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DECEMBER 24, 2002
A home for the arts
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Photos by Luci Joullian
Warner Robins Art Association President, Shirley Driggers.
By Luci Joullian
Staff Writer
The Warner Robins Art
Association needs a new home.
Founded in 1969 to promote the
arts in the Warner Robins com
munity, it has been in its cur
rent Houston Mall gift shop
location for five years. The
shop, which does double duty as
the association’s meeting place,
showcases arts and crafts creat
ed by local artists and by the
association’s membership of
approximately 45 families.
Until recently, the association
resided at the mall while paying
a reduced rent. Now that
Houston Mall is under new
ownership, there is a quandary.
The association’s gallery is in
prime retail space that the new
owner must rent at a higher
rate. Says President Shirley
Driggers, “his thought on the
subject was that if our gallery
was having trouble making it in
this prime retail space, then we
wouldn’t be able to make it in
any other spot in the mall.” The
new owner has been willing to
work with the non-profit organ
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ization, though. He is letting
the association rent the retail
space until January at the dis
counted rent. After January, he
will let them continue to rent at
the increased rate on a month
by-month basis rather than
making them sign a three-year
lease (which is required by
many retail space owners). The
increased rent will put a strain
on the association and they will
have to move anyway if the
owner can rent the space at a
higher rent with a long-term
lease. “Of course, it’s business
and we realize that,” says
Driggers.
The association not only oper
ates the gallery, it also performs
a variety of civic functions and
outreach programs including a
starving artist sale in January
of each year, a student art show
in March, a “meet the artist”
showcase in August, a craft
show in October and a
Christmas bazaar from
November through December.
Driggers says that the associ
ation’s main function is to give
a SI,OOO scholarship to a high
school senior interested in pur-
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suing an education in the arts.
When they are able to, the asso
ciation provides the scholarship
to two students. “That’s our
main function,” she says. “The
gallery is an added bonus. What
percentage we take on the pro
ceeds from the shop helps fund
the scholarship.” The associa
tion does other charitable activ
ities including collecting
Christmas presents and Easter
baskets to distribute at the
Rainbow House.
Says Driggers of the associa
tion’s present situation, “We
don’t have any hard feelings.
We just hope that we can get
something worked out and we
can get some help in regards to
getting a new location. With
some financial assistance it may
even be possible for us to stay in
this spot.” Those interested in
providing a new location for the
association or giving financial
assistance can contact the
Warner Robins Art Association
at 987-0254.
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The association’s gallery in Houston Mall showcases a variety of arts and crafts created by local
artists.
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