Editor, Times-Union: We hear about the best-kept secrets of Kosiusko County. Here's one for you.
At the Lakeland Art Gallery, 116 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw, is the newest display of original art items in time for your viewing and shopping pleasure.
The following are the artists with their work: Darla McCammon, watercolors; DiAnne Smith, decorated candles, painted on slate pieces and Christmas ornaments. Some of the Suzie Rigdon Lichtenwalter folk art work posthumously is for purchase. Silkscreen pieces by Rolan Johnson of Peoria - not for sale - on loan by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Graves. Worth viewing. Diversified Bonnie Gore has new dichroic jewelry, Christmas cards, watercolors, a palette knife painting, and a husband to complete the pair, who has photography there. Unusual crystalline glazed porcelains by Cheryl Hanley; bird houses and Christmas hangings by Linda Firestone; ornate Romaled embellished works of Carol Ann Mueller and Sarah Robbins has some work. Shanghai Tai, jewelry by Roxanne Coffett, specializing with freshwater pearls; Sheryl Lee custom design jewelry, Sue Karczewski's "Purr-fectly Unique" and Mrs. Perewinkle completes the lines of jewelry. Ed Rice of North Manchester has photography. Diann Slaymaker, stained glass; Ann Peperak, an oil of a New England Village; award-winning sculptor, Wayne Harshberger of Goshen, Ann Ruegner, Stoneware Concepts and Jan Hazlett, a watercolor. To round out the displays, Pat Thompson of Rochester has a booth with acrylic paintings of assorted sizes, carry-anything bags, and notecards.
These artists and the director, Melodie Koher, and all of those officers and committee persons connected to the Lakeland Art Association are to be commended for their efforts. The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Association is needing a new director beginning the first of 2006. For information, call Melodie at 574-834-2948 or e-mail at mkoher@ligtel.com
