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Take a walk on the creative side Friday
night
By Jenny Hartley - Senior Reporter The Lancaster News October 19, 2006
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The artistic talent of
Lancaster will be on display during Friday's Evening Art Expedition,
sponsored by the Lancaster County Council of the Arts and See Lancaster.
The tour, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., through downtown Lancaster features
the work of many local artists, plus refreshments at downtown
businesses.
Lancaster County Council of the Arts Director Sam Courtney said last
year's arts crawl drew a good response.
"We had a large crowd last year and we're expecting an even
larger crowd Friday," Courtney said.
More businesses are involved this year. High school football games
will be held locally Friday night, but the event's hours are early
enough that people don't have to miss the games, Courtney said. |
Lancaster
County Council of the Arts Director Sam Courtney and Christina
Chastain with the arts council look at one of the entries in the
Hospice Care of South Carolina art contest. Autumn Thomas painted
this piece, which will be on display during the Evening Art
Expedition on Friday. Aaron Morrison/Staff photographer
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He hopes everyone will come out
and support local artists who will have their work on display Friday.
"It's just a nice evening for Lancaster," Courtney said.
"We have some very, very talented people in town. I hope people
will come out and see what we have."
The evening begins at Bob Doster's Backstreet Studio, 217 E. Gay
St., featuring the work of various artists, then proceeds up Gay
Street to the Purple Rooster.
From there the tour follows Main Street to Howell's Antiques,
where pastels and watercolors by Mary Brown and Bill Price's
photography will be on display.
Various artists' work will be on display just down Main Street
at Cop-A-Squat coffee house. The display includes "Equality
Breeds Discrimination" and Cop-A-Squat will donate 20
percent of all sales for the day to he Human Rights Campaign, an
international organization whose purpose is to retain equal
rights for gays and lesbians worldwide.
Works entered in Lancaster's Hospice Care of South Carolina's
first art contest will be displayed at the old Bank of
Lancaster building.
The tour continues to Hannah Mariah's Bakery & Café,
where art by Kimberly Rhyner will be shown.
Tour goers will then visit the law office of Norrell &
Powers-Norrell, featuring art by Alan Noll, and across the
street, Christina Chastain's work will be on display at
CB's.
At the Springs House, 201 W. Gay St., home of the
Lancaster County Council of the Arts, art lovers will get
to view the entrants in the annual Marian Hagins Memorial
Art Competition, and then see art by David Matthews and
Brittany Taylor at the Edwards-Scott House on Catawba
Street. The tour returns to Main Street, where tour goers
may enjoy a good meal and the art of Dianne Mahaffee at
Charley's Café.
A highlight of the evening is sure to be the carriage
rides offered by Jim and Ada Lineberger. The carriage
rides begin at 5:30 p.m. and will leave from the old
Bank of Lancaster building.
Four other downtown-area businesses not on the
walking tour will have extended hours for the Arts
Expedition: Elizabeth Ann Interiors and Gifts, 400 N.
Main St.; The Flower Market, 115-A N. York St.; Olde
English Interiors, 401 N. Catawba St.; and Silver
& Spice, 408 N. White St.
Friday night's event is free, but donations for the
Arts Council will be accepted at the Springs House
and Bob Doster's Backstreet Studio.
For details, call the Lancaster County Council of
the Arts at 285-7451.
Contact Jenny Hartley at 283-1151 or jhartley@thelancasternews.com
Article © The Lancaster
News, reprinted with permission.
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