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Artist and artCentral Board Member JASON SHELFER
Each year my Mom asks me what I want for Christmas, and I try to make my responses an equal mix of constructive and audacious.

The sewing machine Christmas launched my textile creations...and these sculptures are the result of my Lincoln Arc Welder Christmas.

Once I had begun creating pieces from the objects I had on hand (and displaying them in my yard), friends began to give me metal.

I could not do most of these without my dear friends slash patrons, particularly, the Ball Family!  They have opened up their farm to be artistically plundered on numerous occasions...J.T.A.S.
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JASON SHELFER | SCULPTURAL SPECTACULAR     ··     RED I-BEAMS ($2,500)     ··     BUNKER BOMB ($1,500) 

This bright-bold-exciting collection splendidly fulfills artCentral’s mission to sustain our souls and lift our spirits
​as we continue to find our way through the curious times we are navigating.

                                                                 CORIOLIS ($800)     ··     HERON ($1,000)     ··     CELESTE CHAIRS ($1,500) 
BIKE LANES (NFS)             ··             THORAX ($1,500)             ··             A TEMPEST OF WHEELS ($1,000)

In artCentral’s tradition of offering grand art for our small town, Board member and artCentral artist Jason Shelfer, has installed his unique 
up-cycled, repurposed, found objects assemblages on the beautiful Hyde House lawn under the impressive canopy of old growth trees.
INTERSTITIAL ($800)          ··          ALEA IACTA EST - The die ihas been cast. ($1,000)          ··          PYRAMIDAL DUO ($2,000)

This drive-through (from the comfort of your car) or bike-to or walk-through (to get some low impact exercise) exhibition is free
​for your viewing pleasure at 1110 East Thirteenth Street in Carthage. For more information call (417) 358-4404.
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As an artist of many, many talents, Jason Shelfer has a Bachelor of Arts in English (minored in Studio Art with a Sculpture Emphasis)
and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He not only makes large scale sculptural constructions, he also creates lovely rosaries
​and whimsical jewelry and paints and contributes paintings to artCentral’s fundraising artist-generated Small Auctions auctions.
WINDOW SCREENS #1 (NFS)    ··    ORANGE STEEL TUBE ($2,500)    ··    TRACTOR PARTS ($500)    ··    WINDOW SCREENS #2  (NFS) 

Jason, married to Meg Fethers Shelfer and father of Miles and Flannery, is a truly committed Carthaginian and has tirelessly supported our community as a City Council member. He works today as the Supervisor in the Child Support Division in the office of the Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney. He serves on the board of Art Feeds National.
GRAY MOBIUS WIRE (NFS) ·· WILD HORSES ($1,000) ·· THE ANGELUS by MILLET via DALI ($3,000)
CERCHI per NOSTRO CIRCOLO-
Circles for Our Circle ($1,000) 

 A graduate of Carthage Senior High School, he tells us he has shoes to fill:

“My Great Great Grandfather permanently moved to Carthage in 1918 where he was appointed to serve as Street Commissioner and eventually passed away at his home on Maple Street. My Great Grandfather worked for 23 years at Carter Hardware until he became a Deputy Clerk at the Jasper County Courthouse until his death at McCune-Brooks.

My Grandfather graduated from Carthage High in 1929. At one point he was a credit manager for the Carthage Marble Corporation
and was the owner/operator of the local Buena Vista Dairy. My mother graduated Carthage High School in 1967 and has been
​a very active volunteer to numerous local organizations.”

Come see Jason Shelfer’s SCULPTURAL SPECTACULAR!
Treat yourself--walk or bike on over or ask a friend to ride along or load up the car with your family and celebrate
the art that is thriving here at artCentral in our hometown.

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