Young Madeline Crider, a Whitefish Bay Middle School eighth-grader, was among the sprinkling of people ljust now ooking at the Friends of the Visual Arts art show, when she came to an intricate drawing of a house and exclaimed, "Whoa, that's really good."
At first she thought it was a photograph.
"It kinda looks like my house," she said. The donated piece carries a value of $300. The show of all donated pieces lines the lobby of the field house.
Madeline had just finished the run and already is a pro, having run in the event since it started.
"My leg is hurting, I think I need new shoes," the youngster said.
The Friends of the Visual Arts might just investigate moving the sale permanently to coincide with Run/Walk the Bay, said Tracy Luber, art sale chairwoman. The Friends did very well last night, the first day of the sale, she said, and the runners are a big plus. But not the only special thing the sale has going for it.
"Mother's Day has been a big boost," she said. "People are buying a lot of gifts."
One of the people browsing the art was Sandy Murphy who really liked what she saw.
"It's fantastic, I love the post cards, old pictures of Whitefish Bay," she said. The post cards were beautifully framed. They were amid many paintings and drawings, and even kicky Cosmopolitan cocktail glasses, a colorful mosaic mailbox, scarves, handcrafted jewelry and more.
