Creatures: Real and Imagined! Exhibit sparks a two-month “Creatures” Celebration, including three events held in conjunction with the Children and the Arts Festival on May 22nd

Peterborough, NH: - - Sharon Arts Center announces a Juried Exhibition featuring
works by participating artists on the theme, “Creatures: Real and Imagined”
opening Friday, May 7, and continuing to July 4, 2010. Works in the show present
an innovative look at how artists and craftspeople throughout New England
capture the creatures of reality and their imagination. The opening reception
will be held on May 7th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. A Family and Pet Adoption Night
will also take place at the reception in partnership with the Monadnock Humane
Society. The reception is free and open to the public.

Artists participating in “Creatures: Real and Imagined” include Rosemary Conroy,
Liz Fletcher, Eric Duyette, Marty Kelley, Mary Iselin, Dan Brown, Holly
Alderman, Kim Webster Cunningham, and Carol Sanchioni Laughner.  Jurors included
David Macy, Resident Director of MacDowell Colony; Mary Iselin and Liz Fletcher,
artists.

*RELATED EVENTS*:
Three additional events will be held in conjunction with the Children and the
Arts Festival on Saturday, May 22nd: *
- “Birds of Prey” by New England School of Falconry. Martin Connolly, Master
Falconer, will have live falcons! (Depot Square Amphitheater)
- “Drawing Animals”presented by The Pelkey Family, with Gummy the mini-horse
(Depot Square Amphitheater)
- “Animal Cookie Decorating” at Sharon Arts Downtown Gallery, presented by Grand
Finale Bakery & Café (Sharon Arts Downtown Gallery)
*Times and inclement weather plans TBA. Please check our website for more
information, or the CAA schedule.

On Monday, May 24 at 10:30 am the celebration continues at the Gallery with
“Creatures Storytime for Families” presented in partnership with the
Peterborough Public Library and storyteller Lisa Bearce, Children’s Librarian.
The exhibition and related events are all free and open to the public.

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*About Sharon Arts*
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and
serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process,
and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through
education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as
through special programs and events.

The Downtown Galleries in Depot Square (Fine Craft Gallery & Store, Juried
Artist Gallery and Exhibition Gallery) are open Monday - Thursday 10am to 5pm,
Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, and Sundays 11am to 4pm.  (The
Exhibition Gallery is open year round). The Sharon Arts School of Art & Craft in
Sharon, NH, offers a wide variety of art classes and programs. The School
offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm.

/Sharon Arts Center is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on
the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation,the Gilbert-Verney
Peterborough, NH: - - Sharon Arts Center announces a Juried Exhibition featuring

works by participating artists on the theme, “Creatures: Real and Imagined”

opening Friday, May 7, and continuing to July 4, 2010. Works in the show present

an innovative look at how artists and craftspeople throughout New England

capture the creatures of reality and their imagination. The opening reception

will be held on May 7th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. A Family and Pet Adoption Night

will also take place at the reception in partnership with the Monadnock Humane

Society. The reception is free and open to the public.

Artists participating in “Creatures: Real and Imagined” include Rosemary Conroy,

Liz Fletcher, Eric Duyette, Marty Kelley, Mary Iselin, Dan Brown, Holly

Alderman, Kim Webster Cunningham, and Carol Sanchioni Laughner.  Jurors included

David Macy, Resident Director of MacDowell Colony; Mary Iselin and Liz Fletcher,

artists.

*RELATED EVENTS*:

Three additional events will be held in conjunction with the Children and the

Arts Festival on Saturday, May 22nd: *

- “Birds of Prey” by New England School of Falconry. Martin Connolly, Master

Falconer, will have live falcons! (Depot Square Amphitheater)

- “Drawing Animals”presented by The Pelkey Family, with Gummy the mini-horse

(Depot Square Amphitheater)

- “Animal Cookie Decorating” at Sharon Arts Downtown Gallery, presented by Grand

Finale Bakery & Café (Sharon Arts Downtown Gallery)

*Times and inclement weather plans TBA. Please check our website for more

information, or the CAA schedule.

On Monday, May 24 at 10:30 am the celebration continues at the Gallery with

“Creatures Storytime for Families” presented in partnership with the

Peterborough Public Library and storyteller Lisa Bearce, Children’s Librarian.

The exhibition and related events are all free and open to the public.

#   #   #

*About Sharon Arts*

The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and

serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process,

and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through

education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as

through special programs and events.

The Downtown Galleries in Depot Square (Fine Craft Gallery & Store, Juried

Artist Gallery and Exhibition Gallery) are open Monday - Thursday 10am to 5pm,

Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, and Sundays 11am to 4pm.  (The

Exhibition Gallery is open year round). The Sharon Arts School of Art & Craft in

Sharon, NH, offers a wide variety of art classes and programs. The School

offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm.

/Sharon Arts Center is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on

the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation,the Gilbert-Verney

Charitable Foundation, and art lovers like you!

Charitable Foundation, and art lovers like you!