STARKVILLE — Valentine’s Day just got a little sweeter.

The Starkville Area Arts Council is going to be hosting its first bake sale, “Sweets for your Sweetie” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

SAAC Executive Director Mary Switzer said this sale is a way for the council to support another art form, while also raising money for arts council programs.

“As an arts council, we support the culinary arts just as much as the visual or musical or any of the other forms of art,” Switzer said. “And we’re really trying to start doing more culinary-type events, whether it be workshops or bake sales or food competitions.”

Program Coordinator Juliette Reid said the bake sale will include treats from 11 local bakers, including Jan Bryant, Joan Wilson, Sarah Wilson, Libby Havelin and more.

SAAC board member and bake sale chair Nelle Elam said the sale will include desserts from the sweets chapter of the arts council’s “Arts and Eats” cookbook. This includes items like butterscotch brownies, meringue cookies, peanut butter fudge, brownie bites and more.

Reid said the bake sale is just another way for the arts council to “show love” to the culinary arts. The sale will also give an extra opportunity for last-minute Valentine’s purchases, she said, including a discount on the “Arts and Eats” cookbook.

“We would love to be a part of your Valentine’s Day with some home cooked sweet treats,” Reid told The Dispatch. “These can be for anyone, (including) your sweetie, kids, friends, teachers or anyone without a Valentine.”

“Everyone should come out and get a sweet for your sweetie,” she added.

Switzer said the arts council’s Art Partners and Andre Ray exhibitions will still be on display during the bake sale, for those who may not have been able to come see them yet.

“If you’re out doing your Valentine’s Day shopping around Main Street, stop by and see us,” Switzer said.

For more information on the bake sale or other Starkville Area Arts Council programs, visit starkvillearts.net/.