Published on 10/23/14

Art at the Rock holds online auction to benefit Georgia 4-H

By Janet Rodekohr

Artists participating in November’s Art at the Rock will be selling their wares through an online preview auction for the benefit of Georgia 4-H.

“For the first time, we are offering an online auction of items some of our artists have selected to sell in advance of the show,” says Tina Maddox Owen, coordinator of Art at the Rock. “The artists select the piece and set the asking price. Whatever the final bid is above the asking price goes to support 4-H projects in Georgia.”

Paintings, pottery, jewelry, hand-woven rugs and other artworks are on view at www.32auctions.com/2014ART. This online auction will run through Nov. 20.

These online, pre-show artists as well as many others working in paint, clay, glass, metal, fiber and other media will converge on Rock Eagle 4-H Center near Eatonton, Georgia, Nov. 22-23 for the sixth annual Art at the Rock. This juried art show, sale and marketplace attracts around 75 artists and about 1,000 visitors each year.

The show and sale will be on display in the Senior Pavilion. Music, food and the outdoor marketplace of locally grown and made products will round out the experience. This 4-H center is known for its peaceful setting among the whispering pines and the Rock Eagle effigy mound.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, and 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23. Come early to enjoy the famous Rock Eagle Sunday Brunch.

For more information about the auction and Art at the Rock, contact Tina Maddox Owen at (706) 484-2873, tinam@uga.edu or go to www.rockeagle4h.org/ART.

Janet Rodekohr is a retired news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

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