...whether they want to keep the event might be on hold because City Administrator Fred Russell and Greater Augusta Arts Council Executive Director Brenda Durant are on vacation, Commissioner Matt Aitken said.

...advertising dollars to attract tourists to Augusta events. All were possibilities posed Monday by Greater Augusta Arts Council executive director Brenda Durant after an Augusta Commission budget workshop. "Everything's on the table," Ms. Durant...

...The image is loaded to a Web site within about 10 minutes. "The way this came about was (Greater Augusta Art Council Executive Director) Brenda Durant was at a conference and saw that there was a similar thing being done at the arches at the...

...they bring into our community with sales-tax dollars and hotel dollars," Mr. Russell said. A grateful Arts Council Executive Director Brenda Durant said the programs the money will support reach every area of arts in Augusta, from the council's...

...and has hemorrhaged money for the better part of 25 years. She later went on to say that Greater Augusta Arts Council Executive Director Brenda Durant should not have been allowed to address the coliseum authority about the arts community's...

...production of the same show at the Imperial Theatre - not only this year but possibly next year, too. That is why Arts Council Executive Director Brenda Durant is asking members to attend Tuesday's Coliseum Authority meeting and ask the authority not...

...its layout and rethought the way it does business. The most noticeable change, said Brenda Durant, the arts council executive director, is a more cohesive layout. Instead of utilizing side streets for the fine arts and crafts markets, the...

...Wednesday decision by the Greater Augusta Arts Council. "We were not able to find corporate sponsors," said arts council Executive Director Brenda Durant. "We did a very informal calling last week and did not find anyone who would say they would...

...same amount the arts council received last year. "We were told this is not the year to ask for more," arts council Executive Director Brenda Durant said after Wednesday's public hearing. The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History said...

...arts community, however, is optimistic about building one. "I can actually see this," Greater Augusta Arts Council Executive Director Brenda Durant said. "We've gotten so close to where we need to be." The arts council represents several...