Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival

05/06/2024

04/19/2024

Exhibits are open daily, April 13 – 21, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and close at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. All exhibits and events are free and open to the public.

04/18/2024

LAST CALL TO REGISTER for Children’s Day at the Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival!!! Children in grades K – 5 are invited to participate in Brushes & Bright Stars: A Van Gogh Celebration for Young Artists. These Children’s Day events offer students the opportunity to learn about Vincent van Gogh and then create their own multimedia piece based on The Starry Night. There are two sessions for Children’s Day; children in Kindergarten through second grade at 9 a.m. and third through fifth grade at 10:30 a.m. Light refreshments will be provided. Apr 20 2024, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.
Space is limited; pre-registration is required. REGISTER HERE: https://fumca.org/.../childrens-day-at-the-tom-peyton.../

04/18/2024

LAST CALL TO REGISTER for Children’s Day at the Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival!!!
Apr 20 2024, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Children in grades K – 5 are invited to participate in Brushes & Bright Stars: A Van Gogh Celebration for Young Artists. These Children’s Day events offer students the opportunity to learn about Vincent van Gogh and then create their own multimedia piece based on The Starry Night. There are two sessions for Children’s Day; children in Kindergarten through second grade at 9 a.m. and third through fifth grade at 10:30 a.m. Light refreshments will be provided.

Space is limited; pre-registration is required. REGISTER HERE: https://fumca.org/events/childrens-day-at-the-tom-peyton-memorial-arts-festival/

04/15/2024

Register ahead of time for Children’s Day on April 20! Students in grades K-5 will have the opportunity to learn about Vincent van Gogh and then create their own van Gogh inspired masterpiece! Free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required: https://fumca.org/childrens-day-at-the-arts-festival/

04/15/2024

Children’s Day at the Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival!!!
Apr 20 2024, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Children in grades K – 5 are invited to participate in Brushes & Bright Stars: A Van Gogh Celebration for Young Artists. These Children’s Day events offer students the opportunity to learn about Vincent van Gogh and then create their own multimedia piece based on The Starry Night. There are two sessions for Children’s Day; children in Kindergarten through second grade at 9 a.m. and third through fifth grade at 10:30 a.m. Light refreshments will be provided.

Space is limited; pre-registration is required. REGISTER HERE: https://fumca.org/events/childrens-day-at-the-tom-peyton-memorial-arts-festival/

04/14/2024

Opening Sunday worship services! The Rev. Kennon Pickett, senior pastor at Blackwater UMC in Baton Rouge, is the guest minister for the worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. April 14, 2024

04/14/2024

04/13/2024

JOIN US for art song presented by Tiffany Bostic-Brown, Terrance Brown, and members of the Rapides Symphony Orchestra. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary on Saturday, April 13.

For more info on all events: https://fumca.org/artsfestival/

04/11/2024

Kick off the 56th annual Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 12. For more than 50 years, the Festival has offered a variety of exhibits as well as programs of music, film, literature and drama. The Festival was renamed in 1980 to honor the memory of The Rev. Tom Peyton, a former associate minister whose ministry to the entire community’s arts and educational efforts was especially significant. An endowment in Peyton’s memory contributes to the Festival’s budget, which is otherwise supported by patrons’ gifts and grants. The Festival enjoys the guidance and services of the church’s staff and the use of its facilities. The core of the Festival remains the juried art exhibit.

For more info on all events: https://fumca.org/artsfestival/

04/09/2024

REGISTER for Children’s Day at the Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival!!! Children in grades K – 5 are invited to participate in Brushes & Bright Stars: A Van Gogh Celebration for Young Artists. These Children’s Day events offer students the opportunity to learn about Vincent van Gogh and then create their own multimedia piece based on The Starry Night. There are two sessions for Children’s Day; children in Kindergarten through second grade at 9 a.m. and third through fifth grade at 10:30 a.m. Light refreshments will be provided. Apr 20 2024, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

Space is limited; pre-registration is required. REGISTER HERE: https://fumca.org/events/childrens-day-at-the-tom-peyton-memorial-arts-festival/

04/09/2024

Here is an overview of this years TPAF! For more info, please visit us at https://fumca.org/artsfestival/

03/21/2024

SCHOOL ART call for entries DEADLINE IS TODAY! The School Art Exhibit is a special exhibit to showcase works made by Central Louisiana students (K – 12) and their teachers. The exhibit features artwork in six categories and awards are given to six students – one in each student category and an overall Judge’s Choice Award that recognizes a student who shows outstanding potential.

Award recipients are given their awards during the opening reception on April 12, 2024. ENTER: https://fumca.org/school-art-exhibit-form/

03/11/2024

ACCEPTANCE EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT!

02/28/2024

Today is the day. Get those art entries submitted.

https://fumca.org/tpaf-call-for-entries/

02/24/2024

OK artists - home stretch - let's get those art entries submitted ASAP por favor! Just a few more days before the submission window closes.

Entry Deadline is 2/28 - just FOUR (4) days away - TIK. TOK.
https://fumca.org/tpaf-call-for-entries/

02/22/2024

Remembering Barry Owen, local artist and regular contributor to our festival. Barry embodied the arts and will be missed by many. May your spirit live on and create your eternal masterpiece. 7/23/56 - 2/21/24

02/10/2024

Reminder artists:

Entry Deadline is 2/28 - just (18) days away
https://fumca.org/tpaf-call-for-entries/

12/29/2023

The 2024 56th Annual Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival Call For Entries is open. If you or someone you know would like to enter, please send in your entry!

Please submit your entry online:
https://fumca.org/tpaf-call-for-entries/
Entry deadline is February 28th, 2024.

We look forward to seeing your artwork!

04/29/2023

The last two days of our 55th ANNUAL completive exhibit ~ OPEN today 10-4 and Sunday until 2pm.

04/27/2023

Jazz on Jackson with Music by the Asaph Project, Friday, April 28 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm In the Courtyard!