SHILOH EVENTS

Museum Open House to Feature Local Collectors

The Shiloh Museum’s sixth annual “Cabin Fever Reliever” open house will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at the museum.

The event will feature displays by about two dozen local collectors. Among the collections to be shown are corn husk dolls, marbles and marble games, crystals, rolling pins, Civil War miscellany, ribbon flowers, driftwood, Native American art, watches, paperweights, Siloam Springs memorabilia, snow globes, pencil sharpeners, northwest Arkansas postal history, GI Joe toys, storybook dolls, Christmas pyramids, rocks, Henk Bost artwork, pigs, magnets, sand from around the world and glass vacuum coffee pots.

Ozark Coverlets

Marty Benson and Laura Redford, members of the Northwest Arkansas Handweavers Guild, will present “Weaving Warmth: Uncovering Ozark Coverlets” at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Benson and Redford are experienced weavers and weaving instructors with an interest in history and historic textiles, and both are volunteers at the Shiloh Museum. They will share findings from their study of about three dozen handwoven coverlets in the Shiloh Museum collection.

Ozark Folk Art Exhibit

Just Doing My Work, an exhibit of paintings by folk artist Essie Ward, opens Monday, Jan. 27. Born in Searcy County, Ark., in 1902, Essie Ward was a self-taught artist whose oil paintings depicting scenes of traditional Ozark life became popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

In 1970, Ward was invited to participate in the Smithsonian’s Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D. C. The Shiloh Museum collection includes 59 Essie Ward paintings, believed to be the largest and most complete collection of Ward’s work, according to Carolyn Reno, museum collections manager. The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 10, 2015.

MONTHLY MEETINGS Writing Group

LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20. For information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588.

Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas

The Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. For information, call Marci Vaughn at 770-6080.

Sacred Harp Singers

The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12.