UCAA NEWSLETTER February 2008
UCAA is busy working on many projects that are on track for 2008.
** The UCAA 2nd annual meeting is Monday-March 17, 2008, 4:30 pm, at the UCAA Art Gallery. This will be a wonderful time for members, artists, and guests to meet each other. Refreshments will be served. **
This will be a great time to see the NEW artwork that was collected on February 14th, 15th, & 16th that is hung and ready to show. If you were unable to make the last call for art days, please call 931-265-0338 and make arrangements to bring in your work. We have periodic judging so it is never too late to bring your work in. Some people have said the UCAA Gallery is the best it has ever been.
We want this newsletter to be one with form and function. UCAA is a regional organization so we are reaching out to all 14-counties of the Upper Cumberland to gather and distribute information to our readers. In order to help us in this endeavor, please send your information about your festival, or any activity in your area to uppercumberlandartalliance@yahoo.com.
It is not too late to renew memberships!
Remember, the new UCAA web-site is ready to add its members to the web and link to your own web-site. If you are a member of UCAA, send us (up to four) jpeg files of your work, your bio, and a link to your web site; we will set you up. Take a look at www.uppercumberlandartsalliance.com!!
We are still in need of volunteers for the gallery as well....anyone that can volunteer a day or two a month (only 4 hours a day)... please contact Julie at 931-267-1497. Your help will be greatly appreciated!
UCAA’s 2nd annual Gourd Gala is slated for August 2008...Maxine Osborn is the chairperson for this event. Any questions or comments can be directed to Maxine at pigroast@twlakes.net.
Maxine is taking charge of another 2008 Gourd Show" Home Grown and Hand Made"
April 19 and 20 at R.R. Kuntry Pumpkin Center
46901 SR 30 Pikeville, TN 37367
There will be plenty to see and plenty to do
Classes will be offered to expand your knowledge about
decorating gourds.
For more information contact:
Maxine Osburn 931-403-3380 or pigroast@twlakes.net
Lisa Roberson 423-304-5637 or Lisarobrson1@netzero.com
Terry Cline 423-837-6664
On Friday April 25, 2008, at 1:00 pm, UCAA and Cookeville Public Library will sponsor Jeri Landers, from Rutledge, Tennessee, in a book-signing and talk about how her career as an artist is now an Artist and Author/Illustrator. Her new book is “The Journey of Bushky Bushybottom”. This is her second book and we will be among the first to hear this new book. Her first book “Hopalong Jack and the Blue Bunnies” won several awards. Look at Jerri’s web sites www.jerilanders.com and www.hopalonggreetings.com
UCAA and Cumberland Art Society (CAS) are working together to have the First Annual Fresh Air Arts Festival. The FAAF is an outdoor event to be held yearly in different counties of the Upper Cumberland. This year, the festival is being held in Granville (Jackson County) at the Veteran's Park. Chairmen for this event are Isabel Cohen & Jerry Stout. Any questions or comments can be directed to Jerry via email at mrtncreek@yahoo.com or Isabel Cohen at houseboat@twlakes.net. More details will be forthcoming! However, save the date of Saturday June 21, 2008 for this event. This event will be well publicized in the Nashville and Lebanon, Tennessee, area. Artists that would like to participate in this festival should let Jerry or Isabel know very soon because a “call for artists” will be going out in the 14 counties. Space is limited.
A Basic Pastel Class - -- Betsy Fox will teach this class on March 29, 2008, 9:30 to 3:30 at the Cumberland Art Society.
Jackson County features the “Poke Sallet Festival”
Pappy's Picket Fence would like to extend an invitation to all artists to participate at the annual Poke Sallet Festival in Gainesboro. This festival is Thursday – Saturday on Mother's Day weekend in May. Fresh air table space is available. Plan to set up and demonstrate your art at this popular event. Reasonably priced tables and chairs are available for rent. If interested please email blueheron05@twlakes.net or call the store 931/268-6820. Last year was a fun event, and there was a good crowd, so plan to participate this year!
Appalachian Center for Craft 10th Annual Celebration of Craft Saturday, April 5th 10am-5pm FREE EVENT
Make Plans to Attend the 10th Annual Celebration of Craft
Join a regional tradition and attend the 10th Annual Celebration of Craft on Saturday, April 5th from 10am-5pm at Tennessee Tech University’s Appalachian Center for Craft near Smithville, Tennessee. Admission is free. Visit http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/celebration.html for details on this April 5th event.
Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression (CACE)
Says to add this festival to your calendar!
Artisans are invited to apply for participation in a Fine Arts - Fine Crafts Fall Artisan Festival to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the Community Complex in Crossville TN. It will be held inside the exhibit buildings, art pieces and display spaces are protected from possible weather concerns. Formerly this event was for Cumberland County artisans only, this year the festival is open to regional artisans. This festival is juried. A Silent Auction of art pieces and donations from businesses is held in conjunction with the festival. Guidelines and application form is available via the CACE website: www.cumberlandart.com. Personal contact is Wilma Emling at 931-456-7954, Betty Zarnitz at 931-456-6946, or Sharron Eckert at 931-277-5425. Application deadline is mid-June.
Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression invites you . . .
You are invited to experience Cumberland County's tribute to student cultural arts on Saturday, April 12, 10 - 3 Central Daylight Time, Community Complex, Crossville TN. This is sponsored and managed by CACE – Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression, the perimeter of the exhibit building will be filled with hundreds of 2-D and 3-D art in school booths. Throughout the day school bands and music students will perform. At least 15 guilds and organizations will provide hands-on experiences for students (K-12) in medium of spinning, weaving, rug hooking, caning, bobbin lace making, Swiss embroidery, dulcimer playing, creative writing, quilting, painting, origami, and pottery. No fees are charged. Come see how one county's cultural organization is encouraging the arts for students in their community. Personal contact: Sharron Eckert, 931-277-5425. Check the CACE website: www.cumberlandart.com
Be sure to visit the NEW website at: www.uppercumberlandartsalliance.com
UCAA can be contacted via e-mail at uppercumberlandartalliance@yahoo.com
Or phone 931-265-0338. (Please note the difference in our e-mail address and website address- - there is no (s) in the word art in our e-mail address but there is an (s) in the word arts in our website address)