News from the Madison County Arts Council                             http://ezezine.com
                      
					Visual Arts Committee Meets Tuesday:

The Visual Arts Committee will meet Tuesday, September 29 at 5:00 pm at
the Madison County Library Annex.  Contact Gwen Hendrix for more
information at 348-9693.



The wonderful homemade fudge and brittle that we had at the painted
chair affair was made by Ed Howard of Sweet Eddies Sweets.  You can
contact him for orders or future show information at:

sweeteddiessweets@yahoo.com
254-386-5372


Writers Guild Student Writing Contest Opens:
The Student Writing Contest opened on Sept. 15. Press releases were
sent and area schools were sent packets of information. The contest is
open to area private, public, and home-schooled youth in grades 9 - 12.
The theme is "Summer" and students may submit fiction, nonfiction, and
poetry manuscripts. Judging will be in January 2010 and prizes will be
awarded for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries. The 1st place winner
will have his/her manuscript published in the Writers Guild Anthology
"Summer" and will be invited with his/her parents to the Madison County
Arts Council Annual Dinner on March 6, 2010. Detailed information and
guidelines are available at the Madison County Library. Please contact
Veronica Grooms for more information at 348-6118.

Community Relations:  A benefit BBQ lunch will be served at the Kimbro
Center on Saturday, October 3 from 10:00 am until the food runs out.
The proceeds will benefit Josh Collard and his family. Josh is a heart
transplant patient and the son of Eddie and Glenda Collard and the
grandson of Burke and Lena Landry. Josh's medical care is extensive and
on-going and any help would be appreciated. Plates will be $8.00 and
there will also be a silent auction. Please plan to join the Collards
and Landrys next Saturday at the Kimbro Center.