E.P. Foster Library Display

Each year, VGMS installs an exhibit in the glass display case gracing the main reading room of downtown Ventura’s E. P. Foster Library. This year was no different. On the morning of February 1, several members gathered: Robert Seaton, Brett Johnson, Brett Bednorz, Art Lopez, and Nancy and Jim Brace-Thompson. David Springer also took part from afar, having passed along a sphere for display at our last club meeting.

The exhibit both promotes our March show and educates the community about our society and the many facets of our hobby. Thus, we showed off a wide range of specimens: fossils, rocks and minerals, lapidary and jewelry work, and beading. We augmented the specimens with photos showing activities within the club and within the community at large. Also, because this is in a library, we included a small array of books about minerals, fossils, and lapidary arts, and Robert arranged for a selection of books from the library itself to be on display in a bookshelf alongside our exhibit.