North Georgia Arts Guild Announces Booth at Butler’s Galleries By Tricia Moore
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he North Georgia Arts guild is proud to announce the opening of its gallery booth at Butler’s Galleries in downtown Clayton. It has been a dream of the guild to have a space to display the artwork of its members for some time. The dream finally became a reality when Butler’s came under new management last year and the guild was offered the opportunity to rent a booth there.
A lot of planning and organizing and just plain hard work went into the transforming of the booth into an attractive display space designed specifically to showcase the work of NGAG artists. Donna Persinger, the guild’s 1st Vice President in charge of membership, volunteered for this challenging job. With the help of Kim Adams, she set about the task with a vision of what could be and a great deal of enthusiasm. Donna is a talented encaustic artist who has had a great deal of experience in running an artist co-op. She states that she was “eager to contribute to this venture,” and that, “it was a way of looking forward after a difficult year of dealing with the stress of
Tricia Moore is a retired teacher, having taught both English and art in public and private school settings. She is currently an active member of the NGAG and has held several positions on the board. With her background in both art and writing, she feels that writing the NGAG featured artist article in The Georgia Mountain Laurel is a good fit and something that she will greatly enjoy doing.
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