ARTS OF THE INLAND WELCOMES GULF COAST WRITERS ASSOCIATION AS AFFILIATE MEMBER
Arts of the Inland is pleased to announce that the Gulf Coast Writers Association became an Affiliate Member on April 24th. President LaVon Koenig of the Arts of the Inland and President Tom Nelson of the Gulf Coast Writers Association signed the Affiliate Membership Agreement at the Arts of the Inland meeting held at the Firehouse Community Theatre in LaBelle on Tuesday evening.
The annual Kick-off Meeting was also a “Show-off” to present some of our member literary and visual artists and their works: Authors Tom Nelson, Richard Georgian, Patty Brant, Florence Pritchard and Dr. Carol Kennedy joined Artists: June DeVincent, Diane Carmen, Connie Killebrew, Pat Papa, John Fry, Olga Wood, Doug Patterson; Mask Artist Kimberly Arnett; Sterling Silver Jewelry Artist Betty A. Jones; Photographer Suzie Hector and Tom Dugan. Beautiful background live music was provided by members Linda Reecer and Sally Gillespy.
A recap of the highlights of the previous year and a foretaste of what’s to come in 2012-13 was given by Arts of the Inland President LaVon Koenig. Our membership continues to grow and we continue to work within our Mission Statement — To facilitate and nurture the creation, development, promotion and education of arts and culture in the inland communities of South Florida.
Our gratitude goes out to the following Sponsors/Patrons for their financial contributions: Kiwanis Club of Lehigh Acres Foundation, Walmart Foundation, Coldwell Banker, MA Real Estate of LA, China Star Restaurant, Seminole Casino Immokalee, Tommy Lee Cook, Joe Zangori, Michael Swords Inc., Jere Carrick, Preferred Community Bank, Vannoy Banks, Landex Corp., LaVon & Phillip Koenig, Ralph Boettger, Amanda Partridge, Jasper Rizzo, Siegfried Lorenz, Roberts Bowers Accounting Inc., Nickolas & Diane Fidanza and Teresa Goodlad. A special thanks goes to our Founding Members all of whom have made Arts of the Inland such a success.
Arts of the Inland website is www.artsoftheinland.com
Gulf Coast Writers Association website is: www.gulfwriters.org