The serenity and symmetry of rural American landscapes are the central theme of “Barns,” the Starkville Area Arts Council’s current exhibit at the Greater Starkville Development Partnership.
Ten Golden Triangle artists have work featured in the show at 200 Main St. in downtown Starkville. Mike Box, Charles Bryson, Laurie Burton, Betty Jane Chatham, Walter Diehl, Fay H. Fisher, Briar Jones, Kat Lawrence, Joe MacGown and Kathy Holland Westbrook contributed pieces for the exhibit. An opening reception is Thursday, Jan. 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sophia Seltzer-Hill will provide bluegrass tunes on mandolin and fiddle.
“The subject matter of this show relates to barns and other rural settings such as old houses, outbuildings, farm animals or items that might be found in a barn,” said Ellen Boles of the arts council. “I think this exhibit will interest many local art enthusiasts since we live in a rural area.”
Photographs, paintings and limited edition prints are available for viewing and for sale. Most are priced at $250 or less. A 4-by-4-foot painted panel from the Mississippi Barn Quilt project is also on display, as well as smaller painted preliminary designs of other panels.
A hand-embroidered quilt donated by Sharon Bauman to the SAAC is also on display. Raffle tickets for the 84-by-84-inch quilt are available for purchase.
The SAAC expressed thanks to Mark Wood, owner of Chalet Arts in Starkville, for providing exhibit mailing cards and posters, as well as for framing many of the pieces in the show. Additional support for this exhibition comes from the GSDP, the Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment of the Arts.
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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