02/17/2024
💐💓📸 Photo Dump (Special thanks to Stephen Bryant for some of these professional images!)
The 4th Annual ArtiGras Carnival - Celebration & Fundraiser for the Arts was a tremendous success! This year the event started at The Artisans Village Livery Studio with a mirrored disco-ball dancer, living table, living statue & sculptures, signature cocktails, passed appetizers, fire twirling, artist demonstrations, and much more...before the big parade over to Barrel 118 for the main event.
One more round of enormous THANK YOUs to everyone who helped support this over-the-top fundraising event. You helped us BRING ART TO LIFE! Not just for this one event, but the funds raised will continue to support ongoing efforts to bring the visual arts to the community all year long. 💜
EVENT SPONSORS:
Tomson Family Foundation
Sara & Kevin Tomson-Hooper
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Window Wizardz LLC
Edward Jones - Financial Advisor: Teresa W. Doster
IV Wellness Solutions
Taylor Event & Floral Design poured so much creativity into the glamorous floral/decor for this event. The flowers, feathers, masks, candles, and that FLOWER FRAME! ✨ Simply stunning. So many other volunteers gave their time, talent, and/or in-kind donations... too many to list them all, but you know who you are! Thank you to our Artists who showed off their talents with live painting demonstrations and all those who donated to the Silent Auction.
We've heard so many compliments on the delicious cuisine by Kersey Catering - Cajun Crab Cakes, Red Beans & Rice, New Orleans Jambalaya and so much more... 😋
Much of the evening's carnival entertainment was led by Gravity Entertainment. There was fire twirling, stilt-walking, juggling, and a wide range of acrobatic performing arts to surprise and delight our guests. Other community partners that helped us pull the details together for this event were Rafasan, Tis The Season Lightworks, The Eatonton Messenger, Print & Sign Solutions, Murali Thirumal, and the Bogey and the Viceroy band brought the house down once again!
Please let our sponsors & event partners know that you appreciate their help too! Support their small businesses when you can.
Until next year... We'll continue to share some photos and video that capture the magic of this enchanted evening! Feel free to tag us with your best photos. We'd love to see your smiling faces, and please save the date for the 5th Annual ArtiGras, on March 1, 2025!
Venue: Barrel 118