Art Education

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Leaders of a Berkeley County organization formed to support regional artists, public awareness of the arts and related causes for young people have voted to donate the group's financial assets to The Arts Centre in Martinsburg, Arts Centre Program Director Shelley Aikens announced Thursday. The Evans Run Art Association was founded in 1975 and was led for many years by Nancy J. Rodig, who died in June 2003, at the age of 76. Rodig named the organization in 1975 after the stream that flowed near her home off Evans Run Drive in the Pike View Acres subdivision south of Martinsburg, officials said.

When she became the director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Rebecca Massie Lane said it was as though she were handed a gem - one that she wants everyone to see shine. Lane officially began her duties Aug. 1 as the director of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. As director, Lane is in charge of managing the museum's day-to-day operations and giving the museum a sense of direction, said board member William G. Plavcan, who was board president during the hiring process.

Scott Cawood peered closely at his sculpture - the figure of a woman - and tinkered with the elbow. He looked intent, focused. "This is about the third assemblage I've had on her elbow," he said. "I've taken two of them off. I didn't like them. " Cawood, 59, a sculptor who works in metal, is working on a commission - oversize figures of a man and a woman lifting up a baby. The figures are lifelike and muscular, but semi-mechanical. They're intended to show a synthesis of natural and mechanical parts.

The Mary K. Bowman Historical and Fine Arts Fund presented 14 grants totaling $53,000 to various groups at an awards event Thursday at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. The advisory board for the arts fund - a component of the Community Foundation of Washington County MD Inc. - received 17 applications requesting nearly $150,000 to provide financial support for current initiatives, fund officials said in an emailed release. Those initiatives support the preservation of historical and cultural properties in Washington County, as well as promoting the fine arts and encouraging others to do so, the release said.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.VA. charlestown@herald-mail.com Caroline Cardwell, the new executive director of Shepherdstown Day Care Center, has plenty to consider as she begins her tenure. The local day care center along River Road is a popular facility and there are waiting lists for all ages. To help the center deal with growth, a new wing is being constructed that will give the center two more infant classrooms, two additional 2-year-old classrooms, a resource center and other facilities, Cardwell said.

charlestown@herald-mail.com SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - The public got a glimpse Wednesday of a "rich and powerful" Center for Contemporary Arts which is slated to be built on the west campus of Shepherd University. Shepherd wants to build a new arts center for many reasons. First, the school is running out of room for its arts programs and some of them are being operated out of buildings other than the Frank Center, said Rhonda Smith, coordinator of the university's printing program.

'The Grinch' delivers By RICHARD F. BELISLE / Staff Writer, Waynesboro photo: JOE CROCETTA / staff photographer FAYETTEVILLE, Pa. - Rick Renn wanted to do something special for his first Christmas as postmaster of the Fayetteville Post Office. He came up with the idea of having a mural painted on the front plate glass windows of the office at 4025 Lincoln Way East. Since the postal service is using the Hollywood movie based on the Dr. Theodore Seuss story about "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" in its holiday promotions, Renn chose it as the theme for his mural.

Rini-Bullington Lynsey Welsh Bullington and Robert David Rini were married Saturday, June 4, 2005, at St. Andrew By-the-Sea United Methodist Church on Hilton Head Island, S.C. The bride is the daughter of Jerry and Jenny Bullington of Hagerstown. The bridegroom is the son of Teri and Don Powers of Hilton Head and the late Nicholas Rini. The bride received a bachelor of science degree in economics from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., and a bachelor of science degree in radiological sciences from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga. She is employed as a radio-grapher with The Hilton Head Regional Medical Center.

Head-Distad Dr. Jeffrey and Kimberly Head of Thurmont, Md., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Lauren Head, to Bradley Distad, son of Ed and Bonnie Distad of Hagerstown. Miss Head is a 1999 graduate of Catoctin High School, received a bachelor's degree from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., and is pursuing a master's degree in art education at the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore. She is employed as an art teacher at Northern Middle School in Hagerstown.

bonnieb@herald-mail.com KASIESVILLE, Pa. - Two Franklin County men held a joint art show Saturday at a home and art studio south of Mercersburg, Pa. The show was at the home of Lee Fewell and also featured the work of his nephew, Tim Fewell, of Waynesboro, Pa. While the artistic styles of Lee Fewell, 59, and Tim Fewell, 23, differ, both men are deeply religious and express their devotion in their work. Lee Fewell is in full-time ministry at Trinity Temple Church of God in Martinsburg, W.Va.