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Barbara Rumrill Dahn - 'Frost on the Pond'
Are you looking for unique and affordable holiday gifts?  A silent auction of donated art scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Cazenovia College Art Gallery, features original art created by Cazenovia College students, faculty and staff members, and artists in the community. 
The art gallery is located in Reisman Hall, Cazenovia College’s art and design building, located at the corner of Sullivan and Seminary Streets in Cazenovia. Refreshments will be served.
Among the artists represented at the auction are Amber Blanding, of Amber Waves of Glass (www.amberwavesofglass.com); Anita Welych, professor of art at Cazenovia College;  a number of other faculty members and many students.
Those wishing to donate art works, jewelry, sculpture, and other items to be auctioned, may deliver the items to the lobby located at Reisman Hall’s Seminary Street entrance, on Monday, Dec. 7, from 5 to 10 p.m. Potential donors may also e-mail bnmoore@cazenovia.edu to arrange another delivery time and location.
Auction organizers are Caroline Locatelli, a senior studio art major from Gloversville, N.Y., and Brittany Moore, a studio art major specializing in photography, from Alton Bay, N.H. Locatelli and Moore, students in the College’s Arts in the Community class, are undertaking the auction as a class project. Moore says, “We wanted to do something for a local organization that would both benefit people and bring the community and the College together.”
Purchases at the silent auction will benefit the Two Smiles One Hope Foundation Inc., a tax exempt public charity based in Fayetteville, N.Y., dedicated to funding research to discover effective treatments, and to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Please e-mail bnmoore@cazenovia.edu for more information about the auction, or to donate to the cause. For information about Two Smiles One Hope, visit www.twosmilesonehope.com.
Cazenovia College, named one of “America’s Best Colleges” by US News & World Report, is a small, independent, co-educational, baccalaureate college.  Located near Syracuse, N.Y., Cazenovia College offers a comprehensive liberal arts education in an exceptional community environment, with academic and co-curricular programs devoted to developing leaders in their professional fields.  For more information, visit www.cazenovia.edu.
 


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