Celebrating Community
Neddi Heller’s paintings are in “Welcome Back Home” a curated art exhibit by Erin Treacy and Krista Dragoner now hanging in the back room at Sunny’s. The show will be up through May 18.
Last year Heller had a solo show at Sunny’s which opened on March 6, and it, and just about everything else ended up closing about ten days later due to the pandemic.
The reopening of Sunny’s and this group art exhibit reaffirms the happiness of a hopeful return to normalcy.
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Thank you for this article and posting my artwork. So many commented on how that the show was their last hurrah before all closed down. Moving forwards slowly but surely! 🐢