There’s still time to register for the NAC Kids Art Camp! It will be held at our new NAC Annex, 141 Walker Street, August 4-8. Programs cover ages 3-16 with a variety of art-making activities. Art Camp ends August 9 with a real gallery show at the Falling Star Gallery where friends and family can see what’s been created all week! Full details can be found on our website, nacartscollab.com/special-events, or social media pages.
Vendor alert! ArtFest has been moved to September 27 to coincide with Parents Weekend at SFA. Vendors can sign up starting August 15. Lots more details to come!
NAC’s annual Arts Ball – “I Want My 80’s!” is only weeks away and we’re looking for volunteers who want to join a committee to help us put this event together. There are all sorts of things you can help with before, during or after! Email nacartscollab@gmail.com. This fun event will be Saturday, October 4 at the Mill Room @ Banita Creek Hall. Get your hairspray ready!
Nacogdoches Arts Collaborative is located inside the Williamsburg Plaza, 320 North Street, Suite 307. Falling Star Gallery @ NAC is in Suite 306 and is open Saturdays from 11-4 or by appointment by texting 917-209-1050. We are also an easy walk from downtown at 415 N. Fredonia Street, one block north of the Fredonia Hotel.
AUGUST ARTIST SPOTLIGHT!
Meet Joanna Temple!
Joanna is a crack-shot publicist and public relations professional who heads up Renegade Event Management. She has been volunteering with the NAC for several years. Originally from Baton Rouge, her family moved to Houston when she was 11. She has been involved with public relations ever since she ran for student council and won at Spring High School. “I didn’t know what PR was!” she says, laughing. “But I was doing it, and loving it.” Joanna earned a BA from SFA, and much later, earned her MBA there at the age of 56. She’s been involved in creating dozens of successful public events all over the Gulf Coast, almost always working with volunteers. “Once I supervised 350 volunteers for Junior Achievement in Houston, under the auspices of former President George H.W. Bush.”
Locally, she’s the driving force behind the annual Old Town Rig Down, events at Millard’s Crossing, and many others. Her upcoming projects this year include the NAC’s “I Want My ’80s” Arts Ball on October 4 and the Nacopalooza Music Fest and Pub Crawl on November 15, but she won’t be creating them by herself.
“Volunteers are the lifeblood of any non-profit. They make things happen. It really does take a village to put on these big events, like the Nacopalooza and the Arts Ball. When you need to raise money for non-profits, it’s all hands on deck. At the NAC, we are always searching for people of all ages and backgrounds who want to participate behind the scenes. All you have to do is sign up, show up and we’ll show you how to promote the event beforehand and get you involved in helping to run the event when it’s on. And what a great way to meet people and make new friends.”