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Local artists showcased at Cherrydale

Every year, the clubhouse at Cherrydale is enhanced by the work of a variety of local artists. This year’s artwork is now on display, and an artist’s reception brought together the community’s wide range of artists.
Joan Wilson
Artist Joan Wilson is one of the many people showing at Cherrydale this year. The golf course gives local artists a chance to display their work on the clubhouse walls every year.

Every year, the clubhouse at Cherrydale is enhanced by the work of a variety of local artists. This year’s artwork is now on display, and an artist’s reception brought together the community’s wide range of artists.

One of those artists is Joan Wilson, who has been showing at Cherrydale for many years now.  She says she has been showing since it has started putting things on display, and her work this year is inspired by the view from her home in Saltcoats.

An advantage of the work at Cherrydale is that it gives an opportunity for those people who don’t have the time to put together a gallery show, but want to show work they are proud of, Wilson says. While she does not have a large number of paintings on display, she still wants people to see what she has been doing and share it with the community at large.

“It’s great for people to come and see there is stuff being done and there is art in the larger community. It’s great for here, and it’s a great for a lot of thus that are amateurs to show something we like that we did.”

The names on the wall represent a wide spectrum of the arts community in the city, with many people having displayed at local galleries over the recent years. Wilson says that for her, it’s interesting to see what other people are doing, and seeing the different styles people use.

“It’s an eclectic mix, with different styles from everyone... People have a different style whether they know it or not, and often you can look around and tell that it’s by so-and-so.”

Myrna Cherry says that they have been hosting local artists for years, and says it’s a win-win for the clubhouse and for local artists. For the Cherrys, it means they have the opportunity to fill the blank walls every year with new work.

“It’s a chance for people to see what talented people we have in the community.”

It’s also a chance to see artists grow and develop over the years, Cherry says, with many of the artists returning year after year.

While modest about her overall contribution, having just provided the walls, Cherry believes that giving artists a venue is something worth doing, as it means that the art itself can be enjoyed and appreciated.

“So many people who do art have their pieces just stuck in an attic or stuck in a bedroom, and they don’t display it like it should be. They are very talented.”

She credits Judy Niebergall with the continued display of local art at Cherrydale, saying it was Nibergall who got the ball rolling on the project and kicked off what has become a tradition. Cherry says they are proud to do what they can to support local art, and get it out and on display.