Art’s Alive was the topic of a program presented to members of the Trenton Rotary Club on Thursday, Oct. 21 at the BTC Bank community room. Brian Upton presided at the meeting and served as sergeant at arms. Pastor Joe MacDonald gave the prayer.
Dan Maxey and Ann Plumb, members of the Art’s Alive board, told about the organization and its efforts to bring fine arts opportunities to Grundy County and the surrounding community. Maxey said the group was organized in 2019 after the disbanding of the Friends of the Arts, but was slowed in its efforts in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. The group restarted its meetings and participated in the Five Points Festival in August by providing musical entertainment. Maxey said the group hopes to bring a variety of fine arts activities to the community and is working on developing a calendar of events in which at least one main activity per quarter would be presented, with other types of activities added.
The group hopes to announce a membership drive in January or February, at which time the finalized calendar would be announced. The group meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Sugg Room of the Ketcham Community Center and Maxey invited interested persons to attend.
Ms. Plumb talked about the group’s first major event, which will be a presentation of the play, “A Christmas Carol,” on Dec. 4-5 in the Hoover Community Theater. A donation from the former Trenton Acting Guild has provided funds to make the presentation possible. Ms. Plumb, who has a bachelor of arts degree in English with a minor in theater, will serve as the play director.
The club will meet on Thursday, Oct. 28 at the BTC Bank community room.
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