Publication: THE CHARLESTON GAZETTEPublished: Thursday, July 03, 2008Page: 9DByline: BOB SCHWARZ
Shelia Brown has been making reed baskets for 25 years, but she started thinking about selling them only after her younger daughter went to college.
“It was something to fill the empty-nest syndrome, after you’ve had two children who were involved in everything and you went [...]

[ June 6, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Friday, June 6, 2008, Mystery Dinner Theatre, sponsored by ACPC, in the Community Building, Kingwood, WV, at 6:00 pm.

$30.00 per person - dinner, show, and wine.

The author JoAnn Peterson and ACPC member will direct the play entitled “Death By Chocolate.” The audience will be engaged for a fun time and prizes will be awarded. Social [...]

Tickets are now on sale for the ACPC raffle basket. Price: 1/$2 or 3/$5.
Items in the basket include:

Stoneware Bowl - Gail Anderson
Porcelain Honey Jar - Rick & Susan Bisgyer, Ridgetop Pottery
Fine Art Print & Stationary - Jean Bonnette
Handmade Basket - Shelia Brown, Baskets by Shelia
Natural Bodycare Products - Beth Clark, Appalachian Essentials
Wooden Kitchen Utensils - [...]

From MountainMade.com:
The MountainMade Artisan Gallery will exhibit the work of Preston County artist, Donna Lohr, through the month of March.  “I am blessed with the urge to create” Donna says.  Following in the footsteps of an “artistic father” and “crafty grandmother”, and encouraging words from her kindergarden class, Donna disconnects herself from the world and [...]

The Arts Council of Preston County is currently planning two events. The first is a raffle of a handmade basket overflowing with work by local artisans who are juried into the Arts Council’s Gallery on South Price Street. The basket is by Shelia Brown of Baskets by Shelia. Among the items [...]