The Franklin County Art Alliance opened its 53rd Annual Exhibition on Sunday June 8, with a reception and award ceremony at Calvary United Methodist Church, 150 Norlo Drive in Fayetteville. Best of Show was awarded to Linda Best of Fort Loudon, and over $2500 worth of other awards were distributed to artists from throughout Franklin and Fulton Counties and Washington County, MD. The show features 302 works by 85 area artists and will remain on view through Thursday June 12, from 2-7pm. A wide variety of paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by area artists were judged by Dickinson College art faculty Emily Lehman and Ty Vandover. Door prizes will be awarded each day throughout the show: original works of art by Alliance members, including last year’s Best of Show winner Cindy Roberts Downs of Clear Spring, MD. The public is welcome to attend. For more information, call 717-816-7568.
