The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is an engaged public institution that reflects through art the longstanding global focus of Michigan State University. Expressly dedicated to exploring contemporary culture and ideas through the probing gaze of international artists, the Broad MSU is a place where artists' ideas, words, and actions create a vibrant center for questioning and understanding the world. Committed to education, experimentation, and study, the Broad MSU is a laboratory for the new, grounded in a deep appreciation for the historical. The Broad MSU is ocmmitted to expanding, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting its collection of artwork from ancient cultures to the present day.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, the museum features a striking facade of pleated stainless steel and glass, signaling the museum and the university's dynamic vision. More than 70 percent of the 46,000 square foot facility is dedicated to exhibition space. The museum is named for Eli and Edythe Broad, longtime supporters of Michigan State University, who provided the lead gift for the museum.
At the end of the Rotogram are DOWNLOAD FILES: click on Broad Museum Parking for the map. The Grand River Parking Structure is where you need to park. Then use the pedestrian route to walk over to the museum. If you have a "Handicap" sticker, there are 14 available spots off Circle Drive (they're marked in blue on the map).
In honor of our 100th Anniversary Celebration, Lansing Rotary will have a float in the 31st Annual Silver Bells Parade. We have secured a spot at the Lansing Center for construction. Todd Gute with Mayotte Group Architects has been working on the design. We need:
Woodworkers: Rotarians that would be willing to construct a few of the pieces and parts to be assembled. The intent is that these projects are small enough that they would be constructed over a weekend. Persons could volunteer for more than one element if they are interested but no one project should be too overwhelming. I can provide some dimensional drawings of the various projects. Hopefully we could have the projects constructed and painted the week of November 9 - 13th. Then assembly could be done the week of Silver Bells on November 20th.
Assemblers and Light Installers: This group of persons would need to be available the week before Silver Bells. First assembling and then installing lights throughout.
If you are interested please contact Tobi Lyon-Moore at tobi@ngagellc.com Thank you for your consideration!
If you have an international project that you would like to have considered for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, then submit your proposal for funding following the outline set forth below. We are looking for a one to two page narrative that responds to the outline, plus a project budget. Your total submission should not exceed three pages. To be considered, proposals must be received no later than November 1st, 2015. Please submit your proposal via e-mail to: jdubey.wellnessdirector@gmail.com or Umakanth@GoSymbiosis.com.
Project Significance
a. What area of need will the project address (ie: food, shelter, clothing, education, health, or environmental issues)?
b. Who are the intended beneficiaries?
c. Provide a one paragraph summary of the project.
d. State any benchmarks or measurable outcomes.
Project Administration
a. Name the Lansing Rotary Club Member who will sponsor and manage the project for our Club. [This person must be willing to attend international committee meetings and be the champion for this project].
b. Name any state-side organizations or entities that are willing to assist in implementing and monitoring the project.
c. Is there a Rotary Club in the project area willing to assist in implementing the project?
d. Who are the contacts at the project site?
e. Are other Rotary Clubs in the Lansing area considering this same project?
Project Implementation
a. Will the beneficiaries take an active part in implementing the project?
b. Who will monitor the project?
c. What is the implementation time frame?
Project Budget
a. Attach the detailed budget for this Project, including the proposed funding sources (e.g. Private donations, Rotary District grants).
b. Identify which funding sources have already committed funds to this project’s proposed budget?
c. What amount are you requesting be funded by the Rotary Club of Lansing? [Please be aware that prior grant awards are in the range of $500 to $3000
d. In the event that we are unable to fund your full request, please list priority items with dollar amounts.
Project Organization/Entity
a. State the legal name of the organization/entity who would receive the funds.
b. Is this a 501(c)(3 organization, church, school, governmental unit, or Rotary Club?
Called to order by President Lisa Smith we stood reverently for the Invocation. Rabbi Amy Bigman set the tone for the meeting calling each one of us, as valuable individuals, to be most effective by uniting in community and working together for our values and common goals. The National Anthem followed, appropriately, accompanied by the dancing digits himself, John Dale Smith this time on a real “grand” piano. Yeah, without wheels or cords. He was in heaven.
Guests and visitors were recognized, thanks to the quick feet of Dave Trumpie and his broadcasting baton. Mike Rhodes, our remembrance report eagle, declared the club’s health “perfect”. An indication he wasn’t sitting at my table. Zack Creger was officially committed to Rotary by accepting the red badge of courage after which Donna Gardner gave us the “Gipper” speech telling us that polio is on the ropes having fallen from 350 K cases per year to a celebratory 350 cases and the livestream event in NY which we can access on demand.
Darwin Brewster announced the October birthdays by assuring us that January should be renamed Lovuary since the largest number of us were born in October. His question to his charges: What are you irritated about was remarkable in the lack of reference to Mr. Oleary? The responses were enhanced, however, by Darwin’s commentary and asides. Special music featured Amanda Harvey, local songstress, who provided ear candy in the form of two lyrical ballads; “Tell me on Sunday” and “I could have danced all night”. Lovely voice and JDS had the old Steinway singing as well.
Berl Schwartz introduced our speaker supreme court Justice Richard Bernstein, son of Sam, who unfurled a jaw-dropping litany of what can be accomplished by pluck , grit and faith in the divine providence of Yahweh. Suffering blindness and a severe injury to his pelvis and hips the remarkable young attorney completed an 18th marathon having already finished an ironman, was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court last year and is a nationally recognized advocate for the disabled. He epitomizes “bad things happening to good people” but instead of a crutch he uses his infirmities as a launching pad. While we “celebrate small victories” he’s hard at work on big ones. Very inspiring to those of us used to suffering which is why, I guess, the meeting was held at a golf course.
Next week we meet at the Broad Museum. Parking will be in the Grand River Parking Structure for $1.60 per hour. A map is on the way as you read this. Thanks Mrs. Andrews.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is an engaged public institution that reflects through art the longstanding global focus of Michigan State University. Expressly dedicated to exploring contemporary culture and ideas through the probing gaze of international artists, the Broad MSU is a place where artists' ideas, words, and actions create a vibrant center for questioning and understanding the world. Committed to education, experimentation, and study, the Broad MSU is a laboratory for the new, grounded in a deep appreciation for the historical. The Broad MSU is ocmmitted to expanding, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting its collection of artwork from ancient cultures to the present day.