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Historic Bear’s Mill
Bear’s Mill to
hold “Art from Seasons Past”
Bear's Mill is a popular site for graphic artists, its rustic beauty
and inviting natural surroundings providing inspiration and multiple
scenic subjects that beg to be captured with a paintbrush or camera. In
an appropriate response to this advantageous reality, Friends of Bear's
Mill, the organization which owns and operates the Mill, is announcing
“Art From Seasons Past,” a fundraiser offering supporters of the
historic site the opportunity to own a work of art featuring aspects of
the appealing building and its surroundings. Fifteen pieces will be on
display in the Mill's Clark Gallery beginning Friday, February19;
visitors to Bear's Mill can bid on their favorites in a Silent Auction
that will conclude Friday, March 18 with a Reveal Party and Reception
from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., when those entering the winning bids will
take their treasures home; bids will be taken through 7:30 p.m. that
evening.
According to Marti Goetz, Executive Director of Friends of Bear's Mill,
many of these artworks have been donated by Sue Detling, a long time
Mill supporter. “We are offering lovely paintings of the Mill by Thelma
Frame, Alma Gilbert, Mark Kingrey, and Augie Roestamadji and two
delightful prints of interior mill scenes by Tracey Onoz that would
enhance any home or business; but not all of the pieces depict our
scenic site,” Ms. Goetz explained. “An evocative oil of the Greenville
Courthouse by Hattie Stanton highlighting the building's new dome
connects directly to the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial that Terry Clark
built on Mill grounds using the beloved old dome, and should warm the
heart of any Darke Countian,” she said.
Among the other work being put up for bids are limited edition prints
by Noblesville, Indiana artist Bruce Neckar and Michigan painter Paul
Wolber, as well as Arcanum High School graduate Chris Madden's
“Monolith,” a richly colored oil dominated by monumental grain silos,
which offers dramatic contrast to Doug Fiely's two small but fetching
woodcut prints. Minimum starting bids for the artworks range from $50
to $1100 “Not only will the top bidders own an outstanding piece of
art, but their generosity will help us keep the Mill alive and
thriving, an outcome benefitting everyone concerned,” Ms. Goetz
remarked.
According to Ms. Goetz, Friends of Bear's Mill is grateful to Julie
Kessen of Granny's Corner in downtown Greenville, for donating framing
services for “Art From Seasons Past.” The art is on view and bids can
be placed during regular Mill store hours, 11 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays, and 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. Sundays. For more
information, contact Bear's Mill at 937-548-5112 or visit their Website
at www.bearsmill.com.
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