Missituk Valley Art Association - 522 W Saltonstall St
Focusing exclusively on Missituk Valley artists, this gallery housed in a sprawling, well-kept Victorian-style house showcases artists unable to hang work in the more exclusive art halls in Blaine's Port. There are many showings during the year, and sales are just enough to keep the place going. Hanging since 1929 is a painting titled "R'leyh Rising" by Wade Updike; the artist's last painting before being committed to the New Jerusalem Sanitarium.
The gallery is owned by Hayden Neal, who enjoys the social scene much more than the actual business. He leaves that up to his lover and gallery curator Phillip Black. Local painters and sculptors who wish to have their work exhibited must be approved by Black. The two live in an opulent apartment on the top floor of the house, devoting the rest of this handsome structure to serve as a gallery and venue for the arts.
Also living here is the couple's over spoiled white Persian cat Popcorn. She is a vain and temperamental thing, but no other cat or dog in New Jerusalem knows more about the arts than she. She is almost always willing to discuss the arts with others and has a good knowledge of local artists both current and ancient.
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