MAGNOLIA ARTS EVENTS:
Magnolia Arts sponsors and co-sponsors a variety of ongoing and one-time events for artists and art lovers in and around Magnolia. Listed below are some of the events we have featured this calendar year. You'll want to visit often for possible updates as new events are added and details are fleshed out.
Calendar:

February 11, 2012: JAZZ COFFEE HOUSE featuring the Mudcats, 7-9:30 at the Magnolia Arts Center, 116 South Washington. Coffee and dessert will be provided. Admission is $7 for Magnolia Arts members and $10 for the general public.

March 15: Spring Palette and Friends, 7-9 pm at the Magnolia Arts Center on 116 South Washington. $45 per person. Our featured guest instructor will lead participants step-by-step through the process of painting. Each guest will leave with his or her own masterpiece.

April 18 and 19: Murder Mystery Dinner Fundraiser 7pm at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on the campus of Southern Arkansas University. For a contribution/admission fee of $30, you can enjoy a fun evening and support the arts as you watch and participate in a murder mystery. You will try to guess the identity of the murderer using clues from the production. Those who guess correctly may win a prize. Murder Mystery tickets make great gifts for your friends and coworkers.

May 19: The 62nd Annual SIDEWALK ART SHOW, Magnolia's cornerstone artistic event, once again joins with the festivities of the Magnolia Blossom Festival. For the second consecutive year, the show will be held at the new Magnolia Arts Building at 116 S. Washington. (If you haven't seen the building since last year's art show, you won't believe the changes!)

June 27-30: Join us for our summer commnity theater production of SLEEPING BEAUTY by Katherine Schultz Miller at the Magnolia Arts Center. Audition dates are May 23rd and 24th at the Magnolia Arts Center.
The Sidewalk Art Show:
Even Before the Steak Cook-Off... Magnolia Arts' largest and best-known event is the Sidewalk Art Show. This annual event takes place every may on the Saturday of the Magnolia Blossom Festival. While sidewalk vendors are selling their culinary delights (i.e. funnel cake, crawfish) and their various crafts, and cooks from around the world are setting up for the Worldwide Steak Cook-Off, Magnolia arts is busy setting up art displays for our annual contest. Artists of all ages and skill levels enter paintings, drawings, and sculpture for exhibition while children are invited to create their own artistic originals are the art table.

Our awards are given in honor of the memories of beloved Magnolia artists Margie Chamberlain, Lynette Estes and Bobo (Mary J.) Shinn.

This year marks the 62nd anniversary of the Sidewalk Art Show. The art will be displayed in Magnolia Arts' new location at 116 South Washington on the square. That means artists will no longer have to rush to take their work down for the steak supper, and it eliminates the threat of bad weather. Entry forms for 2012 will be available soon, but don't wait to start to work on your masterpieces.
Community Theater Productions:
Magnolia Arts Community Theater delights children and parents alike. The 2011-2012 season has gone extremely well and there are still opportunities to participate:

In the summer of 2011, we delighted audiencs with our live production of The Sound of Music, presented on the campus of Southern Arkansas University.

In the fall of 2011, audiences were chilled and delighted with a ghostly presentation of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit in the Magnolia Arts Center.

Finally we finished out 2011 with a delightful performance of The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever.

This summer's first production will be Sleeping Beauty by Katherine Schultz Miller.