6 • The Beacon May 8, 2025

By Josie Sellers Beacon Editor

The Coshocton Art Guild is heading into spring with a new slate of officers and plans to share members’ talents with the community.

Kim Gress is the new president. The vice president is Jack Hunt. The financial team includes Hunt, Gress and Shara Prindle, and the secretaries are Lynn Fraelich and Ernie Galajda.

In addition to meeting once a month to share projects, the art guild members operate the Tollhouse Art and Gifts, which Gress manages. The shop is in Historic Roscoe Village at 408 N. Whitewoman St. in Coshocton. Hours are Thursday through Friday from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. and Sunday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.

“ I always tell people we have a little bit of everything in here,” Gress said.

The gallery is filled with a variety of artistic pieces. There is jewelry, pottery, paintings and more.

“ We have about 17 vendors and feature an Artist of the Month,” Gress said.“ The artists keep their collections fresh, and people always bring in new stuff.”

Artists must sign a vendor agreement and volunteer one day a month and a Saturday or Sunday every two months. The vendor fee is $ 15 or $ 30 depending on the size of your space.

The Coshocton Art Guild members also volunteer at places like Clary Gardens and offer classes at their shop in Roscoe. The next class at Tollhouse Art and Gifts

Josie Sellers

The Coshocton Art Guild is heading into spring with a new slate of officers and plans to share members’ talents with the community. Pictured is Kim Gress, the new president, and Vicki Moon Spiegel, who will offer the next class. is Journaling with Vicki Moon Spiegel on Thursday, May 22 from 1-3 p. m. or 5-7 p. m. The cost is $ 25.

“ It’ s a way to learn with no expectations,” Spiegel said.“ You can draw anything you want, make collages, a scrapbook of a day in your life, or I even write notes in mine about different techniques I want to try.”

She spent 25 years as a professional illustrator for the Columbus Zoo and now works regularly in mixed media and exhibits across Ohio, exploring mosaic collages, beadwork, drawings, eclectic dolls, oil paintings, metal work and sewing.

Spiegel also will do a stained-glass class soon, and Gress is planning one on diamond art for Saturday, May 31.

“ You need no formal

training,” Spiegel said.“ If you want to try something, come to a class. The more you do something, the better you will get at it.”

The Coshocton Art Guild meets the second Thursday each month at 5 p. m. at the old fire station at Eighth and Walnut streets. Meetings are open to anyone interested in art in varying mediums. Feel free to come to a meeting to learn more about the Coshocton Art Guild.

“ It’ s a show and tell meeting,” Gress said.“ Members are encouraged to bring something they are working on.”

Contact information is on the Tollhouse Art and Gifts and Coshocton Art Guild Facebook pages, and classes are on the Yodel Calendar website. You also can visit www. coshoctonartguild. org.

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