Purpose
Business Fellows students and faculty mentors assisted Brown County businesses and community and arts leaders in planning events and writing grants for a celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Theodore Clement (T. C.) Steele's work as the premiere Hoosier impressionist artist and the founder of Brown County Artist Colony.

Action
After discussions with Brown County community and business leaders, the Business Fellows team developed a plan to write an original musical about the life of T. C. Steele, create a street festival plan, and write grant proposals to procure funds for the projects.

Results
The team created an original musical based on the life of T. C. Steele, using the music of Indiana native Cole Porter; created a street festival plan that includes a mission statement, marketing plan, budget, venue descriptions and suggestions, a letter of interest to be sent to potential performers, an artist application, and a sample schedule of performances at the various venues; and wrote grant proposals to be submitted to Indiana foundations and agencies.

Faculty Mentors
Dr. Harold Mortimer, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts

Dr. Jeffrey Pappas, School of Music, College of Fine Arts

Partners
Brown County Economic Development Office; Doug May; Lisa Terry       

Students
Jason Adams; Abby Harris; Betsy Holt; July Lam; Keely Leonard; Meredith McGriff; Alli Miller; Emily Nejad; Jessa Patterson; Kent Richardson; Brent Smith