The Stone Soup Auction of the past will return on Friday, May 3, at the Brockport High School the Large Group Instruction Room from 7 to 9 p.m. Viewing starts at 6:30. Admission is free.
The auction will feature the works of local artists and craftspersons. Items expected for the event include paintings, photographs, prints, wood creations, first edition books, pottery, quilted pieces and painted furniture. Contributors include: Jappie King Black, Al Cretney, Judy Czerenda, Bill Heyen, Dianne Hickerson, Maryann Scarborough, Gary Skoog, Helen Smagorinsky, Bill Stewart, Kathy Weston, and Jack Wolsky. Also at auction will be a “Casablanca Dinner at Rick’s,” North African cuisine serving eight, prepared and served by some of Brockport’s top chefs.
A raffle will be held for a one-of-a-kind necklace by Alicia C. Fink, made of turquoise and fine silver valued at $500. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5 from members of the Arts and Aesthetics Committee or at the door.
The auction will support a large-scale historic mural to be mounted on an exterior wall of the Village DPW building on East Avenue. The proceeds will go toward a matching grant of $2,843 from the Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. The Walk! Bike! Brockport! Arts and Aesthetics Committee sponsors this event, as they did for other Stone Soup Auctions that raised funds for Jennifer Hecker’s sculpture in Remembrance Park and Bill Stewart’s “Howdee” sculpture at the canal Welcome Center.
The mural will depict an historical scene of canal construction related to the canal’s reconfiguration as the Barge Canal, the Brockport section of which was completed in 1914-15. The focus is on construction of the canal, rather than the marvel of the finished product. The grand image will honor the area residents who physically labored on the canal construction. The theme relates to the function of the Department of Public Works where it will be displayed.
Local artist Stacey Kirby will paint the mural in a studio on durable panels to be mounted on the DPW building. She will begin work in the fall of 2013 and include educational presentations to 4th graders and to high school and college art students. She will also present the project’s conceptual design at Seymour Library on May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
The Stone Soup Auction and the mural are part of the celebration of the opening of the canal on the weekend of May 4, 5, and 6, entitled “Low Bridge, High Water.”
For information, phone Alicia Fink 637-6864 or Helen Smagorinsky 637-4422.
