By Zandra Wolfgram It’s spring! The best time of year for a fresh new start. No one at Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) is more excited to kick off the 2021-2022 season than MKAF’s newly installed CEO, Demetrius Fuller. The 26th season will be the first full season with Fuller at the helm, who stepped […]
By Tracy Louthain It’s arts month along Florida’s Emerald Coast. While 2020 has been a tough year and has been anything but normal, as the old adage goes—the show must go on! With that said, the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) will continue with its 25-year tradition and host the 25th Annual Festival of the […]
The man behind the sounds of the season By Zandra Wolfgram Wayne “Pez” Marrier called his wife, Brenda, to tell him about his first visit to the Emerald Coast, but before he could make a sound she had one question: ‘When do we move?’ It was music to his ears. The New England couple was […]
25 years feeding local souls the art, music and education they crave By Zandra Wolfgram They say you can measure the heart of a community by the health of its arts scene. If that’s the case, then the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) has breathed plenty of new life into Emerald Coast. Before this organization was […]
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