Cataloging the Art

Phtotographing the A&E 2017 Artwork

We’ve just had our 2nd Photo Shoot to get the last of our amazing donated artwork and prizes photographed and cataloged to be raffled and auctioned at At & Elegance 2017 and included in the official Program. This is a caffeine intensive process! We’ve been receiving some amazing pieces, art, photography, jewelery, sculpture, crafts, wearables, and donations of amazing prizes and experiences form your local businesses and sponsors. We’re working to have the entire catalog available for viewing here on the website, and we’re processing the pics now. More to come!

There are still tickets available, but you better move fast, we’re only three weeks out!

Sponsors & Artists

We’ve just posted the 2017 Sponsorship Levels – at naturally, Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire, and a Paton level for modest Contributors. Our Sponsors add immensely to the success of Art and Elegance, year after year with your deeply appreciated generosity. Visit the Sponsorship Page for more information about the various levels. Feel free to Contact Us if you’re interested in being a A&E Sponsor. Local business also donate Experiences, goods and services that brighten up our contests and prizes, and show off many of our local attractions.

We have also reached out to our local and regional Artist Community with our annual appeal for donations of marvelous artwork for our contents. It’s the generous donations of marvelous artwork by artists at all levels and every medium that puts the ART in Art & Elegance. So if you’re an artist and would like to contribute something, please check out the Artist’s page.

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Proper Date Posted!

November 11, 2017 - Opps!!!
Yeah, we forgot to update the date! My bad. – webmaster

Art & Elegance is typically held the first Saturday Evening in November. However, we had better availability for our venue, The Country Inn, on the 11th. So be it. However, yours truly, your friendly neighborhood webweaver neglected to update the site until this morning.

Very sorry about that!

In the meantime, we’re putting together plans for this years events and what shape our Art offerings will take. But we’ll be happily celebrating our 40th year of the Morgan Arts Council. Stay tuned – as soon as we start getting things nailed down we’ll get the info up!

So… What Happened?

Kurt in splnit after augery.The Art Guy in his splint over the winter. One-handed typing stinks!

Some of you good folk out there may have been wondering why the site hasn’t updated for a while.

Yours truly, A&E’s tame In-House Graphic and Web Designer managed to fairly seriously injure myself a mere two weeks after Art & Elegance back in November. I stabbed myself in the right palm attempting to unjam a paper shredder. Yes, I know. Dumb as a bag of hammers. I’m glad I’m left-handed, but it was serious enough to require tendon repair surgery. After six weeks in an immobilization splint, came out months behind on a pile of work.. And yes, including the actual keep-the-lights on work of the Studio. Doing better now and catching up, though probably going to need another procedure. But I am well enough and caught enough to get back to giving A&E some love.

But that’s what went down, and we’ll be moving stuff forward again.

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Prize Lists Posted!

Photogaphy by Kurt Griffith

The Art & Experiences Prize lists are finally posted!

We have everything photographed for the program and event, gotten the program off to press, (first things first, folks!) and have (finally) posted the full lists here. Sorry that it took so long, but with the time our volunteers have, we have to do the most urgent stuff first! With about a thousand other tasks out of the way, (and another five hundred between now and the party!), we have been able to post the full Art & Experience prize lists.

The work that has been donated is really beautiful and fabulous and a tribute to all our A&E Artists,  and we’re all really excited about bringing it to you.
We want to extend a special thanks for the generosity and creativity of our contributing artists, local area Businesses, Supporters, Sponsors and Patrons.

So check out the Grand Prize, “High Roller’ Prizes, Art & Experiences Raffle and the The Fabulous Wheel Prizes.

That’s it! The bash is tomorrow night! See you in the Casino!

Counting Down!

Mt Royal Rocker by Gat Creek
Mt Royal Rocker by Gat Creek

If you’re wondering after updates, we’ve been really busy actually getting the event ready to roll. We’ve organized the Casino, making sure the food is excellent, putting together the prizes for The Fabulous Wheel, and the thousand and one details to make the event fabulous.

Our captive designer and webmaster has been busy laying out the program and we just got them they look fabulous. Big kudos to the Morgan Messenger and Todd Buzzerd, who always comes through for us. He’s also been doing signage and graphics, including the prize inserts for the Wheel. So that’s why we don’t have all the prizes posted yet. We’re workin’ on it, promise! We have another beautiful Mt. Royal Rocker from Gat Creek as our Grand Prize, seven fantastic “High Roller” prizes, another 20 brilliant Raffle prizes, and in addition over a hundred prizes for the Fabulous Wheel. Each spin of the wheel awards a prize, so such a deal!

We’re going to try to have all the major prizes posted before the event!

We’re also very nearly sold out! So if you want to attend the event, contact us now and ask really nice!

See you in the Casino!

Sponsorships & Art Coming in!

Things are well underway for Art & Elegance 2016!  Menu selected, decor designed, invitations sent and art, experiences and sponsorships solicited.

Sponsors have begun to come on board with generous contributions… Norberta Schoene and Bill Lands, The Country Inn, Bob and Pat Marggraf, and Pete and Karen Brown. Should you like to join them in support of MAC, contact us and we’ll provide details. Not only will your gift help fund the arts in our community, but also will allow you to host a few friends for an evening of dancing, dinner, and excellent music with the Flashbacks.  If Lady Luck is with you, exceptional art and enticing experiences could be yours!

Guests will have the opportunity to win items donated by creative local artists.  To name a few: Lynn Lavin, Jane Frenke, Kim Potter, Gat Caperton, and Jan Heath. We’ll update as more artists commit to the event.  Photos of the items will be available in the coming weeks, so check back with us.

– Marla Carr, A&E Comittee