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Show Glass Continued from B1 “It was the best thing to happen to me because it motivated me to succeed,” he said. If it ‘was going to happen, he said, eo Sau aniime acne degree. Nowa Highlandresident and father of three, Holdman grew up in Orem and got started with his career in stained glass by going door to doorin Orem and Provo, asking people if they wanted an art-glass window — only two weeks after he got home from serving a two-year peceeyie ing missionin Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hefirst built small projects outof his parents’ garage, and thenhe created his first large-scaleart piece, a series of fairy talethemed windows, eight years ago for the new children’s wing of the Orem Public Library. Since then he has been commissioned by the LDS Church to’create numerous worksfor the church's temples and he continuesto build large-scale installations that goall over the world. Speaking glass Becausehehas suffered from a speech impediment since he was young, Holdman said he hadtofind a different wayto speak to people. Andit only makes sense that he chosestained glass as “You never know what it’s going to look like until that first moment when you hold it up, airc ote: aaaweek,. Another aspect of “art ess” he finds rewarding is the lij that comes through the sientis always changing, making the artwork seem like “a hundred ee of art” throughout the | The Art Institute is open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. se 10 amtpm Sta Saturday. Though class ae begining end intermediate students at the sizes are limited, several differerit art classes are Art institute at Point. More Mer ee | by calling 766-4111. | Basic Drawing When: 9-11:30 a.m. Saturdays Cost: $25 per class or $250 for all 12 classes *tdriian has donea lot of ecclesiastical art, but he.said he does “a lot of everything.” He also does work for businesses, private residences and “whatever puts food on the table.” | His ingenuity even once secured him ring for his soonto-be wife. “WhenI had chosenthis wonderful gal to marry,I didn’t have enough moneyto buy hera ring. So ... | went toa jeweler and asked themif they wanted an ‘art glass’ window. for trade. I made them a couple ” windowsso could get a ring for the girl 1 wanted to marry,” he said. Even though Holdman’s wife, Gayle, helped him make the windowsthat paid for her owndiamond engagement ring and accompanying diamond-studded wedding band, she was impressed with his resourcefulness. “Whenhe gave(thering) to me,it was paid for,” she said. “I thoughtit was awesome.” Holdman said he has copied the design from his wife's ring Pastels and Oils When: 9-11:30 a.m. Fridays. Scull ipture | state of Utah.” Cost: $60 for six classes | | Cost: $25 per class or $250 forall 12 classes Pottery/Handbuilding Check with theArt Institute for updated class Basic Art schedules, Beginning Stained Glass : Check with the Art Institute for updated class schedules. Check with the Art Institute for updated class schedules, 4 Cost: $30 for four sessions for the pottery merit When: 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays Cost $25 per ass or $250 fr al 12 classes Cost: $125for five classes Cost: $150for six classes Boy Scout Merit Badges badge and $40 forfive sessions for the sculpture Silversmithingor Silver Fabrication Class size is limited to two people per two-hour session.Call for a reservation. Cost: $80 per class Mom & Me Ages: 18 months-3 years old Cost: $40 for three classes Wheel-Thrown Pottery Call for a reservation. Cost $40 per 90-minute session Drawing/Painting/Sculpture Ages: 5-9 years old Cost: $60 for three classes another way to communicate because hesaysthat, in turn, glass communicates with him. “It is a very uncommon medium. Glass speaksto me. After the art piece is done, after you holdit up and thenlet the light come throughit for the first time, it is so rewarding to let the glass speak,” he said. el C1 PLAYHOUSE presents an encore performance of ARED HAWTHORNE MARRIAGE COUNSELORTO THE STARS Four shows only! Feb. 3, 4, 10, 11 at 7 p.m. similar to football time,” Gayle Holdman said.“Five minutes alwaysturns into two hours.” “Theonly schedule I can count onis the lack of aschedule,” she said. She did admit that her husband's “ i out to the studio for five minutes” happens less often now that he can’t walk out to the back yard anymore. But in spite of all the uncertainty (she admitted that she was little worried about surviving financially with an artist for a husband), she said she loves her husband’s spontaneity and passionforlife, beauty andart. “His art is such an integral part of who he is. He certainly didn’t approachit to make money,but for him it's another way to communicate.It's another way of breathing. He's incomplete without it,” she said. “Because of that passion and that drive andthe ability he has to dream, he has made it so thathe is morein control of his destiny. Thebest part for her, she said,is “being at the side of someone who dreams.” “And I can feel secure in knowing that he loves what he does and whathe does blesses the lives of others,” she said. Abig dream Jord Howthore woswiten by Derick Duncan, dected by Jel Tobey ond fetes Joey Ridheod os Jared Hawthorne, Rachel Ets s Lara ond Zach Capea as Wick. One major way Holdman is hopingto influencethe lives of others is by way of the new Art Institute, which opened in 2005 in a remodeled 10,000-squarefoot storage building located west sf the Thanksgiving Point Vane fad the idea for the institute, with space to accommodate workingartists and art classes for the public, began many years ago whenpeople started expressing interest _in learning how to dostained g) Holdman’sold studio, before _he moved it to Thanksgiving Point, was ina building behind his house that wasn't large enoughfor anything besides the large-scale installations he was working on. And then whenhis two oldest children, ages 8 and 6, wanted to learn more aboutart than what they weretaught in school, he also became frustrated with what the community hadto offer in the wayofart classes. “I looked aroundfor specialty art classes, but there weren't any,” he said. “I decided there was a need there to have a spot wherechildren could expand on their skills.” His determination to found the institute grew out of the needs ofhis children and the meneanddesires of other artded community members. ml finally decided that there ' Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students, seniors & kids. For reservations and info, please call 735-4543. wwwartcityplayhouse.com Generations of Sewing Experts i 631 E. 1700S. Orem * 801 426-6900 \ \ 254 South Main Stin Springville can sit outside the roomae | || blowing hot glass. ies fee,visitorseee eae aoa es an i, eyewear an | ‘eee flower by Pulling hot; | Lae are already interestefl | | | | | Children’s Art Classes MOONJUMPERSis anart club that bridges art and literature. Call instructor Jen Terry at 372-3231 to sign upfor classes or for more information. and etched a small (andbarely visible) recreation into several windowshe has made,leaving his own “little secret symbol” as his mark. Gayle said she admires her husband’s skill as an artist, but something that has taken some getting used to is his schedule. Everthe stereotypical artist, Holdmanoften finds himself runningto the studio for “just a few minutes”at odd hoursof the day. “I like to say studio timeis Visitors to the Art Institute | Cost: $40 for four classes merit badge Intermediate Stained Glass Check with the Art Institute for updated class schedules. “I thought that would be a good attraction to add tothe Check with the Art Institute for updated class schedules. in the art classes the institute offers, Tom Holdman said, which include basic drawing, } pastels andoils, basic art, j beginning and intermediate \ stained glass,silversmithing orsilver fabrication, wheel- { thrown and handbuilt pottery, sculpture and children’s ae classes. The classes are taught! by six teachers, including Holdman. ‘ Gayle Holdman said that notonly does the Art Institute: give people an opportunity to; gainmoreskills, it’s a place to: inspire creativity. 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Dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Showtime 7:30 Stoneher TT Crawford Gates ‘(Advanced Reservations for Dinner only) For reservations and info please call 764-0535. www.csmic.com 177 West Cenrur St., Provo © Cau. 764-0535 ‘ She said her children love taking classes at the art in- + stitute because they feel like | they’re learning right inthe : middle ofa big art studio, ‘ wherethey getto see real art-; was enoughinterest in people who wanted to havetheir kids ists at workandfinished worle in the gallery. . in art and who wanted to learn That was a majordriving * art for themselves... but we force behind Tom Holdman's . needed room to accommodate idea forthe institute. those people,” he said. “Childrenlove to do art,” hes Originally Holdman’s idea, said. “Herethey can see artist the institute finally came about whodoit as a living so they after he spoke with Thankscan follow their dream as an giving Point founder Karen artist.” Ashton. Cameron Oscarson,a part“She had mentioned that whenshe built Thanksgiving ner of Tom Holdman’s and one ofsix instructors at the Art Point, she wanted to put an art Institute, agreed, saying that village out here.It didn’t work out, but she still had that hope seeingartists at workis also interesting for adults. and dream,” he said. “Through talking to eachother, wefelt “Peoplereally are interested that we could merge both of our in art. They like to see the process, andtheylike to be invisions.” volved in it,” he said. Butif people wantthe art Hands-on discovery community to grow, Oscarson At the recommendation of said,it’s up to the public. Like Ashton, Thanksgiving Point ThanksgivingPoint, the Art Inpresident and CEO Mike Wash- stitute is a non-profit organizaburn metwith Tomathis stution, andit requires help from dio, saw that he needed more the public in orderto flourish. spaceandliked the idea of cre“People can be involved in ating a place at Thanksgiving helping it grow and become a Pointto teach art classes. success. They can be involved “I thoughtit fit well with as muchas they want to see the mission (of Thanksgiving it become something really Point), of hands-on discovery,” special for the community,” he Washburnsaid. said. Holdmanis only leasing the Washburnis already pleased building that houses the Art with public response to the Art Institute from Thanksgiving Institute, despite it being in its Point, so the organization isn't infancy. He said people mostly a Thanksgiving Point-run busi- enjoy seeing artists at work. ness, but he saidthe institute is “There's nothing more fun already benefiting fromits sur- than watching the process of roundings and primelocation glass blowing. And whetherit’s at the north end of Utah Coun- blownglass,stained glass or try and close to the border of thrownpots,that’s the magic Salt Lake County. of seeing them doit,” he said. Hesaid many people haveal- “People will stand there mesready enjoyed touring the insti- merized. That whole process tute, which includes a gallery of creating is interesting and along with his studio and studio people don't get to see it every space for otherlocal artists. day.” |