Business Meetings
IMADA's monthly business meeting will be held this Tuesday. Below are links to this meeting's agenda and February's minutes. Please review them prior to the meeting. All interested parents are invited. 
When: Tues., 3/9 - 7 pm
Where: IHS Room B104
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College Scholarship Applications
The 2010 IMADA Scholarship Application Forms are available in the IHS Guidance Office and at www.imadaonline.org beginning March 15. High school seniors who have particpated in any of the arts disciplines at Ipswich High School, and have been accepted and will attend an instution of higher learning, are eligible to apply. IMADA is also pleased to award  the Robin Silverman College Scholarship which will be presented to a student who will pursue their art in college. Recipients of both the IMADA and Silverman Scholarships must have attended and graduate from Ipswich High School. Applications are due April 15.




Call to Artists

IMADA's annual Art for the Arts show and silent auction, renamed Robin's Arts for the Arts,  will  honor the memory of its founder - Robin Silverman. Remembering the "community visionary" that Robin was, our theme this year is Community Visions. To make this event successful, we need your art! The silent auction, music and reception will be held Saturday, April 10 at the First Church of Ipswich. All community artists are invited to submit their work. You will receive 40% commission. For more information go to 'Learn More' or email our chairperson, Steve Veiga.
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•  A gift of $500 was given to the
High School Visual Arts Department to bring visiting artist, Lauren Holmgren, to the sculpture class for one week of instruction in the sculpture molding
process.
Lauren Holmgren's Sculpture Mold

•  A gift of $962.50 was given to the High School Music Department to fund half the cost of sending seven students to the MMEA All-State Music Festival where they will spend three days with their peers from other schools culminating in a concert at Boston's Symphony Hall. 

•  The members approved moving $2,000 of free cash to IMADA's instrument purchase fund. Together with the profits from the Ryan Montbleau Concert, and the $2,000 grant from the Invest in People Foundation, IMADA now has $6,500 available for instrument purchases at the middle and high schools.

•  A gift of $150 was given to the Middle School Visual Arts Department to hire a Chinese interpreter. The interpreter enabled art faculty member, Virginia Eaton, to spend the day co-teaching with the Chinese art teacher who was visiting the middle school along with the rest of the Chinese Middle School exchange program. Here is what Ms. Eaton had to say about her day: Dear IMADA Family, Wow -- What a day!! Because of you, through the interpreter you funded, I was able to discuss for eight hours complex and profound world-wide visual art philosophies and practices with my Chinese (colleague), 'Miss Sue.' Every one of the students in my classes realized what a special experience it was, and we all made the very most of this teachable moment. We are richer and wiser because of it. It will also go down in my personal history as one of the most extraordinary days of my professional career. Thank you for your remarkable and generous support.