Fergus Arts Council presents first show at store

The newly minted Fergus Arts Council held its first event at Cherry Hill Video on Dec. 3.

The event was an art show featuring a number of local artists offering their art for sale.

The event was also a competition and Lorna McNeil, of Belwood, took first place in the show for her work in acrylic and pen and ink.

For finishing first, McNeil received an entire section, and art pod, to display her art work, as well as having two pieces on display on the winners’ wall.

McNeil was nervous at first because not only did she win, but also this was the first public showing of her work.

She said she has been working for years, and recently began to move to pen and ink sketches. “Some of it is quite old,” she said.

David Novosad was second. The runners-up were David Cross, James Robinson, and Francis Baker.

Coordinator Janette Gajic said the show will continue at Cherry Hill all through December, and most of the pieces are available for purchase.