Welcome to the Bryn Du Mansion! With a mission of historical preservation and cultural, recreational, educational and artistic experiences, there is always something happening. |
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| | The 2022 Art Show Thank you to all who attended the 18th Annual Bryn Du Art Show! It was beautifully received by a record-breaking number of visitors. We are so happy to have been able to share 86 fantastic works of art with so many of you! Throughout the Show, we enjoyed watching a variety of artist demonstrations, selling art works to those who found something they loved too much to leave behind, helping visitors vote for their very favorite pieces, and admiring the incredible talent alongside all of you. We look forward to bringing you another amazing show in 2023 (the entry system will open again on October 15!) but for now, we'll say thank you to all of our 2022 artists, visitors and volunteers for helping to make the show a huge success! | | |
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| | Congratulations! Every year, the Bryn Du Art Show gives out multiple prizes to 5 lucky artists. This year's juror chose The Growth in Sacrifice by Kaylynn Etienne as Best in Show (above), and gave Excellence Awards to both Jim Murrin for Memory and Tom Trusty for Winterbranch #22. These 3 awards total $2000 and are courtesy of GermainCars.com. In addition, Ohio Magazine's Art Editor chose Karen LaValley's Longing as this year's Ohio Magazine Award winner. Finally, the 2022 Community Choice Award winner, voted on by visitors to the show, is Mathew McFarren for Dreams on Wings. Congratulations to all! Visit the link below to see these artists' works and other photos from this year's show. | | |
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| | The Daffodil Show is Back! It's back! The Granville Garden Club is thrilled to be back for their Diamond Jubilee Daffodil Show & Sale at Bryn Du. Help to celebrate their 75th annual show on Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, in the Mansion, from 12-6pm both days. Enjoy the return of Spring with this year's theme, "Daffodils, Diamonds, and Dreams." See beautiful floral displays throughout the Mansion and order bulbs from hundreds of varieties for your own garden areas. We are thrilled to support the Granville Garden Club's efforts every year and hope you will join us! | | |
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| | Special Community Art-Making with Paul Hamilton Join nationally-recognized artist Paul Hamilton on Saturday, April 2 at 10am to be a part of a beautiful community enhancement project! This free 2-hour workshop includes education, the hands-on creation of public art to be displayed in downtown Granville next to the Kinetic by Windstream retail store, and additional fun for all. This workshop, which is open to all, will be held in the Bryn Du Art Center studio. Presented by Kinetic by Windstream, and directed and hosted by Paul Hamilton. | | |
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| | Upcoming COPA Gallery Show On Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24, the Central Ohio Plein Air Painters (COPA) will be hosting a must-see gallery exhibit of Bryn Du and spring-inspired art in the Bryn Du Art Center's Eddie Wolfe Gallery. Join them from 12-6pm both days to see beautiful works of art by these amazing Ohio-based artists. All of the art displayed will be for sale. Come enjoy the beauty of spring as created by these incredibly talented artists whose expertise lies in painting and creating outdoors. Hours will coincide with the Daffodil Show. | | |
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| | You're Invited! Join us for a very special Arbor Day Tree Dedication in honor of the Licking County Community Center for 60+ Adults moving to the Bryn Du Mansion Estate. The dedication for a beautiful white dogwood tree will be held on Friday, April 29 at 11am along the Bryn Du entrance driveway. This thoughtful gift has been made possible by the Granville Tree and Landscape Commission and John Klauder Landscape and Design. All are welcome to help us celebrate this special moment which will be followed by light refreshments. | | |
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Congratulations to our April couple! Joseph & Louisa We wish you a lifetime of happiness and thank you for sharing your special day with us! | | |
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| | Thank you, Rachel! Bryn Du's winter Artist in Residence, Rachel Clarke, created some truly amazing activities for the community while she was living on site. She started with a special "Q&A" with the Licking County Community Center for 60+ Adults, held a watercolor activity for visitors of all ages during the Bryn Du Art Show, and hosted 3 open dates for the community to view her gorgeous art exhibition in the Eddie Wolfe Gallery in the Art Center. We were sad to see her go this week and wish her lots of luck in her future endevours. Thank you for sharing your immense talent with us and the local community, Rachel! | | |
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| | With Much Appreciation We are so very thankful for all of our Bryn Du Art Show sponsors who helped to provide funding and/or goods and services to the event! By doing so, they ensured that Bryn Du can create a very special art exhibition for the community that remains free for all to visit. Special recognition goes out to our Diamond Elite sponsors: GermainCars.com, HedgeRow Wealth Management, Park National Bank, Explore Licking County, Donatos, Kinetic by Windstream and Ohio Magazine. Much appreciateion also goes out to the Ohio Arts Council and Granville Arts Commission for their grant support. | | |
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This month is the anniversary of Mrs. Alice Baxter Jones' death on April 11, 1931. Mrs. Jones, wife of John Sutphin Jones and matriarch of the arts in Granville, died at Grant hospital following an operation. Twenty years prior, Alice married John in a quiet ceremony at the Bryn Du farm and subsequently gave him two daughters, Sallie and Ginny. They joined Mrs. Jones' daughter from a previous marriage, Betty, as sisters residing at Bryn Du. Mrs. Jones was a wonderful hostess who enjoyed welcoming some of the days most renowned artists in music and theatre to Bryn Du and Granville as a whole. In addition, she was also a large supporter of “our little library”, as she called it, and saw the completion of the Jones Memorial Viaduct (at the end of Cherry Street). Upon her death she was cremated and her ashes interred in Cincinnati. |
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Your Support is Appreciated Bryn Du is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is managed by the Bryn Du Commission volunteer Board of Directors. Donations of any size are truly appreciated and go towards historic preservation and cultural, recreational, educational and artistic community programming. We are so grateful for you and your continued support. Thank you! | | |
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