The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts was founded in 1931. This plaque is on the original facade. . . .
It is now enclosed in an atrium where events are held. . . .
Recently the museum held its yearly fundraising event called Amazing Tablescapes. There were 16 tables sponsored by either individuals or companies. This fundraiser enables the museum to be admission-free throughout the year. We paid a $10 donation to see it. On Saturday the museum hosted a $150-a-plate gala. They raised additional funds by providing donation jars for each table (you can see them in the background below). Each dollar put in the table's jar was a vote for that table. Here is a glimpse of each table. For a closer look, click on the photo. . . .
"Who's Guilty"
This designer painted on each goblet a likeness of the dog of the person who bought a ticket for the gala dinner at her table. . . .
"Paw Prints on Your Heart"
The photos arranged in the flower arrangement were of adoptable pets. . . .
Each designer had to include a "gift bag" for each gala guest. This one gave boxed cards of birds. . . .
"Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Foundation - 10 Years Strong & Growing"
"Ode to Paper"
I loved the imaginative chairs (which would be replaced with real chairs for the dinner). . . .
"Life's a Garden - Dig It!"
"Born to be Wild"
This one has paint-splattered aprons over the backs of the chairs. . . .
"Creative Chaos"
A horoscope themed table. . . .
"Show Me a Sign"
"Autumn's Eve"
There were several needle-felted animals in this display. . . .
"It's a Three Ring Circus"
"Sunday Dinner at the Bester's"
All the flowers and food was constructed and painted to look real. . . .
"Crystal Blue Persuasion"
"Beyond the Torii Gate - Essence of Japan"
"Ancient Chinese Fairytales & Folklore"
And the winner is.....
Our very own Cindy!
Cindy's was welded art. . . .
She says the "guests" at her table were all very rude. This guest is on the table taking a selfie. . . .
Table settings were old hubcaps, tin cans, and tools. . . .
Each guest was constructed out of something different. . . .
The fish on his plate had ribs of wrenches. . . .
This was a "horseshoe" crab. . . .
Colorful "flowers" decorated the table along with a mouse snitching food. . . .
This fellow wore a bib. . . .
Don't you love his hair! . . .
Cindy loves recycling objects in her art. Her table and its guests will be on display in her garden.
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Hello Cathy - just wanted to let you know that I've been leaving comments for your last few posts but I'm not seeing them.For some reason they don't seem to be "taking" and it doesn't look like I'm "logged" into the Take Joy blog any longer. Don't know what happened. Have been trying to get myself logged back in but I don't see how. There used to be a list on the right side of the page, up near the top, of people who were either logged into your blog or had at least visited it. That's disappeared too. Weird things - or just changes made by your hosting website at least. Let me know if you know what I should do to get logged in again [I HAVE been getting the e-mails each time you post, so at least I didn't fall off of THAT list - LOL]. Sorry and thanks! PS - hope you get this!!
ReplyDeleteHi Janet! I've had problems, too, with posting comments on my own blog using Safari! I'm using Chrome (which Google owns) because Safari won't let me log into my Google account--which you have to have in order to comment on Blogger now. I've posted any comment I've received from you and there are none in the Spam folder, so they must not have gone through. Thanks for letting me know about the problem although I don't know what to do about it. I hope others see this and realize I'm not ignoring them. 😧
DeleteWhat a wonderful exhibit - & a great idea for a fund-raising event. Sometimes it seems to me that there are just SO many creative people in the world - it's just amazing. I used to think there was a certain segment of the population that was creative, artistic etc. A relatively-small segment overall. But the Internet changed all that. Now we're able to see SO many things being done all over the world by literally MILLIONS of people. Made me realize there are a great many more creative people than I thought - which is great. Makes me feel like a major lump a lot of the time too - but that's OK. Not everyone has the creativity gene. We all have different gifts - and everyone has gifts. Your friend Cindy certainly deserved to win - there was clearly an immense amount of work that went into her table. And ALL the tables were stunning so that's really saying something. Super super creative folks in your neck of Maryland, that's for sure. I hope the Museum made a boatload of $$ from this very original event. Hope you're having a great Fall too - peace. 🍁
ReplyDeleteHi again, Janet. I think you are a great "story teller"--I'd say you have a knack in expressing yourself that draws people into what you are writing about. But I agree--seeing what non-professional people can do can make one feel left behind in the talent department! It seems, though, we all want to be able to do something we see others doing while they probably feel the same way about our talents--it's like wanting straight hair when yours is curly and vice versa.
DeleteI'm so happy that Cindy's table won! The entire exhibit was so creative and a great way to raise funds for the museum.
ReplyDeleteI agree!
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