The First Street Arts Center promotes East Texas artists whose work ideally captures the Pineywoods experience. Through the center, the area’s visual artists, writers, poets, and musicians share their talents with the community in the newly revitalized downtown Lufkin. The First Street Arts Center was founded by the Pineywoods Cultural Association, a nonprofit organization, to promote East Texas culture and encourage an appreciation of all the arts.
Website: http://firststreetartscenter.com
Phone:(936) 639-3250
The town of Edom--in Van Zandt County just a few miles west of the city Tyler--is miniscule. Though Edom was founded in 1849, its population has never topped 300. But size isn’t everything. Beginning in the 1960s, artisans attracted to the hamlet’s comfortably rustic ways and laid-back atmosphere began settling here. Now, Edom’s main drag--a stretch of FM 279--is loaded with shops purveying one-of-a-kind wares by local potters, jewelry makers, glassmakers, and more. Why, there’s even a gourmet food shop. And every October, Edom welcomes scores of artists and craftspeople from all over Texas and beyond to the Edom Festival of the Arts.
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Email: pineywoods@conservationfund.org
