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See schedule o for a complete description.januaryroom 4 glaze room expansion opens and features four large panels installed on a wall in the glaze studio. Designed and created by instructor may lucas and her husband jeff, each panel contains 361 test tiles, representing each combination of one over one glaze color. Each panel also has a unique clay as a base so between the four panels, the students will have 1,444 tiles to look at as inspiration for their own glaze. Ilona cutts exhibit opens at the Spruill gallery.summer camp registration opens with a new partnership between Spruill and stage door theatre to combine summer camps for the best of both visual and performing Arts. Spruill's coffee studio reopens for the first time since the pandemic now featuring free coffee for students, instructors, and other visitors to the cultural Arts Center. Februarywe were excited to bring our jewelry market back this year after a two-year hiatus. While the market was smaller this year with only 13 artists (compared to 25 in 2020) but sales were still strong and community turnout was large. We had just over $10,000 in sales the Spruill gallery puts on a pop-up heart market with a valentine's day theme (including chocolates!). 76 patrons came for the event, which also included a bourbon tasting from shortbarrel bourbon. Spruill debuts its first education Center hallway exhibit of the year entitled "a method to our madness." the show features the work of current instructors and provides a qr code link to the instructors' current course offerings from our catalog. Nearly 20 instructors participated in the exhibit and the show generates sales of more than $4,000.artist ilona cutts is featuring on an npr segment about defining homegrace cox joins the Spruill team as our youth program and community outreach manager.spruill receives approval from dunwoody facilities authority to embark on an expansion of the kiln room. When completed the renovated space will add 5 kilns for ceramics (bringing the total to 13), 3 kilns for fused glass (bringing the total to 6), and storage space for each department.marcha temporary public art exhibition, snapdragon's garden, is installed at brook run, in partnership with the dunwoody community gardens and the city of dunwoody. the garden incorporates the work of two Spruill artists kathy walton and lauren adams.the Spruill gallery opens true form featuring the decorative sculptures and functional furniture creations of dave lasker.instructor kelly thames has created ukrainian flag magnets, necklaces, pins and worry stones as a fundraiser for world central kitchen: chefs for ukraine. $1260 raised through april @$10 eachspruill partners with stage door theater in their production of circle mirror transformation by provided jewelry from Spruill instructors and artwork for set decoration for this Arts Center based play. A completely reformatted artistic affair made its successful return to the Spruill education Center and featured. More than 250 guests enjoyed the experiences and atmosphere and more than $90,000 was raised to go towards the programs and operations of Spruill, including more than $12,000 raised for youth scholarships. First quarter wraps with 1,555 students enrolled in 195 classes. Another 187 remain on waitlist due to capacity limitations. Our nps score at the end of the quarter remained very high at 84.88aprilspruill received recognition from the community "best of perimeter" awards; winning the best non-profit organization category and finishing as first runner up for best summer camp.spring quarter begins with a total offering of 186 classes including 47 medium specific one and two-day workshops.spruill supports community-based Arts & culture events by providing arts-based crafts at dunwoody's annual lemonade days festival, serving as a presenting sponsor of dunwoody high school's art gala, and providing free classes to the winner of the atlanta high school art exhibition at the atlanta dogwood festival.our registration website is updated to provide a better user interface and ease of use. Further upgrades allow items such as gift cards to be purchased online.maymore than 600 visitors come to the Spruill gallery, anchored by two exhibitions: the annual pottery and art sale and matriarc sponsored by the rotary club of dunwoody. 54 artists show more than 1,000 different pieces of work at the pas. the matriarc show traces the "arc" of development and change within the work of ten women artists and has more than 150 guests in attendance at the opening. the show also draws interest from area elementary school students and art critic jerry cullum. Spruill continues its outreach efforts in the community by providing crafts at the food trucks thursday kickoff and the dunwoody Arts festival. Spruill also partners with crown plaza by providing painting for attendees at the hotel's mother's day event.spruill brings internationally recognized metal clay artist tracey spurgin into town from england for a three-day workshop over the memorial day weekend. Junespring quarter concludes with 1,282 students matching, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, pre-pandemic enrollment numbers. Spruill summer camps begin, featuring 11 weekly themed programs for 5-10-year olds, and studio specific instruction for children aged 11-14. More than 1,000 campers participate in summer programs, exceeding by 20 percent any previous summer youth enrollment. Spruill receives permission for the city of dunwoody to begin an expansion of the ceramics and glass kiln rooms to allow for increased capacity and throughput for both of those programs. the aprio foundation awards Spruill a grant in support of the Spruill peer artist network (span) a program designed to teach planning, goal setting, and basic business essentials to Spruill instructors and gallery artists. Julythe dunwoody facility authority approves a memorandum of agreement in support of Spruill's long-awaited classroom and studio expansion. the infusion of $1 million of matching funding from the city, combined with capital reserves of the organization, allow for the finalization of the project with a scheduled groundbreaking in january of 2023.spruill gallery proudly welcomes back six talented artists from previous emerging artist shows dated 2009-2012. Having last exhibited at Spruill over a decade ago, this new collection of work emphasizes the transition of each artist, their progression.spruill partners with the art pharmacy, an arts-based nonprofit that allows care providers to get their patients access to no-cost cultural experiences that improve emotional well-being.augustthe courtyard is the home for Spruill's inaugural popup in the plaza a free community event featuring artist demonstrations, live music, popcorn and popsicles. Stage door theatre and the chattahoochee handweavers guild, resident partners at the cultural Arts Center, also participate with demonstrations and interactive activities.with funding from the aprio foundation, the Spruill peer artist network begins with 20 artist participants who will be engaged over the course of five month in becoming better business owners of their artistic practice. the class teaches business skills such as goal setting and development, finance, marketing and social media, copyright and contracts. Septemberspruill's visiting artist series brings ceramicist jesus minguez from orlando, Florida to teach a weekend workshop series.back to Spruill week kicks off with a free community open house featuring open studios, artist demonstrations, a visiting artist workshop, tie dye t-shirt creation station, a public art project, and the opening of the 5th annual good cup/bad cup exhibition featuring more than 200 pieces of work from more than xx students and instructors.spruill begins a pilot program, Arts for alzheimer's, that seeks to connect those with cognitive impairments and their caregivers through the Arts. the program is offered at no cost to participants with plans to further expand the reach and impact of the class through expanded offerings in 2023.volunteers from inspire brands at a bright spot to the front and rear entries of the education Center building by painting the stair handrails in vibrant colors using donated spray paint from rust-oleum. Summer quarter concludes with 1,121 enrolled students, marking the second consecutive quarter of enrollment figures that exceed pre-pandemic figures (quarter over quarter).