The Silver Brush Art Society, a group of local artists and friends for many years, has been busy painting and preparing for their upcoming Art Show & Sale in support of the Matthews Help Center. In 2000 The Silver Brush Society chose to contribute a portion of its show proceeds to this organization because of The Help Center’s worthwhile mission, and has continued to do so on a yearly basis since that time. This is the ninth year for the event that will be held in Matthews on Friday , November, 13th and Saturday November 14th.
The mission of the Matthews Help Center is to care for those in need in the community by providing programs and services that will meet life’s basic needs, and by connecting those in need with resources that improve the quality of life. Its services include crisis assistance with food, clothing, monetary assistance, health related transportation, blood pressure checks three mornings per week and a Thrift Shop.

The Silver Brush Art Society is a group of experienced artists that use such media as watercolor, acrylic, polymers, pastel, and oil. The artists have created works that are proudly displayed in the homes and offices of many prior attendees to the annual show. Most of the artists have painted together for many years.

“Over the years, the Silver Brush Art Society has donated close to $25,000 to the Help Center,” a charitable organization which operates only from donations.

Four important components embrace this event. The first is the Silver Brush Art Society comprised of fine art artists Prudy Weaver, Peggy Simmons, John Moeslin, Cynthia Howard, Sharon Schwenk, Shane Somerset, Sandy Wilkinson and jeweler, Julie Johnson.  The artists work in all the major mediums.  Each has a distinctive style in a wide variety of sizes, colors, and subject matter at reasonable prices for the holidays.

The second component consists of the attorneys and employees of the law firm of Weaver, Bennett and Bland who generously stop working for two days while furniture and existing works of art  are stored allowing each artist an entire office space for displaying his/her art work.

The third component is the Matthews Help Center. Kim Rhodarmor, Executive Director, says, “This is the 30^th anniversary of the Matthews Help Center and the 9^th year with the Silver Brush Art Society.”  Six employees and 150 volunteers offer many services such as crisis assistance; health, food and nutritional; school clothing and supplies; holiday adoption; and temporary housing. The Thrift Shop offers high quality clothes, shoes, home goods, house wares, books, and it takes in donations of any kind. The Center has more than quadrupled its services in just this past year.

The Silver Brush Art Society along with Weaver, Bennett and Bland, and the Matthews Help Center need you, the fourth component and the most important one, to come and make November 13th and 14^th a very special and successful event.   

See you there!