Once a year area residents have an opportunity to purchase art created by local artists - thanks to the Bluffton Center for Entrepreneurs. This year's opportunity is Saturday, Oct. 27.

The event is the BCE's annual dinner and art auction fundraiser. Tickets are now on sale at $50 each or $300 for a table of eight persons.

The event takes place at The Center, 600 N. Main St., Bluffton. The evening's schedule follows:
5:30 p.m. art preview
6:15 p.m. dinner
7-9 p.m. art auction
Tickets are avilable from Brendon Matthews at First National Bank Mathews, [email protected]; or Fred Steiner [email protected].

Twenty original works by area artists will be auctioned at the event. For a review of several of the works to be auctioned look at the photos below.

Artists who have contributed works include: Marianna Hofer, Lois Wetherill, Gregg Luginbuhl, Jim Fultz, Barbara Fields, Nanci Mistovich, Darvin Luginbuhl, Jeanella Smalley, Beverly Amstutz, Min Lindsey, Anita Lehman, Jen Althaus and Oscar Velasquez.