Monroe Art Guild's 5th Annual Tour of Homes

Join us for a wonderful holiday treat touring 11 properties in and around Monroe. The sites include the historic well-known ones, businesses in the downtown, and private residences. We would like to thank all of those participating in this event, especially our fellow area non-profits, business owners, and private home owners for allowing us to partner with you and for you opening up your places for all of us to enjoy. Then we would like to thank all of our sponsors for helping to make this year's tour a success.

Tour Date: December 5, 2009
Tour Time: 12:00-6:00 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 the day of the Tour. Tickets need to be brought to the Monroe Art Guild the day of the tour in order to receive your tour brochure. (Tickets can be purchased at the Monroe Art Guild, Carmichael Drugs, Clara Belle's, and Sidestreet Boutique.)

Sponsors include:

Balance Touch Massage Center
Barton Enterprises
BB&T Insurance Services
Buckles Hardware
Bonnie Cato- REMAX Realty
Clara Belle's
The Garden Gate Florist
Genesis Jewelry
The Gilded Lily
Los 3 Mariachis
Riss Counseling
Sanders Furniture Company Inc.
Sidestreet Boutique
Shapes Yoga Studio
VanGar Salon
Wild Child Arts

Thank you to:
McDaniel-Tichenor House Inc.
Historical Society of Walton County
William Harris Homestead

Cover Art Design Credit:
Sue Grilli
Janice Hurt-Clarke

Dan Thoman

"Wood and Stone"

November 4 - December 29, 2009

The Opening Reception for Dan Thoman's "Wood and Stone" will be held Friday, November 6th at 6:30-8:30pm at the Monroe Art Guild located at 205 South Broad Street in Monroe, Georgia. The show runs from November 4 through December 29, 2009.

Dan Thoman, a retired engineer, is a self taught artist who started working wood decades ago out of his garage and describes it as a "hobby that got out of control." He has used a lathe for over 15 years and states it is his favorite woodworking tool. "It's great fun to take a single chunk of ordinary wood and make something beautiful out of it," he says. Dan uses local woods for most of his turnings, carvings and sculpture; these include: cherry, walnut, elm, oak, cedar, and bass wood (or whatever else people offer him). His favorite stone for turning and sculpture is alabaster, but he also enjoys sculpting honeycomb calcite, Colorado yule marble and limestone.

In this show he will be featuring:

Wood Turning- 10 Bowls

Wood Turning- 10 Hollow Vessels

Wood Carving- 10 Pieces

Wood Sculpture- 2 Pieces

Stone Turning- 2 Bowls

Stone Sculpture- 6 Pieces

Furniture- 3 Pieces (Tables for Display)

His wife, Linds Thoman, may show a few of her paintings in the Main Gallery.

If you would like to discover Dan's art, he offers a free class in woodworking using a lathe. Contact him at 706-342-3156

Joyce Nelson

"The Puffins Watch"

JOYCE NELSON (September)
The Members’ Gallery is featuring artist Joyce Nelson for the month of September. Her land/seascapes and floral paintings are complimented by views of the adjacent sculpture garden located outside. Ms. Nelson has a portfolio of her work displayed within the Members’ Gallery space. Above is an example of her work titled “The Puffins Watch” from the most recent Summer Members’ Show.

The Members’ Gallery is located on the right side of the gallery near the old Post Office vault and next to the new Lounge area.