Portraits by painter Amanda Joseph will be on exhibit beginning Monday, Jan. 7, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
The exhibit is free and open to the public through Jan. 27. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The gallery will also host a reception with the artist from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13.
“Spirituality & Shalom: Living at the Intersection of Faith & Justice,” the 2013 Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship conference, will be held Feb. 8-10 at Bluffton University.
Spirituality’s role in peacebuilding—and peacebuilding’s role in individuals’ spiritual lives—is the focus of the conference, an annual gathering of representatives of Mennonite colleges and universities but open to the public as well.
The Icon received several letters written from youngsters at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center during the Cookie Walk on Saturday. The Center forwarded these to the Icon.
Santa kindly offered Karson's letter to the Icon. Karson said:
Dear Santa,
How was your summer? Ho Ho Ho! I've been very good this year. Here are some things I want for Christmas, an air hogs fly crane, a tablet and a new webkins guinea pig.
Drive Time Driving Instruction will begin its next Bluffton class on Jan. 6. Classes are held at Bluffton Entrepreneurial Center, 505 E. Jefferson Street.
Click on the link below to go directly to the Drive Time site and further information.
