2013 Fayette Festival of the Arts

Plans are already being made for the fifth annual Fayette Festival of the Arts which will take place on  Saturday, August 3, 2013 on and around the square in Fayette.  The bandstand will be the venue for such musical acts as the Columbia Community Band, the St. Paul Methodist Church choirs, and the Holmes Brigade Minstrels.  The 14th Annual Fayette Art Show will take place in the Howard County Courthouse as will a reception to meet the artists.  Millie Haggard will be available to explain the murals in the courthouse.

In addition to the activities on the square, the Peacemakers Quilting group will host its annual Quilt Show that same Saturday in the sanctuary of Linn Memorial United Methodist Church  on the campus of Central Methodist University.  The Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art, also on the CMU campus, will have a show entitled "Three from Fayette: Another Look at Edna Glenn (1913-2007), Roger Medearis (1920-2001) and Monte Crews (1888 -1946). 

There will be a number of craft  booths also located on the square.  Hungry fairgoers will find a number of vendors serving food and Fayette has a variety of restaurants both on and off the square.

Henry Graham, a retired art history professor who serves on the Central Methodist University faculty as an adjunct professor of art history, is once again festival coordinator.  He is  assisted by Jim Steele, former editor and owner of the Fayette newspapers.  The Fayette Festival of the Arts is sponsored annually by FAHA (Fayette Area Heritage Association) and the Fayette Newspapers with support from the Fayette Chamber of Commerce, the Armstrong and Fayette Betterment Association, the Commercial Trust Company, and many individual and business donors.