Art from the collections of Auburn residents is on display in the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center until Oct. 14 as part of Auburn Arts Association's Fall Invitational 2009.
The display is called Borrowed Art because the pieces are borrowed from the personal collections of 17 Auburn residents.
The works are by 29 nationally and locally recognized artists and include prints, ceramics, paintings, works on paper and a quilt.
"I installed (the exhibit) to make each piece have its own space and to look good to whatever's next to it," said Margaret Gluhman, the show's curator. "And also to flow."
The impetus for the display was a past show at the arts center, Gluhman said.
Gluhman had arranged a show featuring works by local artists, and she said Helene Burkart wanted to have the show include work by her late husband, O.G. Burkart.
However, Gluhman said it is not customary to include a deceased artist's work in a show for local art.
Gluhman decided to arrange a loan show, which would be able to include Burkart's works.
The show has a Conte pencil on paper piece and a gouache piece by Burkart on display.
Ethel Vaughan, an artist featured in the show, attended the Friday night reception the Arts Association held for the display.
"When I got here and saw the program and saw that Margaret had put (my piece) in," Vaughan said. "I felt very honored that she did that."
Vaughan said she came to the show because she had submitted a piece by Judi Betts she owns. Vaughan said she enjoys coming to see the shows.
Sara Hand, cultural arts director for the Auburn parks and recreation department, said the exhibit included a piece by Sloan Bibb she owns.
"I enjoy this piece because it's a mixed media," Hand said. "And also has many vintage qualities. As you can see, this old Thunderbird sign. I'm also very attracted to objects that may be recycled, or even left on the side of the road."
Hand said she bought the piece from Bibb at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts.
"Whenever you're trying to interpret a work of art, it's very interesting, because you're really trying to uncover the many layers of a piece of artwork," Hand said. "And in uncovering those layers you find many personal connections, and that's really what makes a person want to purchase a piece of art work, or to just really appreciate a piece of artwork."
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