Cigar Box Challenge: A Benefit for ATHICA

November 28, 2024
Updates
December 14, 2024, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Join us and the ATHICA community for our Holiday Art Sale Benefit, the Cigar Box Challenge.  Tickets are on sale now! (Get your tickets here.)  This fun event includes an art sale, music, the Taco Loco food truck, beverages, and the King of the Road contest finals. All proceeds benefit ATHICA, your local non-profit platform for free expression.
ART SALE

Over 90 artists are making unique cigar box creations, NEVER SEEN BEFORE! Come out, gander, and purchase for your loved ones and personal enjoyment.  Each artist-made cigar box creations will be available to take home in exchange for a $60 donation to ATHICA. Local treasure gift boxes of delightful goods and services from your favorite local businesses will also be available to take home for a donation.

MUSIC

Call Letters is Don Chambers (guitar, vocals) and George Davidson (saxaphone) playing prepared/unprepared music.

Our annual budget is tiny, we are all-volunteer, and we strive to support our community of artists and art lovers with free and accessible opportunities.

KING OF THE ROAD CONTEST FINAL ROUND

You can’t be a King of the Road without an old stogie. In celebration of cigar box culture, we have conducted a rigorous audition process to identify the final contenders for the title of King of the Road. Only the few were chosen from the many who tried (and to be honest, failed) to deliver the winning rendition of Roger Miller’s inimitable hit song. Our three finalists are each impressive stylists who put their own spin on this classic hobo anthem. The finalist who collects the most votes by donation wins the crown. Votes are $1.00 a piece and may be cast online or on site. You can vote as many times as you’d like for as many finalists as you’d like. This is your chance to pack the ballot box!

KING OF THE ROAD FINALISTS

 

AMANDA

JANE

CROUSE

  

JIM

WILLINGHAM

VOTE FOR

CALL LETTERS

VOTE FOR
AMANDA JANE

 VOTE FOR
JIM

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

We really appreciate the support of the local community of artists and musicians whom we serve and the business owners who recognize with their support how important artists and musicians are to a creative and colorful Athens. In 2023-24, ATHICA presented the work of 201 exhibiting artists, 8 emerging and established curators, three artists- and artist-teams in-residence, and over 115 performing and presenting multidisciplinary artists in 11 exhibitions and over 80 events. These visionary sponsors are helping to ensure that ATHICA continues to support our creative community in 2025.

 

ELWOOD & GOETZ
Todd Emily Foundation

 
Avid Bookstore Thousand Faces

 

 Jeanne Ann and George Davidson
Carrabas Westside Bottle Shop

 

 Tonique

 
Ciné Art House Cinema Wuxtry

 

 Hope Animal Medical Center

 
Condor Chocolates Eclipse Hair Studio

 

 Smitty’s Cigar Lounge