The Colquitt/Miller Arts Council (CMAC) is a non-profit company promoting the arts in the community of Colquitt, Georgia.

We are located at 158 East Main Street Colquitt, GA 39837. You can reach our offices at 229-758-5450. If you’d like to mail something to us, our mailing address is P.O. Box 567 Colquitt, GA 39837

Projects of the Colquitt/Miller Arts Council

Swamp Gravy, currently in its twentieth year of production, is Georgia’s Official Folk-Life Play.  The show features local stories, volunteer actors, and home-grown music. Swamp Gravy is performed in Cotton Hall Theater every October and March, with new scripts produced annually.  The cast also tours and performs the show nationally.

May-Haw is Colquitt’s own musical variety show offering its audience side-splitting fun and toe-tapping tunes. It features the hilarious skits and local “Nashville” singers.

The CMAC Youth Theater strives to teach its actors confidence, technique, and stage presence. Peter Pan, Bridge to Terabithia, Willie Wonka, Alice in Wonderland, Christmastime at the Circus Marvello, James and the Giant Peach, and Wizard of Oz, Seussical the Musical, Jr. have all been family-favorite productions.

New Life Learning Center houses our “Little Einstein’s School of Discovery” pre-school, “Swamp Stompers” after school and summer camp as well as our very own pottery painting studio.  All of our programs offer a challenging academic curriculum, including art enrichment, social skills, and creative thinking.  Our center is available to rent for birthday parties and special events.

Market on the Square offers a unique shopping experience featuring art, gifts, gourmet foods, adult and children’s specialty clothing, and many other fine products.

The Millennium Mural Project began in 1999 when the Colquitt/Miller Arts Council received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA chose one arts organization from each of the fifty states, and CMAC won for Georgia. Since then we have added 15 murals including the towering 100-foot Agricultural Icon Mural, and earned Colquitt the title of “Georgia’s First Mural City.”

The Swamp Gravy Institute is the consulting branch of our organization. If you’re interested in recreating the success of Swamp Gravy in your own community, Swamp Gravy Co-founder Joy Jinks and Former CMAC Executive Director Karen Kimbrel have all the know-how and experience to help you do it. SGI also partners with Colquitt’s Community Development Corporation to produce the Building Creative Communities Conference annually, during the first weekend in February. For more information about SGI and the Building Creative Communities Conference, please contact Joy Jinks at joy.jinks@swampgravy.com .