Artist’s work on display thru Nov. 30

By Alberta Stojkovic –

Mor­row County artists wel­comed fam­ily, friends and the com­mu­nity at their fourth “Meet the Artists’ Recep­tion” last Saturday.

Mor­row County Art League mem­ber James Flee­son holds copies of the book “An Artist’s View of Mor­row County”.

The gala affair was held at Cel­lar Stu­dios Ink Gallery on the Square in Mount Gilead with artists and their friends enjoy­ing delec­table hors d’oeuvres and desserts pro­vided by mem­bers of the Mor­row County Art League.

40 art­works by 11 artists are on dis­play in the gallery through the month of Novem­ber for the com­mu­nity to view and enjoy. The artists’ styles run the gamut from oils and acrylics to water­col­ors, pas­tels, pen­cil and photography.

The art works in the dis­play have been pub­lished in a book that is now avail­able in the gallery titled “Works of the Mor­row County Art League, vol. 1, An Artist’s View of Mor­row County”.

One of the newest mem­bers of the Mor­row County Art League is Suzanne Kirby who is stand­ing beside her paint­ings of a farm scene and farm implements.

Copies of the book are for sale and are avail­able at Cel­lar Stu­dios. Pro­ceeds from the sale of the book go to ben­e­fit youth art projects.

Art Club mem­ber, James Flee­son, said that one of the qual­i­fi­ca­tions for an artist’s work to be in the book was that the sub­ject be a scene, a per­son or a place in Mor­row County. Many scenic venues around the county are on dis­play includ­ing a bridge in south­ern Mor­row County, Can­dle­wood Lake, the Farm­ers Mar­ket in Mount Gilead, and sev­eral scenes of farms and coun­try roads.

In her com­men­tary of the book, Nancy Col­lan­der calls the art league mem­bers a “group of rene­gade artists who are unfet­tered, unstruc­tured, and underfunded.”

Brae­lyn Snow’s painted barn doors are a back­drop for her princess paint­ing and Kevin Collander’s bridge in south­ern Mor­row County.

Michelle Mon­tague and other artists hope that peo­ple in the com­mu­nity will stop by the gallery at Cel­lar Stu­dios Ink to see their works. The 11 artists on dis­play include Marie Askew, Kevin Col­lan­der, James Flee­son, Pamela Fred­erici, Suzanne Kirby, Michelle Mon­tague, Betty New­comer, Brae­lyn Snow, Thomas Slay­ton, John Ten­nant, and Ed Wahl.

Flee­son said the goal of the Mor­row County Art League is to cre­ate an envi­ron­ment for the pro­mo­tion and enjoy­ment of the arts in Mor­row County. Mem­bers range from the novice to the pro­fes­sional. Monthly meet­ings are the sec­ond Thurs­day of each month at 7 p.m. at Cel­lar Stu­dios Ink. Their web­site is www.cellarstudiosink.com.

Guests at the “Meet the artists recep­tion” enjoyed music by Matt Vis­conti. Here Zoe and Luke Mon­tague lis­ten with their dad, Chris Montague.

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