Huron Hometown News

The 34th Annual Firelands Area Art Show and Sale Festival will be held April 4th and 5th at the Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center, Norwalk High School 350 Shady Lane Dr., Norwalk. Works of art by 50 artists in a variety of media will be shown, including acrylics, oil, watercolor, pastels, silk painting, photography, sculpture, pencil and charcoal drawing, jewelry, and pottery, in the foyer of the arts center in the artist’s individual booths, in addition to the formal setting in the gallery.  Local artists from Sandusky, Huron, Bellevue, and Norwalk, as well as from Avon Lake, Elyria, Vermilion and Wellington will be showing.
The show will be juried by Karen Milaldi and Barbara Rollins of Oberlin.  A preview and awards reception will be held Friday evening, April 3rd from 7-9pm.  Many participating artists will be present at the reception.  The annual Ruth Monroe Memorial Award for an outstanding watercolor is one of the most coveted awards.  A special display of the works of our 2009 Scholarship winner, Jeremy Miller from Norwalk High School, will be shown.
Watercolor paintings will be raffled to support our scholarship fund.  The drawings will be held at the close of the show, Sunday afternoon.
Debra Koziak of Elyria will demonstrate creating portraits with pastels throughout the weekend.
The show will include High School students, any student wishing to participate may bring one painting on Thursday, April 2nd from 5-7 pm. Judging the student show will be Beverly Anderson, retired art instructor in the Edison School system.  No entry fee is charged for the students.
Members of the Firelands Area Art League cordially invite everyone to attend this fine show.  A wonderful family friendly opportunity to view the broad range of outstanding creative local talent available.  The show is open to the public at no charge.
Show hours are Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm.  Those wishing to exhibit should bring their works of art to the Ernstahausen Performing Arts Center, Norwalk High School, 350 Shady Lane Dr. between 5 and 7 pm, Thursday, April 2nd, 2009.