Friends Of The Arts Is An Alabama Bright Light Of Creative Energy On The Gulf Coast

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

If you drive on Canal Road in Orange Beach heading east from all the tourist hoopla, you will come upon the Coastal Arts Center, a conclave of studios and buildings that house works of art beautiful enough to rival the picturesque views from the sugar-white sand beaches.

The Coastal Arts Center includes a huge gallery, a clay studio, a glass-blowing studio and several others. Friends of the Arts is the nonprofit that supports these art outlets.

“They volunteer with us and help with a lot of our programming, which includes Festival of the Arts in March and many other events,” said Desiree Blackwell, the executive director of the Coastal Arts Center and a board member of the nonprofit group. “Friends of the Arts provides lots of volunteers that help make those events happen. Things like camps, concerts, receptions for artists and many others.”

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