Contact: Courtney Hornsby, City of Natchitoches
Phone: (318) 357-3822
E-mail: chornsby@natchitochesla.gov
08/11/11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2011 Natchitoches Christmas Festival Poster to be unveiled Sept. 25
NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches Arts Council has announced it will unveil the 32nd
Annual Natchitoches Christmas Festival Poster on Sunday, Sept. 25.
The poster unveiling will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 2:30 p.m. at Dickens & Co.,
located at 524 Front St. in the Natchitoches Historic District. The public is invited to
attend the unveiling ceremony.
This year’s poster was created by Donna North Barron of Pineville, Louisiana. She is
married to William Barron and has two sons. Mrs. Barron attended Northeast Louisiana
University (ULM), but she did not take any art classes in college.
Donna’s mother, Alice North is an artist who painted in oils. When Donna was a child,
she would sit for hours and watch her mother paint; however, she did not pick up a paint
brush herself until college. Donna now enjoys painting in many different mediums and
has designed a collection of Christian angels. She has donated acrylic paintings to the
Kidney Foundation for auction as well.
The theme for this year’s poster is “Christmas in Natchitoches”. Posters will be on sale
for $35 each. Posters from previous years are also available for sale. Proceeds from
poster sales help to fund arts programming in the Natchitoches area including an art
scholarship to a student at Northwestern State University.
After the unveiling ceremony, this year’s poster will be able to be viewed online at the
City of Natchitoches’ web site at www.natchitochesla.gov.
For more information about this year’s Natchitoches Christmas Festival Poster or to
purchase previous posters, please call the City of Natchitoches’ Office of Community
Development at (318) 357-3838.
To learn more about the Natchitoches Christmas Festival, please visit
www.christmasfestival.com.
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