Melissa Eddings Mancuso, an ONU associate professor art, designed and printed a poster for the inaugural "Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival" to be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, the day before the Super Bowl.

Melissa estimated she spent 60 hours designing and printing the 8-color poster which is a little more than a foot wide and a foot and a half high. The silkscreen poster is for sale at $30 each by calling 418-558-1071 or at the Gallery for the Arts. Proceeds will benefit the festival. 

Since this is the first-ever football festival in Ada and because the poster was designed by an award-winning artist, the posters are likely to become collector items.

The poster features a player catching a Wilson football, the water tower with the Wilson logo painted on it, and a cornfield.

The Wilson plant here has produced every football for every Super Bowl game...and the community plans to publicize that fact with a festival that includes:

•  4 p.m. Tailgate party at Depot Park parking lot.
• 4:30-6:30 p.m. Coaches’ panel in McIntosh Center.
• 6 p.m. Free showing of the film “Friday Night Lights” at Ada Theatre.
• 7:30-9:30 p.m. “America in 60 Seconds: Super Bowl Commercials.” A look at Super Bowl commercials over the years at the Depot.
• 9:30-11:55 p.m. Music and entertainment, including games, prizes and a chance to win Super Bowl footballs. Refreshments will be available at The Center on Central, located across from the Depot.
• Midnight. Countdown to Super Bowl Sunday and football drop in the Depot parking lot.

The Festival is a project of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.