The Hopkinsville Art Guild's "Midday with the Art Guild" programs are presented the second Wednesday of the month at Noon for 1 hour in the Pennyroyal Area Museum.

This next month Grace Abernethy will share information about her career as a historic restoration artist. She specializes in the study and restoration of historic painted finishes. She earned her Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Clemson University and College of Charleston in 2011 and has worked on historic buildings up and down the East Coast and throughout the South.

Abernethy was a recipient of the South Carolina Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation Award in 2014 and won 2nd place in the Charles E. Peterson Prize for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 2011.

A light boxed lunch will be provided. The event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required by September 2nd. They may be made at www.hopkinsvilleartguild.org

The event is sponsored by Planters Bank, HEWA, Atmos Energy, Henderson Realty Investors, Ison and Cavanah, Attorneys and Hopkinsville Art Guild.

For more information please contact Henrietta Kemp, hvkemp@yahoo.com or 270-886-3776