GREAT ART 101 YOUTH WORKSHOP: JULY 27, 2013

We gad a fantastic Art 101 Youth Workshop last Saturday, instructed by Texarkana artist, Rhonda Cross!  Thank you Rhonda, and thank you to the parents and kids who participated!    We would also like to send a special THANK YOU!  to our own, Jack Cook for these spectacular photos!  What a blast!  We have so many budding young artists here in Mt. Vernon.

 
 

 

STORYBOOK WRITING WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY, AUG.3RD

Our next youth workshop is this Saturday, August 3^rd (1pm-3pm), on the art of Storybook Writing, as instructed by Lisa Simmons. "Lisa loves a good picture book as much as the next person and loves to explores the reasons some books just draw the reader in.  She has been published in several magazines and has two Ipad picture books with Flying Books.  She lives in NE Texas with her husband and daughters and writes EVERY day -- just for the fun of it."

Come and join us at :

Cultural Arts Center

100 Rusk St. 

Mt. Vernon, TX

(One block west of the Courthouse)

For more information or to sign-up, contact Christian Galloway, our Events Coordinator:

Phone:  903-434-9130

Email: franklincountyarts@gmail.com

NEW 1ST THURSDAY QUILTING LESSONS BEGIN THIS WEEK

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

The Franklin County Arts Alliance (FCAA) is pleased to announce that Michele Chitsey will soon be instructing MONTHLY QUILTING LESSONS: 1^st THURSDAY’S, beginning Thursday, August 1, 2013, 5:45pm-8:45pm. 

In August the lesson will focus on a Christmas Project.  Skills Taught to include:

*Needle Turn Appliqué

*More Embroidery Stitches

*Rotary Blades Cutting

The fee is $15 per lesson.  This fee pays for the lesson and allots a donation to the FCAA.  There will be an additional fee for a Project Kit, should participants choose to purchase one.  (This fee is TBA.)

All lessons will be held at:

Cultural Arts Center

100 Rusk St.

Mt. Vernon, TX 75457

(one block west of the Courthouse)

For additional information or registration, contact Christian Galloway: (903) 434-9130 OR franklincountyarts@gmail.com.

FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE & FRANKLIN COUNTY LIBRARY PRESENT: TWICE UPON A TIME STORYTELLERS

Kids love hearing a good story!

And why should kids have all the fun?

Twice Upon a Time Storytellers, Gene and Peggy Helmick-Richardson, will be sharing tales twice at the Cultural Arts Center, 100 RUSK St. in Mt. Vernon, on Friday, August 9. Once for children and once for adults, both programs are free and open to the public.

Kids will be treated to “Different Ways to Tell a Story” from 2 to 3 p.m. that day. This storytelling program incorporates activities, such as origami, magic tricks, singing and using different voices, into the tales. This program is recommended for ages 5 through 12.

Adults and teens can come to the Cultural Arts Center at 6 p.m. for Twice Upon a Time’s “Fairy, Folk and Fantasy Tales for Adults.” The audience will hear such tales as the story of a woman outwitting a dragon by famed sci-fi and fantasy author Orson Scott Card and learning a little more about the inspiration behind the Star Wars series.

Sponsored by Friends of the Franklin County Library & Franklin County Arts Alliance, these programs have been made possible by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Traveling from preschools to prisons, Twice Upon a Time Storytellers have been sharing their tales together since 1999 and been on the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Artists Roster for over 10 years. Gene and Peggy's presentations blend this ancient oral tradition with personal narrative, science, history, modern nuance, cultural diversity and sometimes a soupcon of silliness to show the world in many new and imaginative ways.

To learn more about Twice Upon a Time Storytellers, go to www.twicetellers.com.

For additional information, contact:

twiceuponatime@sbcglobal.net library@mt-vernon.com or call Lisa Lawrence at 903-537-4916

SUMMER YOUTH WORKSHOP SERIES TO BEGIN THIS SATURDAY

The Franklin County Arts Alliance (FCAA) is doing a series of 3 FREE Youth Workshops.   The series will kick-off Saturday, July 27, 2013 (1pm-3pm), with Art 101.  The instructor is Rhonda Cross of the Renaissance Art Academy in Texarkana. According to their website,  “Renaissance Art Academy is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of Fine Art as Renaissance Masters learned them centuries ago.”  They implement the Gluck Method, pioneered by Larry Gluck, of Los Angeles, some quarter of a century ago. 

This method “is a planned sequence of steps designed to give anyone the ability to draw and paint beautifully.” (www.gluckmethod.com)   

The FCAA is excited for Rhonda to share this time honored method of artistic learning with our local youth!

The next workshop will be the following Saturday, August 3^rd (1pm-3pm).  This workshop focuses on the art of Storybook Writing, as instructed by Lisa Simmons. "Lisa loves a good picture book as much as the next person and loves to explores the reasons some books just draw the reader in.  She has been published in several magazines and has two Ipad picture books with Flying Books.  She lives in NE Texas with her husband and daughters and writes EVERY day -- just for the fun of it."
 

The final workshop is Acting 101, instructed by Christian Galloway, on Saturday, August 10^th (1pm-3pm).  Christian has a Master of Science in Theatre from Texas A & M University-Commerce and is currently employed as the Events Coordinator for the Franklin County Arts Alliance.  A few of her acting roles include:  Bella from Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers, Sally in Clark Gesner’s musical, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and Mrs. Betterton in April De Angelis’s Playhouse Creatures.  For her Master’s Thesis, she played the role of Eleanor in James Goodman’s The Lion In Winter.   According to Christian, “This workshop is going to center around acting basics.”  She looks forward to working with the youth in our community.

All workshops will be located at the Cultural Arts Center, 100 Rusk St., Mt. Vernon, one block west of the Courthouse.  Once again, these workshops are FREE to participants (paid for, in part by the St. Clair Endowment, through the Franklin County Historical Association).  For more information or to register, please contact Christian Galloway at: franklincountyarts@gmail.com or (903) 434-9130. 

BLACK TIE, BOOTS, BUCKAROOS: JUNE 29, 2013

The FCAA would like to send a big "Thank You" to all our 

artists: Terry McCullough, Michael Whatley, Enola & Kurt, 

King & Brown Enterprises! Thank you Bo Wafford & Carolyn 

Galloway for the amazing food!Thank you to our patrons! 

Thank you to our volunteers! And a huge "THANK YOU" to 

our President, Jean Pamplin for all your hard work! You all 

helped to make this a magical event!

MONTHLY QUILTING LESSONS TO BEGIN THURSDAY, AUG. 1

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

The Franklin County Arts Alliance (FCAA) is pleased to announce that Michele Chitsey will soon be instructing MONTHLY QUILTING LESSONS: 1^st THURSDAY’S, beginning Thursday, August 1, 2013, 5:45pm-8:45pm. 

In August the lesson will focus on a Christmas Project.  Skills Taught to include:

*Needle Turn Appliqué

*More Embroidery Stitches

*Rotary Blades Cutting

The fee is $15 per lesson.  This fee pays for the lesson and allots a donation to the FCAA.  There will be an additional fee for a Project Kit, should participants choose to purchase one.  (This fee is TBA.)

All lessons will be held at:

Cultural Arts Center

100 Rusk St.

Mt. Vernon, TX 75457

(one block west of the Courthouse)

For additional information or registration, contact Christian Galloway:  (903) 434-9130 OR franklincountyarts@gmail.com.

FCAA YOUTH WORKSHOP SERIES TO BEGIN SATURDAY JULY 27

The Franklin County Arts Alliance (FCAA) is doing a series of 3 FREE Youth Workshops.   The series will kick-off Saturday, July 27, 2013 (1pm-3pm), with Art 101.  The instructor is Rhonda Cross of the Renaissance Art Academy in Texarkana. According to their website,  “Renaissance Art Academy is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of Fine Art as Renaissance Masters learned them centuries ago.”  They implement the Gluck Method, pioneered by Larry Gluck, of Los Angeles, some quarter of a century ago. 

This method “is a planned sequence of steps designed to give anyone the ability to draw and paint beautifully.” (www.gluckmethod.com)  

The FCAA is excited for Rhonda to share this time honored method of artistic learning with our local youth!

The next workshop will be the following Saturday, August 3^rd (1pm-3pm).  This workshop focuses on the art of Storybook Writing, as instructed by Lisa Simmons. The final workshop is Acting 101, instructed by Christian Galloway, on Saturday, August 10^th (1pm-3pm).    Look for further information on the Storybook Writing & Acting 101 Workshops next week.

All workshops will be located at the Cultural Arts Center, 100 Rusk St., Mt. Vernon, one block west of the Courthouse.  Once again, these workshops are FREE to participants (paid for, in part by the St. Clair Endowment, through the Franklin County Historical Association).  For more information or to register, please contact Christian Galloway at: franklincountyarts@gmail.com or (903) 434-9130. Also,

SUMMER 2013 BEGINNERS QUILTING CLASSES WITH MICHELE CHITSEY

SUMMER 2013 GUITAR CLASSES WITH JIM CLEVELAND