ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP POTLUCK MEETING

Come join us for a Boot Scootin’ Good Time

Next Thursday, January 3, 2013

for our Annual Membership Potluck.

(6-7 p.m.) Annual Meeting & Ron Bigony Appreciation

(7-8 p.m.) Live music from the

Pleasant Mountain Boys

We are excited about what 2013 holds in store!

HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

BLACK-TIE

FILM PRESENTATION

OF

Sam Ramsey’s film

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

12-21-2012

6:30p.m. – Cultural Arts Center

100 Rusk St., Mt. Vernon

***This is a Franklin County Arts Alliance Program***

Seating is limited to 75.  To reserve seats contact Christian Galloway @

(903) 434-9130 or franklincountyarts@gmail.com.

The Photographer: How the Rain Falls

The year is 1929. James Lewis is a police photographer in a small suburb. His job involves high risks and little reward. Jem finds himself struggling to find a true standard of justice amid his turbulent times. Ella Reinhardt is a banker’s daughter. Her mother died at an early age and Ella is left alone in their spacious home with her preoccupied father and a mystery her mother left behind. Jem and Ella are linked together as, quietly and unobtrusively, a thundercloud threatens to drench them in a downpour that will reveal a mystery and leave an indelible mark. In every life there are hard choices to make. Only God can know what the world will look like beyond the storm. Shot by Sam Ramsey in Tyler and Winnsboro, Texas, summer 2007.

The Franklin County Arts Alliance sponsored our first ever Film Competition this year.  We have redesigned the Premier Showing scheduled for December 21, 2012, the same date indicated by the Mayan Calendar as the end of an age and are especially pleased to announce the presentation of a 55-minute film titled The Photographer.  The movie was produced in our local area entirely by Winnsboro native, Sam Ramsey (now of Austin).  The evening will also feature short- film presentations Bob & Donna McFarland and Liz Etheridge.

PINTEREST PARTY @ THE CAC THIS THURSDAY!

Come Join Us, This Thursday!

Franklin County Arts Alliance & the Franklin County Public Library are hosting a

Pinterest Party

This Thursday, November 15, 2012

5:30pm

At the

Cultural Arts Center

100 Rusk St.

*The corner of Rusk & Dallas; one block west of the Courthouse

We look forward to seeing you there!

FCAA SPONSORED CROSS EX. DEBATE SCRIMMAGE @ CAC

Come join us this Monday for the only Debate in town! 

Franklin County Arts Alliance Presents:

A Mt. Vernon High School Cross Ex. Debate Scrimmage between the Sophomore & Senior teams.

The Topic:

Resolved That the United States Federal Government Should Substantially Increase Its Transportation Infrastructure Investment in the United States.

The debate will be held at the Cultural Arts Center, 100 Rusk St., on Monday, November 12^th, beginning at 6:00pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

GINGERBREAD WORKSHOP

CALLING ALL YOUNG ARTISTS

The Franklin County Arts Alliance Presents our

GINGERBREAD WORKSHOP

*Create an ornament to be displayed on the Cultural Arts Center fences during the holiday season.

THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH

10am-12pm

Gingerbread story time & ormnament making

1pm-3pm

Dance troupe from “a time to dance & ornament making

CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

100 Rusk St. (corner of Rusk & Dallas)
One block west of the courthouse

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

Recently, several of our members have had loved ones pass away. The Franklin County Arts Alliance is accepting Memorial Donations in their names. Please, keep them in your thoughts.

GINGERBREAD & JINGLE BELLS

GINGERBREAD THEME  CHOSEN FOR  COUNTRYFEST  PROJECT

         by    Linda Philhower                           

Franklin County Arts Alliance will provide a gingerbread themed art project at the Cultural Arts Center during Country Fest from 9 am until 3 pm.  Students are invited to come and decorate either a gingerbread man/woman ornament to be used in the Christmas decorations for the fences of the CAC.
 
Also during Country Fest a child sized gingerbread house will be on display.  This gingerbread house will be incorporated into a scene to be used for Christmas photos, either for families or individuals.  The photos will cost $5.00.  We will then email the photos to you.

Another Gingerbread themed program is planned for Saturday, November 10th.  All students are again invited to drop by the CAC between 10:00 and 2:00 to decorate a gingerbread ornament for the CAC’s Christmas fences.  A story time featuring the story of the gingerbread man will be presented at 11:00am.  At 1:00 that day two trained dance teams, from A Time to Dance, will perform.  The public is welcome to attend this presentation.  Students may attend any or all of the programs that day.

The ornament creations will be incorporated into gorgeous gingerbread themed garlands to surround the Cultural Arts Center during the Christmas Holidays. The festive fences will be lit for the first time on the evening of November 16th when the downtown window displays are unveiled.  You will be able to view our display throughout the holiday season.

The gingerbread house will be displayed again on the FCCA’s float during the Christmas parade on December 1st.  The public is welcome.