Announcements
& Events
 Cleverly's
In Concert - June 3rd- It's official. The
Cleverly's are coming to Stokes County. They will perform at King
Central Park Amphitheatre, 302 Kirby Road in King on Sunday, June
3, 2012. Special guests will include Flatpicking Guitar Legend Clay
Jones, and the Sauratown Tadpoles (Stokes County's own children's
traditional music band). Tickets are $10 Adults, $5 Students 6-18,
and Children 5 and under FREE. Concessions will be provided by the
new Poplar Springs Elementary School Staff. For tickets or information,
contact the Stokes County Arts Council at 336 593-8159.
Check out the following Cleverly's YouTube clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxAdINGV7aY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW8F_kWueLs
REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT
GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
The Regional Artist Project Grant provides financial support to
committed, gifted individual artists and small, unincorporated groups
of collaborating artists. The grant is awarded to projects that
promise to advance the career of the artist or groups of artists
in the following disciplines: Music Composition, Film/Video, Literature/Playwriting,
Choreography/Dance and Visual Art/Craft.
Guidelines and Applications are available online
at the Stokes County Arts Council, 500 N. Main Street, Danbury,
North Carolina for Stokes County artists or may be downloaded at
www.intothearts.org
 Art
Camp Forms Online Now for Dance, Drama & Visual Art Camps
We have three different camps during two different weeks at two
different locations for you to choose from. New this year is the
addition of a Visual Art Camp and Dance Camp at North Stokes High
School. Visit our Art Camp page for
more information and to download the forms.
July 9-13 Dance & Visual Art Camp at North
Stokes and Drama Camp at Mt. Olive Elementary
July 16-20 Visual Art & Drama Camp at Mt. Olive
Elementary
 In
the Gallery - Lane, Pace & Summey - The Stokes
County Arts Council is proud to host three local artists, Jennifer
Lane, Gina Pace and Maggie Summey, in the Apple Gallery April 25th
through May 22nd. An opening reception is planned for Friday, April
27, 2012, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Stokes County Arts Council,
Apple Gallery, 500 N. Main Street, Danbury, North Carolina.
Quilted creations of Thread Bear’s own Jennifer Lane and
Gina Pace will be displayed in the gallery. Each work is pieced
from fabrics or fibers, embellished or appliqued and then bound
to finish. Lane states, “There are many techniques used to
create a work of art, which has been passed down through family
traditions.”
Also, on display in the Apple Gallery will be unique creations
by artist Maggie Summey. Her media of choice is stoneware, metal,
beads and paint. Maggie studied studio art at the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington and would like for you to share the
experience of her unique pottery, jewelry, paintings, sculptures
and designs.
The reception and viewing of the exhibit is FREE to the public.
For more information, please contact the Stokes County Arts Council
at (336) 593-8159 or visit us a stokesarts.org.
OTHER UPCOMING PROGRAMS
AND EVENTS
Thursday, May 31, Bethabara Concert Band,
King Center Park, 7pm FREE Admission
Friday, June 8, "Brer Rabbit" Children's Theatre,
Hanging Rock State Park (bathhouse), 6:30 p.m. FREE Admission
Saturday, June 23, "Art in the Park"
King Central Park, 2 to 8 pm FREE Admission
Saturday, June 23, "Brer Rabbit" Children's Theatre,
King Central Park (Amphitheatre), 6:30 p.m. FREE Admission
Stokes County Artists -
There are many talented visual
artists living in Stokes County. The Visual Arts Committee has started
to gather those talented folks in one place in order to showcase
their artwork. If you are an artist and would like to submit images
to the gallery, please email janis@janishenderson.com.
For more artists and images please vist the Stokes County Arts Council's
Visual Artist's page at: www.pbase.com/stokesarts
Please Note: Anyone
with disability(ies) who needs an accommodation to participate at
any Stokes County Arts Council event or program is requested to
inform us 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of the event or program.
|
