Shooting Stars · 2012

Created in 1996 by Chairman Emeritus Robert Endres, a then member of the Board for the Arts and Humanities Association of Johnson County, the Shooting Stars Program is one of the few initiatives in the community to honor high school students and their arts educators for artistic excellence in the literary, performing, and visual arts through recognition, scholarships and awards.

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Sponsored by the Arts Council of Johnson County

With the help of generous contributors and program partners including Johnson County Community College, the Performing Arts Series, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Arts Ambassadors and the dedicated staff and volunteers of the Arts Council of Johnson County, the program continues to grow. Since its creation, the Shooting Stars Program has recognized almost 1,000 high school seniors and awarded over $200,000 in college scholarships and almost $65,000 in teacher honorariums.

To participate in the Program, twelfth grade students must be nominated by their respective high school arts teacher and also be a resident of Johnson County, KS. Once nominated, Finalists then audition or submit a portfolio of work for review by independent judges. All participating teachers and students are honored and scholarship recipients announced at the Annual Shooting Stars Gala in the spring.

This year, students honored in the Shooting Stars Program have been nominated by high school faculty members of the Blue Valley, De Soto, Gardner-Edgerton, Olathe, Shawnee Mission and Spring Hill School Districts, as well as the Barstow School, Maranatha Academy, Notre Dame de Sion, St. James Academy, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, and Pembroke Hill Upper School.

With the ongoing support of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, works by the visual arts finalists will be exhibited annually in the Museum. Bruce Hartman,Executive Director, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, along with Kent Smith, museum coordinator, selected one work from each of the finalists for exhibition in the Museum. We hope you enjoy this year’s exhibition.

The Arts Council of Johnson County enhances the quality of life in the community by strengthening the arts.

ACJC Board of Directors	Arts Ambassadors	Scholarship Categories
Josh Shelton, president	Linda and Chuck Carlsen	Literature
David Oliver, vice president of operations and finance	Richard Carrothers and    Dennis Hennessy	Photography
Sandy Kelly, treasurer	Eileen Cohen and Byron Cohen	Strings
Megan England, secretary	Joni Cohen	Theater Performance
Blake Schreck, immediate past president	Mark Gilman	Theater/Technical
Abby Beckloff	Pam and Gary Gradinger	Three-Dimensional Art
Douglas Drake	Shirley and Barnett Helzberg	Two-Dimensional Art
Augie Huber	Linda and Topper Johntz	Voice
Mindi Love	Diana and Len Kline	Winds and Percussion
Tim McKee	Margaret and Jerry Nerman
Henry Sandate	Susan and Lewis Nerman
Susan Tate	Kay and Tom Martin
Joe Waters	Lee and Carl McCaffree
2012 Honorary Chairs: Lynne and Peter Brown	Marti and Tony Oppenheimer
	Ann and Bob Regnier