“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
   - Thomas Merton

Gallery 323 provides local artists in several media an outlet to display and sell their work.

To showcase the wide variety of artistic talent in Bluffton, the Icon introduces this monthly feature. It provides photographs of one of the gallery’s artists. This feature will continue at the first of each month.

This month’s featured Gallery 323 artist is T.R. Steiner, potter. Many of his pieces are available at the gallery. Each of the pieces in this photo feature are on sale at the gallery.

- Please view the photos at the bottom of this story -

About Gallery 323
The gallery, aptly named and located at 323 N. Main St., Bluffton, is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursdays and Friday noon to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and by appointment.

Kat Luginbuhl, third-generation Bluffton artist, is gallery manager. While Kat’s silver art is available at Gallery 323, customers will also find other familiar artists who have works on sale.

Among those are Lois Wetherill, sewn art; Anita Lehman, paper, watercolors and ceramics; T.R. Steiner, ceramics; Kerry Bush, photography; Jamie Nygaard, photography; Judith Greavu, ceramics and fused glass; Phil Sugden, drawings; Jim Fultz, miniature paintings; Melissa Eddings Mancuso, paintings; Laura Corle, water colors and Mike Huffman, oil paintings.

In addition, copies of Jeanette Reineke’s book, “Fear No Art,” are also available.

Gallery 323
323 N. Main St.
Bluffton
419-979-9705
Wednesdays  - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursdays and Fridays  - noon to 3 p.m.
Saturdays  - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and by appointment