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Sunday, February 2, 1992/Denton Record-Chronicle/3C
CARA
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Department, was on her.
awards committee. Through
Mrs. Gough, she persuaded
Mike Cunningham to design
and Geore Cadell to cast the
Once she had the physical
award, Mrs. Kendrick said, "I
thought we needed to give it a
name."
She and her committee
played with words until they
came up with CARA.
"As an artist, rm going to
enjoy having the beautiful
piece of sculpture that I was
part of the designing .-
That, to me, is really special.
Mrs. Kendrick's interest in
the arts and involvement in the
community go back to her
childhood. Her mother was an
artist and active volunteer, she
said.
She started taking part in
community arts projects in
New York City, where she and
her husband Jack lived until
1979.
She taught pottery at the
Crafts Student League and the
92nd Street Y Pottery in NewYork and was director of pot-
tery at the Community
Cultural Arts Center in
Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
When the Kendricks moved.
to Denton, where Mr. Kendrick
had grown up, the city's arts
community quickly recognized
herpotential.
Her mother-in-law Lura
Hendrick had worked for the
arts inDenton formanyyears.
"Because of Jack's mom, a
lot of people made a lot of
assumptions when I moved to
Denton," she said.
"The first year I was in
Denton I was asked to serve on
the board of the arts council.
Jack's mom was going off the
board to help charter TAG (The
Arts Guild)."
At about the same time,
Vicki Holt asked her to be
cultural arts chairman of
Woodrow Wilson Elementary
School's PTA. Shortly there-
after, she took over as cultural
arts chairman of the City
Council ofPTA.with the public schools of six
districts in North Texas, it
'Shecreated anatmospherethatshowed became real clear that Mary
the txdue o f Creave prOdCo,' Lee's work with wild flowers
theau ohad laid a foundation,"he said.
"She created an atmosphere
BillMcCarter that showed the value of
co-director, North Texas Institute crtive ,Production."
tt~fl...1A ~ In announcing Mrs. Ken-
for Educators on the Visual Arts drick's award, the CARA
committee cited her work with
the wild flower competition,
her service to the PTA, her
Mrs.KePA usent to eiter M. Brmannorcontributions to the building
GDAC d a prjectMrs Kedrik enisinedthecommittees of both the Center
crethe d fowes at cm- igaticproectthewil flwerfor the Visual Arts and the
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petiionfor hilrenm-spn- n 191, t dew mre hanArts.
sore byGDA an Texs 1,00 enriesfro 51schols "I'm overwhelme d," Mrs.
Kendrick said of the award.
""It's kind of embarrassing. It's
real, but when you're doing
what you like to do, you don't
Este, prn alo oran sid.think of ... the rewards that
are inthe dayto daywork.
to"While I may have initiated
some programs in the area arts
eefor ouryouth, I really think the
reason the projects have been
so successful is -- not only
Mrs. Kendrick used the Ly hesevctotePAhe
ODAC and PTA assignments to NihrM.Bra o otiuin otebidn
create her best known projectMr.enrc vioeth comtesobohteCne
- the wild flowers art com- ggni rjc h idfoe o h iulAt n h
petition for children co-spon- cmeiinbcm.Rya alfrtePromn
sored by GDAC and Texas irs
Woman's University.
"I remember sitting on the
steps of C"lhos Junio Higharasig I
wihMary Lee," said Bobbern
Estes, principal of Borman
ElmnaySchool.sad
The two wore talking about
ways toil prmt arts fore schoolte
children in Denton.
ta id flower thing, what if
19,so succerieh iso ! nothonly
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gigatc n project hewid lwe
tcomtiionbecaM.Ese
In 199, t rew mo-reco than inteda oda ok
19,000 entre fromtut 51fchol
"Thcator one proec hisad Ats
bearingonshmn things
then ommunity,"nMr. Este
for us (the institute forkbecause the projects are
because the projects are
significant, but because of the
tremendous community sup-
port.
Mrs. Kendrick has the abil-
ity to create enthusiasm in
others, accordingto Mr. Estes.
"Her enthusiasm, her drive
is contagious," he said. "And,
she's so open to other people's
ideas. She never loses sight of
her goal, she just takes
everyone along with her. And
when she's through, you see
she's incorporated everyone's
ideas."
Her persistence impressed
Dr. McCarter.
"She reminds me of a bull
dog that won't let go of a rag.
She'll hang on to the last
breath.... It's almost im-
possible to say no to Mary Lee
because she will give you all
the best reasons why this is
important - to her, to you and
to the children."C
we could do something with
for us (the institute) to work
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