‘Night Of Art’ Will Showcase High School Students’ Work
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TIN (This Is Noteworthy) is located at 16 South Main Street.
WATER VALLEY – Artwork by students in art classes at Water Valley High School (WVHS) will be available for purchase during a special event, “Night of Art” scheduled on Tuesday, May 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception and art auction will be held in TIN (This Is Noteworthy), a new creative space located at 16 South Main.
The show is a collaboration between WVHS art teacher Betsy Corso and artist Becca Finley. Corso reported artwork from more than 80 students enrolled in art classes at WVHS will be featured in the show. Bidding will start during the reception and will extend until midnight on May 24. The work can also be viewed on Friday, May 20 from 4 to 8 p.m.; Sunday, May 22, from 2 to 5 p.m.; or Tuesday, May 24 from 7 to 10 p.m. All pieces will be listed on TIN’s website,
thisisnoteworthy.org. You can also email cillea@thisis
noteworth.org to place a bid. Auction prices on the website will be updated on Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday.
The work by students starts at $10 and TIN, a local non-profit operated by Finley will match each piece with a buyer. The students will receive 80 percent of the proceeds from the sale of their work, and the art program and TIN will split the remaining 20 percent.
Although TIN does not officially open until September in conjunction with the Art Crawl, a “Night of Art” is the first glimpse into the new space. The building will house a cultural arts and entrepreneur center. The layout includes an art gallery and performance arts venue. The primary entrance will be through the rear of the building, opening into a vendor village featuring locally-made crafts available for purchase. The center also features a commercial kitchen for culinary programs and pop-up cooking events.
Other upcoming events at TIN include a Collage Camp Collage scheduled June 6 – 10 from 9 a.m. until noon each morning. Artists Bill and Patti Warren will be the instructors, and the camp is offered for youth, ages 8 – 18. and will be divided into three sections by grade. Tuition is $150.
Next will be a Theatre Camp scheduled July 11 – 15, from 9 a.m. until noon with performances on Saturday, July 17. The class is offered to youth, ages 8 – 18, and will also divided into three sections by grade. The camp will be instructed by T.J. Weaver and Becca Finley and tuition is $200.
Finley reported the community can look forward to other exciting events including the launch of a community engagement program at the new building after the official opening in September.
