“We want it to be as big and as fun and as crazy as possible so we’re calling in all the favors that we can possibly call in,” Elliott said. They run in value from $675 up to $1,220 and include things like spa days, dinners, boat charters, beach-front cabin stays, salon appointments, photography sessions, kayaks, Mobile-Tensaw Delta tours, tubing trips, artwork, concert tickets and far more. The prize packages being raffled are the big booty, though.
There are prizes for costumes, naturally, and more for intermittent short-fire dance contests. The tastiest bits in this trick-or-treat bag are the wealth of prizes available. DJ Hot Lobster will spin sounds when the musicians aren’t in the spotlight. The Underhill Family Orchestra will supply live music. Serda Brewing will provide more potables and Greer’s will assist with finger foods. It wouldn’t be a Mobile happening without libations, so a trio of bars will dole out a signature cocktail: Wild Whiskey Fizz. Katie Vogtner, Brandin Stallworth, Angela Harley, Richard McGill Hamilton, Jessica Price, Sarah Thompson, Valerie Iliff and others will unveil their work that night. Matthews told around 15 artistic pals to design something around traditional design elements of the Maids - hoop skirt, parasol, hat - but let loose with material, color and theme. “They wanted me to dress up people like I normally do and have them standing around, but when Allison described it, she said, ‘Like how the Azalea Trail Maids stand around.’ I couldn’t get that out of my head,” Matthews recalled. Another group organized by Neu Dawn impresario Courtney Matthews will be on display.
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The Delta Swamp Sirens, a Joe Cain marching society, will be there in full regalia. That’s why attendees who don’t have a Halloween costume are instructed to wear their “dusty old formal attire.” We wanted to shape the event around celebrating this place and what it means to be Southern, which means a lot of things to a lot of different people,” Elliott said.Īppropriately, the event has a little Mardi Gras flavor, hence the “ball” aspect. “We’re turning the video gallery into a swamp, like building boats to suspend from the ceiling. With that decided, local focus remained primary. A recent $12,500 from the Alabama State Council on the Arts will pay for guest curators next year.Īltogether, it is reason enough for a party. Over the last year, ACAC was also the recipient of $100,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and $50,000 from the Daniel Foundation of Alabama. Its pieces run an expansive gamut of styles and influences. The exhibit equating contemporary DIY work, much of it public, with what was previously tagged “outsider” art concludes Oct. “It’s a good opportunity for us to celebrate how far we’ve come, where we’ve been and where we’re going.” “We wanted a closing event for Urban Wild because it’s been such a wild success,” Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs Elizabet Elliott quipped. will host its first Wild Things Ball on Thursday, Oct.