Celebrating 50 years

The Jasper County Art League was founded fifty years ago and it is celebrating its half century mark with an exhibit in the Fendig Gallery of the Carnegie Center.

 One of the paintings in the exhibit has been moved up from the basement where it normally resides. It is a picture of the old Jasper County Hospital and was painted by Dorothy Scipio.

Judy Kanne was one of the founders and her water color of the Jasper County Courthouse is on display.

Another founding member was Carol Beaver. She made this stained glass window decoration.

I was surprised to learn that Rein Bontreger was an early member. He is represented in the show with this tee shirt.

Paintings by early members of the League are in the northern part of the gallery and more recent work, often expressing the theme of "celebration" in some way are in the southern part of the gallery. In the middle is an early basket by Bonnie Zimmer, who was an early member but who is still very actively creating art.

Probably no one in the exhibit has painted more than Doris Meyers, who is still painting. She would have been older than 50 when the League was started.

I do not remember either Hudsons or Reflections.

I can avoid more typing by including this picture.

A recent painting celebrates the exhibit.

This quilt is by current member Connie Timm and is titled "Celebrating Autumn Splendor".

Another example of textile art is by Mary Van Soest, an early to current member, and titled "Central Park."

Current member Gail Woolever created these glass panels titled "Brilliant Beauties".

The gallery is open on Tuesdays from noon till 4:00 and on Thursdays from 2:00 till 6:00. The exhibit runs until September 29.