Stained glass abstraction by Chuck McDonell.
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Neither silk purses nor sow`s ears were seen, but Cedar Key area artists used discarded and evocative materials to create art of many types. More than thirty items, from abstract to whimsical were admired by a full house of visitors at a February 6 show at the Cedar Key Arts Center. 
An asemblage by Connie Nelson.
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Dr. Bev Ringenberg presided over the award ceremony at which Dr. Sandra Buckingham received the Creativity Award. Her piece sprang from a section of communications cable found along a road. After the cable was unraveled, she wove a basket as ethereal as the electronic signals that once traveled the cable. 
Bev Ringenberg (left) presenting Creativity Award to Sandra Buckingham.
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The Creativity Award was established by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pattillo, in memory of artist Jeanne Holley Franck, Mrs. Pattillo`s mother. Dr. Buckingham generously contributed the cash award to the Creativity Fund. 
From old cable to new creation.
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The show was judged by sculptor-painter-ceramicist Chick Schwartz and Marsha Schwartz. Shards of colored glass, pieces of old puzzles and grouper scales were just some of the materials that were recognized by the artists as having special graphic qualities. 
Mask by Mike Leiner.
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In the small side gallery of the Arts Center, Cedar Key School children showed their use of discarded materials to create works of art. 
Horse by Cedar Key School student Zoe Stuber.
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The shows will be open through the month of February. As always, we acknowledge that neither online nor print images of the arts shows do justice to the art. Please visit the galleries to see the array of color and form. 
Eileen Bowers models her creation.
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