About Us
Neverlands Inc Mission Statement
Neverlands Inc. serves a 70 mile radius in Ashley, Chicot and Drew counties
in the southern delta of rural Arkansas by administering innovative fitness
programs as well as multi-disciplinary cultural events and artistic programs
for all ages.
Neverlands Inc. serves a 70 mile radius in Ashley, Chicot and Drew counties
in the southern delta of rural Arkansas by administering innovative fitness
programs as well as multi-disciplinary cultural events and artistic programs
for all ages.
Board of Directors BIOS
Laura Botsford * President & Founder
* ElL Camino College - UAM
Majoring in early Child hood Development.
* Minneapolis Children's Theater
Pre- school art and theater instructor
* Author * Singer/Songwriter * Artist
laurabotsford@yahoo.com
Jamie Otwell * Treasuer
*UCA- University Of Conway in Arkansas
Music Major
Marketing,and Book keeper
Arkansas AG - Secretary
jamieotwell@yahoo.com
Mary Lawerence * Secretary
* Retired Secretary/Bookeeper
lawrencemarilyn@ymail.com
Betty Schuler* Grants & Programs
*Retired Mainline Health Systems
Director
bettyschuler@att.net
Laura Botsford * President & Founder
* ElL Camino College - UAM
Majoring in early Child hood Development.
* Minneapolis Children's Theater
Pre- school art and theater instructor
* Author * Singer/Songwriter * Artist
laurabotsford@yahoo.com
Jamie Otwell * Treasuer
*UCA- University Of Conway in Arkansas
Music Major
Marketing,and Book keeper
Arkansas AG - Secretary
jamieotwell@yahoo.com
Mary Lawerence * Secretary
* Retired Secretary/Bookeeper
lawrencemarilyn@ymail.com
Betty Schuler* Grants & Programs
*Retired Mainline Health Systems
Director
bettyschuler@att.net
About Us Neverlands Inc. Arts 501-c3 non-profit
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- 1992-1998* 12 original plays at Neverlands Studio & Lake Side Elementary
school,written and performed by a cast of children under the direction of
Laura Botsford - 1992-2002 Lake Village October Fest-story telling - children's craft booth
- 1993-Scarecrow Contest -sponsored by Paul Michael Company
- 1993 Montrose Development Community Center-Story Telling Curtis Tate
from Arkansas Arts on Tour and the Territorial Restoration - 1994 - Rains Out Of Africa-Original story with African Translations by Zinnsi
Aganni - 1996 - Lake Village Arts Festival On The Banks Of Lake Chicot-Sponsored by
Bartons of Lake Village, Neverlands and The Arkansas Arts Council. - 1996 - After School Theater Arts Program-Hamburg,Arkansas
- 1997-Governors Partnership Rural Consortium Grant
- After School Project-Drawing & Water Color
- Acting Classes-Tale Of The Sunflower
- 1997- Little Shop Of Horrors-Lakeside High School
- 1997-Summer Portland Play Day-Banner & crafts
- 1997- After School Theater Arts School-Portland
- 1997 - Lake Village Arts Festival at MUSEUM OF CHICOT COUNTY-Curtis Tate
Story Telling-Rains Out Of Africa. Montrose Community Development Center,
Curtis Tate Story Telling-Rains Out Of Africa. -Alice Guffey Miller & Mars Wood
Sculptures , Steve Kelsey-Local Art Exhibit - 1997Montrose Community Development Center-Story Telling
- 1999 Hamburg High School- Release The Peace
- 1998 Gifts to a Broken World- Lakeside High School - Touch Stone Grant
- 1999 -Cultural Reflections -7 month grant celebrating the cultures of our
areas Black,Celtic,Italian,Hispanic,Native American, Chinese and
Scandinavian - - Arkansas Arts Grass Roots Expansion Grant
- 1999- Chinese New Year -Fire Sculpture-Alice Guffey & Mars Hall Miller-
Harpist - 1999 - Naive American Medicine Masks & Parade with Alice Guffey Miller,
Chandrika and the children of Lakeside Elementary-Fossils and Grinding
Stones with Zaney Carpenter - 1999 - Animal tracks with Chicot State Parks Interpreter - LakeVillage,
- 1999- The purchase of the Guachoya Art Center was made possible with
the help of Neverlands Inc Arts 501-c3 non-profit for five thousand dollars.
Neverlands grants from the Arkansas Arts Council brought the first series of
exhibits and events through Cultural Reflections project grant to Lake
Village. Neverlands provided the art gallery rigging and 6 months of
workshops in the Guachoya, Lakeside Middle and Elementary School,
Library and Festival: Mosaic Workshop, Hungarian egg painting, guitar and
voice lessons, AOT Story Teller, Ameria, Recycled Artist Alice Guffey Miller,
Celtic Music with Lakeside High School student choir, AOT Chinese Harpist,
Fire Sculpture Event on the Bank of Lake Chicot and Jewish Alsace Exhibit
and Gallery Exhibits. - 1999- Alsace Southern Jewish Exhibit - Jewish Art Show
- 1999- Day Of The Dead Celebration -Lake Village Library -Alice Guffey Miller
- 1999-Ameria 's Performance at Water Fest- Arts On Tour Dancer &
performance artist - 2000 Awarded Expansion Arts First Year by Arkansas Arts Council
- 2000 Lakeside high School -Celtic Music & Irish Folk Tales - Guachoya
- 2000 October Fest Scarecrow Contest & Art of recycling Booth
- 2000 Tile Painting Workshop- Guachoya
- 2000 Egyptian Museum Tour Of King Tut-Jackson Mississippi
- 2000 Arts Desire Play -Arkansas Arts Council Grant
- 2000-2003 Phoenix Youth Opportunity Movement-Play Writing-Stage
Production-public speaking-video production True Colors Play - Neverlands Artist in Residence-Laura Botsford at Phoenix Youth Opportunity
Mixed Media, Painting & Mask Making Workshops, Play writing - Time Flys - Curtis Tate Story Telling- Montrose Community Center- Hamburg District
schools. On going from 1992 until his death. Curtis championed the human
creative spirit and lives on still in all of us that had the honor of witnessing his
supreme ability to connect us to "the human condition." He was a talented
man who taught us to belive in possibility. " Spread Your Self Table, Spread
Yourself" - curtis tate - 2006-Montrose Heritage Festival
- 2007 -Stepping Stones Workshop - Portland Elementary
- 2008 Guachoya Art Center -Christmas Fair Artists Show Case Participants
- 2009 Portland's Elementary Book Writing & Story Board Workshops
- 2010 Portland Power Tales- Authors Club at Portland Elementary
" An Imagination Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" laura botsford -1992
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Neverland's Inc. Arts began in 1992. We are a 501-c3 organization serving a 70
mile radius in Ashley, Chicot and Drew counties in southern delta of rural Arkansas
with multi--disciplinary cultural and artistic programs.
mile radius in Ashley, Chicot and Drew counties in southern delta of rural Arkansas
with multi--disciplinary cultural and artistic programs.
The Seed Of Eden
Patrick Overton
I have learned what is contained
In the wisdom of the ancients
There are no gardens left
Except for the one in each of us"
The Seed Of Eden
Genetically coded with the memory
Of a way that life was
But is no more
Passed from one cell's generation to
another
Waiting for the chance to break through the
surface of our lives
Reclaim the wilderness
Turn lush the barren desserts of our souls
I have learned that for every birth
There is a corresponding pain
But it is in the willingness to risk new life
Paradise lost can be regained
This is the genesis of our humanity
The redeeming grace of saying, we
Patrick Overton
I have learned what is contained
In the wisdom of the ancients
There are no gardens left
Except for the one in each of us"
The Seed Of Eden
Genetically coded with the memory
Of a way that life was
But is no more
Passed from one cell's generation to
another
Waiting for the chance to break through the
surface of our lives
Reclaim the wilderness
Turn lush the barren desserts of our souls
I have learned that for every birth
There is a corresponding pain
But it is in the willingness to risk new life
Paradise lost can be regained
This is the genesis of our humanity
The redeeming grace of saying, we
| There is a light within us There is a way to be truly caring, honest and kind There is a way to live in harmony Much better than just I, me, mine It is when we work together And raise our hands as We, That certain happiness we will truly find |
Writing with Children
Instructional book for teachers is
planned for the Spring of 2012.
Instructional book for teachers is
planned for the Spring of 2012.
| Downtown Mural Planned |
| Theater Summer Workshop in July Methodist Church |
| March 1st, 2011 - Working on a grant to build a Portland Community Center |
| Fall Guitar and Piano Classses enroll now |
| Neverlands Inc. Arts History of Acheivements |
Special Mention Of Appreciation To Our Supporters
- PATRICK OVERTON
- ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL
- ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER
- ARKANSAS REP THEATER - CLIFF F. BAKER
- NED METCALF- ARKANSAS STATE SERVICES
- BOBBY THREADKEL - Arkansas Circuit Rider
- LOIS DUNCAN & ROBIN ARQUETTE
- MRS. VAUGHT - Lakeside District Superintendent
- LINDA ARMOUR - Lakeside High School Principal
- HENRYETTA CURTIS - Montrose Development Center -CDW
- JOHN MATTHEWS (ARTS & HUMANITIES)
- PAUL MICHAEL COMPANY
- ANN & CRAIG SHACKLEFORD
- DEBBIE and PAUL MICHAEL
- DEE HENINGTON
- BARTONS of Lake Village, Arkansas
- LAURIE and FREDDIE BLACK - FIRST SIMMONS BANK
- TRIPLE PUGH FARMS
- PORTLAND GIN AND WAREHOUSE
- HAMBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILSON - PUGH COMPANY
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
- KRISTY WEST, Portland Elementary Principal
- MAYOR LARRY COULTER - Mayor of Montrose, Arkansas
- BOB PUGH
- City of Portland
- Montrose Regional Commerce Project
- Gus Pugh & Sons
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Located in
Portland, Arkansas
Portland, Arkansas
Vision Statement:
Neverlands Inc. aspires to:
* Inspire communities with artistic spirit.
* Administer programs and events into the Mainline region, schools and events that enhance the lives of young and
old in mind, body, education and imagination.
* Enrich its role as an active and catalytic partner in the cultural and economic life of the neighborhood in which it
resides.
* Create definitive programming and events that engender a self reliant relationship between citizen and community,
* Transforming lives with the undeniable confidence that artistic and community empowerment programs can bring.
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