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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. HATOFF_090924_13.JPG: Winkin' Lincoln Artists: Lincoln Land Community College Students
2. HATOFF_090924_53.JPG: The Words of Lincoln Artist: Jennifer Partlow -- Springfield
3. HATOFF_090924_61.JPG: It's the Life in Your Years Artist: Toni Freesen -- Exeter, IL
4. HATOFF_090925_001.JPG: Road-Trippin' through Lincoln Land! Artist: Amy Roberts-Black -- Springfield
5. HATOFF_090925_015.JPG: History and Freedom Unfolding Before Us Artist: Tiffany Beane -- Springfield
6. HATOFF_090925_043.JPG: Road-Trippin' through Lincoln Land! (another one!) Artist: Amy Roberts-Black -- Springfield
7. HATOFF_090925_064.JPG: Winkin' Lincoln Artists: Lincoln Land Community College Students
8. HATOFF_090925_073.JPG: A-Maize-ing Illinois Artist: Cornelia Powell -- Springfield
9. HATOFF_090925_093.JPG: The Words of Lincoln Artist: Jennifer Partlow -- Springfield
10. HATOFF_090925_111.JPG: It's The Life In Your Years Artist: Toni Freesen -- Exeter, IL
11. HATOFF_090925_132.JPG: Lincoln's Springfield Artist: Annette Johnson
12. HATOFF_090925_158.JPG: Unite To Stand Artists: 4th Graders at Our Saviour's Lutheran School -- Springfield
13. HATOFF_090925_161.JPG: A Slice of History: Artist: Thom Cicchelli -- Chicago Mr. Cicchelli has participated in several public art projects in major cities around the country, including "Benches on the Avenue" in Tinley Park, "Suite Home Chicago" and "Hot Ideas for a Coller Planet" that was part of the Cool Globes exhibit that travelled from Chicago to San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles in 2007 through 2009. In 2003, Mr. Ciccelli's design of the Illinois State Quarter was the first coin minted in the U.S. that had two different presidents depicted on it -- Washington on the "heads" side and a depiction of New Salem's "Lincoln the railsplitter" statue on the "tails" side. Mr. Cicchelli was inspired by the "Hats Off To Mr. Lincoln" project, because he thought that "every birthday deserves a cake." Thom had never formally decorated a cake, and used paint and plaster as well as common household items that he picked up at a [sic] neighborhood stores and antique shops to finish his work. His whole design was created and delivered in only six weeks after he received his unfinished fiberglass hats. There are 16 stars, 16 mini-cakes, and 16 red and white stripes on the cake for the 16th president. There are six coins on the cake, representing the six members of Lincoln's family connected by the beaded roping, 3 pennies with the 1909 date from the Lincoln Centennial, 3 of the 2003 state quarters, designed by Thom, featuring Lincoln as a young man. The presidential seal and the brass cylinder below Lincoln's statue were form an antique candy tin that Tom [sic] found in Chicago at an antique shop. The candy tin had the cameo images of every president through FDR. Lincoln's profile is centered in the cake. It is estimated that the tin was probably 60-70 years old. On the top cake, there are place holders for the new 2009 Lincoln pennies that we'll add as they become available.
Description of Subject Matter: Stovepipe hats to go on display starting today
By JOHN REYNOLDS (john.reynolds@sj-r.com)
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
Posted May 28, 2009 @ 11:30 PM
Last update May 29, 2009 @ 06:11 AM

Springfield artist Felicia Olin turned to Vachel Lindsay’s poem “Lincoln” when she painted her 3-foot-tall fiberglass version of Abraham Lincoln’s signature stovepipe hat.

“I just pulled out images from the poem. The poem talks about prairie fires, buffalo and a weedy stream. So I used these images and made a picture that you follow with your eyes all the way around.”

Olin’s hat was one of more than 20 such projects that were on display Thursday during a reception for the “Hats off to Mr. Lincoln” project. The project, sponsored by the Springfield Rotary Clubs with help from the Springfield Area Arts Council, was created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.

The reception was held at the Inn at 835, 835 S. Second St.

Beginning today, the hats will start popping up in a variety of spots around downtown Springfield. The large ones measure 15 inches high with a base of 24 inches, and the huge ones are 3 feet high and have a 57-inch base.

“We had learned that up in Ottawa, they did a similar thing, using the same forms,” said Brian Barstead, an organizer of the event. “We thought it would be great if we could do something like that in Springfield.”

Olin said she worked on her hat for at least an hour a day for a month. The hat will be on display at the Illinois State Museum, which she says is a good fit. Her hat has pictures of buffalo and prairie grass, and inside the museum, people can learn about both.

“This is very fun and exciting. Ever since the cow exhibit (Chicago’s “Cows on Parade” display in 1999), I’ve wanted to do something like this,” Olin said.

The hats are expected to remain on display until at least the end of September.

John Reynolds can be reached at 788-1524.

The above was from http://www.sj-r.com/bicentennial/x12075818/Stovepipe-hats-to-go-on-display-starting-today
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