Beal Grand Corridor gallery
Mel Watkin, Revolving Cycle, 2013-2024, colored pencils, 7x46ft.
Mel Watkin Revolving Cycle: Nine Years in the Making
October 4, 2025 – January 11, 2026
• Exhibit Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10 am to 5 pm & Sunday 1 to 5 pm
• Gallery Admission – Free
GATHER AT THE GALLERIES – EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Admission $10.00 | Cedarhurst Members – Free
- Open bar and appetizers | 5 to 6 pm
- Shrode Photography Competition Awards Announcement | 6 pm
- Gallery hop to see the art and meet the artists | 5 to 7 pm
- Shuttle rides to the Shrode Art Center to view the Photography Exhibit| 6 to 7 pm
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
Mel Watkin from Cobden, IL has created a 46-foot long drawing of nature going through the four seasonal changes. Revolving Cycles took nine years to finish!
Watkin was inspired by the 2009 loss of over 3,000 trees in a Derecho in southern Illinois. The storm left massive visual and environmental scars. Watkin wanted “to capture some of their majestic beauty and sheer size in order to infuse hope into a devastating situation.”
Gallery Sponsor:
Exhibit Sponsors:
Hunt & Donna Bonan
