March 20,
2008
Cadiz, KY—The
Janice Mason Art Museum presents Photographic Art by Diane Eubanks March 29
- April 30. Cadiz resident and award-winning photographer Diane Eubanks
transforms the beauty she sees through her camera lens into magic on paper.
Diane's Night Lights won Photography Best of Show in the JMAM's 2005
Biennial Juried Show.
The Janice Mason Art Museum is open
Tuesdays – Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Sundays 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Evening hours can be arranged for group tours. Admission is free; donations
are greatly appreciated.
The Kentucky Arts Council, a state
agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational support funding for the
Janice Mason Art Museum with state tax dollars and federal funding from the
National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves
great art.
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March 17,
2008
Museum sponsors Poetry Contest
Cadiz, KY—April is
National Poetry Month, so as part of their tenth anniversary celebration,
the Janice Mason Art Museum is sponsoring a poetry contest. The winners
will have the opportunity to share their poems with the community on August
24 when Kentucky’s Poet Laureate visits the JMAM for a reading.
Cash prizes will be
awarded in five categories: Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 and adult. Entries
are due April 25 and may be turned in to students’ school principals, or
directly to the JMAM. They can also be emailed to jmam@bellsouth.net.
Vulgar, profane, or obscene poetry will be disqualified.
The Janice Mason Art Museum is open
Tuesdays – Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Sundays 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Evening hours can be arranged for group tours. Admission is free; donations
are greatly appreciated.
The Kentucky Arts Council, a state
agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational support funding for the
Janice Mason Art Museum with state tax dollars and federal funding from the
National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves
great art.
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February 27, 2008
Ides of March Dinner Dance Announced
Cadiz, KY—The Janice Mason Art Museum announces open ticket sales for its
upcoming annual benefit dinner/dance. “The Ides of March” is the theme for
this year’s gala scheduled for March 15 at Lake Barkley Conference Center.
The format is the same as last year’s with three ticket options. The event
begins at 5:00 PM with the usual lavish buffet dinner served at 6:00. The
Temple Airs of Evansville, the same great “big band” from previous years
urge dancers to their feet from 7:00-10:00. The Temple Airs hand over the
stage to Cat Daddy, a locally-known rock and roll band who will play until
1:00 AM. Tickets options available: tickets remain at $50 per person for
the dinner and dancing to the Temple Airs. These must be purchased in
advance. Tickets for both parties are $75 per person. Tickets for just the
late night party are $25.00 per person and will be available at the door,
although advance sales are preferred. Tickets can be purchased from any
Museum Board member, by visiting the Museum office during regular business
hours, or by calling (with credit card). In addition to the great music,
throughout the evening, attendees can place their bids on art and
art-related items in the silent auction.
More information is available by calling the Museum at (270) 522-9056 or
visiting the website at
www.jmam.org. Museum hours are
Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, and 1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Janice Mason Art Museum is a membership-funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit
community arts center formed in 1998 to bring the arts to the people of
Cadiz, Trigg County and the surrounding area. The Kentucky Arts Council, a
state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational support funding
for the Janice Mason Art Museum with state tax dollars and federal funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation
deserves great art.
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February 13, 2008
Cadiz
Community Arts Center Adds Performing Arts Organization
Southern Kentucky Independent Theatre (SKIT) has joined Cadiz Community Arts
Center (CCAC) as the performance arts component of the arts center. CCAC
was formed in 1998, and the announcement of this new addition is part
of its 10 Year Anniversary celebration.
Shortly
after CCAC was incorporated, financial pledges from community members and a
donation from David and Janice Mason made it possible to purchase the
historic Cadiz Post Office building and establish the Janice Mason Art
Museum. Until now CCAC has primarily concentrated its efforts on developing
the visual arts.
From
the beginning, CCAC held a long-range goal to eventually add a performance
arts component. During the past two years, that goal neared completion as
Janice Mason Arts Museum partnered with Trigg County schools, local
businesses, and parents to present three community theatre productions,
Seussical, The Wiz, and Dining With the Dearly Departed. These
productions were made possible in part through a two-year grant from the
Kentucky Arts Council. Based on the success of these productions and the
expressed interest from the community, Southern Kentucky Independent Theatre
has joined Cadiz Community Arts Center as the performing arts organization.
Southern Kentucky Independent Theatre or
SKIT was incorporated in 1981 as a regional theatre serving Christian,
Trigg, Todd, Caldwell and other surrounding areas. SKIT’s first performance
was in August of 1981 for the annual Thomas – Bridges Association meeting.
It has an established reputation for varied, quality productions and a
long-standing place in the theatre community of the area.
SKIT
will operate as another branch of CCAC and will maintain its own operations
and finances under the direction of a performing arts committee. The
performing arts committee, appointed by CCAC president Jean Martin, includes
Martha Davis, Portia Ezell, Ann Taylor, Paul Fourshee, Pam Goolsby, Wayne
Goolsby, Pat Puckett, David Ancil and Yancy Cook. Paul Fourshee, board
member of both SKIT and CCAC said, “This is a win-win opportunity for both
organizations, enabling the arts center to
move forward more rapidly in offering an active, vibrant performing arts
group that already has a long, successful history.”
SKIT
committee members have been meeting to select a summer musical to be
performed in July at the Trigg County High School Little Theatre. An
announcement will be made next month announcing the musical, audition dates
and exact dates for the performances.
For
further information contact Paul Fourshee on the performing arts link at
jmam.org or at 522-6035. The Kentucky Arts
Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational
support funding for CCAC with state tax
dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which
believes that a great nation deserves great art.
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September 20,
2007
CADIZ, KY—The Janice Mason Art Museum presented awards for its Biannual
Juried Show this week. “Our second juried show is very successful,” said
Board President Jean Martin. “It’s great for us to be able to offer area
artists the opportunity to compete and get their work exhibited.” “We hope
this show will continue to grow and become one of the most prestigious
juried shows in the region,” said Museum administrator Paula Lisowsky. “A
show of this quality with generous prize money will draw the best in the
area. Of course, without sponsorship by Bank of Cadiz and Trust Company,
this wouldn’t have been possible.”
The Museum began soliciting artwork for the show in July, and received a
total of 73 entries from around the region. Dr. Camille Serre of Murray
State University served as juror. Dr. Serre selected 37 entries for
inclusion in the show, including drawings, paintings, wood carvings, wood
turning, mixed media sculpture, fiber art and photography.
At the opening reception for the exhibit, awards were made to the following
artists: Betty Liles of Hopkinsville for Lily; Loretta Boley of
Cadiz for Idol Gossip; Robert Little of Nixa, Missouri
for Walnut Street; Ken Roberts of Cadiz for CXII, Kathryn
Harper of Cadiz for Pillows, Robin Martin-Holmes of Murray for
Inner Struggle; Sandra Welleford of Lexington for Woodland Vest;
Mitchell Bryant of Cadiz for Horizon Series 2-07; and Geneva Parris
of Cadiz for Jye-ting, Lung Shan Temple.
The JMAM Biannual Juried Show will be on display from September 14 - October
21. Museum hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10 – 4, Sunday 1 – 4. The Kentucky
Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational
support funding for the Janice Mason Art Museum with state tax dollars and
federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes
that a great nation deserves great art.
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September 7, 2007
Janice Mason Art Museum
Presents “Dining With the Dearly Departed”
Cadiz, Kentucky –
September 7, 2007 -
Janice Mason Art Museum
performing arts will present “Dining with the Dearly Departed” on Saturday,
September 29, 5:30 P.M. at East End Cemetery in Cadiz. Audience members will
have the opportunity to enjoy a box-supper with dinner music performed by
Landon Sumner. Following the meal, there will be a guided walk through the
cemetery to “meet” several former residents of Cadiz and hear a little about
their lives and history of the town.
Performers include Wayne
and Pam Goolsby as Thomas and Mary Grinter, Smitty P’Pool as Duncan McBride,
Nell Marshall as Ruth Humphries, Hawkins Teague as Bradley Hargrove, Will
Ezell as Burt Aldridge, Sr. and Jean Martin as Mabel Sexton. Tickets for the
dinner and performance are $15.00 and are available at the Janice Mason Art
Museum and Eldora’s Books, Etc. Tickets must be purchased by September
25. There will be no tickets sold at the event. In case of rain, the
performance will be rescheduled for Sunday, September 30, at 4:00 P.M. DVDs
of the performance can be ordered at Janice Mason Art Museum or Eldora’s
Books, Etc. at a cost of $5.00.
This event is being
sponsored by the museum as a fund-raiser for their performing arts program.
Future productions planned are Thornton Wilder’s Our Town,
which will be presented November 29, 30, and December 2; and the annual
summer musical. There will be an arts booster meeting on September 20 at
6:30 P.M. at the Trigg County High School Library to discuss events and
programs for the coming year. Anyone who is interested in supporting or
participating in art events in Cadiz/Trigg County is encouraged to attend.
Paul Fourshee, museum board member said, “We have always had particularly
good support from the community, and I know there will be many who want to
be involved as a booster in supporting our arts students.”
For additional
information on “Dining with the Dearly Departed” or the arts booster meeting
contact Janice Mason Art Museum at 522-9056 or Eldora’s Books, Etc. at
522-1995.
The Kentucky Arts
Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, provides operational
support funding for the Janice Mason Art Museum with state tax dollars and
federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes
that a great nation deserves great art.
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The Janice Mason Art Museum is open Tuesdays – Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00
PM and Sundays 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Evening hours can be arranged for group
tours. Admission is free; donations are greatly appreciated.
The Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet,
provides operational support funding for the Janice Mason Art Museum with
state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the
Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
