10/14/2026
Attention Artists!!
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BRIDGE ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR EXHIBITION
Artists are invited to submit paintings, drawings and photos of the 118-year-old Roche de Boeuf Interurban Bridge for a Rush de Brush fine art exhibition and sale Nov. 15-30 at Deluxe Frame Shop in Waterville.
Sponsored by Waterville's Save the Bridge Association (STBA) and Deluxe Frame Shop, the exhibition is open for submissions created during a recent outdoor painting event or at any point in the bridge's history. All artwork must be original, not digitally created, framed, and depict the Roche de Boeuf Bridge. Submissions will be accepted through Monday, Oct. 19.
STBA will select 35 entries to be on display during a special opening night fundraising event, from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The exhibit will remain open to the public at Deluxe Frame Shop, 19 N. River Road, through Nov. 30. Some of the works on display will include older, privately owned paintings and photos of the bridge.
Selected artwork will be offered for sale, with 50 percent of the proceeds benefitting the STBA goal of raising funds for the future adaptive reuse of the historic bridge as a community trail across the scenic Maumee River, said STBA member Janice Braida. Kokosing is currently removing the spandrel walls from the bridge, leaving the arches and piers for the future use.
For specific details on how to submit Rush de Brush artwork, email Deluxe Frame Shop and Art Gallery owner Terry Rousseau at [email protected].
IMAGE: Artist Teri Utz Bersee uses pastels on an easel as she creates artwork of the Roche de Boeuf Interurban Bridge on the bank of the Maumee River on Oct. 12, 2026, in Waterville. She was one of several artists who participated in a Rush de Brush outdoor painting event in advance of a public exhibition of artwork featuring the bridge. (AWFP photo by Karen Gerhardinger)
