Jekyll Island Welcomes Franklin Pond
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Faculty Quartet of Franklin Pond Chamber Music (made up of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians) will present a concert in Faith Chapel Saturday, August 2 at 7:00 for $15/person. The Student Showcase concert is Sunday, August 3 at 7:00 also in Faith Chapel for $10/person.
Tickets are available for sale at Goodyear Cottage in the Historic District, Jekyll Realty and Parker Kaufman Realtors at the shopping center. Seating is limited so advance reservations are encouraged.

Franklin Pond, an Atlanta-based classical string quartet program for talented young musicians, will return for the fourth year to rehearse and perform on Jekyll Island. Already this year Franklin Pond has performed at the Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Each year, rehearsals are held for four student string quartets. Each quartet rehearses together throughout the summer and participates in a 4-day retreat to Jekyll Island, where they perform in the Historic District. Franklin Pond is a non-profit organization.
The Jekyll Island Arts Association is co-sponsoring this program with the Museum Department of the Historic District because we feel the importance of helping in the development of musical art.

For additional information please call Alice Jarrett at 912-635-9944 or visit www.franklinpond.org.











and back are realistically completed. Caitlin Barrow, a senior at Glynn Academy, likes the freedom provided to interpret set programs at her school. She says, “everyone works well together and is open to others’ ideas and art interpretations.”
The 2008 Jekyll Island Arts Festival is Friday - Sunday March 7-9. The hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the grounds of Goodyear Cottage in the Historic District. Admission is free. Members present their entries to be judged on Friday morning. The categories are painting, photography, pottery, woodcarving, fiber arts, porcelain arts, handicrafts and ceramics. The festival shop will feature many items for sale by members, and the café, brunswick stew and other favorites will be served! Be sure to peruse the bake sale for dessert. Marshgrass Bluegrass Band performs while you watch demonstrations by weavers, carvers, painters, and potters. Be sure to enter the raffle to win some of the donated art!
An exciting combination of artwork will be featured at the Jekyll Island Art Association’s gallery January 4 - February 2 when it welcomes the artwork of the Georgia Coastal Artists Guild along with the popular Raku pottery by members of Jekyll’s Pottery Guild.