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Art show raises $6,000 for clean river education
'Life on the Ogeechee' auction held Friday
Ogeechee Art - Bidding Couple 1
While Patt Saunders gazes up at other works nearby, husband Walter marks down the couple's bid for "Springtime on the Ogeechee," a watercolor by Julie Bressler. Many of the pictures in the Statesboro Regional Art Association's show were created specifically for the month-long exhibition and Friday night's silent auction. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
The Statesboro Regional Art Association’s silent auction of pictorial works spawned along the river raised more than $6,000 for the Ogeechee Riverkeeper’s environmental education program.Friday night’s “Life on the Ogeechee” event also served as a mixer for nonprofit organizations who have discovered overlapping interests. “Many of our artists have grown up swimming, hunting, fishing, kayaking and picnicking on the Ogeechee River,” Betty O’Berry, the art association’s president, said in prepared remarks. “Deer, fox, some say bears, otters, beavers, alligators, frogs, snakes, eagles, ospreys, egrets, birds of various kinds, and most importantly man, rely on the Ogeechee for pure water.”This year, the Statesboro Regional Art Association marks its 40th anniversary.
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