Residents of Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury Exhibit Original Artwork at 2012 Virginia General Assembly Art Show
Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury Administrator Cathy Farmer (left) and resident June Hess loading artwork on January 5, 2012, to take to Virginia’s General Assembly Art Show.
Winchester, VA – On January 5, 2012, Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury joined 23 other retirement communities in Virginia to exhibit residents’ artwork in the Virginia General Assembly building in Richmond. The exhibit is sponsored annually by the Virginia Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging, or VANHA. Twelve residents of Winchester-based Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury, ranging in age from 67 to 97, are displaying 14 pieces of artwork. The subjects span from landscapes and cityscapes to floral and still-life art.
The Virginia General Assembly has hosted the art exhibit for more than a decade, according to Sydney Thomas, VANHA’s member services manager and the person spearheading the project.
“The artwork considerably brightens an otherwise drab General Assembly building,” said Thomas. “The legislators, media, and public look forward to our art show each year.”
The exhibit runs from January 5 to March 8, 2012. In late February, VANHA and the Virginia General Assembly will host a reception honoring the artists.
“We’re very excited about including our residents’ artwork in this important show,” says Cathy Farmer, Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury’s administrator. “Art is such an integral part of the lives of so many of our residents. We appreciate that the General Assembly shares this venue that exposes the amazing talent of these seniors to such a wide audience.”
Following the exhibit in Richmond, Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury will display its residents’ artwork for a short time in the retirement community’s Lawrence Gallery.
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on Jan 10 2012. Filed under Winchester News.
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