Museum hosts art exhibit of Alice Jean and friends

At the Apalachicola Museum of Art during the holiday season you can view 135 works created by artists of the Forgotten Coast and featuring the art of Alice Jean Gibbs.

Gibbs was honored at an opening reception at the museum on Nov. 14 which also featured memorabilia of her years as a Coca Cola model. An accomplished artist, Gibbs, still active in her 90s, now serves as a mentor for young artists through her regular instructional courses.

The exhibit is the recipient of funding from the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.

The show, which features all media, also includes the work of: Ed Tiley, Neal Smith Willow, Debbie Hooper, Mary Ann Shields,  Ed Springer, Shirley Adams, Evelyn Baerman, Terry Birchwell, Lynn Wilson, Carol Harris, Barbara Berkheiser, Joe Kotzman, Mary B. Brown, P.L. Moore, Vivian Sherlock, Penny Anderson, Jeana Crozier, Faye Johnson, Susan Richardson, Mary Clare Lovell, Leslie Wallace, Deene Cook, Betty Roberts, Shirley Cox, Josepha Kotzman, Kristin Anderson, and Mary Alice Butler Cullifer.

The Apalachicola Museum of Art, owned and operated by the Historic Apalachicola Foundation Inc., is located at 96 Fifth Street in Apalachicola and is open to the public from Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. , closed on Monday and Tuesday and Christmas and New Year’s days.

The Museum, which received a 2008 Preservation award from the Secretary of State’s Division of Historic Resources, is a circa 1845 Greek Revival structure.  It was restored by the Foundation under the direction of Architect Willoughby Marshall of Apalachicola, with the assistance of funding from the State’s Historic Resources Division as well as the Trust for Public Land and the Alfred I. DuPont Foundation, Inc.

It also serves community seminar functions, such as last summer’s discussion of the Apalachicola River’s legal case and the Bring Me A Book Foundation Inc.’s training program to encourage reading in the lives of children 0-5.

It is available for rent for social functions as well,  and since its opening in Nov. 2006, has attempted to serve its original purpose as a center for the arts, inspiring and showcasing those who enrich and are enriched by art in all its forms.

For more info, call 653-2090.