These dates outline ESAC events scheduled for 2008 and are subject to change.
RECURRING EVENTS
- First Friday Artwalks at ESAC: Opening receptions held on the first Friday of every month from 6 – 8 p.m.
JANUARY 2008
- Membership Renewals Due
MARCH 2008
- March 20-22: Outdoor Art Show held downtown from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- March 25: GlassWorks Day Trip to New Orleans from 7:30 a.m. – Late Afternoon
APRIL 2008
- April 1: Artists submissions deadline for A Painter’s Paradise
- April 22: “Tax Laws for the Artist” Brown Bag Lunch at Noon
- April 27: Member Brunch
MAY 2008
- May 3: A Painter’s Paradise Brunch at the Grand Hotel from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 a person.
JUNE 2008
- June 2-13: Summer Art Bash: Session 1
- June 16-27: Summer Art Bash: Session 2
- June 26: VSA Auction
JULY 2008
- July 7-18: Summer Art Bash: Session 3
- Hot Salsa Night benefiting Young at Art
- July 21-25: Summer Art Bash: Session 4 (one week)
Hot Salsa Night benefiting Young at Art Supporters of the Eastern Shore Art Center have announced the 2nd annual fund-raising event, Hot Salsa Night, scheduled for Saturday, July 26 at 7 p.m. at the Art Center, located at 401 Oak Street in downtown Fairhope. Highlights of the evening include work by featured artist Maxey Andress, salsa dancing demonstrations, tapas bars, beer and sangria, a DJ and a mariachi band for music and dancing, and a silent auction featuring works of local artists. Tickets are $50/person. Proceeds benefit the Young at Art scholarship fund.
Young at Art Young at Art is a society of adults interested in art: viewing it, creating it, collecting it, and critiquing it.
YAA seeks to bring artists of regional renown to exhibit in Fairhope. We’re looking for new genres, new techniques, and artists newly discovered elsewhere. YAA aspires to assist promising artists in our local high schools in hopes of propelling their art career. Each year, Young at Art raises scholarship funds for one local student seeking a career in the visual arts. Please join us for the gala event planned for July 26 at the Eastern Shore Art Center.
Maxey Andress
Maxey Andress lives in Atlanta. Raised in Satsuma, Alabama and a graduate of Auburn University, his work has been shown across the southeast: Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Miami. He recently was named "best emerging artist' in Creative Loafing, the Atlanta arts, entertainment and culture newspaper.
His work explores the world of juxtapositions and our ever-evolving consciousness. The 3-D constructions / paintings evoke the spirit of "origami" - folding, geometric forms which give the work voice, velocity and urgency. The multi-panel approach helps communicate separateness. It also accentuates the need to draw things together and compare them. Panels fold and unfold in disparate colors, textures, techniques, emotions and subjects, revealing both their dependence and interdependency.
SEPTEMBER 2008
- September 18: “Gimme Shelter” Barcitecture and Art Auction from 6 – 9 p.m. Tickets are $35/person or $45/person at the door.
OCTOBER 2008
- October 18 & 19: Grand Festival of Art at Pier Park from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- October 2: A Painter’s Paradise Book Signing Party 6 – 8 p.m.
- October 30:A Painter’s Paradise Pre-Party from 6 – 8 p.m.
FALL 2008
- A Painter’s Paradise Book Published
NOVEMBER 2008
- November 1: A Painter’s Paradise Banquet and Auction at the Fairhope Civic Center
- November 23: Holiday Market from 1 - 4 p.m.
DECEMBER 2008
- December 4: Calling All Angels Auction
For more information on Coming Events please contact our office via email or phone us 251.928.2228.