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Butler Art Center has busy first day back

Shirley Jackson sits for a portrait with her oil painting "The Beginning" on Wednesday, March 15, at Butler Art Center in Butler. Jackson said she just started to paint with oil, and this is her first work. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

About 20 people walked through the Butler Art Center late Wednesday, March 15, afternoon for the Associated Artists of Butler County’s first show of the year, “Then and Now,” which features new and old pieces by artists who have displayed at the center before.

Joyce Ann Schnur, a board member of the art center, said it was “invigorating and hopeful” to see the gallery opened once again for art viewing after it had been closed through the winter because of an unexpected boiler failure.

Shirley McCauley, executive director of the center, said one of the organization’s portrait groups also met during the day Wednesday. She said many of the artists were happy to see the center reopen with a broad gallery theme.

“We have a lot of artwork from folks who had not participated in a while,” McCauley said. “A lot of them have won awards here or at other places.”

Shirley Jackson, of Butler, went to the center in the afternoon to see if she could display a painting she had made at a previous class there. She couldn’t contain her excitement.

“I’m so glad you’re open again,” Jackson said.

The “Then and Now” display will be up through April 8, and the art center will be open from noon until 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Thursdays. There will also be receptions from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 24 and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 25.

Keith McCauley, a volunteer with Butler Art Center, walks toward a sculpture entitled “The Weaver” by Charlie Parrish on Wednesday, March 15 at the art center in Butler. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Joyce Ann Schnur, a board member of the Butler Art Center, hangs an oil painting in the gallery on Wednesday, March 15. Schnur said most of the art on display is for sale. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Rachael Kress, a Butler native visiting from Florida, takes a look at art hanging in the Butler Art Center on Wednesday, March 15. Kress purchased two pieces from the gallery during her visit. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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