Despite the brisk winter chill that bit through the damp air on
Saturday, Shelbyville's first annual Art in the Park event was clearly a
hit with local town folks. Many onlookers were pleasantly surprised to
discover so much talent residing right here in their own backyard. This
month's Featured Artist for the Bedford Art Gallery--Melissa Fults--is
among that vast pool of talent lurking in our midst. Melissa is being
honored in a reception on Monday, October 8th at 7:00pm inside the
Bedford Art Gallery (located inside The Fly art building). Her work,
which is currently on display for a limited time, will hang through the
remainder of the month, so please take a few moments to stop in and see
the display if you are unable to make an appearance at the reception.
Melissa was born and raised in Woodbury, TN
and discovered her gift for drawing sometime during the second or third
grade. She says she "can remember drawing pictures for [my] classmates."
However, it wasn't until high school that her talents truly began to
blossom and develop into the talent on display now.
Although she loves to sketch animals and
landscapes, Melissa doesn't limit herself to any one subject area. She
works mostly with pastels, ink, acrylic and charcoal. To be able to
recognize the true beauty of her work you will need to drop by the
Bedford Art Gallery sometime this month between the hours of
11:00am-4:00pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Or better yet, stop in
on Monday night to meet the artist and listen as she talks about here
works on display.
We hope to see you out there on Monday night.
But if you can't make it, please try to squeeze a few minutes out of
your day sometime during the remainder of this month to drop by and see
Melissa's work while it's still on display...along with many work from
many other talented residents, such as Kevin Rains, who carves amazing
figurines and statues of bears, Indians, etc. with a CHAIN SAW (some of
you may have seen his live demonstration this Saturday at Art in the
Park)! We have a lot of new art members and a lot of new works on
display...Open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00-4:00pm, as well
as during all special events at the Fly, and on weekends and evenings by
appointment.
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