Book Signing & Painting Demo Event at the Museum March 31st

Artist and writer, Robert Kroeger, based in Cincinnati, recently finished The Ohio Barn Project, which involved painting at least one old barn and writing an essay about it in each of our 88 counties - sort of a way to preserve the history of them before they are gone. The History Press/Arcadia Press will publish the book in March of 2021. 
 
For the next few years, Robert is offering fundraiser opportunities to historical societies. We were fortunate to schedule such a fundraiser at our museum on March 31, 2021 at noon. 

The fundraiser will feature a book signing along with Robert telling a few barn stories, offering a few paintings for auction, and a palette knife demo painting that will then be raffled.  Half the proceeds from the auction and raffle will be donated to the Champaign County Historical Society.
 
A great way to get a flavor for Robert’s background, paintings and essays is to visit this website: THE BARN PROJECTS.

There is no admission charge for the event.  Participation in the raffle is entirely voluntary.
 
NOTE:  Masks will be required to attend the event.  The room in which the painting demonstration and book signing will be set up in a manner that observes social distancing guidelines.   

Regarding the Ohio Barn Project itself, visit its Facebook site and view the newsclip below, which originally aired in December 2019.