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Upcoming Events
Sponsored by the Mentone Area Arts Council
August-September Heather Nicely Exhibit-Inspirations from
Nature at Studio 117 Gallery on the Second Floor of the
Mentone Realty Building
September 4-5 Labor Day Art Show in Mentone
September 24-25 Impressionist Artist Caroline Nuckolls with
lead a workshop at St. Joseph's.
October 16 Lon Eldridge and the Delta Blues, 7:30 Mentone
Inn.
October 23 - Benny Campbell Flower Arranging Workshop
City Auditorium in Fort Payne
October 30-31 Artists' Gallery and Home Tour in Mentone
November 6 Rattling Gourd Art Show in Summerville, Georgia
December 4 Christmas on the Mountain at the Canyon Center
featuring the jazz sounds of the Ken Watters Group from
Atlanta
Want to become a member of the
Mentone Area Arts Council? Go to
www.mentonearts.org
and click on the Membership Tab. You don't have to be an
artist to become involved with NE Alabama's most active
organization.
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Don't forget the Mentone Farmers Market at the Mentone Inn on
Wednesdays
from 3 PM until 6 PM and on
Saturday mornings..
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Hey Gang,
It's Labor
Day Weekend and that means that there is lots of fun
to be had in Mentone. The headliner for the weekend
is, of course, the Mentone Area Arts Council's Labor
Day Art Show.
It will be held on the grounds of the Historic
Mentone Inn on Saturday, September 4, from 10:00
until 5:00, and Sunday, September 5, from 11:00
until 5:00. The Show will feature over 30 of our
local artists as well as artists from Birmingham,
Huntsville, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Atlanta. It
is going to be a great show and it is never too soon
to start picking up some of those holiday gifts.
Handmade items are always to best presents you can
give.
And, if you are coming to the show, make plans to
see Larry Joe Hall who will perform at the show from
3:00 until 5:00 on Saturday. Larry Joe is an
excellent entertainer and you will not want to miss
his performance.
Have you visited the Mentone Area Arts Council's
website lately? You can do so by going to
mentonearts.org. MAAC member, Bob Hoffman, of the
Art Gallery at Mentone, is now maintaining our site
and we've been working hard to make some significant
changes and updates to make the
site more informative and useful to you. The
Membership page is now up-to-date and we're offering
to put a link to your website there for FREE! Can't
beat FREE! The NEWS and EVENTS pages are being
updated weekly to keep up with all of our MAAC
happenings. If you haven't visited the website
recently, give it a try. And, if you don't have a
website of your own, let me give a small plug for
Bob Hoffman who has helped us out tremendously
(and inexpensively). If you would like to post your
website, just drop me an email with the information
and we will take care of it for you.
This weekend is also a good time to drop by the
Studio 117 Gallery
on the
second floor of the Mentone Realty Building and take
in Heather Nicely's exhibit, Inspirations from
Nature. Heather, a lifelong artist and long time
resident of Mentone Alabama, draws her artistic
inspirations from nature. A showcase of her art
featuring a variety of mixed media including metal
sculptures, pastel landscapes (pictured above) and
monoprints is now on display. Her exhibit highlights
the beauty Heather finds in her everyday life on
Lookout Mountain. It is sponsored by the Mentone Area
Arts Council and will run through the month of
September. When she is not taking in the beauty around
her, Heather creates some of her own, not only through
her art but as a Landscape Designer.
You might want to mark you calendars now for a
workshop sponsored the Mentone Area Arts
Council featuring impressionist artist, Caroline
Nuckolls. Caroline currently resides in Atlanta but
for the past seven years has taught
the impressionistic style of painting based on Monet's
style and colors at ART Giverny in France. There, she
worked with internationally renowned impressionist
artist, Gale Bennett. The workshop will be held at
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church on September 24th and
25th. The cost is $125. The workshop is limited to 10
participants and is filling up fast so make you plans
to attend today. Email Caroline for further
information at
caroline@bluestonebranch.com.
There are some other great events coming up in
September including a great event sponsored by the
Trenton Arts Council on the 11th with artists from
four states including an eclectic group of
unconventional storytellers and poets from throughout
the region. We will have more information available
on that as the date gets closer.
And, don't forget about Boom Days that celebrates the
cultural heritage of Fort Payne, Alabama. The event
will be held in downtown Fort Payne on Saturday,
September 18 and features a whole host of
entertainers, arts, crafts and plenty of food and
fun.
Also that day, the Fort Payne Humane Society is
holding its PET PAWRADE at 10:00. A tax-deductible
donation of $10 per animal prior to September 11.
Email hsard@wildblue.net
for further information.
Down the road in October, there are two great events
sponsored by the Mentone Area Arts Council. Mark your
calendars for a concert to be held on Saturday,
October 16, 2010, at 7:30 PM in the Pavilion at the
Mentone Inn for Lon Eldridge and the Delta Blues. Lon
is an extremely talented musician and you will not
want to miss this event.
Also on October 23, 2010, the Arts Council is
sponsoring Garden Greenstoppers featuring Benny
Campbell at the City Auditorium in Fort Payne at
2:00. Benny is a floral design extraordinaire and has
led workshops and education events across the
southeast for 35 years. His expertise and wicked
humor will dazzle the audience. The cost is $20 per
person and is an event that you will not want to
miss. Mark your calendars today.
We have several other events we will be announcing in
the near future that are really going to be great!
Well, that's it for now. As I
have said many times before, there is always a lot going on in
Mentone and plenty to do and see. And, there are a number of
great events just down the road so stay tuned.
As always, please forward this email to anyone you
think might be interested in attending any of the above
events.
See you out there!
President
Mentone Area Arts Council
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