By Michelle Rodriguez
The Belton Journal
Morgan's Point Resort Mary Ruth Briggs Library hosted its seventh annual art show last Saturday, with winners announced at the Mic and Garrett Hill Event Center.
"This was free to patrons and free to artists. It's a family oriented, community show. We heard beautiful music played by the students from Lake Belton High School Silver Strings. They are talented and professional. We also had popcorn, sandwiches, snacks, cookies, wine, water, and punch," said MPR Library board chairman Pamela Robinson.
In the adult division, first place was by John Hardt with "Titanic," second place was by Joe Stanfield with "The Archer," and third place was by Arthur Boyer with "Squirrel."
In the children's division, first place was Eleanor Graham's "Dots trying to play tic, tac, toe," second place went to Ry Williams with "Flower Power," and third place was awarded to Hines Graham with "Green Circle."
Best in show winner was by Sara Rios, for "Photo of my sister."
"This year, we had 56 pieces of artwork submitted including pottery, sculptures, photography, and paintings. Cash prizes and ribbons were awarded to adult and children's division winners," said Robinson. "The Lego piece was done by Mayor 'Jimbo' Snyder who had previously shown 'The Twin Towers' piece at a previous show."
Artists filled out an application online and were limited to three pieces and could not include entries from previous shows. Each art discipline needed 15 entries to qualify for prizes. Insurance is unavailable for submitted artwork; however, every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of the pieces.
A panel of two local artists served as judges for the children and adult divisions. Slips were passed out and people voted for the Best in Show.
Library Board Regular Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Morgan's Point Resort Mary Ruth Briggs Library.
For the MPR Explorer@thepoint, there is no program for this month and next month due to the holidays.
Friends of the library is a 501(c)3 organization formed to support the library. Their main project for this year was to raise enough funds to build a new building for the library since it is currently housed in one room in city hall. The first fundraiser was Octoberfest held in October at Ansay Park.
