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Hamilton, Ohio - More than 150 guests attended the gallery-opening celebration for the Rock & Root art exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. The event officially ran from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 25, but actually started at 4 p.m. with artist Amanda Lechner creating her final piece for the exhibition on site as guests watched her work and talked with her in the process. Artists Amanda Evans , Cathryn Amidei and Amy Kollar Anderson also were on hand

Hamilton, Ohio – The adage says all politics are local. Holds true in art, too. Amanda Leigh Evans took personal living experiences and turned them into universal art - including ceramic objects merged with print and digital media - in the Rock & Root exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. “Each of these sites in (the Bever North Gallery) are places I’ve lived or worked or where family lived,” she said. “And each of them has been touched by the way people have

Hamilton, Ohio – The empty canvas in the Fitton Center’s Monument Gallery stands out among the finished pieces on view. Amanda Lechner plans to fill it in front of an audience. Lechner – an artist and assistant professor at the Virginia Tech University School of Visual Art - live paints her final piece for the Rock & Root exhibition, which goes on view Saturday, October 25. The gallery opens at 4 p.m. for any guests who want to watch her work ahead of the free Opening Celebr