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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us February 2, 2006 Treasure hunt afoot at galleries this month All winners will get a prize for finding works from images of details By Vickie Aldous Ashland Daily Tidings Don’t be surprised if people are scrutinizing the art in Ashland’s galleries more closely than usual this month. Nine galleries that are part of the Ashland Gallery Association are hosting an Art Treasure Hunt from Friday until Feb. 25. Visitors to the galleries can pick up clue sheets that picture details from nine art works in the galleries, such as a patch of color or an expressive line from a painting. The object is to match the detail to the artwork from which it comes and then write down the artist’s name and the title of the piece, according to Ann DiSalvo, AGA secretary. Anyone who identifies all nine art pieces and turns in a treasure hunt sheet can choose a vintage A Taste of Ashland poster, she said. Each year, a different artist’s work is depicted on the A Taste of Ashland posters that are given out to ticket-buyers to the AGA’s annual art, food and wine event that happens in April. All of the completed treasure hunt sheets will be entered into a drawing, with the first prize being a $100 gift certificate to be used in participating galleries. The second prize is a pair of A Taste of Ashland tickets, according to DiSalvo. The gallery association wanted to hold an event during the tourist off-season to increase visitation to galleries and draw in people of all ages who might not otherwise go into the galleries, DiSalvo said. “The idea behind it is it’s something fun to do in the galleries. Kids can work on it with their parents. We’d like people to get comfortable in the galleries,” she said. “A lot of people think galleries are a no-man’s-land.” Since some of the galleries have shortened winter hours, the treasure hunt clue sheets will contain information on gallery hours, she said. Galleries will have extended evening hours this Friday to mark the monthly First Friday Art Walk. DiSalvo said some people may be able to match all the clues to the artworks when visiting galleries on First Friday, but she expects it to take longer for most people. Finished treasure hunt sheets should be dropped off at Houston’s Custom Framing & Fine Art, one of the participating galleries. The other participating galleries are Ashland Art Works, Blue Heron Gallery & Gifts, David Bjurstrom Studio, Frank Phillipps Pottery, Gallerie Karon, Gallery DeForest, Illahe Design Studio & Gallery and The Living Gallery. Staff writer Vickie Aldous can be reached at 479-8199 or [email protected]. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Online Pharmacy Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations Hammocks Water Filter Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams