Description

The fourth annual Textures & Tones Arts Festival is a three-day event that will feature an array of fine-arts activities and entertainment, including spoken word poetry, readings of short-stories, poems, music, art, drama, and much more. Also, a talent show contest and a sidewalk chalk-art contest for participants of various ages are planned. The Festival Schedule is as follows: Monday ? April 11 9:30 am Festival Kickoff ? South Quad 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest ? South Quad Queen City Dance Out ? South Quad 11:00 ? 1:30 pm Qurrat Kadwani, They Call Me Q? Myers Center Mulitpurpose Auditorium 12:00 pm Juried Student Art Show Opening ? Beam Center for Visual Arts 5:30 ? 7:30 pm The Leah Mulligan Cabinum Collaborative Show- multimedia presentations Rauch Gallery Tuesday ? April 12 9:30 ? 11:00 am Open-Mic Poetry Reading - In Honor of Mike Farmer ? Myers Center Mulitpurpose Auditorium 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Gregbo Watson ? Comic Artist Talk/ Q&A ? Morris Library, 2nd Floor 12:00 ? 1:00 pm Brandon Kirkley and the Firecrackers? Myers Center Café Wednesday ? April 13 10:00 am ? 12:00 pm Gaston?s Got Talent Contest ? Myers Center Café 12:00 pm Announcement of Student Art Awards ? Myers Center Café Announcement of Sidewalk Chalk Contest Winners ? Myers Center Café Special Event Thursday ? April 15 5:30 ? 7:30 pm ?True Blue,? the 7th Annual Color Show- Artwork of North Carolina and South Carolina artists Gaston County History and Art Museum?s Anne Bigger Furr Learning Station