Category: SCAC-News

Stone County Journey/Art Quilt Community Teams At Work

Award winning Storyteller, Fabric Artist, and Author Diane Williams presented “The Historic Journey of African American Quilters” on November 7, 2014 in Wiggins, Mississippi. This program was sponsored by the MS Humanities Council.

Diane then lead Community Teams through the creation of a “Stone County Journey/Art Quilt” on November 8th. The SCAC sponsored this event. Below are photos of the Community Teams and their work.

 

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SCAC News and Notes

The Ribbon Cutting for the new Community Arts Center will be November 19, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Arts Center on the Perkinston Campus of MGCCC. All are invited to the ribbon cutting.
The Festival of Lights – Calling All Angels, a fund raiser for the SCAC,  will be held at the Malone Fine Arts Building (Perkinston Campus, MGCCC) beginning at 6pm on December 12, 2012.
SCAC monthly meeting will be November 11,2014,  at 5:30 pm (Visual Arts Center on the Perkinston Campus) with studio class to follow to finish art pieces for Calling All Angels!
You are invited: Award winning Storyteller, Fabric Artist, and Author Diane Williams will present “The Historic Journey of African American Quilters” at 5:00 pm on November 7, 2014 at the EDP office (Train Depot) in Wiggins, MS. This program is being sponsored by the MS Humanities Council and the public is invited-the program is fee). Diane will also lead Community Teams through the creation of a “Stone County Journey/Art Quilt” on November 8th. The SCAC is a sponsor of this event.
Mark your Calendar: The Friends of Stone County Library, MGCCC and Read…Achieve…Lead (literacy program) will be at Barnes and Noble (Gulfport, MS) on November 29, 2014 from  11am – 5pm.
Don’t forget the feather painting workshop with Elaine Maisel on November 15th!

Angel Feather Ornaments Workshop – November 15, 2014

Elaine Maisel
Elaine Maisel

Workshop: “Angel Feather Ornaments”
Date: Saturday Nov. 15, 9:00AM-Noon
Instructor: Elaine Maisel
Location: Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston
Host: Stone County Arts Council

Learn feather painting and create your own Christmas angel ornaments on Mississippi turkey and parrot feathers. Elaine Maisel will lead this workshop, where you will learn feather painting technique and how to preserve and display feathers in a glass ornament finished with a bow. You will have the opportunity to make several ornaments during this three-hour workshop. All materials (feathers, paint, brushes, glass ornaments, ribbon, gift boxes for each ornament) will be provided. You are invited to bring pictures of angels for reference and inspiration. All ages and levels of artistic experience are welcome.

To pre-register, contact  SCAC president Sandra Cassibry at 601-928-6298.
$40 for members of Stone County Arts Association
$50 for non-members. All ages are welcome!

About Elaine Maisel – “I paint on feathers because I like how the shape, size, and specific demands of feathers challenges me creatively, focusing my attention on detailed, mindful, miniature work. Like watercolor, there is little room for error. Once my brush touches the feather, it cannot be erased. My painted feathers are displayed behind glass, either inside glass ornaments or mounted in shadowboxes. The feathers I use come from local parrot owners; small family farms that raise free-range fowl such as chickens, guineas, and peacocks; and from Mississippi turkey hunters. I enjoy personally meeting the birds and bird-owners that provide the canvases for my acrylic paint.” Living and working in Ridgeland, Mississippi, Elaine is a member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi and is on the Mississippi Arts Commission Teaching Artist Roster.  See examples of her work at http://www.feathermore.me and FeatherMore

SCAC October Meeting and Workshop

Join us October 21, 2014, at 5:30 PM for the monthly meeting of the Stone County Arts Council. This meeting is open to all interested citizens and will be held at the Visual Arts Center on the Perkinston Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
The meeting will be followed by a “Bulldog Painting Acrylic on Canvas” studio night with artist Sandra Cassibry. Cost is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Call 601-928-6298 for more information and to register for class.

Reminder – SCAC September Meeting and Workshop

Reminder:
The Stone County Arts Council will meet September 16  at 5:30 pm in the Visual Arts Center on the Perkinston Campus. The Council is open to interested citizens.
The meeting will be followed by a “Make It, Take It, Share It” workshop at 6:30 pm in the Visual Arts Center on the Perkinston Campus. Participants will make crosses, barnyard wood angels, and stamped cards to sell at the MGCCC Festival of Lights: Calling All Angels. If participants choose to take/keep any of the items they create, there is a $25 studio fee.
Call 601-928-6298 to sign up.

Quilting with Marcus Weekley

Members and guests of the SCAC recently participated in a quilting workshop with Marcus Weekly.

The Stone County Arts Council has announced the following meetings and workshops for August-September 2014:
August 12, 5:30 PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston – Stone County Arts Council Monthly meeting. Open to all interested citizens.
August 19, 6:00 PM,Stone High School, Wiggins – Mural Dedication: Stone County’s 31st Mural will be dedicated . The mural is dedicated to Stone County’s strong agricultural presence and is titled: “Harvesting Knowledge through History.”  The mural was created by one of Emily Sumrall’s ninth grade classes with mural artist Kym Garraway and was funded by First Bank with donations from Jack’s Home Improvement. All citizens are invited.
August 30, 9AM-2PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston – Stone County Arts Council with quilt artist Marcus Weekly is offering a quilting workshop. For further information and to register for the class call Sandra Cassibry at 601-928-6298. Class size is limited.
September 16, 5:30 PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston – Stone County Arts Council Monthly meeting. Open to all interested citizens.
September 16, 6:30 PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston –  “Make It, Take It, Share It” workshop with three rotating sessions making shell crosses, stamped cards and angels. Workshop fee is $25- participants will make one, take one, and share one for a donation for the upcoming “Calling All Angels” fundraiser during the MGCCC “Festival of Lights.” Call 601-928-6298 to register for this workshop.

Stone County Arts Council Announces August and September Dates

The Stone County Arts Council has announced the following meetings and workshops for August-September 2014:
August 12, 5:30 PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston – Stone County Arts Council Monthly meeting. Open to all interested citizens.
August 19, 6:00 PM,Stone High School, Wiggins – Mural Dedication: Stone County’s 31st Mural will be dedicated . The mural is dedicated to Stone County’s strong agricultural presence and is titled: “Harvesting Knowledge through History.”  The mural was created by one of Emily Sumrall’s ninth grade classes with mural artist Kym Garraway and was funded by First Bank with donations from Jack’s Home Improvement. All citizens are invited.
August 30, 9AM-2PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston – Stone County Arts Council with quilt artist Marcus Weekly is offering a quilting workshop. For further information and to register for the class call Sandra Cassibry at 601-928-6298. Class size is limited.
September 16, 5:30 PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston – Stone County Arts Council Monthly meeting. Open to all interested citizens.
September 16, 6:30 PM, Visual Arts Center, MGCCC, Perkinston –  “Make It, Take It, Share It” workshop with three rotating sessions making shell crosses, stamped cards and angels. Workshop fee is $25- participants will make one, take one, and share one for a donation for the upcoming “Calling All Angels” fundraiser during the MGCCC “Festival of Lights.” Call 601-928-6298 to register for this workshop.

Stone County Arts Council to meet July 15, 2014

The Stone County Arts Council sponsored incredible studio classes the week of June 23rd. Classes included gel prints with Marilyn Ammons, prayer flags with Provie Musso, silk painting with Kelli Spacht and acrylic canvas flower painting with Joy Johnson. It was a great week to be together, experiment and “do art.”
The SCAC will meet July 15th at 5:30 pm at the Visual Arts Center on the Perkinston Campus! Plan to attend. An exciting update on the Community Arts Building will be presented.

Celebration of Stone County’s Agriculture

Emilie Sumrall’s 9th grade English class at Stone High School completed this spring an extensive project studying Stone County’s history, government, transportation, leaders/heroes and agriculture. The students decided they wanted to take a huge step and become “first hand participants ” in Mississippi’s official “Mural County” and sponsor a mural celebrating the farmers and Stone County’s agriculture. Working with mural artist Kym Garraway, the mural is now underway, will be finished this summer and installed in the hallway leading to the SHS cafeteria in August.

A special thanks to Jack’s Home Improvement for donation of the boards for the mural.

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