Coming Soon--"Holiday Treasures"

MARK THE DATE!

NOVEMBER 8TH, 3-6 PM

 OPENING RECEPTION FOR HOLIDAY TREASURES

Well, October's Fall Colors Art Show was a smashing success, with great attendance, lots of beautiful artwork, and we hung it all very elegantly on covered standing racks in the big meeting room adjoining the Sebastian River Art Club's exhibit space.  Our shows just keep getting better and better.  Many of our members spent the day there, helping out one way or another, chatting with visitors and just enjoying each others' company.

Helping Hands for the Food Pantry Fundraiser

This blogger set up the dozens of little "Holiday Treasures," small paintings suitable for ornaments or as framed paintings which were created by our members, and we all sat around a big table and glued the backs, hangers and labels on them.  As we lined them up assembly-line style, we all remarked at how beautiful they were-in between jokes and jabs.  100% of the proceeds from the sale of these beauties will be donated to the Ecumenical Council Food Pantry to help feed those in need over the Holidays.  Hopefully all will sell and we'll have a big fat check to give them.  It's a great feeling to know that our artistic "gifts" can help make a difference in people's lives.

We at the Sebastian River Art Club are always looking for ways in which we can make a difference in the community, aside from our joy of painting and our camaraderie at the Club space.  We have a long list of charitable accomplishments over the years that have made a difference in our community.  Our Rosalee Hume Scholarship Fund is one of the ways in which we are always looking for a means to raise funds.  Of little note, for many years we have collected canned goods from our members at our monthly meetings for the Ecumenical Council's Food Pantry, and so it seemed a fitting and needy organization to receive any funds derived from our "Holiday Treasures" efforts.

Below is just a sampling of some of the wonderful paintings that will be available after November 1st.  However, as of now none will be able to be removed until after the opening reception which is November  8th, 3-6 pm.  Members will continue to paint new and beautiful original works all through November and December, so visitors may want to revisit periodically to see what's new!

We plan to put the tree up this Thursday or Saturday, and can't wait to put all those beautifully hand-painted works of art on it.  And hopefully we'll have enough donations of white lights to make the tree sparkle.

Please do stop in a visit us any Tuesday, Thursday and most Saturdays between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.  Lots to see in our little club, and lots to do on open studio days which are Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00-3:00 ... coffee is always on, thanks to Suze Lavender!

Judy Burgarella, VP and
Blogger for the
Sebastian River Art Club
1245 Main Street
Sebastian, Florida