AIR Artists Inc. to Host Second Annual Runway Soirée at Andalusia’s Historic Railroad Depot Saturday, April 5, 2025
This year’s event will feature a “garden party” theme.
Andalusia, AL—AIR Artists Inc. will host its second annual Runway Soirée Saturday, April 5, 2025, starting at 6 p.m. The fashion show, which will feature a “garden party” theme, will take place at the historic Andalusia Railroad Depot on South Cotton Street.
Tickets will go on sale February 1, 2025, and are $100 per person. The evening will include both silent and live auctions, live music, wine and beer, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and dessert, and the fashion show.
The inaugural event, which was held April 6, 2024, featured designer Vicky Tiel’s timeless fashions and was a sold-out success.
The Runway Soirée is sponsored by the Cotton Street Gallery, which celebrates Southern textile art and artists through art and culture exhibitions and textile-related classes and demonstrations. Proceeds from the Runway Soirée and the gallery benefit AIR Artists Inc. and AIR Andalusia.
To learn more AIR Artists Inc./AIR Andalusia, visit https://airartists.org/. And to learn more about Cotton Street Gallery, visit https://cottonstreetgallery.com/. April 5, 2025
Poarch Band of Creek Indians exhibition
The Cotton Street Gallery is excited to partner with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama’s only federally recognized tribe, for an exhibition celebrating their rich history of handcrafted regalia and traditional art. Items on display include powwow regalia, princess regalia, basketry, quilts, reproduction pottery, and copper medallions, as well as arrowheads on loan from the Covington County Historical Museum.
The Emmy Award–winning documentary The Forgotten Creeks, which tells the story of Alabama’s Creek Indians from their first contact with the Spanish in the 1500s to modern day, will run continuously at the gallery during the exhibition.
Join us at the gallery 6 p.m. Thursday, August 29, for a lecture presented by the Historical Society.
Other upcoming events include:
- Pow Wow exhibition and Princesses
- Public forum at City Hall featuring archaeologists and experts on the Indian population in Covington County
- Arrowhead knapping and atlatl (spear throwing) demonstrations on the square
- Drummers of the Southeast
- Classes led by Poarch Band of Creek Indian artists
Meet the Artists
Regalia and Traditional Art Reproduction Exhibition
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
August 27–31
Tuesday–Saturday
September 5–November 30
Thursday–Saturday
104 North Cotton Street
Andalusia, Alabama
