Garden Gallery

Remember those old movies starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland from the 30’s where they get together and decide to put on a show?  Well something similar to that happened to a small group of us a couple of months ago.  Artists FRO Butler, Kurt Vorheis and I were talking and somehow we decided to put on our own Art Show.  Our idea was to have a small, by invitation only, show to make contact with local artists, curators, gallery owners etc.

We were probably crazy to attempt this in just two months but we did it anyway.  The show was titled “Garden Gallery” and scheduled it for Sunday October 23rd.  Invitations were emailed, budgets prepared and additional artists identified.  The final program included:

Kurt Vorheis – Stainless Steel Sculpture
Mark and Cathy Pemberton – Photography
FROgard Butler – Watercolors and Oils
Nancy Robinson – Acrylics
Ann Vestal – Ceramics
Walter Crew – Acrylics and Scratchboard

After much preparation we successfully launched the show yesterday.  While we have no official headcount there was a steady stream of people all day long.  We had lots of snacks, punch and maybe a bit of wine to keep our visitors happy while visiting with the artists.  The energy level was very high and several of the artists made significant sales.  It was an extremely successful outing.

Many thanks to the artists who participated and to Kay Vorheis who kept the food table supplied.  During the show Cathy took a lot of photos which we’ve put together into a short video.

Enjoy, and wait until next year…
Photos by Cathy Pemberton