The LSU Ceramic Arts Student Association held their biannual art market at Free Speech Alley on Nov. 15th through the 17th, where students from clubs within the School of Art sold their sculptures, ceramics, paintings and more.

Students persevered through the chilly and rainy conditions to showcase and sell their artwork this week. From 9 am to 3:30 pm, everything from earrings to art prints were sold. The market was filled with beautiful pieces that embodied what the LSU College of Art & Design has to offer.

Artwork made by the members of the Print Club, Society of Sculptors, Ceramic Artist Student Association, Digital Art & Design Association, Photo Club, Graphic Design Student Association and Painters League were displayed in numerous booths outside of the Union Theatre.

Proceeds from the sale go towards the artists themselves and towards guest artists to visit. This sale allows CASA to fund the Visiting Artists & Scholars program, which promotes student participation in the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts annual conference.

This graduate sculpture student Cecelia Moseley’s second art market.

“The money we raised, the program matched,” Moseley says. “We were able to take six people to an art conference in Birmingham, Alabama last year.”

This was senior painting and drawing student Amber Lowe’s second art market. She created four prints to sell in this semester’s showcase and explained the simple process of selling in the art market. All members who are interested in selling their prints need to submit a photograph of their work, then the program takes care of the rest.

“The ceramics have been doing this the longest,” Lowe said. “They started the event and opened it up to the rest of the art school.”

Now, all art and design students are able to understand what it is like to sell your work. The sale is not only a chance for students to begin making profits, but also to dip their toes in the business side of being an artist. 

“Sales like this help to understand the business of selling art. It allows you to get comfortable with selling by putting yourself out there,” Moseley said. “It’s a learning experience for me. We all learn how to do art fairs and the logistics behind it. It is helpful to see what goes into being an artist instead of being a starving artist.”

Each club had chalk drawings on the sidewalk or creative signs advertising what the artists were selling. The ceramics table was filled with bowls, magnets, plates and vases. While other booths, like the sculpture tent, were filled with jewelry and keychains.

Sculpture work can have a wide range of meaning. Fifth year sculpture major Adrianna Hawkins explains that wearable sculptures are what people tend to make the most because it sells the most.

“It’s more of a choice to choose what you want to sell, but jewelry tends to be the most fun and popular to do,” Hawkins explains.

The College of Art and Design gives this unique experience to LSU students and artists twice a year. This art market provides opportunities for art students to make a name of themselves in the local art community. Make sure to check out the next art market in the spring to see what the LSU College of Art and Design students have to offer.

Introducing Rakewell, Apollo’s wandering eye on the art world. Look out for regular posts taking a rakish perspective on art and museum stories.

At the height of her colossal fame in the late 1960s and ’70s, Barbra Streisand epitomised a kind of unfashionable earnestnesss that ran completely counter to the counterculture of the time. No turning out, tuning in or dropping out for Streisand, whose performing persona was the very definition of trying hard. (Too hard, some critics said, but who among them has lasted the distance the way Barbra has?). Sincerity has always been Streisand’s modus operandi – and her doorstopper of a memoir is no exception.

Your roving correspondent will, we hope, be forgiven for skipping over many of the triumphs and a few of the setbacks contained in the 992 pages of My Name is Barbra. Rakewell is, however, completely riveted by what Streisand’s lifelong love of art and her collecting says about her own personal taste, the way the art market was and the value of persistence (as well as the power of deep pockets).

Streisand writes winningly about hanging up a ten-dollar print of Rembrandt’s Woman Bathing in a Stream in the railroad apartment she rented after being cast in her first Broadway show in 1961. (It smelled of fish and was so small she had to wash the dishes in the bathtub.) She writes equally winningly about her excitement at seeing the real thing at the National Gallery some years later.

She also describes wandering around New York galleries, wondering what it would be like to actually own one of their paintings. In 1964 she took the plunge, thanks to the success of her first album and her starmaking turn in the stage version of Funny Girl. She wasn’t entirely sure about the Matisse she bought for $55,000 from the late Richard L. Feigen – but he offered to buy it back after 18 months if she was still unsure. Streisand even had it authenticated by Matisse’s son Pierre, who told her that it was genuine, but not a particularly special painting. (‘That’s when I realized that just because it’s by a great artist doesn’t mean it’s a great painting.’) This didn’t stop her going ahead, but shortly afterwards, she fell in love with a Modigliani nude at Klaus Perls’s gallery, on sale for $70,000: ‘But I had no money left… I had just bought the Matisse.’ Barbra notes ruefully that she ended up returning the unloved Matisse, and that the Modigliani she missed out on now hangs in the Met. Not only that, but a similar nude recently sold at Christie’s for $170.4m.

Barbra is, of course, nothing but tenacious. Modigliani became her favourite artist and some 50 years later in June 2013, she finally got her man. It’s touch and go – the painting she wants is being auctioned at the same time that she is singing at a gala for Shimon Peres’s 90th birthday in Jerusalem. Streisand’s anguish is real: ‘Why does everything happen at once?’ (She is also referring to the misery of the month before, when she was in the dentist’s chair when another Modigliani, The Jewess, was being sold. On that occasion she was already on Novocain when she commanded the dentist to stop so she could place an unsuccessful phone bid). Fortunately, when she comes off stage after singing for the Israeli president, her heroic personal assistant Renata is yelling, ‘You got it! You got it!’

Streisand stresses that she doesn’t see herself as a real artist – that’s a claim that can only be made by the likes of Rembrandt and, of course, Modigliani. So it’s a heart-warming coda when she’s talking to her old pal and co-star Robert Redford backstage at an awards ceremomy in 2015 (Babs is presenting Bob with an award). Redford tells her, ‘I didn’t want to be an actor, I wanted to be Modigliani.’ It’s always possible to surprise even old friends, it seems.

The prospect of buying another Modigliani even got Barbra back out on tour in 2016 – but that’s an altogether less heart-warming story, according to the star.

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Authorities in New York have been accused by leading academics in France and Britain of repatriating fake Roman artefacts to Lebanon.

Eight out of nine mosaic panels that the US authorities recently returned to the Middle Eastern country are not what they seem, according to claims made by Djamila Fellague of the University of Grenoble.

She claims to have uncovered proof that forgers had copied designs from original mosaics in archaeological sites or museums in Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and Turkey. “Eight of the nine ‘returned’ mosaic panels were fakes that [are] relatively easy to detect because the models used are famous mosaics,” says Fellague.

She singled out a panel depicting an Anguiped Giant, that she believes is based on a section of the famous mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, a Unesco world heritage site.

She also claims to have discovered that a mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite took as its main model a mosaic found in Constantine, Algeria, which has been in the Louvre in Paris since the mid-19th century. Of the other mosaics returned to Lebanon, she claims that there is only one example for which the forgers were inspired by an actual mosaic from Lebanon – a well-known depiction of Bacchus in the National Museum in Beirut.

Christos Tsirogiannis, a guest lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a leading expert in looted antiquities and trafficking networks, believes the evidence is irrefutable. He said that were the revelation to be shown to be true it would be extremely embarrassing for the office of the Manhattan district attorney (DA), which had announced the repatriation of antiquities to Lebanon on 7 September.

Its press release at the time stated that nine mosaics included in the repatriation ceremony were among dozens of Middle Eastern and north African antiquities that were allegedly brought into New York by a Lebanese antiquities trafficker.

In 2022, the DA’s antiquities trafficking unit (ATU) had obtained a warrant for their arrest and applied for a red notice from Interpol.

“Even if you are not an expert, if you put the fake next to the authentic mosaic, you see how similar they are, but also how the quality is actually not that good,” claims Tsirogiannis.

He added that the alleged forgers had made the mistake of copying well-known mosaics, which have been extensively photographed by tourists with images widely available on the internet and in academic publications. “The whole thing is crazy. The authorities continually do these things without consulting experts.”

Tsirogiannis leads research on illicit antiquities trafficking for the Unesco chair on threats to cultural heritage at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. Over 17 years, he has identified more than 1,700 looted objects, alerting police authorities and governments and helping to repatriate items.

As soon as Fellague saw photographs of the mosaics in the press and online, following the September announcement, she says she sensed that most were “obvious fakes”.

“At first I fought against this idea, telling myself that an investigation that led to a warrant arrest, a red notice from Interpol and a restitution to a country must have been the subject of a rigorous scientific study,” she said.

She started to investigate further: “Very quickly, while searching, I found the models used by the forgers to make the forgeries.”

She said: “In the press and official press releases – on both the American and Lebanese sides – there has never been any scientific justification to prove that the mosaics were Roman, looted and plundered precisely in Lebanon.”

Before being seized by the US authorities in 2021, one of the mosaic panels was offered for sale in 2018 in a New York gallery, with an estimate of less than $20,000.

Fellague suspects that a forgers’ mosaic workshop was located somewhere in the Middle East, probably in the 1970s and 1980s, judging from other pieces that have surfaced on the art market.

A DA spokesman denied the accusations. “In order for these antiquities to be repatriated a court had to evaluate our evidence, which included expert analysis about their authenticity and significant details about how they were illegally trafficked. The court found based on the evidence – which these individuals do not have – that the pieces are authentic.”

Capybara Coffee will host a fall pop-up market on Sunday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., located between the University Commons and the Publix just outside of the University of Tennessee campus. 

Leticia Fernandes, owner of Capybara Coffee, said she is very excited about the market. It will be the second pop-up market that Capybara Coffee has hosted.

“There will be around 20 vendors, all local crafts, arts and food as well,” Fernandes said. “There will be energy balls, coffee, honey and sketch artists. I’m trying to do a very eclectic market that has a little bit of everything.”

Due to the success of the first market, which took place back in April, Fernandes is planning on having many more. 

“The vendors were very happy with the sales and the customers were very happy with what we had to offer,” she said. “I wish we could do even more.”

Fernandes originally started the pop-up market as a way of connecting with the Knoxville community. 

“I love the market but I work a lot so I don’t always have time to go,” she said. “So I thought, ‘Might as well bring them here.’ We can help each other and bring something different to the table. I want to throw a big emphasis on communities, especially in a large town like this.”

Fernandes is hoping that Capybara Coffee can be a place where college students can find a connection.

“When you go to college, you have to move and then make a new community in your life,” she said. “This way, the market is within walking distance to all students living in the dorms. I’m trying to bring a sense of the city to them, not just college life but everything that happens around it too. You know, creating your own community.”

Fernandes chose the name “Capybara Coffee” because it is a reminder of her home country of Brazil. She said they are common in her hometown city and very friendly.

“We wanted to honor our origins, where we come from and also have this friendly and welcoming environment,” Fernandes said. “We want to keep it warm and cute.”

Fernandes also really enjoys being a coffee shop owner, as it allows her to get to know her customers intimately. 

“Sometimes people will tell me what research they’re doing, whatever they’re learning or whatever they’re teaching,” she said. “I’ve learned a little bit of everything from music to marketing.” 

The highlight of her day is getting to see customers’ faces light up after having their first sip of coffee. When choosing the vendors for the fall pop-up market lineup, Fernandes was careful to think about her customer base. 

“I invited people with wares that I think would interest our customer base as well as some vendors my customers and friends recommended,” Fernandes said. 

One such vendor is Kathy Cotten Bryant, known as “outsidethebox__vintage” on Instagram and “OTB Outside THe BoX” on Facebook. She collects and sells vintage artifacts and wares and has been doing so for about nine years. A recent retiree, this is now her main gig, and she enjoys it to the fullest.

“I started with a friend to let go of items I no longer needed and items my kids had outgrown,” Bryant said. 

While it is a fun business, she says it can be challenging at times. 

“It requires a constant focus, whether on finding new treasures to sell, marketing those treasures, or keeping up with the in and out of inventory,” Bryant said. “As with any endeavor, discovering my talents and gifts within the resell world and it continues to be a journey.”

Bryant’s love for vintage items goes far and wide. She has even traveled to places like Italy and found things there. 

“Vintage items tell stories and have stood the test of time,” Bryant said. “Repurposing, reimagining, and bringing those items back to the public is exciting and rewarding. They will live another life hopefully as long or longer than their first!” 

Treasure hunting is her favorite part of the business. Just like Fernandes, Bryant is hoping to connect with people through the upcoming pop-up market. 

“The most difficult part is narrowing my focus on what I choose to look for and purchase for resale,” Bryant said. “I feel that if I can narrow my focus, I’ll be able to offer variety and quality and appeal to those individuals looking for just what I have.”

All of the coffee at Capybara Coffee is made in-house, so if you want some authentic Brazilian coffee, consider grabbing a cup at this weekend’s pop-up market.

“We want every cup to be amazing,” Fernandes said. “We want your experience to be amazing.”

An artisan market will be held in Richmond on Sunday.

The Little Bird Market will be held in the Market Place from 10am to 3pm.

Stalls selling a range of items from organic skin care, to fragrant candles, clothes, accessories, art, photography, gifts, crafts, woodwork and more will be in attendance.

There will also be a range of food and drink stalls, including street food vendors.

Hazel Morrison, spokesperson for the market, said: “Little Bird Artisan Markets bring a modern twist to the traditional markets that so many of Yorkshires Towns are famous for.

“They bring together some of the finest artist, bakers, creators, designers and creators to showcase their handmade and specially selected high-quality goods all in the one location.

“Shopping online is so convenient from your home, but by visiting the market and buying the unique goods directly from the small business you are helping them to fulfil their dream and bring their goods to the communities across the area.”

Art & Culture

Ardest Gallery is hosting “Art in the Woods,” the new outdoor fine arts market, today Saturday, November 18 from 10am to 4pm. The monthly event showcases works by top Texas artists and attendees can also go indoors and stop by the gallery to browse works showcased in the November art show entitled “SALUTE” honoring Veterans.

View photos from the market on the Hello Woodlands Facebook page:

Ardest Gallery first launched the outdoor fine arts market on October 21, 2023, and will continue hosting the market monthly in the parking lot and breezeway outside of the gallery located at 25200 Grogan’s Park Drive in The Woodlands. Today visitors have the opportunity to view and purchase art from 14 artists and listen to live music.

Ardest Gallery, a local fine arts gallery curated by Gallery Director Julie Verville, represents nearly 40, top Texas 2D and 3D visual artists. In addition to its core artists, the gallery will host ongoing events such as monthly group art shows, Coffee Talk with an Artist, Art to Lunch in partnership with local restaurants, poetry readings, musical performances, and art classes/workshops for all ages and skill levels.

Learn more and view upcoming events and classes at https://bit.ly/ArdestGallery

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Racks of trendy, second-hand clothing, stands with artsy handmade jewelry and an array of original student art prints filled the first floor of the Lamar Dodd School of Art on Friday, Nov. 17, during the college’s third annual Dodd Market.

Made possible by the University of Georgia Parents Leadership Council and put on by the Dodd Ambassadors, the market lasted from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and featured original works from more than 140 UGA students. In 2022, the market was named the Outstanding Campus Event of the Year by the Student Organization Achievement and Recognition awards, according to the Dodd Market website.

Despite the slight drizzle and cloudy skies that hovered over the market, the atrium and courtyard were packed with customers supporting student artists. The event is completely free for students, and vendors get to keep 100 percent of the proceeds they earn.

Two vendors, Alyx Bontrager and Liz Adams, were a few of many students at the market who sold second-hand and vintage clothing in addition to original creations. As students in their senior and junior years respectively, this was their first time selling at the Dodd Market, but the pair had attended before and felt inspired by the work of their peers.

“I like that [the market] gives all the students a chance to sell their work because everyone puts so much time into what they’re doing,” Bontrager said. “It’s a good opportunity to actually see some direct benefit of that.”

Although most of the vendors at the market are currently studying an art-related field, several students used the market as an opportunity to show off the products of skills they’ve practiced many years before coming to UGA. Aidan Ventimiglia, a freshman student at Lamar Dodd, sold an array of original plein air paintings, some of which displayed familiar scenes of UGA’s campus.

Ventimiglia is an animation major who was selling at the market for the first time, but he had previous tabling experience and has painted for four years.

Another first-time vendor at the market was Je’Leah Laurenceau, a sophomore intended drawing and painting major. She has been drawing since the sixth grade, but this was her first time compiling enough work to be able to sell at the market.

The first time Laurenceau passed by the market was in 2022, and she admits that she didn’t know what it was at the time. This year, she said she’s excited to be able to participate and see the different works that her friends have created.

Along with art prints and clothing, customers could purchase jewelry, crocheted accessories and even a bite to eat from Cafe Racer, an Athens donut and coffee shop that also sells burgers and fries.

Considering the overwhelming crowd of people that filled the school’s first floor throughout Friday afternoon, it’s clear that the Athens community is not afraid to show out and support student art. The Dodd Market is only in its third year, but it has already established itself as a significant opportunity for student artists to celebrate and profit from their original works.

The Williamsburg Christmas Market, similar in style to traditional Christmas markets of Europe, will return to downtown Williamsburg for its fourth year.

Like last year, about 40 vendors, including several food vendors, will be set up along Court Street between the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and the city’s Bicentennial Park. The market will run for five weekends until Christmas.

Area nonprofit CultureFix organizes and operates the market, according to Steve Rose, CultureFix co-founder and market organizer. Williamsburg has contributed funds to operate the market and provides the location without charge for the event, he added.

Admission to the market is free.

The market will begin operations Nov. 24-26 and continue every weekend in December: Nov. 30-Dec. 3, Dec. 7-10, Dec. 14-17 and Dec. 21-23. The times have been altered slightly from last year and will be Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sundays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“We’ve purchased additional chalets this year,” Rose said, “to accommodate food vendors and others.” The wooden chalets are capable of being secured for the evenings and “simply look better and more European than simply tents,” he added.

Vendors secure their spaces on a weekend basis. In total, there will be about 60 vendors during the market’s 18 days.

Last year’s event drew approximately 45,000 people. “When there are no admission tickets, it’s somewhat difficult to determine attendance,” Rose said. “But we carefully gauge visitors day by day and weekend by weekend. We’re hopeful that this year the market will gain slightly in the number of patrons.”

Rain will keep visitation down, he said, “but not the cold. We’ll have hot cider, hot chocolate and glühwein — warm spiced wine — available, and patrons seem to enjoy that and being out in the colder temperature.”

There will also be include holiday music, fire pits and photo opportunities throughout the market, including in the chalet where Santa Claus will be stationed.

Ice rink opens at Colonial Williamsburg

The Liberty Ice Pavilion on Duke of Gloucester Street at the edge of Merchants Square opened Nov. 17 and will remain through much of the winter until Feb. 27.

The approximate 50-by-70-foot rink is made of real ice. It’s the rink’s ninth year.

Adult daily rates to skate are $16, with youth (ages 3-12) $14. Skate rentals are $6. There’s also a season skate pass that’s $110 for adults and $95 for youth.

Discounts are available to Colonial Williamsburg employees and volunteers, CW pass members, military and William & Mary students. The discount is $3 off regular admissions on weekdays.

The posted rink schedule (subject to change) is Sunday through Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.; Friday, noon to 10 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. There will be different operating hours for holidays, which can be found at www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/tickets/ice-skating.

Refreshments including hot cider, coffee and more are available for purchase adjacent to the rink.

The Whaling Company continues business

The Whaling Company restaurant at 494 McLaws Circle in James City County is continuing business for its 43rd year.

“I’ve had people calling me,” owner Steve York explained, “asking if we were still in business. They felt we were closing down.”

News that the property upon which the restaurant is located was sold apparently caused some confusion. “That had nothing to do with my restaurant,” York added.

“We’re are continuing to do business under the Whaling Company logo,” he said. “We’ve been in business since 1980 and love Williamsburg, love our longtime guests and love our employees.”

At least 20 of the current staff have been with York over the past decade.

There are still spots available for the restaurant’s reservation-only Thanksgiving Day dinner, featuring turkey with all the trimmings. The cost is $45 per person. Reservations can be made at 757-229-0275.

Colonial CPA Group will open new office

Colonial Real Estate Holdings LLC has purchased the 2,069-square-foot first floor office condominium at 5400 Discovery Park Blvd. in James City County from Leebcor Properties at Casey LLC for $480,000 as an investment.

Colonial CPA Group will open a new office at the location in New Town in early 2024, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer real estate of Richmond.

Other businesses within the three-story 30,000 square foot building include Cornerstone Wealth Management, REMAX, Hecker & Associates, Ryan Homes and Davenport Wealth Management.

Andy Dallas of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale on behalf of the seller, while Teresa Nettles, also with Thalhimer, represented the buyer.

DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen opens

Yusuf Atay is the new owner and operator of DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen, a design/remodeling company with “superior craftsmanship and ethical values,” he said.

The business is located at 5131 Main St. in New Town in James City County.

Originally from Antioch in southern Turkey, Atay sought a brand that was recognized for its interior design expertise. He selected DreamMaker, which has franchises throughout the United States.

The Prescription Shoppe partners with Williamsburg Landing

The Prescription Shoppe will be replacing Williamsburg Landing’s current pharmacy provider and taking over pharmaceutical services for residents.

The pharmacy previously has provided on-site vaccine clinics. The new collaboration will begin Dec. 1.

Dots and dashes

S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. of Norfolk has announced the following lease renewals:

• America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses and GameStop in The Shops at Cedar Valley in York County. Maggie Spillane and Chris Hucke of Nusbaum represented the landlord in the two transactions.

• Duck Donuts at Marketplace Shoppes. Tyler Jacobson of Nusbaum represented the landlord.

• Virginia ABC Store at James York Plaza Shopping Center in York County. Maggie Spillane of Nusbaum represented the landlord.

Wilford Kale, kalehouse@aol.com

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The Portage Station Museum, 400 Lee St., Portage, is having its annual fundraiser book sale. All genres of used books are priced to sell. CD, DVD and VHS tapes are also on sale. The sale will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday until the end of December. All proceeds benefit the museum.

Frontier Girls plan ‘Small Town Christmas’

Frontier Girls Troop 213 will host its sixth annual “A Small Town Christmas” on Saturday, Dec. 2, in Gallitzin.

Activities begin at 10 a.m. and include activities throughout the day including Cookies with Santa, food and craft vendors, a scavenger hunt, carriage rides, a basket raffle, a parade, tree lighting and more.

Visit the A Small Town Christmas Facebook Group to see a complete list of activities.

The group is seeking participants to help light up the town for the Christmas parade. Line-up begins at the Gallitzin Fire Hall at 5:30 p.m. There will be judging before the parade. The parade begins at 6 p.m.

For more information or to register for the parade, contact Lori Shaw at 814-207-0437.

Penn Association plans Christmas party

The William Penn Association, Branch 800, Altoona Christmas party will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday,

Dec. 3, at the Prime Sirloin Buffet, Duncansville.

Cost is $5 per person. There is no charge for children 12 and younger. Members who plan to attend should call Dan Greiner by Nov. 22 at 814-943-7471. There will be a visit from Santa, and everyone will receive a gift.

The WPA is a fraternal organization with headquarters in Pittsburgh and branches throughout the United States. For information, call Bob Jones at 814-932-8609.

SAMA Biennial calls for artist applications

BEDFORD — The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art is accepting applications for the Biennial 2024 juried art exhibition.

The exhibition will take place from July 26 through Oct. 20, 2024.

It offers an opportunity for artists in the region to be recognized for their work. Every two years, SAMA hosts a unique opportunity for new and emerging artists to exhibit alongside some of the most talented and experienced artists in the area.

Cash awards will include a top prize of $1,000 for Best in Show, together with a $500 first-place award, a $250 second-place award and a $100 third-place award. In addition, there will be a $300 People’s Choice Award, to be chosen by visitors to the exhibition.

To apply and see more details about the requirements for exhibition, visit sama-art.org/biennial or call 814-515-1370 or email submissions@sama-art.org for more information.

Artworks included in the exhibition will be selected by juror, Janice Trusky. Top prizes will be awarded by juror, Vaughn Clay.

Notification of acceptance will be received by artists by Friday, May 3, via mailed and emailed letters of acceptance.

Award winners to be announced at the Awards Reception on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. Registration opens Friday, May 3. Reception and awards are sponsored by Barry H Newborn, Chantel Ventura, Dr. Magdi and Karen Azer, Dr. Owen K. and Marian Morgan, Barbara O’Brien. The program sponsor is Fred Danziger, and marketing partner is Seven Mountains Media.

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art is located at Anderson House at 137 E. Pitt St. Bedford.

For more information, visit https://www.sama-art.org or call 814-589-3020 or email bedford@sama-art.org.

ArtsAltoona plans Holiday Market Dec. 2

ArtsAltoona and the Unter Uns Musical Society will hold the Christkindl Holiday Market from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Unter Uns Musical Society, 1401 Van Buren Ave., Altoona. This will be an outdoor event in the Unter Uns back patio and stage area.

Some food, drinks and entertainment will be indoors.

This event features live music and entertainment, art and craft vendors selling holiday gifts and artistic creations, German cuisine and food trucks, adult beverages, kids activities, raffles and more.

Admission is $5 at the door, and kids under 12 will be admitted free.

For more information, email lklevan@artsaltoona.org, check out ArtsAltoona’s Facebook page or call 814-201-7004.

This event is a fundraiser for ArtsAltoona and helps offer free arts programming for youth and others in the community.

Eagle project involves Gold Star memorial

Michael Waibel Maharaj, a member of Boy Scout Troop 3032 from First United Methodist Church, Hollidaysburg, has launched his Eagle Scout Project.

The project involves creating a Gold Star Mothers Memorial at Legion Park, Hollidaysburg.

Work on the monument has started and plans are for it to be completed by the end of January.

The project will cost more than $11,000. Donations are welcome and can be monetary, in-kind or material.

Checks can be made payable to Boy Scout Troop 3032 with “Michael Waibel Maharaj” in the subject line. Please mail to First United Methodist Church, … Troop 3032, 801 Allegheny St., Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. For more information, email michaelwaibel811@gmail.com.

Area clubs and nonprofits can email articles and photos to community@altoonamirror.com. For more information, call Brenda Carberry, community news coordinator, at 814-946-7459.