*Flyer provided by Keitra Stoker, FCAA Childrens's Chair
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018
OUR NEXT EXHIBIT!
Franklin County Arts Alliance & Lake Country Roasters Presents:
ANNUAL COFFEE HOUSE & OPEN-MIC/
MVHS ART EXHIBIT RECEPITON
(Exhibit open March 2-30)
SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD
5:30p.m.
Cultural Arts Center
100 Rusk St.
Mt. Vernon, TX
(one block west of courthouse)
*Lake Country Roasters Coffee & Finger Foods Available
Donations WELCOME
OPEN-MIC
*All are welcome to perform or watch!
Song, dance, poetry, prose, theatre, musical instruments, BE
CREATIVE, but please keep content clean & appropriate.
*Cole Barker High School Art Awards winners will also be announced.
MEET FILMMAKER MAT HAMES
Mat
Hames is an Austin Texas based Emmy Award winning filmmaker whose
documentaries have been distributed by the Sundance Channel, PBS, Hulu, Amazon
and Netflix. His film What Was Ours follows
three native Americans in their journey to reclaim lost artifacts and open a
tribal museum on their reservation in Wyoming. The film aired nationally on
U.S. Television at part of PBS’ Independent Lens 2017 series, and is available
on Amazon Prime streaming services. Hames’ film When I Rise, about African-American mezzo-soprano opera
singer Barbara Conrad, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and had an
international premiere at HotDocs in Toronto. After playing in ten
festivals in the US, the UK, and Canada, the film entered the festival circuit
in Europe, aired on PBS’s Independent Lens series, and was nominated
for an IDA Documentary Award. He recently traveled to the remote village
of Pushkar, India for his film World’s Greatest Head Massage for Rooster Teeth’s RTDocs division, for which he was a Webby
Award Honoree. Mat directed the short documentary Fighting Goliath narrated by Robert Redford. It was the
official selection of 12 film festivals. Hames’ directorial debut
was Last Best Hope, an
award-winning documentary film about the Belgian Resistance during WWII, which
aired nationally on PBS and garnered numerous awards at film festivals,
and for which he was knighted by Belgian King Albert II. He is a co-founder of Austin production company Alpheus
Media.
*Photos & Bio courtesy of Mat Hames
Thursday, February 1, 2018
GETTING TO KNOW OUR "A FRESH LOOK" ARTISTS: SHANNON OSTERTAG
SHANNON OSTERTAG: Painter
*Photo of Shannon's artwork provided by FCAA.
GETTING TO KNOW OUR "A FRESH LOOK" ARTISTS:AUDREY NORMAN
AUDREY NORMAN: Paper Artist
I was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, Texas. I graduated high
school in 2000, and then I went to Texas Tech in Lubbock. I graduated from Tech
in 2005 with a BFA in graphic design. Once graduated, I moved to Austin. After
living in Austin for four years, I entered the alternative certification
process with Region 13 to become an art educator. Once I received my teaching
certificate I accepted my first job in Victoria, Texas. I taught middle and
high school art there for 3 years. I moved back to Mt. Vernon to teach art at
the high school, and I have been teaching here for 7 years.
I am passionate about art, and I enjoy working in a variety of
media. I have been working with paper for around 12 years, and I think it is
fair to say I have become a little obsessed. I find the possibilities of paper
an endless source of curiosity and joy.
*Bio provided by Audrey Norman
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