March Madness at the Benson Museum

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BENSON — It’s March Madness at the Benson Museum, to be celebrated with a number of activities on Saturday.

The museum, located at 180 San Pedro St., will be featuring the works of local artists, with selections of oil, acrylic, watercolor, pencil and photography on exhibit through April. The participating artists are members of the San Pedro River Arts Council.

In addition to the art exhibit, the Quilt Gallery and gift shop will be open Saturday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Visit the shop and enjoy a bake sale while on the museum property.

Muralist Doug Quarles will be at the Benson Clean and Beautiful informational booth where he will answer questions about the mural he’s completed as well as discuss plans for future projects. Clean and Beautiful committee members will be handing out brochures of the murals, fact sheets and applications about becoming a committee member, said Lisa Hill, who chairs Benson Clean and Beautiful. Members are currently in the process of working on short and long range goals for Benson. Suggestions include the following projects: planting trees along Fourth Street and in local parks, community clean-up projects, placing benches along the “Mural Walking Tour,” cleaning up Fourth Street and adding plants in flower pots and purchasing large, non-portable ashtrays to place next to business entryways.

Hill says that Clean and Beautiful is looking for people who might be interested in serving on committees within the organization to help with such projects as membership drives, fundraisers, future murals, landscaping and community clean-up efforts as well as community awareness and publicity. “When we work together as a team, there is so much we can accomplish,” she said.

“We are asking the community at large for ideas about future projects they would like to see Benson Clean and Beautiful undertake,” said Hill. The deadline to submit ideas is March 31. Those with recommendations should call Hill at (520) 586-2516 or by going to BensonCandB@yahoo.com.

The community is invited to visit the Benson Museum during Saturday’s March Madness event and learn about the different projects around town. Participate in the list of activities the museum is hosting throughout the day and enjoy the exhibit by local artists.

For information, call the museum at (520) 586-3134.

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