WYNNE — The Cross County Arts Council will present Mary Anne’s Art Walk from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday, April 27, starting at the Cross County Library. The event will feature local artists in 11 businesses in downtown Wynne.
Tickets are $10 and include snacks and beverages at each downtown business. Nutrish Queen and the Hog-Wild Quessenberry Barbecue food truck will be open for food. There will
be door prizes, and music by Eli Adams and Sunburn at the Wynne Splash Pad.
The walk will begin at the Cross County Library with drawings at The Merriman later in the day.
The art walk is in memory of Mary Anne Cruthirds and her love of the arts council, as past
president and chair of the art walk over the last several years.
The Cross County Arts Council was formed in 1984 to provide workshops and artistic
programming for both Wynne and Cross County Schools as well as programming for the
community. Two high school scholarships are awarded each year.
Reserve your ticket at the Cross County Chamber at 870-238-2601.
The featured artists will include Jane Bonady Brackin, Becky Stutts Chappell, Todd Hall, Teresa Lee, Mary Cooper, Alex Jumper, Kayla Stevenson, Cheryl McNickel, Isabell Freewalker, Liz Lynaugh, Gay Kittrell’s Art Class, Needie Rountree, Mackenzie Helton Minton’s class, Wynne High School Art II and Art III, Ron Taegtmeyer, Evelyn Anderson, and Beatrice McEwen.
The downtown businesses are the Cross County Library, Women’s Progressive Club, Dollie Ingle’s, Classy Queens Boutique, Nutrish Queen, Gary Mitchusson Law Office, The Merriman, Dr. Ricky Price, Clover Art and Boutique, Downtown Charm, and 901 Drip.
Sponsors for Mary Anne’s Art Walk include Entergy, Wynne Downtown Revitalization, Cross Bank, First Financial Bank of Wynne, Don Pagan, Gay Kittrell, Cross County Chamber, Wynne Economic Development, Jackson-McGee Family Eye Care, The Merriman, Hays Food Town, Stricklin Plumbing, Shaver & Smith, Greenway Equipment, and Delta Elevations.
