Welcome to the Arts Council of Preston County
We invite you to learn more about us and join as a member. If you are interested in finding out more about us, please feel free to contact us. This website will keep you informed about our news, events and members. If you are an artisan and wish to join as a member, we will gladly post your information in your own little corner of our website. Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy your look around.
Latest News:
Charleston Gazette: Empty Nester Turned Hobby into 75-Style Basket Bonanza
Publication: THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE
Published: Thursday, July 03, 2008
Page: 9D
Byline: BOB SCHWARZ
Shelia Brown has been making reed baskets for 25 years, but she started thinking about selling them only after her younger daughter went to college.
“It was something to fill the empty-nest syndrome, after you’ve had two children who were involved in everything and you went to everything,” Brown said.
Brown will be one of more than 130 artisans who bring their wares to the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair, which has its annual run today through Sunday at Cedar Lakes Conference Center near Ripley.
Until early 2007, when she was juried into Tamarack, Brown gave away her woven baskets as gifts.
ACPC Mystery Dinner Theatre - “Death By Chocolate”
Friday, June 6, 2008, Mystery Dinner Theatre, sponsored by ACPC, in the Community Building, Kingwood, WV, at 6:00 pm.
$30.00 per person - dinner, show, and wine.
The author JoAnn Peterson and ACPC member will direct the play entitled “Death By Chocolate.” The audience will be engaged for a fun time and prizes will be awarded. Social time begins at 6:00 p.m.
ACPC Raffle Basket: Tickets on Sale Now!
Tickets are now on sale for the ACPC raffle basket. Price: 1/$2 or 3/$5.
Items in the basket include:
- Stoneware Bowl - Gail Anderson
- Porcelain Honey Jar - Rick & Susan Bisgyer, Ridgetop Pottery
- Fine Art Print & Stationary - Jean Bonnette
- Handmade Basket - Shelia Brown, Baskets by Shelia
- Natural Bodycare Products - Beth Clark, Appalachian Essentials
- Wooden Kitchen Utensils - Stan & Sue Jennings, Allegheny Treenware
- Rattan Carolina Star - Donna Lohr, Weaver Chick
- “Gathering Stones” CD - Keith & Joan Pitzer
- Cross-Stitch Pineapple Welcome Towel - Sandra Stanton, Hands All Around
- Handturned Wooden Jar & Bottle Stopper - Ed Thomson, Artisan Workshop