FCAA NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NOVEMBER 2013

VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.franklincountyarts.blogspot.com.

The Cultural Arts Center is open to the public every Friday from 10a-3p, and by appointment.  Contact us: Email: franklincountyarts@gmail.com or Call: 903-434-9130 or 903-305-8023.

LAMADE (Let Art Make A Difference Everyday) is an open class every Friday from 10a-12p.

*2 Main Street Alliance Fundraising Luncheon @ CAC: 12p-2p. (Final day of Local Artist Exhibit)

2  (In conjunction with the First United Methodist Church) Showing of  King & Brown Productions film, Hiding In Plain Sight @ 6:00p in the FUMC Sanctuary.

8 Hooray For Hollywood Exhibit: Walt Disney Art on Celluloid (courtesy Charlotte Chaney) & Tyler Robert’s Screen Icon Portraits

11 Budget Committee Meeting 4p.

11  Board Meeting @ CAC 5p.

12 High School Debate Scrimmage @ CAC (6p).

13 Leaders of Tomorrow Stop by the CAC @ 10:45a.

14 Northeast Texas Writer’s Organization (NETWO) visits CAC for 5p Critique Session/ 6p Regular Meeting.

 * Indicates rental events at the Cultural Arts Center (CAC)

FCAA COUNTRYFEST 2013 BOOTHS A SUCCESS

At the end of the day on Saturday, Oct. 12, there was not much to pack-up in our double booth at CountryFest 2013.  FCAA members helped kids paint 150 pumpkins, gave away 25 Gingerbread Houses to be decorated for Christmas, and passed out 50 information packets available at the booths that day.

Huge "THANK YOU'S" go out to Jim Cleveland, Michele Chitsey, Gary Strange, Gail Reed, and Jean Pamplin for all your hard work on Saturday!  Thank you Betsy Cook and Gail Reed for the fantastic pictures!  Thank you to people of all ages who patronized our booths !

FCAA'S LAEL NELSON PAINTING RAFFLE TO BE DRAWN ON SATURDAY @ COUNTRYFEST

LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE'S (FCAA) LAEL NELSON PAINTING RAFFLE!

AWARD WINNING ARTIST LAEL NELSON PAINTING “CHILDREN IN HAY”  WINNING RAFFLE TICKET TO BE DRAWN SATURDAY AT COUNTRYFEST.

VISIT THE FCAA COUNTRYFEST BOOTH FOR INFORMATION ON THE TIME OF THE DRAWING.

 

Lael Nelson is a Western and Nostalgic Realist.  Prior to a recent move,

Lael and her husband Marshall lived on the banks of Lake Cypress Springs

in East Texas and her art was featured locally through shows at the

Franklin County Historical Association, and at the Franklin County Arts

Alliance in the permanent art collection. Lael’s paintings have been

donated to raise funds for numerous organizations.  Her art adorned aprons

at the Methodist Church Bazaar and prior to the Winnsboro Bakery 

changing hands, her art was on the tins used to ship pound cakes,  The 

painting being raffled off by the FCAA this year was owned by another local 

artist, Kathy Rachal.  Lael has captured a number of awards and anyone  

who is familiar with her art will gladly give $5 for one of 300 raffle tickets in

order to earn a chance to win it.  The art being raffled is a

photo-realist painting of children in a hay barn gathering eggs.

Lael was raised in the ranching and wheat country of West Texas and 

spent twenty years as a commercial artist.  Most of her paintings are  

fashioned from photographs taken in the late 1880’s to the 1940’s.  They 

are so authentic to the photograph, viewers need to look carefully at the

creative aspect of the art Lael produces.  Mt. Vernon is grateful to have

had Lael as part of their creative community.  She has been missed since

her move to South Texas.  The men and women portrayed in her work 

exhibit the spiritual strength and toughness required for life on the open 

plains,  She works in watercolor, oil, and gouache on paper.  The Best of 

Portrait Painting; Best of Watercolor, Painting Light and Shadow; and 

Portrait Inspirations are just three of the publications Lael’s paintings have

appeared in.

TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER ON FRIDAY (10AM-3PM) OR AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE BOOTH AT COUNTRYFEST ON SATURDAY.

1 TICKET $5 OR 3 TICKETS FOR $10

CONTACT US: email: franklincountyarts@gmail.com or by phone Christian: 903-434-9130.  

LAMADE ENTERTAINS MT. PLEASANT FINE ARTS CLUB @ CAC

LAMADE ( Let Art Make A Difference Everyday), the Franklin County Arts Alliance Friday art group, entertained the Mt. Pleasant Fine Arts Club at the Cultural Arts Center on Thursday, Oct. 3rd.

Carolyn and Christian Galloway, co-founders with Mary Galloway of Red Oak Botanicals (handmade body care products), talked to the group about preparing for Cold & Flu Season naturally.

Michele Chitsey and Sandra McCurry each talked to the group about different styles of Art Journaling and its therapeutic applications. 

What a lovely, creative afternoon!

FCAA BOOTHS COUNTRYFEST 2013

This year the FCAA will have a double booth at CountyFest 2013 on Saturday, Oct. 12th.  We are excited to share that we will have an information booth including FCAA info., our Lael Nelson "Children in Hay" painting raffle, and a wonderful FCAA retrospective slide show kindly created for us by Jack Cook!  The other booth space will be a FREE children's pumpkin/gourd decorating center.   The Cultural Arts Center will also be open that day from 10a-2p. (The CAC will be open Saturday, Oct. 26th for Wine in the Pines from 10a-2p, as well.)

If anyone would be interested in volunteering their time for either of the booths during CountryFest or the CAC the 12th or 26th, please let us know.  Email:  franklincountyarts@gmail.com or call Christian: 903-434-9130.