CACA : Getting to Know Cassatot Arts and Crafts Association
By: Amber Lemser
February 7, 2015
The Association
The Cassatot Arts and Crafts Association, Inc. is a nonprofit association in Southwest Arkansas. The name Cossatot is chosen for its prominent place in the history of Southwest Arkansas. The Cossatot is known to be one of the most beautiful streams found in southwest Arkansas, and is only four miles from the association’s art center. The association started in June 1973 in Sevier County, Arkansas. Some of its earliest members were Velna Jo Daniel, Kaye Blackmon, Neldene Smith, Lorene Hendricks, Jim Hicks, Winne Silbert, Kittie Hughes, and many others who strive to keep the association alive. The mission of the southwest Arkansas group is to “further cultural and educational opportunities for young and old artist, and help create community interest and appreciation for the arts”. The CACA Mission Statement is as follows, “To aid, encourage, and when and where possible, in the opinion of the governing board, financing activities or programs in the territory of Sevier County Arkansas” (CACA, 2014, p.2). The group meets the 3rd Friday of every month in the REA Building in DeQueen, Arkansas. The association has 38 group members and counting. Its officers and board members consist of 9 local artist and supporters (Beuden, K. & Saylor, I., personal communication, January 26, 2015).
2015: Officers and Committee Chairpersons
· President- Lucretia Walker
· Vice President- Shirley Tipton
· Secretary/ Reporter- Iris Saylor
· Treasurer- JoAnn Holcombe
· Historian- Wanda Ledbetter
· Art Show Chair- Kathy Beuden
2015: Board Members
· Georgia Bunde
· Rebecca Harrison
· Jerri Rivers
The Big Event “The King Art Show”
The association holds an annual art show each year in the first weekend of the month of May. The name of the show is called The King Art Show. This is its 44th year in existence. The show is held in the small community of King, Arkansas at the 100 year old King two story brick school building now presently known as the Cossatot Art’s Center (Beuden, K. & Saylor, I., personal communication, January 26, 2015).
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