Joining Arts Place, Inc., Portland, Indiana, Carolyn Carducci is its new Director of Development and Corporate Records, who succeeds Lisa Vogler. In her role, Carducci leads the nonprofit’s fundraising efforts, manages giving records and works with the Arts Place team to provide meaningful arts opportunities to the local community.
Carducci says, “One of the very reasons my husband and I relocated our family to Portland was in fact the Arts Place We were impressed that a small community would and did make an investment in the Arts. The community’s commitment was further reflected in the community center, the Jay County Public Library and the hospital. This told us everything we wanted to know about Jay County and the people living here; it is where we wanted to raise our children.”
For more information, all of Arts Place activities, see: https://artsland.org.
About
Carolyn Carducci has a Bachelor’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. She has previously worked in the Portland community as Director of Development at the Jay County Community Center, Student Services Advisor at John Jay Center for Learning and an adjunct faculty member at Ivy Tech. Community College.
About AP’s Centers
The Portland Center of Arts Place is the premier community arts facility of our area. The center houses the main offices of Arts Place, Inc. Dedicated in 1983, the facility was tripled in space and an expanded campus added in 2000. The Portland center grew to include a 21,000 sq. ft. arts center, an outdoor plaza, an arts park, a gas kiln, and parking lots. Within the center facility stands Hall-Moser Theatre, Galleries, Goodrich Hall, visual arts and music studios, and meeting rooms. For more information, call 260-726-4809 or email: lobby@artsland.org.
The Auglaize/Mercer County, Ohio area opened in 2005, is located in the historic district of downtown St. Marys. In 2015 the City of St. Marys purchased the former Party Shoppe and entered into a multi-year lease with Arts Place. Our new center was dedicated in January 2016 after a considerable
investment of improvements accomplished through private and local governmental support along with tremendous volunteer efforts. The center houses a gallery and studio space for visual and performing arts instruction. Heather Dowell is the Director and can be contacted at: 419-394-0707 or email: hdowell@artsland.org.
Blackford County Arts Center in Hartford, Indiana is the home for area Arts in the Parks classes, ArtWorks and MusicWorks classes. Exhibits change every six to eight weeks. Our Exhibits Program focuses on the work of living Midwestern Artists.
The City of Hartford City leased the facility to Arts Place, Inc. in late 2011, the facility being dedicated as an arts center in January of 2013. Over $100,000 was raised from private and local governmental sources to renovate the facility. The impact of this funding was greatly extended by the nearly 1,000 hours of volunteer time dedicated to the renovation. In January 2015 city government transferred ownership to Arts Place of the center along with the next door property at 111 West Washington Street. Amy Day is the Director and can be contacted at 765-348-4154 or email: mayday@artsland.org.
