LIFT UP THINE EYES, a 1969 illustration by Norman Rockwell for McCall's magazine, is among the artwork now on exhibit at the Ketchikan Presbyterian Church

Church at Auvers, Van Gogh, print. "Art from Around the World" celebrates Pentecost and the delivery of the Gospel to every corner of the world.

ON THIS ROCK OPENS AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

“On This Rock,” the new art exhibit at Ketchikan Presbyterian Church, celebrates the congregation’s 50^th anniversary in their present building at

2711 Second Avenue

The exhibit includes numerous pieces of art that depict a wide assortment of both fictional and real churches. Highlights of the exhibit are the original architect’s rendering of the new building, and an impressionistic sketch of the new building by congregation member Nancy Henrikson Dewitt. Dewitt died in late 2010, but the exhibit is named after the title she gave to her sketch, “On This Rock.” A detail of that sketch is reproduced on bookmarks that the church made to celebrate the anniversary of the building.

Other art in the exhibit includes a post card collection, a cloth calendar produced by Old North Church (Boston), a reproduction of a Norman Rockwell painting, a quilted wall hanging, numerous commemorative plates, and a copper church building that plays “Amazing Grace.”

The congregation plans other exhibits honoring the congregations past members and leaders, and will culminate their celebration on November 20 with special worship, music and a pot luck dinner. The exhibit can be viewed by appointment, or on Sunday mornings. For more information, call the church office at 225-3619.