ATHENS-Stakeholders in our High Cotton Arts facility will meet Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 11:15 a.m. to learn about plans for the non-profit art incubator in downtown Athens at the former Estes Building now owned by H.C. Blake Co. at 103 West Washington St. The event is Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 11:15 a.m. at High
Katie Hood and Tammy Tanner, who are High Cotton Arts interns and are students at Athens State University’s Alabama Center For The Arts. Here they are pictured working on display barrels in the High Cotton Arts Center.
Cotton Arts. We will provide information about our plans for the facility, which is nearing completion.
Athens Arts League will operate this facility as a non-profit art incubator to
support our artists and provide art opportunities for children. Athens Arts League is a part of Spirit of Athens, an Alabama Main Street program.
We will also have in attendance a local fifth grade student who has thrived as an artist, has participated in Athens Arts League programs and who is currently conducting a Facebook art auction to raise money for the American Heart Association. He will speak about how this facility will benefit his goals as an artist.
