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Two exhibits closing this week: Have you seen them?
Two exhibits closing this week: Have you seen them?

This week the “Together We Rise” outdoor exhibit in Jackson Park will be dismantled. Our exhibit in the Edna B. Love Gallery, “Recycled, Repurposed, Reimagined” will also close. Have you voted for your favorite?

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John RossMay 30, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Join us at Music & Merchants this Saturday!
Join us at Music & Merchants this Saturday!

We’re glad to once again be a part of Music & Merchants again this year. We’ll have a booth at the festival on Saturday, May 20, from 3-9 p.m. Come join us!

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John RossMay 16, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Come Celebrate with the Fine Arts Center this Friday and Saturday!
Come Celebrate with the Fine Arts Center this Friday and Saturday!

Friday, May 5, the Reed Island Rounders will be in the First Friday Listening Room. The “Last Ladder and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony” for our public art display, “Together we Rise,” will be held in Jackson Park around 6 p.m. Come enjoy both free events!

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John RossMay 1, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Join Our Community Art Project and Lend us a Ladder for a Month!
Join Our Community Art Project and Lend us a Ladder for a Month!

The Fine Arts Center is now accepting ladders for our public art installation in Jackson Park. You can drop your ladder off at the Center during business hours, request a pick-up through our online form, or bring it by Jackson Park May 1-6 between 3-7 p.m. “Last Ladder” celebration is May 6 at 6 p.m.

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John RossApril 25, 2023Jackson Park
You're invited to a reception with artists from our new exhibit: Friday, April 21, 5-7 p.m.
You're invited to a reception with artists from our new exhibit: Friday, April 21, 5-7 p.m.

Please join us to honor the artists for our newest exhibit: Recycled, Repurposed, Reimagined. More than 20 local artists will be featured in the show and honored at the reception on April 21. The public is invited.

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John RossApril 17, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
You're Invited to Contribute to Our Public Art Project: "Together We Rise: Pulaski"
You're Invited to Contribute to Our Public Art Project: "Together We Rise: Pulaski"

The Fine Arts Center has commissioned local artist Charlie Brouwer to create a giant, 3D art installation in Jackson Park, and you can help! We need to borrow ladders for the month of May to build this community-based sculpture.

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John RossApril 10, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Celebrate Earth Day with the Fine Arts Center at the Historic Pulaski Train Station.
Celebrate Earth Day with the Fine Arts Center at the Historic Pulaski Train Station.

We will have hands-on activities, live music, food, and art and craft vendors at the Pulaski Train Station on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come out and enjoy the fun!

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John RossApril 5, 2023Pulaski Train Station
Do you have your FREE tickets for Frank and Flip? Get them now before they're gone!
Do you have your FREE tickets for Frank and Flip? Get them now before they're gone!

Popular local duet, Frank and Flip, also called Allegro Music, will be performing in our next First Friday Listening Room on April 7. Reserve your free tickets now!

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John RossMarch 29, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Call for Artists Deadline Extended to March 13
Call for Artists Deadline Extended to March 13

Have you discovered a new way to use an old object? Do you gather or otherwise source your art supplies from nature? Or find ways to create work utilizing sustainable or biodegradable products? Share your work in our next exhibit.

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John RossMarch 6, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Call for Artists Deadline Approaching: Recycled or Upcycled Art is due by March 6
Call for Artists Deadline Approaching: Recycled or Upcycled Art is due by March 6

The Fine Arts Center’s next exhibit will be a collection of recycled, repurposed, and upcycled art. Local artists 18 years or older are invited to submit their work for consideration for the show.

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John RossMarch 1, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Join Nashville Recording Artist Glen Shelton in the March Listening Room
Join Nashville Recording Artist Glen Shelton in the March Listening Room

The Fine Arts Center is pleased to host Glen Shelton for an intimate solo performance on Friday, March 3. Tickets are free but limited, so reserve your seat today!

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John RossFebruary 20, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Butch Robins is in the February Listening Room, and that's not all!
Butch Robins is in the February Listening Room, and that's not all!

Check out our full schedule of performances through May, with a variety of great musicians performing in our First Friday Listening Room.

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John RossJanuary 30, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Two Great Classes Coming Up: Art of the Sketchbook and a Gouache/Watercolor Class
Two Great Classes Coming Up: Art of the Sketchbook and a Gouache/Watercolor Class

Local artist Cherrilynne Scott is offering two unique classes for interested artists, “The Art of the Sketchbook” and an advanced Gouache and Watercolor class.

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John RossJanuary 16, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Meet our Instructor: Cherrilynne Scott, a Gouache and Watercolor Artist
Meet our Instructor: Cherrilynne Scott, a Gouache and Watercolor Artist

Cherrilynne is a local artist who will be teaching a series of classes for those interested in techniques related to gouache or watercolor. Her beginning class is this Saturday, January 14. She’ll follow up with a beginner’s sketchbook class and an intermediate gouache and watercolor class later this month.

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John RossJanuary 9, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Explore the Arts in the New Year with a Class, Concert, Exhibit--or all three!
Explore the Arts in the New Year with a Class, Concert, Exhibit--or all three!

Frank and Flip’s performance in the Listening Room is being rescheduled for April, but there are still plenty of things to do at the Fine Arts Center in the new year, including several different types of classes, rotating exhibits, and the Listening Room Concert Series from February through May.

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John RossJanuary 2, 2023Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Reception with the Artists: Thursday, Dec. 15 from 5-7 p.m.
Reception with the Artists: Thursday, Dec. 15 from 5-7 p.m.

Our newest exhibit, No Place Like Home, will open this Thursday with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Come meet the artists and view their work. The exhibit features original, handmade works of art from local artists.

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John RossDecember 12, 2022Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Classes galore! Check out our list of classes and workshops for children, teens, and adults.
Classes galore! Check out our list of classes and workshops for children, teens, and adults.

Local artists Ernie Ross, Cyndi Maitri, and Cherrilynne Scott offer a range of art classes over the next couple of months. There’s also still room in our children’s Ornament workshop.

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John RossDecember 5, 2022
Giving Tuesday is November 29, plus there's still time to sign up for Wool Felting.
Giving Tuesday is November 29, plus there's still time to sign up for Wool Felting.

Your tax-deductible donation helps the Fine Arts Center provide a range of arts programming for children and adults in the area. We also support local artists, like Cyndi Maitri, who is offering a wool-felting class on December 3. Read more in this week’s blog update.

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John RossNovember 28, 2022
Upcoming Events include a Wool Felting Class, Shop Small Saturday, and Giving Tuesday

Join Cynthia Maitri for her Wool Felting Class for Beginners on December 3, or stop by the Center for unique handmade, original gifts on Shop Small Saturday, November 26.

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John RossNovember 21, 2022Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Please review for schedule and program changes from the Fine Arts Center
Please review for schedule and program changes from the Fine Arts Center

Our annual Gala is being postponed until early 2023 and some of our classes will not be held in the Center due to construction on Main Street. Please read our full post for details.

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John RossNovember 18, 2022
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