A note from Virginia Gause

Edinburg – The Edinburg Chamber of Commerce in lieu of The Edinburg Centennial will host “A Story of A Town”, an art exhibit featuring local, national and international artists. The exhibit will be on display from October 5th-10th for public viewing at the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce Depot, located on 602 W. University Drive. Chamber hours are 8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri.

The exhibit will feature art work of Antony Crisafulli, MC Farris, Phillip Fields, Claudia Garza, Richard Hyslin, Jerry Lyles, Chris Leonard, Thomas Murray, Julian Rodriguez, Marina Salinas, Efrain Salinas, Karen Sanders, Paul Valadez, Benjamin Varela, Ramon Barela, Carl Vestweber and Veronica Yaeger.

A reception will be held on October 10th, 2008 @ 10 am, in conjunction with a very special and historic “Locomotive Ribbon Cutting” along the Depot tracks to commemorate Edinburg’s 100th Birthday. The art exhibit is organized by Evana Vleck with Leila Hernandez, UTPA Professor as guest curator.

“We are thrilled to be hosting such a wonderful event for the community. The Centennial Committee has a week -long celebration planned, with something to do on each day, during the week of October 5th-11th. The Chamber of Commerce will host a locomotive ribbon cutting along the tracks in concurrence with an art exhibit featuring artists who will be following a theme relating to the culture, art, economy and daily living in the Rio Grande Valley and Edinburg, Texas titled “A Story of A Town”; we invite the community to come out, and observe this very historic happening” noted Letty Gonzalez, President for the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. For more information please contact the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce at 956-383-4974.