First United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Experiencing Life Together

Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival

 
The Annual Arts Festival of First United Methodist Church, Alexandria, Louisiana, was established in 1967 to encourage use and understanding of the arts as a means of healthy expression. It presented the first juried art competition in Central Louisiana. For more than four decades since, the Festival has offered a variety of exhibits as well as programs of music, film, literature and drama.

 

The festival was renamed in 1980 to honor the memory of the Rev. Tom Peyton, a former associate minister whose ministry to the entire community's arts and educational efforts was especially significant. An endowment in Peyton's memory contributes to the Festival's budget, which is supported otherwise by patrons' gifts and grants. The Festival enjoys the guidance and services of the church's staff and the use of its facilities. The core of the Festival remains the competitive juried exhibit, which retains the respect it has earned from artists in the region.

  

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 20, 2012 from 6 - 8 p.m.
Opening Reception
 
Saturday, April 21 - Sunday, April 29, 2012
Art Exhibits Open Daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The exhibits are also open during all special events.
 
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Children's Day at the Arts Festival
featuring Mimi Brian Vance and Dee Scallan
 
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Opening Sunday during 8:30, 10:40 and 11 a.m. worship services
 
Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 5 p.m.
Julie Kane and Friends: On Poetry's Wings
 
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 3:30 p.m.
It Might Get Loud! Children's Pipe Organ Event
featuring John Friesen
 
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Pipe Organ Concert
featuring John Friesen
 
Friday, April 27, 2012 from 6 - 8 p.m.
Jazz on Jackson
featuring Luke Brouillette
 
 
 

The 46th Annual Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival is April 20 - 29, 2012.

 
 

School Art Exhibit

 
 

  Art Run

benefitting the
Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival

April 14, 2012