| Clara Lou Gould Fund for the Arts: $750 Fund Challenge for River Beacons Mural Project Has Been Met |
 Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release Contact: Linda T. Hubbard, 845-838-2880, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Kevin Haydon, 845-797-2976, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Clara Lou Gould Fund for the Arts - $750 Fund Challenge for the River Beacons Mural Project Has Been Met Many thanks to the community for supporting the $750 Fund Challenge from the Clara Lou Gould Fund for the Arts to help the Beacon Sloop Club raise the remaining $1500 needed to complete payment for the River Beacons Mural Project. "The year end generosity of our citizens has been outstanding and the challenge has been met” announced the Beacon Sloop Club. The Beacon Arts Community Association is now sending a check from the Clara Lou Gould Fund for the Arts for $750 to match the amount raised. Image: River Beacons Mural by Rick Price Beacon Sloop Club's River Beacons Mural celebrates Beacon's river town heritage and lifestyle, the wooden sloop Woody Guthrie's 30th anniversary, and the statewide Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial. The painting, 15 feet high and 10 feet wide, hangs on the brick western wall of 172 Main St ; facing the little grassy lot on the corner of Cross Street and Main Street . The location makes this mural highly visible to Beaconites and visitors, inviting both to enjoy, preserve and celebrate our river town heritage. The artist is local Beacon resident, Rick Price. “We are really pleased with the support” says Kevin Haydon of the Beacon Sloop Club. “There is even a little surplus which we will use to create a permanent sign.” For more information about the Beacon Arts Community Association and the Clara Lou Gould Fund for the Arts, go to www.beaconarts.org . The Fund is a component fund of the Community Foundation of Dutchess County, 845-452-3077, www.cfdcny.org |