July -October 2010
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The CMA Tattler
The Children’s Museum of Acadiana Newsletter
CMA SASHAY 5K & Fun Run
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ON YOUR MARK
Inside this issue:
CMA’s 3rd Annual 1
5K & Sashay and
GET SET
WHAT: Sashay 5K Walk/Run and Fun Run.
SAVE THE DATE!
WHEN: September 25, 2010
WHERE: Children’s Museum of
Acadiana Parking Lot
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201 E. CONGRESS DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE
PRE-REGISTRATION:
$20.00 if registered by midnight
9/11/2010
$22.00 after 9/11/2010
$18.00 for CRRC members
New Exhibit!
Egypt At A Glance
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CMA WILD for
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6 for 6 ARTIST
GALLERIES
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Summer Artist
Workshops
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RACE TIMES:
Calendar of Events
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Registration starts at 6:45
Fun Run at 7:45; 5K at 8:30
Sponsor Spots
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Inquire about special rates for groups
of 10 or more
Contact: Children’s Museum of Acadiana
at 232-8500 or visit us at:
childrensmuseumofacadiana.com
or on FACEBOOK
A BIG THANK-YOU
to BIZZUKA
Many Thanks to our
for sponsoring our
Reuseum and for creating
the CMA’s user-friendly
website. For current
information about museum events, programs,
memberships, admissions, and more, visit
www.childrensmuseumof
acadiana.com (one word,
no spaces, no punctuation)
and learn how the CMA
can serve you and the
children in your life.
& FUN RUN
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
BOYSCOUT TROOP 562
To benefit the Children’s
Museum of Acadiana
Racers and spectators will enjoy
generous
sponsors:
concessions,
music,
facepainting
Raising Canes
Abita Beer
Aunt Sally’s Pralines Clark Services
AT&T
Winn Dixie
Air Source
Coca Cola
Colt Inc.
SchoellerSmart Water
Bleckmann
Pixus
Energy Services
Pan-OK
Productions
Rene’ Prejean
Catering
Great Harvest Bread
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Discover Ancient Egypt
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Learn how to write your name in Hieroglyphics!
Egypt
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Acadiana is thrilled to introduce a new cultural
exhibit: EGYPT At A Glance, scheduled to open in August. The exhibit offers an
opportunity to explore ancient Egypt through hands-on activities such as role-playing,
art experiences, games, and basic discoveries about the ancient Egyptians.
Children will be introduced to hieroglyphics, ornamental clothing, Egyptian fun facts,
and who were some of the who’s who in ancient Egypt.
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Local CMA supporter Don Begneaud (of Begneaud’s Manufacturing) first discovered
“whisper dishes” in the early 1990’s in Chicago and outside Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
He was intrigued and inspired...and thought that whisper dishes would make a great
addition to the CMA and he was right! He collected several old satellite dishes and got
to work, experimenting and building until he perfected the set-up.
Mr. Begneaud’s generous donation of “Whisper Dishes” are a source of wonder and
awe for all who try it. It’s easy...you step in back of one dish and have a partner stand in
front of the other whisper dish. Whisper something, you will be ale to talk into the dish
in hushed tones, and be able to hear one another. All without electricity!
Whisper dishes are also called “conversation curves”. They are parabolas are
made of metal. When sound wave hit a parabola, sound is reflected back in a straight
line. (That’s why theaters are designed with a parabola as a backdrop, the acoustics are
better for the audience). When you set up two parabolas facing one another, you create
an ellipse and sound waves can travel back and forth easily.
Prior to World War II and the invention of radar, acoustic mirrors (or whisper dishes) were built as early warning
devices around the coasts of Great Britain, with the aim of detecting airborne invasions. The most famous of these devices
still stands at Denge on the Dungeness peninsula. Microphones placed at the foci of the reflectors enables a listener to
detect the sound of aircraft far out over the English Channel. In addition to being able to detect range over 20 miles, on a
good day they could also detect direction.
Though the acoustic mirror technique of detection has been long replaced by
radar, the experimentation is still ongoing. In 1974, using the ultimate “Whisper Dish”
the 1000 meter radio dish air Arecibo, Puerto Rico, people working for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence sent a “whisper” into space. The target was the great globular
star clusters in the constellation Hercules, a distance of 25,000 light years from the
earth. The Arecibo dish can also be used to receive whispers from space, though
none have been received.
Visit the Children’s Museum of Acadiana today and experience the wonder of “whisper dishes” for yourself!
Many thinks to Don Begneaud of Begneaud Manufacturing!
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A two hour workshop will conducted by the featured artist on two
Saturdays during each gallery exhibit! Daily projects in the CMA
Reuseum Gallery will focus on featured art media in the Cypress Gallery.
James Tancill Media/Animation
Session I
Workshops: Oct.9 & Oct. 30
Cost: Admission plus $2.00
Oct. 5 thru
Nov. 13, 2010
An Interactive Guest
Artists
per person/per workshop
Zachary Gonsoulin Sculpture
Session II
Workshops: Nov. 20 & Dec. 11
Cost: Admission plus $2.00
Nov. 16 thru
Dec. 18, 2010
Exhibition
per person/per workshop
and Workshop Series
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Featuring artists specializing
in 6 different art forms each
for a
week gallery exhibition
in the CMA’s Cypress Gallery.
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Session III
Michael Parrish Collage
Jan. 4 thru
Feb 12, 2011
per person/per workshop
Workshops: Jan. 8 & Jan. 29
Cost: Admission plus $2.00
Session IV
Jamie Baldridge Photography
Feb. 15 thru
March 26, 2011
per person/per workshop
Workshops: Feb. 19 & March 12
Cost: Admission plus $5.00
Each exhibition will feature
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a Sampling of the Artist’s
original Work
mini Fun Facts exhibits to inform &
educate about each type of art form
mini Learning By Doing interactive
exhibits to explore and experience
each media art form
cozy Book Nook with printed materials on each art media medium
C.O.G. (The Consortium of Genius)
Session V
Music/Performance
Workshops: April 2 & April 23
March 29
thru May 7, 2011
Cost: Admission plus $2.00 per person/per workshop
Heidi Pitre Painting
Workshops: May 14 & June 4
Cost: Admission plus $2.00
Session VI
May 10 thru
June 18, 2011
per person/per workshop
In keeping with the CMA philosophy Leaning By Doing, 6 for 6: A focus on Art Forms: will provide an interactive environment for children to experience six varying art forms appealing to their senses through a multi-level approach.
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Mark your calendars! The CMA is hosting several workshops
by local artists from the Louisiana Crafts Guild.
The workshops are from 10-12 and are
FREE with paid admission.
• July 24 Zoe Robicheaux Fabric Collage
• July 31 Hillary Simon Faber Tsunami Fish
Tsunami - proud sponsor of the CMA fishtank.
• August 7 Michael Parish Mardi Gras Bead Mosaic
• August 14 Luann Duhon Ceramics
Visit us at childrensmuseumofacadiana.com
or on Facebook
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Special Thanks to A Few of our Generous Sponsors
Appreciation to the following for their support of CMA’s Sashay 5k & 1 Mile Fun Run, and the Guest Artist Series:
Smartwater, Farmer’s Merchant Bank, Air Source 1, Rene Prejean Catering, Winn Dixie, Great Harvest Bread Company,
Aunt Sally’s Pralines, Coca-Cola, Cresent Crown Distributors, Abita Beer, Clark Services, Lafayette Fire Department, Pixus Digital
Printing, Alpha & Omega Tent rentals, Acadian Ambulance & Air Med, AT&T Telephone Pioneers, Cajun Road Runners Club,
Gachassin Law Firm, Louisiana Crafts Guild and** Staff of the Children’s Museum of Acadiana **
Thanks for checking out the CMA website, designed
by our friends at BIZZUKA. Special Thanks to Sam’s Club for their support
and their generous fundraising opportunities!
Lafayette Veterinary
Care Center
Cut out a recipe bookmark, compliments of WinnDixie, providing you with healthful ideas for afterschool snacks!!
Thank you Winn-Dixie for your generous support
of the Children’s Museum!
The Children’s Museum
thanks Home Bank for
their sponsorship of our
model bank, providing
children the opportunity to
play teller, customer, cashier, or visit the ATM and
learn the value of saving
money while practicing
basic math skills.
Hurray for Home Bank!
The Children’s Museum of Acadiana
would like to extend a very special
thank you to Tsunami restaurant for
so generously sponsoring our fish
tank and special fish projects in the
Reuseum.
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Phone: (337) 232232-8500
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About the Children’s
Museum of Acadiana
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The Children’s Museum of
Acadiana (CMA) is a private, non-profit educational institution supported in part by contributions from individuals,
corporations, clubs and
businesses. The CMA is a
hands-on participatory
museum serving children
and their families,
schools, and community
organizations by providing
interactive exhibits, special services, performances and workshops.
Located in Lafayette,
Louisiana, the CMA services 36 Louisiana parishes including all of
Acadiana.
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