Art Gallery

By Kevin Lee Associate Editor

New artistic online directory

The Mobile Arts Council has created an online art directory that promises to be an invaluable cultural tool.

Each page will feature an artist’s contact information, as well as the artist’s statement, a description of their work, a list of affiliations/awards, recent exhibitions/publications/performances and more. In the case of visual artists, three examples of their work may be displayed, and MAC hopes to soon accommodate audio and video files for performing artists.

It is searchable by last name or discipline.

The Arts Council hopes to make the list as complete as possible, encompassing a universe of disciplines.

Those who desire inclusion may use a form on the site to join MAC for a nominal annual fee

The directory is the baby of MAC and Dewayne Holden of Dogwood Productions and is financed by a grant from the Alabama “Support the Arts” License Tag Committee.

C. David McCann, Jr.: A Retrospective

Where: Mobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr. in Langan Park)

When: Through Nov. 18

David McCann was an accomplished artist, advocate and educator who devoted his life to spreading that passion through his native region before succumbing to illness earlier this year.

His considerable talents are now on display at the museum where he worked for 14 years before leaving for the city’s Office of Special Events and finally working with the Centre for the Living Arts. His quarter century of service was complemented by professorships at all the area’s post-secondary educational institutions.

Three decades’ worth of paintings, drawings and sculptures are in the show.

The museum hours are Mon-Sat, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sun, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Entrance is 410 for adults, $9 for seniors and military, $6 for students and group rates are available.

For more information, call 208-5200 or go to www.mobilemuseumofart.com.

“Lights, camera, interaction!”

Call for entries: Short Film Showcase and Film Scramble

When: Scramble deadline -Oct. 12; showcase deadline -Oct. 19

Fall’s Arts Alive festival on Oct. 26. once again has a cinematic theme that includes the screening of a showcase of short, locally produced films and the results of a film scramble held Oct. 19-21.

Films in the showcase must be produced by filmmakers living in Mobile or Baldwin Counties,15 minutes or less in length and suitable for family audiences. Submissions should be on DVD and are due no later than Oct. 19.

The scramble challenges teams of filmmakers to produce works within 48 hours. The films are to be five minutes or shorter, completely original and suitable for general audiences. Deadline for entry into the scramble is Oct. 12.

Lagniappe features Arts Alive in our next issue so stay tuned for more details.

For further information on both of these events, contact Charlie Smoke of the Mobile Arts Council at 432-9796 or e-mail csmoke@mobilearts.org.

Kevin Lee is Lagniappe associate editor. Contact him at klee@lagniappemobile.com.

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