Distinctive local art, food & music festival launches in downtown Thomasville
THOMASVILLE, Ga–It’s a creative collaboration. New southern food mixes with the soulful sounds of southern Americana music in an urban, outdoor setting. It’s downtown. It’s distinctive. It’s Due South and it’s coming to Thomasville on Friday, April 20, 2012.
Thomasville Center for the Arts in partnership with Thomasville Entertainment Foundation and Thomasville National Bank present Due South, a celebration of the authentic southern connection between land, art and tradition. The rich sights, sounds and tastes of the new south will fill the night air with Artist Denise Choppin’s dreamily-evocative art works on exhibit, toe-tapping music performed by the New 76ers from Tallahassee, Florida and the Blue Dogs, of Charleston, South Carolina and a hand-picked bunch of food choices created by local chefs and restaurants.
Set in and around Building 209, in the heart of Downtown Thomasville (Formerly the Coca-Cola bottling plant, 209 West Remington Avenue), look for Due South gates to open at 5:30 p.m.- rain or shine. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs. Vendors will be on-site to provide a variety of food choices and beer by the cup for purchase. The New 76ers will play at 6:00 p.m. followed by the Blue Dogs at 8:00 p.m.
The community can purchase tickets for this outdoor event for $20 per person, kids under 11 are free. A limited number of sponsorships and VIP tickets are also available. Sponsors will be invited to the VIP party which includes locally grown and produced foods prepared by local chefs, specialty beverages and reserved seating.
Making their first appearance in Thomasville, roots-rockers the Blue Dogs are bringing their distinctive bluegrass-based, southern-americana sound to our area. Midwest Record Recap calls them a “Funtastic outing that simply lets the good times roll without pretense or affect”. Formed in 1987 by longtime friends and fellow cub scouts, Hank Futch and Bobby Houck, the band boasts 25 years of playing, 9 CD’s and 2 DVD’s.
Michele Arwood, Executive Director of the Thomasville Center for the Arts says “Community participation in Due South preserves the rich musical traditions of the south, celebrates the food of the new south and promotes our shared artistic heritage. Community support for Due South also funds youth music and arts education and enrichment”. In it’s inaugural year, Due South 2012, promises to set the tone for an expanded event in 2013, with live music planned at multiple venues throughout Downtown.
To buy VIP or General admission tickets to Due South, visit the Thomasville Center for the Arts’ website at www.thomasvillearts.org.
Visit Due South on Facebook: facebook.com/duesouth.tca for up to the moment updates and insider information. General admission tickets for the evening’s concert line-up will also be available at the gate.
Due South benefits the Thomasville Center for the Arts and its mission to be a leader in the arts by inspiring, soothing, provoking and connecting our community through artistic experiences that bring beauty and enrichment to daily life. Thomasville Center for the Arts produces sponsored events like Due South and the Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival to engage its members and to expose our community to artistic expression.
Hot Tickets
April 20: It's a veritable feast for the senses at the inaugural Due South art, food and music festival in Thomasville, Ga. Artist Denise Choppin's art will be on exhibit, there will be tasty bits crafted by local chefs and restaurants, and The New 76ers and The Blue Dogs will provide the foot-stompin' tunes. "Bring your own chair" general admission tickets are $20, VIP tickets are $100. Visit www.thomasvillearts.org.
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20120413/ENT/204130310/Hot-tickets
April 11, 2012
Other hot tickets coming up? This Saturday nite is the grand finale of the TCA Indie Film Series. This movie is less documentary-style than most of the others and more story-like {watch the trailer here}. It’s about the North GA man who was supposed to be cremating bodies, but wasn’t. Very Southern Gothic, and, well, that’s right up my alley.
http://yourtownie.net/wp/2012/04/the-hottest-tickets-in-town.html
March 29, 2012
Due South is April 20
Staff Writer cnhi
THOMASVILLE — It’s a creative collaboration. New southern food mixes with the soulful sounds of southern Americana music in an urban, outdoor setting. It’s downtown. It’s distinctive. It’s Due South and it’s coming to Thomasville on Friday, April 20.
Young artists to perform Sunday at Thomas University
THOMASVILLE, Ga. – Arts for the Community at Thomas University (ACTU) will present "A Young Artists’ Showcase" as part of its Sundays at Four series on Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. at the Thomasville Center for the Arts featuring a wide range of musical styles.
March 14, 2012
Young musicians to perform
Staff Reports The Moultrie Observer
THOMASVILLE — Musicians from Colquitt County High School will be among those performing during “A Young Artists’ Showcase” at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Thomasville Center for the Arts.
The program, sponsored by Arts for the Community at Thomas University, will feature a wide range of musical styles. It is part of ACTU’s Sundays at Four series.
The event will feature three orchestras from the Rose City Strings Project at the Scholars Academy as well as instrumentalists and singers from Thomas County High School, Colquitt County High School and other schools throughout the region.
Easter’s right around the corner + I can’t wait to show you what’s popping up in my favorite places around town.
But first! This Thursday you can be a part of the new Tower at Archbold in the form of art! The Center for the Arts is hosting Art Off the Wall {at The Center} – an interactive event where you can purchase art in honor of someone and that art will hang in the new North Tower at Archbold, inspiring generations of Thomasville patients. What a great way to give back to the community and to be able to see the tangible evidence of your contribution. Plus, you can bring something from your personal art collection to trade with others for something that’s new to you. Sounds like fun! More info + registration here.
The Daily News
Groups Seeking Regional Work For Artwalk
By Andy Meek
Downtown businesses have the space. Now all they need are the artists to fill what will essentially be pop-up galleries around the city’s core.
The Downtown Memphis Commission and Downtown Neighborhood Association are preparing to launch “Unveil Downtown,” a 20-day so-called “artwalk” Downtown that will showcase the work of 20 artists from across the region.
That work will be displayed in exhibit spaces in 20 Downtown restaurants and retail businesses. Each artist will be allowed to exhibit and sell eight to 10 pieces of artwork and get to keep 100 percent of the proceeds of any sales.
Selected artists will be required to donate one piece of their work for an online auction that will raise money for the Downtown Neighborhood Association.
Leslie Gower, vice president of marketing and communications for the Downtown Memphis Commission, said artists chosen for the inaugural artwalk will be offered exhibit space in businesses all within a walkable distance of each other. She got the idea from a similar program done in Thomasville, Ga.
“This is a program done by the Thomasville Center for the Arts,” she said. “It’s been incredibly successful for their businesses. Their donations go back to the art center, but ours are going to the DNA, because we’re trying to make the DNA stronger. They are our loudest voice for Downtown, so we need to help them get as strong as they can, so that when we have legislation and other things coming up, we can rely on them to help be that voice.
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) – A South Georgia hospital is partnering with an arts center to help style its new facility. On March 15, folks will have the opportunity to purchase the art which will hang at Archbold's new North Tower. This "Art Off the Wall" event, hosted by the Thomasville Center for the Arts, will feature 13 original pieces and 120 prints. Each piece will be displayed in the hospital with a recognition plate showing who donated the piece.
Experience "A Night In New Orleans" in T'ville WALB Jan. 17, 2012
Admin : January 19, 2012 4:40 pm : Press
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) – You can be swept away to the streets of New Orleans in Thomasville this weekend.
"A Night In New Orleans" will combine the stylistic work of New Orleans artists with live dance performances by the South Georgia Ballet.
The dancers will interpret the unique musical traditions of the city by incorporating New Orleans style jazz movements.
"We have an art exhibition opening featuring the work of James Michalopoulos from New Orleans. He is a very big artist in that area. We're proud that he is going to be here for our exhibition opening. We're also featuring the photography work of Kevin Levine," said Marketing Director Bonnie Hayes.
Doors open Saturday at 6 o'clock.
Tickets for the performance are $20 for adults and $10 for students, but the exhibition is free and open to the public.
Copyright 2012 WALB. All rights reserved.
http://www.walb.com/story/16539456/experience-a-night-in-new-orleans-in-tville
First Friday Best Bets!
January 6, 2012
So my two faves for this Friday are:
Art After Dark at the Bookshelf – this month it’s a discussion of the origins of Jazz music – what could be more hip, I ask?? Led by Michael Greg, a Jazz musician at FSU, it’s sure to expand your mind + your knowledge of this great musical form. There’s also a photo exhibit by Emily Rhea.
6:30-8:00, $5pp, includes wine + cheese
December 24, 2011
TCA, students present 'Everything Seuss'
Staff report
THOMASVILLE — Thomasville Center for the Arts (TCA), with Thomasville Community Resource (TCRC) students, home-schooled students, Favor Christian Academy students and TCA Art in the Afternoon students, along with Baby Seuss students, presented its Fall Semester performance and exhibit on Tuesday.
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) – The walls of the Thomasville Center for the Arts will ring with caroling and beautiful holiday music at Saturday's Christmas at the Center. "We are so fortunate to have a wonderful town like Thomasville that does support the art programs. The programs in the schools as well as the center. Music, there is performing arts all over the town," said Marketing Director Bonnie Hayes.
This fundraiser includes Breakfast with Santa, holiday portraits, and afternoon tea. "The ballet girls from the South Georgia Performing Arts Nutcracker will be there having a nice beautiful traditional tea for mothers and daughters or boys if they want to come too," said Hayes.
While waiting for their picture with Santa, kids can enjoy story time with Mrs. Claus or add candy to a life size gingerbread house.
Organizers say art events like this benefit a child's mental growth. "We know that the children who are supported through the arts do well statistically in school so we just hope that people come in, embrace the arts, and just reap the rewards throughout their life," said Hayes.
So Saturday at TCA you can stroll the holiday-decked halls, taking in the Christmas splendor, and create unforgettable Christmas memories.
The music, performances, and children's Christmas crafts are free for the public to enjoy from 9 am to 4 pm.
Copyright 2011 WALB. All rights reserved.
http://www.walb.com/story/16229715/christmas-at-the-center-kicks-off-in-tville
Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival 2011
Thomasville Center for the Arts is hosting the 16th annual Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival. It's taking place Saturday and Sunday, November 19 & 20, 2011. It's taking place at the Thomasville Center for the Arts, in Thomasville, Georgia.
The event will include over 75 artists, sculptors, painters, photographers, jewelers, carvers and master crafters. This year they are holding the Bird Bash on Saturday evening. Tickets for the Bash are $50 each, and participants will get to meet the artists and will get a first look at the collection before it opens to the public.
Admittance is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 5-11, and free for kids 4 and under. Part of the proceeds will benefit the many art programs supported by the Thomasville Center for the Arts.
For more information, visit www.pwaf.org or call (229) 226-0588.
Thomasville Times Enterprise
October 27, 2011
Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival Celebrates 16 Years
Staff Writer
CNHI
THOMASVILLE — Each year, the red hills of Thomasville provide the perfect haven for nature-lovers and sportsmen alike. Our many hunting plantations boast a fine population of quail, and our wetlands are home to more than 100 species of wildlife; just two reasons why the best sporting and wildlife artists flock to the Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival in Thomasville.
Sit down for a creative conversation
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) - Supporting the arts, especially during difficult economic times, was the topic of discussion at today's "Creative Conversation."
The Thomasville Center for the Arts partnered with Americans for the Arts to host "Building a Vital Community."
More than 30 representatives from local businesses showed up to the adult art programming studio to discuss challenges facing the arts in Thomasville. "In a recent study they found we have an economic impact of $2.8 million in our town so really the arts are not too expensive, it's too expensive to let them go," said Marketing Director Bonnie Hayes.
Creative Conversations are part of National Arts and Humanities Month, the nation's largest collective annual celebration of the arts.
http://www.walb.com/story/15744609/sit-down-for-a-creative-conversation
October 13, 2011
'Mars' independent film lands at TCA today
Staff report CNHI The Times Enterprise Thu Oct 13, 2011, 06:49 PM EDT
THOMASVILLE — Science fiction meets animated graphics for a unique movie viewing experience with “Mars,” the second film in Thomasville Center for the Arts’s series of six independent films, which lands for one show today.
Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the Bookshelf and Gallery or at the door.
The show is 7:30 p.m. at TCA, 600 E. Washington St. in Thomasville.
Thomasville show gives Danny Pietrodangelo 25 shots
By Randi Atwood
Special to the Democrat
IF YOU GO
What: Flaunt 25 Exhibit
When: Friday through Oct. 17
Where: 25 locations in downtown Thomasville
Cost: Admission to various venues is free
Contact: Visit www.thomasvillearts.org for complete information
Danny Pietrodangelo has a
media production company
and a passion for photography.
Danny Pietrodangelo began telling stories with his camera as a child, although he never had any formal training in photography. “My dad was a professional photographer, but he never made a living at it,” says Pietrodangelo. “He did weddings and events. I trailed along behind him and learned how to develop film and print photos in his rickety darkroom.” Pietrodangelo’s own photographs have been exhibited in such places as the Grove House in Miami, the Jacksonville Museum of Art, the Pensacola Art Museum and many others, including in group shows in Scotland and the former Soviet Union.
Artists to 'FLAUNT' work this weekend
Teresa Williams CNHI The Times Enterprise Wed Sep 21, 2011, 07:11 PM EDT
THOMASVILLE — A unique path designed to take travelers on a celebration of 25 years of community art and culture will open in Thomasville this weekend.
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) – There's something fun for art lovers to do Friday night in Thomasville.
The Flaunt 25 Exhibition and Art Walk opens to the public Friday on the bricks of downtown Thomasville.
To celebrate 25 years of art in the city, the Thomasville Center for the Arts brought in 25 of the region's best artists for 25 days.
They're displaying more than 250 pieces of original art. "Everyone that comes out tonight can also participate in the silent auction. Each artist did a piece, a commemorative piece celebrating 25 years of art and culture in Thomasville," said TCA Marketing Director Bonnie Hayes.
"I do both water colors and pastels and what I'm interested in is looking at the dance between light and nature as most artists are who do any kind of landscape work," said Artist Sandi Shaw."
The event kicks off with a reception at six o'clock Friday night.
http://www.thomasvillearts.org/2011/09/26/art-exhibition-kicks-off-in-tville/
