OGLESBY – Glen Gerrard of Oglesby has created Illinois Valley Community College Foundation scholarships for students who display exceptional talent in art and theatre. An artist, actor and set designer, Gerrard appeared in and worked behind the scenes for IVCC theatre productions in the late 1960s. Long before there was a theatre, he learned set design through on the job training and building scale models. Also contributing to The Gerrard Fine Arts Scholarship fund will be his sister Bonnie Kolowski, a retired teacher and principal in Omaha. Bonnie attended IVCC from 1963 to 1965. Today Gerrard still designs sets, now in 3D on the computer. He is a member of the Stage 212 board and is currently creating the 212 digital Visual Archives.
“Being at IVCC was one of the most pivotal times of my life,” he says. “I didn’t do well when the college was still housed at LP, but being at the new temporary campus made all the difference.”
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