Art Guild of Person County: Winner of People's Choice award from the September member show

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Winner of People's Choice award from the September member show

The Art Guild of Person County was pleased to present the People's Choice award to Roxboro Community School student Carleigh Barbour for her winning entry, "Rilee" in the Guild's September member show. Art Guild Treasurer Toni Garrett presented the $100 award to Carleigh during her art class at her school with her teacher, Anne Bettendorf present.

According to Art Guild President Chrystal Hardt, the People's Choice award was created to help encourage members to submit entries for the Guild's member show. The People’s Choice award is also a way to engage the community in an active way while visiting the Kirby gallery and for the Guild members to get some feedback about what the community most enjoys seeing. This year is the first year the award has been given following a September member show to the Guild's first junior member.

Carleigh was very excited to receive the Guild's award and said she plans to enter future shows. The subjects she enjoys painting include landscapes and animals, and she also likes to work with watercolors and pen and ink.

The Guild is now looking forward to its holiday show themed "Glow". Guild members will be exhibiting their work alongside the work of the students of Piedmont Community College in the December show.

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About the Art Guild of Person County

The Art Guild meets the first Tuesday of the month at 3pm at the Kirby Cultural Arts Complex. The Kirby is located at 213 North Main Street, Roxboro, Nc 27573, (336) 597-1709, kirby.theater@personcounty.net.

The purpose of this Art Guild shall be to encourage, provide exhibition opportunities, give constructive criticism, and prompt discussion of the work of area artists and to promote the awareness and enjoyment of the visual arts in this community.

Located in Roxboro, NC, the Art Guild of Person County is a nonprofit organization which is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. It is open to all artists 16 years of age and older. There are monthly meetings and paid members participate in a variety of showings. You do not have to be a resident of Person County to join. Membership dues are $25 for individuals per year or $40 for a family.

The Guild also welcomes patrons and businesses to donate time and money to help off set the cost of publications and prize money for shows.

History:

The Art Guild of Person County became a reality in 1995 after a handful of determined artists and patrons began working together to exchange ideas about ways to promote art in the Roxboro community. From its inception, members used some of their own funds and resources along with grants to purchase the appropriate tools and to fund projects to carry out the mission of promoting the visual arts in Person County.

There are many components that make up a successful art guild offering a variety of artwork in mediums such as pottery, wood, sculpture, oil painting, acrylics, watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, photography, and computer art. This diversity exists in the Art Guild of Person County.

The Guild partners with Piedmont Community College, area schools, and others to present art demonstrations and workshops to educate interested people on a particular specialty, and to display their craft. An annual contest called “Artfest” held in May for members and non-members finds many local and regional artisans competing for “Best in Show” and 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd places in 4 categories.