A STAR ATTRACTION?

     THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th., 2020
               A STAR ATTRACTION?

       MOST PEOPLE COME TO THE ISLAND
OF VINALHAVEN FOR THE PEACE AND QUIET.
BUT AN OLD BUILDING, IN THE CENTER OF
THIS SMALL DOWNTOWN, MAY SOMEDAY
MAKE THIS PLACE A MUST SEE DESTINATION
FOR ART LOVERS EVERYWHERE.   WORLD
FAMOUS ARTIST ROBERT INDIANAN CAME
HERE OVER 40 YEARS AGO AND MADE WHAT
WAS THE ONE TIME ODD FELLOWS BUILDING
HIS HOME. HE CALLED IT THE STAR OF HOPE.
INDIANA DIED IN 2018 LEAVING THE
DETERIORATING BUILDING AND A LAST WISH
THAT IF BE TURNED INTO AN ART MUSEUM.
A FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SET UP TO HANDLE
THE TASK AND THE FIRST STEP, STABILIZING
AND WINTERIZING THE BUILDING, WHICH
IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL
PLACES. IS WELL UNDERWAY.
      WHO KNOWS, MAYBE YOU'LL BE VISITING
YOURSELF IN A COUPLE YEARS TO SEE SOME
OF INDIANA'S AND OTHER ARTISTS WORKS OF
ART. HOPE YOU DO, THAT YOU'RE WELL, AND
THAT ALL YOUR NEWS IS GOOD.