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THE ISLANDER, MARCH 30, 2009, PAGE 19 16th Annual Spring Fine The 16th Annual Spring Fine Arts and Crafts Festival sponsored by the Glynn Art Association will be held Sat urday and Sunday, April 4 and 5, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Postell Park Pier Village, St Simons Island. Over 80 exhibitors and food vendors, entertainment, and a children's art tent will be available during the event. The Gospel Messengers and the McIntosh County Shouters will per form two sets on Saturday April 4. Two workshops will be presented Recycled materials art Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association (GIAHA) and Keep Bruns wick-Golden Isles Beautiful (KBGIB) are announce the 8th Annual Recycled Trash Art Exhibit. The exhibit opens on Friday, April 3, and runs through Saturday, April 25, at the Ritz Theatre Gallery, 1530 Newcastle St. in Historic Downtown Brunswick. Students in all grade levels in Glynn County schools — kindergarten through college — have been invited to partici pate. All artwork is original and made 22nd Annual Coastal National Juried Exhibit The Glynn Art Association, with sponsorship from Coastal Bank of Georgia, will hold an opening recep tion for the 22nd Annual Coastal National Juried Exhibit on Thursday, April 2, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with awards being presented at 6 p.m. This year’s judge is Judi Wagner and she has selected over 60 pieces of art to hang in the gallery. The show includes paintings in water- color, oil, pastel, acrylic and drawings plus three dimensional pieces in wood and clay. Arts and Crafts festival by artists from Sapelo Island. Stanley Walker will hold a workshop on “Cast Net Making” on Saturday April 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Yvonne Grovner will teach “Basket Weaving” on Sunday April 5 from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Take either workshop for $35 or both for $60. Call Glynn Art at 638-8770 for more information. Proceeds from the festival will sup port Glynn Art Association’s visual arts outreach programs in the community. □ on display at the Ritz from only recyclable materials — paper, metals, plastics, glass, cardboard, etc. First, second and third place will be awarded (per grade level) and all par ticipating schools will receive a certifi cate. The award presentation will be made during an opening reception Fri day, April 3, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Ritz Gallery. Light refreshments will be served. For more details contact KBGIB at 262-5380 or GIAHA at 262- 6934 or visit goldenislesarts.org. □ The Glynn Art Gallery is located in the Pier Village at 319 Mallery Street. The show will continue through May 2. The opening is free and open to the public. □ Spring Break camp at YWCA The YWCA of Brunswick is offering a fun-filled spring break camp April 6-10 for children enrolled in pre-K through fifth grade. Children will be treated to a variety of activities including, music, crafts, cooking projects, youth fitness, social time with friends and much more. Space is limited. To register call the YWCA at 265-4100. □ >prmg orwar ,1 JAilleii QUoiast SfoiJe 9(nots s 371 Riierview Drive, ^§j Inside the Jekyll island Club Hotel Ji 635-2600 ext. 1010 § invent now* A subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation presets..- OfrnP invention A Summer program of the National Inventors Hall-of-Fame® Foundation Weekly Sessions - 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Space is Limited • Register Now! ^ I *11 TM in Inventing a New Way to Learn The Camp Invention program is a week long summer experience in creativity led by local educators that provides educational enrichment through exciting, hands-on activities. It's learning... DISGUISED AS FUN! For children entering grades 1 -6 (or current K-5) Over 40 camp locations in Georgia including Frederica Academy. Base price $205. Register with a friend for $185 to each receive $20 OFF the base price. Register three or more sibilings for $165 to each receive $40 OFF the base price. In partnership with: US Patent and Trademark Office 800.968.4332 • www.campinvention.org SLANDER New film at Ritz explores one couple's struggle to make it in Hollywood Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association, in partnership with The Links, Inc., presents a new fiction film as part of the Southern Circuit travel ing film series. Ml About Us screens at the Ritz Theatre in Downtown Bruns wick, Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. All Southern Circuit films feature appearances by the filmmakers, who discuss their work with the audience. Producer Michael Swanson, whose wife Christine Swanson directed the movie, will be at the Ritz for the screening. All About Us follows the adventures of two young African-American film makers struggling to make it in the movie business. Unable to secure a distribution deal for their latest film, Ed (Boris Kodjoe) and Stacey Brown (Ryan Michelle Bathe) are forced to reconsider their cinematic dreams. Michael Swanson has produced numerous feature, documentary and short films over the past 15 years, many of which have won national and festival awards. He is currently devel oping three film projects. Swanson resides in Charlotte, NC, with his wife, director Christine Swanson, and their three sons. Admission to the film is $5 per per son. For the entire Southern Circuit film series, current GIAHA members and all Glynn County High School stu dents (with ID) get in free to all screen ings. Tickets go on sale at 6 p.m. the night of the screening. The 90-minute feature plays at 7 p.m., followed by the discussion with Michael Swanson. For more information about the film and the entire Southern Circuit film series at the Ritz, visit goldenislesarts. org, or call GIAHA at 262-6934. A Man Named Pearl will screen April 24 and is a documentary about self-taught topiary artist Pearl Fryar of South Carolina. □ GI Fiberarts Guild to meet April 6 The regular monthly meeting of the Golden Isles Fiberarts Guild will be held on Monday, April 6, 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Holy Nativity Church, 615 Mallery Street, St. Simons Island. The topic will be “Demos and Des sert.” Several easy techniques will be demonstrated and materials will be available for members and guests to try out what they are shown. A social time with dessert will follow. Newcom ers are welcome. For information call (912)634-1330 or (912)996-2967. □ Glynn Art Association 16th Annual Spring Fine Arts and Crafts Saturday, April 4 & Sunday, April 5 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Neptune Park in Pier Village Check www.glynnart.org for performances and workshops during these two days Glynn Art Association 319 Mallery Street • St. Simons Island • 638-8770