have worked and contributed to make the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge possible. Foremost, acknowledgement goes to Elma Weil Ettman, principal founder of the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge, not only for her dedication, perseverance and commitment to the idea of an artist community in Blue Ridge, but for making her home, the Cochran-Davenport farm, the initial home of the residency program, for offering her talents to the creation of the organization- serving as Board Chair and for the financial support to implement the dream. Deep appreciation for their hard work and service is accorded to each member of SAS’s founding board of directors, Elma Weil Ettman, Sheila Chapman (CPA), Wayne Jenkins (environmentalist), Sarah Ettman-Sterner (biologist and educator) and Carolyn J. Wills (consultant and project manager). The Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge would like to thank all of the following people for their vision, energy, assistance, advice and encouragement that have made the establishment of the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge and the Artist Residency Program and related community programs possible: For their loving support and advice, SAS thanks each of our founder’s children, David Ettman (environmental biologist), Daniel Ettman (economist and computer consultant), Sarah Ettman Sterner (biologist and educator) and Jonathan Ettman (entrepreneur). Deep appreciation for their hard work and service is accorded to each member of SAS’s founding board of directors, Elma Weil Ettman, Sheila Chapman (CPA), Wayne Jenkins (environmentalist), Sarah Ettman Sterner (biologist and educator) and Carolyn J. Wills (business consultant). For the inspiration and guidance essential to starting a new artist residency program, SAS thanks the Alliance of Artist Communities with special acknowledgement to Deborah Obalil, Caitlin Strokosch Glass and all the members of the Alliance staff. Artist Residency programs from around the country have provided valuable technical assistance and advice with special mention and thank you to Susan Page Tillett of the Ragdale Foundation, Suny Monk of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Scott Browning of Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education and Cheryl Young of The MacDowell Colony. For those who have worked on the essential elements necessary to establish the program from the organization itself to the SAS brochure and website, SAS thanks and congratulates the following for what they have helped us achieve. Meyer Birnbaum (photographer), Chip Cipcic (dotsgood interactive - SAS webmaster), Candy Day (Ga Dept of Labor), Bill Gignilliat (arts consultant-SAS Executive Director), Chris Heffernen (Foundry Digital Media), Mike Lacy (Blue Ridge Design Workshop), Steve Martin (Blue Ridge Design Workshop), Karen Neal (consultant-SAS Facilities Manager), Libby Stewart (chef-SAS Environmental Manager) and Carolyn J. Wills (consultant and project manager). The following individuals have made significant and valuable contributions over the last four years in making this possible and SAS says thank you to each of them. David Alfrey (Multitudes Gallery), Bill Alexander (artist and author), Barbara Bane (United in Charity), BusinessLink at Appalachian Technical College, Cheryl Cahill (artist and environmentalist), Walter Cook (environmentalist), Kathie deNobriega (arts consultant), Robert Fagelmann (architect), Linda Fodo (photographer), Nancy Gill (computer consultant), Jeannie Gliebe (computer consultant), Regina Goodman (photographer), Kathleen Gillespie Jackson (artist and educator), Terry Kay (author), Tripp Martin (Georgia Link), Panke Bradley Miller (preservationist and consultant), Lisa Q. Mount (artist and arts consultant), Christina O’Donnell (consultant), Jennifer Stangle (artist), Ruth Trent (studio potter), Joe Webb (United in Charity) and Jane Whaley (artist and entrepreneur) and Alexis Wreden (environmental sculptor).		Don't be scared to be a sponsor! - we appreciate all of those who have been so generous in their support of the Sustainable Arts Society at Blue Ridge.
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