Delphi Art Show gets creative juices flowing
By Kevin Schnepp Staff writer

Delphi Community School Corporation, in cooperation with Tri Kappa Sorority, will present the 51st annual Jack Sanders' Delphi Art Show May 6-10 in the high school commons.

The show's theme will be "Pig-casso" and this year's show will include a special exhibit of decorated cement pigs. Forty-two area businesses and organizations will participate in this unique exhibit.

The decorated pigs will be auctioned off on May 6 at 3 p.m. in the Little Theatre at the high school. Superintendent Ralph Walker will serve as auctioneer. Proceeds will benefit the Delphi Fine Arts Council. The "Pig-casso" exhibit is funded through a donation by Indiana Packers Corporation.

A special purchase award preview show will be held the night before the exhibit opens. Purchase award sponsors are committed to buying a certain amount of art for sale at the exhibit. The Fine Arts Council is funded by the purchase award show. Proceeds go toward the support of artists in residency and visiting artists.

Tri Kappa will provide refreshments, security and $1 million liability coverage for the show.

On display during the week will be works of art from professional local and Indiana artists: Watercolor - Rena Brouwer, Axie Frey and Terry Lacy; photography - Alan Mc- Connell and John Replogle; pottery - Mary Firestone, Diana Mud, April El Naggar and Gene Speicher; charcoal - Steve Blume; and jewelry - Beth Shoaf and Mariya Zhalnina.

The show will also include an exhibit of local artists as well as the Delphi Art Club, which will display the works of its members. Every art student in kindergarten through grade 12 will feature a piece of art in the show.

Organizer Sherri Cripe said elementary students studied the works and life of Pablo Picasso the entire semester in preparation for the event. Students wrote expressive poems to go along with their paintings, as well as a collaborative story.

"It's all about the kids," Cripe said. "This is an amazing show that offers great opportunity for creativity."

The exhibit opens May 6, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. with an opening tea and demonstrations by elementary art students. The show is free and open to the public. It will be open May 7 through 10 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.