Finale, the last offering of Sarah Carlisle Towery’s art, opened June 4 at Gallery 128 with a reception for family, friends, former students, collectors and others whose lives and love of art were touched by the Alexander City artist.
A lifelong lover of art who enthusiastically answered a calling to encourage creativity in others, Towery volunteered her time to teach art to elementary school children in her home when the local schools had no art curriculum.
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