Area artists are invited to submit art for a fifth juried exhibition, The Artist’s Showcase: Orange City Arts’ Regional Exhibition. Deadline for submissions is March 18. The exhibit will be April 22-30, 2016 at the Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre Arts Center.
The exhibit is open to artists from Iowa or within a 350-mile radius of Orange City. Any adult, college or high school-age artist may submit up to three works of 2-D or 3-D art, created in the past three years. There is no theme, no entry fee. Work must be submitted digitally to Orange City Arts.
The exhibit will be held in conjunction with the Northwestern College production of Rabbit Hole.
Best of show and honorable mention awards will be given, with $100 and $40 cash prizes. Artists accepted for exhibit will receive complimentary tickets to the theatre production.
Read more and get entry information below.
Habitat ReStore has new donation site in Orange City
Non-Profit, nowSiouxland Habitat for Humanity (SHFH) is now offering a new donation site for the SHFH ReStore.
The donation site is a white storage container in the parking lot of the former MOC-FV administrative offices along Hwy. 10 in Orange City. ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. The Restore in Sioux City is owned and operated by the local affiliate, SHFH, and proceeds are used to build homes, community and hope locally and around the world. The ReStore thrives on donations from individuals and businesses. This donation site is by appointment only. To schedule a donation, donors must contact the donation site volunteer, Ken Oldenkamp, at 712-395-1209. There is a list of acceptable and non-acceptable items on the door of the container. Mr. Oldenkamp will make sure the materials are sellable at the ReStore before accepting the donation. Donating to the ReStore is a great opportunity to not only keep usable items out of the landfill, but also help generate revenue for the Habitat ministry. Donations are tax-deductible, and donors will receive a donation receipt at the donation site. If you have further questions, please visit the website, www.siouxlandhabitat.org or call the ReStore at 712-224-6133. Siouxland Habitat invites the public to shop the ReStore, Mondays through Saturdays, 9 AM to 5 PM. The ReStore is located at 1150 TriView Ave., just off of Hamilton Blvd., right behind the Horizon Restaurant.
LifeServe Blood Center is in CRITICAL NEED and looking for blood donors to make life-saving donations.
Health, Non-Profit, nowYour donation of just one pint of blood could help save the lives of up to three different hospital patients!
Orange City Community Blood Drive is TODAY, March 12th, from 12:30 to 6PM at the American Reformed Church!
For more information, please click the make an appointment link at the end of this email or call LifeServe Blood Center at 800.287.4903
If you have already scheduled an appointment to donate blood at this blood drive, please invite a friend or family member to donate with you at the blood drive!
The Blood Center of Iowa and Siouxland Community Blood Bank are now LifeServe Blood Center. Your donation is very important and will save lives. Thank you for being a contributor to your local community blood center.
Orange City featured in “A Land Beyond Expectations” a short by Iowa Filmmakers & NWIA Development
Business, now“A LAND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS”
Northwest Iowa….A Land Beyond Expectations! We’re proud of our region and all the wonderful communities in Northwest Iowa. Northwest Iowa Development (NWID), the regional economic development partnership devoted to marketing the region has created the “A Land Beyond Expectations” video that captures our regional pride in a lively and entertaining way. The video was produced for NWID by an outstanding young Iowa-based video production firm….Iowa Filmmakers.
Iowa Filmmakers was founded in 2011 by Paul D. Benedict, Scott Siepker, and Brendan Dunphy as a creative troupe specializing in digital film and video. They exist to bring the world great film from a state not usually associated with filmmaking. Their work is varied in style and format, but the emphasis is always on telling a good story.
In 2012, their viral-hit video Iowa Nice received over one million views and was featured by CNN, MSNBC, NPR and the BBC. An NBC commentator called it “the funniest political ad to come out of Iowa.” The short film was later selected as an official honoree by the Webby Awards, the highest awards ceremony for digital media. The Iowa Nice character later went on to have his own segment on ESPN’S College Football Daily, which aired twice weekly for a national audience.
Please enjoy our video, Northwest Iowa “Beyond Expectations”.
Special thanks to ICAN Advertising for airing a :30 second version of this video on cable networks throughout Iowa.
