Last night was FABULOUS!...Friday for sure...

Last night (March 28th) was Fabulous Friday downtown and more importantly our "FAVR" sell-ART-bration, where we celebrated our 3rd birthday (having been in business for 3 years now). And "FAVR" of course standing for "Fine Art and Vinyl Records." Yes, I said vinyl records...and we had some great ones spinning last night at the gallery (thank you Kiersten for spinning for us).
Was a great birthday party or anniversary party, whichever way you want to "spin" it. We featured lots of new amazing artwork, served some killer chocolate cake, of course wine and cheese, and one of our artists even made sushi out of rice crispy treats and fish gummies. (those were a HUGE hit...thanks Janet Guptill for your food creativity). We also played various (super fun) vinyl records on our record player, and announced and presented the Dickson Gallery 2007 Artist of the Year.
We definitely felt quite appreciated as a gallery last night. The event was well attended by many of our gallery artists (thank you Pat Patrick, Pat Findley, Steve Betts, Steve Parrott, Janet Guptill, Cheres Pennington, Mary Spellings, Weldon Ball, Vickey Race, Jacque Hillman, and Tina Todd for attending!) and all of our community supporters! We received lots of fun gifts! Thank you ALL for those...I've got our new jazz collection cd playing right now in the gallery (thank you Chuck Hatfield!)
...and the press was there in force too. WBBJ TV covered Fabulous Friday in general on the "Live at 5" spot, The Jackson Sun and VIP magazine was both there to cover the festivities as well. SPECIAL thanks to them for getting the word out about the great things going on in the arts and downtown.
We also announced and presented our 2007 Artist of the Year Award winner last night. CONGRATULATIONS to the 2007 Dickson Gallery Artist of the Year winner....Weldon Ball!
so...check out what's on the Jackson Sun today about last night.
click here to see photos in the photo gallery submitted by Jackson Sun Photographer Amanda Herron.
until next time! ...onward for the arts!
Rachel

Hard to believe....we're THREE!!! and we're sell-ART-brating!

We're calling it "FAVR" for Fine Art and Vinyl Records. Yep, that's right...we're showing favor to our artists in a sell-ART-bration of our third birthday. We're THREE!!!
Join us Friday night, March 28th from 7:00p-9:00p as we break out new artwork by artists such as Weldon Ball, Jai Johnson, Harriet Sells, Vickey Race, Anthony Roberts, Nancy Burleson, Yvonne Brown, and MANY MORE!
...and this is the PERFECT opportunity to dig out your favorites from that vinyl record collection you've been hanging onto. Yep, you heard that right, bring your favorite vinyl record and we'll play it along with other's favorites throughout the evening...as we sell-ART-brate the fact we've made it to THREE! Hard to believe it's been three years already...and whew...a lot has happened in the world of Jackson art in downtown since then! So save the date, March 28th and please join us. oh and we'll also be presenting the award for our 2007 Artist of the Year that night as well....you definitely don't want to miss that.
until then,
Rachel Dickson

You might have been hearing...

...about my having my head shaved this coming Monday (March 17th). Yes, it's true. The hair is coming off on behalf of Childhood Cancer Research for an event called St. Baldrick's Day. I have the privilege of being the organizer for the Jackson, TN event again this year.
I've set a goal for our event to raise $5,000 and we're well on our way. My personal goal is to raise $1,000 and I'm working feverishly toward that end. If you have a family member or friend who has suffered from this terrible disease you can donate in their honor too!
Click here to donate for this worthy cause.
Join us, Monday, March 17th at 5:00p, Buffalo Wild Wings on Vann Drive here in Jackson. It's gonna be loads of fun...come watch and support such a worthy cause.
Rachel

NEW!! Dickson Gallery launches online store!

Yep, it's true! You can now buy Dickson Gallery Art at our online store! We're adding paintings weekly and will soon be adding pottery and jewelry selections.
We've partnered with a company called ecrater to provide this special service to our customers all over the world.
Affordable, fine art from the Dickson Gallery, now available through: http://dicksongallery.ecrater.com/

a big hit!

Well, the Dickson Gallery of Fine Art hit another home run with our "Nothing but Nude" art show opening held on Friday, Feb. 29th.

People's Choice Award:
"3 of 7" painted by Jay Meeks.
Best of Show:
"3 of 7" painted by Jay Meeks.

Special thanks to all of you who've attended the show...and as a reminder this show continues through Friday, March 14th at 4:00p.

Hey, take note of our next event here at the Dickson:
"R & R" - Retro Art and Records.
to learn more visit: www.dicksongallery.com/events.htm