From the City of Gadsden, Alabama
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association is celebrating 60 years of promoting art and artists through education and exhibitions; and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association was founded in 1958 by John Argyle King and others to sponsored traveling art exhibits such as the Circuit Riders, American Watercolor Society, and the Beautiful Sears Contemporary and an exhibit of the finest works of local artists with admission pledged toward building a museum of art in Gadsden, and
WHEREAS, the goal to create a museum was realized in October 1963 when then Mayor Leslie Gilliland offered three rooms at Convention Hall as museum space, rules and bylaws were drawn up, a Board of Directors selected, and operations begun as the Gadsden Art Museum (now the Gadsden Museum of Art and History), an institution strongly supported by the members of the Gadsden Art Association, and
WHEREAS, the first joint Gadsden Museum of Art and Gadsden Art Association exhibit, the 35th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Alabama Art League, opened on January 17, 1965, and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association continues the annual art show, now a juried show attracting not only local artists but artist from around the U.S.; with the 60th anniversary exhibition in 2018, and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association introduced Art on the Rocks, an outdoor art and craft show at Noccalula Falls Park in May, and an indoor art and craft show in December, and continued these shows for many years in the 1960s and 1970s, and
WHEREAS, the members of the Gadsden Art Association have planned a full year of exhibits, workshops, and social media for 2018, and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association continues to promote art and artists in all venues including a web site (ArtGadsden.com) with galleries for current and past members, a history of the organization, announcements of exhibitions and workshops, and an invitation to membership.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sherman Guyton, Mayor of the City of Gadsden, by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby proclaim the year 2018 as the
“60th ANNIVERSARY of the GADSDEN ART ASSOCIATION”
in the City of Gadsden and urge all our citizens to join in the observance of the anniversary.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, and the seal of the City of Gadsden, this the 23th day of January 2018.
______________________
Sherman Guyton, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Iva Nelson, City Clerk
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association is celebrating 60 years of promoting art and artists through education and exhibitions; and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association was founded in 1958 by John Argyle King and others to sponsored traveling art exhibits such as the Circuit Riders, American Watercolor Society, and the Beautiful Sears Contemporary and an exhibit of the finest works of local artists with admission pledged toward building a museum of art in Gadsden, and
WHEREAS, the goal to create a museum was realized in October 1963 when then Mayor Leslie Gilliland offered three rooms at Convention Hall as museum space, rules and bylaws were drawn up, a Board of Directors selected, and operations begun as the Gadsden Art Museum (now the Gadsden Museum of Art and History), an institution strongly supported by the members of the Gadsden Art Association, and
WHEREAS, the first joint Gadsden Museum of Art and Gadsden Art Association exhibit, the 35th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Alabama Art League, opened on January 17, 1965, and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association continues the annual art show, now a juried show attracting not only local artists but artist from around the U.S.; with the 60th anniversary exhibition in 2018, and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association introduced Art on the Rocks, an outdoor art and craft show at Noccalula Falls Park in May, and an indoor art and craft show in December, and continued these shows for many years in the 1960s and 1970s, and
WHEREAS, the members of the Gadsden Art Association have planned a full year of exhibits, workshops, and social media for 2018, and
WHEREAS, the Gadsden Art Association continues to promote art and artists in all venues including a web site (ArtGadsden.com) with galleries for current and past members, a history of the organization, announcements of exhibitions and workshops, and an invitation to membership.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sherman Guyton, Mayor of the City of Gadsden, by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby proclaim the year 2018 as the
“60th ANNIVERSARY of the GADSDEN ART ASSOCIATION”
in the City of Gadsden and urge all our citizens to join in the observance of the anniversary.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, and the seal of the City of Gadsden, this the 23th day of January 2018.
______________________
Sherman Guyton, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________
Iva Nelson, City Clerk