Kenosha Community Media (KCM) invites you to take part in these upcoming activities:

•  Fridays, April 16 and 23 from 6-8 PM:  Take Your Photography To The Next Level.  Kenosha News photographer Kevin Poirier welcomes you to a two-evening course in the art of photography.   Call (262) 656-8497 to register.  This course is open to photographers of all skill levels.   Fee required.

• Saturdays, April 24, May 1 and May 8 from 8 AM-3 PM.   Video Production Course.   Don't just watch television, create it!   Learn video production as a hobby or for a future career by enrolling in Applied Video Production.   This course takes you through the basics in field production, TV studio production, and editing.  You'll receive hands-on training with equipment provided by Kenosha Community Media.   You'll create videos that you may air on Kenosha TV Channel 14 as well as online.  Call (262) 551-5924 to register.  Course is provided by Kenosha Community Media in association with Carthage's Enrichment and Continuing Education program.   Fee required.  Participants must be age 18 or older.

• Monday, April 26.   Southport Press/Sketchcrawl Kenosha Meetings.  Southport Press, the small press publishing division of KCM will host two meetings at Carolyn's Coffee Connection, 1351 52nd Street.  

From 6:00-6:30 PM, Southport Press will welcome everyone to learn about Sketchcrawl Kenosha.  Sketchcrawl Kenosha is a part of a world-wide network of sketchbook artists who enjoy documenting their community with the use of a pencil or a brush.  

Beginning at 6:30 PM,  Southport Press will host a follow-up meeting to its March gathering, so participants may work toward transforming ideas into projects that build community as they also reflect our area's rich environment in the arts, history, and culture.   Both events are free.  The public is invited.

• Saturday, May 15 at 10 AM.   Sketchcrawl Kenosha begins its Spring Crawl.   Meet at Carolyn's Coffee Connection, 1351 52nd Street, for a jolt of java or taste of tea before heading out with fellow artists to scenic destinations.   Destinations will be announced prior to May 15.   Join the Sketchcrawl Kenosha meeting on April 26 at 6 PM at Carolyn's Coffee Connection for details.  Photographers, writers, and videographers are welcome to accompany Sketchcrawl Kenosha and document the day and the surroundings.

 Two years ago, local historian (and former Kenosha TV Committee member) John J. Hosmanek published a collection of Kenosha postcards through Arcadia Publishing.  This book proves that postcards are not only a form of communication, they're a window to our past, a reflection of our community, and pieces of art. 

While you can buy a postcard from your neighborhood malt shop, the truest treasures are homemade.  Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery in Fort Wayne, IN also appreciates handmade pieces as it invites artists from around the world, including Kenosha, WI, to submit postcards, created in any medium, for display in their gallery from December 12th to January 14th.  There's no jury for the art and no fees.  There is also no designated theme, so draw that giant halibut, if you wish, or paint a postcard-sized picture of a streetcar.

Postcards will not be returned.  Artlink will sell these cards with proceeds benefitting Artlink's exhibitions.

All participating artists' names will be posted on Artlink's website.  To download a postcard mail art prospectus from Artlink, click here.