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NEWS BRIEFS: Ninth Suwanee Arts Festival scheduled for April 29-30
The Suwanee Arts Center is gearing up to celebrate its ninth annual Suwanee Arts Festival. The event is a highlight of downtown Suwanee’s event schedule, with vibrant, eclectic and family-friendly art and activities. The festival will take place on Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 30 from noon to 5 p.m.
NEW for 3/11: Art show; Coach K; Wheat
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville and Hudgens partner for art installation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: One guy’s faith in Coach K really paid off for Duke University
ANOTHER VIEW: With war in Ukraine, might be a good time to plant wheat
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: In Gwinnett, sometimes trees don’t stand a chance
UPCOMING: Family Promise bed race returning to Lawrenceville on April 23
NOTABLE: Southwest Chamber selects Savannah Johnson for Character Award
RECOMMENDED: The Southernization of America by Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Primus King turned away at polls in Columbus in 1944
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out where this building is located
LAGNIAPPE: Heavy pre-World War II bike-for-two can be yours
CALENDAR: Hugh art supply sales through March 15 at Norcross Gallery and Studios
NEWS BRIEFS: 6 artists featured on exhibit opening in Norcross Feb. 11
Norcross Gallery and Studios will open a new exhibit Friday, February 11. The show, Spotlight on Spring, features the works of 6 outstanding members – Mikki Root Dillon, Cynthia Corbin, Barb Boyer, Sharon Nichol, Lynda Ellis and Angelika Domschke in a varied, enjoyable exhibit. The show runs through Saturday March 26.
FOCUS: Hudgens Center accepting entries for $50,000 Ga. art award
DULUTH, Ga. | Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is now accepting entries for the sixth cycle of its prestigious visual arts prize. With a cash award of $50,000 and a solo exhibition for one talented Georgia artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest monetary awards given to an individual artist in the nation. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts and artists of Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
11/8: Annoying robocalls; Politics in Gwinnett; Hudgens’ artwork
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TODAY’S FOCUS: With Robocalls, Adopt a “Little Old Woman” Voice When Talking
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Projecting What Will Happen in 2020 on the Gwinnett Political Scene
ANOTHER VIEW: Hudgens Center Offers Artwork by Artist with Brain Cancer
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute Expands to Lawrenceville
NOTABLE: Stripers Create “Veteran’s Pack” only Available November 11-12
RECOMMENDED: The Great Alaskan Race (movie)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Much of Wiregrass Georgia Is Mostly Agricultural Land
MYSTERY PHOTO: Yes, We’ve Found Another Lighthouse for You To Identify
LAGNIAPPE: Local DAR Chapter Visits Historical Homes in Athens.
CALENDAR: Cherokee Nation Master Gardener Tony Harris Speaks November 14 in Suwanee
3/17: On minority representation; Bad superintendent bill
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TODAY’S FOCUS: More Minority Representation Needed To Reflect Gwinnett’s Diversity
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Oppose Proposed Bill To Allow Elected Local School Superintendents
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
UPCOMING: Hudgens Center Changes Name Slightly and Adopts New Logo
NOTABLE: Louise Radloff To Be Recipient of Salvation Army’s “Other” Award
RECOMMENDED: Mistress by Danielle Steel
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Tales Galore Surround Georgia’s Coastal Blackbeard Island
TODAY’S QUOTE: Remembering The Irish Bishop That the Island Loves
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple Statue Awaits Your Identification and Location
CALENDAR: Methodist Campground Is Subject at Gwinnett Historical Society on March 20
FOCUS: Competition opens soon for $50,000 Hudgens Prize for 2016-17
By David Bell, Duluth, Ga. | Since 2010, the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts has bi-annually offered a $50,000 art prize to a talented Georgian. The Center is now accepting entries for the fourth cycle of our prestigious visual arts prize. With a stunning cash award of $50,000 and a solo exhibition for one talented Georgia Artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest awards given to an individual artist in the entire nation. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts and artists of Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
BRACK: Hudgens Art Center selects Ife Williams as its new director
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | GwinnettForum has learned that the Hudgens Center for the Arts will name Ife Marie Williams as its new director. She previously was the interim director of the Department of Art and Culture in Fulton County.
Ms. Williams was introduced to the board of directors of the Art Center on Thursday night. Reached by telephone, she tells the Forum she is looking forward to “doing what the Hudgens does well, reach out into the community, and expanding into new programs. The Hudgens wants to do what the community in Gwinnett wants it to do.”
Gwinnett Forum | April 26, 2024
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
– The 40th president of the United Sates, Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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