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Nature’s Bounty: A Stroll Down the Garden Path
Participating Artists: Lee Christmas Halstead, Katharine B. March, Debra Sheffer, Meg West, and Don Whitson
February 26-May 19, 2024
Meet the Artists - Opening Reception February 26, 5-7 pm (Open to the public)
The inspiration for the exhibit came from the book “A Blessing of Toads” written by Sharon Lovejoy. Sharon, a lifelong gardener shares her experiences in a thoughtful and often humorous way. It is true as Lovejoy says, “A garden can give many harvests, but perhaps the most important is the one that awakens our spirit every day.”
The sheer visual beauty of nature is a powerful source of inspiration for the artist. The four seasons provide an ever changing landscape where an artist can develop a close relationship with the natural world. Time spent in the outdoors allows for observation and contemplation. The viewer will find in this exhibit that there are many promising visions collected on a perfect day in nature. Visions that are brilliantly translated to the artist’s canvas and shared with all.
Selected Works Include:
COMING SOON...
Waynesboro’s Ray Abraham Yoder: Art Educator with a Mission
Curated by the Augusta County Historical Society
May 23-August 18, 2024
Opening Reception-June 3, 2024, 5-7pm
Ray Abraham Yoder taught art and oversaw the art curriculum in the Waynesboro schools for 30 years, (1945-1975. He made art education his life-long mission. Even after retirement, his passion for bringing art to people of all ages continued for the rest of his life through painting workshops and his famous “painting vacations” where he took students into the woods and fields and showed them how to capture on canvas what they saw around them.
In addition to his art, there will be interpretive panels about his life. Yoder was originally from Indiana. He came to Waynesboro just after WWII where he worked and lived for the rest of his life.