Cigar Box Challenge: A Benefit for ATHICA

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 | KING OF THE ROAD CONTEST FINALISTS COMING SOON!

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 will be chosen from the many who attempted to deliver the winning rendition of Roger Miller’s inimitable hit song. All finalists will be revealed! Stay tuned to our Instagram for the latest updates! 

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.

CORONA

Lead Sponsors

$1000

 

Todd Emily

Community

Foundation

 

 

ELWOOD & GOETZ

 

Panatela

$500-$999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robusto

$250-$499

 

 

 

 

Cigarillo

$100-$249

Jeanne Ann 

&

George Davidson

Avid Bookshop

Carrabas

Classic Citiva

 

Figurado

$1.00-$99.00

Ciné Art House Cinema

Thousand Faces Coffee

Tonique Bottle Co.

Condor Chocolates

Westside Bottle Shop

Smitty’s Cigar Lounge

Wuxtry