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Show , ;, x",,; V.- V J A - - V V , - . -v. - -. 4 , ! - i " -"-v ' ; : - ' " - - - v -' - - "'"- - IVa- . ,, W" , t : l " " " : " . I.- ' . jj M Tom Waugh warms up to one of Lucy Moore's cuddly vultures at the KAC Christmas Present show. Christmas has arrived in Kimball Main Gallery by Nan Chalat Set your Christmas shopping shop-ping worries to rest. The annua an-nua Art of Christmas Present show opened at the Kimball Art Center last Sunday Sun-day and there is enough variety to satisfy even the most discerning tastes. . The Christmas tone was ? set by Mary Anderson's silk poinsettias, wreaths and yule logs, and the holiday spirit was further kindled by Cathy Cartier's Christmas stockings. By the time a group of local carolers arrived the Yuletide season had begun and a crowd of appreciative onlookers went about the merry duties of collecting Christmas gifts. With such an array of unique treasures the task was not a hard one. Usually the Kimball Art Center requires that buyers leave the artwork they have purchased on exhibit for the duration of the show, but during the Christmas show it suspends the normal protocol. Sunday's shoppers went home laden with hardwood hard-wood toys, stuffed animals, ornaments, paintings, prints and handknit woolens. The best sellers once again were Lucy Moore's stuffed animals. The imaginative Alabama artist's menagerie consists of two-foot-tall vultures, anteaters, unicorns, uni-corns, platypuses, dolphins, floppy-eared dogs, and even turkeys. All of the animals are well crafted and economically priced. For the first time, the Christmas show also included in-cluded a number of award-winning award-winning handwoven Navajo rugs from Arizona. The wool throw rugs represent all of the major weaving styles in the Southwest and are decorative enough to hang on the wall. The large selection of watercolors, pen and ink drawings, photographs and embossed silkscreen prints provide a variety of gift ideas for every room in the house from the nursery to the dining room. Art Center Director Choral Pepper's watercolors made a successful debut in the Main Gallery. She sold one of her soft floral compositions and was commissioned to do two more. When she leaves her post on Dec. 5, Pepper plans to pursue her painting career in earnest. The watercolors by Abby Whitney, Whit-ney, Judy Taylor and June Ashton were equally appreciated ap-preciated by Sunday's art-goers. art-goers. Local artists Pete Park, Lynne Green, Linda Meyers and Nancy Caravan also contributed stained glass, quilts, wall hangings and drawings to the show. Kathie Gallardo added her silkscreened pillows and Marilyn Caravaglia has contributed con-tributed a collection of hand-knit hand-knit sweaters, caps and scarves. Picking out a new tree ornament or-nament always provides the finishing touch for a day of Christmas shopping and the KAC offers an intriguing selection. There are Abba Dabba dough ornaments and more classical procelain decorations by Nettie Linton. Lin-ton. There are over 85 artists represented at the Art of Christmas Present. It is easy to to find your own favorite by visiting the Kimball Art Center before Dec. 14. |