just be good to each other: Arts Festival -- Always a Good Time

Friday, April 25, 2008

Arts Festival -- Always a Good Time

Starkville recently hosted the Cotton District Arts Festival -- my favorite event of the year. It is in this little neighborhood right off campus where they close down all the streets and set up booths for local artists to come and sell their work. They also have poetry readings, a dog parade, a fashion show, and a sweet tea contest among the restaurant vendors (only in Mississippi!). There is always tons of good food, good beer, great art, and it's always a fun time.

We usually just buy little knick-knacks, but this year, Paul and I decided to make an investment on a painting by a good friend of our's, Drew Divilbiss. He is a super-talented and really dedicated art student at MS State and an all-around interesting guy. We have known him forever -- he was there when Paul and I first met! So, this painting really means a lot to us and we know that we will have it for the rest of our lives. Not to mention, it's beautiful and we LOVE it!

If you have a MySpace account you can view more of Drew's work at
http://www.myspace.com/dbissartanddesign.

You can also check out the Arts Festival website at http://www.starkvillearts.org/CDAF.shtml.

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