News and Events

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!

“The Historic Journey of African American Quilters” – November 7

Diane Williams has been called a storyweaver, a keeper of treasured tales, and a collector of phrases. She is the recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s Oracle Award and the Mississippi Humanities Council ‘s Special Chair’s Award. She is a author and fabric artist. She will be leading a team of artists, students and leaders from Stone County in the creation of a Story Quilt…Stone County’s 32nd Mural.
Diane will present “The Historic Journey of African American Quilters”, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council on Friday, November 7 at 5pm at the EDP office. The public is invited to this event. The Story Quilt project is sponsored by the Bank of Wiggins, Stone Council Arts Council and MS Power-partners include Stone County EDP and MGCCC.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Diane Williams
Diane Williams

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

Learning to Play the Dulcimer

“Learning to Play the Dulcimer”
12:30—2:30 pm Instructor: Karen McQueen
Location: MGCCC Perkinston Campus Cafeteria Private Dining Room
Have you always wanted to play a musical instrument, but don’t know the first thing about reading music? You don’t have to read music to play the mountain (or “lap”) dulcimer. Join this introductory class where we “play by numbers” to learn the mountain dulcimer. Dulcimers and individual instruction will be provided by Pine Hill Dulcimers & Friends (please “Like” our Facebook page) for you to learn the basics in this small class setting. No Charge! To register, email mcqueen8998@bellsouth.net ASAP so we can reserve a spot for you!
Join us beforehand for the Lifelong Learning Institute monthly buffet luncheon (only $6.00) at 10:45 a.m., also in the private dining room; the topic for the luncheon this month is Genealogy.
Thanks,
Karen McQueen
601-528-1663

“The Historic Journey of African American Quilters”

Join the Stone County Arts Council on November 8: 9am-10am, Visual Arts Center, Perkinston Campus-MGCCC for the presentation by Fabric Artist and Storyteller Diane Williams of “The Historic Journey of African American Quilters”. This project is funded by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council. The public is invited and admission is free.

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.

Make It … Take It …. Share It Workshop

These are some of the cross ornament examples for the ” Make It…Take It…Share It Workshop sponsored by the SCAC.

Stapp Traveling Murals

The murals dedicated to the life and work of Emilie and Marie Stapp were on display in the Malone Fine Arts Building at the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College during August 2014. Look for these murals and related materials to be on display at other Stone County venues throughout the year. photo 2photo 1

Harvesting Knowledge Through History

The Murals of Stone County recently dedicated “Harvesting Knowledge Through History” at Stone High School. The County’s 31st mural was dedicated thanks to First Bank and their representatives Jody Miles and Daphine Cazeaux and Jack’s Home Improvement.  SHS teacher Emilie Sumrall and her 2014 9th grade class inspired this mural.

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