Artist Sally Jordan’s works benefit Selma Art Guild

A Selma Art Guild (SAG) show and sale of works by featured artist of the month for October Sally Jordan proved very successful this past weekend and beneficial to SAG.

Selma Art Guild President Cam Guarino said, “I was extremely pleased with the show and sale because almost everyone who came bought paintings from which the proceeds help the guild.”

Jordan, a former Selma resident, elementary teacher and SAG President, donated many of her paintings to be used as a fundraiser to benefit SAG. And the works were featured in a Halloween themed reception and sale Oct. 5 and Oct. 6. But the show will remain up and Jordan’s art for sale through the month of October. 

Visitors trick or treated around the gallery collecting candy and viewing the art. And all of Jordan’s works at the SAG Gallery, located at 508 Selma Ave., were and remain affordably priced for quick sale from $10 to $50 each. They are already matted.

At age 83, Jordan remarried four years ago to a man who lived in Statesville, N.C. and moved from the North Carolina mountains of Hayesville to the Piedmont Region.

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Jordan said she donated her works for sale to benefit SAG because, “I haven't found anything like the Selma Art Guild since I moved. I liked the cooperative effort the guild puts forth to highlight artists' art and give the members a chance to work in the gallery. And I liked the spirit of the members who put on the open houses and events. And the food. Selma is lucky to have the guild.”

Jordan said her inspiration for the art on sale at the gallery came from trying to improve her style, painting daily with different subjects. “Nothing brilliant but just the enjoyment of producing something that is pleasing to me.”

Still painting today, Jordan’s current works have been shown in the Morning Song Gallery in Hayesville, N.C. and at the Hiddenite Ary Museum.

The Selma Art Guild was organized in the 1970s to promote art and provide opportunities for local artists to show and sell their work. The SAG Gallery is open Saturdays from 10-2 and by appointment.