Local artists to be featured at High Springs City Hall
By Jessica Chapman
For the Herald

HIGH SPRINGS -- Soon City Hall will transform. The bare white walls inside the High Springs City Hall Commission Chambers will soon be no more.

On Tuesday July 7, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., High Springs City Hall will premiere its first exhibition, “Art in City Hall,” featuring six artists from the High Springs area. The artists include Stacey Breheny, Tina Corbett, David Dobbins, Jane Kopp, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and Shamieka Nattiel.

The artwork will display the different aspects of the North Florida area as a way to promote High Springs, said City Commissioner Diane Shupe, who originally requested the project be pursued.

In addition to the opening reception on Tuesday, the exhibit can be seen during regular City Hall hours, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m.

The City Commission selected the artists from a pool of applicants and will continue to feature other artists from the community following the first exhibit. Each exhibit will be displayed for 8 to 12 weeks.

“We’re hoping merchants will get excited about it,” Shupe said. “Those walls are awfully bare.”

Shupe also said she would like to have a children’s display in the future.