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September
14, 2006
LIVINGSTON,
Ala.—The
University of West Alabama last week hosted the
Alabama State Council on the Arts quarterly meeting,
showcasing a variety of Sumter County artists. The
Council awarded over $2 million in grants to support
the arts in Alabama, including four grants for
Sumter County initiatives, at the Sept. 8 and 9
meeting.
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Sumter County
musicians Jacky Jack White and J. Burton
Fuller entertained Alabama State Council
on the Arts members during their recent
meeting held on the University of West
Alabama campus. |
UWA received $4,300 in support of the Sucarnochee
Folklife Festival, which celebrates regional
cultural traditions and features folksingers,
demonstrators of traditional crafts, historical
tours of local churches, folk food and storytelling.
The fourth annual festival, held in downtown
Livingston, is set for April 21, 2007.
The Sumter County Fine Arts Council also received
nearly $3,000 to help fund performances by the
Nashville Mandolin Ensemble and the Birmingham
Children’s Theatre on UWA’s campus. Additionally,
the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture in York
received $13,615 for workshops and exhibitions.
The University treated Council members with a
performance by Sucarnochee Revue radio show regulars
Jacky Jack White and J. Burton Fuller over a
luncheon in the Bell Conference Center. Sumter
Theatre Workshop also presented “Side by Side by
Sondheim” in an evening performance sponsored by the
Sumter County Fine Arts Council. Conference
attendees also participated in a walking tour of the
University’s outdoor sculpture collection and
enjoyed a presentation of handmade mosaic stepping
stones to be used in UWA’s Black Belt Gardens. |
