Art Gumbo, December 2011

Luxe Photography was thrilled to be the photographer for the latest installment of Art Gumbo!

In case you haven’t heard the buzz yet, Art Gumbo is a non-profit organization that hosts a quarterly soup dinner to provide funding to artists/artistic organizations in the Dubuque area .  Patrons of their dinner donate $10 for dinner and a chance to vote on artist proposals.  The winner gets money to help fund their artistic idea and everyone else wins because art can grow where there may not have been the opportunity.  Paula Neuhaus and Megan Starr are the founders of Art Gumbo and descended upon the EB Lyons Interpretive Center with 5 great proposals in hand.

The food was awesome, as always:  Squash and Vegetable Soup and delicious breads by  Trusted Earth Farm & Forage CSA & Catering, along with sweet treats by Carla Heathcoate.

We decided to contribute  more this round by setting up our photobooth for the patrons to play with…..and boy, did they play!

Gail Chavenelle pitched her “Project Courtyard Sculpture”.

Tim Connery vied for the funds to benefit his film, “Easton’s Article”.

Julie Greenberg submitted “Dubuque Fun-A-Day in February”.

Lauren Siebert presented her proposal “A New World in Our Hearts: An Audio and Comics Documentary of Consensus Process in Occupy Movement.

Jessica Teckemeyer told of her proposed sculpture, “Repressed Desires”.

Hempstead High School, represented by Brad Manternach and students gave an update to their winning proposal which funded their Community-Based Art Club, Renegade Arts.

The runner up and recipient of $10 (pizza money, haha) was Tim Connery.

The big winner and recipient of $750 for her project was Gail Chavenelle!

As is tradition, Brad Manternach passed the torch to the new winner, Gail Chavenelle by presenting her with a handmade coffee mug.

You can see all the great memories from the night by visiting HERE.  Don’t forget to become a fan of the Luxe Photography Fan Page to keep up to date on all our current happenings!

Congratulations to Tim and Gail and make sure you don’t miss the next Art Gumbo!!~Sindi