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The Regional Arts Council of Zachary needs your help!
On Friday, November 3, the Fall Art Crawl will take place in downtown Zachary. We need volunteers to make this event a success!We’re asking for one hour shifts at 6, 7, and 8 pm.
You can staff the information table at the Train Depot, check IDs for the wine tasting at the Pavilion, or collect garbage around the route.
We also need a clean up crew from 9-9:30pm to pick up trash boxes and signage, take down the RACZ tent and table to be stored at the Chamber, and pick up all extension cords.
The Regional Arts Council of Zachary seeks visual and jewelry artists to participate in the 6th Annual Fall Art Crawl on Friday, November 3.
Artists will be placed along the Art Crawl route through downtown Zachary. Artists will be required to provide their own table(s) and lighting.
The deadline to apply is August 31.
Apply to be a part of the Fall Art Crawl!
Here’s your chance to be a part of the Zachary’s largest annual arts event!
Each fall, the Regional Arts Council of Zachary hosts its annual Fall Art Crawl where a 1,000 of your neighbors visit downtown Zachary to shop and socialize. Local artists are invited to display and sell their art along the route. Attendees also enjoy live music by local musicians.
You have the opportunity to make this year’s Fall Art Crawl a success while promoting your business. Sponsorships start at $250 with the Exclusive Title Sponsor at $5,000.
Download the sponsorship packet and complete the form by September 1 (print deadline).
Questions can be directed to committee co-chairs Marjorie Moore and April Hawthorne.
The Regional Arts Council of Zachary (RACZ) is pleased to announce that the 5th annual Fall Art Crawl will take place on Friday, October 14, 2016 from 6-9pm. The Fall Art Crawl is an evening of art, music, and entertainment held around downtown Zachary.
The Fall Art Crawl is produced each year by RACZ, which relies on its volunteers, artists, and local businesses to make it happen. Local businesses along Main Street and surrounding areas downtown open their doors to the public and local artists selling their artwork. Musical acts will be at various locations throughout the route. LeBlanc’s will once again offer wine tastings at Historic Village gazebo.
The Fall Art Crawl has become the event of the fall with nearly 1,000 people filling downtown Zachary. The event is always free to the public. It is generously supported by local businesses through event sponsorships.
Thank you to everyone that attending the Regional Arts Council of Zachary’s First Annual Arts Scholarship Fundraiser! Funds raised through ticket sales and silent auction will be applied toward a scholarship for a graduating Zachary High student pursuing arts in college.
The Regional Arts Council of Zachary will present its inaugural Arts Scholarship Fundraiser Saturday, August 6, 2016 at The Pointe at Americana, 1250 Meeting Street, Zachary, Louisiana. Featured group, the Sun Room, is a jazz/funk/soul/R&B band comprised of Baton Rouge Magnet High students. Since the band’s launch more than a year ago, the Sun Room has played various venues including the Varsity, the Fire and Water Festival in Arnaudville, Louisiana, Ann Connelly Fine Arts, the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum, Lucy’s, Highland Coffees, and Atomic Pop Shop. Get tickets now on TicketLeap!
The Sun Room jazz band will perform at the RACZ Arts Scholarship Fundraiser.
The Regional Arts Council of Zachary will present its inaugural Arts Scholarship Fundraiser Saturday, August 6, 2016 at The Pointe at Americana, 1250 Meeting Street, Zachary, Louisiana.
The event will start at 6 p.m. with a silent auction. The featured entertainment of the evening, the Sun Room jazz band will take center stage from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All white attire is suggested, but not required. Former RACZ Presidents Joy Petty, Margaret Harmon, and Thais Perkins will be honored at the event.
Event sponsors are the Coca-Cola Company, the Pointe at Americana, and Walk-Ons Bitstreaux & Bar. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $30 for non-members and $20 for members and may be purchased online at TicketLeap.
The Regional Arts Council of Zachary is a community partner supporting visual and performing arts and art education in Zachary and its surrounding area. The Council often partners with the Pointe at Americana, the recently-opened venue of the Americana traditional neighborhood development, to bring concerts and events to Zachary and the surrounding communities.
A 501c (3) formed in 2011, RACZ strives to inspire and enliven the community through the arts, and to enhance and preserve the cultural and economic health of the region. The term “arts” is understood to include, but is not limited to, clay pottery, glass, literary, performing, sculpture, stained glass, textile, visual, wood, and other allied arts.
The Regional Arts Council of Zachary is proud to bring world-class pianist Angela Draghicescu to the Zachary community. She will perform Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at the Pointe at Americana.
A native of Romania, Dr. Draghicescu currently serves as Collaborative Pianist at The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. She joined the Department of Music in the fall of 2012. Dr. Draghicescu has toured the world as a duo and chamber music pianist in venues that include Carnegie Hall, Benaroya Hall, George Enescu Philharmonic (Romania), Rudolfinium Auditorium (Prague), Mahidon Auditorium (Thailand), Hindemith Institute (Switzerland), and other venues in Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, France, and Norway.
She has collaborated with artists such as the Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Frank Huang, violinists Brian Lewis and Virgil Boutelis-Taft, Naumburg Competition winner cellist David Requiro, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trumpet player David Bond, former Canadian Brass French horn player Jeff Nelsen, and Canadian Brass trombonist Achilles Liarmakopoulos.
Dr. Draghicescu received her bachelor’s and master degrees in piano performance at Louisiana State University, where she was awarded the LSU Scholarship in Accompanying and the LSU Wind Ensemble Pianist Scholarship for the entire duration of her college career. She earned her doctorate in collaborative piano at The University of Texas at Austin under the mentoring of Anne Epperson as a full scholarship recipient. At UT she was also awarded the Butler School of Music Assistantship in the Chamber and Collaborative Piano departments.
An avid promoter of contemporary music she is a frequent guest on Seattle’s Classical King FM radio station and can also be heard on Naxos labels; she is currently working on releasing two CDs of works by Distinguished Teacher White House Award-winning composer Dinos Constantinides for Centaur records.
Tickets are $15, and are available through Ticketleap.com and at the door. Advanced purchase is highly recommended, as seating is limited. We hope to see you at this RACZ-sponsored event.
