By Dan Click
For the Carter County Times
The Grayson Gallery & Art Center (GGAC) will host the annual East Carter High School Student Art Exhibition, with an opening reception set for this Friday, May 24, from 6 – 8 p.m. This will be a special Grayson Memory Days show as it coincides with the Grayson Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual festival, now in its 53rd year and free to the public.
The students of arts educator Heather Berry, of East Carter High School (ECHS), will present up to 50 pieces of original works on display in a multitude of mediums. In addition, local student-musicians Price Harris and Levi Fields will be performing on the GGAC Stage for the evening’s entertainment. Light refreshments will be provided by Catering by Sheila Marie.
Gallery director Dan Click wants to remind visitors that with all the other festivities happening in town, everyone is encouraged to check out local restaurants, food vendors and even the Grayson Fire Department (GFD) for full meals, drinks, etc. GFD will be providing an extra-special meal in memory of the late Duane Suttles, a firefighter and the former Grayson City Clerk, and is a short one-block walk from the gallery on Third Street in Grayson.
In addition, the Party Bus Band will present a free concert for the public at 8 p.m. on the GO Radio (WOGO/WGOH) Stage on Main Street. Those who’d like to enjoy that performance are welcome to join other visitors from the gallery and walk downtown, only two blocks away, right after 8 p.m.. The GGAC is an Arts & Entertainment venue for the Grayson Main Street district and welcomes everyone to enjoy the Memory Days weekend in downtown Grayson through Sunday, May 26.
The gallery will be hosting their usual free monthly Final Fridays event on March 31 from 6 – 9 p.m., in celebration of their 13th anniversary. McCasslin Brand, an artist who has participated in many gallery shows in past years, will be in town from her college art studies this summer and will have several pieces of work on display, along with some of the gallery collection that evening. The public is invited to attend and more details are forthcoming.
Contact Dan Click for more information via email: graysongallery@gmail.com, look for them on Facebook or call 606-474-7651, the “GGAC Info Line” for their pre-recorded, updated announcements weekly.
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