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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is accepting nominations for the 2^nd Annual Lena Bosch Lifetime Achievement Award. This inaugural award recognizes individuals who have exhibited outstanding, creative, innovative and visionary leadership in the growth and advancement of the arts in our community through involvement with the Turner Center. Read More

“Are you a musician, or are you in the music business? Because there is a difference.” This quote, attributed to the American rock band Kiss, resembles the direction that a newly formed networking group has taken in serving South Georgia’s entertainment industry. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is now in the running to bring a free outdoor music series to Valdosta starting in 2023, and it needs the community’s help.

Supported by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a social impact funder at the intersection of music and public spaces, the Turner Center hopes to qualify as one of the top 20 finalists in the public voting phase of the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards. The public is urged to support the Turner Center by participating in the public voting process, via online or text, taking place from Sept. 12–21, 2022. The public may either cast their votes online at www.levitt.org/vote or via text to 866-AMP-2023 (866-267-2023) with the keyword: VALDOSTA. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host 2RiverStation for a live Music in the Art Park concert on Friday, Sept. 9 from 7-9 p.m. in the Art Park, located at 605 N. Patterson St. The live concert is sponsored by Ryan Law Firm and is free to the public. Read More

Local musicians who desire to be part of a supportive community with other like-minded musicians are invited to join the newly formed South Georgia Entertainers.

The Turner Center for the Arts will host musicians of all genres on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning on August 9, 2022, from 6-8 p.m. Led by local musicians Lloyd Carter and Aaron Strickland, the group encourages the gathering of local and regional entertainers to discuss personal and professional concerns relating to the entertainment industry. Read More

The Turner Center for the Arts will host the Dabbit Quintet for a Music in the Art Park concert on Friday, July 8, from 7-9 p.m. in the Art Park, located at 605 N. Patterson St. The concert is sponsored by Brandon, Rackley & Dukes and is free to the public. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts awarded artist Annette Crosby with the 2022 Art Educator of the Year award at the Gallery Opening Reception on June 13. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is seeking an Art Education Administrator to join its team of creative professionals. Read More

The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host the Wrong Turn Band for a Music in the Art Park concert on Friday, June 10, from 7-9 p.m. in the Turner Center Art Park, located at 605 N. Patterson St. The concert is sponsored by Mala Vallotton and is free to the public. Read More