Ellen’s Work Blog
January 2023
2022 will go down as a memorable AMP year in every respect for all of us on staff, all our volunteers, and all our kids in every program. From the moment we received our certificate of occupancy for all three levels of the main building in June, there has not been a dull moment in the tremendous space. We have gone way over our visitor projections for the first six months we have been open on the weekends, and we had full sessions for all our programs this summer. We continue to welcome all the kids in our CHAMPS after-school programs during the school year.
Since we are always looking ahead at possibilities, we have spent the last two months of 2022 planning for new events in 2023. Since we are sitting on an acoustical wonder—the mural building—our first step has been to plan with our music talent team some exciting weekend concerts. From our first big event in 2020 with Paul Winter, Theresa Thomason, and Joel Martin to last fall’s gala with Gabriel Löfvall, Sandra Boynton, and Chorus Angelicus, we have been blown away by the sound of music in the mural building. Since standing ovations are a given at the end of these events, it’s a no-brainer to schedule more of this at AMP. And there is no limit—Gospel, Motown, jazz, classical, and rock—we are planning for all of it. Keep checking on our site and social media for schedules of upcoming concert dates. We want to pack the place. We are also planning special film screenings and documentaries with guest speakers, many of them subjects in the mural, as well as Thursday night jam sessions. And more, more, more programs for kids.
None of this could be happening if it were not for your continued AMAZING support—not just for everything we do but for everything we look ahead to do in the future.
I see 2023 as breaking all kinds of attendance records at AMP and I am not crazy. I know you are all with us and want more activities at AMP as much as we do.
The possibilities are endless and impossible is nothing!!!
