Pub Crawl Updates!

On March 5^, 2011 the Greater Augusta Arts Council will be benefitting from a pub crawl sponsored by New Belgium Brewing Company. Fifteen downtown bars and restaurants will participate in the “Fat Saturday Pub Crawl.”

Participants can register for the pub crawl March 5^, 2011 starting at 3pm on 10^th Street.  The pub crawl costs six dollars. Individuals must be at least 21 years old to participate, but are not required to drink. The first 500 people to register will be given a free Fat Saturday t-shirt.

 Each participant will be given a Fat Saturday passport. Participants will visit each stop and receive a stamp once they fill the passport with stamps they can turn in the passport to win various prizes. The Pub Crawl will begin at 7pm and passports must be turned in before midnight.

For more information visit the Fat Saturday Facebook page http://bit.ly/g3vPSd or contact the Grace Inman at the Greater Augusta Arts Council by email at grace@augustaarts.com or by phone at (706) 826-4702 ext 2.

Participating Locations:

Firehouse – 1102 – Metro – Soul Bar – The Loft – Playground- Stillwater- Joe’s Underground – Sky City – Place on Broad- The Soy Noodle House – Pizza Joint – Wheelz Pub – Casablanca – Mellow Mushroom

FAT SATURDAY!

I am pretty excited about the next few months and today I am going to write about a new fundraiser for the Greater Augusta Arts Council brought to you by New Belgium Brewing Company!

When: Saturday March 5^th 2011

Where: Downtown Augusta (on Broad Street)

What: “Fat Saturday” a Mardi Gras themed Pub Crawl

Registration starts on Saturday March 5^th at 3pm on 10^th Street. Be sure to get there early so you can qualify for a free Fat Saturday T-Shirt. The cost of the pub crawl is $6 and all proceeds will go directly to us! When you register you will receive a “Pub Crawl Passport” which you can get stamped at each of the participating bars. Once you have visited all the bars and received all of your stamps you drop the passport in a registration box (located in all participating bars) and will qualify for tons of fun prizes!

We are still working on getting a list of all the participating bars and restaurants and once we get the final list I will post it here. You can also "Like" us on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/FatSaturday I think this is going to be a really fun event and I hope you can all come out to support us!



Until Next Time,

About ArtScape Camp!

During the summer we coordinate ArtScape Camp at the Boys and Girls Club. I have already started preparing for the 2011 program and I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss the camp!

ARTSCAPE Camp is a summer camp providing arts education and hands-on arts activities for the children of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Augusta. The Greater Augusta Arts Council, in partnership with Boys & Girls Club of Augusta Inc., seeks to enhance the lives of families historically underserved by using art as a means of self-expression and as a tool in helping children meet the challenges in their daily lives.

Richmond County School System serves over 38,000 students. ARTSCAPE Camp brings the arts to all segments of the population, with special effort focused on reaching underserved audiences. This program, now in its 16th year, provides arts activities to the children of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Augusta, exposing kids to music, dance, drama, reading and visual art in a fun, hands-on learning environment.

ARTSCAPE camp serves “at-risk” youth in the Central Savannah River Area with programs at four Boys & Girls Club locations in Augusta (Richmond County) and one Boys & Girls Club location in Thomson (McDuffie County). Any child enrolled in the summer programs at these four Boys and Girls Clubs can be a part of the ARTSCAPE Program. All facilities are located in low –income areas and are accessible to all children through scholarships and tuition assistance programs.

In 2010, the theme of ArtScape Camp was “Once Upon A Time in the Arts.” Each Boys and Girls Club location received a week of instruction in: dance, drama, visual art, and music. In 2011 the theme will be, “Antics of Art” and we will once again be spending a week at each Boys and Girls Club location.
I hope this blog entry will leave you with a better understanding of one of our outreach programs! Feel free to comment with any questions you have about the program! I am going to leave you with a comment from Gary Dennis about last year’s camp.

"This program is important because it introduces our children to the benefits of artistic pursuit and promotes positive interaction between inspired adults and eager children. This program is also important because it provides another opportunity to keep our professional artists working, improving, and sharing their crafts. In the end, that benefits our entire community. It lifts all of us up a little."
– Gary Dennis, lead instructor for ARTSCAPE camp in 2010

Until Next Time,

Grace Bowles Inman