Vicksburg Art Association - PO Box 1251 - Vicksburg, Mississippi 39181   

 

 

 

Vicksburg Art Association - PO Box 1251 - Vicksburg, Mississippi 39181

                  
                                               
      
Enter your Email to receive updates to this VAA page by Email


Powered by FeedBlitz
              
                

      

February Meeting

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Library at All Saints School, Confederate Avenue
Artist-Presenter: Garrett Wallace - Masks As Art

Members and non-members are encouraged to attend there is no charge.

Garrett Wallace: Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

DOB: February 1952


Raised in Brookfield, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.

Graduated from Riverside-Brookfield Township High School Attended college, mostly fraternity parties, at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Served in the U.S. Navy 1970-77

Went to work for Middle South Utilities, now Entergy, after leaving the service in '77.

"I have worked at Baxter Wilson Steam Electric Station since
February of '78 and lived in Vicksburg since January of '83. I have two daughters, Shannon Wallace Hollingsworth and Molleigh Wallace, and brand new
twin grandchildren, Ty and Kayleigh Hollingsworth.

"I have been involved extensively with the Boy Scouts of America and the Vicksburg Theatre Guild for almost ten years, serving on the Board of
Directors as well as directing plays, designing and building sets. I've had a life long interest in art dabbling in all mediums but I enjoy
sculpture most. It was the convergence of three-dimensional art and my involvement in the theatre that led to my interests in masks and mask making.

"I became interested in the technical side of mask making when I made the Donkey head for VTG's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights Dream". Several years later, while doing make-up for our production of "The Hobbit", I began working with foam and casting latex which has led to an interest in body casting, another area altogether. More recently, while
doing research for a future production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" where the masks of the mid sixteenth century Italian commedia dell'arte school were used, I've become interested in the overall history of
masks and mask making."

    

    
               
                                  
                

      

VAA Workshops

January, 7, 2003

Workshops to be held at the Old Constitution Firehouse

January 18 & 19: woodcarving with a pocketknife, Craftsmen's Guild member George Berry, of Jackson. $45.

February 15 & 16: vibrant watercolor-style painting using latex house paint, nationally known artist Douglas Walton, of Ruston, La. $60.

March 14 - 16: wood sculpture with experimental texture and painted surfaces, Ron Koehler, Delta State University. $50.

March 20 & 27, April 3 & 10, evenings: clay busts, James Smithhart, All Saints School, Vicksburg. $50.

For reservations or more information, contact Brenda Neumann, 638-8426 or Janet Akers, 638-5022
    

    
               
                   
          
    
               

                              Map to Firehouse
Join our Mailing List
Sign the Guest Book
Read Guest Book Entries
VAA on Facebook
View and print 2011 - 2012 Membership form
Email to the VAA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 

Contact: 6016389221

            

Home

         

            

Links

          Attic Gallery
Vicksburg Heritage League
      Walter Anderson Museum
          Lauren Rogers Museum
          Mississippi Arts Commission
            
            

Description

            

The VAA offers art-related programs and/or speakers. Throughout the year workshops in varied art disciplines are held. Competitive exhibtions of work by regional artists are hosted. Most of these events are held at the Old Constitution Firehouse Gallery located at the corner of Main and Openwood Streets
          

            

About the Firehouse

                        The VAA is fortunate to have as its headquarters one of Vicksburg's first firehouses. This building has been designated as a Mississippi Landmark by the Department of Archives and History. The Old Constitution Firehouse is believed by the Archives and History Department to be the most intact Victorian fire station in the state.

It was built in 1870 as the second house for the city's first volunteer fire company and later housed the first paid company.

  The building retains the central stall, barracks room, cupola, and bell which was used to call the volunteers.

  The presence of the fire station made the Openwood - Main Street area one of the most desirable residential districts in Vicksburg before 1876.
          

            

Archives

                    09/01/2002 - 10/01/2002          10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002          11/01/2002 - 12/01/2002          01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003          02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003          03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003          08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003          09/01/2003 - 10/01/2003          10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003          12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004          01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004          02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004          04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004          05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004          07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004          08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004          09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004          10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004          11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004          01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005          02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005          03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005          04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005          05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005          07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005          08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005          10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005          11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005          12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006          03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006          05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006          07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006          08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006          09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006          10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006          11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006          12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007          01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007          02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007          03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007          04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007          05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007          08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007          09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007          10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007          11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007          01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008          04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008          05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008          09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008          10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008          11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008          10/01/2009 - 11/01/2009          01/01/2010 - 02/01/2010          02/01/2010 - 03/01/2010          11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010          02/01/2011 - 03/01/2011          10/01/2011 - 11/01/2011          11/01/2011 - 12/01/2011          02/01/2012 - 03/01/2012          04/01/2012 - 05/01/2012
          
            

Powered By


          

          
          

          
Enter your Email to receive updates to this VAA page by Email


Powered by FeedBlitz