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Art to the Rescue
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: October - 2022
Art to the Rescue, set for October 23 at The Vineyard at 37 High Holly, is an irresistible gathering of regional artists, music, amuse bouche, and a surprising auction, all for the benefit of local shelter animals. For more information, go to appalachiananimalrescuecenter.com.
The Appalachian Animal Rescue Center, aka Macon County Humane Society, the no-kill shelter in Franklin, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Here’s your chance to give it a round of a-paws by attending Art to the Rescue, Sunday, October 23, from 3:00 to 6:00 P.M. at The Vineyard at 37 High Holly in Scaly Mountain. The Center’s board of directors is actively raising funds year-round. Art to the Rescue is their most profitable event. Artists from the region who are passionate about animals donate from 20-100% of their sales to the rescue celebration. Many of them have attended and donated all four years since the gala’s inception. Among your favorite returnees are Jason Rizzo, photographer, oil painter, watercolorist; George Elliott, master of many mediums; and Gosia Babcock, phenomenal painter of animals in oil. There will be at least six other artists, some who show and some who donate to the silent auction. Altogether there are over 100 works of art to purchase or bid upon, in addition to restaurant gift certificates, door prizes, gift baskets, and a raffle. Your $40 ticket entitles you to participate in all the events, enjoy the fantastic sounds of Sweet Charity (which is performing gratis), wine, cheese, appetizers, (prepared by the amazing Chef Tim Lundy) and a scrumptious slice of anniversary cake. Bone Appetit! Dress divinely and be a glamour-puss for the pup-arazzi. Help these animals live long and prospurr. And who knows? Andy Warhowl might show up. For more information, go to appalachiananimalrescuecenter.com or contact Mariann Huston at [email protected], or Sharon Archer at [email protected]. You can buy tickets at AARC Thrift store, AARC Shelter, Franklin Chamber of Commerce, and the Highlands Chamber of Commerce/Visit Highlands NC. (Editor’s Note: We’d be remiss if we didn’t point out that this story contains the highest number of groan-inducing puns in a single article in Laurel’s 20 years of publication. Our advice to our beloved correspondent, the same that Hamlet admonished Ophelia over 400 years ago: “Get thee to a punnery!”)
