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Turner Center Presents Indie Pop Artist Marielle Kraft as Part of the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts presents Marielle Kraft, from 7 to 9 pm at the Turner Center Art Park, 605 North Patterson St., on Fri., May 2, 2025. The concert is the eighth of 10 free live performances in the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series, sponsored by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Price-Campbell Foundation, WALB News 10, Lamar Advertising, and the Valdosta Daily Times.

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Turner Center Launches Ceramics Artist-in-Residence Program

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will launch a ceramics artist-in-residence program in the summer of 2025. The program is designed to benefit recent high school or college graduates, as well as other artists who are early in their artistic careers. The program will provide artists with affordable supplies and a studio space to use for the creation of their own artwork, and in exchange, the artists will provide services or products for the Center. These might include studio work, teaching, or other areas of expertise.

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Turner Center Presents Jazz and Blues artist Matt Schofield – the Seventh Concert of the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts presents Matt Schofield, from 7 to 9 pm at the Turner Center Art Park, 605 North Patterson St., on Fri., April 25, 2025. The concert is the seventh of 10 free live performances in the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series, sponsored by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Price-Campbell Foundation, WALB News 10, Lamar Advertising, and the Valdosta Daily Times.

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Turner Center Offers Spring Artist Workshop

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Local artist Aliyah Jones will lead an Impasto Painting Workshop at the Turner Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 10am-1pm each day. The workshop is beginner-friendly for ages 14+.

Jones, a Valdosta native, began taking art classes at the Turner Center upon the recommendation of a middle school teacher. Jones continued her pursuit of the arts throughout high school, earning accolades such as having a watercolor painting to honor Holocaust victims displayed at the Georgia State capital and placing first in the Valdosta State University (VSU) High School Invitational. She went on to earn a scholarship to VSU, where she completed her BFA and continued to place in area juried competitions, including at the Turner Center. Over a decade later, she placed 1st in the painting category at the Turner Center’s 37th Annual Spring into Art Exhibition in the spring of 2024.

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Turner Center Presents Pop Rock Artists “The Band Light” – the Sixth Concert of the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host The Band Light, from 7 to 9 pm at the Turner Center Art Park, 605 North Patterson St., on Fri., April 11, 2025. The concert is the sixth of 10 free live performances in the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series, sponsored by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Price-Campbell Foundation, WALB News 10, Lamar Advertising, and the Valdosta Daily Times.

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Turner Center Presents the Big Band Sounds of the Shaun Johnson Trio for the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host the Shaun Johnson Trio from 7 to 9 pm at the Turner Center Art Park, 605 North Patterson St., on Fri., April 4, 2025. The concert is the fifth of 10 free live performances in the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series, sponsored by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Price-Campbell Foundation, WALB News 10, Lamar Advertising, and the Valdosta Daily Times.

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Turner Center Student Spotlight: From First Time to Forever – Pottery’s Lasting Impact

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Turner Center for the Arts offers several programs and classes for youth and adults. Among these are Weekday Pottery Classes, with five weekly class times available for beginners to create using clay. Several of the Center’s repeat students shared their backgrounds and reasons for joining classes, and each expressed a common theme – that they wish they had joined the classes sooner.

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Turner Center Presents Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast as the Fourth Concert in the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts will host soul rock artists Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast from 7 to 9 pm at the Turner Center Art Park, 605 North Patterson St., on Fri., March 28, 2025. The concert is the fourth of 10 free live performances in the 2025 Levitt AMP Valdosta Music Series, sponsored by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Price-Campbell Foundation, WALB News 10, Lamar Advertising, and the Valdosta Daily Times.

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Turner Center Announces Student Winners in the 5th Annual “Art of Writing” Contest

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The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts and its Young Writers League (YoWL) presented the winners of the 5th Annual “Art of Writing” Contest at a March 17 awards reception held in the art galleries.

Middle and high school students in south Georgia and the surrounding areas competed in the free contest that resulted in 156 written works focused on this year’s theme, “Courage,” and for $3,000 in cash prizes and publishing awards. Sponsors and partners for the contest include the Georgia Council for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Greater Valdosta United Way, Valdosta Daily Times, Snake Nation Press, and South Georgia Regional Library.

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