2022 Arts Legacy Stele
To be placed in the future City of Greeley Art Legacy Plaza
Jim Klingman will tell you he is a functional potter working in porcelain. However, he has done much more to enhance the Arts in Greeley. He received his BA from UNC and continued into graduate school at Loretto Heights College. He has owned and operated a full time clay studio since 1979. Jim has served as President for the Madison and Main Cooperative, Vice Chair of the American Association of University Women Art Mart in the early 1990s, and as a member of the Arts Alive Board of Directors. In addition, he has served on the Advisory board for the UNC College of Visual and Performing Arts. His community involvement also includes serving with the Greeley Art Commission for 18 years and the Greeley Arts Legacy Board. Jim currently has galleries in five locales and has been invited to over fifty selected exhibitions throughout the country. Selected for Visual Art.
Rhonda Welch has been a part of the community since 1978. She began her career in Greeley by volunteering for the city’s Cultural Affairs Department for 10 years until she was hired as the house manager/volunteer coordinator of the then-under-construction UCCC. She assisted Public Art Coordinator and Legacy Hall of Fame honoree, Jil Rosentrater for several years. When a position opened for a Festival coordinator, Rhonda was selected. Prior to her retirement in 2021, Rhonda served as Festival and Events Coordinator for the City of Greeley and has been involved with the inner city workings for 39 years. She has coordinated three of the biggest events in Greeley- the annual Arts Picnic, the Neighborhood Nights program and the Festival of Trees. She is also a founding board member of the Greeley Creative District. In the Arts Legacy organization’s infancy in 2016, Rhonda served as a committee member to help determine the future direction of the organization. Selected for Leadership.
Henry Ginsburg was born in 1892 in New York City. As a young man, he was head of the string department of the Wolcott Conservatory of Music, where he stayed until he came to Colorado State College in 1931 to teach music. During that time, he was concertmaster for the Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra for 20+ years, founded the Denver String Quartet and performed as a violinist, was music director for KOA radio and conducted the American Theatre Orchestra in Denver. He was the conductor and music director for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra from 1934 until his retirement in 1970. He organized the Greeley String Quartet in 1947, in which he and his wife Blanche also performed. He also founded and conducted the Greeley Junior Philharmonic Orchestra. Ginsburg died in 1982. He was a UNC faculty member from 1931-1958. Selected for Music.
