Edgewood Orchard’s 42nd Season Opens with “Daybreak”

“Morning Memory” by Gretchen Klug.

On Saturday, May 1 Edgewood Orchard Galleries will be celebrating the beginning of its 42nd season with the opening of a group show titled “Daybreak.” An Opening Day Reception will take place from 10 am – 5 pm, and refreshments will be served through out the day. The public is welcome to visit the gallery and stroll through the sculpture garden to enjoy the new artwork that has just been delivered for the 2010 season.

To create the body of artwork for the group show “Daybreak,” last fall gallery owners Nell and J.R. Jarosh asked over 150 artists that are represented at Edgewood Orchard Galleries to spend some time during the winter months creating artwork that explores the transition from night into day. The resulting body of work is a captivating collection of paintings, glass, jewelry and pottery that reflect what the beginning of a new day means to each artist. The “Daybreak” show runs through June 8 on the main floor in the Edgewood Orchard fruit barn.

“Down State Corn Crib” by Roger Bechtold.

In addition to “Daybreak,” the artwork of several well-known Edgewood Orchard Galleries’ artists will also be featured as part of this season’s first exhibit. Painter Rodger Bechtold will have a show in the Little Gallery featuring a new collection of oil paintings, and the artwork of Ellison Bay potters Jeanne and David Aurelius will be featured on first level of the main gallery. On the main gallery’s second level, paintings and glass from several artist’s that are showing their work at the gallery for the first season will be displayed, as well as a wide selection of new artwork from artists that have become perennial Edgewood Orchard favorites.

“Crow Bowl” by Joseph and Georgia Pozycinski.

Edgewood Orchard Galleries was opened on June 29, 1969 by Irene Haberland and her daughter Anne, and the gallery is now in its third generation of family ownership. The gallery is located at 4140 Peninsula Players Road, two blocks east of Highway 42 between Egg Harbor and Fish Creek. After opening on May 1, the gallery will be open daily from 10 am – 5 pm through Sunday, October 31.

For more information, please call 920.868.3579, email [email protected] or visit http://www.edgewoodorchard.com.