RCAC: Valentine photo booth to open

Rockmart Cultural Arts Center and C Redding Photography will be offering a free Valentine Photo Booth for fun Valentine photos photographed by Carla Redding.

She will be taking photos at the Photo Booth ( props provided) from 1 to 4 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at the Rockmart Cultural Arts Center. Clothing color suggestions would be red, black, pink, white; you know the usual. People are encouraged to bring your sweetheart or sweethearts and come get a fun photo memory.

For more information, call 770- 546- 3943.

Calling for artists RCAC is issuing a call for artists 18 years or older for the next exhibit, “Foreign Travel”. No entry fee! The theme was decided as an opportunity for artists to share memories of traveling to other lands through their many artistic creations. All artistic medium accepted ( paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, etc.) This event will be held just in time for the annual Welsh Festival planned for March 19, 2016.

“Foreign Travel” submissions are due no later than Feb. 12, 2016. Please email photographs of up to three ( 3) pieces of art to be considered to rcac@ rockmart- ga. gov . In the subject line, please list your “LAST NAME, FIRST NAME – FOREIGN TRAVEL”. Please attach your photo files to the email and name them the same as the title of your piece for easy identification. In the body of the email, be sure to list your name, mailing address, email address, phone number, title of piece( s), dimensions, date created, medium, and price – NFS – if not for sale. You may hand deliver your photos to the Art Gallery located at 316 N. Piedmont Ave., Bldg. 300, Rockmart, GA 30153 on Friday or Saturday ( 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.) during gallery hours. Mailing your submission photos? Mail to RCAC, P. O. Box 231, Rockmart, GA 30153

If you have any questions about the exhibit, please call Visual Arts Advisor Laura Robinson at 770- 6847578 or email her at l r obinson1301@ bellsouth. net.

Prospectus “FOREIGN TRAVEL” is available on RCAC website www. rockmart- ga. gov/ rcac . Register now

for classes Need help with your photo editing?

Carla Redding of RCAC is offering “Lightroom” classes beginning February 25, 2016 ( 6 – 8 PM). The class will meet each Thursday at the same time for four weeks in the Rockmart Cultural Arts Center. Tuition for the class is $ 90.00 and pre- registration is required. Email rcac@ rockmart- ga. gov or call 770- 684- 2707 to register today.

Have you always wanted to learn how to use your digital camera?

Register today for Carla Redding’s next “Photo Convo One” class scheduled for Thursdays, April 7 – April 28, 2016 (6 – 7: 30 PM) Tuition for the class is $ 75.00 and pre- registration is required. Email rcac@ rockmart- ga. gov or call 770- 684- 2707 to register today. Other classes

offered: Calligraphy & Lettering Art, Drawing, Guitar, Mommy & Me Beginner Art, Mosaic Tile Art, Painting – ( Oil, Acrylic, or Watercolor), Photography, Piano, Pottery, and Whittling. For more details on any art class, please visit the City of Rockmart website www. rockmart- ga. gov/ rcac, or email rcac@ rockmart- ga. gov with the name of the class listed in the “Subject” line. Please include your name, address, phone number( s), email address, and name of potential student with date of birth. Your information will be forwarded to the art instructor to contact you regarding your particular art interest( s).