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artists who live among them. Guild members hope the public will then be encouraged to join them, by participating in the artistic process, and celebrating the artistic endeavor on a personal level.” The upcoming show will be juried by a team of two lay people and Donell Crocker, “Holey Bowley,” 3-Dimensional Media. Raleigh & Betty Dillard Memorial Award (Amy Patterson Family). Columbus Artists’ Guild 2019 Members’ Exhibition
Claire O’Connor, “No. 4,” Acrylics. Second Place, Acrylic Media. Columbus Artists’ Guild 2019 Members’ Exhibition
By Scott Berson
THE ARTISTS’ GUILD MEMBERS EXHIBITION n any city across our states and around IColumbus, the world, art is loved and shared. Here in too, there are a few folks who make
art a part of their lives. Well, more than a few. In fact, Columbus is home to a proper oasis of artistic and creative talent, all of whom have a deep passion for craft, for helping each other, for promoting the process of creation, and for sharing it with others. The art they create could be a sculpture conjured from their deepest Don L Williams, “Nature’s Veins,” Photography. Second Place, Photography Media. Columbus Artists’ Guild 2019 Members’ Exhibition
imagination, or a painting of a beloved friend, or a photograph of their favorite natural sanctuary. It could be something else entirely. All of this and more comes to us from the deep well of talent of the many members that make up the Columbus Artists’ Guild. The Artists’ Guild, a local organization dedicated to advancing art in Columbus and connecting local artists for learning, collaboration and fellowship, is excited to be hosting their latest member’s exhibition this October after a long postponement over the pandemic. “October the 6th will be the beginning of LocaL
one professional artist, who will rank each work without knowing who created it, before averaging the score. It will include all types of works. “We have pretty much everything you can imagine, but most of the art is paintings on canvases, with predominantly oil and then
our new exhibit,” said Ray Vinson, the Guild’s president. “It will run all the way through October 30, on the second floor of the Columbus Public Library.” Vinson said the exhibit will include more than 100 pieces of art, of all types. Each artwork was created by a member of the Guild, and they will be arranged throughout the library for free viewing. “The library is just incredible,” Vinson said. “It will be like a museum when you walk through it. Columbus has some absolutely unbelievable talent to see.” The Artists’ Guild was formed more than 70 years ago, and is a nonprofit organization open to all artists and art lovers. It started with only a handful of members, and has grown to a cultural icon of the Valley with roughly 300 members today, Vinson said. Some of the members are professional artists, but there is no requirement to join other than a love for art. The Guild gets together for regular meetings, shows and workshops. “Another goal of the Columbus Artists’ Guild is to promote local art,” the organization writes on its website. “This is not just to benefit local artists; it is also to encourage the people in the Columbus area to be aware of the many talented 14
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