FCAC NEWS Native American Art Joy & Tradition! Senora Lynch, an artist of many talents, instructed a series of three classes at the Youngsville Public Library from June 28 - 30. These classes were open free to all Franklin County citizens to learn about Native American history and culture, as well as to learn how to make cornhusk dolls, dreamcatchers and pottery by hand. Seventy adults and children participated in this program and thanks to Senora sharing her knowledge and skills, there was much learning, a lot of crafting and a great deal of fun! To view pictures from this event, please visit our gallery. (July 29th 2010) Art has Sprung! The Franklin County Arts Council greeted spring with a variety of FCAC-sponsored events, including our featured event, Spring into Arts, which was held on May 1st! Spring into Arts was an art exhibit, in which 12 artists throughout Franklin County had the opportunity to display their masterfully-crafted art work. The type of art ranged pottery to string art, and included other types such as paintings, collages, quilts, wood turnings, jewelry, and photography. Franklin County's 2009 Artist-of-the-Year, Freddy Greene, and his band the Freddy Greene (Street Genie) Trio provided great music as well. Check out the gallery to see pictures from this event! (June 18th 2010) FCAC New web presence! Greetings Franklin County Art members and art lovers. Welcome to the new Franklin County Arts Council website. The board of the FCAC has worked very hard to compose, format and edit this website, and we sincerely hope you will enjoy navigating through its many informative pages. (October 21st 2009) FCAC Subgrant Deadline Applications for Grassroots subgrants for the 2010-2011 year will be posted to the FCAC Forms page soon. Please keep checking back. (July 2nd 2010) Women in Art Exhibition 2010 The 2010 Women in Art Celebration, hosted by Art du Jour and sponsored by the Franklin County Arts Council, proved to be a great success once again! Artists were honored as Skippy Clark, an artist of color and light, judged the entries. There was a variety of talent in the way of photography, oil, acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, mixed media, and porcelain painting entered into this contest. However, the judging found the following to be the Best in Show: Best in Show – 1st Place - Mart Stuhmer for “Jumping off Bridges” Best in Show – 2nd Place – Arlene Fabiano for “The Merchant” Best in Show – 3rd Place – Phyllis “Tiger” Faircloth for “It’s Reigning Part II – Cawing out the Guard” (March 19th 2010) FCAC Guilds The FCAC forms Guilds, with the objective of promoting the crafts and trades of artists and artisans from with the county. For more information on guild creation, please visit our F.A.Q. page. (July 2nd 2010) The 2010 IWC results are in! Hosted in Qingdao, China, the 2010 International Whistling Convention was a great success! The awards are as follows: Child: Oianhe Li from China Teen: Yuki Takeda from Japan Senior Male Classical: Boqing Li from China Senior Male Popular: Bo Seo Hwan from Korea Senior Female (Classical & Popular): Patricia Sonnier from Nashville, TN, USA Adult Male Classical: Dong Chen from China Adult Male Popular: Turmod Borgen Rogne from Norway Allied Art: Aisha Kanal from Japan Adult Female (Classical & Popular): Akiko Shibata from Japan Adult Male Championship: Tormod Borgen Rogne from Norway Adult Female Championship: Akiko Shibata from Japan Entertainer of the Year: Geert Chatrou from the Netherlands Hall of Fame: Qingyao Cao from China (June 22nd 2010) Louisburg College Art Please be sure to keep checking in on the link bellow for some amazing art work from the students of Louisburg College. Louisburg College Art (September 17th 2009)