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Article published
Dec 11, 2005
Artists create space to show
their work
By BRYANT PERKINS
The Eagle-Gazette
Staff
 LANCASTER
- The Monarch Gallery officially opened its doors Saturday to the sounds of live
music and chattering art fans.
Mike Schorr and his wife,
Lisa, are two of the 28 artist-members who helped create the gallery. Schorr
said Monarch was created to serve the surrounding community through interaction
between artists and art enthusiasts and classes taught at the gallery.
Schorr said.
"Our goal is to provide a creative environment where people can come
to view art in any medium."
The art gallery is unique in that it is not run by a gallery owner, Schorr said.
The gallery is owned and operated by
the 28 artist members from
Lancaster
and around the country.
More than 500 people attended the grand opening that lasted from
6:30 p.m.
to
midnight
. Schorr
said the entire process of designing, painting and paying for the gallery took
three months.
Monarch is at the heart of downtown
Lancaster
-
160 W. Wheeling St.
- a perfect location, according to
longtime art enthusiast Jane Dover of Lancaster.
 The
retired airline worker attended the grand opening, and as she examined one of
the paintings said: "The pieces in here are just wonderful. I
have been painting all my life and all of these pieces in here are just
beautiful."
Schorr said he hopes to add more works to the gallery.
The full-time economic development director at
Fisher
Catholic
High School
said the artists want to make the
gallery a nonprofit gallery so that it can be eligible for state funding and
expand.
Artist Margie Hale, 65, of
Lancaster
, said she wants to see the gallery
expand its upcoming art classes to include art of all kinds.
The retired commercial artist specializes in pen and dried flower art.
"I want there to be more than just painting work shops," Hale said.
"I see this gallery doing a lot for the community and adding a lot to
people's knowledge of art."
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