Primitive-style artist Carole Wantz of St. Louis mentioned three months ago that her latest exhibition at the Indiana State Museum in downtown Indianapolis already was providing her a chance to reconnect with old Columbus friends she had long ago lost touch with.
It hardly has hurt much that The New York Times Style Magazine and other media outlets recently have reawakened the public to her works done in the folksy style of Grandma Moses.
A public reception for her show “The Artwork of Carole Wantz: Collected Stories from Columbus, Indiana,” will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the museum’s Thomas A. King Bridge Gallery.
Organizers expect more than 150 people, including former Cummins Inc. executives and other community leaders, to attend. Wantz’s family also is expected to be on hand.
The exhibition highlights 30 of her paintings done for executives and others from 1975 to 1985 when she lived in Columbus.
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