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WOOD Fine Art, Decorative Arts, and Fine CraftsMarch 12 – April 25Opening Reception March 12, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Grains of Time of NC State

The Arts Council of Wilson will feature art works of wood in the Boykin Gallery with an opening reception on March 12, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. This exhibit will be a combination of wonderful pieces, featuring more than 18 artists, craftsmen and antique businesses. Local artists and businesses that will be exhibiting include Stan Corbett, Jim McGuire, Robert Clark, Hart Wiggins, Boone’s Antiques, Bobby Langston’s Antiques and Fulford’s Antiques as well as the Wilson Woodcarvers. Now deceased furniture builder, Pug Moore, of Rocky Mount will also be represented. Surrounding area artists who will be participating include Anthony Ulinski, Mike Smith, Jan Sullivan-Volz, Marilyn An-selmi and Craig Kassan. They will be showing

more contemporary, sculptural work that includes assemblages, reliquaries (vessels for sacred objects), carvings, and objects made from reclaimed wood. This show is going to display of a variety of interesting art objects, all of which convey the strength and beauty of wood.Jeanne

Robertson March 22, 3 p.m. Tickets: $28 / $25

Turning 70 years young this year, Robertson continues to charm audiences with her hu-morous observations about life around her. This former Miss North Carolina, standing tall at six-foot-two, has an infectious personality, heart and sense of humor.

With seven nationally released DVDs, three books, hundreds of hours on SiriusXM satellite radio and over 18 mil-lion YouTube hits, the demand for Robertson’s family-friendly and engaging brand of com-edy has grown exponentially. Some of her most popular anecdotes include “Don’t Go to Vegas Without a Baptist,” “Don’t Bungee Jump Naked”, and “Don’t Send a Man to the Grocery Store.”

Robertson’s witty depiction of everyday situations never fails to have audiences of all ages rolling with laughter. Don’t miss this performance by a truly funny lady!

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For more than four decades, the Grains of Time have been part of NC State’s campus life. Perform-ing a wide variety of music with the use of just men’s voices, the group remains one of a kind when compared to most collegiate a cappella groups. Bridging con-temporary collegiate a cappella with that of professional groups, they create a performance style that lends itself to both excellent musicianship and showmanship, and all without any outside direc-tors, funding, or even a formal music major. Though officially styled as NC State University’s premiere men’s a cappella group,

to their loyal fans they are known simply as “The Grains.”

Recent years have brought many significant develop-ments for The Grains, begin-ning with three international tours capped off by a trip to the finals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) in 2003. Alumnus Mark Hines won best arrangement for his version of “Homeward Bound,” a traditional Irish folk tune. In 2004 James Wallace introduced vocal per-cussion on the song “Celebrate,” creating a more contemporary

performance style that continues today.

Catch these talented young men, and enjoy their mixture of pop, oldies, country and barber-shop pieces. Whether you’re a NC State fan, or just a fan of great a capella music, this concert is for you!

April 25, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20 / $18

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Thank you, VolunteersRoBiN & LiNDa WiLLiaMSKathie Davis, Mary de Guehery, Elisabeth Farnsworth, Jim Fitzgerald, Ray Grant, Johnny Hackney, Kevin Jeffers, Jacqueline Taylor, Ray Williams, Tom Williams, Steve & Kathy Witchey

aCT! foR YouTh: Snow white & the Seven DwarfSKelly Anderson, Margaret & Bobby Baird, Chris & Kimberly Beneck, Brad & Daphne Bennett, Jordan Bonner, Angela Bumgarner Johnson, Franci Cineus, Toni Clement, Danielle Coe, Yolanda Craven, Michael & Vonda Darr, Donna Flowers, James Boyce Flowers, Lee & Ginger Gliarmis, Danette Groce, John Helms, Vince & Lori Janney, Jeff & Susan Joyner, Matthew Joyner, Samantha Larkin, Allison Mann, Chris & Barbra Matrejek, Danielle Matrejek, Thomas Matrejek, Isaac & Michelle Minter, Alicia Moreira, Richard & Kim Parker, Trent & Karyna Parrish, Linda Piper, Colleen Raper, Lori Rechtenbaugh-Guerrero, Tiffany Rogers, Julie Rowe, Donna

Short, Hannah Slaughter, Jenny Slaughter, Maggie Slaughter, Brianna Small, Pamela Small, Ansley Smith, Sophia Stevens, Michelle Stith, Camille Tew, Keith & Shannon Tew, Chris & Jodi Wandscher, Emma Wandscher, Gina Willard, Crystal Witter, Faith Witter, Bill & Janet Yankosky

PaiNT & PouRKim Benton

oRDiNaRY PeoPLe eXhiBiT VoLuNTeeRSGerry Davis, Judy Diemer, Terry Klein

MiNiaTuRe MaSTeRPieCeSVicki Anthony, Barbara Barshay, Kim Benton, Sarah Bowers, Earline Copeland, Gerry Davis, Connie Farris, Julie Ann Haas, Peggy Jennette, Margaret McRae, Deenie Purinai, Nelly Roney, Susan Webb, Bonnie Young

MiNiaTuRe MaSTeRPieCeS SPoNSoRSBarbara Barshay, Stephanie Batten, Peter Behrendt, Benton Office Interiors, Jackie Bissette, Sarah Bowers, Beth and

Jim Boykin/ Framer’s Alley, David Bray/ Fringe Salon, Brentwood Veterinary, Judy & Boysen Diemer, Susan K Ellis. PLLC, Ellen & Bowie Gray, Amy & Randy Hughes, Julia Newton Jewelry, Kachmak, Terry & Royal Klein, Ginny Lassiter/ Sunset River Market Gallery, Drs. Jessica McKee & Milan Genge, Mike’s Hair Design, Purple Porch Properties, Cherie & Earl Taylor, The Beer Store, Mrs. Hubert Walston, Inza B. Walston, Susan & Don Webb, Nora & Chris Williford, Bonnie Young

WooD: fiNe aRT, DeCoRaTiVe aRTS aND fiNe CRafTS - SPoNSoRSNancy & Bob Farris, Adele Gray, Nancy & Woody Harrison, Sally Hill, Jay Hood, Michelle & Dell Joyner, Maggie & Billy Lamm, Arnold Parris, Page & Eliot Smith

BoYkiN SeRieS 18Jim Fitzgerald, Johnny Hackney, John Helms, Jeff Joyner, Chris Matrejek, Ray Williams

fuND DRiVe MaiLiNGSLizzie Salyers, Logan Walston

The Arts Council welcomes regional artists Joanna Geisel, Larry Dean and Dan Wilson for an exhibit titled “Familiar Plac-es”. These three painters’ works will feature landscapes and water vistas of Eastern North Carolina.

Joanna Geisel states that “As a North Carolina landscape art-ist, I am especially captivated by the ocean, marshes and mag-nificent skies. Painting directly from nature is what I enjoy most. Painting landscapes en plein air is endlessly fascinating due to the discovery of beautiful locations, the careful, constant observation

that is required and the challenge of adding one’s unique perspec-tive.” She has been teaching classes and workshops in the Wilmington area for over five years and exhibits in several re-gional galleries.

Larry Dean is a native North Carolinian, born in Oxford, with artistic and musical roots that run deep. He has been playing the piano and singing professionally since he was seven years old and is now the owner and lead singer of the North Tower Band. Not until he took a painting class in 2001, did he discover his passion

familiar Places: Paintings by Joanne Geisel, Larry Dean and Dan Wilson

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May 14 – June 27

Paintings by Joanne Geisel, left, and Larry Dean from the exhibition familiar Places.

for art. Larry explains, “I frequently travel with camera in hand, watching the light, shadows, and colors as they dance their way through the day, and then I return to the studio to study the snapshots and apply paint to canvas.”

Most of his work includes cityscapes and landscapes of his favorite places in North Carolina.

Now that Dan Wilson lives in Eastern North Carolina, he is fascinated with flat lands, Spanish moss, live oaks and the

beautiful water scenes. As he states, “I have seen a metamorphosis in my painting from a photo real-ism style to where I now express myself using a series of lines and shapes superimposed with color and texture. My current

work is more of a reflec-tion of myself – the way I see, feel and interpret the nature that surrounds me.”

This exhibit opens on May 14, with a 5:30 – 7:30 p.m reception, and continues through June 27.

The Arts Council of Wilson and the Grass-roots Committee, along with many generous donors have made “Eyes on Main Street” possible. It is perhaps one of the first ever large-format outdoor photo exhibitions and will transform the main street of Wilson NC into a corridor/gallery of large-scale photo-graphs by renowned professional photogra-phers from around the world and our own backyard.

One hundred photographers have been invited to submit images that portray “street life.” These images will be printed to movie poster size and displayed in large storefront windows, spanning six City blocks, resulting in a vibrant, out door gallery. Iconic images by Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans (from the Library of Congress collection) will also be included.

The planned date for the opening of the first Eyes on Mains Street festival is May 9, 2015 with the festival running until Sep-tember 7, 2015. During the festival, there will also be six workshops and a number of lectures for the opening of the festival. The opening will also be celebrated with a recep-tion and block party on Nash Street in Wil-son (our Main Street).

The Arts Council of Wilson, along with many other organizations in our commu-nity, will be participating in educational programs inspired by Eyes on Main Street all summer long. For more information about Eyes on Main Street, please visit http://www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com.

May 9 – September 7Historic Downtown Wilson

Photographs by Gray Whitley, top, and elie Gardner from the exhibition eyes on Main Street.

Arts Courier Reader,

It has always been said that you learn or attempt different things at different points of your life. I have always been amazed by children of ten who do things I would never try. All through each decade of our lives, we see people who succeed at things because they take a chance.

As I reached my 60th decade, people constant-ly amazed me by their goals or endeavors. I say these verbose “not so deep” realizations as I be-come 62 and have just painted my first “Miniature Masterpiece” and thoroughly enjoyed it. I do not know if it was pride or insecurity that made me fear to attempt painting unless it was a bedroom or bathroom wall!

The importance of feeling safe to attempt new things at any age without fear or judgment is one of the best things our Arts Council of Wilson, Inc., offers the community. The Arts Council is the only organization in Wilson County whose sole mission is to provide opportunities in the cultural arts. Although it toots our own horn, the atmosphere in “our village” allows that freedom. A few years ago, Jo Brown, one of our new board of directors, coined the phrase, “We celebrate the freedom to dream and the drive to create,” while working on a visual arts committee. I adopted it as one on my mantras. It is not until now that I realize just how true that phrase is.

And with that realization, I am proud to be a small part of those opportunities to experience, at-tempt or pursue the arts. During the recent ACT! for Youth Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pro-duction, there were many youth new to the stage. It was a wonderful production that celebrated the first show called ACT! for Youth. The original directors, Wendy and Brian Wingrove, and the original music director, Becky Holland, came to the Sunday matinee, as well as Lindsey Cooper, who played Snow White, and Rhyan Breen, who played Sarge. Both Lindsey and Rhyan are adults now with children of their own, who were also present. It was a great celebration of the opportu-nities provided by the Arts Council.

As we enter the Spring of 2015, let us all march forward and experience new challenges, new en-deavors and “improve the quality of life for all the citizens of Wilson County by providing cultural leadership and opportunities in the arts.”

Thank you for helping us fulfill this wonderful mission!

Sincerely,

Barry Page

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Mark your calendars for April 14, when the Arts Council will be tak-ing a group to the Vir-ginia Museum of Fine Arts to see an exhibit ti-tled, “ Van Gogh, Manet and Matisse: The Art of the Flower”. The exhib-it will include still life paintings spanning the Franco-Dutch, Impres-sionists, and Post-Im-pressionists movements. It is sure to be a fun filled day of art, gour-met lunch and lots of visiting on the bus ride. Trip costs $65, which in-

cludes transportation, a catered lunch admission to the museum and a do-cent led tour. Call 291-4329 for more informa-tion and sign up for what will be a stress free day at the museum. Sign up and payment are due by March 20.

You can save a spot by calling our reception-ist, Denise, and paying with Credit Card – or come by the Arts Coun-cil and pay with cash, check or credit card.

It is sure to be a fun day!

Virginia Museum of fine arts Bus Tourvan Gogh, Manet, and Matisse: the art of the flowerApril 14 – Cost: $65, includes transportation, catered lunch, admission and docent-lead tourRegistration Deadline: Friday, March 20

Visual arts exhibitionsMarch 12 – April 25Boykin GallerywooD: fine art, Decorative arts, and fine CraftsLowe Gallery Wilson active artists associationfeatured artist ed Newman, ain’t that americaCooke Student Gallery Wilson County elementary School art exhibitopening Reception: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

May 14 – June 27, 2015Boykin Galleryfamiliar Places: Paintings by Joanne Geisel, Larry Dean and Dan WilsonLowe GalleryWilson active artists association, featured artist Melanie Statnick, familiar PlacesCooke Student GalleryGreenfield School Annual High School Juried art exhibitopening Reception: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

July 10 – August 29, 2015Boykin GalleryBarton College Professors from the Department of art and DesignLowe GalleryWilson active artists association, featured artist Jean Ryburn, Coast to CoastCooke Student Galleryarts Council of Wilson’s Visual arts academy Student artopening Reception: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

In our season finale, ACT! for Youth will be presenting a drama-tized version of Louisa M. Alcott’s wonderful literary masterpiece, Little Women. Spanning the course of four years, Little Women will follow the March sisters as they grow up through the trials and tribulations of the Civil War. Chris-topher Ballance, the Arts Coun-

cil’s Performing Arts Director is quite excited to begin the creative journey that will be Little Women. “Little Women is such a great piece to sink your teeth into.” Ballance says. “The great thing with these characters being based off of real people is that it makes them so per-sonable, everyone will be able to relate to them.” The cast and crew

are all so excited already to be a part of this particular project, many of them have read the novel them-selves in preparation for the show and are so pleased to be giving the community of Wilson a chance to see these characters come to life. With Ballance building the set and Chris Howell, costumer for Arts Council’s summer musical Fiddler

on the Roof and co-costumer for The King and I, providing the cos-tume design for this show, ACT! for Youth is set to deliver a stellar season finale. If you are an edu-cator and would like to take your class to see Little Women, a school show will be presented on April 16, contact Christopher Ballance for booking information. Little

Women will be transforming the stage of the historic Edna Boykin Cultural Center for the public on April 17, 18, and 19. Tickets for Little Women will go on sale March 2. You can call the Arts Council of Wilson for tickets or visit etix.com to pick up your tickets. Thank you for all your support. See you at the theater.

The Arts Council Troupe for Youth or ACT! for Youth (AFY) is an entity of the Arts Council of Wilson whose purpose is to provide live theater opportunities for the youth of Wilson County and surrounding areas. Productions are open to children in kindergarten through high school age who live in Wilson County, or whose parent(s) live or work in Wilson County, or those who are contributors to the Arts Council of Wilson. The performances are open to the public, and school day performances are also offered during the school year.

April 17-18, 7:30 p.m.April 19, 3 p.m.Tickets: $10/ $8 students and seniors

After you enjoy the holidays, allow Playhouse to take you back to a time of unprecedented prosperity! Money, Power, Par-ties, Jazz, The Blues, Prohibi-tion, Flappers and everything in between! The “Roaring Twen-ties” was a fast-living world of luxury and glamour. But with this excitement came crime, corruption, and an impending financial collapse.

The Great Gatsby, Playhouse

of Wilson’s final production for this season, is a melodrama that brings a young man to Long Is-land where he learns that hap-piness and individualism are corrupted by money and dis-honesty, and relationships have disintegrated into the insignifi-cant and unadulterated pursuit of wealth.

The shows will be March 5 – 7, at 8 p.m and March 8 at 3 p.m. Remember, advanced

tickets can be purchased by credit card by emailing tick-ets@playhouseofwilson.com

After the success of Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Jo-seph and the Amazing Technicol-or Dreamcoat, and The King and I, the Arts Council of Wilson will continue their tradition of

the summer community musical. This year, Christopher Ballance, the Performing Arts Director of the Arts Council of Wilson, with the help of a wonderfully tal-ented production crew will put on Shrek: The Musical. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musi-cal is a TONY Award-winning fairy tale adventure featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tes-ori (Thoroughly Modern Mil-lie, Caroline or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage, and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.

Shrek presents a treasure trove of creative opportunities including costumes, sets, puppets ( there is a fire-breathing dragon after all), and more! Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre. Auditions for the sum-mer community musical will be held at the Arts Council of Wil-son on Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. If you have any questions about auditions or volunteer opportu-nities please contact Christopher Ballance at acwperforming@wilsonarts.com. Show dates are July 17, 18, and 19 at the Edna Boykin Cultural Center.

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Snow White Recap

March 5 – 7, at 7 p.m.March 8, at 3 p.m.

Summer Community Musical

Recently, ACT! for Youth put a close to its second show of the 2014-2015 season. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a huge success, providing entertainment to the community of Wilson over nine wonderful shows. Through-out the course of the show, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pro-vided a great example of what ACT! for Youth does for Wilson and Wilson County. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs united a di-verse cast of 60 plus youth from public, private, charter, and home schools. The cast of this show par-ticipated in various forms of com-munity outreach, including staged readings in Wilson County Public Schools and at the Wilson County

Public Library, a tea party with Snow White and the dwarfs, and three school shows, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reached over 3,500 people. 18 years ago, inter-im Executive Director Sarah War-den along with Brian and Wendy Wingrove envisioned a program where the youth of Wilson County could have a theatrical voice, thus ACT! for Youth was created and their first show Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was performed. 18 years later, thanks to wonder-ful volunteers and generous con-tributors, ACT! for Youth is still going strong and providing theater for Wilson. So from all of us here at the Arts Council and ACT! for Youth, thank you, for everything.

Fifty years ago in April, 1965, a group of people coming from a variety of vocational backgrounds including school administrators, the manufacturing industry, nursing, tobacconist, engineering manage-ment but all with a common inter-est ...ART. These dedicated artist: Doris Barnes, John Harris, Rufus Swain, Martha Beland, Lu Glover, Marshall Daniel, Mildred Daniel, and Horace Raper, because of their love for the arts, met for the first time to discuss and form an organi-zation to promote an interest in art in Wilson, North Carolina, and de-cided to call it “The Wilson Active

Artists Association.”Their mediums were as varied

as their vocations, oil painters, wa-tercolorist, pen and ink drawings, acrylics, mixed media, photography, and sculpting. Art exhibits began to be seen around town, an empty store on Goldsboro street, easels set up at the open air mall at Park-wood, paintings hung on the chain link fences or inside of the Recre-ational Center with its own special name, “Sunday In The Park”. As more and more citizens were ex-posed to the new art they became interested in learning ‘How-To’ and soon there were night classes at the

Wilson Technical College as the Continuing Education Department expanded.

This was the first time art was being shown in Wilson, outside the walls of the art galleries of Atlan-tic Christian College. Several civic leaders began to push for an even grander venue and soon contribu-tors and volunteers had established The Arts Council of Wilson. There is an old Chinese saying, “The lon-gest journey starts with a single step” and this has turned into a fifty year adventure with no end in sight. Come celebrate with us and enjoy some of the best art Wilson has to offer.

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Celebrating 50 Years: The Wilson Active Artists AssociationBy Jerry Taylor

Wison Active Artist Association officers Jerry Taylor, president, left, George england, vice-president, Gwen hardie, secretary and Rochelle Bass, treasurer.

WAAA Officers

The Arts Council of Wilson and the Wilson Active Artists Association is pleased to exhibit artworks of Ed New-man in, Ain’t That America?, which opens in the Lowe Gallery on March 12th.

Newman recently relocated to Rocky Mount from Alamogordo, New Mexi-co where he was a regular participant in art shows and had paintings in south-west galleries. His landscape paintings won frequent awards.

His philosophy toward painting is simple: to follow in the footsteps of a long, long line of artists who were all illustrators: Michelangelo, Raphael, Artemisia Gentileschi, Rubens, Corbet, Monet, and on and on. All were great storytellers. And there is a host of con-temporary illustrators/artists whom he admires.

“Generally, my purpose in painting is to intrigue the viewer, to make them wonder about the meaning of the paint-ing. I’m not above using humor and irony – almost anything is fair game as long as it captures the viewer’s at-tention and makes them focus on the work. When they actually discuss the painting, then I feel the painting has at-tained a measure of success. I am more mentally involved with a painting when

there is some sort of action flowing through it or perhaps the pos-sibility of something taking place in the painting that has to be carefully thought out by the viewers; paint-ings of situations real or imagined where the viewer can relate to it in some way. This is not to say that still lifes, landscapes, and nudes are with-out value by any means. They can all be painted with emotion and beautiful vibrancies. I just like to push boundar-ies in the direction of a theme or story line,” he said.

Newman is currently concentrating on children’s book illustration. His lat-est works in that genre may be seen at his website: ednewmanillustration.weebly.com. He wrote and illustrated of Hot Air & Gas, The Basics of Bal-loons (1992). For easel painting, he works with oils and acrylics on canvas-es or gesso- prepared Masonite boards.

He attended North Carolina Central University for several years in the early 1980’s, later graduating from Long-wood College in Farmville, Virginia,

with a BFA in studio art (painting). He has operated his own studio/gallery in Virginia’s Blue Ridge where he pro-duced his own pottery, while simulta-neously operating a hot air balloon fly-ing business. He is also a commercial pilot.

The theme, “Ain’t That America,” continues in the Lowe Gallery featur-ing artwork by other WAAA artists. The exhibit with run through April 25.

Ain’t That America? by Ed NewmanMarch 12 – April 25

ed Newman at the easel, above left, with “Spring Comes to Three Rivers” in early stages of development and his painting “County fair,” (detail) below.

The Boykin Series Committee requests that you save the date for The Embers featuring Craig Woolard on December 17, at 7:30 p.m.

The committee is happy to bring this Christmas Show to the Edna Boykin Stage just 7 days before Christmas Eve! What a great celebration to plan a night out before the last minute holiday frenzy!

Save the Date:December 177:30 p.m.

2015 CoNTRiBuToRS as of february 14 BuSiNeSS CoNTRiBuToRSCorporate PhilanthropistThe Wilson Times

Corporate BenefactorBB&T

Corporate DonorAlliance One International, Inc., Barnes Motor & Parts Company, Inc.

Corporate SupporterStephenson Millwork Company, Watson Electrical Construction Company, LLC, Wilson Chamber of Commerce Corporate BackerBarnes Equipment, Inc., Betsy Boswell Whitt, CPA, PA, Carter Printing & Graphics, Inc., Kathryn Meares Catering, Inc., Lee Motor Company, Skinner & Towe Insurance Service, Inc., W.T. Lamm & Co. Services, Inc.

ReNaiSSaNCe SoCieTY CoNTRiBuToRSLeonardo da Vinci:BenefactorWilliam & Marianne Berry, Linda & Neill Connor, Adele Gray, Steven Leder, Ruth Talley Sherman

Raphael:SustainerDuran & Patricia Broadhurst, Mrs. Sydnore M. Cozart, Donald I. & Brenda Evans, R. Woody & Nancy Harrison, William & Mary Hunter Koster, W. Barrett & Diana Page, Bill & Kathy Vaughan, Steve & Sharon White, Jack & Sheila Wiggins, Ann Bondurant Young

Michelangelo:DonorDr. Dudley & Lisa Anderson, Stephen L. & Donna Beaman, Dr. Michael L. & Carol Bowen, Martha Lane Camp, Dr. Jim & Cindy Cash, Stephen & Mary Beth Coyte, James & Mary Edmundson, William & Connie Farris, Dr. Dave & Jean Haas, Dr. Arthur & Linda Hanson, John & Emy Hinnant, Hugh F. Kelly, Jr., Betty B. Leder, Dr. Edward & Oona Lewis, Dr. Huitt E. Mattox, Betty Ray McCain, Clark & Mary Etta Moore, Craig & Sherry Myers, Col. Wayland & Marla Parker, W. Coalter & Webber Paxton, Kenan & Genevieve Rand, Elise C. Ross, Betty Jon Smith, Holmes B. Smoot,

Doris S. Walston, Buster & Marcia Williamson, Dr. Jerry & Wanda Woodard, Buck & Jean Yelverton

oTheR CoNTRiBuToRSSupport - ProducersClark & Nancy Ballard, Pace Barnes, Sammy & Peggy Barnes, W. Watson & Sarah Barnes, Barbara Barshay, Dr. Frank & Flo Batten, Stephen & Janet Bennett, Branch & Kim Benton, Bettie H. Bissette, Jesse & Jody Bissette, Sue Ann Blair, Douglas & Brenda Boone, Sarah Bowers, W. Thomas & Dr. Deborah Boyd, J. Robert & Susan Boykin, S. Earl & Faye Boykin, James E. & Judith Bradley, Dr. Douglas & Priscilla Brewer, Nancy Brown, Dr. Tom & Carol Brugh, Turner B. & Sarah Bunn, William R. & Barbara Bussey, Edwin C. & Reide Bynum, Richard & Vicky Collie, Chris Collins, H. Boysen & Judy Diemer, Dr. Frank & Dorothy Eagles, Hunter & Nan Fleming, Vance & Wortley Forbes, Jay & Lynne Gallimore, John H. & Susan Garrison, Dr. Miller & Becky Gibbons, Lee & Ginger Gliarmis, R. Jon & Ruby Harpst, Randy & Charlene Harrison, Richard R. & Norfleet Herring, Sally R. & Billy Hill, Steve & Marsha Irvin, Robert E. & Terry Kirkland, Robert E. & Jane Kirkland, Royal & Terry Klein, Dr. Jonathan & Carri Lozevski, Bowie & Melba Martin, Bill & Nancy McClure, Margaret McRae & Robert Engstrom, Dr. Daniel & Paula Michalak, Norman Osborn, Arnold B. Parris, William L. & Ann Price, Judith Proctor, Caroline F. Quinn, Bob Reardon & Susan Nealen, Claude & Suzanne Reynolds, Dr. Robert & Linda Richards, Vaughn T. & Elizabeth Rue, David & Judy Scull, Tommy & June Shingleton, William H. & Lisa Shreve, John T. & Stephanie Smith, Tim & Leanne Thomas, Nancy B. Tyson, H.H. & Martha Walston, Dr. John Q. & Julie Watson, Robert Wicker, David & Tami Wiggs, C. David & Frances Williams

Family - EnsembleKenneth & Susan Andersen, W. Dale & Diann L. Aycock, Thomas & Janet Beaman, Brad & Daphne Bennett, Beverly Peacock Best, Alton C. & Martha C. Bobbitt, David & Chandra Bolling, Allison &

Britt Boyette, Duncan & Lina Bracey, Lennis & Barbara T. Brinson, Maureen Brown, Rex & Patsy Burnworth, Connie H. Collins, Fletcher & Clara Daughtridge, Harriet Glover, Robert & Lu Glover, Tempie A. Hayes, Susan Holland, Emily P. Holloman, Ashley & Diane Hooks, Hugh Hussey, Brenda Jagnandan, Tonya E. Kessler, Dr. Peter & Laura Klein, John & Susan Koster, G. Barry & Dawn Lamm, Vincent & Megan Lively, Bob Owens, Willie R. & Dalphine Perry, Ed & Vicky Phillips, William R. & Janet Rand, William D. & Sue M. Robinette, Mary Frances Sauls, Larry & Emily Simmons, Guy & Elaine Surtees, Harry W. & Logan L. Sutton, Hal & Ginny Tarleton, John T. & Brenda Tilton, William Blake Tucker, Scott & Beth Tulloss, Steve & Kathy Witchey

Individual - SoloistElsa J. Andersen, Marilyn Anselmi, Martha Beland, Bonnie F. Boles, Derek Bonshor, Jo Ann Bushong, Justine B. Corbett, G. Gerald Davis, Mary Helen Dempsey, Mona B. Finch, Elizabeth L. Fogleman, Shirley Gregory, Esther Gueft, Suzanne D. Holdford, Deborah Kerby, Elizabeth Lobao, Elizabeth Long, Hazel S. Meadows, Judge Dewey B. Sheffield, Patricia A. Smithwick, Finley Snipes, Jr., Andrew Summerlin, Jerry Taylor, Lynette J. Thomas, Jean F. Tyson, Felece Wade, Kathleen Wall, William H. Warren, Charyl Waters, Celeste R. Watson, Beverly A. Wells, Chantal Whelan, Mary P. Williams, Jane Wood, Martha Wrenn

eNDoWMeNT CoNTRiBuToRSWilliam E. & Marianne Berry, Sammy & Peggy Barnes, Barbara Barshay, Dr. Michael L. & Carol Bowen, Dr. Douglas & Priscilla Brewer, Duran & Patricia Broadhurst, Dr. Jim & Cindy Cash, James & Mary Edmundson, William & Connie Farris, Jay & Lynne Gallimore, Randy & Charlene Harrison, Hugh F. Kelly, Jr., Betty Ray McCain, Bill & Nancy McClure, Dr. Robert & Linda Richards, Holmes B. Smoot, Harry W. & Logan Sutton, Bill & Kathy Vaughan, Beverly A. Wells, Mary P. Williams, Martha Wrenn, Buck & Jean Yelverton

events Calendar: March 1 – april 30

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March 5:Playhouse Presents: THE GREAT GATSBY opening performance/ Boykin Center / 8 p.m.

March 6:Playhouse Presents: THE GREAT GATSBY performance/ Boykin Center / 8 p.m.

March 7:Galleries Closed / Gallery Shop Open / 10am-3pm Playhouse Presents: THE GREAT GATSBY performance/ Boykin Center / 8 p.m.

March 8:Playhouse Presents: THE GREAT GATSBY closing performance & strike/ Boykin Center / 3 p.m.

March 12:Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts Exhibition Opening Reception also showing Wilson Active Artist featured artist Ed New-man and Wilson County Elementary School Art / WAC Galleries / 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

March 14:Galleries & Gallery Shop Open: Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts /WAC Galleries / 10am-3pm

Reception for Elementary School Art Exhibition / Boykin Center / 12 – 2 p.m.

Vision Community Theatre Group Presents: FOR COLORED GIRLS performance/ Boykin Center / 7 p.m.

March 17:Paint & Pour Workshop with Mela-nie Statnick / WAC Lowe Gallery / 7 – 9 p.m.

March 19:AAMT featuring the Monitors / Boykin Center / 7:30 p.m.

March 21:Galleries & Gallery Shop Open: Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts /WAC Galleries / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

March 22:BOYKIN SERIES 18 presents: JEANNE ROBERTSON / Boykin Center / 3 p.m.

March 27:Boykin Series 18 presents NCCU Jazz Ensembles with Dr. Ira Wiggins / Boykin Center / 7:30 p.m.

March 28:Galleries & Gallery Shop Open: Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts /WAC Galleries / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

April 3:GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY – Offices Closed

April 4:Galleries Closed for Easter Holiday

April 5:EASTER HOLIDAY

April 10:Golden Leaf Waterfowlers Outdoor Expo / Wilson County Fairgrounds

April 11:Galleries & Gallery Shop Open: Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts /WAC Galleries / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Golden Leaf Waterfowlers Outdoor Expo Concert / Wilson County Fairgrounds

April 12:Golden Leaf Waterfowlers Outdoor Expo / Wilson County Fairgrounds

April 17:ACT! for Youth Presents: LITTLE WOMEN opening performance/ Boykin Center / 7:30 p.m.

April 18:Galleries & Gallery Shop Open: Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts /WAC Galleries / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

ACT! for Youth Presents: LITTLE WOMEN performance/ Boykin Center / 7:30 p.m.

April 19:ACT! for Youth Presents: LITTLE WOMEN closing performance & strike / Boykin Center / 3 p.m.

April 21:Paint & Pour Workshop / WAC Lowe Gallery / 7 – 9 p.m.

April 25:Galleries & Gallery Shop Open: Wood: Fine Art, Decorative Arts & Fine Crafts /WAC Galleries / 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

BOYKIN SERIES 18 presents: GRAINS OF TIME OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY / Boykin Center / 7:30 p.m.

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Don’t miss these Boykin Series performances

Once again, the Arts Council of Wilson is delighted to show student artwork from elementary schools of Wilson County. The Cooke and Lowe Galleries will be brimming with colorful, innovative cre-ations by area art students. A reception will be held on Saturday, March 14, from 12 – 2 p.m.

Ben Gufford’s students at Barnes and Vick Elementary are exhibiting work that expresses their broadened understand-ing of the world around them. They are following a curriculum which promotes global awareness and financial, econom-ic, civic and health literacy.

The Vinson Bynum third grade students of Demetrius Smith are studying the so-lar system and have created space ships. Fourth grade students are researching and creating replicas of light houses, while fifth graders are creating self-portraits using pointillism, in the style of George Seurat.

Students of Emily Yelton at Elm City and Gardner’s Elementary Schools are studying endangered species of North Carolina. They have created animal por-traits and awareness posters. As part of a focus on symmetry, they will also be displaying winter oil pastel/crayon resist landscape paintings.

At Wells, Susan Canady’s art students in first, second and fourth grades have created work in the style of Eric Carle, Piet Mondrian, George Seurat and Karl Faberge. Third grade students created a 3-D creature collage after reading Where the Wild Things Are.

The students at Hearne Elementary, taught by Eric Williams, will be display-ing student artwork from a grade-wide art contest. The students were not given any guidelines for the competition. The quali-fiers were chosen based on originality and composition.

Other schools that are participating are:

New Hope ElementaryArt teacher, Jeanine Kittinger

Lucama Elementary and Lee Woodard ElementaryArt teacher, Andrea Boggers

Rock Ridge ElementaryArt teacher, Elizabeth Driver

Jones ElementaryArt teacher, Jane Gardner

Wilson County Elementary School Annual Art showMarch 12 – April 15

CONCERTS RESCHEDULEDThe African American Music Trail with the MonitorsMarch 19, at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $20 / $18

Ira Wiggins and the NCCU Jazz and Vocal EnsemblesMarch 27, at 7:30Tickets: $20 / $18

All tickets purchased for the February dates will be honored for the newly scheduled times.

Arts Council of Wilson124 Nash St. SW, Wilson, NC 27893 Tuesday thru friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Saturday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

MissionThe mission of the arts Council of Wilson is to improve the quality of life for all the citizens of Wilson County by providing cultural leadership and opportunities in the arts.

OfficersDan Blackmon – PresidentBarnes Boykin – Vice PresidentCharles W. Pittman, iii – Treasurerkathie Davis – SecretaryDuran Broadhurst – Past President

BoardBill adams, Carol alexander, Leslie atkinson, Linda h. Barnes, Josephine Brown, emily Carinci, earline Copeland, Ginny eagles, Jim fitzgerald, Thomas fyle, Jay Gallimore, Johnny hackney, Dean Joyner, Jeff Joyner, Megan N. Lively, Susan Webb, Penny Womble

StaffW. Barrett Pageexecutive Director acw@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x12

Debbie WilliamsTheater Coordinatoracwtechnical@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x15

Chandra BollingOffice Manager& Box Office acwadmin@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x33

Christopher a. BallancePerforming arts Directoracwperforming@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x16

Sharon PierceBookkeeperacwfinance@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x11

elisabeth farnsworthMarketing & education Directoracwmarketing@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x14

amy hughesVisual arts Directoracwvisual@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x18

Denise RobinsonReceptionistacwboxoffice@wilsonarts.com | 252-291-4329 x10

Bob owens | after hours Security

Lamont Murchinson | Janitorial Staff

Submissionsall submissions should be e-mailed to acwmarketing@wilsonarts.com by april 15. The arts Courier is funded in part by a Grassroots grant from the North Carolina arts Council, a state agency.

The Wilson Breakfast Optimist Club has a long reputation of being a “friend to the youth”. This club meets every Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. long before many of us have begun our day. This year’s president is Tony Langston and was pictured with Mickey Grizzard with their contribution to this publication and to opportunities for children in the performing and visual arts. If you are interested in becoming a member and are an early riser just call Mickey at 252-289-6352 and he will fill you in on all the good you too can do for your Wilson Community.

Arts Partner: Wilson Breakfast Optimists

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Sign up for Paint and Pour with artist, Melanie Statnick today!March 17 , 7 - 9 p.m.“Watercolor and sketches of houses” with Melanie StatnickRegister for a fun evening of painting- no experi-ence required! Only $35!What is Paint and Pour?It’s an fun evening of creating a beauti-ful work of art while enjoying your fa-vorite wine at the Arts Council!

What will the Arts Council provide?We’ll supply the canvas, acrylic paints, beverage glasses and corkscrew!

What should I bring?You bring your beverage of choice (wine, beer, soft drinks or water) and you may also bring a snack or appetizer.

What time should I arrive?Please arrive 15-20 minutes early to get your beverage poured, find a seat, and get ready for the painting fun to begin.

What should I wear?Since creating art can be messy, please choose attire that is suitable. You may also bring an apron or large shirt for coverage.

How many seats will be available?15 seats are available for each session.