Ellen’s Work Blog
October 2022
Last month was packed with preparation for our Gala as well as a visit from Brenda Eheart, Carolyn Casteel, and Jeanette Laws, my friends from Hope Meadows, a very special foster-care community in Rantoul, Illinois, where we did an AMP collaborative project in 2005. At Hope, everyone in the community spent four days running around making wax rubbings of everything significant to them—from license plates and brooms to basketball shoes and flip flops. All of these impressions will be part of the Illinois collaborative project in the Ramp Gallery exhibit to open next year.
It would be an understatement to say that the performance we heard at the Gala was memorable. The combined artistic talents of all the musicians, soloists, and chorus resulted in a perfect AMP collaboration. It was a thrill to be in the space and hear the magic happen, from the first trumpet call to the last notes of Sandy Boynton’s original composition, Amplify.
Both of these big moments in September reminded me of the excitement we all get when we are doing something special together in perfect harmony.
