COLQUITT COUNTY ARTS CENTER: Empty Bowls and Full Souls

Published 11:56 am Saturday, January 12, 2019

Yes you read that headline correctly. Over the next several weeks at the Arts Center you will have the opportunity to fill an empty bowl and enjoy a variety of music with the Hawkins Family Band and Friends and our Heart Strings Valentine event as well as enjoy the exhibits of a nationally recognized portrait artist and local photographer, a special event just for children, and our 28th Annual Hunt Dinner.

Many of you will remember The Hawkins Family as members of the Grand Ole Opry band that performed at the Arts Center a couple of years ago and recently on the Square for Music Under the Magnolia. This talented family group and friends including Stephen Williams on vocals and Steve Fritz on drums will perform a little Bluegrass, a little Gospel and a little Classic Country as they take the stage on Saturday, January 26th. They put on a fabulous show! Tickets are $10 and are going fast!

The works of Vilas Tonape will be on display in the Vereen Gallery free and open to the public beginning Friday, January 25th. Vilas Tonape is an internationally recognized artist and a teacher. He chairs the department of art at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Tonape is a native of India and has been creating art for over thirty years. He received his BFA in Drawing and Painting with distinction from the Sir J.J. School of Art, University of Bombay, India. He earned and MFA in Painting from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. His work has been exhibited internationally, including venues in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Bombay, and Canada. Tonape has won numerous awards throughout the United States and India, and his work has been critically acclaimed. Palm Beach Post says: “Tonape’s paintings can be described as classically inspired, contemporary-realism—interpretive images that enchant the eye.”  Mr. Tonape will also be offering a workshop while he is here. Enjoy a workshop exploring portrait painting in watercolor media. All levels of artists are encouraged to participate. Participants will learn the basics of creating watercolor portraits and develop their existing portraiture skills. Layering, color mixing, and color theory relative to portraiture will be taught using a live model from direct observation. Workshop will be held January 25 – January 27, 2019   9:00 am – 3:00 pm each day.    $200.00 per participant   Deadline to register January 18th

We will also be celebrating a local artist alongside the Tonape exhibit. Hannah Friedlander’s collection of photographs from her University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of the Arts Senior project will be in the Traverse Gallery January 25th – February 22nd. Hannah is the daughter of Kirk and Cheryl Friedlander and granddaughter of Ann Friedlander.

The Colquitt County Arts Center, Colquitt Regional and the Colquitt County Food Bank invite you to be part of the second annual EMPTY BOWL EVENT on Thursday, February 7th from 5:30-7:30 at the Arts Center. Ticket holders will choose a hand painted bowl from over 200 available and enjoy a delicious soup supper as well as desserts. The bowl chosen will go with you as a reminder that you were part of filling a bowl for a neighbor in need. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children and all proceeds will benefit the Colquitt County Food Bank. Come by the Arts Center for your tickets today.

The next Kaleidoscope Kids event will take place on Saturday, February 9th from 10 AM until Noon. This event is for Prek 4 -5th Graders and is free to Kaleidoscope Kids members, $10 for guests. Participants will make valentine cards and candies! Pre-registration is required.

Looking for a new and different way to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Join us at the Arts Center for Heart Strings- a wine and cheese event with Harpist Calista Ann Koch. Nationally recognized harpist Calista Anne Koch has been performing and teaching in the Middle Georgia region since 2004 and throughout the United States since the late 80s and provides a variety of classical, Celtic, religious, Broadway, and popular music. Known to those in Middle Georgia as “The Macon Harpist”, Calista Anne Koch made her home in Macon after having grown up in Georgia since she was a young student. Tickets for the evening which will begin at 7 PM are $15 and are available at the Arts Center.

Arts Center Theater will present The Cemetery Club on stage February 15-17, Tis delightful comedy is the story of three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life; Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun; and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. He meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida. They are guilt-stricken when this nearly breaks Ida’s heart. Tickets are $10 and available at the Arts Center.

Calling all quilters!! Bring your scraps and sewing machine and let’s create string quilts! Saturday, February 23rd from 9 AM until …. we will set up in the ballroom share scarps and enjoy a fuss free way to create a quilt and use up scraps! This is a great beginner quilting project so come and join the fun!

Something for everyone at YOUR Colquitt County Arts Center.