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Discove r Cit yV iewN C.co m's fre s h up d ate d loo k ! | 27 CityView Sept/Oct 2018 Ad size: 1/2 page vertical 4.5"x 7" Contact: Cool Spring Downtown District 910-223-1089 APRIL EVENTS The Cool Spring Downtown District is supported through generous funding provided by the City of Fayetteville and the Arts Council of Fayetteville/ Cumberland County. 6th Johnny Cupcakes @ Pressed-A Creative Space 12pm-6pm 13th As One Prayer Walk & Unity Fest Concert @ Festival Park 13th Woodpeckers Baseball Stadium Ribbon Cutting @ Segra Stadium 12pm-3pm 17th Lunch with Lafayette @ Cross Creek Park 11am-2pm 18th Opening Day Woodpeckers Baseball 7pm 19th Hop in the Park @ Festival Park 6pm-10pm 19th Woodpeckers Home Game 7pm 20th Carriage Tours of Olde Fayetteville 1pm-6pm 20th Ribbon Walk For Cancer @ Festival Park 9am-12pm 20th Super Science Fun Fest @ Fascinate-U 12pm-3pm 20th Woodpeckers Home Game 5pm 21st Woodpeckers Home Game 2pm 23rd Woodpeckers Home Game 7pm 24th-27th Southeastern Regional Poetry Festival 24th Lunch with Lafayette @ Cross Creek Park 11am-2pm 24th Woodpeckers Home Game 7pm 25th Cork & Fork with the Dogwood Festival 6-9pm 25th Woodpeckers Home Game 7pm 26th 4th Friday Downtown Fayetteville Dancing in the Streets 6pm-9pm 26th 28th Dogwood Festival 27th Array's 4th Annual Spring Fling @ SkyView 11am-4pm 29th Woodpeckers Home Game 7pm 30th Woodpeckers Home Game 7pm www.visitdowntownfayetteville.com For details downtownfayetteville memberships and donors to bring this quality of art to Fayetteville and for day-to-day sustainability of the gallery." e North Carolina Arts Council provided a grant to fund the Twiggs exhibit. at grant was a first for Ellington-White. "We also garner the support of Fayetteville State University and the Cumberland County Public Library for these visiting artists, and more," Mims said. "ese are winning partnerships." Both the library and Fayetteville State help the Ellington-White with its mission for arts education. Lectures are held throughout the year by faculty from Fayetteville State's Fine Arts Department in relation to exhibit themes, which rotate about every six weeks. e university and the library also host space for the gallery to present lectures, programs and receptions for and with visiting artists. In addition, Ellington-White partners with Fayetteville State for the university's Upward Bound program for high school students. In similar fashion, the organization holds its "Discovering the Arts" summer program on the FSU campus to bring cultural enrichment to young people ages 9-16. e Cumberland County Community Foundation provides support for this summer encounter. Taught by professional art educators and artists from the community, the program offers participants a full range of art experiences, ranging from instruction in art-making processes and mediums to exposure to dance, Half of Ellington-White's exhibitions are local and half are national. Its national calls for art have brought in artists from around the country, even as far as away as Alaska. FOR HOTEL AND TICKET INFORMATION: FayettevilleNC.gov/BigSouth

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